Archive for October, 2007

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IStopmotion Brings Leopard Bonus

boinx.png“New features in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will directly benefit our customers in the immediate future,” says Oliver Breidenbach, CEO of Boinx Software. “iStopMotion 2.1 will be the first of our applications to be optimised to take advantage of Leopard improvements.”

The application is scheduled to ship in late 2007. “Mac OS X Leopard offers over 300 new features and advanced technologies, including Core Animation which helps developers easily create animated user experiences,” said Ron Okamoto, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. “We’re thrilled that developers like Boinx Software embrace Leopard’s technologies and find ways to further improve the user experience for their products.”

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Creative Stationary with Leopard

sta.pngEquinux released Stationery Pack for Mail for Mac OS X Leopard. With Stationery Pack, Mac users will benefit from a set of 111 high quality stationeries that give emails more flair using prebuilt email templates for nearly every occasion:

No matter if you want to invite colleagues, congratulate friends, send holiday greetings to your family, or just express your feelings, Stationery Pack provides templates that customize your email messages in a more personal way.

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iSkin for iPhone

style.pngiSkin, a leading provider of iPod accessories, today introduces the iSkin revo, a stylish, streamline cover for the Apple iPhone. The revo is made from high quality silicone and provides complete protection without affecting the iPhone’s touch screen functions.The iSkin revo features a ViSOR, which is a clear, flexible screen protector that can be easily fitted or removed and shields the large touch-screen from knocks and scratches. Another innovative feature is a privacy film, which, unless it is being viewed head-on, provides a restricted tinted view of information on the screen.

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ITN Free on iTunes

The Press Gazette have reported that ITN’s latest news will soon be available to download onto iPods and other portable video players. ITN has struck a deal with Apple that will make its mobile news and entertainment content available for free via the music and video downloading service.

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Becta Report Microsoft to OFT

windows.pngBecta, the government’s education technology agency, has today made a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for alleged anti-competitive practices by Microsoft in the schools software marketplace and in relation to Microsoft’s approach to document interoperability.

An interim report published by Becta in January 2007 into Microsoft’s Academic Licensing arrangements highlighted a number of fundamental concerns impacting on choice, competition in the marketplace and value for money for schools. A separate report into Vista and Office 2007 highlighted concerns in relation to interoperability.

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Ipod Touch E-Learning

Mobile e-learning promises to get easier as dominKnow Inc. announces the beta version of its iPod touch and iPhone-optimized Touch Learning Center portal for the dominKnow Learning Content Management System (LCMS).

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Future Shorts Halloween

futu.pngBelfast’s Future Shorts is hosting a Halloween special at the Speakeasy Bar in Queen’s Students Union on Wednesday 31st October, screening dark & horror short films from 4-6pm. Entry is free and drinks promos at the bar.

Check out the Future Shorts MySpace site for more information (See below).

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Insanely New !

style.pngOur friends over at Insanely Great Tees have released news of possible upcoming designs to their range. Visitors to their site have the opportunity to vote on which designs make their way to production.

Have you seen the new Apple keyboards? They might be thin, but they still don’t have an any key.

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