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VectorDesigner updated to 1.4.0: With User Definable Templates - Published on 07/15/08 VectorDesigner 1.4.0, introduces user definable templates: a template can contain all the elements that are available in a standard VectorDesigner document, such as paper size, units, rulers positions, layers etc. VectorDesigner is the perfect application for vector drawings, diagrams and illustrations, raster image handling, filtering and color correction. Out of the box, it offers everything users need to create professional level vector artwork. Torino, Italy - TweakerSoft has released VectorDesigner 1.4.0. VectorDesigner 1.4.0, introduces user definable templates: a template can contain all the elements that are available in a standard VectorDesigner document, such as paper size, units, rulers positions, layers etc. VectorDesigner is the perfect application for vector drawings, diagrams and illustrations, raster image handling, filtering and color correction. Out of the box, it offers everything users need to create professional level vector artwork, such as posters, brochures, stickers, logos, web design, tshirt production and more. By leveraging the full capabilities of Quartz and CoreImage, VectorDesigner retains the feel of traditional drawing applications and features a wide assortment of tools, including smart shapes, rectangles, ovals, rounded rectangles, polygons, stars, bezier creation and editing, as well as raster to bezier conversion. Combine shapes using unite, subtraction, xor and intersection boolean tools. Text can be fitted inside a shape or along a path preserving all the text editing capability of Mac OS X. All filters and composition may be applied non-destructively to shapes and images. A particularly useful feature is the integrated flickr browser; search texture and images by tags, or by color and download them directly inside the document. VectorDesigner Features: * Smart Shapes * Bezier Creation and Editing * Text inside shape * Text along Path * Layers Support * Raster To Vector Conversion * Native CoreImage and Quartz Composer Image filters * Image adjustment panel * Booleans Operations * iSight integration * Scanner Integration * Flickr Browser * EPS and PDF import * SVG Import (WebKit based) * iLife photo Browser * QuickLook Support Minimum Requirements: * Mac OS X Version 10.4 or higher * Universal Binary for PowerPC & Intel * G4, G5 or Intel Processor * 900 Mhz or faster * 512 MB Memory or higher * 8.9 MB Hard Drive space Pricing and Availability: VectorDesigner 1.2.0 is priced at $69.95 USD for a single-user license. A fully functional demo is available. TweakerSoft: http://www.tweakersoft.com/ VectorDesigner: http://www.tweakersoft.com/vectordesigner/ VectorDesigner Icon: http://www.tweakersoft.com/vd_icon.png VectorDesigner Screenshot: http://www.tweakersoft.com/vd_screenshot.jpg User Definable Templates Video: http://www.tweakersoft.com/videos/vectordesigner-010-960x540-h264-ED.mov Video Tutorials Podcast: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=280925650 With a focus on innovation, TweakerSoft leverages more than a decade of experience in CAD/CAM and graphics application development, including C++, Objective C, Java, Javascript, Cocoa, OpenGL, Quartz and more. ### Marco Pifferi CEO support ( -at -) tweakersoft.com *******

