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Lafayette, Oregon – REALbasic Developer Magazine is reprinting the last year’s issues into a convenient perfect-bound book which will be shipping in November 2009. Through Oct. 19th, the book may be pre-ordered for $37.50 – 25% off the normal price of $49.99. Current subscribers can save even more with an additional subscriber discount!

The 334-page book contains the full contents of Year 7 of the magazine (issues 7.1-7.6, Nov. 2008-Oct. 2009), and features a full-color cover, black ink interior, and perfect-binding. Those interested should place orders today on the REALbasic Developer website. The pre-order discount expires Oct. 19, 2009. REALbasic Developer has become renown around the world as the premiere source of REALbasic instruction, tutorials, and programming advice.

REALbasic Developer is a bimonthly publication focused on instructing users of the REALbasic development environment. Each 50 page issue features quality 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. P.O. Box 872, Lafayette, OR 97127.

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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REALbasic Developer is a bimonthly publication focused on instructing users of the REALbasic development environment. Copyright 2009 REALbasic Developer. All Rights Reserved. REALbasic, and the REALbasic logo are registered trademarks of REAL Software, Inc.

Montreal, Canada – Indev Software today released three updates for its popular Mail.app enhancements: MailTags and Mail Act-On. Mail Act-On 2.1.4 is a maintenance release for all Mail Act-On 2 users. It remedies several minor issues and add Dutch localization. MailTags 2.3.1 is a maintenance release for all MailTags 2 users who work on Leopard Mail. MailTags 2.3.1 remedies several issues, particularly issues with keyword management.

MailTags Snow Leopard Compatibility Release 3 is a critical release, fixing numerous stability and functionality problems with earlier Snow Leopard releases. Indev is making Snow Leopard Compatibility Releases available to provide MailTags users who have upgraded to OS X 10. 6 interim functionality until the release of MailTags 3.0, expected this winter. MailTags 3.0 will provide full 10.6 compatibility and sport a new user interface to provide enhance tagging functionality. Customers who purchase MailTags 2 after August 28, 2009 will receive a free upgrade to MailTags 3.0.

Full list of changes

Mail Act-On 2.1.4:
* Adds Dutch Localization (Thanks to Arno Verhoeven)
* Fixed missing options in German Localization
* Fixed some missing localized strings in Danish
* Fixed issue with being unable to create a Inbox Rule via Applescript
* Fixed undo issue when moving a message back to an IMAP account
* Fixed issue with Mail launching in background in Snow Leopard
* Fixed issue with registration module
* Fixed several memory leaks
* Fixed issues with validating rules
* Addresses issue where message being marked as unread after having Act-On rule applied

MailTags 2.3.1:
* Fixed memory leaks in general
* Fixed potential crash in registration code validation at launch.
* Fixed issue where task/events with no name may get “Do Not Localize” label
* Fixed problem where iCal todo item’s priorities would be inverted from ical priorities
* Fixed issue where headers for iCal items where not being properly set for subsequent edits of the tasks
* Fixed issue where list of preferred keywords were not being properly read
* Fixed issue with huge memory usage when sending emails with large attachments
* Rollbacked some keyword functionality (showing keyword counts and automatic keyword collection)

MailTags Snow Leopard Compatibility Release 3:
* Fixed memory leaks in general
* Fixed issue with huge memory usage when sending emails with large attachments
* Fixed all known keyword issues (losing keywords, no keywords in menus etc)
* Fixed crash when flagging a message via menus
* Fixed crash when showing the tag panel if a keyword in preferences was left blank
* Fixed possible crash in Smart Mailbox Queries queries
* Fixed possible crash when setting To Do/Event if URL cannot be found
* Fixed issue where hang may occurred when viewing messages in threaded mode
* Fixed possible hang when editing rulesFixed issue where creating a message rule from applescript was failing
* Fixed conflict with Letterbox
* Fixed issue where message would show no headers after tagging until relaunch of Mail
* Fixed issue messages being tagged and moved in a rule were being marked unread
* Fixed issue where headers could have been lost after successive tagging of a message
* Fixed issue with ICal extra not having a version string causing earlier extras to load if present
* Fixed problem where iCal todo item’s priorities would be inverted from ical priorities
* Fixed issue where task/events with no name may get “Do Not Localize” label
* Fixed issue where editing events successively would cause hang
* Fixed issue where smart mailboxes were not always working in 64 bit
* Fixed issue where mail was not coming to foreground at launch
* Changed shortcut key for tickle date to cmd-opt-ctrl-d

