Year: 2009

Newer Technology, Inc. (NewerTech) has announced the US$39.99
NewerTech NuPower Charge & Sync+ *
http://www.newertech.com/products/chrgnsyncplus.php) portable
charger, battery pack, and sync solution for powering, recharging,
and performing data syncs with iPods, iPhones, cellphones, digital
cameras, portable gaming systems, and other USB chargeable digital
devices.

Small enough to fit in a pocket and weighing 3.12 ounces, the
NewerTech NuPower Charge & Sync+ is aself-contained portable charger
and connection solution.

Stardom (http://www.raidon-usa.com) has announced the Safe Capsule, a
two drive, RAID 1, protected storage solution for use with Apple’s
Time Capsule. It’s a hard drive product that allows you the ability
to add more network storage (up to 2TB), for safely storing your
photo, music or data files with Stardom’s RAID 1 protected mirroring
technology.

You can remove, replace or upgrade drives thanks to the Safe
Capsule’s modular design. The Safe Capsule features an auto-rebuild
feature, with a LED rebuild status display.

Ableton and Cycling ’74 have released Max for
Live, which puts the “power and potential” of
Max/MSP inside Live. Co-developed by Ableton and
Cycling ’74 over a period of more than two years,
Max for Live effectively opens up the Live
platform, allowing users to create and edit their
own devices.

Users are free to create whatever they can think
of. Devices created with Max for Live are
integrated into Live’s interface and workflow,
just like the “home-grown” Ableton instruments
and effects.

Freeverse has updated Comic Life (http://plasq.com/comiclife/)–
software from developer plasq for creating comics, picture albums and
instruction booklets, to version 1.5.1. The upgrade features several
fixes for Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”). Compatibility with .PSD,
.EPS and .AI files has been improved for use in comic documents, and
other minor fixes have also been made.

Comic Life Deluxe costs US$29.95 and is available from Apple Stores
and better Mac retailers worldwide. A 30-day demo is available for
download. Comic Life requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.