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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for March 13, 2009:

Macintosh

• Universal Electronic Accessories (Uniea) has announced that it plans to develop new cases based around the design concept of the Omniverse, one of the company’s newest and most innovative universal laptop cases. Due to debut in mid March, Omniverse cases offered in both Nylon and Silk Fiber materials for 2.5-inch hard disk devices and digital cameras will be added to the product line, which currently includes tote and sleeve styles in both Nylon and Silk Fiber for 10- and 13-inch laptops.
• This weekend—March 12th and 13th—get FileChute on macZOT for 50% off. FileChute makes sending files easy. Just drag a file and drop it on FileChute. FileChute puts the file on your MobileMe account and generates a web link for retrieving the file all in one step. Next, drag the generated link into your email and you’re set to go. And since what you’re sending is just a link, your recipients can retrieve the file from a Mac, a PC or any other platform.
• This Monday and Tuesday—March 16th and 17th—you can pick up BusySync on macZOT for 40% off. With BusySync you can share iCal calendars with family or coworkers on your LAN without the need for a dedicated server. Shared calendars can be viewed and edited by multiple users, and changes are instantly published and synchronized with all users on the network. You can make changes to shared calendars while offline and your changes will sync when you reconnect to the network.
• Zykloid Software has announced Posterino 1.5, an update to their popular life poster and postcard creator for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, Posterino creates life posters, photo collages, frames, postcards, greeting cards and contact sheets from digital images. Posterino supports auto-placement of photos, export of posters or postcards, custom template creation, and various image manipulation routines such as cropping and rotation. Version 1.5 offers various improvements.
• Mac Games Arcade today received a significant update, bringing it to version 1.0.5. Among the new features are the ability to add your own games to Mac Games Arcade and enhanced downloading. Now, users can go to “My Games” and simply drag and drop their own games into the My Games window and it’ll magicially show up.

iPhone/iPod

• Aspyr has announced that all of their iPhone apps are now onsale in the iTunes App Store for 99 cents each. Voodude lets you create your own personal, portable Voodoo doll within your iPhone or iPod Touch. FriendZoo livens up your address book by turning each of your contacts in an animal in a zoo exhibit. Buggled is a multi-touch game of finger twister for your iPhone. See how far you can go, and challenge your friends.