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Atlanta, Georgia – This isn’t your average “social network!” MacMod is repositioning itself in order to better serve Mac users looking for a place to socialize and learn with other Mac users. In this world of social networking MacMod recognizes the need to bring the powerful community building features of sites like Facebook and MySpace into the smaller more intimate niche that is the Mac community.

“We’ve always been a big destination for enthusiastic people who want to customize and optimize their Macs,” says Anthony King, one of the founders of MacMod. “Now we’re making it easy and fun for them to develop relationships with others who feel the same way about their computers.”

Members of the site will be able to interact with other members in the same way they have grown accustomed to on other social networks. However, unlike most social networks, MacMod will be blending these features with useful Mac-related content including software tools, modification guides, system specs, icons sets, daily news, and more.

The MacMod difference:
* Users are surrounded by other Mac users
* Members can contribute to site-wide blogs and photo galleries
* Social content is complimented by informative Mac-centric content
* Mac users get a “real community” that is more than just a forum

As long as Apple continues to grow the market share for its computers, Mac OS X, and its other product lines such as the iPhone and iPod, there will be a stream of new Mac users looking for an online community where they can meet new people and learn about all things Mac. MacMod is positioned to be the place for them both.

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Based in Atlanta, GA, MacMod is a social learning network for Mac users who want to socialize and learn with other Mac users. It’s home to The Great MacMod Challenge and the “Mod of the Year” award. MacMod is dedicated to providing Mac users with the ability to share information and identify resources they need to personalize, customize, and optimize a Mac system. MacMod is recognized as the world’s leading Mac modification site and is the first modern Mac-centric social learning network.

Blacksburg, VA – Gotow.net, the creator of NetSketch, is pleased to announce the release of Mathomatic for iPhone. Mathomatic is the first full-fledged symbolic math solution for the iPhone and iPod Touch. More than just a calculator, Mathomatic solves algebraic problems, from simple middle-school homework to complex polynomial and multivariate systems. It sports an attractive, easy-to-use interface fine tuned for the iPhone. Scroll through recent output, tap expressions to select and re-use them, and “flick” through long inputs. After a few days, you’ll find yourself trying to tap through the output on your graphing calculator!

Mathomatic makes a great companion for anyone who wants to speed through complex equations. It solves systems of equations, showing intermediate steps and all possible solutions. It simplifies and factors expressions, computes derivatives, indefinite integrals, laplace transforms, taylor series expansions, and more! Imaginary numbers are fully supported, and complex expressions are beautifully formatted, much like the output of high-end desktop mathematics applications.

So whether you need to solve a system of equations or just check your homework, look no further! Powered by an open-source desktop solution that has been in development since 1986, Mathomatic for iPhone offers the features of a traditional symbolic math suite on your mobile device.

System Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch

Pricing and Availability:
Mathomatic is $1.99 (USD), and is available for immediate download on the iTunes App Store. For a free promotional copy of Mathomatic 1.0 and more information about the app, contact Ben Gotow.

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The desktop version of Mathomatic is an open-source computer algebra system maintained by George J. Gesslein II. For more information about the project, visit their website. Gotow.net is a creative studio offering web development and programming services, in addition to software for the Mac OS and iPhone. Copyright 2008 Gotow.net. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod Touch are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Vancouver, Canada – InfoLogic is proud to announce MathMagic 6.0 Series, their award-winning professional level equation editing suite for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use and high quality output, MathMagic is a multi-purpose equation editor for any mathematical equations and symbols.

This release includes:
* MathMagic Personal Edition 6.0
* MathMagic Pro Edition 6.0 for Adobe InDesign
* MathMagic Pro Edition 6.0 for QuarkXPress

MathMagic Personal Edition is available as a standalone utility for use with any word processing, presentation, or graphic application, including iWork, AppleWorks, Microsoft Word, Keynote or PowerPoint. Equations created with Personal Edition can be used by Drag & Drop, Copy & Paste, or Export/Import.