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Hello, I am pleased to announce the release of Beagle 0.3.8, the next feature release of the 0.3 series. There are lots of new features, GUI changes and bug fixes; see below for the rather large list. Due to time constraints, we could not get the translations up-to-date for the GUI. Expect a release shortly with up to date translations. THE SHORT OF IT --------------- Beagle is a Linux desktop-independent service which transparently and unobtrusively indexes your data in real-time. To download the 0.3.8 release or learn more about Beagle, visit the Beagle web page: http://beagle-project.org Beagle supports many different data sources and file formats. For a complete listing, visit: http://beagle-project.org/Supported_Filetypes Beagle includes an optional GNOME-based graphical tool and a browser interface for searching its indexes. To learn more about Beagle, visit: http://beagle-project.org/About IMPORTANT CHANGES between 0.3.7 and 0.3.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dependencies: * Update local copy of SemWeb and include it under GPLv3 instead of CC-by-2.0. * Update beagle-settings-qt requirements: look for either qyoto.pc or qt-dotnet.dll. * Remove internal taglib-sharp. We now require that taglib-sharp be installed. * Remove the build dependency of sqlite3-devel, * Fix our D-Bus requirements. System D-Bus is an optional requirement for beagled. Session D-Bus is a necessary requirement for "beagle-search --icon". Distributions should make beagle-search depend on something that starts session D-Bus at login (e.g. KDE3 does not automatically start D-Bus at login). * Explicitly use -lX11 to build libbeagleuiglue.so. Fixes #540120. * Require gtk+/# >= 2.10. * Remove the build dependencies of libgnome-2.0-dev and libgnomevfs-dev. Features: * Add a SemWeb based adapter for querying beagle using RDF. Strictly experimental and enabled only with --enable-rdf-adapter. (http://beagle-project.org/RDF) * Add the GMail backend related options to beagle-settings-qt. * Add a BibTex filter based on the command line program 'bibparse'. bibparse is a run-time requirement and can be found in the btparse package. * Add infrastructure and command-line tools to create and manage static indexes for removable sources. (http://beagle-project.org/Static_Indexes#Indexing_Removable_Medium) * Add a crawl-rule for indexing executables in /usr/bin, /bin etc. Add beagle-crawl-system [--list] [crawl-] options to list the system indexes and selectively update only one system index. * Add support for snippets for remote beagled query. * Add support for KDE4 konqueror history. * Show a drop-down list in beagle-search to choose search categories. This was previously hidden in the menus. Use BEAGLE_SEARCH_SCOPE environment variable to allow users to create custom categories. * Add menu options to beagle-search to start and stop beagled and show index statistics. * Enable the Open-With context-menu in beagle-search results. * Include a python script to grab shortcut keys from beagle-settings (distributed under GPL3). Bugfixes: * Focus the search entry is there are no results initially. Fixes #529540. * Fix a regression where searching applications and other system wide indexes were disabled by default in beagle-search. * Update Evolution backend for the new Evolution-Sharp API. Fixes #526685. * Use the correct protocol for evolution-tasks "task:///...". Fixes #530624. * Handle corrupt config files. Fixes #532308. * Fix parsing of Opera history cache. Fixes #533529. * If the firefox extension does not find ~/.beagle, show the message in the icon tooltip instead of showing the disruptive alert. Fixes debian #463922, bnc #385513. * Handle rogue backends if they start throwing lots of errors. This will save the log files from getting flooded with unnecessary exceptions. * Fix the spreadsheet filter which was broken since 2007! * Correctly generate URIs for child-indexables (e.g. archive contents, docbook entries). Fixes #535020. * Fix the docbook filter to not return unnecessary matches when only one docbook section matches the query. * Show an error dialog if beagle-settings encounters an unhandled exception. This gives a better feedback to the user. Fixes #541134. * Always show the filename separately in the beagle-search results. Show the filename instead of document title for pdf, odt etc. files whose titles are mostly unset or auto-generated. * Do not index javascript: pages in the firefox extension. * Properly parse Pidgin log files with smilies; these lines used to throw an exception earlier. * Support KMail-3 in KDE4. Fixes #540153. * The FileSystem backend now correctly handles filenames in a non-utf8 locale if MONO_EXTERNAL_ENCODINGS is set to the platform encoding. Fixes #440458. * Fix a bug where beagled sometimes returns less than 100 (max-results) results even though more results are available. Translations: - Hungarian (Gabor Kelemen) - Spanish (Jorge Gonzalez) - Italian (Gianvito Cavasoli) - Occitan (Yannig Marchegay) - French (Claude Paroz) - Brazilian Portuguese (Fábio Nogueira) - Czech (Adrian Gunis (Fixes #537846)) - Swedish (Daniel Nylander) - Norwegian bokmål (Kjartan Maraas) Other contributors: Nirbheek Chauhan, Arun Chaganty, Florian Echtler. Full set of changes: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/beagle/tags/BEAGLE_0_3_8/beagle/ChangeLog?view=markup KNOWN ISSUES ------------------------ * If you use any torrent client or any other p2p application, add its download directory to the excluded directory list of beagled. Sometimes beagle can take a long time to parse partially downloaded files. Enjoy, - dBera _______________________________________________

Macgamestore: Venture Arctic Ecosystem Sim Game Released - Published on 07/14/08 Macgamestore and Pocketwatch Games would like to announce the release of Venture Arctic for the Macintosh. Polar bears, wolves, and more need your help in this ecosystem sim game. Venture Arctic features 20 Unique Species including Polar Bears and Orcas, 12 Innovative Forces of Nature, 4 Difficulty modes including Climate Change, Deforestation, and Extinction, Cheat codes, high scores, and more. Hutto, Texas - Macgamestore and Pocketwatch Games would like to announce the release of Venture Arctic for the Macintosh. Polar bears, wolves, and more need your help in this ecosystem sim game. Unlike other Tycoon Games, there are no people in Venture Arctic. You won't have to build hot dog stands, hire janitors, or balance your checkbook. Build your ecosystem however you want to! Use wind to blow the smells of a beached whale to a starving wolverine or control your caribou population by creating a lemming explosion. Nature is at your command. Features: * 20 Unique Species including Polar Bears and Orcas * 12 Innovative Forces of Nature at your command * Normal Mode and a more sandbox style "kids mode" * 4 Difficulty modes including Climate Change, Deforestation, and Extinction * Cheat codes, high scores, and more! Pricing and Availability: Venture Arctic for the Mac is available for $19.95 USD through Macgamestore. It requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later. A free 60 minute trial demo version of the game is available for download. Macgamestore: http://www.macgamestore.com Venture Arctic: http://www.macgamestore.com/detail.php?ProductID=959 Direct Download Link: http://mgsdl.net/dls/zs9y Purchase Link: http://www.macgamestore.com/detail.php?ProductID=959 Screenshot: http://www.macgamestore.com/images_screenshots/product_959_4697_222291877.jpg Macgamestore - Launched in 2005, Macgamestore.com is the most popular Mac gaming store on the Internet with over 600 Mac games available for purchase. Macgamestore is also the leader in digital download games and the number one web site for casual Macintosh games. Pocketwatch Games - Pocketwatch Games makes hand-crafted video games about animals and the environment. ### Tuncer Deniz Owner 512-853-9067 tuncer ( -at -) insidemacgames.com *******

