Year: 2009

Opera Software has unveiled its newest feature to be included in
Opera 10 — Face Gestures. Opera Face Gestures enable anyone with a
webcam to control their browser moving only their face. Based on the
same architecture as Opera’s Mouse Gestures, the technology grew out
of a collaborative project between Opera and the Norwegian
Intelligence Service (NIS) to create advanced facial-recognition
technology using only JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

“In 2001, we introduced Mouse Gestures in Opera 5.1. At that point we
knew we were on to something,” says Jon von Tetzchner, Opera CEO.

Maintain (http://www.maintain.se) has announced the release of
Cocktail 4.3.3 (Leopard Edition). This version contains major
improvements on the clear potentially harmful files procedure, adds
clearing of the latest (F and G) variants of the RSPlug trojan horse
and clearing of the Inqtana.C worm. The update is highly recommended
for all users of Cocktail (Leopard Edition).

Cocktail 4.3.3 (Leopard Edition) is distributed as a Universal Binary
and runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.

Extensis has released Suitcase Fusion 2 version 13.1, adding support
for Mac OS X 10.4 (“Tiger”) to its single-user professional font
management product. Current Suitcase Fusion 2 users on Mac OS X 10.5
or higher will receive this maintenance update at no cost, which also
includes a variety of desktop, plug-in manager and other
enhancements.

All current users of Suitcase Fusion 1 (version 12) are eligible for
upgrade pricing.

DAZ 3D has unveiled a new version of its 3D figure, the Girl
4(http://www.daz3d.com/i/3d-models/the-girl-4?cat=842&_m=d), complete
with customizable body shaping, increased texture map resolution and
improved joint rigging. Created from DAZ 3D’s fourth-generation
Unimesh, the Girl 4 is fully compatible with all Victoria 4, Victoria
4 Elite and Aiko 4 head and body shapes, textures and poses.

Originally created by 3D graphics and games artist Kim Goossens, the
Girl is used by hobbyist and professional artists as a muse for
magazine and album covers, fan art and the like.

Zero260, a new mobile experience studio, has launched its first
family of iPhone applications around the concept of “Feedds.” Feedds
are the a way for a mobile user to share and view photos with other
mobile users.