FunkLoad is a functional and load Web tester whose main use cases are functional testing of Web projects (and thus regression testing as well), performance testing, load testing (such as volume testing or longevity testing), and stress testing. It can also be used to write Web agents to script any Web repetitive task, like checking whether a site is alive.

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License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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Recorder and test take care of JSF MyFaces tokens, which makes FunkLoad ready to record/play Nuxeo EP or any JBoss Seam application. There is CherryPy support and a few bugfixes.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a total redesign of the Mozilla mail component to produce a cross-platform, stand-alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. It has many new features, among them the ability to customize your toolbars the way you want them. a new look and feel with a large number of downloadable themes which alter the appearance of the client, and the ability to add UI extensions.

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License: Mozilla Public License (MPL)

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Changes:
Security issues with moderate to maximum severity were fixed.

Zimbra Desktop with Gmail and Yahoo Mail support launched

Internet media giant Yahoo has launched the latest beta edition of Zimbra Desktop.

This edition comes with built in support for POP, IMAP accounts in addition to Google Gmail and Yahoo Mail.

Satish Dharmaraj, Zimbra’s co-founder and a Yahoo vice president spoke about this new product: “Zimbra is focused on creating communication and collaboration solutions that ease the pain points of traditional e-mail, and switching between multiple e-mail accounts is one of the communication headaches that users encounter on a daily basis. With Yahoo’s Zimbra Desktop, we have taken our world-class collaboration suite and made it available for everyone for use anywhere, anytime, with any email account.”

This is a great new product especially for users who want to access their Yahoo Mail accounts without using a regular browser.

Checkout: Zimbra Desktop

The Jumsoft team has just released Money 3, their financial application for personal or small-business accounting for Mac OS X. Money 3 helps people manage their finances effortlessly, providing users with everything they need to create, manage, and develop their budget, accounts, reports, invoices, inventory list, portfolio, and much more. Version 3 features more than just a new interface, useful inventory list, budget plan, upgraded reports, and stylish invoices.

Vilnius, Lithuania - The Jumsoft team has just released Money 3, their financial application for personal or small-business accounting for Mac OS X. Money 3 helps people to manage their finances effortlessly, providing users with everything they need to create, manage, and develop their budget, accounts, reports, invoices, inventory list, portfolio, and much more. Version 3 features more than just a new interface, useful inventory list, budget plan, upgraded reports, and stylish invoices.

“The main purpose for Money’s development is to seek as much ease-of-use as possible combined with more of the required functions in accounting,” said Algirdas Unguvaitis, general manager of the Jumsoft team.

Major Features in Money 3

Money 3 features a new and eye-catching user interface with all the commands displayed in the most convenient way. Five styles of personalized invoices can be created with just a few clicks of the mouse. Financial math can be calculated in multiple currencies, and the user can download exchange rates from the Internet instantly.

Money 3 users also get powerful reports with five styles of graphs; a budget planner that displays the consequences of real spending and income in the budget monitor after a specified period; registration of inventory list that allows the effortless creation of an invoice, CSV files importing, and much more.

Jumsoft wants people to use Money 3 to work with their finances. That is why this accounting application is simple to use, but it’s a powerful application with many options to allow users to manage accounting. It perfectly fits the professional’s and the amateur’s financial management needs.

New features:
* Reports
* Invoice
* Budget and Budget Monitor
* Multicurrency
* CSV import
* New User Interface
* Inventory
* Portfolio Summary (market indices)
* Increased speed

System Requirements:
* Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 or later
* Universal Binary, so it will run on any Intel or PPC Mac

Pricing and Availability:
A single license of Money 3 is $39 USD. Pre-registered Money 2 users can upgrade to Money 3 for $19 USD.

Jumsoft: http://www.jumsoft.com
Money 3: http://www.jumsoft.com/money/
Download Money 3.0: http://www.jumsoft.com/downloads/money.dmg

A dedicated group of Apple Macintosh experts launched Jumsoft in 2002 with the goal of creating and marketing exciting, easy-to-use and powerful applications for Mac OS X. Jumsoft most recently focused its attention on maximizing the potential of Apple’s iWork, quickly becoming the leading provider of Keynote themes and objects. Copyright 2002-2008 Jumsoft. All Rights Reserved. Apple, Keynote, the Apple logo, and the Keynote logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Algirdas Unguvaitis

37065510612

algirdas {at} jumsoft(.)com

DEVONtechnologies, LLC releases free updates for all editions of its information manager DEVONthink as well as for the intelligent note-keeper DEVONnote re-introducing Image-Capture-based scan support and other new features. DEVONthink Pro Office 1.5.3 users now have the choice between the built-in scan function and ExactScan Capture allowing them to connect to both Image Capture compliant scanners and via TWAIN drivers.

