Ex-Google exec: Apple tablet has front camera

Ex-Google exec: Apple tablet has front camera: "Former Google China president and now Innovation Works head Kai-fu Lee has stirred attention over Apple's rumored tablet this week with an update to his 163 mini blog claiming knowledge of the device. The executive, who claims an 'informed friend,' says the tablet has the predicted 10-inch screen and resembles a 'large iPhone.' While multi-touch and 3D support are expected, he adds that the tablet has a front camera for video chats, making it a first of the sort for any Apple handheld....

(Via MacNN.)

Ex-Chef von Google China verrät Details zum Apple-Tablet

Ex-Chef von Google China verrät Details zum Apple-Tablet: "Kaifu Lee, der frühere Präsident von Google China, hat in seinem Blog Details zu Apples Tablet-Gerät verraten . Lee hatte zuvor bei Apple gearbeitet und soll immer noch enge Verbindungen zu Apples Hersteller-Partner Foxconn haben. Das Tablet sei mit einem größeren iPhone zu vergleichen - der 10,1-Zoll-Bildschirm stelle eine beeindruckende...

(Via macnews.de Newsticker.)

TV-Browser 2.7.5 - Designed to look like paper-based TV guide. (Free)

TV-Browser 2.7.5 - Designed to look like paper-based TV guide. (Free): "

TV-Browser 2.7.5

TV-Browser ....

...is a digital TV guide

TV-Browser gets the daily TV program from the internet and shows it clearly aranged - like a printed TV guide. An internet connection is only necessary during the data update.

Note:You can not use TV-Browser to watch TV.

... provides more than 500 channels

Your favorite channel is probably already supported.

... is free

We don't have any commercial background. We just like to work at this project - in our spare time.

... contains no advertisement

We really don't want to earn money from the project.

... is open source

TV-Browser contains no evil code like spyware, backdoors or the like.
The source is open. We can't hide anything.

... is platform independent

TV-Browser runs on every system with the Java runtime environment installed.

Get a Sun Java Runtime Environment, if your computer does not support Java yet.

... is customizable

The look and feel of TV-Browser can be changed with the help of skins and icons.

New features can be added to TV-Browser by installing a wide range of plugins.

A detailed list of features can be found in the user manual.

In the manual you can also find the complete history of the project. A list of press quotes can be found there as well.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 2.7.5:

• Add new Main-Mirror-Server
  
• Choose tvbrowser.org if no Mirror is available on the first start of tvbrowser
  
• Calendar Export for Apple iCal stopped working under Snow Leopard
  
• Defect window settings prevent TV-Browser shutdown
  

REQUIREMENTS

Java 1.5 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

TV-Browser.org

DOWNLOADS

14893

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All2MP3 2.076 - Convert APE, MPC, FLAC, WV, AIFF, WAV music files to MP3. (Free)

All2MP3 2.076 - Convert APE, MPC, FLAC, WV, AIFF, WAV music files to MP3. (Free): "

All2MP3 2.076

All2MP3 is a simple drag & drop application that allows you to easily convert every APE, MPC, FLAC, WV, OGG, WMA, AIFF or WAV music file, direct to MP3.

WHAT'S NEW

Version: 2.076

• Fix: Path with Symbols.



• Added: Control of the Write Permissions.



• Added: Control of Blocked folders.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

TresRRR

DOWNLOADS

23840

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

StuffIt Expander 2010 14.0.1 - Expansion and decoding utility. (Free)

StuffIt Expander 2010 14.0.1 - Expansion and decoding utility. (Free): "

StuffIt Expander 2010 14.0.1

StuffIt Expander easily expands and decoded all the files you download from the Web or receive in your email. StuffIt Expander can expand over 30 formats including StuffIt, RAR, 7zip, split and segmented archives.

Are you getting 'Operation Not Permitted' errors when you try to open a Zip archive? Try StuffIt instead. StuffIt can open those password protected Zip archives.

