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Kanguru Solutions Releases Newly Redesigned Kanguru Quicksilver
Screentime Media Announces mProjector for OS X Create Mac Applications And Windowless Widgets In Flash
Kodak's Monthly Tech Brief Removes the Milli-Amp Mystery of Digital Camera Batteries
iPodlounge Announces Editorial Policy on Dangerous, Cloned, and Illicit iPod Accessories
KODAK Consumer Digital Photography Products Soar
Jambalaya Launches Only Complete Streaming Song Recorder; Audio Xtract Users Get MP3s Without Fees
VueScan 8.1.29 Scanner Software For Flatbed & Film Scanners
Announcing ShutterBug V 1.0.2 Free Update from XtraLean Software
Abneil Software Ltd Ships 'Heart Design Plugin' For Use In Illustrator CS and 10 macOSX / PC =[/url]
Kanguru Solutions Releases Newly Redesigned Kanguru Quicksilver
Kanguru Solutions announces the release of the newly redesigned Kanguru Quicksilver external hard drive.
The ultimate storage solution for saving or backing up data, the Kanguru Quicksilver external hard drive features a new cutting-edge design. A high strength exterior alloy casing allows for improved heat dissipation during prolonged use. It also provides the option for users to lay the product horizontal or stand vertical to economize precious storage space.
As an additional feature, a vibrant Kanguru LED glows electric blue, providing an eyecatching display when the drive is operating. The sleek and lightweight design of the Kanguru Quicksilver is also incredibly durable, and it is able to withstand up to 200Gs of shock.
Available in both USB2.0 and FireWire/USB2.0 combination options, the Kanguru Quicksilver transfers data at lightning speeds, and now offers a high performance 7200RPM drive, and 400GB storage capacity.
A plug and play device, it works with most operating systems including Windows 98/98 SE/ME/2000/XP. The Kanguru Quicksilver also works with Macs OS 9.1 and above and Linux 2.4.1 and above operating systems.
A division of Interactive Media Corporation, Kanguru Solutions manufactures high quality, secure and portable computer storage peripherals that have provided consumers with secure back-up solutions for more than a decade. Interactive Media Corp. was established in Massachusetts in 1992. For more information on Kanguru Solutions, visit their web site at:
http://www.kanguru.com
Screentime Media Announces mProjector for OS X Create Mac Applications And Windowless Widgets In Flash
ScreenTime Media, the leading developer of flash extensions for Macintosh and Windows, today announced mProjector for Macintosh. mProjector converts Macromedia Flash MX files into powerful, full featured Mac applications - or simple compelling standalone widgets.
For the first time, Flash programmers using mProjector can quickly and easily create Mac applications which utilize menus, the file system, internet connectivity, and more - all at the click of a button. Applications can use standard Mac OS X windows, or play "windowless" in frames of any shape.
mProjector includes a powerful set of "mFunctions" accessible from within Flash . These extend Flash functionality dramatically, by including File system functions such as read, write, delete and rename; Window functions to move, resize, show and hide windows; Menu functions to add and remove menus, and System functions to download files, set screen savers or wallpaper to be active, and to make and load screen grabs.
The first product to ship using mProjector is already available from 2Entwine with the release of Gush 1.3. Wes Carr, President of 2Entwine, says "Once we experienced the power and performance of mProjector on the Mac we new we had to use if for our next release of Gush. mProjector enabled us to easily do things in Flash that were either difficult or impossible in the past."
Pricing: mProjector for Mac OS X is $199 and includes an unlimited distribution license for applications it creates. mProjector for Windows is priced similarly.
For more information, visit:
http://www.screentime.com/software/mprojector/
Kodak's Monthly Tech Brief Removes the Milli-Amp Mystery of Digital Camera Batteries
Baffled by batteries? If you're one of the millions of newcomers to digital photography, you may find more than a few choices when you're looking for batteries to power your digital camera.
Kodak's Monthly Tech Brief offers ideas to help power up your picture taking. Just as you choose a car or bus for a short trip, or a jet or train for longer travels, you can select batteries that meet different picture-taking needs.
