Fourth World (http://www.fourthworld.com) has released WebMerge 2.6, an upgrade to the tool for generating static Web pages from database or spreadsheet data. The new version offers enhanced support for CSS, new template tags, and includes performance and interface enhancements for Mac OS 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”) and Windows 7.
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Gamepromo has released Pinball for Mac OS X (http://gameprom.com/thepinball) and Pinball Remote (itms://itunes.apple.com/app/pinball-remote/id347819481?mt=8) for the iPhone and iPod touch. Both are free.
The game offers the ability to buy new pinball tables and offers start, pause, restart, flipper controls, table tilting, camera controls. Pinball and Pinball Remote have a built-in Help for pinball tables and local and global high score tables. You can also turn on a stereoscopic mode (stereo glasses are required for this).
Read MoreWhen it comes to the MUG Event Calendar, the iPad will be on everyone’s agenda this week, whether it’s an officially listed meeting topic or not. Even so, there are plenty of other topics and presenters on the schedule.
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Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster estimated that by midnight Sunday, Apple will have sold 600,000 to 700,000 iPads, including pre-orders — more than double his relatively conservative pre-launch estimate of 200,000 to 300,000, reports “Fortune” (http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/04/04/new-ipad-launch-day-estimate-600000-700000-sold/?section=money_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmoney_topstories+%28Top+Stories%29).
Read MoreThe iPad could offer “significant” cannibalization of Apple’s laptop sales, according to “Seeking Alpha” (http://seekingalpha.com/article/196954-mac-notebook-cannibalization-from-the-ipad-could-be-significant?source=yahoo).
“Seeking Alpha” estimates that there could be $15 (6%) downside to Apple’s stock if iPad sales were to eventually cannibalize about half of Mac notebook sales. Such a scenario could materialize if the majority of prospective Mac notebook buyers are primarily content consumers rather than content creators, the financial site says. )