Other Features:

• Automatically expand archives added to your designated 'Watch Folder'


• Automatically scan expanded content with your AV app.


• Automate Expander with AppleScript

The full list of supported files:

ARCHIVES

• StuffIt X archives (.sitx)


• Legacy StuffIt 5 and older StuffIt archives (.sit)


• Legacy StuffIt 5 and older Mac Self-Extracting archives (.sea)


• Zip archives - including encrypted and Zip64 archives (.zip)


• Windows Self-Extracting archives - created with StuffIt for Windows or Windows Zip utilities (.exe)


• RAR archives - including encrypted archives (.rar)


• 7-Zip archives (.7z)


• TAR archives or UNIX Tape Archives (.tar)


• Compressed TAR archives or tarballs




• Gzip Compressed TAR (.tar.gz, .tgz, .taz)


• Bzip Compressed TAR (.tar.bz, .tbz)


• Bzip2 Compressed TAR (.tar.bz2, .tbz2)


• UNIX Compressed TAR (.tar.Z, .tz)


• LZMA Compressed TAR (.tar.lzma, .tlzma)




• Compact Pro archives - including self-extracting archives (.cpt, .sea)


• Windows CAB Files (.cab)


• Lha archives (.lha, .lzh)


• Arj archives (.arj)


• Arc archives (.arc)


• Comic Book Archives




• CBZ (.cbz)


• CBR (.cbr)


• CBT (.cbt)


• CB7 (.cb7)

SEGMENTS

• StuffIt X segments (.part01.sitx, .part02.sitx, etc.)


• StuffIt 5 and older segments (.sit.1, .sit.2, etc.)


• Zip segments (.z01, .z02, etc.)


• RAR segments (.r01, .r02, etc.)


• Split Archives - used by some Zip, Rar and 7-Zip implementations (.001, .002, etc.)

COMPRESSED FILES

• StuffIt SpaceSaver compressed files (n/a)


• gzip compressed files (.gzip, .gz)


• bzip compressed files (.bzip, .bz)


• bzip2 compressed files (.bzip2, .bz2)


• UNIX compressed files (.z, .Z)


• lzma compressed files (.lzma)

ENCODED FILES

• AppleSingle encoded files (n/a)


• Binhex encoded files (.hqx)


• MacBinary encoded files (.bin)


• UUencode encoded files (.uu, .uue)


• Base64/MIME encoded files (.b64, .mme, .mime)


• yEncode encoded files (.yenc, .ync)


• BtoAText encoded files (.b2a, .btoa)

ENCODED ARCHIVES

• Binhex encoded StuffIt X archives (.sitx.hqx)


• Binhex encoded StuffIt archives (.sit.hqx)


• Binhex encoded Self-Extracting archives (.sea.hqx)


• MacBinary encoded StuffIt X archives (.sitx.bin)


• MacBinary Encoded StuffIt archives (.sit.bin)


• MacBinary encoded Self-Extracting archives (.sea.bin)


• UUencode encoded Zip archives (.zip.uu, .zip.uue)

OTHER

PrivateFile encrypted files .pf)

WHAT'S NEW

Version 14.0.1:

• Added French, German and Japanese localizations.


• Fixed a crash that occurred when pasting double-byte characters into the password collection dialog.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

Smith Micro, Inc.

DOWNLOADS

480641

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

27-inch iMac Graphics Firmware Update 1.0 - Fixes graphics issues. (Updater)

27-inch iMac Graphics Firmware Update 1.0 - Fixes graphics issues. (Updater): "

27-inch iMac Graphics Firmware Update 1.0

27-inch iMac Graphics Firmware Update 1.0 updates the graphics firmware on ATI Radeon HD 4670 and 4850 graphics cards to address issues that may cause image corruption or display flickering.

The iMac Graphics Firmware Update will update the graphics firmware on your iMac.

Do not disturb or shut off the power on your iMac during this update. Loss of power could result in your iMac failing to start up.

More info...

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.6.2 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

Apple, Inc.

