Year: 2010

POP3it Pro update for Mac OS X fixes some bugs

Comm-Unity Networking Systems has released POP3it Pro 4.1.9 (http://www.pop3itpro.com), an update of the email downloading and importing plug-in for FileMaker Pro. The upgrade fixes some bugs.

POP3it Pro allows you to connect to a POP3 Email Server and download email directly into your FileMaker Pro database. The plug-in also allows you to import email directly from the mailbox storage files of email clients like Thunderbird, Eudora, and Apple Mail.

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HSC Edit for Aperture updated to version 2.0

Human Software (http://www.humansoftware.com/) has updated HSC Edit for Aperture (Apple’s software for pro photographers) to version 2.0. HSC Edit is an edit plug-in to Apple Aperture that offers more than 4,000 effects to apply on one or a set of images.

Version 2.0 offers new depth of field, brush retouching, grid distortion, lens distortion features and more. It also has a revamped interface.

HSC Edit 2.0 is available for download at US$89.95 per module, $39.95 for the Multi-Curves module and $59.95 for the image enhancer — or $299.95 as a bundle.

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Intego warns of new spyware: OSX/OpinionSpy

Intego (http://www.intego.com) a Mac security specialist, has issued a security memo saying it’s discovered a spyware application that is installed by a number of freely distributed Mac applications and screen savers found on a variety of websites.

This spyware, OSX/OpinionSpy, performs a number of malicious actions, from scanning files to recording user activity, as well as sending information about this activity to remote servers and opening a backdoor on infected Macs.

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Net Applications: Safari, iPhone gain market share; Mac OS X down slightly

Mac OS X, Safari and iPhone market share for Internet usage rose from April to May, according to the latest market share survey NetMarketShare (http://www.netmarketshare.com).

According to the report, among operating systems, Mac OS X had 5.27% of the global market share in May, compared to 5.32% in April (that’s global market share; in the US it’s almost 10 %). Windows remains dominant with 91.28% as of April. That’s down from 91.46% in March. Apple’s highest percentage previously was 5.27% in October 2009.

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