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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for November 20, 2008:

• My Apple Space has announced “The New Blog” on the popular social networking website for Apple enthusiasts. On My Apple Space, developers are meeting reviewers and customers, media is finding new readers, gamers are setting up tournaments and switchers are finding new Apple friends to help them make the important leap to the fantastic world of Apple. WIth “The New Blog,” the reader can also become the writer. The perfect place to test your blogging talent.
• publicspace.net has announced The Big Mean Folder Machine. Version 1.6 adds the ability of storing frequently used settings in “droplet” mini-application and re-applying them to source folders via simple drag & drop. The “Big Mean Folder Machine” is an essential tool for anyone who works with large file collections, including digital photographers, content creation, post-production, system administrators, and other creative professionals.
• Speck has announced a major expansion of its SeeThru hard shell case line for the latest MacBooks with the addition of the company’s first soft-touch form-fitting case aptly-named “SeeThru Satin.” This is the latest entry into the company’s growing and popular portfolio of hard shell designs, which also includes the recently announced Fitted fashion-wrapped hard shells and updated SeeThru hard shells for the new MacBook and MacBook Pro.
• Macware has announced today the release of two new expansion packs for Logo Design Studio Pro, the best selling logo design software (based on retail sales reported by The NPD Group). The Big Concept 1 and Alphabet Art 1 both install directly into Logo Design Studio Pro for instant use and feature new vector based logo templates and graphic objects, something no other vector design application offers.
• Softpress Systems has released Freeway 5.3, a free update to its award-winning web design software. The release offers a new solution to the problem of displaying Flash Video (FLV) content on the iPhone by placing both FLV and iPhone-friendly QuickTime formats of the movie on the page, and serving the appropriate one for the viewer’s device.
• Mariner Software, developers and publishers of professional and personal software, have announced the release of StoryMill 3.2, the latest release in Mariner Software’s award-winning line of writing and creativity titles. Mainly a bug fix release, StoryMill 3.2 also introduces a Project Find and Replace feature, word frequency filtering, text zooming available everywhere, and support for international date formats.
• Ultrasone Inc., distributor for German headphone manufacturer Ultrasone AG, proudly announces its latest headphone innovation: the HFI-15G. Designed for portable listening applications, the HFI-15G is the smallest headphone in the Ultrasone HFI line but still features Ultrasone’s patented S-Logic Natural Surround Sound technology.
• Vela Design Group has announced VelaClock 1.3 for iPhone 3G, the original iPhone, and iPod touch. VelaClock is a world clock that can quickly display the time of sunrise, sunset, three kinds of twilight for dawn and dusk, moonrise, moonset, duration of daylight, moon phase and tilt, date and times for the next four moon phases, countdown to the next sunrise or sunset, and more. VelaClock is especially popular among photographers looking for the magic hour.
• Cooliris, the popular browser extension that revolutionizes the way you view media from your home computer, is now available as an application for your iPhone and iPod touch. Cooliris makes finding news, photos and videos a breeze by displaying them as an endlessly streaming 3D Wall, complementing the touch screen perfectly.