DOWNLOADS

4993

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Flackernde 27 Zoll-iMac-Bildschirme: Apple veröffentlicht Firmware-Update

Flackernde 27 Zoll-iMac-Bildschirme: Apple veröffentlicht Firmware-Update: "Ein Firmware-Update soll es richten und flackernde Bildschirme ( wir berichteten ) beim 27 Zoll-iMac mit ATI Radeon HD 4670- und 4850-Grafikkarte 'entflackern'. Der Download des Firmware-Updates ist knapp 700 Kilobyte groß, vor der Aktualisierung sollte man alle Programme schließen.

(Via macnews.de Newsticker.)

All2MP3 2.075 - Convert APE, MPC, FLAC, WV, AIFF, WAV music files to MP3. (Free)

All2MP3 2.075 - Convert APE, MPC, FLAC, WV, AIFF, WAV music files to MP3. (Free): "

All2MP3 2.075

All2MP3 is a simple drag & drop application that allows you to easily convert every APE, MPC, FLAC, WV, OGG, WMA, AIFF or WAV music file, direct to MP3.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 2.075:

• Updated: ffmpeg binary.



• Fix: Problems to convert WMA files.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

TresRRR

DOWNLOADS

23037

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Safari AdBlocker 1.6 - 64-bit ad-blocker. (Free)

Safari AdBlocker 1.6 - 64-bit ad-blocker. (Free): "

Safari AdBlocker 1.6

Safari AdBlocker is the only 64-bit ad blocker built for Mac OS X 10.5 or later to integrate directly into Safari, for minimum disruption to your browsing experience.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.6:

• changed default subscription to EasyPrivacy+EasyList


• better subscription filter support


• preliminary beta support for second subscription, add file Subscription2.txt into folder:
  ~/Library/Application Support/Safari AdBlocker/

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

Russell Gray

DOWNLOADS

17242

DOWNLOAD NOW (717 K)

More information

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Perian 1.2 - QT plugin for many media types. (Free)

Perian 1.2 - QT plugin for many media types. (Free): "

Perian 1.2

With Perian, the Swiss Army Knife for QuickTime, any OS X application that uses QuickTime can now use these additional media types:

• 
  AVI, FLV, and MKV file formats
  


• 
  MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivX, H.264, FLV1, FSV1, VP6, H263I, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video, Fraps, Windows Media Audio v1 & v2, Flash ADPCM, Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska), MPEG Layer II Audio
  


• 
  AVI support for: AAC, AC3 Audio, H.264, MPEG4, and VBR MP3
  


• 
  Subtitle support for SSA and SRT
  

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.2:

• Matroska cover art is now imported as iTunes cover art [r1149]
  
• Video tracks now have their colorspace set based on the size of the video [r1170]
  

Mac OS X 10.6/Snow Leopard compatibility fixes:

• QuickTime Player 10 refused to open some files due to missing type identifiers [r1126]
  
• Worked around 96khz HE-AAC audio tracks not playing or playing noise [r1128]
  
• Extended Front Row subtitle hack to cover 10.6 and reduced its ugliness [r1130, r1186]
  
• Worked around re-encoding files with subtitles not working [r1177]
  
• Worked around some MKV embedded fonts being incompatible with 10.6 [r1193]
  
• Fixed RGB HuffYUV video displaying black bars over the video on 10.6 [r1198]
  
• Now compiles under Xcode 3.2
  

Fixes:

• Using a debugger on a process with Perian loaded printed warnings about missing files [r1122]
  
• Fixed decoding of WMA audio tracks [r1131]
  
• Fixed a crash in LoadExternalSubtitlesFromFileDataRef [r1153]
  
• Fixed some VobSub video tracks displaying with wrong colors [r1171]
  
• Better support for tracks with delayed start times [r1181]
  
• Fixed MPEG1/2 in Matroska playing out of order [r1188]
  
• Fixed a crash opening files while they were being downloaded [r1227]
  

SSA:

