New This Week : A whole Bunch of Software Up-Dates

Here it is in no perticular order.
If you own a copy of any of these time to up-date / up-grade:

Toast Titanium 6.0.9

CheckBook 1.3.6

Studiometry 2.1.4

iSpeak It 1.7

CINEMA 4D Release 9.1

OmniOutliner Professional 3.0.1

Transmit 3.0

Drive 10 1.1.5

VueScan 8.1.32

MYOB AccountEdge 8.5.6

GraphicConverter 5.5

QuicKeys X 3.0.1

iPhoto 5.0.1

Realbasic 2005

uControl 1.4.6

StickyBrain 3.3

Pangea releases payroll processing app

Pangea Software today released a freeware payroll processing application along with its source code. The new application, called Pangea Payroll, is designed to help small businesses track federal payroll tax payments for their employees. "It started out as an in-house tool, but it’s such a useful thing to have that the decision was made to release it publicly as freeware, and to include the source code with the download," the developer said.

Maya 6.5 Now Shipping

Alias announced today that it has begun shipping Maya 6.5 worldwide. The new version is equipped to handle larger datasets through speed improvements and new management tool and the new mental ray for Maya Satellite rendering allows network rendering across multiple CPU's for interactive and batch rendering, including use of mental ray for pre-lighting.

WWDC 2005 Dates Announced

Apple has announced that their World Wide Developer's Conference (WWDC) 2005 will take place June 6-10 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

Updated MyDoom targets Google

Another variant of the MyDoom worm, which spreads by sending copies of itself using its own mail engine and harvesting potential e-mail targets from search engines such as Google and Yahoo, was spreading quickly on Thursday. Make sure your virus scanner is up to date! You use a Mac....Don't you? Then Relax!

Users bypass copy protection on portable Napster

Users have found a way to skirt copy protection on Napster Inc.’s portable music subscription service just days after its high-profile launch, potentially letting them make CDs with hundreds of thousands of songs for fre

Gmail Up and Going

Google’s ground-breaking e-mail service is no longer a beta. Notices were just e-mailed to those who signed up for an account last March and April. They are now inviting anyone and everyone to sign up for an account- “We hope you like Gmail and will share it with your friends. We beta Gmail and loved it. We recommend it.

Apple stores alter iPod mini availability, refresh imminent

Corroborating recent reports which hint at an iPod mini refresh as early as next week, several tipsters note that on Wednesday international versions of Apple's online store abruptly extended their estimated ship times for all iPod mini models. The company's online stores in the United Kingdom and France now reflect wait times of 8 days for all iPod mini models. The stores had previously conformed to Apple's US-based online store availability estimates, which imply the players will ship the same business day. Similarly, in the days prior to Apple's latest PowerBook G4 updates, the Apple online store suddenly extended estimated ship times for all PowerBook models from the same business day to 8 days.That is according to Appleinsinder.

Apple agrees to hold subpoenas against Mac sites

eWeek reports that Apple will stay subpoenas seeking information about unnamed individuals who allegedly leaked trade secrets in its civil complaint against two Mac Web sites. "Annalee Newitz, a policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said that Apple, which is represented by the San Francisco law firm of O'Melveny and Myers LLP, has agreed to hold off on serving subpoenas until after the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California, has held a hearing on the EFF's request for a protective order for its clients, two of the Web sites listed in Apple's suit. EFF filed the request this week; a date for the hearing has not yet been set, but it may be held in early March.

Apple to add high-density display option to PowerBooks?

Apple Computer may be planning to offer PowerBooks with higher density displays, and may have intended to do so with its latest PowerBook offerings, according to AppleInsider.

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Prosoft Engineering Introduces a New Distribution Partner for the UK

Prosoft Engineering is pleased to announce a new distribution partnership with A M Micro, a leading computer hardware and software distributor for the UK market. ?Prosoft products such as Data Rescue, Data Backup and the new Drive Genius product have really taken off over the past few months. We?re excited to now partner up with A M Micro which will help broaden the availability of Prosoft products throughout the U.K.,? states Gordon Bell, sales manager for Prosoft Engineering.


\"A M Micro is proud to have been appointed UK distributor for Prosoft Engineering and we look forward to working closely with their team. Prosoft\'s award-winning utility software solutions will expand and enhance our product range,? says Steve Hawkins, Managing Director of A M Micro. The complete line of Prosoft products can be found at the A M Micro website here:

http://www.ammicro.co.uk/products/prosoft.htm

St-Valentine Coup: What does PR, Mariage and Hamrick Software have in common

Bill Gram-Reefer is a friend of the Digital Dispatch. He is also the PR agent for Hamrick Software .
Bill always come up with a trick up his sleeve. This years St-Valentine promo was no exception; Read on:
“Here’s a Valentine’s Day case study from Hamrick software: When a married couple became embroiled in a bitter argument over the poor condition of the pictures in their wedding album, they didn’t go to a marriage counselor, instead VueScan helped save the mariage.

