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Montreal, QC – The WebObjects Community Association, Box Office Tickets, and MacTI are delighted to announce WOWODC West 2009, the annual conference dedicated to Apple’s WebObjects Web development framework. WebObjects is a powerful, elegant, and proven web application framework that doesn’t trade agility for scalability, or elegance for capability. Think of WebObjects as Cocoa and CoreData for the web.

This two day event will be held on June 6th and 7th, right before WWDC, at the beautiful Hotel Whitcomb in San Francisco. Breakfast, lunch, and breaks (snacks, coffee, etc.) will be served each day. The sessions will be recorded and provided to attendees. Non-attendees may purchase the recordings. Join us for two days of learning and discussion hosted by the WebObjects community’s leading experts.

Feature highlights include:

* Project Wonder in depth -
Project Wonder extends the core WebObjects frameworks and adds many Web 2.0 features.

* Using Maven with WebObjects -
Learn how you can use Maven to manage your WebObjects projects.

* AJAX -
No longer just a household cleanser, this buzzword has the potential to make clients, users, and the boss, very happy. Learn how easy it is to “ajaxify” apps.

* Integration with other technologies -
WebObjects is not only for HTML. Learn how you can use WebObjects as a back-end for many Web and non-Web technologies.

* Testing -
Learn how to use tools like JMeter, TestNG and Selenium to create automatic tests for your WebObjects applications.

* Deployment -
Learn how you can scale your deployment environment.

* Direct To Web -
Get an introduction on the best kept secret of WebObjects, the powerful Direct To Web (D2W) framework.

Pre-Registration:
Online pre-registration is available through boxofficetickets.com starting April 6, 2009. Tickets are $400 USD ($410 USD if paid by cheque). Purchase your ticket by May 6 and save $50. Discounts for groups are also available. Complete menu and session schedule will be available by April 21. Registration will be available at the door, however we can’t guarantee food or beverages.

We also have a sleeping room block for WOWODC guests, with special rates starting at $109/night. Those special rates are available from June 5th to June 12th. Instructions on how to get the special rate will be available after you buy your WOWODC ticket.

Cancelation:
Full refund before May 23th 2009. No refund after May 23th 2009.

Our Sponsors:
Box Office Tickets Inc. has been empowering the event and entertainment industry through innovative “back of the house” services since 1993. Known for the quality of its customer service and technology, Box Office Tickets is a national brand with proven experience in handling all types of events: the arts, sports, business conferences, and non-profit fund-raisers. Through its website and RoBOT(R) technologies, Box Office Tickets provides a complete range of reliable and affordable solutions for order processing, admission control and data management services. MacTI is a provider of WebObjects hosting and groupware solutions. We also develop custom WebObjects applications.

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The WebObjects Community Association was founded in 2007 to serve as an organizational structure and single point of contact with Apple to influence and support the continued development of WebObjects. With a focus on support and motivation, the WO Community’s goal is to market WebObjects and member services in ways in which Apple is not willing and/or capable of doing. Copyright 2009 WebObjects Community Association. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and WebObjects are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Montreal, QC – The WebObjects Community Association, Box Office Tickets, and MacTI are delighted to announce WOWODC East 2009. WebObjects is a powerful, elegant, and proven web application framework that doesn’t trade agility for scalability, or elegance for capability. Think of WebObjects as Cocoa and CoreData for the web.

This two day event will be held on August 29th and 30th, at the Hotel Gouverneur in beautiful Montreal (Canada). Breakfast, lunch, and breaks (snacks, coffee, etc.) will be served each day. The sessions will be recorded and provided to attendees. Non-attendees may purchase the recordings. This conference is tailored for people who have no or little knowledge of WebObjects, if you want to learn how to use this powerful web framework, which we call “Apple’s best kept secret,” WOWODC East is the place to be.

Feature highlights include:

* What is WebObjects –
Learn about what a WebObjects application is, why it’s different than most web frameworks, and why it’s powerful.

* Setup the environment -
Learn how to setup a perfect WebObjects development environment, including WOLips, a source control manager, and other development tools.