• Fixed some top-aligned subtitles being too low [r1163]
  
• Vertical text is re-enabled and works somewhat better [r1208]

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

The Perian Team

DOWNLOADS

375894

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

EyeTV 3.3 (5847) - Watch, record, edit, and timeshift TV (update from within the app). (Updater)

EyeTV 3.3 (5847) - Watch, record, edit, and timeshift TV (update from within the app). (Updater): "

EyeTV 3.3 (5847)

EyeTV products lets you watch, record, edit, timeshift and archive TV on your Mac. With solutions for analog and digital television, and video quality options to meet differing customer needs, Elgato has an EyeTV to fit your Mac.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 3.3:

EyeTV Live3G: Free Web App Streams Live TV over 3G on the iPhone

With Elgato's new EyeTV Live3G web app, you can watch live TV and EyeTV recordings anywhere. The web app connects your iPhone to your Mac at home. It uses state-of-the-art HTTP Live Streaming technology to deliver high quality video streams without sacrificing battery life. The Live3G web app is available immediately at live3g.eyetv.com. Log in using the same 'My EyeTV' username and password that you created in the EyeTV application.

For even easier access in the future, add live3g.eyetv.com as a bookmark to your iPhone's home screen. The web app also works in the Safari web browser running on a Mac with Mac OS X 10.6 or later.

What's more, Web apps have access to TV-out on your iPhone. So as an added benefit of Live3G, you can watch live and recorded TV on a television or projector by connecting your iPhone with a compatible cable.

64-bit H.264 Video Decoder

EyeTV 3.3 now runs the H.264 video decoder as a 64-bit process. The H.264 video decoder is by far the most CPU-intensive part of EyeTV, and moving it to 64-bit has improved playback performance on Intel Macs with 64-bit processors by 10-20%.

Drop Field Deinterlacing

There is a new 'Drop Field' deinterlacing option in the Display preferences of EyeTV. This option is recommended for users who want to enjoy HDTV on a slower computer.

Bug Fixes

• Improved general performance and stability.
  
• Improved scrolling in the Overlay menus.
  
• Fixed an issue where multiple tuners could not be accessed in the Overlay menu.
  
• Improved channel name detection and EPG for some Clear QAM cable systems. NOTE: To take advantage of this feature, EyeTV needs to do another Auto-Tune.
  
• Improved Digital Audio sound output for better compatibility with certain brands of home theater receivers.
  
• Improved support for EyeTV when running under Standard Accounts.
  
• Improved EyeTV's automatic update process.
  
• Resolved issues with H.264 broadcasts in Denmark.
  
• Fixed issues with the new Silver Apple Remote under Mac OS 10.6.2.
  
• Improved Support for Rogue Amoeba Airfoil and Apple Airport Express: EyeTV and Airfoil now work together to keep the video picture in sync with the sound at all times.
  
• Editing recordings now works when archive is on volume with FAT 32 file system.
  
• Improved user interface for CAM modules.
  
• Resolved issues reindexing recordings.
  
• Improved support for case sensitive file systems.
  
• Miscellaneous Improvements to XMLTV.
  
• EPG updates when Parental Controls enabled now fail with an explanation in the guide preferences.
  
• Resolved a hang on single processor Macs when doing a digital auto-tune with certain hardware.
  
• Improved CAM support for EyeTV Sat.
  
• Fixed support for newer Cinergy T XXS hardware revisions.
  
• Updated firmware for DTT Deluxe 2009 to improve reliability.
  
• Added PAL 60 Hz support for the 2008 EyeTV DVB-T/C Hybrid.
  
• Fixed support for SECAM D/K in Russia for the 2008 EyeTV DVB-T/C Hybrid.

REQUIREMENTS

• PowerPC G4 (500MHz or faster), PowerPC G5 or Intel Core processor
• Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or later (Mac OS X 10.5 recommended with all software and security updates installed).