Coeur d’Alene (Idaho, USA) - DEVONtechnologies, LLC releases free updates for all editions of its information manager DEVONthink as well as for the intelligent note-keeper DEVONnote re-introducing Image-Capture-based scan support and other new features.

While the whole team is focused on the development of DEVONthink 2.0, further maintenance updates for the 1.x line of DEVONthink and DEVONnote have been released today, the most prominent improvement being the re-introduction of the Image Capture based scan module that broke due to changes in Mac OS X 10.5 ‘Leopard’.

DEVONthink Pro Office 1.5.3 users now have the choice between the built-in scan function and ExactScan Capture allowing them to connect to both Image Capture compliant scanners and via TWAIN drivers. In addition, the original scan module supports document feeders and grayscale scanning now. The ExactScan Capture module and the embedded IRIS OCR engine have been updated, too, improving compatibility especially to Epson scanners and fixing glitches such as the ‘blurry images’ problem.

Eric Böhnisch-Volkmann, DEVONtechnologies’ President: “The problems we had with the unexpected and undocumented changes in Leopard were annoying for our users. So we’re glad we were finally able to fix them. Now DEVONthink Pro Office users can connect to both worlds, Image Capture and TWAIN, giving them maximum freedom of choice for their scanners: from flatbed to document scanners and the Fujitsu ScanSnap.”

In addition, both DEVONthink Pro and Pro Office 1.5.3 add a new global script for capturing abstracts from DEVONagent, come with improvements for handling RSS feeds, and enhance the display of sheets. Finally, all three editions of DEVONthink as well as DEVONnote better support the Camino web browser, create and update the Spotlight cache faster, and feature an improved inline advertisement filter. ‘.mdwn’ files are imported as plain text files and the online help has been made easier accessible.

“We’re fully focused on finishing DEVONthink 2.0 but we will continue to deliver important maintenance updates for 1.x users until version 2.0 is ready,” remarks Eric Böhnisch-Volkmann. He continues: “Consequently, everyone who buys any edition of DEVONthink or DEVONnote today will also receive a free upgrade to DEVONthink or DEVONnote 2.0 when they are released later this year.”

Availability And Pricing:
DEVONthink Pro and Pro Office 1.5.3, DEVONthink Personal 1.9.15, and DEVONnote 1.9.15 require Mac OS X 10.4 or later and can be downloaded from www.devon-technologies.com. DEVONthink and DEVONnote can be test-driven for free for 150 hours of non-continuous runtime until they need to be properly licensed.

DEVONthink Professional Office sells for $149.95 USD, DEVONthink Professional for $79.95 USD, DEVONthink Personal for $39.95 USD, and DEVONnote for $19.95 USD in DEVONtechnologies’ online shop. DEVONthink Pro Office and DEVONthink Pro are also available with the Internet research agent DEVONagent as bundles.

Background: Devonthink

In today’s world, everything is digital. From shopping receipts to important research papers, peoples’ lives often fill their hard drives with emails, PDFs, Word documents, multimedia files and more. Questions eventually pop up, like where to store all of this stuff? How to organize these very different file types, and even better, how to find the exact file one is looking for the second one needs it? It’s almost as if one needs a second brain just to keep one’s digital life straight.

Enter DEVONthink: The solution to this digital age conundrum. It is a second brain, the one and only database for all digital files, be they PDFs, emails, Word documents or even multimedia files. Boasting a refined artificial intelligence, DEVONthink is exceedingly flexible and adapts to the user’s personal needs. And if the files are not digital yet, paper capture support is already built-in (DEVONthink Pro Office only.)

Users can use it as their document repository, their filing cabinet, their email archive, or their project organizer; DEVONthink can do it all. One can even collect and organize data from the web, enrich it with sound and movie files, and then export the finished product as a website or to an Apple Pages document to print. Or one can copy the content to an iPod! The possibilities are only as limited as the user’s imagination.

