Year: 2002

At CES today, Moxi Digital unveiled a new set-top box multimedia system that incorporates a variety of digital media functions, ranging from recording and playback of digital video to online capabilities such as instant messaging, e-mail, Web browsing and chat through the television.

Equilibrium today released DeBabelizer Pro 5 for Mac OS X, a new version of its software for preparing images, animations and digital video for delivery in virtually any medium. DeBabelizer Pro 5 enables users to automatically process, optimize, and convert images and multi-frame files from one medium to the next.

Procreate and The Art Institutes have teamed up to provide conference attendees of this week’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco a hands-on, digital life drawing class in booth #2139 on the show floor. The class will feature live and virtual models, professional instructors and digital artists using procreate Painter 7, Wacom Intuos2 tablets and a HP Designjet 5000 series printer on Macs running Mac OS X 10.1. Space is available at the Digital Art Class booth on a first-come, first-served basis.

Appgen, Inc. has begun shipping MyBooks 6.0 for Mac OS X, a new version of its accounting software for small to mid-sized businesses. Designed as an alternative to QuickBooks, MyBooks aims to simplify the accounting process while also providing an option for conducting higher level eBusiness by plugging into enterprise applications of larger companies.

REAL Software today >released REALbasic 4, the latest version of its programming environment. Version 4 adds improvements to the IDE, enhancements to the EditField, ListBox, Canvas, Shell and multimedia components, external project items, compiled RbScript and more. The Standard Edition of REALbasic 4 is available for US$149.95, while the Professional Edition sells for $349.95.