* WebObjects basics -
Learn how to model and code your WebObjects projects.

* Using Project Wonder -
Project Wonder is a open source project that leverages WebObjects to provide many useful features, and also helps novice WO developers to get started the right way with WO.

* Prototypes, migrations and EOGeneration
Learn how to use these powerful features of WebObjects, to help you build flexible WebObjects applications.

Pre-Registration:
Online pre-registration is available through boxofficetickets.com starting April 6, 2009. Tickets are $400 USD ($410 USD if paid by cheque). Purchase your ticket by June 30 and save $50. Complete menu and session schedule will be available by April 21. Registration will NOT be available at the door. Registration ends on August 4. For Canadian residents, the GST and PST (Province of Quebec residents) are included.

We also have a sleeping room block for WOWODC guests, with special rates starting at $145 CAD/night. These special rates are available from August 28th to August 30th. Indications on how to get the special rate will be available after you buy your WOWODC ticket.

Cancelation:
Full refund minus 3.5% before August 4 2009. No refund after August 4 2009.

Our sponsors:
Box Office Tickets Inc. has been empowering the event and entertainment industry through innovative “back of the house” services since 1993. Known for the quality of its customer service and technology, Box Office Tickets is a national brand with proven experience in handling all types of events: the arts, sports, business conferences, and non-profit fund-raisers. Through its website and RoBOT(R) technologies, Box Office Tickets provides a complete range of reliable and affordable solutions for order processing, admission control and data management services. MacTI is a provider of WebObjects hosting and groupware solutions. We also develop custom WebObjects applications.

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The WebObjects Community Association was founded in 2007 to serve as an organizational structure and single point of contact with Apple to influence and support the continued development of WebObjects. With a focus on support and motivation, the WO Community’s goal is to market WebObjects and member services in ways in which Apple is not willing and/or capable of doing. Copyright 2009 WebObjects Community Association. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and WebObjects are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Amherst, NY – Building on the success of its Fibre Channel to SAS/SATA Storage Controller products, ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments today announced a new addition to their FastStream(TM) Storage Controller line. The FastStream SC 8200 is an easy-to-use storage controller that provides 6-Gigabit SAS host connectivity and 3-Gigabit SAS/SATA drive connectivity with high-performance RAID protection and advanced storage management features to address performance intensive, price sensitive environments. The FastStream SC 8200 is provided in two versions; an external rackmount/desktop appliance and an embeddable RAID controller targeted at OEMs and Systems Integrators.

“ATTO has provided channel and OEM solutions for the Digital Video and Audio markets for over 21 years. An important aspect to our success is latency management, by understanding the data flow path from the host to storage, ATTO is able to provide the highest-performing solutions for streaming applications”, said Tom Kolniak, Director of Products for ATTO Technology. “The FastStream SC 8200 Storage Controller is a good example of ATTO’s ability to address market needs providing solid, affordable solutions for customers looking to improve workflow performance and add RAID protection in a collaborative environment.”

The FastStream product line is revolutionary on many fronts, providing a variety of advanced features, 4KB sector size support to address partitions larger than 2TB, Media Error Handling which minimizes workflow interruptions caused by imperfect media, SES Management and Monitoring and non-block device pass-through which allows users to connect devices such as tape and optical drives alongside their disk storage. One of the most beneficial aspects of the FastStream is that firmware updates are always free, protecting your investment through new technology innovations. A simple firmware upgrade will add new features without additional cost or licensing fees.

With the recent introduction of our 8-Gigabit Fibre Channel to SAS RAID Controller along with Multipathing support for Mac(R) OS X, Windows(R) and Linux, the 6-Gigabit FastStream SC 8200 joins a product line that is optimized for smooth data streaming with sustained performance so there are no dropped frames.

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ATTO FastStream Storage Controllers are scalable appliances that deliver up to 1400MB/sec. access to data while providing parity RAID protection to low-cost disk storage. The FastStream is well-suited for applications in DVA and several IT verticals including digital film production, high-definition video post-production, imaging, digital prepress, disk-to-disk backup, audio production and transaction-based environments. FastStream sits between workstations or a SAN and low-cost non-RAID disk storage providing users with industry-leading performance while allowing them to scale storage without purchasing RAID every time expansion is needed.