The Database For The Internet Age

Because DEVONthink keeps all important data in one database, it doesn’t matter where the data is physically located. DEVONthink uniquely integrates both local documents and live content from the Internet to keep all information related to a project together in one place. No more folders full of loosely organized files and overflowing bookmark bars in Safari; with DEVONthink, the user seamlessly mixes local documents, clippings, and live web pages in one dynamic database.

The Digital Workplace

DEVONthink is not only a simple database, it’s a flexible work environment, too, with powerful management features suited to any professional project. It provides the user with all the tools she or he needs to effectively work with documents. The integrated RTF editor makes it easy to write new documents, or the users can open documents in a third-party application.

Intelligent Assistant

DEVONthink is based on a powerful artificial intelligence (AI) architecture that helps organize and navigate information collections quickly and accurately. It assists its users with both filing documents and with finding similar items, and can help make connections that they might have missed on their own. It can even master huge data collections with a few simple clicks, saving time and aggravation.

Share The Knowledge

Finally, DEVONthink Pro Office allows to share the accumulated and organized knowledge. Users can post it to their websites, or they can let their coworkers access databases with a familiar search-engine like interface using standard web browsers. Depending on the network setup, it’s even possible to search shared databases over the Internet. A JavaScript applet gives convenient access to the database also from the Apple iPhone.

Background: Devonnote

DEVONnote helps taking notes and keeping them organized. It keeps ideas, documents, important information, and even web browser bookmarks in one single, accessible place. DEVONnote supports the user with professional, easy-to-use features, and helps create structure out of chaos. DEVONnote is the most sophisticated notepad application for Mac OS X, and the only one that uses AI (artificial intelligence) instead of relying on your NI (natural intelligence).

DEVONnote was designed with the typical Mac user in mind. It comes with a clean, easy-to-use interface that gives you all the tools you need in a familiar Mac-like package. Even the most complex AI functions are just “buttons”, meaning one simple click can send DEVONnote into action, digging through all of your data to find a place for your latest note, or to show you all your ideas and concepts that are similar to the one you’ve just selected.

Of course, creative people don’t just ‘have thoughts’, they often need new ‘input’, too. DEVONnote comes with a complete Safari-based web browser and solid, but flexible, bookmark-managing capabilities. With DEVONnote, the user can browse the Web and clip the most important information directly to DEVONnote. Finally, DEVONnote displays and regularly reloads web cams directly within the application.

DEVONtechnologies: http://www.devon-technologies.com
DEVONthink: http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/devonthink/
Direct Download Link: http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/
Purchase Link: http://www.devon-technologies.com/shop/
Screenshot: http://www.devon-technologies.com/files/screenshots/devonthink/devonthink-1.jpg
Press Center: http://www.devon-technologies.com/about/press/

DEVONtechnologies LLC, founded in 2002, incorporated in 2004 and headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA, researches in the field of semantic and associative data analysis and synthesis, and develops key applications based on the DEVONtechnology. Named after the Devonian Period, the DEVONtechnology marks the departure into a new age of data processing. The main focus of all activities is clearly on using the robust, flexible and versatile architecture intelligently to create rock-solid applications for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to databases, intelligent agents, data-mining, information retrieval and human-computer-interfaces.

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Eric Boehnisch-Volkmann
President
208-286-1704

eboehnisch {at} devon-technologies(.)com

New Flash on Tap conference matches Designers and Developers passion for Flash code and Flash creativity with beer sampling, curated by BeerAdvocate, in Boston October 7-9, 2008 at The Castle. Flash on Tap will also offer four pre-conference workshops for those attendees who wish to take a deep dive into specific Flash topics. The conference creators, Infrared5, Influxis and Red5Server, came together to create this new conference that will raise the bar for code, creativity and frosty beverages.

Boston, Massachusetts - A new Flash(TM) conference, Flash on Tap, launched today which blurs the lines between business and pleasure by combining a Flash design and developer conference with a beer tasting event. The conference creators - Infrared5, Influxis and Red5Server - came together to create this new conference that will raise the bar for code, creativity and frosty beverages. The conference takes place October 7-9, 2008 in Boston at The Castle with hotel accommodations and additional presentations at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers.

