AirBeam Pro enables HD video surveillance with Mac, iPhone and iPad

Eurasburg,  DE   May 11, 2012

[prMac.com] Eurasburg, Germany - Appologics has launched AirBeam Pro, their new App for OSX Lion. The App is part of their suite of unique surveillance Apps available for iOS and OSX and turns now also the Mac into a flexible surveillance camera and monitor.

AirBeam streams live audio and video in high definition quality from the Mac's built-in or external cameras across a WiFi or 3G network. The stream can be followed and controlled remotely with a Web Browser or with the AirBeam App for iOS. AirBeam works also vice versa: iPhones, iPods and iPads can be used as remote cameras and watched and controlled remotely with the Mac App. AirBeam's applications are countless and range from simply keeping an eye on the pets over luxury babyphones towards serious video surveillance.

Besides camera sharing, AirBeam Pro brings many features known and liked from the iOS version to the Mac:
* Multi Camera support for watching several camera devices simultaneously from a single monitor device
* Multi Monitor support for broadcasting a single camera device to multiple monitors at the same time
* Automatic discovery of AirBeam cameras on a single WiFi network without complicated manual configuration
* High Definition low latency streaming with resolution up to HD 720p (1280x720 pixel) and up to 30 frames per second. CD quality audio
* Audio and video recording to capture interesting scenes
* Motion and audio detection to trigger alarms on the remote monitor or to start recordings
* Web interface for watching and controlling a camera remotely with a web browser (no audio in a browser)
* Integrated Syphon Server for sharing the video stream with 3rd party apps for post-processing like VDMX or Quartz composer

System Requirements:
* Operating System OSX 10.7 Lion or higher
* Video capturing requires built-in or external camera
* Audio capturing requires built-in or external microphone
* Using AirBeam on iPhones, iPod or iPads requires AirBeam for iOS, which is a separate purchase available in the iTunes AppStore

Availability:
AirBeam Pro 1.0 for OSX is $3.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the Mac App Store in the Video category.

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Synaptic Wave and Cult of Mac make Tesla Wars free for a limited time

Odessa,  UA   Apr 28, 2012

[prMac.com] Odessa, Ukraine - Tesla Wars mixes tower defense and arcade genres to create an absolutely new experience both for tower defense fans and arcade addicts.

Gameplay Overview:
Synaptic Wave has found a way to fight the monotony of ordinary specimen of the genre. Before the battle you'll plan your strategy for the next round. But as you start it you'll turn from the Testa coil commander to its sole soldier to fry up enemies with electrical charges. The fast-paced rounds have nothing in common with the ordinary tower defense sameness. At the same time, elements of strategic planning diversify the action and assure a great replayability.

Unexpected Enemies:
There are 15 types of enemies in the Tesla Wars. Each one has its own tactics, strengths and weaknesses. The early ones are very easy to defeat. The later ones require specific strategies. Some of the most interesting enemy types include Bombardier flying a glider, kamikaze Rider and Mad Mantis handling two submachine guns.

Special Weapons:
While the player starts the game with the electrical charges only, the rewards can be spent to obtain the Special weapons. The 13 Specials include Mines, Air Strike, Freeze, Toxic Bombs, Death Ray and others. Each Special is unique, e.g. the Earthquake is effective against surface troops but it doesn't affect flying enemies. Numerous Specials provide vast possibilities to vary the game tactics. Individualized special effects of each weapon improve the playing experience, excite and electrify you. Besides, using the Special weapons facilitates completing the later levels, when zapping is not enough.

Tesla Wars will be free to download during a very limited time promotion from April 20.

Further information and promocodes after the end of the promotion period are available on request.

About Cult of Mac:
Cult of Mac is a daily news website that tracks Apple and the people who use its products. Its goal is to provide timely news, insightful analysis, helpful how-tos and honest product reviews about Apple and Apple-related products. Copyright (C) 2010 Cult of Mac. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
* iOS 3.1.2 or later
* 36.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Tesla Wars 2.7.0 for iPhone/iPod and Tesla Wars HD for iPad are free for a limited time and available worldwide through the App Store in the Games category.

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Bigasoft Announces the Release of Apple ProRes Converter for Mac

Beijing,  CN   Apr 16, 2012

[prMac.com] Beijing, China - Bigasoft, the world's leading multimedia software provider for Mac OS X, announces the release of the professional Bigasoft ProRes Converter for Mac which helps Final Cut Pro users to fast and easily import Camcorder AVCHD to Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Pro X and import Final Cut Pro unfriendly Video files in various video formats by fast convert to ProRes MOV. The release of Apple ProRes Converter is also considered an excellent Apple Compressor alternative which makes fast converting Apple Final Cut Pro project RroRes MOV to multiple formats realizable as well.

Final Cut Pro X, a major breakthrough in video editing, makes video editing faster and better with motion graphics and file-based workflow, offers a new way to organize. However, users still are unable to import movies in FLV, AVI, WMV, WebM, VP8, MKV, ASF, SWF, VOB, muxed MPEG-1/MPEG-2, YouTube, Some MP4 and MOV files and more formats to Apple Final Cut to enhance their masterpiece. Even the AVCHD raw videos with extension of .mts, .m2ts, .mod, or tod, from many popular camcorders such as Canon, JVC, Sony, Panasonic, Flip and more are not available to be imported and edit with the professional editing program.

