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DiscBlaze 4.0 : More Disc Image Support, Custom Disc Icons. VCD Support Soon In Free Update [OS 10.2.6 up]
WitiNews 1.0.1 Newsletter Utility [OS X]
Peek-a-Boo Process Monitor Utility
inkBook 1.1.0 Takes Handwritten Notes That You Can Search Later [OS X 10.3 up]
iText 3.1.4/ LightWayText 4.1.4 r2 E/Fr/It for Mac [OS 7.1 up]
Alepin 3.0b9 Notepad/Scrapbook Replacement With Encryption [OS X 10.3 up]
FlightTrack 0.0.13 GPS Track Viewing & Downloading Software [OS 10.2 up]
KeystrokeRecorder 3.2.3 Keylogger Saves To A Text File Or Email [OS X]
KeepAnEye 1.7 Released [OS 10.2 up] [/url]





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DiscBlaze 4.0 : More Disc Image Support, Custom Disc Icons. VCD Support Soon In Free Update [OS 10.2.6 up]

Radical Breeze announced Tuesday the immediate release of DiscBlaze 4, a new version of their CD and DVD burning software. This new version adds several new enhancements including support for additional disc image formats, the ability to set a custom disc icon and an MP3 CD type.

VideoCD support will be released in a free update to 4.0 during the first half of July. (A rather nasty bug in VCD burning crept up during late beta testing and, as several users are waiting until 4.0 is out of beta to deploy DiscBlaze installations, we decided to not delay the final release.)

DiscBlaze is an easy to use application for burning data to CD's and DVD's. Features include: - Burn data CDs and DVDs.
- Burn Audio CDs.
- Burn multiple sessions to the same CD (including mixed Audio/Data CDs). - Discs list system for managing your commonly burned discs.
- Burn an existing .ISO, .TOAST, .CDR or .NRG disc image file.
- Create a new .ISO, .DMG or .CDR disc image file (requires MacOS X 10.3). - Make an .ISO, .DMG or .CDR image of an existing folder or volume (requires MacOS X 10.3).
- Burn discs that can be read on Macs, PCs or both (including true custom hybrids).
- Erase re-writable media (such as CDRW discs) for re-use.
- Easily burn multiple copies of the same disc

Notable new additions in DiscBlaze 4.0:
- Can now burn Nero (.nrg) disc images and create/burn .cdr images.
- Can now set a custom icon for any HFS+ (Mac) disc.
- Disc image creation and burning has been consolidated and made simpler.
- Creating disc images is now faster and provides better status when copying files.
- New MP3 CD disc type added. This format is, essentially, an ISO 9660 formatted CD.
- Can now re-scan for supported burners while DiscBlaze is running (no longer need to quit and re-launch DiscBlaze when a new burner is connected). - Status line at bottom of DiscBlaze window now displays the results of the last burn.

DiscBlaze System Requirements:
- MacOS X 10.2.6 or higher (including 10.3).
- A CD burner (for CD burning capability) or DVD burner (for DVD burning capability) compatible with MacOS X. (If your CD/DVD burner works with iTunes or the Finder it will work with DiscBlaze.)
- Disc Image (ISO & DMG) creation functionality only available under MacOS X 10.3 or later.
- 700 MB of free HD space to burn roughly 80 minutes of Audio to CD.

DiscBlaze 4 is $19 until June 25th, after which the price will increase to $25.

Users who purchased DiscBlaze on or after May 26th will receive a free upgrade to version 4.0 (via email within the next 24 hours) and users who purchased DiscBlaze prior to May 26th can upgrade to version 4.0 for $10.

For more information, visit:
http://www.radicalbreeze.com/blaze/index.html






WitiNews 1.0.1 Newsletter Utility [OS X]

WitiNews is an easy-to-use utility. Featuring a beautiful interface, an integrated message editor that is able to manage pictures, a powerful database for your contacts, and e-mail delivery program, it's all you need to manage customers and send personalized e-mail newsletters, letters, alerts, and more over the Internet.

If you have a business that requires contacting large numbers of clients and customers or other contacts, WitiNews will save you lots of time.

