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Ottawa, Canada – GossTech today released Eon version 1.2, a significant update to its desktop calendaring software. Eon displays iCal events and tasks right on the desktop. Eon empowers users with enough customization options to satisfy power users and average Mac user.

Eon v1.2 introduces many new features. Two brand new widgets are available. A Summary Calendar displays by day a list of events and todos. User are able to modify and delete items that appear in the list. The second widget is a simple and elegant Analog Clock whose only purpose is to tell you the time the old fashioned way.

User can now insert events and tasks into iCal using Eon’s status menu or by setting shortcut keys. Adding events and tasks is extremely simple and quick allowing a user to spend less time breaking their workflow when they need to insert a new item into iCal.

The Day Calendar widget has received some attention as well. Users can now double click an event to modify it. Clicking an event and pressing delete will also remove the event from iCal. With five of the six widgets skin-able, the Skin Store received a lot of development. Users are able to register a Skin Store account, login and upload directly from within Eon. An intuitive interface allows users to upload created content in a snap.

New in Eon v1.2
* New Summary Calendar Widget
* New Analog Clock Widget
* New HelpBook allows users to browse documentation locally
* New built in Skin Store support including ability to upload directly from within Eon
* Ability to Create Events and Tasks
* Ability to modify existing events and tasks by double clicking
* Day Calendar Widget is now skin able
* Birthday Event Widget is now skin able

System Requirements:
* Intel based Mac
* OS X 10.5 Leopard

Pricing and Availability:
A single license is $18 CDN and Family Pack (5 Licenses) $30 CDN. Eon is available as a 30-day trial download from it’s homepage. Visit GossTech’s website for more product details.

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Located in Ottawa, Ontario/Canada, GossTech was founded in 2008 by Brad Goss. GossTech is a startup company looking to develop quality Mac software. All Software (C) 2008-2009 GossTech Inc. / All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2008-2009 GossTech. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and iCal are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Arlington, VA – Group Logic announced today a partnership with Symantec to market a joint solution for file system archiving (FSA) for Mac-based organizations. The solution is based on Symantec’s market leading Enterprise Vault software and Group Logic’s newly released ArchiveConnect software. Prior to availability of this joint offering, customers with significant Mac populations were blocked from deploying FSA software, despite its potential to alleviate major storage management challenges. Now, with the combined solution, Mac-based enterprises and departments can take full advantage of file system archiving to reduce storage costs by up to 60 percent and increase both IT and user productivity.

Until now, customers utilizing the Macintosh have been challenged when attempting to deploy file system archiving. In particular, key features of Mac OS X desktops – icon previews, CoverFlow and QuickLook – disrupt FSA solutions by inadvertently issuing mass recalls of archived offline files. These mass recalls not only lock up user desktops and cut productivity, but also overload the archiving infrastructure and prevent it from serving other users.

Group Logic’s ArchiveConnect Mac client software resolves mass recall issues by properly managing the interface between the Finder and network volumes containing offline files. ArchiveConnect also offers value-added features including a contextual menu for bringing files and folders on-line. When combined with Symantec Enterprise Vault, ArchiveConnect offers customers an excellent FSA solution for Mac-based organizations.

Over its more than ten years in the business, Group Logic has developed deep expertise in integration of the Mac with enterprise infrastructure, as well as a base of more than 4,000 customers utilizing its cross platform solutions, including its ExtremeZ-IP file and print server. Group Logic’s expertise made it the logical partner for Symantec in its effort to bring the benefits of its market leading FSA solution to the Mac market.

“We are very pleased to open up the world of file archiving to Mac users through our partnership with Group Logic,” said Simon Jelley, Senior Director of Product Management in the Information Management Group of Symantec. “The combination of Enterprise Vault File System Archiving and ArchiveConnect provide a solution to what was previously impossible for any archiving vendor to offer.”

With across-the-board increases in file sizes due to increasingly digital business processes, 60 megapixel cameras, High Definition video, use of 3D and more, storage challenges have never been bigger for organizations. For traditionally Mac-based organizations, including firms in media and entertainment, advertising and publishing, this is particularly true. But it is also true within the large enterprises increasingly adopting Mac systems. With the availability of the Enterprise Vault / ArchiveConnect solution, these customers now have a powerful tool to manage rapid storage growth and keep costs under control.

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Group Logic is the leading provider of network software solutions that enable customers to 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. Group Logic is a founding member of the Enterprise Desktop Alliance (EDA), an industry group focused on making it easy to deploy, integrate and manage Macs in a Windows environment.