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ATTO Technology, Inc. is a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments. ATTO provides a wide range of end-to-end solutions to help customers’ better store, manage and deliver their data. With a focus toward markets that require higher performance, ATTO manufactures host and RAID adapters, bridges, RAID storage controllers and management software. ATTO solutions are based on providing a high level of connectivity to all storage interfaces including SCSI, SATA, iSCSI, SAS and Fibre Channel. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.

Arlington VA – Group Logic, Inc., the leading provider of Mac/Windows connectivity solutions, announced today its new Enterprise License Program for Education (ELP-EDU) for ExtremeZ-IP – its industry-leading software solution for seamlessly integrating Mac desktops into Window server environments.

The ELP-EDU licensing program is part of Group Logic’s recently unveiled Enterprise License Program (ELP), and allows K-12 and higher education customers worldwide to procure and deploy ExtremeZ-IP across an entire school, campus and/or system with a single license key and support contract. ELP-EDU is designed to meet the needs of organizations actively seeking to reduce software asset management costs, and is optimized for educational institutions.

The ELP-EDU model is designed to deliver customers a decreased Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increased Return on Investment (ROI) across their entire IT infrastructure. ELP-EDU also minimizes the time required for administrator management.

“The ExtremeZ-IP Enterprise Licensing Program for Education is a logical choice for educational organizations of any size that seek the flexibility and efficiency of managing a few hundred to several thousand Mac users,” said Reid Lewis, CEO of Group Logic, Inc. “ExtremeZ-IP is the proven standard for Mac/Windows compatibility for those companies looking to deliver platform-agnostic file and print sharing support for their users. This new licensing model gives our education customers a new, cost-effective approach for delivering compatibility without compromise.”

For more details about ExtremeZ-IP for Education, please visit Group Logic’s Web site. Information about ExtremeZ-IP and the Enterprise License Program for Education can also be requested by contacting Group Logic directly at 1.703.528.1555 or 800.476.8781.

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Group Logic is the leading provider of network software solutions that enable customers to gain strategic value, increase productivity and leverage existing infrastructure investments through enterprise file transfer and Mac/Windows connectivity solutions. With nearly 20 years of unmatched experience, Group Logic’s emphasis on customer success is the very core of its business. More than 4,000 customers trust Group Logic every day to move and share their files around the world.

Boston, Massachusetts – MediaSilo is announcing a major update to its suite of online video tools. Version 2.0 marks a shift to a plug-in architecture for the pioneer in SAS workflow for high-end video production. The new release, set to debut at NAB 2009 in Las Vegas April 20-23 (booth SL9512), includes integrated plug-ins for production workflow, comprehensive metadata management and upgraded features within MediaSilo’s core collaboration tools and an advanced program interface.

“MediaSilo 2.0 brings many new and exciting changes to our network of video content producers,” said Kai Pradel, CEO. “Our new architecture gives us the flexibility to offer customizable workflows for all tiers of the market, from major Hollywood productions to small post houses.”

New platform plug-in offerings include a turnkey logging and transcription service which brings human-powered transcriptions to any asset stored on MediaSilo at prices as low as $1 per minute of footage. The tool is also available as a self-service feature to allow a distributed workforce to collaborate on production projects. Log notes are searchable through MediaSilo’s powerful metadata engine and a unique thumbnail system generates and retrieves poster frames for each log note.

“It’s all about metadata,” said Dan Green, MediaSilo’s workflow specialist. “The log and transcribe features in MediaSilo not only make simple production easier, they incorporate the information as metadata that’s searchable, maximizing time and value.”

MediaSilo 2.0 also features improvements to MediaSilo’s core collaboration workflow, expanding timeline annotations to include in and out points as well as threaded discussions for more effective communication between stakeholders.