Man it did grab our attention!
But seriously, what keeps on "giving" is the fact that Hamrick Software is the best Scanner add-on software on the market today. And that Bill is by far one of the best new breed of PR person on the planet.

And speaking of mariage, Bill and Hamrick is a perfect one!

OtterBox for iPod Mini now available

Otter has announced the expansion of its iPod case line with the OtterBox for iPod Mini.
They are the makers of other great products for the iPod.
Great stuff from great people.

Apple selects retail store locations in Japan, SoCal

Apple has selected two new retail store locations--one in Japan and one in Southern California.

Apple reveals Mac OS X Tiger retail packaging

Apple today revealed its new Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" packaging in letter to customers. Wow!

Panic releases Transmit 3 FTP client for Mac OS X

Panic on Wednesday announced the release of Transmit 3, the latest version of the company's File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client for Mac OS X, unveiled at Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco earlier this year. Transmit 3 adds new features, including a column view, tabs for multiple connections, a "sidebar" reminiscent of the Finder, a redesigned Favorites feature, new preview drawer and much more, including full iDisk and WebDAV support that Panic claims is faster than the Finder.

Motorola denies iTunes phone reports

Motorola Inc. has Wednesday refuted reports that it demonstrated its hotly-anticipated iTunes mobile phone earlier this week. Appearing at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, Motorola demonstrated several new devices, including the E1060. The latter product was widely described as the new iTunes-compatible mobile phone.

Rollei returns to U.S. with new digital cameras

German company Rollei, which suffered several setbacks in recent years, on Wednesday announced its return to the U.S. market with five new digital cameras that will debut at next week's Photo Marketing Association (PMA) trade show in Orlando. The company will introduce a new top-of-the-line camera, the 16-megapixel 6008 AF, which is compatible with all of Rollei's 6000 series AF lenses. It can be used with traditional film or with a SmartMedia storage card. Rollei's Web site uses frames, so access the company's medium format camera section and select the digital bundle at the top of the list, not the 6008 AF by itself, to see all the specs. Rollei expects to ship the camera later this month.

1,500 Internet television stations directly to your MAC: iTube Rocks!

Do you have the winter blues?
Do you suffer from post winter depression?
We believe to have found the cure without having you leaving your faithfull Mac;
Try iTube!

East Bay Technologies, developer of next-generation media search tools, announces their iTube! for Macintosh Internet television viewing software. iTube!, the largest Internet television and video tuner, allows access to over 1500 channels of television programs, live video channels, and webcams. In addition, iTube! also includes an Internet Video Search function that gives users a search tool to access over two million Internet video clips.

We have spend quite some time surfing the multiples channels offered part of the standard package that is iTube! With great pleasure. Not only is the interface user friendly, but it actualy let you customise the degree of control you get over the live feed and the streaming, making the iTube! experience a great one.

You speak Russian ? or Korean ? With iTube! you can get access to a whole lot of digital on line content that will please you.
The choice is (almost) to good to be true; from the police and EMT scanners, the live traffic web cam to the French legislative assambly to your favorite Video, andlet's not forget News and Entertainment sequences from all over the world.
We believe that iTube! should be on every Mac. No monthly fees, and a ever growing list of channels make this new software
a true must for Mac owners.

By it for yourself to chase the winter blues away, and to (virtualy) travel all over the world, or better yet, offer a licence to someone who has everything; You will thank me for it!

This software rocks!
We give it a well deserve 5* out of 5
Making iTube! our software of the Month.

For more info or to purchase on line go to:
www.eastbaytech.com

The Best Gets Better: Velan release Fast DVD Copy 3.5

Velan Software announces today that Version 3.5 of Fast DVD Copy for Mac OS X is available for download on the company's website. Fast DVD Copy allows users to back up their DVD and audio CD collections, Playstation 2 games, DVD-ROMs and CD-ROMs.

Among the new features introduced since version 3.0, Fast DVD Copy now offers:

· Support for dual layer burning
· Support for ARccOS protected DVDs
· RCE protection handling
· A "Movie Only" function to copy DVDs without bonuses or menus
· Improved compatibility with DVD players
· And more

Complete information on the latest features is available at http://www.fastdvdcopy.com/
Licensed users can update to Fast DVD Copy Version 3.5 FREE of charge.
Highly Recommanded!
We give it a 5 * out of 5
Making Fast DVD Copy 3.5 our must have software of the week.