Year: 2006

American Balloon announces Zazen

Posted by | Jun 30, 2006 | |

American Balloon today announced the release of Zazen, a new way to use or manage your applications. “Zazen is Japanese for Zen Meditation, and with Zazen, your mind will be put into a state of productive relaxation,” says the company. ” At least, that’s what we’re going for.” With Zazen, you will see a list of running Applications in your Menu Bar.  From this menu, you are able to switch between your Applications, Quit your Applications, Force Quit your Applications, or use an Application in “Concentration Mode.” Zazen is priced at US$12.

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Praevius announces SoftBooks Pro 2.0.2 update

Posted by | Jun 30, 2006 | |

Praevius today announced the release of SoftBooks Pro 2.0.2, the latest version of its full-featured Payroll and Business Management application for Mac OS X that features: estimates, invoices, time tracking, ledger, customer management, inventory/supplier management, services, and categories. This update adds Customer Statements, improved Ledger Transaction sorting and several bug fixes. SoftBooks Pro is priced at US$129.95.

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Apple investigation on option irregularities

Posted by | Jun 30, 2006 | |

Apple issued a brief statement yesterday stating: “an internal investigation has discovered irregularities related to the issuance of certain stock option grants made between 1997 and 2001,” reports The San Francisco Chronicle. One of the grants was to Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs, but it was canceled without resulting in financial gain to the CEO, the statement said.

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Apple releases iTunes 6.0.5

Posted by | Jun 29, 2006 | |

Apple today released iTunes 6.0.5 on the Web and via its Software Update Utility. Of this release, the company says: “With iTunes 6, you can now preview, buy, and download music videos, short films, and hit TV programs on the iTunes Music Store and sync your music and purchased videos with iPod to enjoy on the go. iTunes 6.0.5 allows you to sync your Nike + iPod workout data to nikeplus.com, where you can easily track your progress, set training goals, challenge others, and much more.

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