Arlington, VA – Group Logic announced today a partnership with Symantec to market a joint solution for file system archiving (FSA) for Mac-based organizations. The solution is based on Symantec’s market leading Enterprise Vault software and Group Logic’s newly released ArchiveConnect software. Prior to availability of this joint offering, customers with significant Mac populations were blocked from deploying FSA software, despite its potential to alleviate major storage management challenges. Now, with the combined solution, Mac-based enterprises and departments can take full advantage of file system archiving to reduce storage costs by up to 60 percent and increase both IT and user productivity.

Until now, customers utilizing the Macintosh have been challenged when attempting to deploy file system archiving. In particular, key features of Mac OS X desktops – icon previews, CoverFlow and QuickLook – disrupt FSA solutions by inadvertently issuing mass recalls of archived offline files. These mass recalls not only lock up user desktops and cut productivity, but also overload the archiving infrastructure and prevent it from serving other users.

Group Logic’s ArchiveConnect Mac client software resolves mass recall issues by properly managing the interface between the Finder and network volumes containing offline files. ArchiveConnect also offers value-added features including a contextual menu for bringing files and folders on-line. When combined with Symantec Enterprise Vault, ArchiveConnect offers customers an excellent FSA solution for Mac-based organizations.

Over its more than ten years in the business, Group Logic has developed deep expertise in integration of the Mac with enterprise infrastructure, as well as a base of more than 4,000 customers utilizing its cross platform solutions, including its ExtremeZ-IP file and print server. Group Logic’s expertise made it the logical partner for Symantec in its effort to bring the benefits of its market leading FSA solution to the Mac market.

“We are very pleased to open up the world of file archiving to Mac users through our partnership with Group Logic,” said Simon Jelley, Senior Director of Product Management in the Information Management Group of Symantec. “The combination of Enterprise Vault File System Archiving and ArchiveConnect provide a solution to what was previously impossible for any archiving vendor to offer.”

With across-the-board increases in file sizes due to increasingly digital business processes, 60 megapixel cameras, High Definition video, use of 3D and more, storage challenges have never been bigger for organizations. For traditionally Mac-based organizations, including firms in media and entertainment, advertising and publishing, this is particularly true. But it is also true within the large enterprises increasingly adopting Mac systems. With the availability of the Enterprise Vault / ArchiveConnect solution, these customers now have a powerful tool to manage rapid storage growth and keep costs under control.

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Group Logic is the leading provider of network software solutions that enable customers to 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. Group Logic is a founding member of the Enterprise Desktop Alliance (EDA), an industry group focused on making it easy to deploy, integrate and manage Macs in a Windows environment.

Chicago, Illinois – Yazsoft today announced Speed Download 5.2.6. Developed exclusively for Mac OS X, Speed Download is an easy to use, powerful and reliable download manager. Speed Download sets a higher standard for download manager innovation, and is expressly designed to be a central, unified hub for almost all downloading and file transfer activities. This major new update continues to enhance and tweak the performance of Speed Download to ensure utmost reliability.

Some Key New Features in Version 5.2.6:
* New: Updated Speed Download components.
* Tons of Snow Leopard specific tweaks.

Supported Languages:
* US English, French, and Polish

System Requirements:
* Requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later; Leopard ready
* 19 MB Hard Drive Space
* Internet connection
* Any popular Mac OS X Internet browser

“The fastest, most complete most recommended download manager for the Mac” – MacReview.

Pricing and Availability:
* $25: 1 User license
* $40: 2 User license (Save $10)
* $75: 5 user license (Save $25)
* Upgrade pricing available to qualified users

For A Limited Time: Discounted promo bundles for all our products available on our secure Kagi store. Speed Download has been downloaded over 20 million times and met with praise from reviewers, web authors, developers, and beta testers. We are a team dedicated to developing quality software for the Macintosh platform. Thanks to all for your support.

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Yazsoft was founded in 2001 to develop software expressly for the Mac platform. With an emphasis on total customer satisfaction, Yazsoft makes up a development team of 5 professionals, each responsible for coding, marketing, and total customer support. As Yazsoft’s spotlight product, Speed Download is regularly updated to ensure optimal performance at all times. Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Yazsoft. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Drachten, Netherlands – Bohemian Coding today announced DrawIt 3.10, the latest version of their easy-to-use, powerful vector-drawing application for Mac OS X. DrawIt is unique in that it presents the user with a simple and clean interface, yet packs an impressive assortment of useful, professional features. In version 3.10, the interface has been further simplified and powerful features have been added.