Flash on Tap is organized around main stage speakers and afternoon presentations - all of which take place at The Castle. Mid-day presentations will include repeating small talks providing attendees with information and inspiration around skill-building, technique, professional growth and creativity. Speakers include both designers and developers featuring presentations that cover a full range of topics of interest to both designers and developers. A full list of speakers and their topics can be viewed on their website.

Flash on Tap will also offer four pre-conference workshops for those attendees who wish to take a deep dive into specific Flash topics. The all-day workshops begin at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday October 7, 2008 and end the same day at 5:00 p.m. before the conference kicks off with the opening night reception. The four workshops are: Papervision3D, led by John Grden and Andy Zupko; AS3 for Designers, taught by Rich Shupe; Red5, presented by Dominick Accattato and Paul Gregoire; and Animation for Flash, taught by Chris Georgenes.

To ensure that the quality of the beer matches the quality of the conference content, Flash on Tap has partnered with BeerAdvocate who will curate beers for attendees to sample. BeerAdvocate, led by founders and brothers Jason and Todd Alström, is the world’s largest beer community and resource driven by the motto “Respect Beer.” Both the art of brewing and enjoying craft beers - through knowledge, passion, and respect - runs parallel to the path followed by Flash designers and developers.

A limited number of conference passes for Flash on Tap are available for early adopters offering a first-come, first-served price of $495 for the first 100 tickets sold. After the first tickets sell out, pricing will shift to an Early Bird rate of $595 until September 8, 2008 after which time the pricing shifts to $695. For tickets or additional information about Flash on Tap visit their website.

Flash on Tap: http://www.flashontap.com

Flash on Tap is the first conference created for Flash designers and developers by Flash designers and developers where attendees can experience the excitement of a beer festival while soaking in new ideas, knowledge, information and inspiration. Flash on Tap takes place in Boston October 7-9, 2008 at The Castle. This conference has been created by the teams from Infrared5, Influxis and Red5Server.

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Deb Aldrich
Marketing/PR
917-686-3092

deb {at} flashontap(.)com

ThinkMac Software announces iKanji 1.0, a brand new application for learning Japanese kanji characters on the Mac. Featuring over 2000 of the most common kanji and nearly 20,000 example words, iKanji is an invaluable tool for anyone learning Japanese. iKanji has an intuitive, friendly interface and takes advantage of Core Animation to provide an engaging experience.

Aberystwyth, United Kingdom - ThinkMac Software announces iKanji 1.0 for Mac OS X 10.5. iKanji is a kanji learning tool for the Japanese language and helps its users learn over 2000 of the most commonly used kanji characters. This includes those in all levels of the official Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) prescribed by the Japanese government.

iKanji has an intuitive, friendly interface and takes advantage of Core Animation to provide an engaging experience. iKanji features editable flash cards with nearly 20,000 example kanji compounds, readings, English meanings, many stroke animations and customizable notes.

There are three different multiple choice tests to help test and memorize different aspects of kanji:

* A kanji meaning test quizzes the user on the English meaning of a kanji.
* A kanji readings test offers a selection of readings and asks the user to identify each correct one.
* A kanji writing test shows the user a number of variations on a stroke animation, asking them to pick the correct one.

Each test can be taken with any subset of the many kanji supplied and users may easily build up a practice set of kanji to study and test themselves on.

Pricing and Availability:
iKanji is a shareware application priced at 20 euro ($31 USD) and is available from the ThinkMac web store. iKanji is also available in a bundle with iKana, our hiragana and katakana flash card software for 25 euro ($40 USD). A downloadable demo is available on the iKanji web page. iKanji requires Mac OS X 10.5 and is a universal binary.

ThinkMac: http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/
iKanji 1.0: http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/ikanji/
Direct Download Link: http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/ikanji/downloads/iKanji.dmg.zip
Purchase Link: http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/store/
Screenshot: http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/ikanji/images/full-screenshot.png
App Icon: http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/ikanji/images/iKanji.png

ThinkMac Software is a UK based independent software developer focused on bringing innovative applications to the Mac platform by harnessing the power of Cocoa and OS X. Copyright 2008 ThinkMac Software. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Rory Prior
Independent Mac Software Developer

info {at} thinkmac.co(.)uk

4D, Inc., maker of an integrated software platform that simplifies the process of developing and deploying business applications, announced today the release of 4D Web 2.0 Pack v11 Release 2. Major release features the world’s first Flex-to-Database direct connectivity, iPhone 2.0, HTML 5, Google Gears and Adobe AIR Support.