Bigasoft senses people's needs of importing any formats videos for edit in Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Pro X. Bigasoft is excited to announce the release of ProRes Converter. Users can choose to convert their movies, recorded video to Apple ProRes MOV for fast import to Final Cut Pro. By the release of Bigasoft ProRes Converter, be whatever formats of the movies, they will definitely be able to be imported to Final Cut Pro for edit.

Bigasoft ProRes Converter is considered a fast and smart Apple Compressor alternative. For quite a long time, Final Cut Pro users are suffering slow encoding process of Apple project and are limited to encoding Apple project to only several video formats. Now with the Apple Compressor alternative, Final Cut Pro users now can fast encode Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 4444 to any video formats including WMW, HD WMV, AVI, FLV, WebM, MKV, 3GP, RM, RMVB, OGM, F4V and more.

For more info, free download Bigasoft ProRes Converter, visit website.

System Requirements:
* Mac OS X v10.4 or newer
* PowerPC G5 or Intel processor
* 512 MB RAM or more
* 50MB free hard disk space for installation
* Super VGA (800x600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher

Pricing and Availability:
Bigasoft ProRes Converter for Mac is $29.95 (USD).

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SP Home Run Inc. Shares How Mac Pros Can Start Computer Consulting Firms

[prMac.com] Lake Worth, Florida – Government statistics specifies that 80% small businesses fail within the first five years. SP Home Run Inc wishes to save start-up IT consulting benefactors from becoming statistics. The new white paper they provided tips on ‘How to start a computer Consulting Business’ with 5 Proven Ways to Form Your Initial Client Base,  defining 11 key steps, which helps in taking your businesses instantly to become recognized successful IT Service Provider and  7 way to keep expenses low as they do it. The white paper is offered free on its website.

What are the steps to be taken while starting a computer consulting business: Here are the 6 Proven Ways to Build your Initial Client Base answers all of six questions are most frequently asked by new business holders and make things easier the steps required to become an established IT service provider, VAR, computer consulting firm, network integrator or computer repair business, including.

* What are the first a small number of steps when starting up a new business? Learn why the business plan is so vital, even if you are not looking for external capital, how to select an operative company name, why you need to catch a lawyer and accountant immediately, and the significance of creating a business email address.

* How much capital is needed to start up a technology service provider business? Find out how to grow your business organically without taking on a huge financial risk, including how much money you will need for marketing, professional services, business licenses, domain names, website hosting, credit card merchant accounts, and personal reserves.

* What are some ways to lower start-up costs? Learn which expenses to totally avoid and identify the least expensive place to initially locate your business.

* How do you build an initial client base for a new computer consulting startup? The white paper introduces nine steps to generate leads that will get your business up and running, including tips on social media, video, networking events, trade shows, and speaking opportunities.

* What income streams should a new business pursue? There are four different income or revenue streams that are relevant to IT consulting firms catering to local small businesses. Learn how each revenue source can benefit your new IT company's profitability.

* Which tools are needed to start a technology provider business? Find out which tools you already have (hint: you use it every day) and which tools you cannot do business without.

"How to Start a Computer Consulting Business: 6 Proven Ways to Build Your Initial Client Base is intended to help IT industrialists, including Mac professionals, avoid the common beginner mistakes that wave many small businesses. The strategies presented can help you build a strong foundation for keeping your computer consulting business profitable and sustainable in the long run. As Apple is now making a stronger push into the B2B market, the consulting opportunity is especially strong for Mac professionals with skills on the iOS and OS X platforms, Apple Certified Technical Coordinators (ACTCs), and members of the Apple Consultants Network (ACN). A little planning goes a long way."

To download How to Start a Computer Consulting Business: 6 Proven Ways to Build Your Initial Client Base and receive a free subscription to the SP Home Run Weekly Update Newsletter, visit the company's website.

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Ambiera Holiday Sale - Save 20% on 4 products until Dec 24th

[prMac.com] Vienna, Austria - Ambiera e.U. is glad to announc their holiday sale: Save 20% on four of their most popular products.

* WebsitePainter - an editor for creating Professional looking Websites easily
* CopperCube - an editor for developing WebGL and Flash 3D applications without programming
* Image Size Reducer - an image and photo converter and resizer
* irrFuscator - an ActionScript 3 obfuscator for flash and flex developers

The discount is granted both on the Mac OS X version of each software along with the Windows version. This is the first time that Ambiera offers their award winning software 'WebsitePainter' on this holiday sale. Moreover, also the more expensive professional editions of the 3D editor CopperCube and the Actionscript 3 obfuscator irrFuscator will also be obtainable for 20% less during this sale.

In order to use this offer, simply enter the discount code ENDOF2011 on the order page. The sale ends on 24th of December.

Ambiera now also accepts 'Google Checkout' and 'Amazon Checkout' as payment modes, additional to the already offered standard methods such as Credit Cards, Paypal and wire transfers.

