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Macintosh and iPhone/iPod updates and announcements for June 10, 2009:

Macintosh

• This Thursday and Friday, June 11th and 12th, you can pick up Contactizer Pro 3.7 on macZOT for 50% off. Contactizer Pro 3.7 is an all-in-one solution for managing, sharing and organizing your personal and business information. Contactizer Pro makes your contact management experience more efficient, productive and enjoyable. Built specifically for Mac OS X.
• Kashkoi Software, LLC has introduced Luster 1.0, their new credit repair and management solution for Mac OS X Leopard. Credit File accuracy has never been more important. With a focus on ease-of-use, Luster is a comprehensive credit improvement application and credit manual. It provides consumers with the knowledge and tools to improve their own credit files, without the need or expense of credit repair agencies.
• publicspace.net has announced A Better Finder Rename 8.21, an update to its popular file, music and photo renaming utility. A Better Finder Rename is a sophisticated tool that caters for the full range of file renaming tasks encountered by the modern creative professional. The new release delivers significant performance gains in renaming large number of files. A Better Finder Rename has long been the most comprehensive file renaming solution for the Macintosh.
• Mac-Chi has announced WhoPaste 1.2, an update to their powerful contact acquisition utility for Mac OS X. Easily create a contact by extracting the name, company, job title, email addresses, phone numbers, street addresses, websites, even instant message handles from the current contents of the clipboard, and insert into Entourage, Google Contacts, Address Book, and now the popular CRM tool, Daylite. Version 1.2 can save new contacts into all of the supported databases in one action.
• Agile Web Solutions has released 1Password 2.9.19. This update to the award-winning password and identity manager brings full compatibility with Apple’s new Safari 4 web browser on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard. This allows 1Password to securely fill logins, credit card numbers, and other personal information into the latest version of Apple’s flagship browser. A highly secure database keeps track of logins, secure notes, identities, credit cards, bank accounts, and more.
• Now available at TheMacU.com: iMovie ‘09: Beyond Find Out How. This video training course contains over 90 minutes of video training covering how to use iMovie ‘09 to manage, edit and output your home videos, and is available as an individual download for only $14. Also available is an all access membership that includes all of the training courses plus a weekly Mac video tutorial and Mac software Demo videos along with a Mac News, Reviews and Deals section.
• ProteMac has announced ProteMac Meter 2.7, their network Activity monitor and network traffic logger utility for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, ProteMac Meter allows control network activity for every application on your Mac, showing you exactly what was transmitted and to where. ProteMac Meter provides real-time processes monitoring and shows the history of every network activity. Version 2.7 reports speed increased up to 10 times, along with other miscellaneous fixes.

iPhone/iPod

• Appy Newz Lite is a free version of Appy Newz, the savagely funny entertainment App destined to break hearts and forge friendships through Appleʼs iPhone and iPod Touch. Available now on Appleʼs iTunes App Store, Appy Newz Lite affords everyone the opportunity to sample the madness of Appy Newz for free!
• Landing spot on target, iBomber lite from Cobra Mobile has arrived on App Store. iBomber lite is a single mission free to play version of Cobra Mobile Top 5 Smash Hit iPhone game iBomber.
• Cobra Mobile has announced the launch Dam Buster for iPhone and iPod touch. Dam Buster is a unique, arcade styled, fun pocket game which intuitively uses the accelerometer and touch functions to fly through hostile territory and destroy some ruddy awkward dams.
• Buongiorno has announced the launch of a new iPhone application based on peoplesound, Buongiorno’s own-brand social networking service developed specifically for the mobile phone. peoplesound is the first social network of its kind, allowing people to concentrate on true relationships between real friends. The specifically designed iPhone application for peoplesound is now globally available free of charge for all 3G and 2G iPhone and iPod Touch devices. iPhone users can now update their status, upload mobile or other photos, and simultaneously share these quickly and easily with their 20 friends through peoplesound.
• DriveSavers has introduced DriveSaver, the first iPhone application developed by a professional data recovery company. The free application is a hard drive simulator that educates users about hard drive data storage technology, best practices for protecting digital data and data recovery solutions.  This virtual environment demonstrates the mechanics of a working hard drive and simulates hard drive crashes. DriveSaver is fun, educational and useful to anyone who ever wanted to see inside a hard drive or learn why drives fail.
• Pocket Cocktails has announced yogacardz 1.0, a new yoga app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app features 101 yoga poses that were supervised by certified professional yoga trainers. yogacardz contains 2 apps in 1: A comprehensive collection of 101 yoga poses each with its own yoga card, and a Practices component with a dozen different exercise routines accompanied by relaxing music from Swaha.
• A new iPhone app debuting today instantly turns photos taken on an iPhone into personalized postcards—and then prints, stamps, and mails them for you with just the touch of a keystroke. Created by HazelMail, the app is a boon for travelers, as well as anyone who wants to share a photo and message in a memorable, lasting way. In addition to being free to download, the app comes with a credit for one free postcard.
• Frog Army has introduced YoFrog 1.0, their group chat solution for iPhone and iPod Touch. Designed specifically to take advantage of the iPhone’s unique abilities and interface, YoFrog is a private group chat client. Create rooms, invite friends and talk in privacy. When texting is too limited and tweeting is too public, make a room for the entire school or just a buddy. Users can invite as many friends as they wish. Don’t be limited by one-to-one messaging. Be social.
• Want to meet Lady Gaga? Download and play Lady Gaga Revenge for a chance at four tickets to see Lady Gaga live & meet her after the show! To win this once-in-a-lifetime prize, grab your iPhone or iTouch and beat Lady Gaga Revenge. Submit a high score on each track in the game including the locked boss tracks. Once you submit a score on every track, you’ve got an entry into the contest.