San Jose, CA - 4D, Inc., maker of an integrated software platform that simplifies the process of developing and deploying business applications, announced today the release of 4D Web 2.0 Pack v11 Release 2. The new version, a combination of two products - 4D Ajax Framework and 4D for Flex - brings a powerful set of tools, plug-ins, and components that allow 4D developers to easily harness the power of Web 2.0 technologies, and deliver live web and rich internet applications to browsers, desktops, and portable devices such as the iPhone.

“With the advent of technologies like Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) both Flex-powered and Ajax-driven, the iPhone, Adobe AIR, HTML 5, and Google Gears, web applications are making their way to more mobile devices, desktops and, yes, browsers than ever before,” said Laurent Ribardiere, President and founder of 4D.

4D for Flex provides the world’s first Flex-to-database direct connectivity. All other Flex-to-database solutions require complicated, overweight middleware solutions. 4D for Flex offers a simple, integrated Flex-to-SQL database direct connection. With zero overhead, 4D for Flex not only provides a revolutionarily simple, integrated architecture, but also high-performance connectivity to 4D Server v11 SQL and other industry standard SQL databases.

4D Ajax Framework is an integrated Ajax framework and application server that combines the power of Ajax and 4D databases, bringing 4D application data to your browser, RIA, iPhone, and more. Using the power of HTML 5 and Google Gears, users can now access their web applications even when they are offline. Fully data-interactive iPhone 2.0 applications can be built with zero coding, or completely enhanced for 100% customized data applications.

“4D’s commitment to working with its Web 2.0 Pack customers (in providing timely and responsive solutions) is clearly evident in the 11.2 release,” said Steve Orth, President and CEO of Aquila Group. “This feature packed release provides the necessary tools for Developers to quickly - and professionally - bring their applications to the web. It’s a required product/upgrade if you are serious about harnessing the power of 4D and Web 2.0!”

Pricing and Availability:
4D Web 2.0 Pack v11 Release 2 is available for purchase immediately, with pricing beginning at $599 USD. 4D products are available for download and purchase from their website.

4D Website: http://www.4D.com
4D Web 2.0 Pack v11 Release 2: http://www.4d.com/products/4dweb20pack.html
Purchase Link: http://store.4ddepot.com/

4D, Inc., located in San Jose, Ca, offers companies and developers an integrated platform for creating and deploying business applications. The 4D product line is used in more than 70 countries by a network of 7,000 professional software developers and millions of end users worldwide. 4D, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of 4D SAS, headquartered in Paris, France. 4D, Inc. can be reached online.

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Aimee Davis
MarCom Manager
408-557-4611

adavis {at} 4D(.)com

net4mac is a social network built exclusively for Mac users. In order to become a part of the community and use all its features, users need to download an innovative application designed for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Today, net4mac is launching version 1.5 with many improvements.

Walnut Creek, California - net4mac is a social network built exclusively for Mac users. In order to become a part of the community and use all its features, users need to download an innovative application designed for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Today, we are launching version 1.5 with many improvements.

The net4mac application allows you to:

* Create an account and login to the service (internet connexion required)
* Create your profile including your location, job, activities, skills and the type of Macs, iPhone, iPod, etc. that you own.
* Add friends to your profile and manage them (remember, the service is only for Mac users)
* Contact members, send invitations to join the community, and manage your messages
* Create your own groups of interest and invite friends to join them (people using the same application, in your same location, sharing the same passions, etc)
* Browse and join groups you find interesting - share discussions, events and more
* Create events and invite Mac users (this is useful if you want to announce the presentation of a product / service, etc)
* Search members using different of criteria (for example, you can find people that use the same Mac or software)
* Discover people around you (other Mac users in your neighborhood)
* And many more functions

There are many good reasons to use an application instead of a website:
* Better integration between Mac OS X technologies and the features.
* The community is easy to access from the Dock
* You can send invitations using your AddressBook
* You can add/remove members with public profiles to/from your AddressBook
* You can add a picture to your profile or a group from your webcam
* You can see the number of messages in your dock (like Apple mail)