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Since 2005 Indev Software has been the leading developer of plugins for Apple’s Mail Application. Its highly rated plugins have been featured in MacWorld Gems and other prominent Mac news magazines and web sites. MailTags and Mail Act-On are used daily by Mail.app users who want to more effectively and efficiently manage their inbox. Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Indev Software. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and Mail are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Toronto (ON), Canada – Zevrix Solutions today announces InPreflight 2.6.12, a compatibility update to its quality control, packaging automation and file info reporting solution for Adobe InDesign. InPreflight goes well beyond the InDesign basics helping graphics and print professionals uncover hidden problems, save disk space through smart auto-packaging, save and print graphic reports, and reduce production time and costs.

InPreflight provides a robust, fast, reliable and user-friendly preflight solution for service providers, printers, ad agencies, designers and publishing houses. It quickly gathers extensive information about document fonts, colors and links and lets users instantly locate potential problems according to preflight presets. InPreflight also checks for hidden errors not reported by InDesign, such as EPS compression, embedded fonts in EPS files and illegal link locations. The program helps prevent many errors that can result in missing deadlines and costly print re-runs. InPreflight is, on average, 2-10 times faster than FlightCheck.

InPreflight is also a powerful packaging automation solution which allows users to preflight and package multiple documents. Among other abilities, it can collect all files into one folder, eliminating the need to collect the same links multiple times for each design. The savings can result in gigabytes of space and hours of production time. In addition, InPreflight lets users print graphic preflight reports and save them as fully searchable interactive PDF files, providing an easy way to analyze, archive and send reports to service providers.

The new version introduces compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The Zevrix line of preflight products also includes PDF Checkpoint for PDF preflight and conversion automation, and Graphic Inspector for the thorough checkup of graphic files.

Pricing and Availability:
InPreflight 2.6.12 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for $139.95 USD (Pro version) and $99.95 (Studio), as well as from authorized resellers. Trial version is available for download. Upgrade to InPreflight Pro 2.6.12 is free for licensed users of version 2, and $40 (USD) for the users of earlier versions. InPreflight is available for Mac OS X 10.4.2-10.6, a Universal Binary, and works with Adobe InDesign CS-CS4.

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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.

New York City – Appular and iPhoneAppQuotes have announced their strategic partnership to bring their host of iPhone app resources together for the betterment of the exploding iphone Application development community. Businesses and brands are clamoring to create brilliant apps for the App store market that was recently valued at approximately $2.5 Billion in revenue per year by Mobile advertising firm AdMob.

“At iPhoneAppQuotes, we speak with hundreds of businesses and entrepreneurs a month and do our best to educate them on how to market their apps” said Gregg Weiss, Founder of iPhoneAppQuotes. “By partnering with Appular, we now have an answer to the question, ‘how do I market my app once it is available in the App Store?”

Brian Akaka, CEO of Appular, who has been creating iPhone app marketing campaigns for apps since the inception of the app store in 2007, points to the fact that “with over 85,000 apps in the store right now, even great apps need a marketing plan and PR strategy set in place well in advance of your app ever hitting the App Store.” The more buzz the better has become the consensus across the app development community. “At Appular we see clients with great ideas for apps every day and iPhoneAppQuotes is the perfect resource for them to get aggregated quotes from skilled and competitively priced developers.”

Together, the complementary services of Appular and iPhoneAppQuotes create even more powerful and efficient resources for the iPhone app development community.

About Appular
Appular prides itself on providing very personalized and highly effective marketing and pr solutions that ensure amazing apps get amazing visibility. Appular believes in focusing on creating iPhone application marketing plans that are specifically catered to each app they take on, with the understanding that there is no universally applicable formula to App visibility.