PRICE

$39.95

DEVELOPER

Elgato Systems

DOWNLOADS

135483

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

iRed Lite 1.0.1 - Use your Apple Remote for more than just FrontRow. (Free)

iRed Lite 1.0.1 - Use your Apple Remote for more than just FrontRow. (Free): "

iRed Lite 1.0.1

iRed Lite makes the most of your Apple Remote.

You have a beautiful new Mac with a built-in Infrared port and an Apple Remote control? Front Row is not enough for your needs?
Then try out iRed Lite which pushes IR control to its limits!

Remote control any application by remote keystrokes
Call AppleScripts for finer control
Use your Apple Remote for iTunes, then for iPhoto, then ...

iRed Lite can be activated by holding down the Menu button on your Apple Remote.

To switch to another layer, QuickTime e.g., simply hold MENU for a second, then navigate through the sections using the right/left buttons on your Apple Remote, then press MENU once. That simple!

For your convenience iRed Lite may announce the selected section by Mac OS's speech synthesizer.

iRed Lite and Front Row? No problem! You toggle between iRed Lite and Front Row by holding down Menu for a second - at any time.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.0.1:

• Compatible with new Aluminum Apple Remote.
  

REQUIREMENTS

• Mac OS X 10.4 or later


• Mac with IR sensor


• Apple Remote

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

tin:b Software

DOWNLOADS

8228

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Playback 1.2.3 - Share media with PS3, Xbox 360 or other UPnP device. (Shareware)

Playback 1.2.3 - Share media with PS3, Xbox 360 or other UPnP device. (Shareware): "

Playback 1.2.3

Playback allows you to share your media with any Playstation 3, Xbox 360, or other UPnP compatible device. It automatically integrates with iTunes, iPhoto, Aperture, Adobe Lightroom 2, Photobooth, EyeTV, and more. You can share all content from these applications or choose specific playlists and albums.

Playback can also share media stored in folders or even make entire disks available to your Playstation 3 or Xbox 360. By default, Playback will share almost any content on your system. No configuration required! If you prefer to tinker, you'll appreciate Playback's built-in access control list (ACL) and bandwidth throttling. The ACL allows you to control which devices have access to your media. Bandwidth throttling limits the transfer rate from your computer to your UPnP device so others on your network can still surf the web and check their email.

Of course, if speed is your thing, we've got that too. Playback was engineered for extreme speed. Your media is served via lighttpd. This is the same software that powers YouTube, Wikipedia, and many other popular sites.

Other features include Growl notifications, on-screen thumbnails powered by QuickLook, and much more!

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.2.3:

• New: Updated Playback components to use noticeably less Ram and CPU resources for an even smoother experience.

REQUIREMENTS

• Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
  
• Any Playstation 3, Xbox 360, or other UPnP compatible device.
  
• A network connection (Gigabit recommended for HD).

PRICE

$15.00

DEVELOPER

Yazsoft

DOWNLOADS

4926

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ClickToFlash 1.6b6 - WebKit plug-in prevents automatic loading of Adobe Flash content. (Free)

ClickToFlash 1.6b6 - WebKit plug-in prevents automatic loading of Adobe Flash content. (Free): "

ClickToFlash 1.6b6

ClickToFlash is a WebKit plug-in that prevents automatic loading of Adobe Flash content. If you want to see the content, you can opt-in by clicking on it or adding an entire site to the whitelist.

Try control-clicking (or right-clicking) on an unloaded Flash box to access ClickToFlash's contextual menu which allows you to do advanced things like edit its whitelist, specify settings, and load all Flash on the page.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.6b6: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

REQUIREMENTS

• Any WebKit browser (Safari included).
  
• Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
  

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

Simone Manganelli

DOWNLOADS

15872

DOWNLOAD NOW (594 K)

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Fairmount 1.0.6 - Decrypt DVDs for backup and duplication. (Free)

Fairmount 1.0.6 - Decrypt DVDs for backup and duplication. (Free): "

Fairmount 1.0.6

Fairmount is a free open-source companion to the VideoLAN Client to make encrypted DVDs readable by any application.

