Year: 2005

You Software slashes prices; You Control 1.3 released

You Software has announced that its Mac software is available at discounted “March Madness pricing” until March 31, 2005. You Control and You Synchronize are now on sale for US$19.95 each (both regularly $49.95), while You Control: Fonts is available for $9.95 (regularly $29.95). In related news, You Software has updated You Control with four new monitoring modules that deliver information on your Network activity, Disk activity, CPU performance and Memory availability.

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Sony PSP released in U.S.

Sony today officially launched its PlayStation Portable (PSP) in the U.S. The PSP offers PlayStation 2 level graphics, the ability to play music and movies, and view digital photos. The device features a 4.3-inch wide screen TFT display, WiFi and USB 2.0 connectivity, built-in stereo speakers, and support for Memory Stick Duo cards. The PSP’s games come on a new 1.8GB disc format called UMD (Universal Media Disc). Sony and other film studios are releasing several movies on UMD later this year.

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AquaMinds releases NoteTaker update

AquaMinds has released NoteTaker 1.9.4, a free update to its personal productivity software for Mac OS X. Version 1.9.4 includes several enhancements, including: hyperlinking support for attachments, annotations, footnotes, voice memos and AppleScript; MegaSearch, which brings dynamic content building to daily web searching tasks; and Improved Flash plug-in support. NoteTaker is priced at US$69.95.

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Mac Design Conference expands digital training

The third annual Mac Design Conference & Digital Photography Expo will take place June 21-23 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, FL. “Developed especially for design and imaging professionals, organizers have expanded this year’s educational tracks to comprise more digital photography training than ever before. For three days, attendees will select from more than 58 classes taught by 20 of the most talented and respected photographers, designers and motion graphics professionals in the industry.

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OmniGraffle 3.2, OmniGraffle Pro 3.2 released

The Omni Group has released OmniGraffle 3.2 and OmniGraffle 3.2 Professional, free updates to the company’s diagramming and drawing applications for Mac OS X. The new versions include Japanese, German, French, and Italian localizations. Version 3.2 also provides support for the OmniOutliner 3 file format, and offers improvements to the Action inspector, and a number of overall fixes. OmniGraffle 3 is US$69.95, and OmniGraffle 3 Professional is $119.90.

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