Apple today posted the first updates to Logic Pro 7 and Logic Express 7–the company’s professional music creation and audio production software applications. Both Logic Pro 7.0.1 and Logic Express 7.0.1 offer enhanced reliability and performance. Specifically, they provide improvements in the following areas: compatibility with Audio Units and other formats, track automation, control surfaces, Ultrabeat, and other various improvements.
Read MoreMedia Lab has announced SiteGrinder 1.0, a new Web site production plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. SiteGrinder creates a site by using a method of adding one-word hints, such as “rollover” or “menu,” to the names of layers in a Photoshop design file. SiteGrinder generates styled and scrolling text, rollover buttons, popups, multi-level menus, and more.
Read MoreGlobal sales of flash memory-based portable digital music players are expected to rise significantly this year, according to research from IDC cited by Creative Technology. The company said IDC estimates that Creative and its rivals, including Samsung and Apple, would collectively sell 35 million portable flash players in 2005, compared with 25 million in 2004. “Apple is the leader in the mini hard disk-drive (HDD) music player market, with a roughly 60 to 70 percent share…
Read MoreThe 1394 Trade Association elected its 2005 board of directors last week, re-electing Eric Anderson, Apple’s FireWire software manager, as chair and Max Bassler of Molex, Inc. as vice chair. Dave Thompson of Agere Systems was re-elected secretary, and Jalil Oraee of Oxford Semiconductor will continue as financial officer. “Our membership has selected a very qualified and diverse Board,” said Anderson.
Read MoreCS Odessa today released LeadingReporter 1.0, a professional business photo-reporting tool and the second product in its Leading family of software for project managers. The new product enables business professionals, project managers and educators to generate pro-quality business event reports on Mac OS X and Windows. LeadingReporter is available for US$149.
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