FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Odessa, Ukraine - December 21st, 2004 - BeLight Software announces Business Card Composer 3.0, a new version of this do-it-yourself business card tool, to be released in January, 2005. The package is a complete boxed solution containing the software, 2 CDs with 23.000 clipart images and the Premium-quality Avery paper for 100 business cards. Everyone who buys the current version of Composer from December 21st to January 21st, will receive the 3.0 box immediately after release and save on shipping: http://www.belightsoft.com/composer/ "To create a professional-looking business card you need to have tons of images to choose from. To print them you need to have card stock. To enjoy this process you need to have a neat tool. That's why the 3.0 version contains heaps of images, free paper stock, new image and text editing tools, and improved printing. As a result, you get a powerful yet easy-to-use solution to produce your perfect business cards!" - says Pavel Skurtul...

GarageKey MIDI Keyboard Now Shipping For Immediate Release - December 20, 2004 MacMice, a division of DVForge, Inc, announces that its new GarageKey USB-MIDI keyboard for Apple's GarageBand is now shipping. "The GarageKey is the only MIDI keyboard on the market designed specifically for Apple's GarageBand software." said DVForge Executive Vice President, Chuck Leonard, "The market seems focused on big, complicated music keyboards, when there are millions of newer Mac owners who have GarageBand installed as part of the iLife suite, and who would simply like a good-looking, small, simple keyboard. GarageKey is that keyboard" The GarageKey has a clear acrylic over white design that matches Apple's latest desktop gear, is small enough to fit on any desk, and includes a pair of small riser legs that permits sliding the Apple typing keyboard under the music keyboard, to further conserve desk space. It has an MSRP of $119.99 and is available now from the MacMice web site, or from any MacMice...

MP3 Surround Fraunhofer IIS, Thomson and Agere Systems unveil free MP3 Surround evaluation download. Full versions of MP3 Surround encoder and decoder available from (http://www.mp3surround-format.com)www.mp3surround-format.com. MP3, the world's most popular audio compression format, goes multi-channel. Scientists and engineers from Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, who developed MP3 together with their colleagues from Thomson, the exclusive licensing representative for their MP3 patents, and Agere Systems, have joined to launch MP3 Surround into the consumer and commercial markets. This technology will enable 5.1 channel surround sound for a broad spectrum of applications including web-based music distribution, broadcasting systems, PC-related audiovisual or gaming applications, consumer electronics and automotive systems. MP3 Surround supports high-quality multi-channel sound at bit rates comparable to those currently used to encode stereo MP3 material, resulting in...

Inventive Releases iClip 3.4 Productivity Software for Apple Mac OS X New Version Features Copy/Paste Via Keyboard, Improved International Text Handling NASHUA, New Hampshire, Dec 15, 2004 Inventive, Inc. (http://inventive.us) announces the release of iClip version 3.4, their award winning productivity software for Mac OS X. iClip enables users to quickly store, organize, and access snippets of information without having to save them as entire documents. Newly available in iClip is a way to copy and paste from clipping bins using only the keyboard. Users can now set Hot Keys that make transparent labels appear over the bins, enabling them to quickly choose one to copy or paste with the simple press of a key. Also available in version 3.4 are improvements to non-Unicode, international text handling, which is beneficial to those who use iClip with some older applications. "We've had many requests to provide copy/paste using only the keyboard, and I feel that for iClip 3.4, we've...

INTELLI INNOVATIONS UNVEILS INTELLISCANNER WINE COLLECTOR, FEATURING BLUETOOTH=AE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY Automatically Catalog Wine Collections With Barcodes, AutoFill Capabilities CARY, North Carolina (December 14th, 2004) - Intelli Innovations, Inc. today unveiled IntelliScanner Wine Collector, the Company's integrated hardware/software package for automatically identifying and organizing personal wine collections. By simply scanning the retail bar code found on any wine bottle with the bundled Bluetooth=AE wireless or USB reader, Wine Collector enters the name, varietal, winery, country, type, color, region, and more in seconds with Internet-enabled AutoFill capabilities. "Nearly every bottle of wine has a retail barcode on it. With the new Wine Collector, you can take advantage of these barcodes to automatically organize your wine collection," said Travis J. Hicks, Product Manager. "By bundling an easy-to-use IntelliScanner barcode reader and our comprehensive wine management...

