Year: 2010

Targus announces laptop, iPad cases

Targus Canada (http://www.targus.com) has announced the availability of iPad and laptop cases just in time for the back-to-school shopping season.

The Targus back-to-school collection continues to grow with the addition of the new A7, Unofficial, Crave and Zamba lines. Each style offers complete protection and a lifetime warranty, an important consideration for many students. Prices range from US$29.99 to $79.99.

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Acme Made releases iPad sleeves, covers

Acme Made (http://www.acmemade.com/) has unveiled a new collection of protective sleeves and covers for the iPad, the Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble NOOK and other portable devices.

Designed for the road warrior, the Acme Made Slick Case is a compact, zippered case with an internal divider to store cables or accessories. Your portable device can be secured into the Slick Case for book-style reading, or it can be used purely as a protective, zippered travel case.

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‘MUG Event Calendar’: Elgato, Final Cut Pro SuperMeet

June winds down on “MUG Event Calendar” with an appearance by Thomas Kiel of Elgato in Australia, and the first Final Cut Pro SuperMeet in Boston. Other topics include WWDC, the iPhone, digital photography, the Adobe Creative Suite and more.

“The MUG Event Calendar” can be found at “The MUG Center” (http://www.mugcenter.com), an online resource for Mac User Groups, Mac User Groups are starting to officially celebrate the holiday season.

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TranslateIt! for Mac OS X adds Safari 5 support

TranslateIt! (http://www.mac.gettranslateit.com/) for Mac — a multilingual dictionary that allows looking up words on the fly — has been updated to version 12.5. The upgrade works with Safari 5, Firefox 3.6 and Thunderbird 3 and is compatible with the Mac OS X built-in Parental controls.

A plug-in for working with Google Chrome is available. TranslateIt! 12.5 adds WAV file support for the Speak feature (in addition to the MP3 support.) Also updated is teh Contextual menu plug-in for 32-bit applications, German localization, LetsMove smart installer and TranslateIt! widget.

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