Main features:
- Plain text newsletter editor
- Styled text newsletter editor (that is able to manage pictures)
- HTML newsletter editor
- Template management
- File attachments (pictures or documents)
- Drag and drop of 9 custom tags from a floating palette
- Integrated receipient list database (you can manage groups of targets)
- Import function let you gather a list of recipients from any application
- Customizable fields store the information you want to keep about your customers
- Integrated mailer program sends merged e-mails through your mail server (SMTP)
- Support of smtp authentification (plain, base64 and MD5)
- Advanced database management functions
- Automatically highlighting invalid e-mail addresses
- Automatically highlighting duplicate addresses
- Full support for ISO-8859-1 (including special Mac character additions)
- Full support of Unicode (UTF-7/UTF-8)
- Detailled logs (history of a mailing)
- Contextual help integrated everywhere in the application
- Designed for Mac OS X with a beautiful and easy to use interface

New in this version:
• Fixed some interface problems
• Fixed serial number management

System requirements:
Mac OS X

WitiNews is $19.00 shareware

For more information, visit:
http://www.witimix.com/page1.html






Peek-a-Boo Process Monitor Utility

Peek-a-Boo is a utility to monitor and manipulate all running processes. You can watch how much CPU time each process uses, adjust process' priorities, and monitor process information.

Peek-a-Boo 2.0 is the inaugural OS X version of Peek-a-Boo. While Peek-a-Boo has been around for a long time for OS 9 and below, it has been wholly rewritten for OS X.

A primary design philosophy of Peek-a-Boo, since its 1.0 release in 1993, has been that it should be able to show as many items of process information as possible, and allow the user the freedom to pick which of those items are important to view. That's why you'll never see a version of Peek-a-Boo with a handful of process information items hardcoded to what we think are the most important pieces of process information.

There are three kinds of processes encountered on OS X, and Peek-a-Boo is the only utility able to display information about each kind.

1. OS X Applications are processes which are OS X native and offer a user interface. Basically if a process has an icon and is not a Classic application, it's an OS X Application.
2. Darwin processes are generally lower-level processes, which do not offer an Aqua user interface. These can be seen from command-line tools like ps and top, as well as from Peek-a-Boo.
3. Classic Applications are applications running in the Classic compatability environment.

Virtually any piece of information can be seen in Peek-a-Boo's main window. The View menu contains one submenu with many pieces of information that Peek-a-Boo knows how to extract (the Built-in Items submenu), and another submenu with all the pieces of information extractable by the ps (process status) Darwin/Unix utility.

Many Sources of Process Information

OS X offers several different ways to extract process information, and Peek-a-Boo uses all of them.

• OS X's Unix foundation supplies many pieces of information for each process (except individual Classic applications).
• The ps command-line tool offers several dozen pieces of information for each process (except individual Classic applications).
• The Carbon Process Manager offers information for each running application.
• The Classic Process Manager supplies additional information for each running Classic application.

Peek-a-Boo is the only utility available which can extract information from all these sources and coelesce all the information into one easy-to-understand interface.

Peek-a-Boo is designed for you to try out its entire set of functionality. Before you buy Peek-a-Boo, you will see messages reminding you to buy Peek-a-Boo if you continue using it.

After you've downloaded Peek-a-Boo, tried it out, and you're satisfied that Peek-a-Boo works properly and meets your needs, Peek-a-Boo's price is $20 for a single-user license.

For more information, visit:
http://www.clarkwood.com/peekaboo/







inkBook 1.1.0 Takes Handwritten Notes That You Can Search Later [OS X 10.3 up]

inkBook is a note taking app where you don't type. You write your notes in the inkBook document with your tablet and pen. What you write remains how you wrote it, but using the power of Apple's InkWell handwriting recognition system, the words you write are recognized. This allows you to search for "Bob's" phone number without having to remember what page you wrote it on. Also, you can copy and paste your notes as typed text.

Quickly jot notes during a phone conversation. Then you can copy and paste the notes into the proper apps. For example, copy and paste an appointment into your calendar, and copy and paste that phone number into your address book. You no longer have to retype the information into the proper applications like you would if you took the notes on real paper. Also, there's no trying to type with one hand, constantly disrupting the flow of your phone call as you fumble to open each type of application.

Are you a student? Take class notes in inkBook instead. When you need to look up your notes about a particular subject, use inkBook's "Find" command to search your notes for you. No more manually flipping through endless physical pages. Does your professor give you the notes before class? Print them as a PDF document and then drag and drop that pdf file into a new inkBook document. Each page of the PDF file will be placed on successive inkBook pages. Now you can take notes right on top of the class notes.

