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San Jose, CA – app4mac today released CheckUp 1.2, a new update to the innovative tool that allows you to check the health and monitor the behavior of a Mac computer (even from a remote computer). Built from the ground up with Mac OS X technologies, CheckUp features an amazing user interface. CheckUp works with any Mac with a PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel Processor.

CheckUp is first designed to monitor the usage of CPU, Memory, Disk Drives and Network Adapters. You can display detailed information about all running processes and pause or terminate these at any time. By adding rules that will be triggered when certain conditions are met for a specified resource on the computer, you can receive visual notifications.

For example, CheckUp can alert you when a certain resource exceeds a certain value or when a hard drive seems to have hardware failures, even when the application is not opened (thanks to an innovative background process and the use of S.M.A.R.T technology). CheckUp can also help you to determine if your computer is able to run Mac OS X Leopard or determine if your computer have enough memory to run all your Applications at the same time.

The graphical user interface is designed with a top priority on high usability in mind. Unlike other competing

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Portland, Oregon – You Software has announced the immediate availability of You Control 1.7, the award-winning utility for creating custom menus on the Mac. This update introduces improvements for better support of iCal on Leopard, as well as a number of enhancements and fixes for other modules in You Control. The Calendar module is one of 19 modules included with You Control. You Control modules are the building blocks that allow users to create a wide variety of custom menus, with all kinds of information directly available from the menu bar.

The Calendar module provides quick access to all of the user’s iCal calendars. New in version 1.7 is support for iCal calendars served via a CalDAV server (such as the iCal Server on Mac OS X Server). This version also improves the handling of To Dos created in Leopard’s Mail application and provides general performance improvements.

In addition to the Calendar module changes, several other modules have also been updated based on user feedback. Highlights include:

* Improved compatibility for RSS feeds in the News Reader module
* Support for Microsoft Word 2008 in the Fonts module (when used in conjunction with You Control: Fonts)
* Minor fixes and enhancements in the Clock, Weather, and iTunes modules

We recommend that all You Control users running Mac OS X 10.4 and higher update to this version.

You Control: Fonts 1.3.1, You Control: Tunes 1.7 Also Released
In conjunction with the release of You Control, both You Control: Fonts and You Control: Tunes have been released with updates introduced in You Control 1.7. You Control: Fonts introduces support for Microsoft Word 2008, allowing simple, consistent font selection in this popular word processor.

About You Control:
You Control is a powerful utility for creating custom menus that extend the functionality and usability of your Mac. You can place your user-created menus in a variety of locations, including the Menu Bar, any corner of your monitor screen, or you can pop your custom menus up anywhere on the screen using key commands you specify.

You Control is loaded with time saving tools that make working with OS X better, faster and easier. In addition to taking control of iTunes, you can create custom menus that allow you easy and instant access to your Address Book Contacts, iCal events, news, stocks, weather and any file or folder on your Mac.

Pricing and Availability:
You Control 1.7 is a free upgrade to registered users and is compatible with both Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) and

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Crevalcore, Italy – Doseido Software is delighted to announce the first release of Headline, their next-generation news reader for Mac OS X Leopard. Combining a sleek, clean interface with a powerful user experience, Headline is designed to make catching up with the latest blog posts, articles and news feeds quick and more enjoyable.

Headline starts with a revolutionary interface and then gets better. It’s easy to filter out contents by switching from Today, This Week, This Month, All, Unread or Favorites items. And with Favorites, users can easily mark articles with the click of a button, and return to them at any time. Users can view articles in Headline directly or optionally via Safari Read the rest of this entry »

Washington, DC – KavaSoft today released KavaTunes 3.2, the web jukebox for iTunes. KavaTunes makes websites that look and work just like iTunes, so you can browse, search and play your music from any web browser. KavaTunes features continuous playback, so you can queue up an album or playlist and listen to one song after another.

KavaTunes can add album artwork to your music library, and includes artwork in the catalog. KavaTunes can also create web catalogs that look and work just like an iPod. Visitors can browse and play your music using the familiar iPod clickwheel interface.

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