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Castrop-Rauxel – Germany – Daniel Schwill has announced a Black Friday Special for Tables – the easy way to spreadsheets on Mac OS X. Purchasers can receive 33% off by using the coupon code “thanks08″ when they purchase a Tables licence on Black Friday – November 28, 2008.

Tables enables you to organise and present data very simply. With Tables you can not only organise data but also do calculations and comparisons with it. Add, sum or multiply numbers or process data by using more than 100 functions. Data can not only represent numbers but a date or an amount, too.

Tables offers extensive options to format the data. Format them as an amount, as percentage rate, scientifically or with different date formats. Create visually attractive invoices, lists or reports and even add some photos, PDF documents or charts to present your data with great visual impact.

The upcoming Tables 1.5 will add additional formatting options as well as an OpenDocument format (ODF) exporter. Tables 1.5 will be available as a free update for all registered customers. Tables requires Mac OS X “Tiger” version 10.4 and is available for download now. Tables offers a full functional free 30-day trial. A licence can be purchased from the reseller share-it! for 29 EUR (approximately $39 USD).

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Daniel Schwill, living in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, is a software engineer with more than ten years experience in professional software development. Since 2002, he has been using Objective-C, Cocoa and Mac OS X for his private software development. On April 1, 2006 he founded his own software company in Germany. The first commercial product is Tables – The easy way to spreadsheets on Mac OS X.

Los Angeles – “Welcome to Macintosh – The documentary for the rest of us” is now available on DVD. “Welcome to Macintosh” explores the history, culture and worldwide impact of Apple Inc. and the Macintosh. In addition to the film, the DVD includes over 3 hours of extra content including extended interviews, a making of featurette, trailers, photo journal, and more. The “Welcome to Macintosh” DVD is available now at their website for $19.84 with shipments beginning December 15th.

“Welcome to Macintosh is a work of art devoted to the passion that lies in being a Mac-Fan, lovingly created by Mac-Fans” – Mac Life Magazine, Germany

“Welcome to Macintosh” is the first documentary of its kind to mix history, criticism and an unapologetic revelry of all things Apple into a movie experience. The film explores the early years of Apple, the many challenges Apple has faced, and what the future may hold for the company and it’s products. Ex-Apple employees, engineers and community members offer insight on the company’s innovations, failures, cultural impact and what the future may be like beyond the reign of its co-founder Steve Jobs. Interviews include notable Apple personalities Andy Hertzfeld, co-creator of the original Macintosh, Guy Kawasaki, long time Mac evangelist, Leander Khaney, author of the book “Cult of Mac”, Jim Reekes, creator of the Macintosh start-up sound and Ron Wayne, original co-founder of the Apple Computer Company.

With acceptance in five international film festivals, “Welcome to Macintosh” is reaching its goal of bringing the story of Apple and the Macintosh to the new generation of iPhone and iPod users around the world.

“Welcome to Macintosh is required viewing for any Mac user, new or old.” Says James Savage, co-host of the RetroMacCast, a popular podcast dedicated to classic Mac users.

“The film succeeds in chronicling the rich history of Apple through first-hand accounts by the colorful personalities who were there. For long-time Mac fans, it’s a trip down memory lane with a few surprises along the way. For new Mac users, they get an appreciation for those of us who bleed in six colors.” Adds James.

“The DVD goes far beyond the movie, exploring in-depth the stories and experiences that made the Macintosh what it is today” says Rob Baca, co-director of the film. “There are so many great stories to hear, we are very excited to have the opportunity to share them.”

“There are millions of people around the world who are just now learning about Apple through the iPhone or the iPod, and they are interested, they want to know more.” Says Josh Rizzo, co-director. “We worked hard to make the film entertaining and as non-technical as possible, but it does get a little nerd-friendly from time to time.”

“Welcome to Macintosh is an informative and entertaining film for the computer illiterate and Mac geeks alike. From industry insiders to hard-core Mac enthusiasts to eccentric Mac owners, Welcome to Macintosh covers the spectrum of “Mac People” and shows why Apple is unique in the industry.” Jason Dean, The Capital Times, Madison WI.

The widescreen DVD is NTSC Region Free and includes over three hours of extended interviews, a “making of” featurette, theatrical trailers, behind the scenes photo journal, Mac symbiosis montage, interactive menus and subtitles in English and Spanish. The filmmakers have some exciting public events planned for the coming months, all to be announced through their website and social network.