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Turtle Fly 2 for iOS - Now Available Free! Over 2 Million Downloads

[prMac.com] Baltimore, Maryland- J2sighte today is glad to announce the availability of Turtle Fly 2 v5.2 free for iOS, a vertical scroller arcade game, which has attained more than two million, downloads. Players control the faith and direction of flying turtle wearing cola-powering jet boosters. After each flight, player will collect money and achievements that can be used to procure equipment and skill to develop their future mission. Turtle Fly 2 was the number 1 app in the U.S. app store from June 23 to 28, 2011. The game popularity is attributed to the many methods players can use to level up, and the exciting, vertical scrolling gameplay.
 

In portrait orientation, the gamer come across two stages namely, Fly to Moon and Save Dr. Winston, with 15 different levels. Given the player ability to keep track of the amount of the turtle’s life left over, main engine fuel left over and booster fuel left over. The central engine is controlled by the engine button in the lower right of the screen, and orange consume is noticeable right beneath the turtle. Strap-on boosters are placed on the left as well right and drop off following burnout. When whole power is used up, the player falls back to earth and formulates for their next flight.

In the course of the turtle’s ascent the player can gather diamonds, gather cans of spinach, recover a 1 life icon, main engine fuel icon or recover a booster fuel icon. Also he will face some obstacle that must be avoided as by flying upwards, such as: blimps, birds, planes and thermal downdrafts. The good thing about turtle’s ability is, it can be activated by collecting there spinach cans, is that he is invulnerable to damage from blimps. The remaining six characters each have their own special abilities. The game is finished upon completion of the achievement in Level 6 (reach a height of 30,000 feet, winning $50,000).


Next each flight, players have a chance to shop for items that will help them. There are three categories of items that can be acquired: Equipment (engine, booster, shell, fuel tank, engine fuel conserver, booster fuel conserver, an advanced flight controller, and a protective flying hat); Commodities (spinach cans, higher exchange rate for diamonds, and a VIP for a discount on store items); and Skills (reduced air resistance, reduced wind resistance, and reduced damage from hitting obstacles). The first five Levels each have four Attainments, which pay a larger amount of money at each level: $100, $400, $1,200, $3,500, and $6,500. There are four kinds of Feats specified at each Level: height, speed, duration, and height without hitting any obstacles.

Feature Highlights:
* 2 stages with 15 levels
* 8 stories
* 7 characters
* Each character has a different ability
* Draw/Import your own head into the game
* Control by touch or by tilt
* Game Center Leaderboards
* Game Center Achievements

"Turtle Fly 2 is a great action, arcade game for kids that they will never tire of playing," commented Jerry Lee of J2sighte. "Kids love going higher and higher, even to Mars. And after every flight they fall back to Earth, buy what they need, and set off again."

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
* Requires iOS 3.0 or later (iOS 5 tested)
* 14.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Turtle Fly 2, formerly $0.99 (USD), is now free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Ten different Turtle Fly 2 premiums, ranging in price from $0.99 to $7.99 are available as in-app purchases.

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BundlesForMac Web Development Toolkit - 10 Applications - 90% off

[prMac.com] Highlands Ranch, Colorado - BundlesForMac has introduced the Web Development Toolkit bundle, 10 great apps being sold for more than 90% off for the next two weeks, promo ends on December 28, 2011. The bundle comprised apps are a good selection of useful tools; Logo Design Studio Pro, skEdit, Interarchy, Better Link Tester, Get Backup Pro, Stor, Simon Bronze, HTML Validator, MacFreelance, and Whoosh. These tools are great benefits to extend any Mac users library of quality software. This promotion is planned only for 2 weeks ending on December 28, 2011.
The 10 applications included in the bundle are:

Logo Design Studio Pro:
It is a powerful logo design and vector illustration for any expert or amateur. has 1000 logo design concepts and 2800 fully editable vector graphics as a creative jumping point in designing a look that gets remarked. Apart from other app’s other feature highlights include over 100 filters and effects, 500 taglines, 500 background textures, 15 commercial use fonts, and more.

skEdit:
Are you looking for a fast, flexible text editor? skEdit is fast and it is made to be extensible, you can easily add more languages if the 13 built in languages aren't enough. You can extend skEdit by writing a script in your preferred language and putting it in the script menu? skEdit has it all and the kitchen sink.

Interarchy:
It is the leading file transfer application for Mac OS X. First released in 1993, Interarchy has been used by hundreds of thousands of Mac users to download, upload, and transfer files across the Internet. Use Interarchy to connect to FTP, SFTP, iFTP, SCP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, Google Storage and Rackspace Cloud Files servers.

Better Link Tester:
BLT is a Macintosh OS X based Website link testing application, which will helpful to make sure that every link on your site actually points somewhere and doesn't show the dreaded 404 error. It is a great way to make sure that your site gives your customers the best experience, so that they will want to come back again and again. BLT is a great tool that will make the quality checking process easy and painless. You just point it at the URL on your site that you want to test, whether it is the first URL or one deep within your site it doesn't matter, BLT can check them all.