Avenza Announces MAPublisher 6.1 for Illustrator. - Powerful mapmaking software supports Illustrator 10 and CS - Toronto, ON, December 14, 2004 - Avenza Systems Inc. announces the release of MAPublisher 6.1 for Adobe Illustrator. MAPublisher 6.1 is the latest version of this powerful mapmaking software used to produce high quality maps from GIS data. Significant new functionality in MAPublisher 6.1 includes joining points based on attribute values, the ability to copy the coordinates of a known point location and the ability to rotate point symbols based on attribute data. MAPublisher 6.1 for Adobe Illustrator is a full product update that is free to all current MAPublisher Maintenance Program subscribers and replaces the current shipping version of MAPublisher 6.03 for all new customers. "We have responded to the requests of our users and included many new functions and features in this release," said Ted Florence, President of Avenza, "This update is another major step forward for...

Impression 2.61: Backup Software We're pleased to announce the release Impression 2.61, the backup software for Mac OS X. For release on December 14th, 2004: Impression 2.61 offers a maintenance update to the backup application for OS X. Notably all reported, reproducible bugs have been fixed for this release. Thanks to the community for all of their reporting and help in tracking issues. Full, detailed release notes are available here: (http://babelcompany.com/impression/history.html) Impression is available for immediate download through this address: (http://babelcompany.com/impression/index.html) Impression costs US$25 to register. A free, near-fully unlocked trial version is available for public download and evaluation. This update is free and fully supported for all registered operators (as updates always are, and always will be). It's a nice counterpoint to the current pervasiveness of modern marketing's 'pay-and-pay again' school of thought.

pro Fit 6.0.0 December 13, 2004 -- QuantumSoft today released pro Fit 6.0.0 for Mac OS X. This is a major update of QuantumSoft's popular tool for the analysis and presentation of numerical data and mathematical functions. The update provides numerous new features, such as: * Quartz rendering of drawings and plots, built-in support for PDF, PNG and TIFF formats, improved EPS export, hatching, tranparency, multi-line text labels. * Built-in support for color plots, contour plots and box plots, dynamic updating of plots when the underlying data or function has been changed. * Unicode support. * Multiple Undos. * Text documnents with unlimited size and syntax coloring for functions and programs. * Functions with multiple return values. * Improved fitting algorithms with automatic initial parameter guessing. * Updated plug-in architecture with XCode support. A more detailed list of new features can be found at http://www.quansoft.com/hist.html The update is free for anyone who bought pro...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New ebook puts readers in control of recording with GarageBand Ithaca, NY USA (December 13, 2004)--GarageBand users can learn how to create musical compositions from anything - vocals, guitars, MIDI keyboards, and even the kitchen sink - with the help of "Take Control of Recording with GarageBand," the latest ebook by Seattle musician Jeff Tolbert. Jeff helps readers get the most out of their gear (or buy appropriate new gear) while explaining how to plan a recording session, how to record with Software Instruments or Real Instruments, the best way to rerecord if necessary, and how to apply effects like a pro. The 106-page ebook also includes audio examples, numerous real-world tips and recording studio techniques, and two sample songs that demonstrate the techniques discussed. "Take Control of Recording with GarageBand," the sixteenth ebook in the Take Control series, complements Jeff's earlier ebook, "Take Control of Making Music with GarageBand," which has...

