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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for October 13, 2008:

• DataMind Srl has announced Jade 1.3, their digital image processing application for Mac OS X Leopard. Implementing state-of-the-art algorithms to enhance color, contrast and dynamic range, Jade is an easy-to-use image enhancement and batch processing tool that will automatically improve digital images. As DataMind’s main product of a series of image processing and computer vision tools, Version 1.3 is a staff pick on Apple’s download website.
• Air Mouse instantly transforms your iPhone or iPod touch into an in-air, wireless mouse for your computer! Sit back and surf the web, browse your photo library or control your music player from the comfort of your couch. Air Mouse uses the built in accelerometer to translate your hand motions into mouse movements on your screen. It can also operate as a touchpad, allowing you to control your computer with a single fingertip. Air Mouse is an essential part of any home theater PC and a presenters best friend.
• Developer Mark Morris has announced that Torus is now available for iPhone OS 2.0. Torus redefines the ring toss into an inverted, escapist divertimento. Absorbing ambient audio surrounds you while Tori fall towards the Oakland Estuary off Jack London Square, as the ancient astronauts once enjoyed. The various Torus colors fall at different rates, the faster the Torus, the more points it’s worth.
• MildMannered Industries has announced Baseline 1.4, an update to their highly rated disk usage utility for Mac OS X. Baseline features include directory, browser and graphical treemap views, QuickLook support, duplicate file detection, and comparison against previous scans. Version 1.4 adds support for hard links, allowing Time Machine backups to be scanned efficiently.
• Pixaria Software today has announced the release of PopCard 3.0, a free-to-use PHP script that gives website owners an easy way to add Apple “iCards” style electronic greetings cards to their sites. The free PopCard 3.0 PHP script represents a great alternative for anyone looking to set up a similar service for visitors to their own site.
• The iLuv IMM173 dual alarm clock radio sports two iPod/iPhone docks and features rich sound with with jAura acoustic speaker technology, the ability to play and charge your iPod or iPhone at the same time technology, a digital clock display with dual alarm clock, a simple switch to easily adjust to daylight savings time, and the ability wake to iPhone/iPod, FM radio, or buzzer, sleep to iPhone/iPod or FM radio.
• Mekentosj BV, winner of three Apple Design Awards for their Mac desktop applications, has announced the availability of Solutions, their first scientific application for iPhone and iPod touch. Solutions is a handy calculator for making chemical solutions in the lab or at school. It makes those nasty molarity calculations a breeze and it’s fun to use too.
• Markus Mueller has announced MindNode Pro 1.0.2, an update to his popular mind mapping application for Mac OS X Leopard. With a focus on ease-of-use, MindNode Pro features a very simple and intuitive interface that lets the user focus on expressing and developing ideas. By leveraging technologies introduced in Leopard, MindNode Pro’s new features are carefully integrated and only surface when required. Easily print, share and export mind maps as TIFF image, FreeMind, PDF, HTML or OPML.
• My Apple Space has announced live chat during tomorrows keynote by Apple on October 14th. My Apple Space is aimed at providing Apple users around the globe a place to connect, cultivate relationships, build a strong sense of community and designed to be the ultimate switcher machine on the internet. Membership to My Apple Space is free.
• Need answers quickly? Office 2008 for the Mac on Demand provides those answers in a visual step-by-step format. It will show you exactly what to do through lots of full color illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions. You will learn how to use all the applications in Office 2008, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage, Project Gallery, and Messenger.
• Dejal Systems, LLC has announced the immediate availability of Dejal Caboodle 1.2, a useful application to collect text, images, and other content. Everyone comes across information that they want to refer to later. Maybe gifts you’ve received or sent, product serial numbers, recipes, directions to someone’s house, a photo of your pet, or anything else. Caboodle is a tool to help store and organize such varied bits of information.
• Bebosoft, Inc. has announced the release of Forms To Go 4.1, the latest version of their form-to-email script generator for HTML forms for Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista. Forms To Go 4.1 includes support for the popular PHPMailer class, as well lots of enhancements and bug fixes. Forms To Go creates form-to-email scripts in PHP, ASP and Perl.

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