Get Backup Pro:
Important aspects of your life are stored within the data on your computer, the loss of which can turn into a nightmare. Some of these main files include photos, music and videos, e-mail archives, business related documents, financial records, and more. To protect yourself from hard drive crash or human error related data loss, back up your files.

Get Backup gracefully combines various backup capabilities, such as disk cloning, scheduling, compression tools, the ability to restore an archive on any computer without necessarily using Get Backup, and much more. And, more amazingly, all of this comes free of charge.

Stor:
The easy to use MySQL editor for your Mac.

Simon Bronze - 15 Active Tests:
Dejal Simon is the essential site monitoring tool for Mac OS X. It checks servers for changes or failures, and notifies you via e-mail, sound, speech, Twitter, or other means. You can use it to track updated sites, and to alert you when an important server goes down or recovers. Developed in Cocoa, it is a native Mac OS X application with an intuitive and attractive interface.

HTML Validator:
HTMLValidator validates html pages on your Mac, without connecting to a remote server. You can validate most kinds of HTML pages and you get a list of errors and warnings. You can set up a list of web pages to validate and test them all with a single click, plus it can extract the source of the current page directly from Safari and validate that using a system wide menu item. HTMLValidator helps keep your html pages in spec and by running it regularly you can safely update your pages without breaking html compliance.

MacFreelance:
MacFreelance is easy invoice and billing software that allows you to add new clients, monitor time spent on projects, add fixed or timed charges, track mileage and payments, perform tax calculations, create quotes and invoices, and generate detailed reports. MacFreelance also offers seamless Mac integration with applications such as Address Book, iCal, and Spotlight.

Whoosh:
Whoosh lets you send thousands, or even millions of emails using the powerful Amazon SES service.

Pricing and Availability:

The Web Development Toolkit Bundle is currently available for $39.99 (USD) (a more than 90% discount off of the more $400 valued bundle) and available immediately until December 28, 2011 11:59:59.

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I'm Away is released: Free IM status changer for Mac

[prMac.com] Bellevue, Washington- Dec 09, 2011 – Eltima Software today is pleased to announce the release of I’m Away 1.0 for Mac OS X. I’m Away is a Free Utility app, which helps Mac users to chance statues in the utmost popular instant Messengers on Mac with single click. Statuses can be changed in Skype, iChat, and Adium with a hotkey choose by himself.



However, the settings are very easy to apply. Choose what messengers I'm Away can change statuses for and customize hotkeys for fast statuses switch.

Features:

* Changes statuses simultaneously;
* Compatible with iChat, Skype, and Adium;
* Can be set to open at login;
* Supports customizable hotkeys.

Among other solutions offered by Eltima Software for Mac users are:
* Flash utilities (Flash Decompiler - allows converting SWF to FLA files; Flash Optimizer - allows compressing SWF files significantly)
* SyncMate - syncs Mac with numerous devices
* Folx - download manager and a BitTorrent client at the same time
* Elmedia Player - powerful media player for Mac
* Recover PDF Password - convenient tool for recovering lost or forgotten passwords for PDF documents

System Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later
* 0.5 MB of hard disk space

Pricing and Availability:
I'm Away 1.0 is completely free and available worldwide exclusively through the Mac App Store in the Social Networking category.

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Deals2Have launches - Mac Software and Creative Items Weekly Deals

[prMac.com] London, United Kingdom - Macbundler, the premier site for bundle deals, has launched a new deals website, Deals2Have. Deals2Have will feature mac, creative and startup deals every week. This would also include a bundle a week, which is a new initiate by Deals2have to offer mac users more value at reasonable prices.

Macbundler which was launched a year ago has done very well in selling bundle deals and we are taking it to another level by providing weekly deals, says CEO Samuel Kessington. Deals2Have creative will bring those seeking awesome creative items such as: books on design, photoshop brushes, subscription to stock photo websites e.t.c; amazing deals on those items. Deals2Have startups/saas would host deals on web applications for startup guys such as: hosting and domain name deals, wordpress books and themes, website themes, business apps etc.

Deals2Have has negotiated deals with developers and designers to have their items at discounts on the website with over 30 already lined of for the launch. Professional designers, developers and web businesses have the opportunity to monetize their content by offering them at discounts to thousands of our customers.

Pricing and Availability:
Deals2have deals are available now on the website with discounts on Mac applications, creative items and a bundle of two Mac apps. Products are discount between 40% and 85% off, and each would last for up to 10 days. Subscribe via email for exclusive deals and to be the first to know when new deals launch.

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Enolsoft Upgrades PDF to TEXT for Mac with OCR Capability

[prMac.com] Hangzhou, China – one of the leading professional multimedia software developers, Enolsoft Corporation today is thrilled to introduce new updates on PDF to TEXT for Mac with OCR capability, as well as optimized some small issues.


Enolsoft PDF to Text for Mac is a simple yet useful tool which specially personalized for Mac users to reuse and edit contents from PDF files to get a head start on new projects with no Acrobat or Acrobat Reader applications required. Just add the PDF files to Enolsoft PDF to Text for Mac and hit "Convert", Enolsoft PDF to Text for Mac will convert the PDF files to Text at high speed and with good accuracy. Moreover, it also provisions to batch convert multiple Adobe PDF documents at the same time, as well as convert any specific pages.