The platform upgrade also means a faster, more efficient processing system for MediaSilo users, dramatically increasing performance. The service operates in a cloud computing environment for processing and storage with file-based and progressive streaming through the most efficient delivery system available.

In addition to its platform upgrade, MediaSilo will announce workflow integrations with major industry device manufacturers made possible through the company’s new modular platform. The announcement follows MediaSilo’s recent integration with Apple’s Final Cut Server for online asset storage, collaboration and metadata authoring, the first such integration with FCS.

“Our platform was born from a video production company,” Pradel said. “We understand the workflow issues faced by producers, directors and editors. MediaSilo’s 2.0 rollout gives us more flexibility to cater the platform to their specific needs at a cost-effective price point.”

MediaSilo is a pioneer in online video collaboration and technology workflow, offering online video review and approval, metadata creation, content management, web broadcast and Final Cut Server integration.

The company offers enterprise solutions for major production companies and organizations through a growing network of integrators, workflow consultants and hardware providers. Additionally, MediaSilo’s online portal boasts tiered usage plans to encompass the needs of a variety of users. The most popular offering is the “Hollywood” package which provides unlimited storage and bandwidth in addition to the standard toolset for just $99 a month. Complete pricing, plans, enterprise solutions and workflow offerings are available.

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MediaSilo is Boston-based online media company created by video production professionals and web application designers to deliver an Internet based video content management and collaboration solution. MediaSilo is privately held.

Mainz/Germany – Synium Software update their popular screencapturing software Screenium to version 1.1. Following the much antecipated launch of Screenium 1.0 only a few months before, this new version now features many “under-the-hood” improvements to the already powerful capturing engine, one of the reasons for Screenium’s highly acclaimed quality. In fact, the developers redesigned this core functionality to offer even better performance and synchronicity while recording multiple audio and video sources.

Screenium captures live video from your Mac’s screen, combined with multichannel audio and picture-in-picture video and sound from your Mac’s built-in iSight or externally tethered, QuickTime-compatible Webcam. Video tutorials and webcasts are a snap, combining and mixing voice-over from your built-in and any external microphone or audio device, together with system sounds or application audio.

New features in Screenium 1.1 include customizable visualization effects for Mouse actions – an animated mouse pointer to help your audience grasp what you are doing on-screen. The (optional) display of mouse button names has also been added, as well as Activity Indicators giving you immediate, yet unobstrusive feedback if Screenium is still running or even recording. To further improve on frequently-used features, the update also adds optimized export workflows, allowing to quickly create movies for YouTube or the Apple iPhone or iPod touch.

Screenium users appreciate Screenium’s custom captions (“HotText”) to illustrate your screencasts on-the-fly. For the most efficient workflow, Screenium is keyboard-controllable and widely customizable: ideal for high volume video production in a time-critical environment. Screenium supports QuickTime’s encoding technology and lets you re-process movies you already have recorded to adapt them to different output formats.

New Features in Screenium 1.1 over 1.0:
* Much improved audio and video capturing engine
* Improved support for external video sources (Webcams)
* Activity Indicators for “Record”/”Pause” and “Camera Active”
* Configurable, animated mouse effects
* Display of mouse button names
* Built-in, optimized YouTube and iPhone export
* Improved Library
* Many performance and usability enhancements
* Additional localizations included

Other Features:
* Timed, Single Window, Mouse Area and random sizes up to Full Screen
* Capture any resolution your Mac supports, from iPhone size to “Full HD” and bigger
* iSight picture-in-picture recording, supports any QuickTime-compatible USB or FireWire Webcam
* True Multi-Channel Audio, external sources also supported (analog and digital, USB and FireWire)
* Intuitive HotText captions
* Built-in Library to easily manage and post-process your movies
* Highly customizable quality and compression settings
* Intuitive, keyboard-controllable User Interface
* Create stunning educational videos or monitor whatever happens on-screen

Since the release of Screenium 1.0, the software has also been translated into various languages, the most recent additions featuring Dutch and Spanish. Screenium 1.1 integrates smoothly with Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” as well as with 10.5 “Leopard” and still supports Mac hardware from older productivity workhorses runing on single or dual G4 processors to the most recent multi-core Intel CPUs.

