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FmPro Migrator 4.03: New Graphical UI for FileMaker Conversion Projects - Published on 04/14/08 .com Solutions Inc. has released FmPro Migrator 4.03 for MacOS X and Windows. FmPro Migrator 4.03 incorporates a new graphical user interface for all aspects of the FileMaker conversion process. It is no longer necessary to have Perl installed on your computer or to run migration scripts or SQL scripts on the command line. Results from the Get Fieldsize migration step are automatically used to generate the Table Creation SQL code. Fremont, CA - .com Solutions Inc. has released FmPro Migrator 4.03 for MacOS X and Windows. FmPro Migrator 4.03 incorporates a new graphical user interface for all aspects of the FileMaker conversion process. It is no longer necessary to have Perl installed on your computer or to run migration scripts or SQL scripts on the command line. Results from the Get Fieldsize migration step are automatically used to generate the Table Creation SQL code, which no longer requires manually up[censored] the SQL code with column size info. FmPro Migrator is a stand-alone application which migrates FileMaker databases to MySQL, Oracle, Access, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, OpenBase, PostgreSQL and FrontBase. SQL Server and Access databases can also be converted to FileMaker 7, 8, 9. FmPro Migrator Developer Edition includes all of the features of FmPro Migrator, but also includes a Table Consolidation feature which performs automated copying of Tables/Fields, Table Occurrences, Relationships, ScriptMaker scripts and Layouts between FileMaker 8, 8.5 and 9 database files on MacOS X and Windows. FmPro Migrator 4.03 new features include: * New Graphical Interface - The new graphical interface for all aspects of the migration process. It is no longer necessary to have Perl installed on your computer or to run migration scripts or SQL scripts on the command line to perform database migrations. Results from the Get Fieldsize migration step are automatically used to generate the Table Creation SQL code, which no longer requires manually editing the SQL code with column size info. * Automated Table Consolidation Feature - Developer Edition Feature - Table Consolidation projects are now implemented with an entirely new automated migration process. The Table Consolidation feature now includes the copying Tables/Fields, Table Occurrences, Relationships, Layouts and ScriptMaker scripts between FileMaker 8, 8.5 and 9 database files on MacOS X and Windows. A remapping feature remaps Table Occurrences within Layouts and ScriptMaker scripts when they are re-created in the consolidated database file. Layout text can also be changed with a search and replace feature when the layouts are copied. * FileMaker 7, 8, 9 Repeating Fields Support - Support has been added for migrating repeating fields within FileMaker 7, 8, 9 databases using auto-generated ScriptMaker data transformation scripts. This feature overcomes the lack of repeating fields support within new versions of the FileMaker ODBC driver. Repeating fields data can now be transferred to SQL databases and used with the new External SQL Sources feature incorporated within FileMaker 9. * Container Field Export Feature - The container field export feature supports the 22 container field data types available within FileMaker 7, 8, 9 database files including: EMBO, EMF+, EPS, FILE, FPix, FORK, GIFf, JPEG, JP2, META, METO, moov, PDF, PICT, PNGf, PNTG, qtif.SGI, snd, TIFF, TPIC, XMLO, 8BPS. * PostgreSQL BYTEA Columns Supported - PostgreSQL database migrations include support for writing FileMaker container field data into PostgreSQL BYTEA columns. Binary data within PostgreSQL BYTEA columns can easily be viewed and updated with graphical management tools like Navicat on MacOS X and Windows. * OpenBase Database Support - FileMaker databases can now be migrated to OpenBase tables. OpenBase migrations include support for transferring FileMaker container field data into OpenBase OBJECT columns. * Context Sensitive Help - Clicking a table name in the Migration Process window displays instructions and troubleshooting info which is specific to the type of migration currently being performed. Existing FmPro Migrator customers may upgrade to FmPro Migrator 4.03 at no charge. The single-user licensing includes a copy of FmPro Migrator for both MacOS X (Universal Binary) and Windows platforms. FmPro Migrator customers may upgrade to FmPro Migrator Developer Edition for $100. A functional demo version of FmPro Migrator is available. For more info please visit their website. FmPro Migrator 4.03: http://www.fmpromigrator.com Product URL: http://www.fmpromigrator.com/products/fmpro_migrator Direct Download Link: http://www.fmpromigrator.com/downloads/demo_software/FmProMigrator4.03DemoMacOSX.dmg Purchase Link: http://www.fmpromigrator.com/order/index.html#fmpro_migrator Screenshot: http://www.fmpromigrator.com/images/fmpro_migrator/FmigDev403_TableConsolidation300_289.gif App Icon: http://www.fmpromigrator.com/images/fmpro_migrator/fmpro_migrator_icon_256_256.jpg .com Solutions Inc. develops multi-platform graphical applications supporting FileMaker, Oracle, MySQL, Access, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, PostgreSQL and FrontBase developers. FmPro Script Diff, compares and edits FileMaker ScriptMaker scripts, FmPro Layout Diff, compares FileMaker Layouts. FmPro Migrator migrates FileMaker databases to and from FileMaker. Installgen automates over 100 Oracle install procedures on Solaris, Windows, Linux and MacOS X. Repgen replicates Oracle data in a multi-master configuration on Solaris, Windows, Linux and MacOS X. For more information about .com Solutions Inc., please visit their website. ### David Simpson President 510-490-3482 dsimpson ( -at -) dotcomsolutionsinc.net ******* Member wishes to have this product reviewed by the media ******* ******* Trackback URL: http://prmac.com/release-trackback.php?id=1814&a=ODM= Link To Article: http://prmac.com/release-id-1814.htm *******