If your digital camera uses AA-size cells, you can choose from several chemistries to meet different needs. Rechargeable Ni-MH AA batteries are your best overall value. In addition, Ni-MH cells are better for the environment and require no special handling.
When choosing rechargeables, check the fine print. Most AA-rechargeables have a milliamp-hours (mAh) rating; the higher the number, the longer a battery will perform between rechargings. A 2500-mAh battery, such as the KODAK Ni-MH Rechargeable Digital Camera battery, will last longer than an 1800-mAh battery.
In terms of performance in a digital camera, owners of cameras taking two AA-size cells have many choices. The CRV3 lithium battery (a non-rechargeable) yields the most pictures. Next longest lasting in a digital camera is the KODAK Ni-MH AA Rechargeable Digital Camera battery (KAARDC), a 2500-mAh battery. Many KODAK EASYSHARE digital cameras also accept the KAA2HR Ni-MH Battery Pack (2100 mAh each) that delivers next-best life among KODAK Ni-MH AA cells, and allows in-camera charging from a KODAK EASYSHARE printer dock or camera dock.
Another option: Oxy-Alkaline AA batteries. A change in battery chemistry enables these batteries to last longer than conventional alkaline batteries, making these non-rechargeables ideal when you're camping, sailing, or hiking. Oxy-Alkaline batteries - while not as long-lived as the lithium or rechargeable cells - outperform alkaline cells at a comparable cost.
To make all your batteries last longer, use your camera's viewfinder when the LCD screen isn't necessary, and switch off the display, rather than fully powering down your camera.
To learn more, visit:
http://www.kodak.com/go/research
iPodlounge Announces Editorial Policy on Dangerous, Cloned, and Illicit iPod Accessories
iPodlounge ( http://www.ipodlounge.com ), an independent resource of information about Apple Computer's iPod portable digital music players, has announced dramatic new editorial policies regarding dangerous, cloned, and illicit iPod accessories. "As the iPod economy has grown over the last three years, many great new accessories and merchants have entered the marketplace," explained Jeremy Horwitz, Editor-in-Chief of iPodlounge, "but there's also more junk and consumer exploitation out there than ever before. Our first priority is to keep our readers and their iPods safe from harm."
Updated numerous times daily, iPodlounge hosts hundreds of the most objective, comprehensive reviews of iPod accessories ever written, including brand-new releases and products dating back to the 2001 "first-generation" iPod. The site's wildly popular Buyers' Guide includes a letter grade-style "report card" to the reviews, giving readers an easy, two-page summary of the best and worst products of the iPod economy.
The new policies address three major areas of concern to iPodlounge and its readers, who numbered approximately 2,000,000 in December, 2004 alone. First, iPodlounge discusses potentially dangerous iPod charging accessories that can cause damage to iPods, themselves, and possibly even their users. Under the new policy, iPodlounge now automatically issues "D-" and "F" grades to defective and dangerous accessories, respectively, conspicuously identifies products that use properly tested components, and reserves the right to deny editorial coverage and advertising space to affected accessories if necessary.
Second, iPodlounge addresses the cloning of certain well-known iPod accessories by knock-off manufacturers, creating a policy whereby "cloned" products are clearly defined and barred from both advertising and editorial coverage. In recent months, knock-off vendors have used online auction services and web sites to sell products under the same names as the authentic goods, disappointing consumers who receive inferior-grade versions of what they believed they had ordered. Vendors of the authentic goods have asked iPodlounge for its support in fighting counterfeiters, and iPodlounge has gladly obliged.
Third, iPodlounge exposes disreputable and/or potentially illegal conduct by certain vendors of iPod accessories, denying editorial coverage and advertising space to companies that exploit or deceive their customers, as well as those that market products of questionable legality to an audience that includes young iPod owners. "Our readers range in age from 7 to 77," said Dennis Lloyd, Publisher of iPodlounge, "and we don't want to steer them towards potentially bad experiences. Even if we have to modestly limit our editorial coverage and advertising revenues, we believe that these policies are the responsible and appropriate response to the trust our readers have placed in us since our founding."