DrawIt 3.10 has become a lot faster than its predecessor when working on a large canvas or when having a large number of layers. Memory usage has gone down significantly in some cases even consuming less than a tenth compared to its predecessor.

Often requested in DrawIt was support for multi-stop gradients. DrawIt 3.10 finally delivers this feature and also adds a gradient stroke effect to the mix. One of the strengths of DrawIt has always been its ability to add multiple effects of the same kind to a single layer and with the improved gradient filters this is even easier.

New in DrawIt 3.10:
* Adds flexible multi-stop gradient and gradient stroke effects
* Significant performance increase
* Updated UI

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.6 or higher

Pricing and Availability:
DrawIt 3.10 is available for free as a full-featured demo for 30 days. A single user license is 29.00 Euros ($40.00 USD). Registered 3.x customers may upgrade for free.

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Based in Drachten, the Netherlands, Bohemian Coding published its first application DrawIt around two years ago. Last year they added Fontcase to their portfolio, which won an Apple Design Award at last years WWDC. Pieter Omvlee is the sole developer and currently residing in London, UK. Copyright 2007-2009 Bohemian Coding. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Berkeley, California – MagicHour(TM) (formerly VelaClock) is a world clock with unique features and an easily configurable user interface. Users can quickly display the time of sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk for three kinds of twilight (civil, nautical, astronomical), moon phase and tilt, and much more. MagicHour is invaluable to iPhone and iPod touch users who travel or communicate with friends and colleagues around the world.

MagicHour’s feature set makes it especially popular among photographers, enabling them to find the magic hour, the time of moonrise and the next full moon. “VelaClock [now MagicHour] is a must have application for any photographer with an iPhone,” said Martin Bailey, Nature Photographer based in Japan.

MagicHour divides the screen into two panes, the upper pane which contains a list of cities and a lower detail pane. Each row in the city list displays the country flag, city name, local time, day of week and a daylight bar (which can optionally be hidden). The daylight bar gives the user a picture of 24 hours of natural light (bright daylight, three kinds of twilight, and night). It may be centered at noon or the current time. A thin white bar indicates when the moon is visible.

The lower pane contains a detail area with one of three different panels of information. A quick swipe of the finger will alternate between the three panels.

Detail Panel descriptions:

1. First panel:
* Countdown to the next sunrise or sunset and next moonrise or moonset.
* Time of the next sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset.
* Name of the current moon phase.
* An image of the moon as seen in the sky above the currently selected city. This image accurately depicts the moon’s phase, and the angle at which the moon’s crescent appears to be rotated from the vertical. Because this angle can change rapidly, it is updated once a minute.
* Time until the next moon phase (new, quarter, full).
2. Second panel, for current day:
* Time of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and three kinds of twilight (civil, nautical, astronomical) for both dawn and dusk.
* Azimuth of sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset. Azimuth (compass direction) is specified in degrees, 0 to 360, clockwise from North.
* Daylight duration in hour and minutes. Change in minutes of daylight from the previous day.
3. Third panel:
* Dates, times and images of the next four moon phases.

The current date and time can be changed by tapping on the calendar icon in the toolbar to display the Change Date controls. Changing the current date provides the ability to view information such as sunrise, sunset and twilight times and moon phases for any day in the past or future. This is useful for planning travel, outdoor activities and photo shoots.

VelaClock 1.3 [now MagicHour] was reviewed by John Martellaro of iPod Observer and received a rating of “Outstanding.” He said that “the US$3.99 investment is worthwhile.”

What’s new for MagicHour 1.4.7:
* Updated Daylight Saving Time rules for Gaza, Pakistan and Samoa.
* Corrected issue with reordering places.
* Fixed infrequent crash when tapping info (‘i’) icon.

Up to 50 cities may be added from a selection of:
* Over 500 built-in cities.
* Current Location. This feature is compatible with iPhone 3G, the original iPhone, and iPod touch.
* Home Location. Users enter a city name with an arbitrary latitude, longitude and time zone.

Pricing and Availability:
MagicHour 1.4.7 is priced at $3.99 (USD) and is available exclusively from Apple’s App Store. Existing MagicHour (and VelaClock) iPhone app users may upgrade for free. VelaClock 1.0 was released the first day the App Store was open and has progressively improved with four significant updates. MagicHour works with iPhone 3G, the original iPhone, and iPod touch. MagicHour does not require a network connection to function.

