Earlier this month it was announced that Valve (http://www.valuesoftware.com) will be bringing Steam, Valve’s gaming service, and Source, Valve’s gaming engine, to the Mac. And the company is now accepting beta testers for the Mac service. You can sign up at http://store.steampowered.com/macbeta/ .
Steam and Valve’s library of games including Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series will be available in April.
Read MoreNorada (http://www.norada.com), a provider of the Solve360 communicating and collaborating Web solution for small businesses, has posted a screencast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyTdr2eq-10) explaining its product, which the company describes as “CRM meets project management.”
Norada Corporation’s Solve360 integrates the functionality of business-class email, CRM contact management, group calendar, task, document management, and invoicing into a single web-based application. A demo is available at the Norado web site. Contact the company for pricing options.
Read MoreSynium Software has released version 5.7 of MacFamilyTree (http://www.synium.de/products/macfamilytree/index.html). The new version introduces a completely overhauled source management, as well as the new facts feature.
Hair color, eye color and more are now stored. Also new: audio and video recording using a webcam and the all new Family Group Sheet or the improved Kinship Report.
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Elan Microelectronics Corp., a Taiwanese maker of chips and touch-screens, has asked a U.S. trade agency to ban the import and sale of some Apple products, including the iPad, because of alleged patent infringement.
Read MoreApple has released Security Update 2010-002 for Leopard. It’s a 78.39MB download and requires Mac OS X 10.5.8.
Apple says Security Update 2010-002 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update. You can obtain it via the Software Updates component of Mac OS X’s Systems Preferences app.
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