The full text of iPodlounge's new editorial policies is available at:
http://www.ipodlounge.com/safetypolicy/
KODAK Consumer Digital Photography Products Soar
Accomplishments Buoyed by Global Attention Surrounding Forthcoming KODAK EASYSHARE-ONE Digital Camera
Continuing to demonstrate strong results against its digital strategy, Eastman Kodak Company now has the market lead in four major United States consumer digital photography segments: digital cameras, snapshot photo printers, retail photo kiosks, and online picture sharing sites.
-- Market research firm IDC, in its full-year 2004 digital still camera study* issued today, reports that Kodak's digital camera shipments give the company an industry leading 21.9-percent U.S. market share -- the first time that Kodak has held this top position. Kodak was also the fastest growing brand among market leaders, with a 66-percent year-over-year increase.
-- According to the NPD Group, KODAK EASYSHARE printer docks were the best-selling line of snapshot photo printers in the U.S. in 2004**. Kodak has shipped more than 2 million printer docks since their introduction in mid-2003.
-- Approximately 30,000 KODAK Picture Maker kiosks are installed at retail locations across the U.S., making them the most widely used photo kiosks in the country. Of these, nearly 50-percent include new wireless capabilities for effortless picture printing from mobile phones.
-- Kodak's online picture sharing and printing service -- Ofoto (to be renamed the KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery come March) -- continues to add members at a record pace, with more than 20 million subscribers.
Kodak also continues to excel internationally, ending 2004 with number one digital camera market share in Australia, Argentina, Peru, and Chile; and top three share positions in Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Brazil. The company holds the top snapshot printer share in the U.K. and Australia. Kodak has an additional 30,000 photo kiosks deployed outside the U.S., solidifying its worldwide leadership in this segment.
"These successes complement the significant digital accomplishments being made by our Health Imaging and Graphic Communications Group business units," said Bernard Masson, president, Digital and Film Imaging Systems; and senior vice president, Eastman Kodak Company. "We're delivering on our digitally-oriented growth strategy, and more determined than ever to succeed with our digital transformation."
Kodak's sales accomplishments have been furthered buoyed by global attention surrounding its new EASYSHARE-ONE zoom digital camera, introduced last month at the International Consumer Electronics Show. With the ability to wirelessly e-mail pictures from the camera, as well as the capacity to store and display up to 1,500 pictures on its 3-inch touch screen, the KODAK EASYSHARE-ONE camera is turning heads among major retailers, customers, and media around the world. It will be available beginning this summer.
For more information, visit:
http://www.kodak.com
Jambalaya Launches Only Complete Streaming Song Recorder; Audio Xtract Users Get MP3s Without Fees
Sales of the popular Apple iPod and other MP3 players are exploding, and with them, the popularity of unique solutions to make streaming music portable. Audio Xtract Professional Edition, from Jambalaya Brands, is the only complete software solution for consumers who want to record streaming music and take it with them. And unlike some recorders, the stream is automatically split into MP3 files by Audio Xtract and tagged with artist name, song title and genre.
“Audio Xtract Pro is all you need. It records anything you can play through your PC,” says Gene Schenberg, VP Business Development for Jambalaya. “If you want to listen and record from one of the 8000 stations already in the database, you’re just one click away. If you subscribe to a service, Audio Xtract Pro offers a Music Services mode that records from any music source out there.”
Before Audio Xtract, consumers had two choices: Pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars to fill their players from one of the popular sites selling song downloads, or risk a battle with the RIAA by using the peer-to-peer downloading networks to acquire music. For millions of consumers, neither option makes sense. Using Audio Xtract is just like using a VCR or TiVo, giving you the flexibility to record now, and listen later. And because you can record up to 8 streams at once, it doesn’t take long to fill even the largest MP3 players, without any fees.
