Amidio (http://amidio.com/) has released Star Guitar, an US$3.99
iPhone/iPod touch application that enables the user to play automatic
guitar rhythms, both strumming and picking types. It’s based upon
patented one-screen interface “StarChords,” which allows immediate
selection of 144 chords.
Those chords can be strummed in a manual way (thanks to the
“SmartStrumming” technology), or automatically.
Bare Bones Software today has released LottoCal
(http://www.barebones.com/products/lottocal/), a new Mac OS X utility
that adds the current winning lottery number and four-day forecast of
winning lottery numbers to iCal on the Mac and to the iPhone or iPod
touch.
LottoCal creates calendars that contain info on current and predicted
winning lottery numbers in user-specified locales. The LottoCal
system preferences panel allows the user to choose their favorite
U.S.
Pangea Software (http://www.pangeasoft.net/”) has released Otto
Matic: Alien Invasion is for the iPhone and iPod touch. Originally
developed for the Mac, Otto Matic is one of Pangea’s most recognized
titles with over two million copies distributed worldwide. It’s
available at the Apple App Store for US$4.99,.
Here’s how the game is described: “The year is 1957 and a fleet of
flying saucers from Planet X have come to Earth.
Quark (http://www.quark.com) has teamed with IBM Enterprise Content
Management (ECM) to enable the broad adoption of XML across the
enterprise by integrating Quark XML Author with IBM FileNet Content
Manager.
By eliminating barriers previously associated with the creation of
DITA-based XML, Quark makes it possible for any IBM FileNet Content
Manager user working in Microsoft Word to author intelligent content
that can be reused and delivered to multiple channels or formats,
says Ken Bisconti, vice president of Products and Strategy, IBM
Enterprise Content Management.
Quickoffice, Inc. (http://www.quickoffice.com), a provider of mobile
office productivity software, will unveil what it says is the first
complete Office suite to provide native Microsoft Word and Excel
editing for the iPhone, Quickoffice for iPhone, at CTIA, April 1-3,
2009, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Quickoffice is the first iPhone application to include robust
document and spreadsheet editors, along with file access and content
management functionalities, according to Gregg Fiddes, vice president
of sales and strategic partnerships at Quickoffice.