Mac, iPhone, iPod and iPad product news – April 12, 2010

Macintosh and iPhone/iPod/iPad product updates and announcements for April 12, 2010:

• Macintosh
• iPod

Macintosh

• The Final Cut Pro User Group Network today announced that the Ninth Annual Las Vegas SuperMeet, scheduled to take place on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 in the Amazon Ballroom at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, will be live video streamed over the Internet by Boinx Software and Zaplive.tv. Registration will be required to view the free live video stream which will begin at 6:30PM PST. This SuperMeet is the first to have Adobe, Apple and Avid on one stage together.
• Cocoamug Software has released CosmoPod 4.3.2, an update to their bright application for Mac OS X. CosmoPod is a one-click simple extension to Apple Safari browser that helps you saving and converting internet media content to a Mac/iPhone friendly format. It’s just like an extra Download window for your media. CosmoPod supports most popular web video formats, including FLV, DivX, WMV, MMS and RTSP. This update mainly improves the application reliability and memory usage.
• Intego has announced VirusBarrier Server 3, the latest version of its robust anti-malware and network protection software for Macs running as servers. With the best anti-malware protection available for Mac, and powerful network protection features, VirusBarrier Server 3 now provides comprehensive protection from both malware and network threats. VirusBarrier Server 3 includes a two-way firewall, anti-intrusion, network protection features and more.
• WhoPaste version 4.6 allows Mac users to select some text and then use a control click or hot key to create a Task in iCal, Daylite, or Entourage. WhoPaste opens the Daylite or Entourage Task window allowing users to complete the specification. For iCal, WhoPaste provides a custom heads up display window directly beneath the mouse click. WhoPaste provides a similar mechanism for creating contacts in Apple’s Address Book, Google’s Contacts, Marketcircle’s Daylite, and Microsoft’s Entourage.
• Newegg.com has an exclusive 2-week launch for the Western Digital 600GB Veloci Raptor HDD. With its speed of 10,000 RPM, the Veloci Raptor is the fastest gaming hard drive on the market. The drive uses a SATA-3 interface which makes it’s bandwidth much larger than a traditional hard drive. This brand new HDD also features doubled the capacity over Western Digital’s earlier model.
• Ettore Software Ltd. has started shipping an enhanced version of its long-standing text expander for Mac, TypeIt4Me. Since 1989, TypeIt4Me has allowed users to set up short abbreviations which expand to words, pictures, phrases, paragraphs or indeed entire pages when typed.

iPhone/iPod/iPad

• Bulkypix, in collaboration with freeappaday.com is proud to announce that Babel Rising, the AppStore best-seller, is free today on the AppStore. In Babel Rising, you are God. And from the heights of sky, you see that men are agitating themselves…and building a tower. A tower? To climb up to your heights? How arrogant and impudent they are. Time has come to teach your creatures how small they are and how great you are. You will have to use of all your divine spells to prevent them from building the tower.
• StencilsApp.com has released Stencils App Modeller 1.1 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The application offers a revolutionary new program that allows users to develop app prototypes and mockups, right on their iDevices and without any special skills. Creations can be shared and downloaded by others for testing and feedback, or sent for development. Yes, there’s an App for designing Apps.
• Almog Design has released US Gov.Index 1.0.1 for iPhone and iPod touch users looking for a better way to find government information. The application is an alphabetical directory, providing access to thousands of U.S. government agencies and departments. Features include easy access and direct connection to any website of the user’s choice. US Gov.Index removes the information overload and confusion that’s typically present when trying to locate a specific branch of the government.
• Rega Interactive has released RegaWordJam2 version 2.0 for iPhone and iPod touch users who enjoy wordplay games. The application provides a very interactive way for users to improve their minds while having fun reassembling scrambled words. RegaWordJam2 has an intuitive, easy to use interface and lets players know when they’ve reconstructed a word correctly. The app offers hundred of words in varying degrees of difficulty, so there are plenty to keep users engaged for hours on end.
• Dracoders has released Racing Mania 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch users who are passionate about car racing. The application is new to iTunes but already revving up to be a strong contender for first place in its category. Racing Mania puts users behind the wheel of their own micro machine built for speed. Gameplay is thrilling, using professionally composed background music for an extra adrenalin rush on any of the fifteen track challenges.
• SellYourMac.com has released iFart Video 1.1 for iPhone and iPod touch users. This is the first app that offers video. In an effort to make people laugh using toilet humor, iFart Video captures people’s gassy moments on film, which can then be shared with other users worldwide. Developers are asking users to submit their best fart flicks to be considered for inclusion in future app updates. For additional entertainment, developers have included videos of attractive women passing wind.
• Encouraged by Apple’s choice to feature Today Todo Pro for the last weeks in the App Store and the tremendous user feedback, Spielhaus refined its productivity app further by adding recurring tasks as well as a built-in web server. Today’s main focus is the creation of an uncluttered yet sophisticated task management app that follows the principle of the fewest taps possible when it comes to interface design.
• Portable Arts has announced BloXAttack 1.01 for the iPad. BloxAttack is a head to head challenge that involves players trying to clear out their blocks faster than their opponent can clear his/hers. Blocks are controlled by players selecting new pieces that appear on opponents play field. Since there is no limit to the quantity of blocks that can appear, the fun, pace, and intensity only increases with each new round.
• ProRattaFactor has announced Ace Omicron 1.1, an update to their definitive survival shooter for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Ace Omicron fuses old-school gaming with fresh ideas, awesome 3d graphics and touch-based gameplay. Global leader boards are what the fans have been asking for, so we delivered. Ace Omicron is now OpenFeint enabled. In addition, we also took the opportunity to have some fun in creating a great set of “achievements” that will push players to their limits.
• ABBYY has announced Lite and Free versions of its Business Card Reader application for the Apple iPhone. ABBYY Business Card Reader is a convenient and reliable business tool that transfers contact data from business cards directly to the iPhone address book by using the device’s camera and ABBYY’s text recognition technology. These versions are designed specifically to help iPhone users to try out the key functionality of ABBYY Business Card Reader in the simplest way.
• Element Case has released its latest creation, a luxury stand for iPad dubbed the Joule. The stand, crafted from solid aluminum, has an adjustable tilt angle with three settings and provides one of the most solid bases for an unsheathed iPad in the home, office or at work.
• GameFront has released their newest game, KL Mahjong, to the App Store. Mahjong as a game is known to almost everyone: It is a game that originated from China and involves skill, strategy, and calculation, as well as a certain degree of luck (depending on the variation played, luck can be anything from a minor to a dominant factor in winning). KL Mahjong is based on the Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia rules, and is known to be the fastest variant available; each game should take less than a minute to play!