Fairmount is a free tool which allows on-the-fly decryption of DVD content for convenient access. Fairmount does not perform the actual decryption, it simply forwards the data to VLC Media Player, which is used for the decryption. Hence, VLC Media Player must be installed for Fairmount to work.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.0.6:

• Features better error reporting when no adequate version of VLC Media Player is found.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

Metakine, Inc.

DOWNLOADS

20316

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Transmission 1.80b2 - Popular BitTorrent client. (Free)

Transmission 1.80b2 - Popular BitTorrent client. (Free): "

Transmission 1.80b2

Transmission is a fast, easy, and free multi-platform BitTorrent client.

Transmission sets initial preferences so things 'Just Work', while advanced features like watch directories, bad peer blocking, and the web interface can be configured with just a few clicks. Macworld put it this way: 'It's fast, it's extremely lightweight, and — even though it's available for a variety of platforms — it behaves just as you'd expect a Mac program to.'

Transmission supports full encryption, file selection, a web-based interface, groups, peer exchange, automatic port forwarding, webseeds, watch directories, tracker editing, global and per-torrent speed limits, and more.

Its code is freely available online and is licensed under either the GNU Public License v2 or the MIT License. The development team welcomes anyone who is interested in contributing code, documentation, translations, or other help.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.80b2:

• Fix 1.80 beta 1 tracker connection / announce bug


• Fix 1.80 beta 1 crash 'Assertion failed: (a->byteCount == b->byteCount)'


• Fix 1.80 beta 1 crash when being controlled by transmission-remote-dotnet


• Fix 1.80 beta 1 crash when a malformed magnet link is given to Transmission


• Better prefetching of local data that's being uploaded to peers


• Fix 1.80 beta 1 IPv6 port check issue on Snow Leopard


• Fix 1.80 beta 1 bug when pasting a URL into the torrent window


• Updated Spanish, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese localizations


• Web Client: Fix the turtle drop-down in IE


• Web Client: Add 'Start When Added' checkbox when adding torrents


• Web Client: Add Select All / Deselect All buttons

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

Transmission Project

DOWNLOADS

764025

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Flip4Mac WMV Player 2.3.1.2 - Play Windows Media in QuickTime Player. (Free)

Flip4Mac WMV Player 2.3.1.2 - Play Windows Media in QuickTime Player. (Free): "

Flip4Mac WMV Player 2.3.1.2

Flip4Mac WMV Player... With the Windows Media Components for QuickTime by Flip4Mac, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a web browser.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 2.3.1.2:

• Fixes an audio bug when exporting from Final Cut Pro that was causing it to hang.
  
• Fixes importing MP3 audio and exporting multi-channel audio.
  
• Allows third-party applications to fully import a WMV clip from their application when QTMovieOpenAsyncOKAttribute=NO.
  

REQUIREMENTS

• Mac OS X 10.4 or later.


• QuickTime v 7.0 and later (for Free Player).


• QuickTime Pro v7.0 and later (for exporting movies in Player Pro, Studio, Studio Pro and Studio Pro HD).

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

Telestream

DOWNLOADS

669572

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xVideoServiceThief 2.3.1 - Download video clips from your favorite sites. (Free)

xVideoServiceThief 2.3.1 - Download video clips from your favorite sites. (Free): "

xVideoServiceThief 2.3.1

xVideoServiceThief (a.k.a xVST) is a tool for downloading your favourite video clips from a lot of video websites (currently supports over 58 websites and increasing!).

xVideoServiceThief also provide you the ability to convert each video in most popular formats: AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, WMV, MP4, 3GP, MP3 file formats.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 3.2.1:

Added one new plug-in:

• Game Anyone? (thanks to Max Zorloff)

Changed plug-ins:

• Vimeo


• YouTube


• 5min


• Break


• KeezMovies


• MySpass


• Spike


• Tangle


• MyVideo (added search functions, thanks to Matze Ba)


