Friday, 21 November 2008
The Omni Group releases OmniPlan update
Jim Dalrymple Macworld.com
The Omni Group has released a maintenance update for its project management software, OmniPlan.
Friday, 21 November 2008
Sync ‘Em supports Exchange-iCal Sync
Peter Cohen Macworld.com
Derman Enterprises has updated Sync'Em to 1.10, it enables users to exchange data with Microsoft Exchange, Google and Address Book.
Friday, 21 November 2008
Font software PopChar X gets update, fixes bugs
Macworld staff
PopChar X, the font software that allows you to easily type umlauts and foreign characters has been updated to 4.1.1.
Friday, 21 November 2008
OmniGraffle 5.1 improves Visio compatibility
Peter Cohen Macworld.com
The Omni Group has released OmniGraffle 5.1, an update to their diagramming and layout program for Mac OS X.
Friday, 21 November 2008
Premiere Pro CS4 improves Final Cut Pro exchange
Peter Cohen Macworld.com
Adobe Systems has announced the release of Premiere Pro CS4 4.0.1, an update to its video editing software that's part of the Creative Suite 4 Production Premium package
Friday, 21 November 2008
Freeway Web editing tool adds 'iPhone Actions'
Peter Cohen Macworld.com
Softpress Systems on Thursday announced the release of Freeway 5.3, an update to its Web design software.
Friday, 21 November 2008
StoryMill update adds word frequency filtering
Jim Dalrymple Macworld.com
Mariner Software updated its novel writing application, StoryMill, adding several new features and fixing a few bugs.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
New HP TouchSmart offers Apple MacBook Air like touch-screen technology
Oliver Garnham PC Advisor
Building on the growing consumer trend for touch-screen technology, including Apple iPhones, iPod and laptops, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has introduced its new TouchSmart tx2 Notebook, a laptop that features multi-touch functionality.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Adobe Releases Configurator for Photoshop CS4
Digital Arts staff
Adobe has released the first full version of Configurator, an application that lets people create customized Photoshop CS4 control panels and share them with others.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
AM Micro brings Rain Design Apple laptop accessories to the UK
Macworld staff
AM Micro has announced UK distribution for Rain Design products. Rain Design, a San Francisco based company makes products that enhance and support personal computers. Originally their products were designed specifically to compliment Apple computers, though now the range extends to other laptops.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Adobe accommodates Visual Studio, Eclipse
Paul Krill InfoWorld
Adobe Systems at its Adobe Max 2008 conference heralded a slew of new technologies, including links between its Flex application development platform and Microsoft's Visual Studio software development platform.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Adobe pushes Flash platform for business apps
James Niccolai
At its Adobe Max conference in San Francisco this week, Adobe broadened its partnership with SAP and promoted several other companies on the show floor that are using Flex and FlashPlayer to liven up business software.
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Adobe adds dynamic streaming to Flash
Paul Krill InfoWorld
Flash 3.5 announced on Monday at the Adobe Max conference, adds dynamic streaming, which adjusts to the bandwidth rate on the desktop.
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Adobe's hosted CoCoMo service public beta announced
James Niccolai
Adobe Systems has announced a public beta of CoCoMo, a hosted service that developers can use to add video conferencing, voice-over-IP and other collaboration features at trade show Adobe Max.
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Sun offers Mac-native StarOffice 9 suite
Peter Cohen Macworld.com
Sun Microsystems has released a Mac-native StarOffice 9 suite which includes Mozilla's Thunderbird email client and "Lightning" extension to support calendaring.
Monday, 17 November 2008
Adobe to offer new tools for UI development
James Niccolai
Adobe Systems, facing greater competition from Microsoft, is updating its Flash platform with new tools for building user interfaces for Web and enterprise applications.
Monday, 17 November 2008
Intel launches Core i7
Sumner Lemon and Martyn Williams
Intel began sales of its high-end Core i7 desktop chips in Tokyo late Saturday night, bringing to market a series of processors that are significantly more powerful than any of the company's current desktop products.
Friday, 14 November 2008
Free Vectorworks, SketchUp and 3Dconnexion events
Macworld staff
Albion Computers, an Apple Premium Reseller, is holding a free London one day event on the Strand on 26 November. In-depth presentations on Vectorworks, SketchUp and 3Dconnexion are all planned as well as the opportunity to speak to the experts.
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Tour continues
Macworld staff
The free Adobe Creative Suite 4 Tour continues across the UK with events in Sheffield (today), Edinburgh (November 18th), Newcastle (November 20th), Bristol (November 25th) and Dublin (November 27th).
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Fujitsu launches thinner 500GB mobile SATA drives
Todd R. Weiss Computerworld
Just in time for smaller laptop computers and other consumer devices that require smaller hard drives, Fujitsu on Tuesday unveiled two new 500GB hard drives that are thinner, use less power and take up less space in devices than previous models.