Supported Languages:
Screenium 1.1 comes localized in US English, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

System Requirements:
* PowerPC G4 CPU at 867 MHz or better
* or an Intel Core Duo CPU at 1.6 GHz or better
* 512 MByte RAM or more
* Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and above
* or Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and newer
* To use all Screenium features, an iSight or QuickTime-compatible Webcam is required

Pricing and Availability:
Screenium 1.1 can be purchased online for $29.00 (USD). Version 1.1 is a free update for customers of Screenium 1.x or of the prerelease Public Beta versions. A fully-featured, time-unlimited demo version is available for free and supports recordings of up to 30 seconds.

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Synium Software GmbH is a software development and consulting company, based in Mainz (Mayence), Germany. Apart from being a successful publisher within the Mac software market, we offer a popular web-based news service at mactechnews.de for the German-speaking audience. All Material and Software (C) 2005-2007 Synium Software GmbH / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

New York, NY – beamME, the world’s most popular mobile-native business networking platform, today announced the first iPhone app dedicated exclusively to helping people network for jobs anytime, anywhere: beamME CV. Users of beamME CV can now send a resume, cover letter and electronic contact card directly from their iPhone or iPod touch, instantly delivering their application package to prospective employers no matter where opportunity strikes. The app is currently available for sale worldwide through iTunes for $9.99, but unemployed job seekers are eligible for a rebate that lowers the cost to $6.99.

“Candidates need every advantage to connect with job opportunities in this tight market,” said Marc Mencher, CEO of GameRecruiter and twenty-seven year industry veteran. “beamME CV is a powerful tool in a job seeker’s arsenal, and one they can’t afford to be without.”

Because job opportunities can arise anywhere, beamME CV was designed to enable fluid distribution of resumes, cover letters and electronic contact cards. With a few keystrokes, this innovative iPhone app instantly delivers job application data in an easy-to-read format that works on any mobile phone (even non-iPhones) or computer. Hiring managers do not need special software or registration to retrieve the applicant’s package, and beamME CV is free of advertising.

“Everyone’s been in line for coffee or at a dinner party when a job networking opportunity falls in your lap,” observed Gabe Zichermann, CEO and Co-Founder of beamME-creator rmbrME. “beamME CV helps you turn that random new contact into your future boss.”

beamME CV is now available for download from the iTunes App store for $9.99, but unemployed and beamME pro owners can avail themselves of a rebate that lowers the price to $6.99. As with beamME pro, beamME CV is backed by an unconditional thirty-day money-back guarantee.

In addition to the reduction in carbon effected just by using its products, rmbrME is helping to reforest the earth by planting a tree in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation for every copy of beamME CV and beamME pro sold.

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Based in New York City, rmbrME is best known for developing the breathtakingly simple and popular beamME and beamME pro for the iPhone/iPod Touch and pioneering universal contact exchange using SMS. Founders Gabe Zichermann and Christopher Cunningham’s philosophy is that Mobile Business Networking only works when it is device, carrier and social network independent and clearly focused on the needs of the professional user. Copyright 2009 rmbrME. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Kilmarnock, UK – Malkinware is delighted to announce Reference Tracker 1.2, an update to their popular academic reference manager and research tool for Mac OS X. Reference Tracker is an indispensable tool for writers, researchers or students. It creates documents that store all the citations and references in an essay, research project, or book and automatically creates formatted reference lists in a variety of popular reference styles to insert when needed.

Among Reference Tracker’s unique features is there is no need to type out all the details of a referenced book. Just give Reference Tracker the book’s ISBN and it will fetch all the details from the internet automatically. If the user doesn’t have the book in hand, typing keywords into its built-in publication search will get a list of matching results. With a single click, search results will be added to their reference list.

When referencing an online web resource, the application can pull all of the details from Safari or Firefox with just one click. And Reference Tracker can pull all the details from Apple’s Mail as well. Reference Tracker offers built-in sticky notes too. Users may easily add as many comments or notes to as many references as they wish.