Palit has done a good job with the reference 9800GTX video card in that they have included a game bundle and their entry into the US is most welcome since the video card market needs more players bringing better competition to the retail market place for the video card dollar. Palit support needs to update their drivers as NVIDIA has released the 174.74 Forceware and the drivers on Palit’s website are based upon 169.32. The inclusion of the latest Tomb Raider game which was released last year is a somewhat good thing. I remember buying video cards and getting huge game bundles (20 games and demos for the Diamond Monster 3D card). I hope Palit gives a game with every card they sell as it adds value for the new buyer. Sure games get old fast, but the fact is its better to have a game bundle than not to have one. Link: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/hardware/1767_1.html

Hello, We've released Banshee 1.0 Alpha 3 (0.98.3), two weeks after our second 1.0 alpha release, which brings some great new features and lots of bug fixes and performance improvements. New in this release: * Audio CD playback and ripping support * USB Mass Storage Digital Audio Player syncing * New shuffle playback UI and logic * Over 40 bugs fixed since the last release Remember, Banshee 1.0 alpha releases can be safely installed and used in parallel with older Banshee releases, so there should be nothing stopping you from giving it a try! Release notes with screenshots, ChangeLog, openSUSE 10.3 1-click install, and full alpha-release disclaimer: http://banshee-project.org/Releases/0.98.3 Download the source code: http://banshee-project.org/files/banshee/banshee-1-0.98.3.tar.bz2 sha1sum: 61204019315db5efa394d394d2629199bb52143a And because I'm shameless, I'll just plug my blog, which actually has some useful details that are not in the release notes linked above: http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/ Enjoy! --Aaron _______________________________________________

cairomm is a C++ API for the cairo graphics library. For more information, see http://cairographics.org/cairomm A new cairomm release 1.6.0 is now available from: http://cairographics.org/releases/cairomm-1.6.0.tar.gz which can be verified with: http://cairographics.org/releases/cairomm-1.6.0.tar.gz.sha1 934dc378af07ad019a9063f88e975be2f885172c cairomm-1.6.0.tar.gz http://cairographics.org/releases/cairomm-1.6.0.tar.gz.sha1.asc (signed by Jonathon Jongsma) WHAT'S NEW ========== This release of cairomm wraps the new API introduced in cairo 1.6 -- jonner _______________________________________________

The Dreamcast and Gamecube arcade shooter Ikaruga has finally made its way onto Xbox live, in the shape of an enhanced version costing only 800 gamer points. Can it capture the magic of the original title which is now hailed as a classic? http://www.driverheaven.net/gamingreviews.php?reviewid=582 _____________________________ Gaming Heaven News Mailer

One-school-year free SmileLab licenses for students - Published on 04/14/08 Satimage-software is pleased to announce Smile 3.3, a new release of its data visualization software. Smile's plotting interface makes easier to plot data by importing files, specifying intermediate computations and access display settings, all in the same interface. That feature opens Smile's usability to most people who needs to visualize data, particularly engineers and students. Satimage-software offers to students free licenses for SmileLab, its data visualization and automation software. Fresnes, France - Satimage-software is pleased to announce Smile 3.3, a new release of its data visualization software. Smile's plotting interface makes easier to plot data by importing files, specifying intermediate computations and access display settings, all in the same interface. That feature opens Smile's usability to most people who needs to visualize data, particularly engineers and students. A video demonstrating the main features is available. In order to increase the audience of Smile, Satimage-software has decided to offer free temporary SmileLab licenses to students. Those can be requested at the Satimage-software website. Using Smile's data visualization features requires the SmileLab license ($449 USD for a one-user SmileLab licence, $299 USD for a one-user SmileLab academic license.) We provide time-limited free trial license, valid 2 months, on a one per e-mail address basis, or one-school-year free licenses for students. Read more info about Smile at Satimage-sofware's website. Satimage Software: http://www.satimage-software.com/ SmileLab: http://www.satimage-software.com/en/smilelab/ Direct Download Link: http://www.satimage-software.com/en/downloads/ Purchase Link: http://www.satimage-software.com/en/pricing/ Gallery: http://www.satimage-software.com/en/smilelab/gallery/ SmileLab free trial license for students: http://www.satimage-software.com/en/pricing/students.html Satimage-software is a department of Satimage created to take care of the development of Smile, the automation engine that Satimage developed to power custom automated industrial systems. ### Alexis Gottlieb Engineer +33 1 46 15 92 92 alexis.gottlieb ( -at -) satimage.fr ******* Member wishes to have this product reviewed by the media ******* ******* Trackback URL: http://prmac.com/release-trackback.php?id=1813&a=ODM= Link To Article: http://prmac.com/release-id-1813.htm *******