What’s new with version 1.5?
* Improved chat (completely rewritten)
* better geolocation feature (to see members on a map)
* Better user interface with more feedback
* Forums
* Tips and Tricks for Mac users
* Bugs fixed

net4mac: http://www.net4mac.com
Direct Download Link: http://dl.filekicker.com/send/file/208539-JVEH/net4mac.dmg
Screenshot 1: http://www.net4mac.com/pic1.jpg
Screenshot 2: http://www.net4mac.com/pic2.jpg
Screenshot 3: http://www.net4mac.com/pic3.jpg
Icon: http://www.net4mac.com/icon15.png

net4mac is a social network built exclusively for Mac users.

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Greg Barrot
Products manager
408-550-4969

feedback {at} net4mac(.)com

Fastforward Software today released Galder 1.2, a free update to the puzzle board game for Mac OS X. Galder is an exciting puzzle game which brings gem stone gaming to a new level with a circular, interactive board to enhance gameplay. The update adds an online lobby for enhanced multiplayer gaming, custom mouse cursors, and several enhancements to improve overall game performance and playability.

Sheffield, UK - Fastforward Software today released Galder 1.2, a free update to the puzzle board game for Mac OS X. The update adds an online lobby for enhanced multiplayer gaming, custom mouse cursors, and several enhancements to improve overall game performance and playability.

New to Galder 1.2 is an online lobby system, which lists active games and allows anyone to join. This system does not require the entry of I.P addresses, and works on both local area networks (LAN) and over the Internet. Two types of gameplay are available online, haste and turns.

The update also adds custom mouse cursors, a battery alert warns laptop users if the battery is running low when in fullscreen gaming mode and several minor fixes improve overall performance, including a fix for a book on MacBook Pros, broken network portraits in Mac OS X 10.5.3 and several user interface improvements.

Galder is an exciting puzzle game which brings gem stone gaming to a new level with a circular, interactive board to enhance gameplay. The unique and innovative interface allows players to remove gems from the board, with beautiful, crisp graphics and a unique soundtrack.

Pricing and Availability:
Galder 1.2 is available as a free update for existing owners. New users can try Galder for free and license it for $19.99 (USD).

Fastforward Software: http://www.fastforwardsw.com/products/galder/
Galder 1.2: http://www.fastforwardsw.com/products/galder/
Direct Download Link: http://www.fastforwardsw.com/products/galder/Galder_1.2.dmg
Purchase Link: http://www.fastforwardsw.com/products/galder/
Screenshot: http://www.fastforwardsw.com/products/galder/screenshots.html

Fastforward Software is a publisher of software and games for Mac OS X, based in the UK. Fastforward has distributed a full range of products for the Macintosh since 2006. Unregistered versions of Fastforward’s products can be obtained from Fastforward’s website.

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Joshua Coventry
Managing Director
020 8133 6293

info {at} fastforwardsw(.)com

NSObjects announces Calories 1.1, an update to their nutrition tracking and analysis utility for Mac OS X. Targeted at casual users, Calories is a perfect compliment to body building, fitness and other sports. Focused on ease-of-use, users may select foods from the applications database and add them to breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacking categories. Calories then calculates and displays the total consumption of calories, carbs, fat and proteins for the whole day, or for one of the categories.

Remchingen, Germany - NSObjects is proud to announce the immediate availability of Calories 1.1, an update to their nutrition tracking and analysis utility for Mac OS X Leopard. Targeted at casual users who wish to keep a journal of their daily nutrition activities, Calories is a perfect compliment to body building, fitness and other sports.

Users may select foods from the applications database and add them to breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacking categories. Depending on his/her selection, Calories then automatically calculates the total consumption of calories, carbs, fat and proteins for the whole day, or for one of the categories. The application calculates and displays more than 40 nutrients; minerals and ingredients like Alcohol, Zink, Vitamins, etc.

Based on customer feedback, Version 1.1 includes a slew of requested features and enhancements:

Calories now provides the capability for users to add their own Custom Foods, as well as the ability to create foods from a collection of foods: a particularly useful feature for simple recipe functionality/management. Additionally, Calories provides improved Nutrients Reporting and users may print their daily diet with a full nutrient profile. The Nutrients Inspector now shows nutrient averages for the week, month and year for all nutrients.

