Mariner Software today announced the release of the public beta and special pre-release pricing for its screenwriting software for Mac OS X, Montage. During the remaining beta phase of Montage, a special price of US$99.95, a discount of over 30% off the list price, will be available. The price also includes complimentary technical support. Download edition orders may be placed on the Mariner Web site.
Read MoreCASE Apps today announced the final release of Sofa Control 1.0, an application for Mac OS X (version 10.4.4 and higher), enables users to control any application on the Mac with the Apple Remote Control. Version 1.0 is available for download now for US$9.99. “Sofa Control uses application scripting to control any application installed on your Mac. It’s full extendible and adoptable by the end user with its own scripts. Sofa Control provides specially designed user interface elements to do even more than just control your app.
Read MoreA report on CNN notes that Microsoft announced today that chairman and co-founder Bill Gates will move out of his day-to-day role at the company, effective July 2008, to spend more time working on his charitable foundation.
Read MorePomfort today announced the release of its first software product for film and video production. The Pomfort FrameCalculator for Mac OS X has an expression-based calculation engine for timecodes and together with its additional conversion features, it is a “powerful little helper focussing on the daily needs of movie post production.” The Pomfort FrameCalculator can convert the results of such calculations into disk space usage and network transfer time of various digital formats and into footage of different film materials.
Read MoreHumble Daisy today introduced ProfCast 1.5, the latest upgrade to it’s flagship lecture recording and podcast creation software. ProfCast is a tool for recording lectures and creating enhanced podcasts. ProfCast provides a low cost solution for recording and distributing lectures, special events, and presentations as podcasts. It also offers an integrated workflow that makes creating, recording, and publishing podcasts easy. ProfCast carries a retail price of US$35.
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