At meetings and conferences, taking notes in inkBook gives you the free flow layout freedom of real pen and paper. Don't waste time fighting the rigid layout rules of a word processor. Add a quick sketch wherever you want! Don't waste time constantly switching from your mouse back to the keyboard. With inkBook, you never have to take your hand off your tablet to take notes. Concentrate on the flow information from the speaker and on not on the mechanics of trying to take notes about it.

New in this version:
• Fixed searching of ink when multiple documents are open
• Fixed potential crash when searching ink
• Fixed internal copy -> paste of images
• Can now force Copy as "Text" (Edit Menu)
• Can now force Copy as "Image" (Edit Menu)
• Can now drag -N- drop between inkbook documents
• Can now drag from inkBook to other Applications
• Resets demo period for inkBook 1.0 users.

System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
• Ink-aware input device. (Wacom tablets work best!)

inkBook is $20.00 shareware. There is a 30 day unrestricted trial period. When the trial period ends you must pay for inkBook.

For more information, visit:
http://www.magesw.com/inkbook/






iText 3.1.4/ LightWayText 4.1.4 r2 E/Fr/It for Mac [OS 7.1 up]

iText's Yumiko Itoh writes:

Thank you very much for your supporting of LightWayText & iText! Today, I have a happy information !

I would like to inform you that we have just released iText 3.1.4, and also updated the latest version of LightWayText 4.1.4 r2 E/Fr/It for Mac on June 21st.

iText and LightWayText are an extremely popular Japanese text editor with a lot of nice features and high stability. Here are an English, a French, and an Italian versions for Macs. We have pleasure in releasing iText 314 and LightWayText 414, and hope many of you will try them!! We look forward to working with you !!

iText 313 onwards supports a spell check, and iText 314 fixed some bugs to improve more stability. LightWayText 414 r2 includes a 'Calender2004' in the Key macro sub-menu of the Edit menu, and fixed some bugs to improve more stability. LightWayText 414 onwards started releasing of an Italian version too. (There is also French version.)

iText & LightWayText cover Mac-OS 7.1 onwards, including OS-X.

If you have already registered a previous version of LightWayText or iTextPro, you do NOT need to purchase a new copy or pay an upgrade fee. Your registration code will still work with all languages' new versions.

We have improved the following:

iText Version 3.1.4E 2004.06.21
1. Fixed some bugs in the Wordwrap, so that when Flow Lines is checked, the 'smart quotes' are not separated from the text at a soft line break.
2. Fixed some bugs to improve stability.

LightWayText Version 4.1.4E/Fr/It r2 2004.06.21
1. Starts releasing of an Italian version. (There is also French version.)
2. Included a 'Calender2004' in the Key macro sub-menu of the Edit menu, as the macro sample.
3. Fixed some bugs to improve stability.

The latest information of LightWayText and iText are available online at;

LightWayText
http://members.aol.com/LightWayText/

iText:
http://members.aol.com/iText/

Many people have encouraged us and contributed to the development of LightWayText and iText in variety of ways. I would like to express a word of thanks to everybody, as our gratitude to all supporters! I cordially thank you very much for all your kindness!

I sincerely appreciate that it is nice to know that there are friendly and helpful people all around the world... Without your supporting, our achievement could not be possible!

If you find LightWayText as useful as we think you will, please let your friends know about us !!

Thank you for your time.
Have a lot of lovely early summer days !

Cordially,

Your Japanese friend,
Yumi )

Yumiko Itoh (LightWayText & iText Producer)

PS: We are going to another version of LightWayText very soon. It will cover 'Quartz Antialiasing' features in OSX. We are also beginning to undertake to improve many more features including Footnotes. LightWayText just keeps going!

Alepin 3.0b9 Notepad/Scrapbook Replacement With Encryption [OS X 10.3 up]

Alepin is a clean and simple implementation of a Note pad & Scrapbook for Mac OS X. It offers some nifty features like importing from the Classic Note Pad, Scrapbook (images only), Stickies X or nested folders of text files, RTFD Export, multi-page documents, Auto-open of a specific file, auto-save, QuickFind, sorting and naming using the Categories drawer and rapid navigation through all pages using the slider. It also copies graphics to Carbon apps, which TextEdit cannot do well. Plus, it now supports encryption and has a secure file format.

