Aspyr Media today announced Sims 2 University for Macintosh, the first expansion pack to EA’s The Sims 2, will ship tomorrow, December 14, 2005. “The Sims 2 University allows players to explore a whole new stage of life as young adults and introduces college-related wants and fears that are ultimately tied to their Sims’ social life and academic goals.
Read MoreNative Instruments today announced a free demo version of Traktor DJ Studio 3, the next generation of its music mixing software. Version 3 includes four playback decks, a suite of performance effects, an analog-modeled mixer section, a customizable user interface and more. Traktor DJ Studio 3 also allows DJs to browse and purchase the latest club music releases from within the software by giving access to the full catalog of Beatport. Traktor DJ Studio 3 requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later and is priced at US$279.
Read MoreErgonis Software today released Typinator 1.2, a typing automator that enables users to quickly insert text or graphics into any type of application. To set up an often-used text or image in Typinator, a user simply defines an abbreviation along with its replacement text or image and when an abbreviation is entered into any application, Typinator automatically expands it. Version 1.2 can insert formatted text, restores the clipboard content after insertion, and offers a number of other new features, improvements and fixes.
Read MoreNow Software has released Now Up-to-Date & Contact 5.1, the latest version of its cross-platform calendar and contact management solution. This free update offers a very large number of new features, improvements, and bug fixes, all of which are documented on the Web site. Now Up-to-Date & Contact 5.1 is priced at US$129.95 for the boxed version, or $119.95 for the online download version.
Read MoreEDGE Tech today announced the latest USB flash drive addition to the company’s DiskGO! line — the new 8GB DiskGO! USB 2.0 Flash Drive. The new drive features a sleek silver design, and is approximately the size of a thumb. It can hold thousands of pictures, music files, data files, or documents from a user’s computer — all with one “plug- and-go” step.
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