"Enolsoft PDF to TEXT for Mac now can distinguish text from PDFs that are generated by scanning paper documents with OCR", said Wenis Tsai, C.E.O. of Enolsoft Corporation, "If you have bunch of scanned PDF files on your hard drive, Enolsoft PDF to TEXT for Mac will help you to convert them into recognizable text" he added.

Pricing and Availability
Retailed for $29, the Enolsoft PDF to TEXT for Mac is available now through the Enolsoft website.

System Requirements
* 1G Hz or above Intel processor.
* 512 MB physical RAM (memory) or more.
* 1024x768 or higher resolution display.
* Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

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InCube Chess (chess in 8x8x8 space): update, free version is available

[prMac.com] Kiev, Ukraine - "InCube Games" presented free version of innovative chess in real 3D field (8x8x8), and has modernized the basic version of the program. And, on the eve of Christmas holidays, the price for the basic version of the program is dropped from 3.99 till 2.99.


 The Ukrainian firm "InCube Games" has presented revolutionary realization of classical chess game in real three-dimensional space which is available to all Mac users, and shortly will be provided to all iPad users too. InCube Chess is a new stage in development of the classic chess game, which is moved into three-dimensional space. Overwhelming limitations of two-dimensional classic chess, Chess InCube saves their traditions and basics, but capitalizes a lot of new potentials.

Two-dimensional game field in a frame X - Y (i.e. the chess board of 8x8 cells) is extended in the third measurement (axe Z is added). So the game field is converted into game space, into the space cube, consisting of 512 blocks-"cells". The pieces, instead of usual two-dimensional chess directions, can use new directions, due to new cubed space degree of freedom, completely preserving general rules of movement and interaction of ordinary chess pieces. That is in a vertical plane, or in vertical and horizontal planes simultaneously (i.e. on planes conducted through edges of "cells" in chess cube)".




Developers says, it takes 10-20 minutes to catch the idea how to play, and accrue to the new game rules, implement to the game interface. In game it is possible to play both with the partner-person, and with the built-in robot, which has three levels of complexity. One can play as well with the built-in robot, as with the real partner, or friend.




The first version of a radical variation of classical chess game was realized in 2000 for Windows platform; however IT crisis has prevented to finish working out. This time MacOS X and iOS are selected as the basic platform. The first high-grade version now can be got on AppStore only for 2.99$.

Maybe the exiting chess game in three-dimensional space is the most essential updating of this ancient game for last 1000 years. Anyway, Chess InCube is really offbeat game which is stand out on the usual game software background.

"InCube Chess" tossing a challenge to everyone who wants to check their intellectual power and spatial thinking!

Main improvements in version 3.1 that available in AppStore (both free and 2.99$ base version) right now:
support for 10.6 deployment targets
* fixed file type association bug
* battlefield look and feel improvements
* substantial drawing speedup
* added one more cube drawing option
* fixed billboard mode for pieces
* draw optimal move placeholder right away according with preferences change
* fixed moves scaling issue
* revised height of some pieces
* fixed sound playing issues while moving
* fixes in computer opponent that allows doing more reasonable moves in some cases
* pawn gets converted to queen when it really stands at enemy base (end of animation)
* show game play
* fixes in computer opponent that allows doing more reasonable moves in some cases
* pawn gets converted to queen when it really stands at enemy base (end of animation)
* show game players (for example, human vs. nouse) in window title
* fixed setting of non-english save file names in window title
* added auto save/load, so that current game state is always saved on quit and loaded on next application startup
* fixes in help and minor fixes and speedups everywhere

Device Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.6 or later
* 6.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
InCube-Chess 0.3.1 is $2.99 USD and available worldwide exclusively through the Mac App Store in the Games category. A free version is also available.

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Maintain releases Cocktail 5.1: Lion Edition

 [prMac.com] Ekero, Sweden – Dec 07, 2011 – Maintain is excited to announce the release and the immediate availability of Cocktail 5.1 (Lion Edition), the newest updated addition of Cocktail for users running OS X  10.7 Lion.

Cocktail is general purpose utility for OS X that allows users clean, repair and optimize their Mac. This app is a seamless blend of maintenance tools and tweaks, everything accessible through a clean and easy to use interface. Cocktail’s features are organized into five district classes, which help you to manage innumerable aspects of your computer. As well it comes with an automatic Pilot mode, which lets you to simply press a button and relaxes, knowing that Cocktail will do the rest of the thing.

What's new:

* Added "Disable local snapshots" setting (System - Time Machine). If you are using Time Machine with an external disk on a MacBook, Time Machine will keep a copy of the latest backup on your internal drive. This is done to ensure that all changes to files and documents will be backed up even when you're not connected to your Time Machine disk, however it can take up significant amounts of disk space. Cocktail can disable the local backups (called snapshots) and free up the space used by Time Machine. Warning: By disabling the local Time Machine backups you reduce the effectiveness of your backups and you risk losing data.

* Added "Disable spelling correction" setting (Interface - General). OS X Lion comes with a built in spellchecker and autocorrection system, similar to iOS, which Cocktail can disable.