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Vela Design Group is based in Berkeley, California. Copyright 2005-2009 Vela Design Group. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and Dashboard are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Bellevue, WA – Eltima Software, global software Development Company, today released SyncMate version 2.4. The New SyncMate 2.4 enables all Mac users to synchronize Mac with Windows PC, Sony PlayStation(R) Portable (PSP) and USB flash drives, as well as with other supported devices (Windows Mobile devices, Nokia phones, other Macs, online storage and Google account).

SyncMate is offered at two versions, Free and Expert, and provides all users with even more synchronization possibilities than before. SyncMate Free Edition enables you to sync Address Book and iCal entries in your Mac with their analogues in supported devices and back up these data to Online Storage Account. Google Contacts and Google Calendar synchronization is also available.

Additionally to sync features, SyncMate Free Edition provides you with opportunity to read your SMS right from Mac OS X computer, share Internet between Mac and Windows Mobile devices and visually analyze detailed information of the Windows Mobile devices connected (battery state or memory usage).

SyncMate Expert Edition provides all users with a full access to all synchronization features. Sync iTunes & Video, iPhoto, Safari and Firefox Bookmarks, Entourage and mail Notes, ToDo’s, Mail and even separate folders between your Mac and Windows Mobile devices, create, send or delete SMS right on your Mac computer. With Expert Edition all users can install any .cab files to Windows Mobile devices right from Mac computer.

SyncMate Expert enables all Mac users to sync To Do’s, Safari bookmarks, Entourage and Mail notes and separate folders between two or more Mac computers. Since version 2.4, SyncMate supports Mac and Windows PC synchronization: Contacts, Calendar, ToDo’s, Mail and Entourage Notes sync.

Synchronization with PSP lets you transfer and update Address Book contacts, Calendar, iTunes and iPhoto in your handheld game console in accordance with your Mac. Moreover, you can backup PSP data to your Mac. SyncMate 2.4 allows syncing music, images and even separate folders between your Mac and USB flash drives. And of course you can backup your USB drive data to Mac.

With SyncMate Expert all Mac users can easily analyze Nokia S40 devices Calls history directly on Mac computer. You can also back up ToDo’s, Safari Bookmarks, Entourage and Mail notes to your Online Storage Account with Expert. And of course all features of SyncMate Free Edition are available at Expert Edition.

SyncMate installation is very easy. There is no need to unlock device in order to install SyncMate. Mac can be connected to Windows Mobile device via USB, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, Mac to Nokia connection is available via Bluetooth, you can sync your Mac with another Mac via Ethernet, Mac with Windows PC via Wi-Fi or Ethernet and PSP synchronization is possible via USB cable.

SyncMate Compatibility:
SyncMate is compatible with Mac OS X platform (Mac OS X 10.4 and higher, Mac OS X 10.5). Device compatibility: Windows Mobile Pocket 5, Windows Mobile Smartphone 5; Windows Mobile 6 Standard, Windows Mobile 6 Classic and Windows Mobile 6 Professional; Windows Mobile 6.1, Windows Mobile 6.5; Nokia S40 devices; PSP (running Firmware 2.7.1 or higher); MS Windows 2000, XP, Vista.

Additional information about SyncMate, along with detailed technical documentation, online help, changelog, upgrade policy as well as free installation package can be found at SyncMate online. A free registration key for a review is available upon request. Contact Alex Taylor for more information or to request a registration key.

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Eltima software delivers top-notch solutions having a friendly team of 30 professionals. Devoting effort to develop the software of highest quality that can fit the needs of both experts and computer beginners, Eltima Software has developed the complete line of system utilities, security and flash software. Eltima Software develops solutions for serial communication and implement virtual serial technologies into its software. Among the other products are monitoring solutions, network utilities, developer tools for Java and software for smartphones. With the design concept of 3 “E”: Experience, Efficiency, Expertise – Eltima Software has successfully established a world-class brand of the best price-performance software products. For more information, please visit Eltima homepage.

New Market, MD – Bartas Technologies announced today the immediate availability of XTabulator 2 for Mac OS X, an update to its tabular data file editor tool. XTabulator is the most flexible, most light-weight editor for tabular files, such as the common comma-sparated-value (CSV) or tab-delimited (TAB) formats.