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Title: EVGA 750i FTW Motherboard Review ( -at -) HardwareLogic Quote: "This baby comes stacked with 2-way SLI, native 1333 FSB support, PCIe 2.0, LEDs, and onboard reset / power switches. It is geared towards the consumer who wants maximum performance without the bells and whistles that tends to drive up costs. If you drool over high end hardware but scoff at high end prices, this might be the motherboard you've been looking for. The best way to find out is to let HardwareLogic do the dirty work for you as we run the 750i SLI FTW through our benchmark suite to find out if this really is the one you can count on for the win." Link: http://hardwarelogic.com/news/132/ARTICLE/3940/2008-07-14.html

Hi everyone! After going over Sapphire's Radeon HD 4850 part with a fine-toothed comb last week, this time it's the turn of PowerColor's offering to take centre stage. As this board also makes use the same reference cooler and clock speeds, to make things far more interesting we've thrown two boards together so that we can also investigate the performance levels available to the Radeon HD 4850 in a CrossFire configuration. PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB and CrossFire performance review "As we mentioned in our introduction, PowerColor's take on the Radeon HD 4850 uses AMD's reference clock speeds, making for a 625MHz core and 993MHz GDDR3 memory clock. The board also sports a reference, single-slot cooler, while featuring all of the other usual accoutrements of your typical AMD graphics board. CrossFire support is available in the usual fashion via a pair of inter-GPU connectors, and power is provided to the board through a six-pin PCI Express power connector." http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=590&Itemid=27 As always, a news post on your site would be hugely appreciated, and we guarantee to reciprocate by posting any news items received from yourselves. Many thanks. Regards, Hanners Elite Bastards ------------------------------------- Elite Bastards News Letter www.elitebastards.com

A news post would be great. OCC has published a new review on the Thermaltake Xaser VI Mx VH9000BWS Here is a quote from the review: Quote: "And as a high-end case, it easily accomplished its mission. It has good air flow and allows the hardware to stay cooler than when installed in a standard case. Since it is roomy for a mid tower, you can install large processor heatsinks without any difficulties. It is deep and there is room left between the power supply and the motherboard so that fit is not an issue. The robust metal frame and panels would definitely protect the components installed inside. However, at 18.4 pounds empty, it may prove a bit tpo stout as a LAN party box. Good looks, water cooling capable, tool less design and good airflow make the Xaser VI one to consider when shopping for a new chassis." Title: Thermaltake Xaser VI Mx VH9000BWS Review Link: http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/thermaltake_xaser_vi/ Img: http://www.overclockersclub.com/siteimages/articles/thermaltake_xaser_vi/overall2_thumb.jpg

Title: EVGA 750i FTW Motherboard Review ( -at -) HardwareLogic Quote: "This baby comes stacked with 2-way SLI, native 1333 FSB support, PCIe 2.0, LEDs, and onboard reset / power switches. It is geared towards the consumer who wants maximum performance without the bells and whistles that tends to drive up costs. If you drool over high end hardware but scoff at high end prices, this might be the motherboard you've been looking for. The best way to find out is to let HardwareLogic do the dirty work for you as we run the 750i SLI FTW through our benchmark suite to find out if this really is the one you can count on for the win." Link: http://hardwarelogic.com/news/132/ARTICLE/3940/2008-07-14.html