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iPhoneAppQuotes was created to provide businesses and entrepreneurs an easy way to connect with iPhone app developers and receive free price quotes for building custom iPhone and iPod Touch Applications. For iPhone development companies, iPhoneAppQuotes offers an affordable and effective way to generate more business by joining the exclusive network. iPhoneAppQuotes is open to only companies that have apps in the iTunes App Store and every developer must pass a screening process to be a network member. Copyright (C) 2009 iPhoneAppQuotes. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Vilnius, Lithuania – Jumsoft, a developer of high-quality applications for Mac OSX, today updated its selection of products for Apple’s Keynote with a new version of Keynote Animations FX. This set presents 100 exciting animated images suitable for any occasion, including 30 brand-new additions that feature superb animation quality and spectacular creativity.

As with the previous version of Keynote Animations FX, and as with Keynote Quartet FX’09, a compilation of four products for Keynote, Jumsoft aims to equip its clients with a comprehensive set of tools that enable them to create unique and gripping presentations. “We are really proud of the animation quality of this product. We have been paying great attention to details, and the result is indeed very satisfactory,” says Algirdas Unguvaitis, Jumsoft’s general manager. “In fact, we suggest you check out the so-called ‘Alastair series,’ in which an absolutely hilarious guy dances, claps his hands, and otherwise does his best to brighten up your slides.”

Keynote Animations FX 7.0 contains 70 classic pieces drawn from the previous versions plus 30 new animated possibilities for grabbing the audience’s attention. After users download and install the package on their computers, all they need to do is to move the animation of their choice to their presentation and then choose “loop” in Keynote’s QuickTime Inspector for the continuous action. The animations have no backgrounds and therefore can easily be applied to any slide, as well as effortlessly positioned, blended, mixed, overlaid, underlaid, and much more. The fun of creativity unfolds as users resize and rotate the ever-moving images, change the opacity, use shadows, or even combine several animations.

Furthermore, Keynote Animations FX 7.0 is compatible with Pages, which allows users to add jumping, flying, or burning objects to their text documents. In addition, the package can be used with movie editors like Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, and Motion, or played on PCs as QuickTime files.

System Requirements:
* Apple iWork 08 or later

Pricing and Availability:
* Keynote Animations FX 7.0 is only $45 (USD). On Jumsoft’s Web site, users can view samples of the animations and purchase Keynote Animations FX 7.0, or can opt for the full collection of presentation tools, Keynote Quartet FX’09.

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Based in scenic Vilnius, Lithuania, Jumsoft is a privately funded company founded in 2002. Committed to providing the highest quality software, Jumsoft is a dedicated group of Apple Macintosh experts whose goal is creating and marketing exciting, easy-to-use and powerful applications for the Mac Platform. Jumsoft most recently focused its attention on maximizing the potential of Apple’s iWork, quickly becoming the leading provider of Keynote themes and objects. Copyright 2002-2009 Jumsoft. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and Keynote are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Omaha, NE – Macware Inc., today announced it is offering WebGhost as part of Intego’s exclusive bundle of Mac security software products. The Mac Security Bundle is available for $49.99 now through October 31 and can only be purchased online at MacPromo. The bundle contains 12 applications that address the comprehensive security needs of today’s Mac users, and offers 90% off the total price of the programs, if purchased individually.

WebGhost is security software that hides a user’s IP address by redirecting their Web connection through a secure private proxy server. It allows a user to completely mask their identity when visiting any Website.

“Macware is thrilled to participate in the bundle being offered by Intego,” said Bruce Lowry, Founder and CEO of Macware, Inc. “Macware is dedicated to providing high quality products at a great price, and this bundle fully represents that vision. We hope Mac users across the globe enjoy the variety and value being offered in this bundle.”

The Mac Security Bundle contains the following programs:
* Macware WebGhost5
* Intego VirusBarrier X5
* Micromat TechTool Pro 5
* Absolute Software Computrace LoJack5
* Intego ContentBarrier X5
* Intego NetBarrier X5
* Smith Micro Spring Cleaning
* JoeSoft Klix
* Intego Personal Antispam X5
* Intego FileGuard X5
* Intego Personal Backup X5
* MOApp MyWallet

“Never before have the leaders in Mac security teamed up to offer such comprehensive protection in one bundle,” said Laurent Marteau, CEO of Intego. “This is a great opportunity to protect your Mac and save hundreds of dollars.”

All programs are compatible with Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard, as well as Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger, and Mac OS X 10.5, Leopard. This bundle will only be available until October 31st, so visit MacPromo online to receive over $550 in savings.

