Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

Better Finder Rename update for Mac OS X updated to version 8.5.3

publicspace.net (http://www.publicspace.net/) has released A Better Finder Rename 8.5.3, an update of the renaming solution for the Mac. The new release allows diacritical marks such as accents and umlauts to be removed from file names automatically.

A Better Finder Rename is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher.

A Better Finder Rename costs US$19.95. Business, family and enterprise licensing is also available. Customers may chose to include a “forever upgrade” with their purchase.

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DAZ 3D-Gizmoz introduces Digimi

DAZ 3D-Gizmoz has unveiled Digimi, (http://www.digimi.com), a platform for generating personalized avatars. It leverages the collaboration of existing technologies from DAZ 3D and Gizmoz.

“As the gaming market continues to grow, so does the need for customization, differentiation and quality,” says DAZ 3D-Gizmoz President, Eyal Gever. “This is exactly what Digimi will offer: the foremost platform for creation supported by the best human figure content library available in the marketplace.”

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aTV Flash for Apple TV sports full 5.1 surround sound

Version 4.1 of aTV Flash (http://www.aTVFlash.com) — an US$49.95 USB flash drive that inserts into the Apple TV and will upgrade it to do various kinds of new things — has been released. 

This version — a free update to registered users of version 4.0 — features full 5.1 surround sound for nearly all media types including DVD (VIDEO_TS) files. Also, Couch Surfer Pro now features faster web browsing and enhanced support for the iPhone Remote app.

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Monkeybread Software releases version 10.1 of the MBS plug-in for REALbasic

Monkeybread Software has released version 10.1 of the MBS plug-in for REALbasic. The MBS plug-in comprises a collection of several plug-in parts which extend the REALbasic development environment with 1,300 classes featuring over 28,000 documented functions.

In this release Monkeybread updated libraries to new versions: CURL 7.20.0, RegEx to 8.0.1, DynaPDF 2.5.0.504 and sqlapi 3.7.30. The DynaPDF 2.5 update offers improved font support.

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