• ClipFish (added search functions, thanks to Matze Ba)


• T'n A flix


• PornHub


• Caught-on-video


• YouPorn (added search functions, thanks to Matze Ba)

• Revised Hungarian translation

• Fixed bug (Error: Failed downloads were reported as 'Completed' instead of as 'Error')

Plugins SDK:

Added 5 new helper functions:



• String trimString(String str)


• String simplifyString(String str)


• String programVersion()


• String programVersionShort()


• String programVersionNumber()







• Fixed bug (Error: The default value of strLastIndexOf was incorrect)

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

Xesc & Technology

DOWNLOADS

3018

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

RSUploaderX 0.923 - Upload files to Rapidshare. (Free)

RSUploaderX 0.923 - Upload files to Rapidshare. (Free): "

RSUploaderX 0.923

RSUploaderX is a small application for uploading files directly to Rapidshare.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 0.923:

• Fixes the refreshing bug. (Forum req.)
  

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

FBIS

DOWNLOADS

1483

DOWNLOAD NOW (950 K)

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

resonance 1.0 - Ambient sound mixer for concentration and relaxation. (Free)

resonance 1.0 - Ambient sound mixer for concentration and relaxation. (Free): "

resonance 1.0

resonance is an ambient sound mixer and binaural tone generator designed to facilitate concentration, meditation, and relaxation. The program contains over fifty natural sounds and music - each one selected for it's ability to help focus your thoughts inward. You are able to play and mix these sounds together as well as add effects to them such as reverb, pitch-shift, and echo - all in a straightforward, non-technical way. It is also possible to import your own sounds. resonance includes a mathematically-precise binaural tone generator, capable of producing fifteen hundred unique binaural frequencies. It is intuitive and simple to use, even for users who don't understand the science behind it.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

Eternal Eye Software

DOWNLOADS

90

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

MagicPrefs 1.0 - Adds functions and options to the Apple Magic Mouse. (Free)

MagicPrefs 1.0 - Adds functions and options to the Apple Magic Mouse. (Free): "

MagicPrefs 1.0

MagicPrefs is a toolbar application for OS X which aims to improve the functionality and configuration options of the Apple Magic Mouse.

It features the ability to bind a variable number of finger clicks and taps to functions like Middle Click , Hold Down Both Mouse Buttons , Spaces , Expose, Dashboard etc.

Tap Sensitivity implements a advanced algorythm that impacts a number of factors used to determine taps , all controllable by a single slider.

Tracking Speed adds the ability to increase the maximum available speed by a extra 25%.

And to top it all off it features a real-time display of the fingers touching the surface of the mouse that you can enable to test and monitor the way the mouse sees your input.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later; Apple Magic Mouse.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

Vlad Alexa

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namebench 0.9.3 - Find faster DNS servers. (Free)

namebench 0.9.3 - Find faster DNS servers. (Free): "

namebench 0.9.3

namebench DNS service benchmarking tool... Speed up your internet experience by finding the best DNS servers available! namebench can utilize your web browser history, or standardized datasets in order to provide an individualized recommendation.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 0.9.3:

• Fixed data source selection bug in Mac OS X GUI


• Add Min/Max duration columns to HTML output.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

The NameBench Project

DOWNLOADS

1973

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MouseWizard 5.0 - Get more from your Magic Mouse or trackpad. (Shareware)

MouseWizard 5.0 - Get more from your Magic Mouse or trackpad. (Shareware): "

MouseWizard 5.0

MouseWizard... Do you want more from your Magic Mouse? MouseWizard is a simple utility to enhance the use of your Magic Mouse. You can easily customize your Magic Mouse to increase your productivity.

By using MouseWizard, you can give your Magic Mouse three extra buttons, 'pinch', 'bloat' and 'tap to click' trackpad gestures, and special features such as 'coverup' to make your Mac go to sleep.

