Year: 2009

ShaggyMac (http://www.shaggymac.com) is offering a new, US$16.95
screen protector for the new “unibody” 17-inch MacBook Pro. The
ShaggyMac lays on the keyboard surface and cushions / protects the
screen while the lid is closed. Using the ShaggyMac will prevent
marks and scuffs on the LCD surface.

In addition, The ShaggyMac Screen Protector is made from an optical
polishing cloth, which is designed to keep the MacBook’s Pro LCD
screen and glass trackpad clean and smudge-free.

Adobe says the 2009 Layer Tennis design tournament will kick off on
Friday, Feb. 6, at 3 p.m. Eastern Time. Produced by Coudal Partners
and presented by Adobe Creative Suite 4, Layer Tennis is a series of
live online design events where creative professionals swap files
back and forth in real time while a third party offers play-by-play
commentary.

This season, the 43 live matches can be viewed at www.layertennis.com
and will run every Friday until May 29. Each match consists of 10
volleys, each lasting 15 minutes.

Vaddio (http://www.vaddio.com), a manufacturer and distributor of
specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems used in the
broadcasting, audio/visual and videoconferencing industries, has
released the PreVIEW HD Dual 7.0 and PreVIEW HD Triple 5.0 LCD Rack
Mount Monitors.

The monitors offer 16:9 aspect ratio LCD screens that are backlit by
LEDs. In addition to component, composite and S-video inputs, they
also sport a VGA input that allows a variety of resolutions up to
SXGA.

Dare to be Creative has released SlidePad (http://slidepad-mac.com/),
a new, US$20 Mac note-taking utility. It lets you write down notes,
thoughts, and ideas on a notepad that slides in from the side of the
screen.

SlidePad offers rich-text editing, such as adding fonts and graphics,
as well as customizations such as setting the keyboard shortcut to
slide in the notepad.

Tycoon Games has released Heileen: A Trip To Bavaria, a
historical-fiction visual novel game with multiple endings.