Calories offers a much improved search. When in search mode, the action button contains 4 menu items: New Food, Edit Food, Duplicate Food, Delete Food. New/Edit/Duplicate brings up a form where users can enter food details. Custom foods are now marked with a green checkmark.

Version 1.1 now conforms to the Metric Standard (measurements in grams and milliliters). The Date and Time are now shown in the users language and date format. Weeks can start on Sunday or Monday, depending on the users system locale preferences.

New and Enhanced Features:
* Custom Foods
* Metric Measures
* Nutrients Reporting
* Printing
* Improved Search
* Localized Date and Time
* Relaxed Demo Limitation
* Automatic Updates
* Minor Enhancements

Calories is based on the USDA (US Department of Agriculture) Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies 3.0, which offers more than 6900 different foods with more than 60 different nutrients (Calories incorporates 44 of them) for each food.

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard or later
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 7.3 MB Hard Drive space

Pricing and Availability:
Calories 1.1 is priced at only $19.00 USD, and a free update for all Calories 1.0 owners. A full-featured demo is available for download from the NSObjects website.

NSObjects: http://www.nsobjects.com
Calories 1.1: http://www.nsobjects.com/calories
Download Calories: http://www.nsobjects.com/calories/download
Purchase Calories: http://www.nsobjects.com/store
USDA Food and Nutrient Database: http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=17031

Located in beautiful Remchingen, Germany, NSObjects is a privately held company founded in 2008 by Konstantin Bender with the aim of developing best-of-breed software for the Macintosh. As a computer science major at the University of Karlsruhe, Konstantin has invested heavily in Apple Application Development Technology and Frameworks, with his first release, Calories. Copyright 2008 NSObjects. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Konstantin Bender
Founder
+491635010394

konstantin.bender {at} nsobjects(.)com

Joost launches China focused services

Internet television service provider Joost has announced the launch of their China focused services.

They are collaborating with TOM Online to expand their offering in this market which is the largest internet market in the world.

Joost CEO Mike Volpi said in a statement: “There’s a great market opportunity in China: content producers who are making high-quality content, advertisers eager to reach consumers online, and an active online community. Collaborating with TOM, which operates one of the most popular online portals in China, positions us strongly in the region.”

Stacey Seltzer, Joost’s vice president for international and business development added: “TOM knows exactly what content and programmes would be interesting to a local audience. It really understands the local regulations, the local interests.”

The two companies would work on adding Chinese specific media content on the Joost internet television service.

Checkout: Joost

Two days after Mozilla officially launched Firefox 3, openSUSE follow suits by launching openSUSE 11.0 GM. This latest release includes more than 200 new features that are specific to openSUSE, an installer that has been completely re-designed to suit the needs and enhancement of users’ experience, faster packages management to speed up operation at the back end and several other fixes and updates.

…The 11.0 release of openSUSE includes more than 200 new features specific to openSUSE, a redesigned installer that makes openSUSE even easier to install, faster package management thanks to major updates in the ZYpp stack, and KDE 4, GNOME 2.22, Compiz Fusion, and much more…

openSUSE is now available for immediate download from its website:

• * openSUSE 11.0 DVD 32-bit
• * openSUSE 11.0 DVD 64-bit
• * openSUSE 11.0 KDE 4 32-bit Live CD
• * openSUSE 11.0 GNOME 32-bit Live CD
• * openSUSE 11.0 KDE 4 64-bit Live CD
• * openSUSE 11.0 GNOME 64-bit Live CD

Downloading openSUSE 11.0 can be done via HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink from software.openSUSE.org.

It has been announced during my previous post that Mozilla Firefox 3 will be launched today, and so it did! Right now, there are thousands of downloads going on since the news have gone public. It was phenomenologically huge traffic such that the traffic to Firefox home page was rather sluggish.

Nonetheless, this is also an on-going campaign to hit the target of achieving the largest volume of downloads within a 24 hours timeframe. Hence, good luck, Mozilla. Meanwhile, if you do support Mozilla Firefox 3, download it today.

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The news is out, Mozilla has revealed that Firefox 3, the next generation of Mozilla Firefox browser, will be released next Tuesday, June 17th, 2008.

