FileMaker Pro 8 has been selected as a finalist for a 2006 Codie Award, the premiere annual software industry awards selected by members of the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA), FileMaker announced today. “The 21st Annual Codie Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, information and education technology industries,” said Ken Wasch, SIIA President.
Read MoreSearchlightRSS today announced the launch of Searchlight, an application for Mac OS X (version 10.4.4 and higher) that enables users to search for documents stored on their network file servers through a Web interface. Searchlight is powered by Apple’s Spotlight technology, and also allows users to subscribe to their documents. Powered by RSS technology users will be informed whenever documents are changing or when new ones are created. Saved Searches and usage of Apple’s Bonjour technology are further features of the utility.
Read MoreAn iPod user has filed a lawsuit in San Jose, CA against Apple, claiming the iPods are “inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss,” reports the Associated Press. “We have numerous products in the marketplace that have the potential to damage hearing,” said Deanna Meinke, a professor of audiology at the University of Northern Colorado.
Read MoreJ. Kevin Wolfe has released Serious Editing in iPhoto 6, which has been updated for both iPhoto 6 and Mac OS X Tiger. The eBook is packed with 25 fixes for common photo problems and 33 effects.
Read MorePdfCompress 5.0 squeezes images 20% harder
London and Berlin – February 1st, 2006 — metaobject announces the
immediate availability of version 5.0 of the popular PDF compression tool
for Mac OS X.
Version 5.0 features the usual round of minor bug fixes as well as a new
compression method based on JPEG 2000 that squeezes an additional 20% out
of photographic images.
PdfCompress still costs just US $27 per copy to license, and version 5.0
is, as usual, a free upgrade for existing users of previous versions.
PdfCompress is a fully native Cocoa application, not just a Cocoa wrapp
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