December 13, 2004 DropDV Software Releases DropDV 2.0 This holiday season thousands of Macintosh users will receive video cameras, video recorders, and set top boxes based on the MPEG file format. Many of these otherwise happy Mac users will be frustrated in their attempts to edit video from these devices. Want to make these great gifts even better? Give the gift of DropDV - the software that seamlessly integrates MPEG video into iMovie and the Macintosh platform. DropDV handles any MPEG file, including those from: * TiVo, ReplayTV and EyeTV devices * Sony MicroMV and other MPEG camcorders * Digital Video Recorders * DVD-R Video Recorders * DVD-R Camera Recorders * Digital Still Cameras with MPEG support * Any other MPEG files your may have DropDV is simple and easy to use. Just drop your MPEG files onto DropDV to convert them into DV video streams. After conversion, your video is already imported into an iMovie project and ready for you to edit. After editing with...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOOQ Launches Vyper Laptop Sleeve SIERRA MADRE, CALIF. December 10, 2004---BOOQ, a fast-growing, premium brand of performance-driven laptop carrying cases for creative professionals on the move, announces the introduction of Vyper, a line of semi-rigid laptop sleeves made from ballistic nylon-covered molded foam. Vyper establishes a powerful presence in the ultra-slim laptop sleeve category for BOOQ, a company known for creating tough laptop backpacks and cases, as well as the rugged PowerSleeve line of full-featured laptop sleeves. With four models designed to fit iBooks and PowerBooks like a glove, Vyper is the ideal product for customers who are looking for an extremely slim, well-designed case that will protect a laptop while inside another backpack or briefcase. In typical BOOQ fashion, Vyper is all about rugged elegance and attention to detail, featuring an exterior covered in tough 1682D cross-weave ballistic nylon, a softly lined non-scratch interior, as...

Ranchero Software releases MarsEdit 1.0, new weblog editor for Mac OS X Seattle, WA, USA -- December 9, 2004 -- Ranchero Software, creators of the RSS newsreader NetNewsWire, today released MarsEdit 1.0, a new weblog editor for Mac OS X. MarsEdit makes weblog writing like writing email, with each post edited in its own window, the ability to save posts as drafts, spell-checking, and a familiar Mac OS X interface. While designed to be easy to use for new webloggers, MarsEdit also includes features power-bloggers need: support for categories, text filters, trackbacks, custom templates, AppleScript, and more. "MarsEdit is simple, intuitive, flexible, and customizable. It's a very comfortable and efficient tool for writing," said John Gruber of Daring Fireball. Other MarsEdit features include image and file uploading, a bookmarklet that lets you send a page from your Web browser to MarsEdit, and custom tags. "Our company uses blogs to track technical projects as well as business and...

Ipodmyphoto.com wants to put you in a custom iPod ad ipodmyphoto.com announces the launch of a service that will transform any photo into an image identical to the iPod silhouette ads for $19.95. These are done by professional artists and the results are amazing. Put yourself or someone you love into an iPod ad - makes a great gift! http://ipodmyphoto.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bare Bones Software Releases BBEdit 8.0.3 Update BEDFORD, Mass. - Dec. 8, 2004 - Bare Bones Software today announced the release and immediate availability of BBEdit(R) 8.0.3, the latest version of the award-winning HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. BBEdit 8.0.3 is a maintenance release to fix reported issues and add minor interface refinements and enhancements. The BBEdit 8.0.3 update is available free of charge to all registered BBEdit 8.0 customers. An update package is available for download from the Bare Bones Software web site: (http://www.barebones.com/support/updates.shtml) About BBEdit ------------ BBEdit is the leading professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of professional Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides a plethora of features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text. BBEdit reliably transforms text with high performance. An intelligent...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAXUM RELEASES RUMPUS FTP 4.0 Rumpus 4.0 combines the best of Mac OS and Unix to create a professional, easy-to-use file transfer server. December 9, 2004 - Rumpus FTP, the premier Internet file transfer server for Macintosh, is now even better. Rumpus 4.0, released today by Maxum Development, continues to offer the rock solid FTP services Mac administrators have relied on for years, but has been redesigned to take full advantage of Mac OS X. Administrators will first notice the completely new interface, rewritten specifically for Mac OS X and reworked to provide clean, simplified and responsive server management. The new Rumpus application also includes: * Fast context-sensitive help * An expanded setup assistant * Integrated self-diagnosis of common problems * Quicker, easier access to controls and server reports While the top-level interface is all new, the biggest changes are underneath, resulting in a server engine that is faster, more efficient and...

