Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

Black Cat Systems releases Elmer version 8.0.0 for Mac OS X

Black Cat Systems says Elmer 8.0.0, has been released for Mac OS X. This version includes the new Technician Class question pool, which went into effect July 1.

Elmer creates sample tests to help you prepare for your amateur (ham) radio written examination. It contains all FCC question pools for each of the three written exams: Technician, General, and Extra Class.

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Akvis updates five products

Akvis has released updates for five photo editing programs. Bugs have been fixed and 64-bit support has been added to the plug-in versions of these programs.

Akvis has updated Enhancer 11.5, Noise Buster 7.5, Coloriage 7.5, ArtSuite 6.5, and Magnifier 3.5. All are now compatible with Photoshop CS4-CS5 64-bit on Mac and Windows systems. For more info go to http://www.akvis.com .

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Category Review: data acquisition, control software for Mac OS X

This MacNews Category Review looks at Mac software for data acquisition and control. Products covered include Absorbance Extension, ADInstruments, Atmoscular, Biopac Student Lab, BrainVoyager, CardioVison Digital Systems, ConsultantX, DAQ Plot. DataStudio, HOBOWare, InfoScribe, IngredixX, Kmax, LabView, Logger Pro, MacForensics Lab, Modbus View, Multipoint Calibration Extension, PMCS Process Management and Control, Senus Pro, SpectraSuite, SuperLab and XL Stat.

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Analyst: Apple to enter the connected TV market in 2-3 years

In a report to clients, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says Apple is “well positioned” to enter the connected TV market in 2-4 years. According to “Fortune” (http://macosg.me/2/h0), he cites several reasons to believe Apple is working on such a project. Among them:

° The Apple TV set-top box, which Apple still calls a “hobby,” hasn’t had a hardware update since it was released more than three years ago. Munster thinks we may soon see an updated, low-cost Apple TV set-top-box with updated software and possibly an App Store,

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