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Macware, Inc. is a leading publisher of Mac software that delivers award-winning intuitive software designed for creative professionals and home users. Macware products are easy to use and include software for logo design, invoice and billing, Internet security, email marketing, personal and commercial use font collections, Keynote and PowerPoint backgrounds, and other utilities. Macware products are available through major retailers in North America, as well as Australia, Japan, South Africa, Europe and the United Kingdom as well as online.

Langenhahn, Germany – MP3-Info is a clever companion that helps you organize your music collection. It is essentially a Plug-in for the Finder and iTunes. MP3-Info displays valuable information about audio files, such as their duration, bitrate, important MP3-Tags, such as artist, song title, album name, cover art, and more, all in one window. That saves you a lot of time viewing and managing your song collection. MP3-Info also shows these metadata tags for AAC files created by iTunes, and WAV, and AIFF files.

Following either the currently selected file in Apples Finder, or the selected iTunes song, or the currently playing song in iTunes, MP3-Info quickly shows you the details for each song. Additionally, MP3-Info can rename your song files based on their tags, or find similar songs in your CDFinder music collection. With a simple click in the Tweet button, users can tell the world of their currently playing song in Twitter. Lyrics are displayed in a separate window, and thus you can finally follow your iTunes songs while they are playing, and sing along.

What is new in MP3-Info 2.0?
* MP3-Info is now an application, because Apple has killed the Context Menu Modules in Snow Leopard, most unfortunately!
* MP3-Info now follows either your Finder selection, or the current iTunes song, or the iTunes selection. This now makes MP3-Info an amazing iTunes companion!
* Lyrics are being displayed in a separate window. That way you can finally see the lyrics of the current song in iTunes while it is playing, without messing with the iTunes controls!
* Cover Art is being displayed, if it is enclosed in the actual song file
* Integration into Twitter.com allows you to tell the world what song you are currently listening to (uses a web browser)
* Three different tag editing apps can be connected: ID3X, The Tagger, and Media Rage
* Find similar songs in your CDFinder library with one easy click

Minimum Requirements:
* Universal Binary; running natively on PowerPC and Intel machines
* Requires Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
* Older MP3-Info CMM 1.5 still available for users of Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4

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Norbert M. Doerner is a computer scientist with a love for integration and cool products. He develops great Macintosh software since 1991. Popular products include the digital media cataloger CDFinder, and various plugins for the Finder, iPhoto and Aperture. Copyright (C) 1991-2009 Norbert M. Doerner. Apple, the Apple logo, Finder and iTunes are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Sydney, Australia – Zeroonetwenty today announced that Jar 1.1 brings support for its groundbreaking, 100% automated cookie management software to Mozilla Firefox. Jar is a Preference Panel for OS X which automatically ensures that the only cookies kept on your Mac are from sites in your browsers bookmarks or history. This guarantees that your not storing hundreds of cookies you don’t need, while not changing your browsing experience. Jar 1.1 extends its browser support to now include Mozilla Firefox in addition to Safari.

“Approaches to cookie management in the past have always been clumsy. Users were commonly forced to either manually remove cookies or manage blacklists of sites. The goal of Jar was to provide an install-and-forget solution which fixes the problem once and for all.” said Ross Tulloch, developer of Jar. “It’s fantastic now be able to now offer Jar to Firefox users.”

By using browser history and bookmarks as the heart of cookie management Jar is able to make cookie management trivial. In addition to being the only completely 100% automated cookie management solution for the Mac, Jar can also be configured to remove Adobe Flash cookies and Google Analytics cookies further reducing clutter on your machine.

Pricing and Availability:
Jar 1.1 is available now at a cost of $9.95 (USD) and can be trialed free of charge for 30 days. Jar 1.1 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later and Safari 3.0 or Firefox 3.0 or later.

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Based in Sydney, Australia, Zeroonetwenty is a privately held company founded by independent Mac and iPhone developer Ross Tulloch. Working predominately in C/C++ and Objective-C, Ross has been a professional programmer for more than 15 years. Zeroonetwenty is the maker of popular Mac utility software including BlueHarvest. Copyright (C) 2009 Zeroonetwenty. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.