Reference Tracker can send a formatted reference list directly to the end of word processing documents. The dynamic ‘Send To’ menu will show a list of open documents in Microsoft Word, Apple Pages and Nisus Writer Pro. Users can easily append their formatted list to the end of an open document, or create a new document with the contents of the list.

Feature highlights include:
* Create Full References in a single step
* Reference Web Pages and Emails with a single click
* Easily import existing Reference Lists from word processors or reference managers
* Integration with Microsoft Word, Nisus Writer Pro and Apple’s Pages
* Easily Organize References
* Export formatted lists to anywhere
* Add Sticky Notes to References

Version 1.2 sports many new improvements including:
* Outputting of Parentheses (Bracketed) Citations
* Outputting of Formatted Footnotes
* Page Number fields for all print-based reference types
* Improved formatting and punctuation in reference lists

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 7.0 MB Hard Drive space
* Internet Connection required for ISBN and Publication search

Malkinware is constantly enhancing Reference Tracker, and encourages customers to contact support if they have a reference style or word processor they would like to be included. For a full feature list, please visit see their Website.

Pricing and Availability:
Reference Tracker 1.2 is available for only $44.95 (USD). Version 1.2 is a free and recommended update for all existing 1.x customers. A fully-functional, 21-day trial version is available. Student and Educational discounts are offered for $29.95 (USD).

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Headquartered in Kilmarnock, United Kingdom, Malkinware is a privately funded company founded in 2007 by Jim McGowan. Leveraging his longtime experience from the education field, Jim’s goal is developing best-of-breed reference tools for the Mac platform, complemented by first-class support. Reference Tracker is their flagship application, with more applications in development for release in the near future. Copyright 2007-2008 Malkinware. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Apple Pages and Mail are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. Microsoft Word is a registered trademark of Microsoft Inc.

American Fork, UT – Izatt International has announced a new location for the next iPhone course – South Jordan, Utah. This next course in Izatt’s series of iPhone Training Courses will be a new Objective-C Course held April 17-18, 2009 at the Noah Building in South Jordan, UT. Holding the course in South Jordan is intended to serve the needs of the greater Salt Lake City area. The course location is only minutes from downtown (322 West 11000 South).

For those wanting to enter the world of iPhone development, Objective-C is the key. This course is designed for those with object-oriented programming experience, but little or no experience with Objective-C.

The Objective-C course is being offered in response to an increasing demand for smart phone development skills in Utah’s ‘Silicon Slopes’ technology sector.

“It’s really exciting to see students from our courses begin to publish their own apps to the iTunes App Store,” remarked Jason Izatt, CEO of Izatt International. “More than half a dozen new apps have been submitted by Izatt students, with more on the way. Other students have found jobs or contract work with existing development shops. It’s great to know we’re making a difference.”

The course is two hours on a Friday evening (April 17), followed by a full Saturday (April 18). Course price is $299 USD; only $199 for students. Information on the Objective-C Course, including cost, curriculum and pre-requisites can be found on the Izatt International website.

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Izatt International develops and delivers best-in-class applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, offers consulting and development services to those with iPhone projects, and delivers a quality series in training courses surrounding the iPhone/iPod Touch platform. For more information on Izatt iPhone applications and services, please contact us at 801.372.6031, email us or visit us online. Copyright 2009 Izatt International. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Bedford, UK – Address Book and Calendar Server supports synchronisation from the Address Book and iCal, via the local network as well as over the internet from remote locations. One can either share the entire Address Book, or a selection of groups. Similarly selected calendars can be published to the server. The contacts on the Address Book and Calendar Server is kept up-to-date, as changes are automatically synchronised in real time. Other clients can synchronisation manually or on a automatically on a scheduled basis.

The contact and event records are stored in a relational database on the server. The integration potential is endless, as shared contacts can easily be accessed from a large number of platforms and application. Most modern database engines are supported, as long as they support JDBC.