XTabulator is a hand-crafted tool focused on the task of manipulating data extracted from one application so that it can be imported into another. Spreadsheet applications are often used for this task but are expensive and are not intended for this use. Text editors are free and plentiful but have no concept of tabular data and have no options for manipulating the data as such. XTabulator focuses on being an inexpensive, lightweight, fast, flexible, and powerful delimited tabular file editor.

New in 2.0:
* Major performance boosts
* Capable of handling much larger files with ease
* Automatic detection (and ability to change) character encoding and line endings
* Simple Open, Save, and Save As of and between known types (such as CSV or TAB)
* Intuitive column-level actions via the Column Action button
* Easily-managed column headers (instantly designate a row as a “header row” and treat it as such)
* Fast and easy sorting and drag-and-drop reordering
* Simple search that makes sense
* Smarter copy and paste
* Export to other formats (such as HTML Table, XML, or SQLite 3 Database)
* Redesigned user interface
* More detailed Help Book
* Automatic in-place updates

Minimum Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or greater

Pricing and Availability:
XTabulator 2 is available for download on the Bartas Technologies web site and is free to try (with limitations) for all users. A full, single-user license costs $19.99 (USD) for a limited time. Registered XTabulator 1 users can purchase an upgrade for half price.

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Bartas Technologies is an independently-owned software company based in Maryland, USA. Bartas produces desktop productivity software applications and utilities for the Mac. Copyright (C) 2009 Bartas Technologies. All Rights Reserved. Apple, and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sofia, Bulgaria – Cramzy today announced that one of their recent iPhone apps, called “Celebrity Birthday Match” was approved on 4-Oct, but never appeared on the list of recently released apps. After some investigation, it turned out that all applications submitted to the iPhone App Store on 24-Sept are doomed not to update properly the release date, therefore- not to appear on the App Store’s most visible sections.

“I remember the iTunesConnect site was down for 3 days and it went back up at the evening of 24-Sept. We then submitted our app called Celebrity Birthday Match” said Iliya Yordanov, co-founder of Cramzy. “On 4-Oct Apple approved it and I went to iTunesConnect to update the release date to 4-Oct, but it never updated on the App Store. The app has been on sale for 2 days now, and made exactly zero sales because of this bug.”

After some investigation, Iliya Yordanov found out that many developers have the exact same problem. It’s even on Apple’s Developers’ forums. At the end, it turned out that all apps submitted just after iTunesConnect was fixed, are doomed not to update properly. Cramzy has already contacted Apple about the issue, but has received no reply yet.

System Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod Touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Celebrity Birthday Match is only $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Lifestyle category.

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Located in beautiful Sofia, Bulgaria, Cramzy is a privately held company founded in 2009 by Iliya Yordanov and Maria Angelova. With a focus on the Mac and iPhone platforms, Cramzy is devoted to creating useful, well-made solutions with ease-of-use, user experience and simplicity with a major emphasis on total customer satisfaction. Cramzy’s long term ambitions to the Mac platform include development for Mac OS X for development tools and business software. Copyright (C) 2009 Cramzy. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Udine, Italy – DataMind Srl today is delighted to announce Jade 1.4, their highly acclaimed digital image processing application for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Implementing the best state-of-the-art algorithms to enhance color, contrast and dynamic range, Jade is an easy-to-use image enhancement and batch processing tool that will automatically improve digital images.

It has never been so easy to significantly improve digital images. Just load them in Jade, click a button and save the result. Jade will use its proprietary algorithms to enhance color, contrast and dynamics, while preserving the overall quality of the images. In addition, Jade also provides manual controls to fine-tune intensity values, the contrast of the image and the colour correction for unbalanced images.

As DataMind’s main product of a series of image processing and computer vision tools, Version 1.4 is a staff pick on Apple’s download website, and an excellent complement to their iLife suite.

Feature highlights include:
* One-Button Automatic Image Enhancement
* Batch Process large volumes of images at once
* Enhancement of very large images (tested up to 16000×16000px)
* Fine-tune Intensity Values, Contrast and Colour Correction for unbalanced images
* Preservation of Colour Profiles
* Upload to Flickr and Picasa Web Albums of enhanced images

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 (Leopard) or higher
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 10 MB Hard Drive space

Pricing and Availability:
Jade 1.4 is available as a full-featured 30 day demo. Jade price is 29.99 EUR. An Apple Aperture Plugin and an Adobe Photoshop Plugin that make use of the same identical algorithms and parameters as Jade are also available. Owners of one of the DataMind products may take advantage of a big discount on Jade license.