Hi all, We have just published an early look at *Gigabyte's P45-DS5 motherboard* - if you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated. *Link:* http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/04/14/early_look_gigabyte_ga-p45-ds5/1 *Picture:* http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/04/early_look_gigabyte_ga-p45-ds5/fp_img.jpg *Quote: */"Gigabyte has done *a lot* to improve the P45's layout over its previous P35 board -- while we loved the DS3R, other products like the EP35-DS4 (pictured right, on the left of the two) had compatibility problems with the SATA ports. The P45-DS5 fixes this by making all the SATA ports at 90 degree angles to the edge of the board so they don't conflict with longer graphics cards. In addition to this there are now *ten* SATA ports -- four of which are from a Silicon Image chipset. While the RAID can't be combined with the new ICH10R southbridge, they all offer NCQ, ACHI and eSATA support. The Gigabyte branded JMicron chipset provides the IDE port which is still missing from ICH10, like it was from ICH9, and even though the IDE port is awkwardly placed right down the bottom of the board it shouldn't matter too much since there's oodles of SATA for optical drives. The DS5 shown here is DDR2 only and supports "up to 1,200MHz" according to Gigabyte. If the current P35 range is anything to go by, expect DDR3 and mixed DDR2/DDR3 boards to pop up as well. Even though Gigabyte says the overclocking of the P45 and P35 should be similar, clearly Gigabyte are tailored its P45-DS5 for some serious overclocking: it features six phases of CPU power regulation, two phases on the northbridge and two phases on the DDR2 memory slots. We also love the new on-board power, reset and clear CMOS buttons that are almost identical those used on the Asus Republic of Gamer series motherboards."/ * *Cheers guys! Tim Smalley www.bit-tech.net

Hi, It's Kristofer from DragonSteelMods, and I have a new review today that I think your readers might find interesting. Title: Multi-Card Reader with Bluetooth Dongle Review ( -at -) DragonSteelMods.com Review Link: http://www.dragonsteelmods.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7079&Itemid=38 Review Snipit: "USBFever had sent me an interesting little gadget that incorporates a Bluetooth dongle and a card reader in one small, portable device. At first I thought this was a Bluetooth enabled card reader, but it's not, it's actually a full featured BT dongle with a card reader built into it. " Review Picture(300x225): http://www.dragonsteelmods.com/Images/reviews2/usbfever-blue-reader/thumbs/blue10.jpg Main site link: http://www.dragonsteelmods.com A post in your news would be greatly appreciated. Any and all news sent to me will be posted! If you would like to be added to our 'News Feeds' page please feel free to send me your http link to the feed and I will gladly add it ASAP. If you'd like to swap links for affiliation, I'd be happy to, just drop me a message...

Speed Download 5.0.2 delivers many performance improvements - Published on 04/14/08 Yazsoft is proud to announce the immediate availability of Speed Download 5.0.2. Overhauled from top to bottom, Speed Download 5 redefines the Mac OS X download manager by combining four amazing products - a turbo-charged download manager with auto-resuming downloads, a fully featured secure FTP client, a file sharing utility with full encryption, and complete .Mac/iDisk/WEBDAV connectivity - into one small and easy to use application. Chicago, Illinois - Yazsoft is proud to announce the immediate availability of Speed Download 5.0.2. Developed exclusively for Mac OS X, Speed Download is an easy to use, powerful and reliable download manager. Speed Download sets a higher standard for download manager innovation, and is expressly designed to be a central, unified hub for almost all downloading and file transfer activities. This new update continues to enhance and tweak the performance of Speed Download to ensure utmost reliability. Version 5.0.1 includes tons of key improvements, and is a recommended update for all Speed Download 5 users. Some Key New Features in Version 5.0.2: * Fixed: Transparency in the floater retained after SD restarts * Fixed: SD no longer prompts about a component update after each restart * Fixed: SD remembers changes to the toolbar visibility after each restart * Fixed: A bug that could potentially cause SD to crash after completing a download * Updated: SD Enhancer for better performance and compatibility * Updated: Various little oddities in the French version of SD and throughout the application Supported Languages: * US English, French, Polish System Requirements: * Requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later; Leopard ready * 19 MB Hard Drive Space * Internet connection * Any popular Mac OS X Internet browser Pricing and Availability: * $25: 1 User license * $40: 2 User license (Save $10) * $100: 5 user license (Save $25) * Upgrade pricing available to qualified users Speed Download has been met with praise from reviewers, web authors, developers, and beta testers. "The fastest, most complete most recommended download manager for the Mac" * MacReview. We are a team dedicated to developing quality software for the Macintosh platform. Thanks to all for your support. Yazsoft Website: http://www.yazsoft.com Video Screencast: http://screencastsonline.com/sco/Shows/files/SCO0085-speeddlpt1.html Screenshot: http://www.yazsoft.com/i/contentimages/screenshots/sd5_screen.jpg Speed Download Demo: http://www.yazsoft.com/content/download.html Purchase Speed Download: http://store.kagi.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?storeID=7NT_LIVE Yazsoft Support: http://yazsoft.com/content/support.html Based in Chicago, Illinois, Yazsoft was founded in 2001 to develop software expressly for the Mac platform. With an emphasis on total customer satisfaction, Yazsoft makes up a development team of 5 professionals, each responsible for coding, marketing, and total customer support. As Yazsoft's spotlight product, Speed Download is regularly updated to ensure optimal performance at all times. Copyright © 2001-2008 Yazsoft. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. ### Mark Forrester Marketing and Sales info ( -at -) yazsoft.com ******* Member wishes to have this product reviewed by the media ******* ******* Trackback URL: http://prmac.com/release-trackback.php?id=1812&a=ODM= Link To Article: http://prmac.com/release-id-1812.htm *******