New in this version:
• New search field in the page drawer.
• Better organization of preferences
• New Registration process
• Import of non-supported files creates links in the drawer
• New faster more reliable file format
• Protection of pages against deletion
• Better detection of URLs
• Faster display of large pages
• Various Bug fixes
• Beginning of icon redesign in toolbar

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3 or higher

Alepin is $10.00 shareware

For more information, visit:
http://macchampion.com/






FlightTrack 0.0.13 GPS Track Viewing & Downloading Software [OS 10.2 up]

FlightTrack is a GPS track viewing and downloading software for Mac. It works exclusively under MacOS X. Its main functions are:

-    Downloading tracks from GPS: Garmin, Magellan, MLR SP 24XC or PalmOS device with special software.
-    Viewing tracks in 3D over a the terrain rendered in 3D.
-    Saving tracks in IGC and GPX format.
-    Opening IGC and GPX files created by other software and viewing them.

New in this version:
• Fixed a bug that made FlightTrack run unbearably slow under MacOS 10.3.4 (latest update from Apple) on some computers (G3 IBook with ATI Rage video card for example).
• Fixed bug that prevented the elevation zoom factor from being changed.

For more information, visit:
• Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

FlightTrack is freeware

For more information, visit:
http://flighttrack.sourceforge.net/






KeystrokeRecorder 3.2.3 Keylogger Saves To A Text File Or Email [OS X]

KeystrokeRecorder X is a carbonized application that either records each keystroke into a file or via email for later retrieval. If you do a lot of typing or if you need to know what another person is typing, KeystrokeRecorder is a "must have program".

There are two major versions of KeystrokeRecorder. KeystrokeRecorder X, the carbonized application that works with Mac OS X. KeystrokeRecorder Classic, the extension that works with Mac OS 7 thru Mac OS 9. When you register, you get both.

Installation is simple since KeystrokeRecorder X is a background application. Just copy KeystrokeRecorder X to your hard drive and double click it. Since it is a background application it might not appear to that it launched. Just press some keys on your keyboard and you'll see the results in the log file or in your email.

The unregistered version is exactly the same as the full version except that it beeps at startup and when it saves the key queue. The key queue is set to 25 for the demo. That means that after every 25 keys typed, your computer will beep.

New in this version:
• Added the option to encrypt the log files saved to the hard drive or sent via email.
• Recently lowered the price to $29

System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.0 or higher

KeystrokeRecorder is $29.00 shareware

For more information, visit:
http://www.campsoftware.com/ksr.htm






KeepAnEye 1.7 Released [OS 10.2 up]

KeepAnEye is a multipurpose monitoring and notification utility which helps you to stay informed efficiently by tracking an unlimited number of data sources. In the one hand, you can watch the data through visual representations which can be freely organized in windows, in the menu bar and in the Dock. In the other hand, it observes the data and warns you when something interesting happens using a powerful notification system. RSS feeds, pictures, stock quotes, eBay auctions, software updates, IP addresses, disk usage... Messages, sounds, e-mails, AppleScripts... Taking advantage of a flexible plug-in architecture, numerous kinds of data sources and actions are supported within a single, homogenous application.

Main features include:
- Multipurpose monitoring.
- Stickies-like, menu bar and Dock visual rendering.
- Notifications upon dedicated events.
- Flexible plug-in architecture.
- Homogenous user interface.

This update aims to improve the overall user experience when using the application and introduces the new "Stock Quotes (Yahoo)" observer plug-in.

- The observers, groups and actions can now be exported into portable document files (for backup or exchange purpose for instance).
- Added full support for copying, pasting and duplicating the observers, groups and actions.
- Added the "Stock Quotes (Yahoo)" observer plug-in which survey stock values from the Yahoo web site.
- Updated the "eBay" and "MacUpdate" observer plug-ins to catch up with the new layout of the web sites.
- The overall state is better preserved when quitting the application.
- Enhanced the support for the contextual help (tool tips).

This release also includes many other smaller improvements and corrections.

System requirements:
KeepAnEye 1.7 requires any computer running Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) or later with Safari installed, and is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).

KeepAnEye 1.7 is a $12 shareware which can be downloaded at:
http://www.inferiis.com/download/KeepAnEye-1.7.dmg.gz

More information is available at:
http://www.inferiis.com/products/keepaneye/



Charles W. Moore

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