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Based in Udine, Italy, DataMind Srl is an ICT start-up founded in 2006 by 4 research scientists, whose core business is the outsourcing of scientific software to research centers/institutes. With a focus on developing software for researchers in Neuroscience, Astrophysics, Earth Sciences, Computer Vision, Image Processing, etc., DataMind’s R&D department provides state-of-the-art, industrial based solutions to visualize and analyse scientific and experimental data. A staff pick and featured download on Apple’s download website, Jade is the main application that makes direct use of the algorithms developed by DataMind. Copyright 2006-2008 DataMind Srl All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Aperture, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. Adobe, Photoshop are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe System Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

Brno, Czech Republic: Mad Finger Games today announced the release of the eagerly-anticipated 1.1 update to Samurai: Way of the Warrior, their unique hack-and-slash action game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Critically acclaimed in its original release, Samurai: Way of the Warrior combines gorgeous cell-shaded 3D graphics with a compelling storyline and an innovative control scheme specifically designed for the iDevice platform.

This major update includes:
* Three new difficulty levels for added replayability
* A brand new Dojo/survival mode
* Online leaderboards (AGON Online)
* Facebook and Twitter integration (AGON Online)
* Friends lists (AGON Online)
* Persistent player profile (AGON Online)
* Improved comic-book style cut scenes
* Improved gameplay tutorial
* Improved swipe-control responsiveness
* Enhanced final combo attacks
* Updated enemy AI, with more consistent use of sound cues.
* Various bug fixes, including faulty combo registration and blue background issue

“Samurai: Way of the Warrior is simply one of the most original and entertaining iPhone hackand-
slash games to date.” -TouchArcade.com, featured review.

System Requirements:
Phone (3G/3GS) or iPod Touch (all generations) 2.2.1 or later

Pricing And Availability:
Samurai: The Way of the Warrior 1.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch is available for only $0.99 (USD), 66% off it’s regular price, only from Apple’s App Store. Free Lite version is also available.

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Located in beautiful Brno, Czech Republic, Mad Finger Games is a small privately held software company founded in 2009 by game industry veterans Marek Rabas, Pavel Cizek, Michal Babjar, Tomas Slapota and Tomas Sauerstrom. Mad Finger’s portofolio includes many popular games, previously worked on big budget AAA titles for PC, XBOX, PS2, PS3, XBOX360 for their clients. Committed to providing the highest quality software for the mobile platform, Mad Finger Games’ mission is game development with a focus on gameplay and player experience, with a major emphasis on total customer satisfaction. Copyright 2009 Mad Finger Games. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Toronto (ON), Canada – October 6, 2009 – Zevrix Solutions today announces the release of PDF Checkpoint 1.1, an update to its new powerful PDF workflow automation solution. PDF Checkpoint quickly preflights, exports as images, splits and reduces size of multiple PDF files. PDF Checkpoint sports an intuitive flexible user interface which lets users review and analyze preflight results quickly and easily. The program is equally suitable to process hundreds of files as well as single PDF documents.

PDF Checkpoint provides the following major solutions for PDF workflow:

Preflight and route files:
The program quickly checks fonts, colors, images and metadata of multiple PDF files and lets users instantly identify potential problems according to user-defined preflight profiles. Preflight profiles let users check PDF for specific attributes, such as image resolution, color model, PDF/X compliance and others. PDF Checkpoint can also route PDF into success/error folders according to preflight results and generate preflight report for each file.

Export PDF as images:
Export PDF pages into TIFF, JPEG and other formats as RGB, CMYK or Grayscale images. Specify image resolution and scale.

Split PDF files:
Split multipage files into single page PDF documents. Users can choose to process all files or only the ones that passed preflight successfully.

The new version introduces the ability to reduce PDF file size through downsampling and compressing images inside PDF documents. Users can specify the target image resolution and compression level. PDF Checkpoint is a new addition to the Zevrix family of quality control products, which already includes InPreflight for Adobe InDesign, and Graphic Inspector for raster and vector graphic files.

Pricing and Availability:
PDF Checkpoint 1.1 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for an introductory price of $79.95 (USD), as well as from authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. PDF Checkpoint is available for Mac OS X 10.4.2-10.6 as a Universal Binary.

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Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides automation and productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit their website. Copyright (C) 2009 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.