Year: 2009

Sony Creative Software has released a new US$39.95 loop and sample
music library called “8 Bit Weapon: A Chiptune Odyssey”
(http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/8bitweapon). It works with ACID,
Ableton Live, Cubase, Garage Band, Logic, Soundtrack, Beatmaker for
iPhone and more

The library covers sound and music from the Apple II, Commodore 64,
Nintendo NES & GameBoy, and the Atari 2600. Each system library has
everything from drums, bass and synth to special effects. The Apple
II section was made using DrumKey, the Built-in Beeper, and other
Apple II sound cards.

Yenco.com has released version 6.0.1 of Archive
(http://www.yenco.com/archive/”) for Mac OS X (10.4 or higher). It’s
an application that catalogs the contents of your devices so you can
find the info you’re looking for.

Version 6.0.1 modifies the search interface behavior to use return or
enter to initiate a lookup for better performance with larger
catalogs and searching all catalogs. Archive 6 is a shareware
application. You can evaluate it free for 15 times to try out its
features and decide if you like it before you buy it. It costs US$30.

Mark/Space, creator of award-winning desktop and handheld
synchronization software, announced the release of an update to their
popular iPhone sync software for the Mac. The Missing Sync for
iPhone, version 2.0.2, is compatible with iPhone OS 3.0 and adds new
features to transfer and archive iPhone voicemail and voice memos to
the Mac.

The Missing Sync for iPhone is designed as a companion to iTunes,
offering additional sync features to what iTunes provides.
Synchronize tasks, notes, files and documents between a Mac and
iPhone via Wi-Fi.

Vemedio has released an update to Snowtape
(http://www.snowtape.com),intuitive software for recording internet
radio. Snowtape enables the user to quickly find and record his or
her favorite music, add album artwork and exports it right into
iTunes.

“Snowtape is becoming a huge success for us.”, says Martin Hering,
founder of Vemedio.

IGC Software (http://www.iggsoftware.com) has
released released iBank 3.5, a new version of its
financial management application for Mac OS X
10.5 (“Leopard”). The upgrade sports over 30
enhancements and fixes, including the ability to
sync with iBank Mobile for account updates on the
go.

While iBank has long had the ability to sync with
iPhones for customers using MobileMe accounts,
the new version will also allow iPhone sync via
Wi-Fi or any WebDAV server.