In Win has been developing some pretty interesting cases lately and the B2 Stealth Bomber is the latest ATX tower from the Xtreme Series. With an auto-sensing front door and a touch sensitive mechanism to activate the front cover this case is far from what one would expect in a case. Join us as we see if this tool-free case can be as stealthy as the plane its named after! Article Title: In Win B2 Stealth Bomber ATX Computer Case ( -at -) Legit Reviews Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/692/1/ --

Hello Webmasters and News Posters, NEW CONTENT (Mobile) - Entering the Notebook World in 2008 QUOTE: "It’s not the first time I’ve entered the wonderful world of notebooks, but recently I’ve found myself getting a bit tired of sitting in front of the same desk in the same room so many hours a day. I thought that it was finally time to take the plunge and get back into the wonderful world that is notebooks. There are three kinds of notebook users; those that get their notebook through work for business purposes, those that buy it themselves and say that they’re going to use it all the time, but actually don’t, and then of course the group of people who buy it and actually do use it. I hope to find myself in the latter; previously I was in the second group and found my notebook being used as a door stop more than anything else." For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1387/entering_the_notebook_world_in_2008/index.html Best Regards, The TweakTown Team http://www.tweaktown.com

At Phoronix we have posted a new article. A link to this from your site's news section would be greatly appreciated. Title: ECS A780GM-A v1.0 ( -at -) Phoronix Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=12199 Summary: "Last month we had looked at the Radeon HD 3200, which is part of the AMD 780G Chipset. In that Linux-based review we had found the performance to be admirable for being an integrated graphics processor (IGP) and it was quickly supported by the proprietary fglrx driver, aside from AMD not yet introducing the CrossFire/Hybrid Graphics Linux support. To deliver those Radeon HD 3200 benchmarks we had used the ECS A780GM-A Black and today we're publishing our full run-down on this AMD 780G motherboard that's paired with the AMD SB700 Southbridge. The A780GM-A boasts support for AMD Phenom processors, DDR2-1066 memory, PCI Express 2.0, and an HDMI port in addition to one VGA output." Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments you may

Hi, We've just posted our latest review and would love it if you linked it. TIA! "Lenovo faced a great challenge when designing the ThinkPad X300. It had to make things really small without losing key capabilities, such as performance, battery life, quality, reliability and functionality. With thanks to Intel's ever-shrinking Centrino platform Lenovo has created a laptop that is amazingly thin and light, but still looks great, is built like a tank, and offers plenty of configuration options. As far as we're concerned the ThinkPad X300 is the best ultra-portable laptop you can currently buy." http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/rev.php?id=727 _____ Christian Harris Editor/Publisher BIOS (http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk) _____

Hi all, We have just published our analysis of what was said during Nvidia's Financial Analyst's Day in an article titled *Nvidia Analyst's Day: Biting Back at Intel* - if you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated. *Link:* http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/04/14/nvidia_analyst_day_-_biting_back_at_intel/1 *Picture:* http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/04/nvidia_analyst_day_-_biting_back_at_intel/fp_img.jpg *Quote: */"Gelsinger believes that the industry needs a programmable, ubiquitous and unified architecture... like Larrabee. This is of course convenient, but he seems to forget that we've had very programmable and unified architectures ever since the launch of the GeForce 8800 GTX in November 2006. DirectX 10 was an inflection point for graphics cards, because it is the first time that shader units have become fully generalised processing 'cores'. Although it's worth remembering that they're not quite as flexible as a CPU core in their current design. "/ /Here's somebody who's new to our industry and he's basically telling us that 3D graphics as we know it is dead," said Huang. "//This is the most inspirational quote I can imagine giving to our employees. Nothing fires us up more than that. I'm sure that's what he intended -- getting the most intensively competitive company in technology fired up. We're pretty fired up anyway, as we're pretty passionate about what we do. The fact that the statement is just plain wrong means it's pointless to argue about it." It could be said that even Andrew Chien, Intel's Director of Research, agrees to an extent with Huang's assessment of Gelsinger's sensational statement, although to say that he agrees completely would be a bit of a stretch. Chien believes that ray tracing will not make an immediate transition into graphics engines -- instead, it'll gradually be introduced for certain effects. "/ /We expect [ray tracing] to first penetrate areas where the additional flexibility is of benefit to developers. If the image quality benefits are there, but performance isn't acceptable, developers aren't going to use it," he said during an interview at IDF Shanghai." /* *Cheers guys! Tim Smalley www.bit-tech.net

Bigbruin.com has new content posted... A mention in your site's news section would be greatly appreciated! Title: Sapphire Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Graphics Card URL: http://www.bigbruin.com/2008/sapphire3870x2_1 Image URL (150x70 pixels): http://www.bigbruin.com/2008/sapphire3870x2/logo.gif Quote: The 1GB Sapphire Radeon HD3870 X2 graphics card couples the power of two HD3870 GPUs on one card to provide the muscle necessary to smoothly drive today's games with ease. And if you are a player that insists on the absolute cutting edge and top notch performance at any cost you can take advantage of CrossFireX and use two of these cards in tandem. Thank you. Best regards, Jason www.bigbruin.com