* Added "Disable Character Picker" setting (Interface - General). In Lion Apple introduced an iOS-style Character Picker to allow easier access to non-standard characters. You can access the character picker by pressing and holding an alphabetic key on your keyboard, however the Picker overrides the keyboard's repeat functionality. By activating this option in Cocktail you disable the Character Picker and restore the repeat function.

* Added "Disable the New Window animation" setting (Interface - General). This disables the zooming animation shown when a new window is displayed on the screen.

* Added "Enable mouse over on stacks" setting (Interface - Dock). When enabled a mouse over effect will appear when hovering over a stack in the Dock.

* Added "Disable Reply animation" setting (Interface - Mail). Mail shows an animation when you reply to an email in Lion. When you activate this option Cocktail disables this animation.

* Added "Disable Send animation" setting (Interface - Mail). Mail shows an animation when you send an email in Lion. When you activate this option Cocktail disables this animation.

* Added "Disable leather skin in Address Book" setting (Interface - Misc). This option disables the leather theme used in Address Book and replaces it with the metal style interface used in Snow Leopard.

* Added "Disable leather skin in iCal" setting (Interface - Misc). This option disables the leather theme used in iCal and replaces it with the metal style interface used in Snow Leopard.

The update also addresses several issues:
* an issue in which Cocktail may freeze when trying to gather disk information
* an issue in which the journaling state of the case-sensitive HFS disks could not be detected
* an issue in which improper permissions were applied to the File Sharing logs during the rotation of these logs and contains other minor improvements as well as updated Help files.

System Requirements:
Cocktail 5.1 (Lion Edition) requires OS X / OS X Server 10.7 and is tested for compatibility with OS X / OS X Server 10.7.2. Cocktail (Snow Leopard Edition) for OS X 10.6 and Cocktail (Leopard Edition) for OS X 10.5 are available for download from our website.

Pricing and Availability:
Cocktail is $19 USD for a Single User License and available for purchase from the Maintain website. The license is valid for both Snow Leopard and Lion editions of Cocktail. Cocktail (Leopard Edition) is distributed as freeware and does not require a license.

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MacFriendly Presents a New Software Bundle for Mac Users

[prMac.com] Portomaggior, Italy – Dec 02, 2011- MacFriendly has revealed their new MacFrindly new Bundle having 10 different applications for Mac users. The bundled prized at over $545 and is available for limited period for only for $39.99, so you can save over 90% off the list prices. The bundle comprises 10 software applications to download, and the latest version of each app is involved in the bundle. These are the10 programs included in this bundle:

* Fantashow for Mac
* Peak Express
* Jaksta for Mac
* iDive
* Flash Decompiler Trillix
* Font Pack Pro
* Scrutiny
* Alarm Pro
* GuideLiner
* MacFreelance

Fantashow for Mac:
It is the digital slideshow builder that lets anyone at home achieve a professional-looking movie in no time.
Just drag in your photos, video and music, drop in a few of the array of built-in themes and your memories are transformed into Hollywood-style movies you can share on DVD, YouTube, Facebook, Mac HD, all your iDevices and more.

Peak Express:
Want to turn good recordings into great recordings? With Peak Express software, you can WiFi-transfer iProRecorder files from your iPhone to your Mac in seconds - and then edit them to perfection. Just like a word processor for your audio, you can use Peak Express to remove unwanted portions. Or you can re-order entire passages - perfect for preparing a podcast or editing a report.

Jaksta for Mac:
It's the easiest way to download and convert Video, Audio and MP3s from the web to your Mac. Just play a video or song in your browser, and Jaksta saves a perfect digital copy to your Mac, or converts it to several popular device formats.
Jaksta is the only Mac program that works with thousands of sites, including social networks and popular music sites.

iDive:
iDive will turn any assortment of disorganised video files into an instantly accessible catalog. Finding a clip hidden amongst hours of footage will never again be a problem.
Intuitive concepts such as people, places, events can be dragged and dropped onto your footage to simply, and quickly annotate your shots.

Flash Decompiler Trillix:
Flash Decompiler Trillix converts Adobe Flash SWF files back into FLA format and SWF files created in Flex back to Flex sources, which can be easily edited in native Flash or Flex environment. Every group of objects such as morphs, shapes, texts, fonts, sounds, scripts, etc., are placed in separate FLA library groups with appropriate names, which makes using and working with the resulting FLA file much easier.

Font Pack Pro:
The flexible font solution for creative professionals. A premier collection of over 1000 classic, refined, designer and creative style fonts, including a 5-computer license to use the fonts in a variety of for-profit, commercial or personal projects across your organization. All fonts are available in OpenType(R) format and work in all applications including Quark, Adobe, Microsoft, iLife, iWork and more.

Scrutiny:
Scrutiny uses Integrity's tried and tested engine to crawl a site and report broken links. But it does so much more for the webmaster, such as generating an XML sitemap, html validation and essential SEO checks on page title, meta keywords, meta description and headings.

Alarm Pro:
It's the reinvention of the alarm clock. Alarm Pro comes with built in local weather updates. Alarm Pro delivers the current weather as well as a five day forecast to you in a beautifully designed interface. Use Alarm Pro to easily create unlimited number of alarms.

