If the new iPod shuffle’s announcements consist of only “track 01”
and “unknown album”, SongGenie can quickly help determine the missing
track information by using acoustic fingerprints. iPhones and iPods
with screens will benefit from CoverScout’s album cover search by
displaying the correct cover in the Cover Flow view.
Nemetschek North America has released its third service pack for the
Vectorworks 2009 product line (http;//www.vectorworks2009.net). In
addition to addressing several user origin shift problems,
improvements were also made to stairs, framing member objects, IFC
export, referenced and sheet layer viewports (including section
viewports), interactive drawing operations, and many other areas of
the application.
Currently, Service Pack 3 is available only for professional licenses
as a downloadable updater.
Meadows Publishing Solutions has released DesignMerge Pro for Adobe
InDesign CS4, supporting both Mac and Windows platforms. DesignMerge
Pro (http://www.designmerge.com/aboutplugins) will provide Adobe
InDesign users with variable data publishing, personalized printing,
and document automation features.
The modules work within the InDesign application, enabling
mail-merge, variable data printing, and document automation features.
The entire process is database-driven.
For many Mac users, the Unix command line is a thing of mystery. It
offers unparalleled power, but forces users to give up the Mac’s
graphical interface and requires a completely different mindset. To
enable Mac users to gain competence and comfort with the Mac’s Unix
command line, the 111-page ebook “Take Control of the Mac Command
Line with Terminal” is now available.
Written by author Joe Kissell, the ebook starts with the fundamentals
and walks readers through more advanced topics as their knowledge
increases.
Freeverse (http://www.freeverse.com) will launch Flick NBA
Basketball, the first NBA branded game available on the Apple App
Store during the 2009 NBA Playoffs which tip off April 18.
The new game, which is still in development, will feature dozens of
NBA players from all 30 NBA teams. By flicking a finger on the
touchscreen, players will have the opportunity to test their skills
in a variety of NBA style events and challenges. Choose your
favorite player, and compete against the computer or your friend.