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“Welcome to Macintosh” is a documentary that explores the many ways Apple Computer (now Apple, Inc.) has changed the world.

Coeur d’Alene (Idaho, USA), DEVONtechnologies, LLC offers a discount of 25 percent on all its software products including upgrades on Black Friday, November 28, 2008.

Following an old tradition in the USA, DEVONtechnologies offers DEVONthink, DEVONagent, DEVONnote, and the Infoworker’s bundles (consisting of DEVONthink Pro or Pro Office and DEVONagent) with 25 percent discount on this year’s Black Friday. This year this also includes all upgrades, e.g., from the Personal to the Pro or Pro Office editions of DEVONthink or from DEVONagent 1.x to 2.x.

Eric Böhnisch-Volkmann, President of DEVONtechnologies: “Thanksgiving is the time to say ‘thank you’. And we want to thank all our faithful users for their long-standing support with good deals and the best software for a fair price.”

More information about the deal can be found on the DEVONtechnologies website.

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DEVONtechnologies LLC, founded in 2002, incorporated in 2004 and headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA, researches in the field of semantic and associative data analysis and synthesis, and develops key applications based on the DEVONtechnology. Named after the Devonian Period, the DEVONtechnology marks the departure into a new age of data processing. The main focus of all activities is clearly on using the robust, flexible and versatile architecture intelligently to create rock-solid applications for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to databases, intelligent agents, data-mining, information retrieval and human-computer-interfaces.

Ekero, Sweden – Maintain is proud to announce the release of Cocktail 4.2.1 (Leopard Edition). This version addresses compatibility issues with TechTool Pro and Safari 3.2.1, addresses a bug in which the “Prevent DS Store file creation on network volumes” setting could not be enabled, adds support for Flock 2 web browser, adds more languages to the “Startup language” setting, improves the uninstaller and contains updated Help files and Automator actions.

The update is highly recommended for all users of Cocktail (Leopard Edition).

Cocktail 4.2.1 (Leopard Edition) is distributed as a Universal Binary and runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. Cocktail 4.2.1 (Leopard Edition) requires Mac OS X / Mac OS X Server 10.5 or later and is tested for compatibility with Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.5.5.

Cocktail 4.2 (Tiger Edition) for Mac OS X 10.4.x and Cocktail 3.7 (Panther Edition) for Mac OS X 10.3.x are available for download from our website.

Cocktail is an award winning general purpose utility for Mac OS X. It is a smooth and powerful digital toolset with a variety of practical features that simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions and helps hundreds of thousands of Mac users around the world to get the most out of their computers.

The application serves up a scrumptious mix of maintenance tools and interface tweaks, all accessible via a comprehensive graphical interface. Most of Cocktail’s major features are arranged in five basic categories. In addition, a Pilot lets you clean, repair and optimize your system with one click of the button.

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Maintain develops tailored applications for Mac users. We work towards creating technical solutions which maintain your computer and make it as efficient and easy to use as possible. In addition, we offer comprehensive consultancy and support services which cover everything from operation of existing systems to purchase and implementation of new technical solutions.

Los Angeles, CA – app4mac today has announced their Black Friday savings promotion. From today till Sunday, they are happy to offer their six simple and effective product applications at a discount value of 50% off. app4Mac creates simple, intuitive and powerful applications that help keep your Mac in good health and boost the efficiency of your daily tasks. Take advantage of Black Friday savings with App4Mac.

Allow your personal and creative ventures to shine and prosper through this economic climate. Just enter the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY during the ordering process.

CheckUp
With its use of the latest Mac OS X technologies, breakthrough ease-of-use and innovation, all Mac users will find CheckUp very useful and even fun. It’s the dashboard of your Mac! CheckUp is first designed to monitor the usage of CPU, Memory, Disk Drives and Network Adapters. By adding rules that will be triggered when certain conditions are met for a specified resource on the computer, you can receive visual notifications. For example, CheckUp can alert you when a certain resource exceeds a certain value or when a hard drive seems to have hardware failures, even when the application is not opened (thanks to an innovative background process and the use of the S.M.A.R.T technology).