GuideLiner:
With GuideLiner you can measure your web and screen layouts, check and optimize them for smaller screens and work with guidelines in all applications. GuideLiner offers horizontal and vertical screen rulers and guidelines which can be placed free on your screen. Use these tools and effectively measure and proof on screen, if your layouts have the right size, etc.

MacFreelance:
Not only does MacFreelance generate professional looking invoices, but it also allows you to easily add new clients, monitor time spent on projects, track payments, perform tax calculations and generate detailed reports. The powerful time tracking and billing features in MacFreelance also include seamless Mac integration with applications such as Address Book, iCal, and Spotlight.

The MacFriendly Bundle provides an unprecedented selection of high quality software at unprecedented low prices. A portion of each sale will support animal rescue programs, ensuring that homeless animals find a good home. The MacFriendly bundle sale ends on December 8, 2011. Existing Mac users can purchase this bundle to enhance their and/or a family member's current setup and to get a great gift for someone.


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The Mac Store Launches New Promotion: 21 Macs in 21 Days

[prMac.com] Lake Oswego, Oregon - The Mac Store, The Northwest's major and locally owned Apple reseller, is thrilled to reveal 21 Macs in 21 Days- a promotion during which they will be giving away 21 MacBook Air computers to 21 different lucky people.

Any one can take part in this through visiting any Mac Store place from December 1, 2011 through December 21, 2011. Once you enter on the store, simply click on the ’21 Macs’ icon on any one of the display machine and then enter your contact information. Drawings are held daily so persons could have up to 21 chances to win. On December 2nd first winner will be announces and last on December 22nd.

Apple has updated its MacBook Air with next-generation processors, high-speed Thunderbolt I/Otechnology, Mac OS Lion and a backlit keyboard. The 11in. prize model claims twice the enactment as previous generations, has 1.6 GHz, Dual-Core Intel Core i5, 2GB SD Ram, 64GB Flash Storage, Bluetooth 4.0, two USB ports, Thunderbolt port, and Intel HD Graphics 3000 Processor with 256MB SD Ram shared with the main memory. Weighing in at only 2.38 lbs, this high-performance laptop packs a punch.

"We wanted to present a fun promotion with a substantial reward that would keep consumers engaged during the holiday season," said Erick Laabs, Vice President of The Mac Stores. "The new MacBook Air computers are very popular, and we love the idea of giving a bunch of them away."

"As a company we are all the time looking for new and exciting things to do in our stores," said Kevin Anderson, President and CEO. "Existence locally owned, we love the idea of giving back to the communities, and in this case, providing a whole slew of free Macintosh computers is really fun for us."

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How to Authorize or Deauthorize Computer with Apple ID

[prMac.com] Shenzhen, China –Remove-DRM Studio reveals when you sync or play a videos which you have purchased from iTunes App Store, you are able to use them on up to five changed computers (there can be any combination of Windows or Macintosh computers). Before you play these items make sure that you have purchased or rented, your computer system should be authorized by using your Apple ID. These are the following steps required while authorizing your computer for purchasing or renting items from Apple Store.

Steps:
* Download and Launch iTunes
* From the Store menu, choose Authorize This Computer. (In earlier versions of iTunes, access this option from the Advanced menu)
* When prompted, enter your Apple ID and password, and then click Authorize.

How to Deauthorize a computer
* Click on Store menu, choose Deauthorize This Computer(In earlier versions of iTunes, access this option from the Advanced menu).
* When prompted, type your Apple ID and PW, and then click on Deauthorize.
iTunes purchased or rented video format is .m4v, which is MPEG-4 file extension used for videos downloaded from the Apple iTunes Store. .M4V is similar to .MP4 file, but it is copy protected using Apple's FairPlay DRM copyright protection.

Users who would like to play iTunes M4V file, your PC or Mac should be authorized with account that was used to purchase or rent the iTunes videos.

If you want to play iTunes M4V videos on unauthorized computer, the M4V files must be removed DRM protected first legally.

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Dolly Drive launches free seeding service for Time Machine online backup

[prMac.com] New York, New York – The developer of award winning Dolly Drive cloud store for Mac, Cirrus Thinking is excited to announce that, they will provide subscribers its free Seed for Speed services on most 250 GB and for advanced storage plans. The Suite has been designed to provide Mac users more speedy access to their date in the cloud.

With this seeding, subscriber gets a specially prepared transport drive on which they will transfer their hard drive content. The transport drive will be giving back to the Dolly Drive data center in a secure Fed Ex shipment and then uploaded right into Dolly Drive's cloud-based servers.

We have made the process easy for Mac users to overcome the greatest challenge of online backup- the time it takes to upload their data at first time, said by Anthony Palermo, CEO of Dolly Drive. "Once their digital content is in the cloud, incremental backups are quick and seamless and they can immediately recover critical files."

The Free Seeding option is available for most subscription plans over 250 GB. Users who select plans where free seeding is not included can add the service for $50 (USD).