On top of all the features of MathMagic Personal Edition, MathMagic Pro Editions come with additional plug-ins for Adobe InDesign or XTensions for QuarkXPress to improve the quality of equations and productivity in inserting or editing equations in InDesign or QuarkXPress documents.

First available on Mac for QuarkXPress in 1988, MathMagic’s equation quality is unsurpassed and designed to meet stringent high-end DTP requirements. MathMagic Pro Editions allow graphic designers to write, edit and save equations directly in InDesign or QuarkXPress documents without going through a export/import step.

Version 6.0 adds support for Universal Binary format and includes new or enhanced features:
* PDF support – equations can be copied or exported as PDF for use with more modern Mac OS X software
* conversion of MathType(TM) equations – MathType generated EPS, PICT, WMF equations can be pasted or opened
* Improved Toolbar Interface for Template and Symbol palettes
* New Symbol palettes for Blackboard Bold, Calligraphic, and Fraktur styles
* Better support for MathML and Wiki equations

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.4 or later

The superior quality and productivity of MathMagic is accepted by many professors, teachers, students, university presses, school text book publishers, and government research institutes in more than 75 countries around the world.

Pricing and Availability:
Individual MathMagic installers for version 6.0 are immediately available for download for trial and registered users. MathMagic Personal Edition starts from $29.95 USD. Pro Editions start from $199.00 USD. Both Personal and Pro Editions are also available as one month licenses, $10.00 and $50.00 USD respectively. Full licenses include a 2-year free upgrade. All MathMagic installers come with a fully functional trial period.

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Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, InfoLogic, Inc. was founded in 1996 by Charlie Lee, with its North America office in Vancouver, Canada. InfoLogic specializes in technical and desktop publishing (DTP), high quality digital contents, and Macintosh software development. Released in 1998, MathMagic is its flagship product. InfoLogic also ported ThinkFree Office to the Mac OS platform and released several utilities and XTensions products. Its copy protection solution for OpenType and TrueType fonts has been adopted by several major 2-byte font vendors in Asia. Copyright 1996-2009 InfoLogic, Inc. All Rights Reserved. MathMagic, MathMagic Pro Edition, MathMagic Personal Edition, MathMagic Prime Edition, MathMagic XTensions, MathMagic logo, and InfoLogic are trademarks or registered trademarks of InfoLogic, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

London, England – Urban Design Limited today announces the release and the immediate availability of Qu-s, a unique utility that adds functionality to your Desktop. Throw away that scrap paper for phone numbers, forget the whiteboard for inspirational nuggets, and stop bookmarking the entire internet. Qu-s is the permanent answer for organizing all your temporary items. Use Qu-s for storing internet links, jotting down thoughts, and remembering tasks.

But what makes Qu-s unique, is by utilizing the Desktop it keeps what you need at your finger tips but out of your way. Using a design aware and simple interface, with fun and sophistication, Qu-s uses advance features usually reserved for word processing applications to bring organization to your ideas and your notes.

These and other features are as follows:
* Bullet, check boxes and numbered lists
* File and internet links with previews
* A built in browser with the capability of zooming web pages
* An automated system for storing and clearing completed tasks
* Multiple ways of organizing and displaying information
* Exporting content for use with other applications

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard or higher

By not complicating a simple process, Qu-s is the program you’ve wanted, the organizing tool you need, and the fast access and creative linking you deserve.

Pricing and Availability:
Qu-s can be purchased online for $16.95 (USD). For more information on Qu-s which includes a full interactive tour, or to download a fully functional demo version, please visit the company web site.

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Urban Design Limited is a UK registered company operating from offices in London England. The company specializes in Design and Software and has been involved in many different aspects of both disciplines. Copyright 2007-2008 uncomplex gmbh. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Milano, Italy – Altomac today announced Filemailer 2.0, an update to their freeware file sending solution for Mac OS X. Saving both time and disk space, Filemailer is a handy utility that changes the way people share files via internet, and helps expedite the process of sharing files between computers. It is particularly suited to those who need to send files to clients where it is unnecessary to write out an accompanying email.