Contact details can be exported to vCard and LDIF format to integrate with a number of clients. A friendly web interface allows users to access and modify their contact details via the internet. ABCMobile (Address Book Client Mobile) a native iPhone client allows read-only access to contact details stored on the server. It is currently available for free form the iTunes AppStore.

The server can be deployed onto most modern operating systems, including Linux, Windows and of course Tiger and Leopard. The clients require Tiger or Leopard. Previous versions of OS X are not supported.

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Luxembourg – Houdah Software is pleased to announce the immediate availability of HoudahGeo 2.2: the premiere photo geocoding solution for the Mac. HoudahGeo 2.2 allows for geocoding photos hosted in an iPhoto’09 library by being able to write to the Places database.

Up until now, photos needed to be geocoded before being imported into iPhoto. Indeed iPhoto is not able to refresh metadata for photos it manages. Thus it cannot see geotags added by third party software. HoudahGeo 2.2 is a game changer by taking over the responsibility of updating the iPhoto database with the new metadata. This makes HoudahGeo the perfect companion to the iPhoto’09 Places feature. HoudahGeo 2.2 brings GPS enabled geocoding and Google Earth geocoding to iPhoto.

Further enhancements brought along by HoudahGeo 2.2 include:

* New feature: iPhoto’09 Places
HoudahGeo 2.2 may write to the iPhoto’09 Places database. You may now geocode photos managed by iPhoto’09.

* New feature: All-new map based geocoding
The map geocoding interface has been completely reworked for efficiency.

* New feature: Track library
HoudahGeo archives GPS track logs to a library for later re-use.

* New feature: Lightroom 2 folders access
HoudahGeo 2.2 now supports both Lightroom collections and folders.

* New feature: Offline bookmark geocoding
Bookmarks from the map geocoding interface are now available for geocoding from the inspector panel.

* New feature: Automatic altitude information
Reverse geocoding may now retrieve altitude information.

Recently HoudahGeo 2.1 has added support for locr. Locr is a revolutionary geotagging photo community. With the “locr Geophoto Book”, the first travel photo book that contains auto created maps (kill street) and wikipedia based photo descriptions, locr extends its product range with print products.

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4.8 or higher, including Leopard
* Universal Binary for PowerPC & Intel
* Digital camera
* Optional GPS track logger

Purchasing HoudahGeo licenses:
HoudahSpot 2.2 is priced at $30 (USD) for a single-user license. It is a free upgrade for all registered HoudahGeo 1.x and 2.x customers.

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locr was founded in September 2006 in Brunswick, Germany. The founding team has many years of entrepreneurship experience in the fields of internet, software and multimedia. The main investor is the High-Tech Gruenderfonds, a joint venture of public and private investors (e.g. Siemens, Telekom, BASF). Due to strong partnerships locr aims to become Europe’s leading internet platform for travel- and geophotography in 2009.

Aalsmeer, The Netherlands – Mekentosj BV today announced a significant update to Papers for iPhone and iPod touch. Papers puts your entire research literature database in your pocket, available at your fingertips wherever you go; whether you’re at a conference, in class, visiting your peers, or on the road. Version 1.1 now allows you to search your articles, authors and journals. It adds two new search engines and several additional features.

“A couple of years ago, a Mac OS X application came along and blew my socks off. Now, the company behind Papers, Mekentosj, has done it again, this time by bringing its killer app to the iPhone in a timely manner. It doesn’t disappoint.” – Ars technica.

New in version 1.1 of Papers for iPhone and iPod touch:
* Added ability to search your library, authors and journals
* Added ACM and IEEE Xplore search engines
* Added ability to fetch more than 30 search results
* Fixed Google Scholar search engine
* Fixed downloading PDFs from JSTOR and Wiley
* Added a number of other improvements and bugfixes

With Papers for iPhone and iPod touch, the world’s knowledge is never more than the flick of a finger away. Your personal library of Science, in your pocket. Visit our web site for a screencast to find out more.

