Year: 2008

Grantwood Technology has released the US$18.99 QuickFlipCase
(http://www.grantwoodtechnology.com/quickflipcase) for the iPhone and
iPhone 3G, a premium leather case designed to secure the iPhone in
place on your belt or waist.

The QuickFlipCase features a horizontally designed case with a smooth
leather exterior with contrast stitching and a permanent belt clip.
It also uses a secure magnetic enclosure for the lid, and center
push-up hole to allow easy removal of your iPhone.

Brainstem Games (http://www.brainstemgames.com), an indie game
development company based in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, will be
showcasing their first title at this year’s Austin Game Developers’
Conference.

Their game, ON Chapter 1: Obscura Nomen, is a 3D multiplayer space
shooter for the personal computer. Up to 32 players can take on the
role of pilots for either the horse-like Mhori or the cat-like Mentki
in a series of space battles. Each battle takes place on a map
tailored for a specific mode of play.

Bare Bones Software has released BBEdit 9.0
(http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.html), an upgrade to
the HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. The upgrade introduces
such new capabilities as Projects, non-modal Find and Multi-File
Search windows, editing in browsers, text completion, and a
Scratchpad.

BBEdit 9 also offers revamped Ruby language support, enhanced
JavaScript support, updates to the ObjC, Obj-C++ and YAML language
modules, transparent support for bz2 compression, and more.

Canto (http://www.canto.com) has launched a redesign of its English
language web site and announced Canto Marketplace, a resource
designed to demonstrate the size of the Canto Partner Network,
according to Marketing Director Steffen Setzer.

The Marketplace organizes Cumulus add-on products developed by Canto
Partners into a single resource for the first time.

PGP Corp. (http://www.pgp.com) has updated PGP Whole Disk Encryption
for Mac OS X to version 9.9. It offers full support for pre-boot
authentication for maximum security of your Mac OS X desktop or
laptop.

It also supports external drives, including the sharing of Whole Disk
Encrypted thumb drives between Mac and Windows clients.