Year: 2009

Akvis has released Akvis Enhancer 10.0
(http://akvis.com/en/enhancer/index.php) for
Windows and Macintosh. he program allows
improving detail on an image, no matter what was
the cause of the unsharpness. The standalone
version supports HDRI technology.

The new release includes Smart Correction, which
improves the tone quality of an image by
adjusting the lightness or darkness of points in
the image.

Akvis Enhancer is image enhancement software that
helps you improve detail in photos no matter what
caused the problem: poor/excessive lighting,
motion or poor focus.

Xmultiple (http:?/www.xmultiple.com) has released the X-Power 1, an
US$29.95 USB rechargeable battery/backup charge/sync cable for the
iPhone and iPod touch. It’s available in different lengths: six
inches, 20 inches, 30 inches, and in a retractable cable design.

The X-Power 1 is designed to serve as a portable back-up power source
for your iPhone or iPod touch when you intend to go mobile away from
a power source. To use you plug the X-Power1 into a USB outlet and
the X-Power1 charge/sync cable circuitry will charge the Apple device.

Seven Lakes Software
(http://www.sevenlakessoftware.com/) has
introduced Grosshandel, new merchandise
management (ERP) software for Mac
OS X.

FontGear (formerly Morrison SoftDesign) has released FontGenius 1.0
for Mac OS X. It’s a font identification utility that costs US$39.99
for a single-user license. A demo version is available for download
at the FontGear web site (http://www.FontGear.net).

FontGenius examines pictures and identifies typefaces of any text
within a picture.

Curious Toys, a division of Curious Pictures, has released its Sea
Captain game (http://www.curioustoys.com/SeaCaptain) for the iPhone
and iPod touch. It’s available for US$0.99 at the Apple App Store.

Here’s how the game is described: “Sea Captain is an ‘action
strategy’ game that has players acting as the navigator of all ships
docking into their respective ports. Players use fingers to direct
the path of each ship to its dock of the same color.