Key Features:
* Browse hundreds of articles with the flick of a finger
* Explore full metadata of your papers
* Organize your library in collections and flag and rate articles
* Read your PDFs with the built-in PDF viewer
* Search on author and journals
* Wirelessly share papers with your colleagues
* Search through millions of papers with the built-in search engines
* Backup your library online for free
* Optionally sync your library with Papers for Mac

Minimum Requirements:
* Papers works on all iPhone and iPod touch models
* Syncing with the Mac version of Papers requires Papers 1.9 (sold separately)

Pricing and Availability:
Papers for iPhone and iPod touch is available for $14.99 in the iTunes app store. Review copies are available. If you are interested in trying Papers for iPhone and iPod touch and are a member of the press or would like to cover it on your website or blog, please contact us by email for a free copy. A press kit with high resolution images available on request.

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Papers is a program made by Mekentosj BV, a Dutch independent software company that writes innovative software for scientists. After a PhD in Cell Biology founder and CEO Alexander Griekspoor switched fields and initially joined the European Bioinformatics institute as a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow. Alexander is perhaps most well-known as “Mek” from the duo “Mekentosj”. Together with his friend Tom “Tosj” Groothuis he developed a number of scientific Mac applications, two of which won Apple Design Awards for best Best Student and Best scientific Mac OS X application, respectively. What started in his spare time became his passion and has now also become his work: Mekentosj Inc. He aims to create new and innovative Mac OS X applications for scientists, of which his recently released new program Papers is a prime example, it won Mekentosj’ third Apple Design Award. Visit our website to learn more.

San Jose, California – app4mac has released Presto 1.0, a new utility designed for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. With Presto, users can define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings. When an abbreviation is typed, it expands to the full phrase with a cool user interface. Tired of writing the same text over and over again? Anytime you type text into an application, Presto can help you do it faster and more accurately.

Whether it’s your name, your e-mail address, the URL of your blog, your personal address, etc, you probably often find yourself typing the same text again and again. Presto is here to help you save time by ‘typing’ these frequently used items for you. Just choose your list of abbreviations, and Presto will automatically show you related texts as you type.

With Presto, you will be able to quickly insert standard greetings, signatures (including formatted text) or phrases into any application. For example, instead of typing your address in full, you would simply type ‘Addr1′ and Presto would come up with our full address. Once you define an abbreviation, it is available at all times, anywhere text can be typed, no matter what application you are using.

Features:
* Insert greetings, text, and signatures, including formatted text
* Save time by typing short abbreviations to get long phrases
* Organize abbreviations into groups
* Automatic import from RapidoWrite database
* Cool animations build with CoreAnimation Frameworks
* Possibility to attach an abbreviation to a list of applications
* Possibility to disable Presto in a list of applications
* Available in English and French

Pricing and Availability:
The price is 9 Euros only (around $11 USD). Mac OS X 10.5 or higher is required. Presto is the commercial version of RapidoWrite, a freeware that is now discontinued.

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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 2001-2009 app4mac. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Lafayette, Oregon – REALbasic Developer Magazine is reprinting its first five years of issues into convenient perfect-bound books which will be shipping in May 2009. Through April 20th, Volumes 1-5 may be ordered for just $22.50 each – 25% off the normal price of $29.99. Current magazine subscribers can save an additional 10% on these collections with a subscriber discount.

RBD Archive Volume 6 was published last year and is available for $49.99.

Each 300 page book contains the full contents of one year of the magazine (six issues) and features a full-color cover, black ink interior, and perfect-binding.

Those interested should place orders today on the REALbasic Developer website. This pre-order discount expires April 20, 2009.

REALbasic Developer is renown around the world as the premiere source of REALbasic instruction, tutorials, and programming advice. Each 50 page issue features articles from top REALbasic programmers and authors. Subscriptions in digital format (PDF) are $49.99 per year. Individual printed issues may ordered via MagCloud. More information is available at the RBD website.

About REALbasic:
For everyone who seeks the flexibility to create their own software, REAL Software provides REALbasic, a powerful, easy-to-use software development tool for Windows and Macintosh that creates software for Macintosh, Windows, and Linux. REAL Software, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Austin, Texas. For more information visit REAL Software’s website or call 512.328.7325.

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