Every day, millions of people around the world send and receive email (especially between co-workers) whose sole purpose is to transfer files from one computer to another. However this process involves a considerable amount of time because of the number of conventions used when writing an email. But these steps shouldn’t necessary. The aim of the email was just to move a file from one computer to another.

Filemailer avoids this by leveraging an easy-to-use template, and features a single, unified interface. All that is necessary is entering a pre-formatted message only once, and the application takes care of the rest. Just drag a file over the recipient and Filemailer automatically deals with the compression of the file, enters the name of compressed file in the subject line, inserts the pre-composed message in the body, and with just one click, dutifully sends the file.

Filemailer sports new improvements and fixes for all known bugs. Version 2.0 now offers support for TLS authentication, and includes a new feature to organize contacts in groups to send to multiple recipients.

Language Support:
English, Italian, and French

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4 Tiger or later (Leopard Compatible)
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 12.1 MB Hard Drive space
* Email Account
* Internet Connection

Pricing and Availability:
Filemailer 2.0 is freeware. Filemailer is also available in a Pro Edition for $14.95 (USD) from the Altomac online store. Filemailer 2.0 offers the additional feature of multiple recipients. Educational and Family Site Licenses (up to fifty computers) are available. Version 2.0 is a free and recommended update.

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Altomac is a company founded in 2005 dedicated to Mac OS X only software. Altomac develops award-winning Mac OS X software, including iPod Notes, Filemailer and Speedy Mac. People at Altomac aim to put into users hands applications which they can use in a way they do things every day. Right after opening their programs, users can immediately focus on their task, not even noticing that they’re using an entirely new program. Copyright 2005-2008 Altomac. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Automator and Script Editor are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Los Angeles CA – “Welcome to Macintosh – The documentary for the rest of us” will be presented for one night only during the week of “Macworld” 2009 in San Francisco. On Thursday, January 8th a special “Macworld Exclusive” version of the film will be presented on the big screen, with Guy Kawasaki, Jim Reeks, Ron Wayne and others on hand for Q&A after the film.

“Macworld is a landmark event for Apple and Mac fans around the world and we are excited to present the film to such an international audience,” says Rob Baca, Co-director of the film. “We feel honored to have Guy, Jim and Ron attending the screening. It promises to be a lot of fun for everyone,” adds Josh Rizzo, Co-director of the film.

In addition, a special segment of “Welcome to Macintosh” in which the interviewees speak about what Apple may be like without Steve Jobs is now available on YouTube.

“Recently there has been a lot of discussion about what the future might hold for Apple, especially post-Steve Jobs” says Baca. “We asked the same questions in our interviews for the film and were quite surprised by the answers we received!”

“Welcome to Macintosh” will be presented at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas. San Francisco’s premiere venue for independent film. Sundance Cinemas is part of the Sundance family of businesses created by Robert Redford which includes the Sundance Institute, Film Festival, Channel, Resort and Preserve.

Attendees will also be able to purchase the Welcome to Macintosh DVD on site or receive a discount when purchased online through FilmBaby. The filmmakers recently announced that the DVD contains a DRM Free Digital Bonus Version in addition to over three hours of extras.

Seating is limited and selling fast. Tickets are available online via BrownPaperTickets (link below). Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 7:30pm. Refreshments will be available in the lobby.

When:
Thursday: January 8th @ 7:00pm

Where:
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
1881 Post Street at Fillmore
San Francisco, CA 94115

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 Mac, iPhone and iPod users around the world. More information on the film including participation on social networks such as NING, FaceBook, MySpace and Twitter, visit Welcome To Macintosh website.

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Welcome to Macintosh – The documentary for the rest of us, 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 its 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 Kahney, 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. Welcome to Macintosh is an independent motion picture and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc. Macintosh, iPod and iTunes are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.