MasterWriter, Inc. today unveiled MasterWriter 1.0, an application designed to aid professional songwriters in their craft. MasterWriter offers reference dictionaries, an advanced database for organizing work in progress, word processing functionality, a hard-disc recorder for melodies, a MIDI drum loop library, and Songuard, an online date-of-creation song registration service.
Read MoreDetto Technologies announced today that a Parallel-to-USB version of Move2Mac, the leading PC to Mac migration product that allows PC users to easily switch to the Mac, will ship by the end of January. The product is targeted at Windows 95 users who do not have a USB port and cannot connect to the Mac’s USB port. The Move2Mac Parallel-to-USB version will sell for US$69.95.
Read MoreSmartDisk Corporation today introduced a new line of high performance desktop hard drives that connect to Macs using the new, higher speed 800 Mbit/sec FireWire standard or the FireWire 400 standard. The SmartDisk FirePower features a 3.5″ mechanism, capacity of 200 GB, 7200-rpm mechanism with an 8-megabyte cache, and the new Oxford 922 high performance bridge chip. The new drive is expected to be available in March — pricing was not given.
Read MoreAvid Technology today announced Avid Free DV, a free, DV-only version of its award-winning video editing software. The new software offers two video tracks, four audio tracks, basic trimming and editing functionality, and up to two streams of real-time effects. Avid Free DV is scheduled to be available in Q2 2003 for Mac OS X.
Read MoreAlias/Wavefront today announced that its Maya 4.5 Personal Learning Edition software is now available for free download from the company’s Web site. “Maya Personal Learning Edition lets anyone experience and learn the same 3D software used to create such major computer graphic rich film productions as Spiderman and The Lord of the Rings series,” said Bob Bennett, General Manager of Product Development at Alias/Wavefront.
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