Telestream Flip4Mac Brings Windows Media Encoding to the Mac Available now - Industry's first component to enable QuickTime-based applications to export Windows Media files Nevada City, Calif., December 6, 2004 - Telestream, the world's leading provider of universal media encoding solutions, today announced availability of its Flip4Mac Windows Media Export Component for Apple's Mac OS X platform. The Flip4Mac Export Component is the first product to provide encoding in Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series SD and HD on the Macintosh. It is the premier product in a series of major new digital media tools for the Mac to be offered by Telestream for immediate worldwide purchase at www.flip4mac.com. Prices start under US$100. "Mac users have long lacked a good way to get to the Windows Media format from their video authoring tools," said Ben Waggoner, compression expert and principal of Interframe Media. "Telestream's Flip4Mac finally makes it possible for any app supporting QuickTime Export...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Peachpit Announces The iPod Playlist Book Book offers playlists for nearly every mood and occasion Berkeley, CA-Dec. 6-Today Peachpit Press announced The iPod Playlist Book (ISBN: 0-321-30469-1), chock full of playlist ideas for every imaginable occasion. Available now from online booksellers and at local bookstores for just $14.99, this book is an ideal companion for iPod owners or a great gift for those iPod-loving friends. Many consumers find it overwhelming having to sort through a massive collection of music to find the right tunes to make a perfect playlist. The iPod Playlist Book makes it simple by featuring more than 150 playlists organized by genre (punk, blues, roots, and more) and activity (road trips, cocktail parties, weddings, luaus, etc.). Each page includes a playlist and interesting tidbits about that list. Some examples of playlists include: * Road Trippin' * Not Your Typical Wedding Songs * Cryin' in Your Beer: Songs for Soaking in Cheap Suds...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OMNIPILOT SOFTWARE, INC. INTRODUCES LASSO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER 8 Driven by Customer Demand, this Limited IP Developer Edition is Now Available Fort Lauderdale, FL - December 6, 2004 - OmniPilot Software, Inc., global provider of integrated management software, introduces Lasso Professional Developer 8, a fully robust edition available to developers at a low price. Lasso 8 represents the next generation of building data-driven Web sites, supporting multiple databases simultaneously and easing the sequential migration of databases. The Developer Edition is specifically tailored to meet the needs of advanced Web developers by easily installing on any platform and by allowing development and testing on one machine, as well as remote testing from another machine. "There is nothing like Lasso Professional Developer 8 for building data-driven Web sites," said, Chad Roll, chief operating officer, OmniPilot. "It supports multiple databases simultaneously while easing...

The Omni Group Announces OmniOutliner 3.0 and OmniOutliner 3.0 Professional, Ships Public Beta Seattle, WA --December 3, 2004 -- The Omni Group has announced a major new upgrade to their outlining and organizational application, OmniOutliner. Targeted for early 2005, The Omni Group plans to ship OmniOutliner 3.0, as well as a new "pro" version, OmniOutliner 3.0 Professional. New to OmniOutliner 3.0 are many new options for styling and editing documents, as well as support for attachments, new export options, inline notes, improved AppleScript support, a batch find feature, and much more. "I think it's amazing what our team has done with OmniOutliner 3," said Ken Case, CEO of The Omni Group. "They've worked hard to deliver the features most requested by our current customers: support for inline images, links to external URLs, more flexible options for searching and navigating, and rich formatting options for presentation on screen and in print. But they didn't stop there - they've also...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Share Your Tunes in Style with XtremeMac's Audio Splitter for iPod Fort Lauderdale, Florida - December 3, 2004 - XtremeMac, the premier accessory manufacturer for Apple Computer's iPod, is proud to announce the best way to share music from one iPod with two listeners. XtremeMac's new Audio Splitter for iPod is the first splitter designed specifically for the 3G iPod, Click Wheel iPod, iPod photo and iPod mini. The new XtremeMac Audio Splitter for iPod converts the single earbud connection on your iPod into two earbud connectors, splitting the audio signal from the iPod into 2 pairs of headphones while maintaining all of the high quality crystal-clear audio the iPod is famous for. The sleek new XtremeMac Audio Splitter for iPod is exquisitely designed, precision molded to match perfectly in iPod white, and sculpted to sit flush on the iPod along the symmetrically curved side of the iPod mini. The splitter is only half as wide as an iPod mini, so it allows free...