Although some developers and testers have already got their hands on the latest applications, it is still under pre-release milestone stage; that is, it is not yet a production release. By next Tuesday, the full version will be revealed, with several fixes.

Firefox 3 is a result of more than 34 months of active development from thousands of contributions from the community. Remember, the date is June 17, 2008 - the day when Mozilla also attempts to break the world’s record of the highest number of downloads in a single day.

Just about two weeks ago, SoftSift was under seige by a hacker, called Mhrfl. It is definitely not something that is really proud to talk about, as it simply illustrate the vulnerability of site being insecure.

Luckily, the hack was discovered within 12 hours and the site was restored back to its original status. The full detail of what happened is covered by Al in SelfMadeMinds.

Honestly, it was completely a webmaster’s nightmare as it takes a lot of trouble to restore the website to its original state. One thing that all of us can learn from this situation is, always back-up your data, as frequent as possible. Another thing is, it always pay to get your site secured professionally, especially if you are running a huge traffic.

Why I highlighted that hacked site is very costly, is simply because there was a significant drop in the number of inbound traffic, particularly organic traffic from search engines; ever since the hack took place. Right now, I am unable to show you the screenshot, but when I manage to get the site sorted out, you will see the evidence that it is not cheap when your site is down.

For webmasters, or site owners, traffic simply means revenue.

About two days ago, WordPress has released the security fix for WordPress 2.5 version. This release contains several bug fixes and performance enhancement. It is highly recommended for users who are using the latest major release of 2.5 milestone to upgrade immediately, as the initial public release has a security vulnerability.

The entire 2.5.1 release has over 70 fixes and performance enhancement. Some of which are as follow:

• * Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
• * Better performance for those who have many categories
• * Media Uploader fixes
• * An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
• * Widget Administration fixes
• * Various usability improvements
• * Layout fixes for IE

Personally, I am happy to see the media uploader issue being fixed, as it has been quite an annoying issue for me for a period of time.

Make no mistake about it, Microsoft Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 is now officially released. The standalone release of the service pack is now available from the website for download.Well, here are the release note information. There are far too many things, including bux fixes, security enhancement and added tools, to spell out. Nonetheless, users are recommended to install this service pack, particularly for security purposes.Download LinkMS Vista SP 1 (for TechNet subscribers only)

HJSplit is a popular set of freeware file-splitting programs created by Freebyte.com in collaboration with various programmers.

This application supports many platforms and every versions that were released are compatible with each other and allow users to exchange files between these different platforms.

It is a freeware file splitter, which splits files of any type and size, and rejoins them back again. Furthermore, it does not require any installation, simply click on the application to run the program. It is capable of supporting files that are larger than 10Gb.

HJSplit is developed for Windows operating system only; that is, for Windows XP, Vista, 2000, NT, 98, 95.

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HJSplit 2.3

uTorrent users are advised to take note; if you are currently running on version 1.7.x, your application might be experience some crashing moments. The latest release of uTorrent fixed a remote crash bug and 3 other minor issues.

Change Log

• - Change: do not use adapter subnet to identify local peers
• - Fix: double-clicking to open items in RSS releases tab
• - Fix: remote crash bug (affects all 1.7.x, and 1.8 builds released to date)
• - Fix: limit local peers if disk is congested

Note that, the crash bug affects versions 1.7.x and 1.8 releases to date. Hence, upgrade is strongly recommended as no further update is available for those releases dated prior to version 1.7.6.

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uTorrent 1.7.6

CPU-Z is a small, yet extremely useful utility. The recent release encompasses several supports for new processors, for example

• * Intel Skulltrail platform support (Core 2 Extreme QX9775 + 5400B MCH).
• * Intel X48 chipset detection.
• * AMD Athlon 64-LE 1600 and 1620 support.
• * Fix detection issues on unlocked Phenom (ES/BE).

Hosted by CPUID, this small utility provides a rather informative data about your motherboard, memory and graphics card. One instance is that you can find out the speed of your RAM, e.g. PC-2700 or PC-2100, or the chipset of your microprocessor.

The good thing is that CPU-Z does not need to be installed. Simply unzip the files in a directory and run the .exe program (see screenshot). To remove the program, users only need to remove the entire directory.

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CPUID CPU-Z 1.43