Today we look at the HIS HD 3870 IceQ 3 Turbo. SNIP: Since AMD bought ATI they have struggled to compete with NVIDIA for the performance crown. Instead they have chosen a different strategy by releasing GPU’s that while still fast mainly compete by offering an excellent performance and features for a low price. The HD3870 GPU is no exception and today we are testing HIS interesting HIS HD 3870 IceQ 3 Turbo. As the name implies the HIS HD 3870 IceQ 3 Turbo comes with HIS tested IceQ 3 cooler promising to keep the card cool and running quiet. The “Turbo” in its name means that it is overclocked right out of the factory. http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1261 A post on your site would be great if you can. Thank you, Scott -----------------------------------------

Typinator 3.0 now dockless: almost invisible, but always ready for use - Published on 04/14/08 Ergonis Software today released Typinator 3.0, the latest version of its highly acclaimed tool for auto-typing text and auto-correcting typos system-wide across all Mac OS X applications. With the new version, Typinator is a dockless background-only application that is acting unobtrusively in the background. A new search feature lets you instantly view only snippets that contain a specified search string. Hagenberg, Austria - Ergonis Software today announced the release of Typinator 3.0, the latest version of its highly acclaimed tool for auto-typing text and auto-correcting typos system-wide across all Mac OS X applications. With the new version, Typinator is no longer a regular application visible in the dock and the application switcher, but rather a dockless background-only application that is acting unobtrusively in the background. A small icon in the menu bar gives quick access to Typinator's main window. A new search feature lets you instantly view only snippets that contain a specified search string. Particularly users with many snippets will love this feature. Typinator 3.0 also adds a number of further improvements. Visit Ergonis Software's website to learn more about all changes in the release and to download and try the new version. "When we initially designed Typinator, we decided to make it a regular application, not a System Preference Pane, since this gives a wider scope for a comfortable user interface, and it seems that our customers like the resulting flexibility. However, it turned out that many users do not want to see Typinator as a regular application visible in the dock and the application switcher," said Christoph Reichenberger, founder and CEO of Ergonis Software. "I am therefore more than happy to announce that Typinator 3.0 offers the best of both worlds. Typinator is now an invisible background application that is visible only in form of a menu status item. However, when you need to access Typinator's functionality, it instantly opens up a full-fledged application window with no limitations in size, functionality, and comfort". Typinator is a powerful, yet elegantly simple solution that works across all applications to detect specific sequences of typed characters and automatically replace them with text snippets, graphics, URLs, dates and special characters. For business users, Typinator leads to a layer of operational consistency and productivity across heterogeneous applications. A standard customer service response, a signature image on an email, a clause in a contract - each of these can be inserted in any application with just a couple of keystrokes. For technical users, Typinator automates typing of code and the implementation of documentation standards. Availability and Pricing: Typinator can be purchased securely on the Ergonis Software website. The upgrade to Typinator 3.0 is free for anyone who purchased Typinator in the last 2 years. For information about purchases, including enterprise licenses, volume discounts, and upgrade pricing offers, visit their website. Instead of purchasing Typinator by itself, customers can get the Macility Productivity Bundle that also contains two of the company's other productivity tools, PopChar X and KeyCue. The pricing of the Productivity Bundle represents a saving of more than 35% over the separate purchase of its components. More information about the Productivity Bundle can be found at the Ergonis Software web site. Typinator 3.0 requires Mac OS X version 10.4 or newer. It is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). An Online press kit, including screenshots, is available on the Ergonis Software web site. Ergonis Software: http://www.ergonis.com Typinator 3.0: http://www.ergonis.com/products/typinator Direct Download Link: http://www.ergonis.com/downloads/typinator-install.dmg Purchase Link: https://store.ergonis.com/store/typinator/orderfull.html Screenshot: http://www.ergonis.com/images/products/typi/external/typinator-screen.gif Screenshot/App Icon: http://www.ergonis.com/images/products/typi/external/typinator-icon32.gif Ergonis Software develops ergonomic and intuitive software that boosts the productivity of Mac and PC users. Ergonis Software, a privately held company founded in 2002, is headquartered in Hagenberg, Austria. Ergonis and Typinator are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Ergonis Software GmbH. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. ### Christoph Reichenberger CEO +43 720 348420 chrei ( -at -) ergonis.com ******* Member wishes to have this product reviewed by the media ******* ******* Trackback URL: http://prmac.com/release-trackback.php?id=1809&a=ODM= Link To Article: http://prmac.com/release-id-1809.htm *******

