Year: 2005

K4 Publishing System now available for InDesign CS2

SoftCare today announced K4 Publishing System 5.5 is fully compatible with Adobe Creative Suite 2. K4, a standard editorial system for magazines and creative agencies, combines layout and design software Adobe InDesign CS2 with Adobe InCopy CS2, a professional writing and editing program that tightly integrates with InDesign. One of the new features in InCopy CS2 allows editors to place and scale images directly in InCopy.

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Business Card Composer 3.1 offers Tiger support

BeLight Software today released Business Card Composer 3.1, bringing Tiger compatibility to the popular business card tool. in addition, version 3.1 adds new paper layouts from Avery, supports new card stock from Conqueror, fixes a bug in printing cards as vector on layouts with bleeds, as well as numerous other minor bug fixes. Business Card Composer 3.1 is free for current users. It’s priced at US$34.95.

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Aspyr Web site posts CSI: Dark Motives

Aspyr Media today announced CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Dark Motives (Mac) is now live on their Web site and available for preorder. “Become a forensic investigator, and join the CSI team. CSI: Dark Motives is the second game based on the hit television series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Work in the field with the CSI cast, featuring the actors, atmosphere, voices and music from the show.

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‘Scotland adds iPods to menu’

The Washington Post today notes that The Scotsman newspaper has reported that Glasgow’s school system is offering rewards to secondary school students for eating healthier foods: “The award-winning Fuel Zone Points Rewards Scheme aims to promote a good diet among teenage pupils, with those who choose a healthy option rewarded with points which go towards prizes, such as iPod music players, Xbox computer consoles, tickets for the cinema and book tokens.

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New line of Mac mini accessories announced

OWC and NewerTech are now offering four acrylic accessories for Apple’s Mac mini — the NuStand mini (a curved acrylic stand that allows you to slip the mini underneath and a monitor on top), NuClear mini (a 0.75-inch piece of acrylic plastic that raises your mini off the desk), NuBlue mini (the same as the NuClear mini, but in blue), and NuShelf mini (attaches to the bottom of a desktop or shelf and allows you to slip the mini inside). Prices range from US$24.95 to $39.95.

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