Sequence
Sequence is a simple way to capture and save an image or a movie of your screen to your computer’s clipboard, or a file. A video or screenshot can be emailed, uploaded on the web, or passed around however you want. Using a multithreaded code and a 64-bit enabled compression system, Sequence can handle capturing DVD, audio, or any other multimedia application. Sequence is powerful enough to simultaneously record from your webcam and your screen. With the voice recording function, you can easily describe what you are doing on your screen. Simply use your Mac’s built-in microphone

CutX
The CutX extension offers new ways to help you block unwanted websites from display in your Safari web browser. If a website has been blocked, the user is informed by a message and the page is not loaded. Part of the reason that CutX is the best parental control filter for Safari is that it is so easy for parents to install and manage. Let’s face it – these days, most kids know a lot more about computers and the Internet than their parents. That is why we designed an application that is so effective and, above all, easy to use. CutX is easy to install – it does so automatically and in just a few minutes. Not to mention that its easy to use interface makes configuring it a snap!

xTime Project
With xTime Project, creating, tracking and managing your projects will be much easier. Check out the features that xTime Project has to offer and explore how easy it is to manage your complex projects. xTime Project is designed to keep track of tasks and calculate a project’s cost. xTime Project provides all the tools you need for professional project management. We have madethe latest version even more powerful without sacrificing the simple and intuitive interface that helped make xTime Project a success with thousands of users worldwide. Whether your job calls for managing large construction projects, complex media activities or detailed time schedules, xTime Project is the tool you need. It is easy to use and will help you organize, administer and monitor your tasks allowing you more time to manage your projects and less time to learn how to use project management software.

FlexTeam
FlexTeam is an incredibly useful tool to manage people in your group, organization, or company. Our goal is to make the user’s experience as intuitive and task oriented as possible. FlexTeam is a really powerful schedule management tool that is visually appealing. It helps you share information, work jointly on schedules, and use all of your available human resources as efficiently as possible (you can check daily working schedules, manage days off for each person and track holidays). FlexTeam can show your schedule in different formats (view by day, week, month, or year). You can print your views, generate PDF files, or publish a schedule on your website with one click.

wKiosk
wKiosk is the ideal way for Mac OS X to present web-based content (HTML, Flash, PDF, videos, etc.) and applications in a safe and stable way in public access terminals with or without access to the Internet. You can use wKiosk to individually restrict access to Web sites, the operating system, system settings, and applications. Your computer will be protected against any manipulation from the time you boot up until you shut it down.

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app4mac is a company created in 2001 with the goal of providing innovative applications for Mac OS X. We take great pleasure building Mac products. We are committed to creating quality software that will make the Mac even more user-friendly. Copyright 2001-2008 app4mac. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Neptune Beach, FL – Tropical Software today announced their award-winning TopXNotes and iListen bundle promotion for $140. For a limited time, this $200 value includes the MacSpeech script pack, and will end this Friday, November 28th. Quantities are limited, and when they’re gone, they are gone.

Get Organized With TopXNotes. Unless you are full time manger you don’t need a note or task manager that takes more time to learn than its intended purpose. You need a simple, easy to learn, easy to use personal note and task manager, like TopXNotes.
TopXNotes is a full-featured personal note manager. Create, view and multuview, organize, and instantly access your Mac notes with TopXNotes. You can also encrypt sensitive information to protect it and create iPod notes with TopXNotes.

TopXNotes has been awarded 4 out of 5 mice by Macworld magazine in their “Summer of Mac Gems” series of reviews. TopXNotes was favored by the reviewer for its “clean, single window interface that puts controls for highlighting and marking up your text right at your fingertips,” as well as its exclusive QuickNotes feature.

Minimum TopXNotes Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4 Tiger or higher
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* G4 Processor, 1GHz or faster
* 38.8 MB Hard Drive space

iListen provides you with the simplest and easiest way to get text into the applications that you use – simply dictate anywhere you would type. Dictation, transcription, editing, formatting, and speech navigation within any application. iListen frees you from the keyboard and mouse. You are able to dictate text, edit, and format it with just the power of your voice.

* Top Selling Speech Solution For Mac OS X
* Dictate into any application
* Control your Mac with your Voice
* Easy to Use
* Supported Microphone Required

Minimum iListen Requirements:
* Mac OS 9.2.2, Mac OS 10.1.5, Mac OS 10.2.x, or greater
* Power Macintosh G3 or Power Macintosh G4 computer
* 192 MB RAM, 256 MB RAM with Mac OS X

Pricing and Availability:
The TopXNotes and iListen bundle is only $140 USD ($200 value) and available for a limited time only. Sale ends this Friday, November 28th.

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Tropical Software’s flagship products, TopXNotes and TopXNotes iPod, are modern note organizing tools. Each emphasizes our dedication to providing easy to use and learn to use Mac productivity tools. For more information, email Tropical Software or call 904-249-4292.