December 2, 2004 Mendocino, CA. SoftRAID, LLC today released version 3.1.1 of their software RAID application, SoftRAID 3. Version 3.1.1 adds the capability of creating Bootable SoftRAID DVDs and fixes several bugs related to the manipulation of Mirror volumes. "Fixing bugs is an integral part of product development, and we place the highest priority on providing software suitable for mission critical storage solutions", said Tim Standing, VP of Engineering. SoftRAID, LLC will be in Booth 1347 at the Macworld Expo and Conference in San Francisco, January 11-14, 2005. SoftRAID 3.1.1 is available for $129.00 and may be purchased through SoftRAID's website, www.softraid.com. All registered users will receive a free upgrade via email. For more information about SoftRAID 3, contact us at sales@softraid.com. Demo version download URL: http://www.softraid.com/demo.html Press Release URL: http://www.softraid.com/news.html User Testimonials: http://www.softraid.com/testimonials.html About...

Hendrickson Software Components Announces SpamX Available Now For Windows, Macintosh and Linux Spam Tracing and Reporting Solution Reduces Spam to Nearly Zero; Ideal for Heterogeneous Computing Environments Arlington, Virginia (December 01, 2004) -- Hendrickson Software Components (hsc) announced today that SpamX, the company's popular software for spam source tracing and reporting, is available cross-platform for Windows, and now Macintosh and Linux. "SpamX is the ideal solution for spam-weary customers. Because it automatically traces the source of spam and then reports spam offenders to their ISPs, we help to eliminate the problem at the source," stated Jeff Hendrickson, creator of SpamX. "In addition, we offer SpamX for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, so everyone can get relief from spam, regardless of the computer operating system they use." SpamX enables everyone from end users to IT professionals working in complex networked environments to effectively reduce spam in their e-...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Reduplicator v1.0.0 Released by Deep Sky Technologies, Inc. EIMS Filter for Archiving Email Using Custom Rules Vero Beach, FL - Tuesday, November 30th, 2004: Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., today announced the release of Reduplicator v1.0.0 for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. Reduplicator is an EIMS filter for archiving email using custom rules and criteria. This first full release of Reduplicator follows on the very successful beta testing of the new EIMS filter during the month of November, 2004. Reduplicator allows EIMS administrators to archive email based on criteria they control. Email can be archived based on who it is coming from, who it is going to, what IP address it is coming from, and the use of authentication. Archiving location can also be customized to organize archived email by domain, username, and current date values. Reduplicator provides functionality vital to companies and hosting providers that must fulfill HIPAA guidelines, publicly traded or health...

DLO BEGINS SHIPPING iBOOM iPOD BOOMBOX Portable Stylish iPod Boombox is the Perfect Way to Add Fun to Upcoming Family Gatherings, Holiday Parties, Vacations and More CHARLESTON, SC -November 24, 2004. Just in time for the holiday shopping rush, (http://e2ma.net/redirect/50037865/48306/1526539/goto:http://dlodirect.com)Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) announced it is shipping the much-anticipated DLO iBoom - Boombox for the iPod. The DLO iBoom lets users connect their iPod and share their music anywhere. The DLO iBoom fits all iPods and iPod minis (does not fit iPod photo), and features a fully digital FM stereo with 4 station presets and a bright amber backlit display. Running on 6 D batteries or plugged in, the DLO iBoom is the portable iPod Boombox customers have been waiting for. It is available immediately for $149.99 from (http://e2ma.net/redirect/50037865/48306/1526540/goto:http://dlodirect.com)DLODirect.com and at CompUSA stores everywhere. The DLO iBoom features a 20-watt...