Dolly Drive is a subscription software and online storage service planned for Apple's Time Machine. Furthermore to providing offsite cloud storage Mac users straight through the Time Machine application, the application lets users to create a bootable clone of their Mac on an external hard drive for local adversity recovery. It works with Apple's Lion and Snow Leopard platforms.

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Karelia Software to Offer Sandvox at Cyber Monday Special

[prMac.com] Alameda, California –Karelia Software today is pleased to announce Cyber Monday special pricing of US $49.99 for Sandvox, website creation software for the rest of us, on the Mac App Store and directly from Karelia Software.

New Licenses are available now at Upgrade Pricing from Karelia Software or the Mac App Store on Cyber Monday.

The Sandvox is accessible on your Mac App Store only at $49.99 (usually it costs at $79.99) this offer is been valid only on Cyber Monday, Nov 28, 2011. Also Sandvox is directly available from Karelia Software, at same offered price of $49.99 (usually it costs at $79.99) only on Cyber Monday i. e on Monday, Nov 28, 2011, by using the coupon code CYBERMONDAY.

Sandvox is the only website builder on the Mac that leases anyone drags and drop content, increase modern features in a few clicks, and see exactly what it looks like right on the screen, even before hitting publish. Sites created using Sandvox automatically comply with the latest HTML5 web standard, and can be seen on modern mobile devices. Once finished, users can upload their site to their favorite host directly from within Sandvox.

Sandvox 2 requires Mac OS X version 10.5 (Leopard) or higher and is currently available in English, French, German and Brazilian Portuguese, with localization for additional languages expected during the coming months.

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Macgamestore Releases Jurassic Park: The Game

[prMac.com] Hutto, Texas – Macgamestore.com is excited to introduce the Jurassic Park: The game is now available for the Mac. The game of Jurassic Park begins where the Barbasol can left off: the dinosaur embryos that Dennis Nedry struggled to smuggle from the park in the faux Barbasol can go on missing. A mysterious rival corporation carries in Nima, a professional smuggler with intimate knowledge of the parks island setting, to regain the embryos.


When InGen studies of staff stranded on the island after the park’s collapse, they lease a set of mercenaries to takeoff a rescue operation. The group arrives amidst the chaos of dinosaurs running rampant, and starts to round up survivors dedicated to protect the dinosaurs they created. As the team keep on growing, it soon becomes clear that individuals have competing agenda– the situation become dangerous for humans as the rampant dinosaur treats on the island. The team must eventually survive conflicts with t-Rex, Velociraptors and other dinosaurs in remarkable face-offs as they look for the way out.


Along the way, a new mysterious nocturnal dinosaur threat emerges, stalking the group as they work their way across the island in hopes of escape.

Features:
* An episodic adventure in five parts
* Set during the events of the first film
* Story unfolds through a Steven Spielberg-inspired cinematic adventure crafted to stir mystery and tension while building to exciting climactic peaks
* Survive confrontations with T-Rex, Velociraptors and other dinosaurs

System Requirements:
* OS: Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
* Processor: 2.0 GHz Pentium or equivalent
* Memory: 2 GB RAM
* Graphics: ATI or NVidia card w/ 256 MB RAM
* Hard Drive: 2 GB Space Free
* Not recommended for MAC Minis or early-generation MacBooks

Pricing and Availability:
Jurassic Park: The Game is available as a digital download purchase for $29.99 (USD).

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Kick the Buddy Episodes is a Perfect Method of Stress Relief

[prMac.com] Munich, Germany –AppZap today is pleased to announce their new game, Kick the Buddy Episodes for Christmas holiday special. Kick the Buddy Episodes is extension of Kick the Buddy, the game that gained more popularity in the App store and having more than 22 thousand reviews from worldwide users with an overall rating 4.75. Kick the Buddy is game of serial type; every episode will be keen to some specific theme. The first episode is devoted to the Christmas and called “Santa Stops Here”.



 
Kick the Buddy Episodes will help users to cope with strain,  relieves stress and lift his mood. The game play is very realistic and simple: player kicks Buddy with dissimilar objects… without any victims or blood. Everything you watch on the screen is completely interactive, so the player can choose what he will want to do with Buddy at one time or another.

The Game Menu represents a view of the notebook and is been divided into the following parts: Stuff, Episodes, Profile and Extra. The player can start with Profile section where he or she can replace the Buddy’s face from the device library. Stuff allows the player will find 27 Christmas items: decorated Christmas tree, fireworks, garlands, Christmas toys and many more. The elements usability is extremely easy and intuitive, and, what is most important, very joyful.




Key Features:
* Fully physically simulated
* Lots of ways to punish or entertain the Buddy
* Play Kick the Buddy and earn money for buying new elements
* The Buddy has AI and funny comments on all your actions
* User creates the screenplay of the game himself
* Compatible with iOS multitasking
* Game Centre support

"We have prepared a gift to all players for the Christmas holidays - a new game Kick the Buddy Episodes. The first episode of it is devoted to Christmas. New episodes will be released on a regular basis and will be filled with unique and interesting elements and awesome features. I hope users will appreciate our new game. Happy Holidays" - Dmitry Glebenok, CEO of App Zap, said.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch and iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.2 or later
* 53.1 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Kick the Buddy Episodes 1.01 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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