unmarked software celebrates TextSoap 10th Anniversary - Published on 04/14/08 unmarked software today celebrates ten years of TextSoap, its flagship text cleaning utility. The company is marking the occasion with a special promotion: 25% off TextSoap Deluxe orders through April 30th. TextSoap Deluxe is the premier text transformation tool designed to make anyone more productive with text, offering complete control of its content and style. Vancouver, Washington - unmarked software today celebrates ten years of TextSoap with a special promotion. The promotion includes 25% off TextSoap Deluxe and TextSoap Deluxe Family Packs through the end of April. Launched on April 14, 1998, TextSoap began its journey into the hearts and minds of email and internet users around the world. Starting with just 14 text cleaners, its most powerful offering on day one was its SCRUB cleaner. "The SCRUB cleaner is a favorite because it's almost like magic," said Mark Munz, President of unmarked software. "There was no customization options in version 1.0, so having one cleaner that did most everything you needed was a big deal." Mark continued, "With each new major revision, we focus on adding more powerful functionality while still striving for that single click simplicity. In 10 years, TextSoap has grown from 14 cleaners with no customization to 100+ cleaners with lots of customization options. It remains one of the only tools that fully supports rich text. We are surrounded by email and web text in today's world, so the product is still in great demand." Customers can use the coupon code: "HAPPYBIRTHDAY" when purchasing either TextSoap Deluxe or TextSoap Deluxe Family Packs to receive their 25% discount. Pricing and Ordering: TextSoap 5.7.3 is available now directly from unmarked software. Upgrades from earlier versions are available starting at $24.95 USD. New licenses of TextSoap Deluxe start at $39.95 USD. unmarked Software: http://www.unmarked.com/ TextSoap Features: http://www.unmarked.com/textsoap/ Download: http://www.unmarked.com/downloads/ Custom Cleaners: http://www.unmarked.com/textsoap/ccleaners.html Purchase TextSoap: http://store.esellerate.net/unmarked/buymac1 TextSoap Screenshots: http://www.unmarked.com/textsoap/tour.html Based in Vancouver, Washington, unmarked Software is a privately-held company founded April 1998 by President and CEO, Mark Munz. As a commercial software developer since 1988, Mark's experience lead him to evangelize the Mac platform with the release of the company's flagship product, TextSoap. TextSoap has received numerous accolades from press and users around the world. Copyright 1998 - 2008 unmarked Software. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. ### Mark Munz President/Owner pr ( -at -) unmarked.com ******* Member wishes to have this product reviewed by the media ******* ******* Trackback URL: http://prmac.com/release-trackback.php?id=1810&a=ODM= Link To Article: http://prmac.com/release-id-1810.htm *******

VectorDesigner upated to 1.1.0: Now with PDF and EPS import. - Published on 04/14/08 TweakerSoft releases VectorDesigner 1.1.0, now with PDF, EPS import and improved SVG import based on WebKit. 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. Torino, Italy - TweakerSoft releases VectorDesigner 1.1.0, now with PDF, EPS import and improved SVG import based on WebKit. 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 1.0.5 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/ 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 ******* ******* ******* Trackback URL: http://prmac.com/release-trackback.php?id=1811&a=ODM= Link To Article: http://prmac.com/release-id-1811.htm *******

Thermaltake Toughpower QFan 650W Power Supply Review ( -at -) ThinkComputers.org Review URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/index.php?x=reviews <http://www.thinkcomputers.org/index.php?x=reviews&id=747> &id=747 Image URL (336 X 256): http://www.thinkcomputers.org/reviews/TT_toughpower_650qfan/email.jpg Alt Image URL (194 X 150): http://www.thinkcomputers.org/reviews/TT_toughpower_650qfan/thumbs/7.jpg Quote: "ThinkComputers loves ThermalTake's lines of cooling supplies and cases. The company is known for its "think of everything" packaging and subtle stylishness of its products. ThermalTake provided ThinkComputers with a 650W version of its new ToughPower QFan line of power supply units. We expected this power supply to sputter when connected to our enthusiast-level gaming rig-the results of our testing are in the review."

Dear Editors, we just posted a new article which might be interesting to your readers. A post in your news section would be appreciated. Title: Rosewill RX82-U HDD Enclosure Link: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Rosewill/RX82-U Brief: The Rosewill RX82-U is a USB enclosure for SATA hard disk drives featuring two easy-to-swap trays. Running in JBOD mode, each drive gets seen as its own self, so the user will see two drives if two drives are installed. More trays can be purchased and drives can be hot-swapped as needed.

AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition review http://www.techspot.com/review/93-amd-phenom-9850-black-edition/ In terms of performance, AMD has stated that the new B3 processors will be no faster than the original Phenom X4 CPUs without the TLB erratum fix enabled on a clock-for-clock basis. Therefore the Phenom X4 9600 and the new Phenom X4 9650, for example, should be no different in terms of performance. Just as well that should mean that today's flagship Phenom, the X4 9850, should sit somewhere between the Phenom 9700 and 9900 processors that we reviewed earlier this year. It will be interesting to see how the 9850 stacks up against the rest of the Phenom family and of course, Intel's Q6600.

Title: Cooler Master Cosmos S Case Review ( -at -) HardwareLogic Quote: "Inspired by race cars (per Coolermaster's press release) this newest incarnation of the Cosmos is designated by it's S moniker, or Sport edition. Perhaps they mean sport racing with Ferrari's and Lamborghini's, as the sleek and defined look of the Cosmos S sure enough wouldn't mix well with the drunken crowds and painted up racing billboads of Nascar. Regardless, the polished and aggressive new face is exciting in itself, and we out to see how this new thoroughbred competes with it's more modest and silent sibling, the Cosmos 1000 <http://hardwarelogic.com/news/135/ARTICLE/1796/2007-12-10.html> which we reviewed back in December." Link: http://hardwarelogic.com/news/135/ARTICLE/2939/2008-04-13.html

