Year: 2007

Alien Skin releases Universal Photoshop plug-ins

Alien Skin’s Photoshop plug-ins are now Universal applications. The company says these updates are compatible with Photoshop CS3 and provide a significant performance increase on Intel-based Macs. Updates cost US$19.99 each for up to three; additional titles beyond three are free of charge (maximum cost $59.97). Registered users are eligible for free updates to any Alien Skin plug-ins purchased on or after January 1, 2007. If you purchased directly from Alien Skin, you are automatically registered.

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Music Man 2.1 released with MP3 clip making capability

Mireth Technology has released a new version of Music Man, its Mac OS X ripper, converter, burner, and player digital music software. Originally designed to burn and play MP3 CDs, Music Man has evolved to include ripping, converting and burning of other formats as they have developed, including WMA, WAV, ACC(M4A,M4B), MIDI (MID, KAR), Ogg Vorbis and Audio CD. Music Man provides burning capability to Audio CD, MP3 CD, DVD and USB Flash drives.

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Kx announces Mac support for Kdb+ database, apps

Kx Systems today announced announced kdb+ database and application support for Mac OS X. The company says it added Mac support because of increasing requests from kdb+ developers, who work in the leading global financial firms that comprise the Kx user base. “As Apple continues to offer larger, faster servers built on Intel processors, the Macintosh is becoming an attractive alternative for financial institutions,” said Simon Garland, Kx CTO.

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Apple to open retail stores in Florida, Colorado

Apple will open two new retail stores in Fort Lauderdale, FL and Littleton, Colorado on April 21, 2007. The Apple Store The Galleria in Fort Lauderdale, which is located at 2414 E. Sunrise Boulevard, will open to the public on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The Apple Store Park Meadows in Littleton, which is located at 8401 Park Meadows Center Dr. #1150, will also be open to the public on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. MT.

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