Type of Article: MacNews News Article

Macvide has announced FlashVideo Converter 3.7 (http://www.macvide.com/Macvide_FlashVideo_Converter/), an update of the Flash to video conversion utility for Mac OS X. The upgrade includes miscellaneous bugs fixed and more.

FlashVideo Converter allows conversion of Adobe Flash files to video. All of the most popular formats are supported, including MP4 (iPod Video), MOV, 3GP and MPEG.

FlashVideo Converter 3.7 is available for US$99.95 for a single user license. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Version 3.7 is a free update for registered users of version 3.0.

app4Mac has updated Projector (http://www.app4mac.com/projector.html), a Mac OS X app designed to keep track of tasks and calculate a project’s cost, to version 2.0.8. The new version adds an export option to the iCal format and tweaks the user interface.

Projector provides tools for professional project management. It’s designed to help you organize, administer and monitor your tasks.

Projector works with Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. It costs approximately US$74. All owners of a Projector or xTime Project license can upgrade to Projector 2.0.8 for free.

CS Odessa has released MindWave (http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/mindwave), its mind mapping tool for Google Wave. This is a no-charge add-in to Google Wave that can be used as part of Google Wave to map out a strategy or brainstorm on a critical topic.

The ConceptDraw MindWave for Google Wave tool allows teams to collaborate on a mind map in an interactive flowing manner building a map structure that represents the planned work. The map add-in supports Google Wave playback that allows one to step back through a map.