BFG GeForce 9800 GTX H2OC (watercooled) <http://www.guru3d.com/article/bfg-geforce-9800-gtx-h2oc-review/>'>http://www.guru3d.com/article/bfg-geforce-9800-gtx-h2oc-review/> Marilyn Monroe once stated, some like it hot. And where I say .. some don't. Yeah, that movie was a comedy yet what I'm talking about definitely is not. Graphics cards. If you can spend the money, there are always solutions out there that can solve the issue. Next to dramatically increasing that good old x-factor of your PC by aesthetically pleasing it, it is also one of the best methods of cooling down components. Yes we are talking about water-cooling. We have BFG in da house putting down some Mack-daddy lovin at a GeForce 9800 GTX with their H2OC product, derived from H2O (water) and OC as in overclocked. Have a peek. Read article: http://www.guru3d.com/article/bfg-geforce-9800-gtx-h2oc-review/ <http://www.guru3d.com/article/bfg-geforce-9800-gtx-h2oc-review/> --

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1216097440-11275-7373 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:145 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : bluez Date : July 14, 2008 Affected: 2007.1, 2008.0, 2008.1 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: An input validation flaw was found in the Bluetooth Session Description Protocol (SDP) packet parser used in the Bluez bluetooth utilities. A bluetooth device with an already-trusted relationship, or a local user registering a service record via a UNIX socket or D-Bus interface, could cause a crash and potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the hcid daemon (CVE-2008-2374). 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Intel has just officially announced the Montevina mobile platform, their 5th generation of the underlying technology that makes up the company's Centrino 2 mobile architecture. Like previous iterations, the Montevina platform consists of a processor, chipset, and a specific wireless network module. We step you through the high level details of Montevina in the pages ahead. Stop on by and have a look: http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/Intel_Unveils_Montevina_Centrino_2_Platf orm_Launched/ Thanks for your time. A post in your tech news section would be greatly

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Intel's new Centrino 2 platform is formally debuted today and it includes quite a few new products and technologies including mobile 1066 MHz FSB processors, a new chipset and integrated graphics core, hybrid graphics support for IGP and discrete GPUs, draft-N wireless support and more! URL: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=591 Quote: "We mentioned switchable graphics above as a new power savings technology from Intel, but what exactly is it? Think of it as NVIDIA's Hybrid SLI technology for a notebook rather than a desktop; a notebook that has both discrete and integrated graphics (as all Centrino 2 systems will have) can either automatically or manually be switched from operating on either GPU solution. This way you can see the benefits of an IGP solution for battery life concerns when necessary or utilize the performance of a discrete GPU solution for gaming sessions when battery life isn't an issue." Thanks for a post! Ryan Shrout Owner - PC Perspective rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com

It's a rare thing in this industry to be potentially on the verge of a paradigm shift, as a stream of consistent, impressive, but nonetheless incremental upgrades to a given technology runs out of road and is overtaken by an entirely new way of doing things. Such will one day be the case with electric and hybrid motors supplanting internal combustion engines in cars. Maybe. Right after they start to fly. Some would argue that we're on the brink of a dramatic shift in the storage world. Mechanical hard drives that store data on platters spinning at thousands of revolutions per minute have reigned here for decades, and today's finest are technical marvels of microscopic mechanics. But can they stand up to flash-based solid-state drives riding the tidal wave that is Moore's Law? Solid-state drives have recently become more prominent on the mobile front, where their low power consumption and robust shock tolerance are clear advantages over the mechanical monarchy. Densities are up and prices are falling, too, allowing for budget models that won't have you pondering auctioning off a kidney. The latest mechanical mobile drives are hardly dinosaurs, though. Perpendicular recording has done wonders, enabling the latest 2.5" disks to spin an impressive 320GB at 7,200 RPM, with 16MB of cache riding shotgun—that was a well-equipped 3.5" desktop drive a couple of years ago. The obvious questions, then, are how these two competing storage technologies stack up and which is right for you. In search of answers, we've rounded up seven 2.5" mobile drives, including SSDs from OCZ, Samsung, and Super Talent, and traditional mechanical drives from Seagate and Western Digital. Read on for the enlightening results of this battle between machines and memory. http://techreport.com/articles.x/15079 Thanks, Geoff ---- Geoff Gasior The Tech Report http://techreport.com -- To unsubscribe from: TR-News, just follow this link:

Hi all, We have posted a review of one of ASUS' barebone rigs, featuring the AMD 690G chipset. Title: ASUS P-Series AMD 690G Barebone PC ( -at -) Techgage Link: http://techgage.com/article/asus_p-series_amd_690g_barebone_pc/ Quote: What if you could build a sub-$500 HTPC that was slim, fast, and capable, without the headache of picking bargain-barrel parts to accomplish your design goals? What if it had HDMI and 7.1 audio? With the help of their Pundit series, ASUS hopes to make barebones relevant again. Have they done it?