What makes Audio Xtract Professional Edition unique? It’s the only software solution in the world to offer the convenience of 8000 stations you can play and record in Auto Recording mode, plus the capability to record literally any streamed music—whatever the source—using the powerful Music Services mode. With extra software included that lets you rip, edit and convert all your music files, plus a robust scheduling application, you’ll have everything you need to get started right away. And song tagging is a cinch with the powerful new application, ID3myMP3. Whether you load your player directly, or burn your favorites to CDs, you’re ready to take your music with you, wherever you go.
Audio Xtract is the only complete streaming music recorder available in retail stores—including Fry’s, CompUSA, Office Depot, and J&R—as well as through the Jambalaya Brands website.
For more information, visit:
http://www.jambalayabrands.com
VueScan 8.1.29 Scanner Software For Flatbed & Film Scanners
VueScan is a powerful scanning program that works with most scanners. Photographers, home users, scanning services and corporations around the world use VueScan for a wide range of scanning needs. VueScan gives you improved color accuracy and color balance, increases your productivity and saves you money: VueScan can make your existing scanner work as well as a brand new scanner.
VueScan supports more than 400 scanners and takes about 5 minutes to download and install.
VueScan changes nothing on your system, installs nothing in your operating system and all other scanner software will continue to function. The VueScan User's Guide is available in PDF or HTML format.
New in this version:
• Improved scan quality on most Microtek scanners
• Improved color accuracy on most scanners
• Improved IT8 color profiling feature
• Fixed problems with several Microtek scanners
• Reduced amount of memory used during scanning
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher
• Supported scanner
VueScan sells for$49.95
For more information, visit:
http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html
Announcing ShutterBug V 1.0.2 Free Update from XtraLean Software
XtraLean Software has announced the immediate availability of ShutterBug Version 1.0.2 for Mac OS X. ShutterBug is a powerful web album creation tool for quickly publishing stories and photos to the web with unique WYSIWYG template creation for a look and feel that you can call your very own. ShutterBug is quickly gaining popularity in its innovative and thoughtful approach to simple and elegant online content publishing, while requiring no HTML knowledge or need for multiple programs. Version 1.0.2 is a free update and is available for download from http://www.xtralean.com or from XtraLean's support forums at:
http://support.xtralean.com
Version 1.0.2 brings many new enhancements based on customer feedback that will help users leverage ShutterBug even more. New features include enhancements to the Slideshow, embedded thumbnail links, and the ability to have different thumbnail sizes mixed and matched in the same photo album. Additionally, new improvements to the user interface and importation of images make it even easier to make custom photo albums with the WYSIWYG Edit-in-Place browser.
Visit the ShutterBug Forum at http://support.xtralean.com to read what ShutterBug users are talking about, post your feature wish lists, and join the discussions. A full-featured demo version of ShutterBug that watermarks images with ‘Demo’ can be tried for free. A valid registration number will remove the watermarks and can be purchased for the special introductory price of $29 USD from XtraLean’s online store. ShutterBug requires Mac OS X 10.3.4 or higher and web host space for uploading websites to. ShutterBug supports dot Mac accounts and WebDAV.
ShutterBug Version 1.1 is currently in development and touts some exciting new features and improvements. XtraLean welcomes and encourages feedback for ShutterBug at the XtraLean Support Forums. For more information about XtraLean and future developments, check the company’s website and support forums at:
http://www.xtralean.com
and
http://support.xtralean.com
Abneil Software Ltd Ships 'Heart Design Plugin' For Use In Illustrator CS and 10 macOSX / PC =
Abneil Software ltd have just shipped their latest plugin set 'Heart' design plugin for use in Illustrator CS and 10. MacOSX / PC
Use to create 100s of stunning heart & romantic designs. Easy to use, with many options to tweak the heart design to create stunning colorful heart designs and more. The plugin is vol 15 of the plugins series 'Andrew's Vector Plugins '. The plugin set comes supplied with a selection of heart themed swatches and symbols. Also released, a star generator plugin for use in Illustrator (r) as well as a number of updates of the plugins in the AVP series.
For more information as well as demo, check out:
http://www.graphicxtras.com/products/aiplugin15.htm
$10 download (8 euros ÂŁ6 GBP)
http://www.graphicxtras.com
Charles W. Moore
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