Year: 2008

iWebTemplate (http://www.iwebtemplate.com) has introduced their
Google Tool Set, a free, web-based resource for Mac enterprise and
web developers.

Flash on Tap (http://flashontap.eventbrite.com), a Flash design and
development conference and beer tasting festival, has announced its
spring conference dates: May 28-30, 2009, in Boston. The conference
organizers, Infrared5, Influxis and Red5Server have planned both
educational and inspirational sessions.

The Flash on Tap conference is organized around main-stage speakers
designed to appeal to all attendees followed by afternoon break-out
sessions where attendees can choose the sessions they wish to attend.

Realmac Software has updated RapidWeaver
(http://www.realmacsoftware.com), its web site creation application
for Mac OS X, to version 4.2. The software is now fully localized
into French, German, Italian and Japanese, as well as featuring a
number of bug fixes and performance tweaks.

RapidWeaver 4.2 is a free upgrade for registered users of RapidWeaver
3.6 and higher. A new license is US$79. Users of RapidWeaver 3.5 or
earlier can upgrade for $25.

Western Digital (WD) has introduced a way for consumers to play their
stored digital content on their HDTV in Full-HD 1080p resolution. The
WD TV Media Player connects to a user’s TV or home theater and plays
digital movies, music and photos from WD’s My Passport portable drive
or other USB mass storage device.

XChange International (http://www.xchangeuk.com) has announced three
new products for the prepress market and designers.

With the Permanent Press filter for Photoshop (approximately US$74),
users can create professional quality vintage offset printing and ink
effects with any design, photograph, type treatment or image. Users
have the ability to take any design, photograph, type treatment or
image and transport it to another time and aesthetic.