Today is a special day for Intel as it is the 5th anniversary for the Centrino mobile platform and they are celebrating it with the launch of the Centrino 2 platform (Montevina). With Centrino 2, Intel is planning for the future with a platform that is able to adapt to what we need in today’s marketplace. Read on to see exactly what is being updated! Quote: "Centrino 2 is made of of three major components, the processor, the wireless card and the chipset. Intel Centrino 2 processors are 45nm Intel Core 2 Duo and Quad processors with up to 6MB L2 cache and a 1066MHz FSB. Intel is introducing the Intel Core 2 Extreme Mobile Processor X9100 is now the highest performing flagship processor for the Centrino 2 platform and operates at 3.06GHz. Just like other Extreme mobile processors the X9100 has 'Overspeed Protection' removed, so consumers will be able to overclock the processor if the notebook allows it. When it comes to TDP ratings the X9100 is mobile friendly at just 44W..." Article Title: Intel Announces The Centrino 2 Platform ( -at -) Legit Reviews Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/746/1/ --

Doseido Software announces Headline 1.0 for Mac OS X Leopard - Published on 07/14/08 Doseido Software is delighted to announce the first release of Headline, their next-generation news reader for Mac OS X Leopard. Combining a sleek, clean interface with a powerful user experience, Headline is designed to make catching up with the latest blog posts, articles and news feeds quick and more enjoyable. View articles in Headline directly or via Safari as well as play podcasts and videocasts on the fly. Crevalcore, Italy - Doseido Software is delighted to announce the first release of Headline, their next-generation news reader for Mac OS X Leopard. Combining a sleek, clean interface with a powerful user experience, Headline is designed to make catching up with the latest blog posts, articles and news feeds quick and more enjoyable. Headline starts with a revolutionary interface and then gets better. It's easy to filter out contents by switching from Today, This Week, This Month, All, Unread or Favorites items. And with Favorites, users can easily mark articles with the click of a button, and return to them at any time. Users can view articles in Headline directly or optionally via Safari Offering built in support for Audio and Video player, easily listen to audio or watch video podcasts on the fly without the need to download files or having to launch iTunes. And by leveraging the power of Core Animation, Headline users can enjoy smooth effects transitions between views and articles. Headline can easily share articles over iChat and Mail, with no need to manually send article links to friends; Headline can do it for you. Feature highlights include: * Ultra-minimal UI * Mark Favorites * Easy Filtering * Core Animation Support * Media Player Support * Article Sharing Minimum Requirements: * Mac OS X Version 10.5.2 Leopard or later * Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel * 512 MB Minimum Ram * 4.2 MB Hard Drive space * Internet connection Pricing and Availability: A Single User license for Headline 1.0 is priced at only $19.95 USD. A Family Pack license is available for $39.95 USD. A full-featured demo is available for download from the Doseido Software website. Users may purchase Headline from within the application directly. Doseido Software: http://www.doseido.com/ Headline 1.0: http://www.doseido.com/headline/ Download Headline: http://www.doseido.com/downloads/headline.dmg Located in beautiful Crevalcore, Italy, Doseido Software is a privately funded company founded in 2007 by Andrea Gelati. Andrea has over 10 years as a software developer, and founded Doseido with the aim of bringing this experience to the Mac platform. Doseido's mission is to develop software that improves the mac experience, by combining ingenuity, style, and performance. Copyright 2007-2008 Doseido Software. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. ### Andrea Gelati CEO 3478454589 agelati ( -at -) doseido.com *******

Hello Webmasters and News Posters, NEW CONTENT (Memory) - A-DATA Vitesta DDR3-1600X 2GB Memory Kit QUOTE: "Intel added what it termed XMP or Extreme Memory Profiling to its X38 and X48 chipsets; this in terms of technology is the same as NVIDIA’s EPP which adds extra instructions into the memory SPD, allowing the memory to tell the system how fast it can run, what extra voltages it needs and what timings can be used for certain extreme profiles. Today we have A-DATA’s Vitesta Extreme Edition DDR3 modules designed for XMP with a rating of 1600MHz; the fastest that Intel currently supports on its X series chipsets. Let’s see how well it performs." For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1504/a_data_vitesta_ddr3_1600x_2gb_memory_kit/index.html Best Regards, The TweakTown Team http://www.tweaktown.com

Hello, OCIA.net has posted their latest article entitled: How Much Energy Is Used At Your Computer Desk? Below is a direct quote from the article: "If a computer is plugged into a wall, and nobody is there to turn it on, does it still use energy? While a more familiar question with trees begs existential consideration, the answer to my question is far simpler; it's yes. As gas prices go up and up, everyone is looking to economize and save money everywhere they can. Phantom energy, electricity drawn by devices not in use, is one target of many people's efforts. Still, a lot of us think that the minimal wattage used by an empty cell-phone charger isn't worth the hassle and that there are bigger fish to fry. The <1W pull we observe in chargers and other small appliances leads us to forget about unplugging our devices altogether, even the bigger ones. What about your computer, though?" Direct Link: http://www.ocia.net/articles/energyuse/page1.shtml Image Link: http://www.ocia.net/images/icons/320.jpg Site Link: http://www.ocia.net A news posting on your site would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your support! Thanks, OCIA.net Staff http://www.ocia.net