= Fedora Weekly News Issue 128 = Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 128 for the week of April 14th, 2008. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue128 In Announcements, we have "Please digg: Fedora stories". In Planet Fedora, we have "FLSCo elections slipped", "FLSCo elections slipped", "Random Fedora musings" and "Recovering Data from Windows systems by using Linux" '''Looking for Marketing News Beat Writer''': If you're actively monitoring fedora-marketing-list, we'd like to hear from you. Please see 'join' page. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join. 1. Announcements 1. Please digg: Fedora stories 2. Planet Fedora 1. FLSCo elections slipped 2. Thank you seeders! 3. Random Fedora musings 4. Recovering Data from Windows systems by using Linux 3. Ambassadors 1. Event Report: Notacon 5 2. Fedora 9 Release Parties 3. APAC Ambassador Meeting Announced 4. Fedora in Libraries 5. New Deadline for Ambassador Polo Shirts 4. Translation 1. FLSCo elections moved 2. Fedora 9 GA Release Notes 5. Infrastructure 1. fedora-infrastructure.git 2. Possible new CLA 6. Artwork 1. Last minute: new Waves walpaper (F9) 2. More themes for Fedora 10 7. Security Advisories 1. Fedora 8 Security Advisories 2. Fedora 7 Security Advisories 8. Events and Meetings 1. Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2008-04-08 2. Fedora Community Architecture Meeting 2008-04-07 3. Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Meeting 2008-04-11 4. Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2008-04-10 5. Fedora Infrastructure Meeting 2008-04-10 6. Fedora Packaging Committee Meeting 2008-04-08 7. Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2008-04-07 8. Fedora SIG KDE Meeting 2008-04-08 [[Anchor(Announcements)]] == Announcements == In this section, we cover announcements from Fedora Project. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list Contributing Writer: ThomasChung === Please digg: Fedora stories === GregDeKoenigsberg announces in fedora-announce-list[1], "In the run-up to Fedora 9, we on the Fedora marketing team are looking to collect as many interesting stories about Fedora as we possibly can. Did you know that someone is building soccer playing robots using Fedora? Neither did I! These are the kinds of stories that we want to share with the world." [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-April/msg00007.html [[Anchor(PlanetFedora)]] == Planet Fedora == In this section, we cover a highlight of Planet Fedora - an aggregation of blogs from world wide Fedora contributors. http://planet.fedoraproject.org/ Contributing Writers: ThomasChung === FLSCo elections slipped === DimitrisGlezos points out in his blog[1], "We're slipping the FLSCo elections to give more time for Infra on setting up the voting system. The voting week now starts on 22/4, which means we have 8 more days for new nominations." [1] http://dimitris.glezos.com/weblog/2008/04/14/flsco-elections-slipped/ === Thank you seeders! === JeroenVanMeeuwen points out in his blog[1] "So, what I'm trying to say is: Thank you, additional 40 voluntary seeders! And thank you, 45 original seeders! In 4 days after my original blog post requesting additional seeds, you doubled the amount of seeds and took some weight off my shoulders. I can breath again!" [1] http://blogs.fedoraunity.org/kanarip/2008/04/13/thank-you-seeders === Random Fedora musings === DaveJones points out in his blog[1], "Earlier this week, I noticed a posting from Andy Wingo about how he'd switched to Fedora from Ubuntu. Whilst I found his post interesting, I knew I'd find the comments even moreso. Certain things keep coming up over and over again, and I'd really like to know more." [1] http://kernelslacker.livejournal.com/117578.html === Recovering Data from Windows systems by using Linux === HaraldHoyer points out in his blog[1], "Somehow I stumbled over a PDF about Recovering Data from Windows systems by using Linux. Very nice, I think I'll print the first page, put it in a frame and hang it on the wall :-)." [1] http://www.harald-hoyer.de/personal/blog/recovering-data-from-windows-systems-by-using [[Anchor(Ambassadors)]] == Ambassadors == In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors Contributing Writer: JeffreyTadlock === Event Report: Notacon 5 === JasonFenner reported [1] on the Fedora presence at Notacon 5 in Cleveland, Ohio on April 5th. The report covers the frequently asked questions at the event, the numbers behind how much media and other swag were given away and more. Read the full report and do not miss the picture gallery [2]. [1] http://axelilly.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/event-report-fedora-at-notacon-5/ [2] http://picasaweb.google.com/axelilly/FedoraTableAtNotacon5 === Fedora 9 Release Parties === JeffreyTadlock posted [1] an announcement to the Ambassadors mailing list announcing a push for global Fedora 9 release parties. Organizing a Fedora 9 release party is a great way to get started with the Fedora Ambassadors. Included in the announcement was link to the new Release Party Planning page [2] in the wiki. Be sure to add your event to the Fedora Events page. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-April/msg00043.html [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/ReleaseEvents [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents === APAC Ambassador Meeting Announced === SusmitShannigrahi has started a thread [1] on the Ambassadors mailing list and is stepping up to lead the Ambassador meetings for the APAC region [2]. If you are an Ambassador or have interest in being an Ambassador in the APAC region please be sure to attend the initial meeting and help make it a success. Keep an eye on the Ambassador meeting page for any updates [3]. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-April/msg00047.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-April/msg00064.html [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings === Fedora in Libraries === KarlieRobinson announced [1] the efforts to get Fedora on your local libraries' shelves through the Public Software Foundation [2]. Fedora is listed as a resource here [3]. Keep an eye on the Ambassadors list and Public Software Foundation site for more information on this initiative. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-April/msg00050.html [2] http://publicsoftwarefoundation.org/ [3] http://publicsoftwarefoundation.org/resources/index.php?wiki=Fedora === New Deadline for Ambassador Polo Shirts === JoergSimon announced [1] a new deadline for ordering Fedora Ambassador Polo shirts for LinuxTag. The new deadline to order shirts is April 18th, 2008 by 8:00 UTC. Add your name to the list [2] if you will be ordering one and at LinuxTag to pick up the shirt. