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More Mac bundles for the masses
TheMacSale 2 and TheMacBundles offer their own respective bundles of Mac software for $50, but at what cost to developers?
Microsoft releases Office 2004, 2008 updates
On Tuesday, Microsoft issued updates for its Office 2004 and 2008 suites of Mac software.
Scrivener offers hefty NaNoWriMo discounts
To help you get through next month's National Novel Writing Month, Literature and Latte is offering some hefty discounts and an extended trial version of its novel-writing application Scrivener.
Save printer ink by using an ink-saving font
Ecofont is a free typeface that promises to reduce ink use by up to 20 percent.
TypeStyler makes long-awaited OS X debut
Strider Software has brought its desktop publishing app, which lets users customize and create special effects with fonts, to OS X after seven years of development work.
Mac News Briefs: Business Card Composer 5 adds map integration
Google Maps integration in the latest version of the business card creation tool lets users include a map and directions on their business cards. Also, Ambrosia Software updated Snapz Pro X and RecoSoft announced a version of its PDF2Office file conversion utility aimed at iWork users.
Mac News Briefs: Acrobat, Reader updates tackle security vulnerability
The 9.2 updates for Acrobat and Adobe Reader address vulnerabilities that could cause the applications to crash and potentially allow an attack to take control of the affected system. Also, SuperDuper and Cocktail both saw maintenance updates released on Tuesday.
Mac News Briefs: PDFpen has new OCR engine
PDFpen 4.5 uses version 15.5 of the OmniPage OCR engine, which should improve accuracy in the PDF editing program. Also updated on Tuesday were Typinator, RealBasic and Real Studio, VideoFlash Converter, and Djay.
iWork update delivers a number of fixes
The 9.0.3 update for iWork '09 includes fixes for suite-wide issues as well as for the individual apps that make up the collection of productivity applications.
Mac News Briefs: BoinxTV, Cinematize add Snow Leopard compatibility
Boinx added Snow Leopard compatibility to its BoinxTV video podcasting tool, while Miraizaon did the same for its Cinematize DVD movie clip extraction offerings. Also, Werck unveiled Checkout 3, and Zervix released the new PDF Checkpoint.
Mac News Briefs: Major update for Workgroups suite
Workgroups 2010, the productivity management software suite for marketing, creating design, packaging, and prepress workgroups, features a new Document Organizer and browser-based proofing tool. Also, IntelliScanner released a sub-$100 version of its scanner-based organizational tool, and a Carbon Copy Cloner update now works with Snow Leopard’s HFS+ filesystem compression.
Adobe to buy Omniture for $1.8 billion
Adobe has agreed to buy Web analytics company Omniture for $1.8 billion in cash.
Mac News Briefs: iStudio Publisher design app updated
iStudio Publisher 1.1 features a new image manipulation tool and an improved image inspector palette that gives users more control over document images. In other news, the SneakPeek Photo plug-in adds image data to Quick Look previews and more developers updated their apps for OS X 10.6.
Adobe: CS4 exhibits minor Snow Leopard issues
Adobe product manager John Nack says that Creative Suite 4 has been tested with Snow Leopard, and "everything is good" with a couple of exceptions.
QuarkXPress 8.1 emphasizes PDF output improvements
QuarkXPress 8.1 improves PDF output with native transparency support; Quark Publishing System also gets improvements.
Adobe updates Acrobat, Reader with security improvements
Adobe has updated Acrobat and Reader to 9.1.3, making security improvements.
Mac News Briefs: Drive Genius ready for Snow Leopard
ProSoft Engineering has updated its hard drive maintenance and optimization utility for the OS X 10.6 release. Also, Realmac launched a new Web service aimed at creative pros and AJA updated its Kona video capture cards to support last week’s Final Cut Studio release.
FontGear releases FontGenius
The new font utility from FontGear matches fonts within images.
LinkOptimizer 4 adds settings presets, processing logs
LinkOptimizer 4 adds 20 new features, including automatic image conversion, resolution oversampling, log processing and more.
Mac News Briefs: Modem Mate boosts 3G modem signal strength
The Modem Mate is designed to work with modems that lack external antenna connectors. Meanwhile, the updated Combine PDFs adds a preference window that lets users set whether PDF files should open with Acrobat Reader or Preview.
Linotype FontExplorer X Server now available online
Linotype and Monotype Imaging have announced Linotype FontExplorer X Server is now available to customers online.
Jumsoft expands its range of template for Pages
Jumsoft has released five new Pages template packages as part of its new Expert series, designed for a full range of documents.
Mac News Briefs: Ulysses 2 writing program released
The Soulmen have released Ulysses 2, the latest version of the company's creative writing program. Also announced on Monday, updates to Hazel and MainMenu, as well as the X-Power1 charging cable for iPhone and iPod touch.
Canto brings back single user digital asset management app
Canto has re-acquired MediaDex and turned it back into Canto Single User, a non-networked version of its digital management app.
Mac News Briefs: iBank updated in advance of iPhone app release
Version 3.5 of iBank expands the personal finance manager's syncing capabilities. Other programs updated Wednesday include VMware Fusion, Slideshow, and FlightAlert XT.
Mac News Briefs: iFinance 3 out of beta
iFinance 3 has been rewritten from the ground up, according to developer Synium Software. Also, Xcode, AutoCorrectXT, and Adium all saw updates on Monday.
Extensis releases Universal Type Server 2.0
Universal Type Server 2.0 now supports Open Directory and Active Directory and other key improvements.
Mac News Briefs: Daz 3D releases enhanced version of animation program
In addition to releasing a free version of Daz Studio 3, the developer rolled out Daz Studio 3 Advanced, which targets 3-D animators, designers, and illustrators with professional level tools.
Mac News Briefs: Adobe puts out Acrobat, Reader security updates
The software maker says the 9.1.2 versions of its PDF creation tool and viewer address critical security vulnerabilities. Also, new versions of Vue Personal Learning Edition and PDF Enhancer were released Tuesday.
Apple releases iWork '09 9.0.2 update
Update to iWork '09 fixes issues related to saving documents and playing presentations.