360Works Launches SuperContainer 2.0 at DevCon 2008 - Published on 07/14/08 Popular development tool enhances FileMaker document and image management. 360Works, a leading FileMaker product developer, will launch a new version of its signature SuperContainer tool at the 2008 FileMaker Developers Conference in Phoenix, AZ this week. Industry respected since its original release in 2006, SuperContainer is an essential tool for managing documents and images in FileMaker Pro, functioning equally well on the web or FileMaker Pro. Atlanta, GA - 360Works, a leading FileMaker product developer, will launch a new version of its signature SuperContainer tool at the 2008 FileMaker Developers Conference in Phoenix, AZ this week. Industry respected since its original release in 2006, SuperContainer is an essential tool for managing documents and images in FileMaker Pro, functioning equally well on the web or FileMaker Pro. SuperContainer 2.0 incorporates feature requests from the FileMaker community, which widely adopted the original SuperContainer release, making it one of the firm's best selling products. FileMaker developer One Part Harmony, serving small to mid-sized businesses dealing with ecological and/or integrative health issues, has been using SuperContainer for its clients' development projects for two years. "SuperContainer really is the missing link for FileMaker," said One Part Harmony founder and principal developer Morgan Jones. "Version 1 made it possible to do things with FileMaker that I could not have done without it. Version 2 demonstrates that the folks at 360Works listened to FileMaker developers and have moved the product another giant step forward." "We are finding that our clients are comfortable handling many types of information in electronic form," Jones explained, "including all manner of office documents such as PDFs, photos, videos, and audio files. Before SuperContainer, importing these files into a FileMaker database took lots of work and still left us with a klunky interface. SuperContainer makes it a snap to store and retrieve files of all types while greatly simplifying the user interface. Now even my smallest clients can afford to include sophisticated document storage as a basic component of the databases I build for them. In short, SuperContainer makes it easy for me to create media-rich applications that work the way the users work, and this makes me a hero to my customers." SuperContainer 2.0 key features include: Drag and drop for uploads and downloads - drag a file, folder, or multiple items from the operating system into SuperContainer to upload. Like most other features in SuperContainer, this works equally well in a FileMaker Pro Web Viewer or Instant Web Publishing. Progress bars on upload - the most frequently requested feature from developers using SuperContainer. Users now receive instant feedback that their files are being uploaded to SuperContainer with the new upload progress bar. Upload and download entire folders - a high demand feature allowing the upload of an entire directory into SuperContainer, associated with a single record in FileMaker Pro. SuperContainer automatically uses zip compression to speed the upload and save space on the server, then automatically unzips it after downloading. Support for OS X bundles like Pages documents - with the directory upload/download feature, it is now possible to store OS X bundles created in Pages and Numbers with their native OS X icons. PHP API - advanced developers can now interface directly with the SuperContainer engine from PHP. This goes beyond simple IFRAME integration to actually allow PHP code to directly read, write, and query the contents of SuperContainer. A new installer package makes deployment even easier - new installation package will automatically set up SuperContainer with FileMaker Server Advanced and Apache/IIS on port 80 - eliminating custom setups for dealing with firewalls and SSL setup. Pricing and Availability: SuperContainer 2.0 will keep the same pricing structure as the original release: $695 USD for Enterprise licenses and $195 USD for Workgroup licenses. Upgrade pricing is available, and upgrades are free for all purchases within the last 30 days. 360Works: http://www.360Works.com SuperContainer: http://www.360works.com/supercontainer/ Atlanta-based 360Works, a FileMaker Platinum Business Alliance member, has been providing FileMaker-based solutions for more than a decade. The company is a leading developer of both shrink-wrapped and custom FileMaker database design solutions for clients such as NASA, Bernard Hodes Group, US Marines, Make-A-Wish foundation and others. The company is credited for its forward-thinking solutions, dedication and unparalleled client service. For more information about 360Works, visit their website or (770) 234-9293. ### Kerri Milam Principal 404-378-0850 kerri ( -at -) depthpr.com *******

