Other World Computing (OWC) has released over 50 Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Storage Upgrade Kits for laptops and Mac minis.
Manufacturer’s suggested retail pricing starts at US$67.99 for a model that consists of a 2.5-inch SATA hard drive up to 1TB, an OWC brand FireWire and/or USB 2.0 bus powered 2.5-inch portable external enclosure, and a five piece installation tool kit.
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Macintosh software developer, freshcode, has debuted the Bodega Channel Program (http://www.appbodega.com), a new initiative for Mac developers that allows them to sell and market their wares directly to customers through the Bodega 1.0 desktop application.
Read MoreDVDxDV has announced Veescope Live 2.0 (http://www.veescope.com) for the Mac. Veescope Live is a special effects software package that runs on a Mac and performs live chroma keying from a wide variety of video sources.
With the release of version 2.0, it provides integration between the worlds of production and post production. Veescope Live in combination with the Veescope Key Plug-In lets the user send a chroma keyed video straight to Final Cut Pro. All the project settings in Veescope Live along with the logging information can be transferred to Final Cut Pro..
Read MorePlayrix Entertainment (http://www.playrix.com), a casual games developer and publisher, has released Gardenscapes, its hidden-object title, for the Mac. This Universal Binary game runs on Mac OS X 10.4 and late.
Opera Mini by Opera Software (http://www.opera.com) for the iPhone was officially submitted to the Apple App Store today. Its developers claim it can power through web pages up to six times faster than Safari.
Due to server-side rendering, Opera Mini compresses data by up to 90% before sending it to the phone, resulting in rapid page loading and more Web per MB for the end use, says Jon von Tetzchner, co-founder, Opera Software. Creating a version for iPhone is part of Opera’s mission to bring the web to all platforms and all devices, he adds.
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