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-April/msg00053.html [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/PoloShirt [[Anchor(Translation)]] == Translation == This section, we cover the news surrounding the Fedora Translation (L10n) Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N Contributing Writer: MarekMahut === FLSCo elections moved === DimitrisGlezos informs [1] and also calls [2] for nominations on fedora-trans-list. "The voting system used by Fedora will require some more work in order to be usable for our elections (mainly to work with FAS2). We're expecting it to be ready on Tuesday 22/4. This means we'll be moving the election period for FLSCo to 22-29/4. So, 8 more days for folks who'd like to put their nominations in!" [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-April/msg00125.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-April/msg00111.html === Fedora 9 GA Release Notes === MurrayMcAllister informs [1] on fedora-trans-list. "Reminding everyone that PO files are due at UTC 2359 on 2008-04-15 for the Fedora 9 GA Release Notes." [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-April/msg00120.html [[Anchor(Infrastructure)]] == Infrastructure == This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-infrastructure-list http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure Contributing Writer: HuzaifaSidhpurwala === fedora-infrastructure.git === RolandMcGrath writes on fedora-infrastructure-list [1] What is the relationship between git://git.fedorahosted.org/git/fedora-infrastructure.git and the configs/system scripts in puppet1:/cvs/puppet? [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-April/msg00029.html === Possible new CLA === PaulFrields writes on fedora-infrastructure-list [2] There is a draft of a new CLA being circulated at FreeIPA [3]. Paul asked Legal for a summary of what's changed and why, and an answer to whether all Fedora contributors would need to re-execute this agreement. [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-April/msg00032.html [3] http://www.freeipa.org/wiki/images/2/2b/GenericCLA.pdf [[Anchor(Artwork)]] == Artwork == In this section, we cover Fedora Artwork Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork Contributing Writer: NicuBuculei === Last minute: new Waves walpaper (F9) === A few days in advance to the final freeze for Fedora 9, MairinDuffy voices [1] the concerns she received regarding the current state of the artwork: "I've received a few complaints about the f9 wallpaper (it seems the sulphur is really unpopular) and I've been experimenting with alternative designs for it but trying to keep the same look and feel of the rest of the artwork." Everibody chimes in, and quickly it evolves to a proposal [2] and a final design [3]. Expect the distro graphics to rock once again. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-April/msg00149.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-April/msg00178.html [3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-April/msg00268.html === More themes for Fedora 10 === In paralell with themes development for Fedora, people in the Fedora Art Team proposed a couple more themes for the next version, Fedora 10 [1]: MolaPahnadayan came with Blue Fire [2] and MariaLeandro with Moonrise [3]. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F10Themes [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-April/msg00252.html [3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-April/msg00257.html [[Anchor(SecurityAdvisories)]] == Security Advisories == In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce Contributing Writer: ThomasChung === Fedora 8 Security Advisories === * cups-1.3.6-4.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00091.html * xine-lib-1.1.11.1-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00157.html * bzip2-1.0.4-13.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00165.html * comix-3.6.4-6.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00171.html * PolicyKit-0.6-2.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html * audit-1.6.8-4.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00200.html * gnome-screensaver-2.20.0-12.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00206.html * konversation-1.0.1-4.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00209.html * pdns-recursor-3.1.5-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00224.html * wireshark-1.0.0-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html === Fedora 7 Security Advisories === * cups-1.2.12-10.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00105.html * konversation-1.0.1-4.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00134.html * wireshark-1.0.0-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html * xine-lib-1.1.11.1-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00143.html * gnome-screensaver-2.18.2-4.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00163.html * comix-3.6.4-6.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00183.html * pdns-recursor-3.1.5-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00198.html * bzip2-1.0.4-11.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00225.html [[Anchor(EventsMeetings)]] == Events and Meetings == In this section, we cover event reports and meeting summaries from various Projects and SIGs. Contributing Writer: ThomasChung === Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2008-04-08 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/ === Fedora Community Architecture Meeting 2008-04-07 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommunityArchitecture/Meetings/ === Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Meeting 2008-04-11 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/ === Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2008-04-10 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Meetings === Fedora Infrastructure Meeting 2008-04-10 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/Meetings === Fedora Packaging Committee Meeting 2008-04-08 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Minutes === Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2008-04-07 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/Meetings === Fedora SIG KDE Meeting 2008-04-08 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Meetings/ -- Thomas Chung http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung --

Title: Terratec 2400 Dual TV tuner Review ( -at -) XtremeComputing Quote: "Today I will be looking at a product from a manufacturer that I personally don’t know a great deal about, you however maybe more familiar with the name of TerraTec. The product I will be reviewing is a digital tv card the Cinergy 2400i DT. This is a dual digital tuner card, nothing special there you may think BUT this card uses a pci express x1 slot which is refreshing as, in my honest opinion, most manufacturers overlook this expansion slot." Link: http://www.xtremecomputing.co.uk/review.php?id=412 256x256 Preview Pic: http://www.xtremecomputing.co.uk/images/review/preview412a.jpg 50x50 Preview Pic: http://www.xtremecomputing.co.uk/images/review/preview412.jpg