New Software Empowers BlackBerry Users to turn any Media into Ringtones - Published on 07/14/08 Information Appliance Associates, creators of industry-leading mobile connectivity solutions, announces the release of the PocketMac RingtoneStudio for BlackBerry, the first and only Macintosh tool that gives BlackBerry users the power to convert almost any media file into a ringtone. San Diego, CA - Information Appliance Associates, creators of industry-leading mobile connectivity solutions, announces the release of the PocketMac® RingtoneStudio for BlackBerry, the first and only Macintosh tool that gives BlackBerry users the power to convert almost any media file into a ringtone. "We're incredibly excited," said Terence Goggin, CTO of Information Appliance Associates. "The BlackBerry is great, and as more people are using it, they have told us they want to expand the variety of ringtones they can use on their BlackBerry. But it was either too expensive or too difficult to do on their own. That's where this software comes in." PocketMac RingtoneStudio for BlackBerry works with sound files, iTunes tracks you own, and any Mac-friendly movie formats to produce ringtones that can then be automatically synched to a BlackBerry. One of the many powerful features of PocketMac RingtoneStudio for BlackBerry is the EditingBay, which allows users to easily select exactly which 30 seconds they want to use as their ringtone. Goggin added, "With the EditingBay feature, customers can select whatever 30 seconds they want from the movies and music files. Literally any 30 seconds from each file. The 30 seconds from the beginning, the 30 seconds smack dab in the middle, or somewhere towards the end. It's visual, simple and completely up to the customer what they want to choose." PocketMac RingtoneStudio for BlackBerry works on OS 10.4.x and 10.5.x (Tiger and Leopard) and retails for $14.95 USD. PocketMac RingtoneStudio for BlackBerry supports BlackBerry Pearl (8100), BlackBerry Curve (8300), and BlackBerry 8800 series devices that have a microSD expanded memory card inside. "The release of PocketMac RingtoneStudio for iPhone was such a success that our BlackBerry customers starting asking immediately if we could create something for them, too, and this is our answer. With this software and using the powerful but easy- to-use editing features of PocketMac Ringtone Studio, BlackBerry users can now make their own custom ringtones with almost no effort," Goggin continued. "This opens up new multimedia possibilities for BlackBerry users." A YouTube video demonstrating PocketMac RingtoneStudio for BlackBerry is available. More information about the PocketMac RingtoneStudio for BlackBerry can be found at their website. PocketMac: http://www.pocketmac.com/ RingtoneStudio: http://www.pocketmac.com/product2.php?id=4 YouTube Video Demo: Purchase Link: http://store.esellerate.net/pocketmac/buyrtsbb?PT=press Information Appliance Associates (IAA) is a world leader in creating unique software solutions, primarily for the Macintosh platform. Their first product, PocketMac Pro, the original Mac-to-Pocket-PC sync solution accomplished what at the time was thought impossible--connecting a Mac to a Pocket PC. IAA then expanded into other areas of connectivity with their Microsoft Smartphone product, their iPod product and their BlackBerry sync and multimedia solution. All IAA brands and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of Information Appliance Associates. BlackBerry is a registered trademark of Research In Motion. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. ### Timothy Goggin VP 858-775-6116 timg ( -at -) pocketmac.net *******

The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded to the centos mirror: RHSA-2008:0562-01 Moderate: ruby security update Files available: irb-1.6.4-6.el2.i386.rpm ruby-1.6.4-6.el2.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.6.4-6.el2.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.6.4-6.el2.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.6.4-6.el2.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.6.4-6.el2.i386.rpm More details are available from the RedHat web site at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh21as-errata.html The easy way to make sure you are up to date with all the latest patches is to run: # yum update -- John Newbigin ITS Senior Analyst / Programmer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin _______________________________________________

