Year: 2006

User Refresh Mac 1.01

Faronics, makers of Deep Freeze Mac, have released User Refresh Mac 1.01.

User Refresh Mac allows administrators to maintain baseline user account
configurations regardless of user activity. The Home directory can be
refreshed on a specified basis, producing consistent user accounts across
an entire enterprise.

Administrators can specify whether the accounts should refresh upon log
out, after a certain amount of time, or on a specified date.

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Big Bang Brain games announced with free ‘Reaction’

Freeverse continued it’s “Big Week” series of announcements today with the introduction of Big Bang Brain Games, a suite of six games designed to stimulate the cerebellum, cajole the cortex, and gratify the grey-matter, notes the company. Big Bang Brain Games offers tight integration with Apple’s .Mac service. As the player succeeds in the various challenges, his or her overall Brain Score will increase and the game provides a simple means of creating your own Brain Page via a .Mac account.

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Gefen announces HDMI Super Booster Cables

Gefen today announced a selection of HDMI Super Booster Cables, designed to deliver pristine high-definition video resolutions with no additional sender and receiver hardware required. The cables, available in lengths of 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 feet, are comprised of copper components and terminated on the receiving end with Gefen HDMI Booster technology. This enables any HDMI source to be delivered with its multichannel digital audio up to 150 feet without any degradation to the high definition signal. Pricing starts at US$279.

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PodJournals social podcasting service announced

PodJournals today announced the beta release of its social podcasting service PodJournals, as well as its client software for Mac OS X. The company says PodJournals goes beyond traditional social networking or podcast-hosting services by making the podcast the new center of the social networking experience. The PodJournals beta release is free and enables members to create up to 10 journals and podcasts.

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Speed Download 4.1.5 now available

Yazsoft today announced the availability of Speed Download 4.1.4, an important update to the the fourth generation of Yazsoft’s award-winning download manager for Mac OS X. Version 4.1.5 adds: SPARKLE Framework integration; re-arranged contextual menu items for quicker access; files downloaded from audible.com are now automatically added to iTunes; and more. Speed Download requires Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later and is priced at US$25.

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