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TheBrain Technologies announced that PersonalBrain 4, the latest version of its powerful information visualization and organization software, is now available for Mac OS X. PersonalBrain's award-winning dynamic user interface and advanced linking technology enables users to connect ideas, files, and Web pages within a dynamic visual interface, helping people better understand their information, discover hidden connections, and liberate themselves from 'linear thinking.'
PersonalBrain is designed for people who need to analyze, brainstorm and synthesize a wide variety of information both on their computer and the Internet. Current systems such as folders, search lists, tags and email are often too linear and do not provide a way to connect different concepts, people, and projects associatively. PersonalBrain lets users express key relationships across all information sources, so underlying thinking and key ideas are instantly visible.
"PersonalBrain 4.0's powerful new visualization modes, expanded search, and other new features represent a major leap in the state of the art for personal knowledge management and dynamic mind mapping," said Harlan Hugh, CEO of TheBrain Technologies. "Mac users have for years clamored for PersonalBrain on their favorite platform, and we're delighted to say that we've managed to bring the true Mac experience to PersonalBrain."
PersonalBrain 4 has more than sixty new features in addition to cross-platform support, making it easy to visualize, integrate and share information. Key feature highlights of PersonalBrain include:
• Revolutionary Visual Interface and Associative Linking System enables users to link all digital content into a dynamic visual interface that reflects their thinking and increases productivity.
• Smart User Interface lets users drag-and-drop, and copy-and-paste to quickly create an interactive map that represents content on the Web and stored on the Mac. PersonalBrain works with the Finder as well as popular Mac OS X browsers like Safari, Firefox, and Camino.
• Zoomable Icons and Images enable users to instantly view images. This is great for designers who need to reference images, sales people who want to showcase materials and products, and anyone who has images that need to be viewed easily.
• HTML Export makes sharing Brains with others easy. Brains can be exported as HTML in an outline format or as a SiteBrain, which uses Ajax technology to create stunning animation right inside a Web browser. Publishing a Brain online is a simple matter of uploading a folder to a Web server.
• Personalization features make PersonalBrain on Mac OS X a visual gem. Mac users will love the ability to control the colors and graphics of the entire interface, customizing each piece of information with visual cues such as icons, labels, colors, and links. Themes let users switch the look of their Brains to suit their mood and task instantly.
How PersonalBrain Works
PersonalBrain's ease of use and appeal is based on its ability to help people organize and visualize information associatively. Traditional methods of organizing information focus on separating information into lists and folders. PersonalBrain takes the opposite approach, enabling users to link together files, Web pages and ideas as "Thoughts."
A Thought can represent any type of digital information. Clicking on a Thought triggers all related information; associated documents and ideas are presented with all related information surrounding them, mimicking connections that users might have in their head. This ability to simulate human thinking has made the application the central hub for many of its individual users and also popular with information publishers such as Encyclopedia Britannica and organizations such as the U.S. Department of Defense.
Over 500,000 PC users and thousands of enterprise users worldwide use the powerful interface patented by TheBrain Technologies to structure information in a manner that reflects key business processes, issues and thinking.
New Product Editions, Pricing and Availability
PersonalBrain for Mac OS X is offered in three editions for immediate download: Free, Core, and Pro (the most powerful edition). PersonalBrain Free is offered at no charge. This new edition does not expire and lets anyone link ideas and Web pages on their desktops. Pro and Core editions are priced as follows: PersonalBrain Pro $249.95, upgrade $169.95; PersonalBrain Core $149.95, upgrade $99.95. Users who purchased PersonalBrain 3 on Windows after October 31, 2006 can even get a complimentary upgrade to PersonalBrain Core for Mac OS X.
System requirements:
PersonalBrain 4 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.3+ and runs on both Intel and PowerPC Macs as a universal binary.
Recommended System Specs
Mac OS 10.3+
1 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM, 100 MB available storage
Intel or PowerPC CPU
Windows Vista, XP, 2003, or 2000
1 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM, 100 MB available storage
Java 1.4.1+ (Java 1.6 recommended) for PersonalBrain 4
TheBrain Technologies helps people see, share and find information faster. TheBrain's Enterprise Knowledge Platform, BrainEKP™, combines a natural language search engine with a compelling visual display of topics so users can see and discover critical information relationships and the most relevant content. TheBrain's customers include: Encyclopedia Britannica, Navy Special Warfare, Tyco, Accenture, Park Nicollet, Medtronic and the U.S. Department of Defense. TheBrain's PersonalBrain dynamic mind-mapping software helps users see and organize their information the way they think about it:
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Download PersonalBrain at:
http://www.thebrain.com
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