360Works Releases ScriptMaster 2.0 at DevCon 2008 - Published on 07/14/08 Complimentary FileMaker development tool simplifies use of Java code. 360Works, a leading FileMaker product developer, is releasing a new version of its ScriptMaster tool at the 2008 FileMaker Developers Conference in Phoenix, AZ this week. A completely free, modular plugin for FileMaker, ScriptMaster allows developers to use Java code even without Java expertise. Atlanta, GA - 360Works, a leading FileMaker product developer, is releasing a new version of its ScriptMaster tool at the 2008 FileMaker Developers Conference in Phoenix, AZ this week. A completely free, modular plugin for FileMaker, ScriptMaster allows developers to use Java code even without Java expertise. Version 2.0 includes modules for file manipulation, URL downloads, XML Web Services, encoding / encryption, FileMaker script triggering, shell scripting, audio and video, email sending, and much more. FileMaker developers can also extend ScriptMaster functionality by writing their own Java modules. ScriptMaster 2.0 adds a new function registration feature allowing developers to use ScriptMaster modules just like regular FileMaker custom functions. Using a module from the ScriptMaster.fp7 library requires checking a 'register this function' box. Thereafter, the ScriptMaster module appears in the FileMaker external functions list just like a FileMaker Pro custom function. Unlike custom functions, ScriptMaster functions are available in every FileMaker file, eliminating the need to copy and paste between files. "The ScriptMaster 2.0 plug-in is awesome," said SolutionMakers, Inc. developer Angelo Luchi. SolutionMakers, Inc., are the developers of the 123sync QuickBooks integration "in as little as an hour" application. "It is so much faster than its predecessor. Plus I love the new register function," he added. FileMaker developer Jennifer Shook works in house for American Classifieds in Kansas City, MO. She shares her FileMaker development work with other American Classifieds who are still doing their record keeping by hand, and cutting and pasting their papers up on layout boards. Shook recently downloaded ScriptMaster for the first time. "Are you sure this valuable plug in is free to deploy with my program?" she asked. "I feel like I am stealing something. This is coming from a girl that is happy to pay for her mp3s." In addition to the plugin registration feature, there are numerous other improvements in ScriptMaster 2.0: Speed - ScriptMaster was fast before, but because registering a module pre-compiles it, script speed execution is orders of magnitude faster. For example, the UUID function for generating unique serial numbers has increased from 25 UUIDs per second to approximately 1,000 UUIDs per second. No installation required - The ScriptMaster.fp7 database uses the auto-update feature of FileMaker Server to download the plugin from your FileMaker Server to each user's desktop. Easy SOAP access - ScriptMaster.fp7 now includes Java Web Service libraries, for easy SOAP Web Service access from developers' ScriptMaster modules. Java code editing support - Developers writing Java modules have better support for editing Java code within the ScriptMaster.fp7 database, including syntax error highlighting, allowing tab characters, better error reporting, plus links to Groovy and Java documentation. Several new modules that ship with ScriptMaster 2.0 include: * Formatted dialog module allows the display of dialogs with formatted HTML content in the FileMaker solution. * BASE64 encoding and decoding modules for interacting with web services. * Gradient drawing module dynamically generates smooth gradient containers perfect for use in layouts with user-specified color preferences. * FedEx module uses SOAP web services to get shipping rates from FedEx. * Popup menu demonstrates how to draw a popup menu anywhere on the FileMaker user interface in response to a mouse click. * Encryption/decryption with the DES-128 algorithm and MD5 hashing modules to store credit cards, social security numbers, passwords, and other sensitive information in a FileMaker database. ScriptMaster is a Universal Binary plugin that will run at full native speed on OS X Intel, OS X PowerPC, and Windows. It will also run in the Web Publishing Engine and on FileMaker Server, so you can use it with IWP, custom web publishing, and server scripts scheduled with FileMaker Server 9. Pricing and availability: ScriptMaster 2.0 is free for developers to use and distribute with client solutions. 360Works offers ScriptMaster as a way to introduce their complete line of FileMaker plugins and developer tools at their website, and funds continuing ScriptMaster development by creating custom modules for sale. FileMaker developers that use ScriptMaster are invited to contribute requests and suggestions for its ongoing enhancement. View a complete list of modules and download ScriptMaster from 360works. 360Works: http://www.360Works.com ScriptMaster: http://www.360works.com/scriptmaster/ Direct Download Link: http://wo.360works.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/360Store.woa/wa/add?product=SCRIPTMASTERPLUGIN Purchase Link: http://wo.360works.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/360Store.woa/wa/add?product=SCRIPTMASTERPLUGIN Products: http://www.360works.com/products Atlanta-based 360Works, a FileMaker Platinum Business Alliance member, has been providing FileMaker-based solutions for more than a decade. The company is a leading developer of both shrink-wrapped and custom FileMaker database design solutions for clients such as NASA, Bernard Hodes Group, US Marines, Make-A-Wish foundation and others. The company is credited for its forward-thinking solutions, dedication and unparalleled client service. For more information about 360Works, visit their website or (770) 234-9293. ### Kerri Milam Principal 404-378-0850 kerri ( -at -) depthpr.com *******

Digit-Life Review: ATI RADEON HD 4870 512MB Excerpt: "Last time we tested RADEON HD 4850 in games. Now we got hold of the higher-end HD 4870 with GDDR5 memory. Even though it has the same architecture and the same number of processing units, we decided to compare it to GeForce GTX 260, its competitor in terms of price." Article: http://www.digit-life.com/articles3/video/rv770-2-part1-p1.html A post on your website would be appreciated! To exchange news & reviews with Digit-Life, to change subscription address, or to unsubscribe write to cormac ( -at -) ixbt.com. If you post notes about Digit-Life reviews, but don't see me doing the same, please email me as well. Best regards, Artem Pavlenko, www.Digit-Life.com / iXBT.com