MagicWizard is the ultimate companion for the Magic Mouse.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 5.0:

• Battery Indicator


• Power PC support


• Improved Leopard support


• Doesn't interfere with Trackpad


• New Keyboard shortcut actions


• Function keys added as actions


• New clock action


• New Tap to Click gesture


• New three finger gesture


• Click checkboxes are saved correctly


• Mouse preview is faster updating


• Spaces works perfectly on all machines


• Expose works again with Leopard


• Dock icon removed


• Speed boosts


• Interface change


• New Icon


• Fixes expose issues


• Crashes have been fixed


• Middle click now functions correctly


• Graphics middle click added for graphics software


• Dashboard close fix


• New zoom and shrink algorithm


• Shrink now functions on Mac Books or iMacs with short keyboard


• Speed boosts due to major code changes


• New actions:
  
  
  
  • Sleep
  
  
  • Sleep Display
  
  
  • Screensaver
  
  
  • Increase volume
  
  
  • Decrease volume
  
  
  • Mute
  
  
  • F8
  
  
  • F9
  
  
  • F10
  
  
  • F11
  
  
  • F12
  
  
  • Custom->Key shortcut
  
  
  
  


• Handlers implemented for mouse connect/disconnect


• MouseWizard will restart when mouse is connected


• MouseWizard can detect when mouse is disconnected


• Middle click restrained to fit the picture
  MouseWizard plugins have been programmed in.


• Plugins add extra actions to the program


• Major code changes that improves the flexibility of the program


• Many bug fixes


• Many more enhancements

REQUIREMENTS

Magic Mouse

PRICE

$2.50

DEVELOPER

Samuco

DOWNLOADS

2987

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X-Plane 9.41 RC-2 - Fly an airplane in this OpenGL-based 3D environment. (Updater)

X-Plane 9.41 RC-2 - Fly an airplane in this OpenGL-based 3D environment. (Updater): "

X-Plane 9.41 RC-2

X-Plane is the world's most comprehensive, powerful flight simulator, and has the most realistic flight model available for personal computers.

Welcome to the world of props, jets, single- and multi-engine airplanes, as well as gliders, helicopters and VTOLs such as the V-22 Osprey and AV8-B Harrier.

X-Plane comes with subsonic and supersonic flight dynamics, sporting aircraft from the Bell 206 Jet-Ranger helicopter and Cessna 172 light plane to the supersonic SR-71 and Space Shuttle. X-Plane comes with about 40 aircraft spanning the aviation industry (and history), and several thousand more are freely downloadable from the internet. (See www.X-Plane.org as a good place to start).

X-Plane scenery is world-wide, with scenery for the entire planet Earth between -60 and +74 degrees lattiude. We also have MARS scenery! (thanks to the Mars Orbiting Laser Altimeter, which mapped that planet's elevation) You can land at any of over 18,000 airports, as well as test your mettle on aircraft carriers, helipads on building tops, frigates that pitch and roll in the waves, and oil rigs.

Weather is variable from clear skies and high visibility to thunderstorms with controllable wind, wind shear, turbulence, and microbursts! Rain, snow and clouds are available for an instrument flying challenge, and thermals are available for the gliders! Real weather conditions can be downloaded from the internet, allowing you to fly in the actual weather that currently exists!

X-Plane also has detailed failure-modeling, with 35 systems that can be failed manually or randomly, when you least expect it! You can fail instruments, engines, flight controls, and landing gear at any moment.

While X-Plane is the world's most COMPREHENSIVE flight sim, your purchase also comes with Plane-Maker (to create your own airplanes) World-Maker (to create your own scenery), and Weather Briefer (to get a weather briefing before the flight if you use real weather conditions downloaded from the net).

X-Plane is also extremely customizable, allowing you to easily create textures, sounds, and instrument panels for your own airplanes that you design or the planes that come with the sim.

X-Plane's accuracy (in flight model), scope (in aircraft and terrain coverage), versatility (in aircraft type and weather conditions), add-on programs (in aircraft and scenery editors), user-customizability, downloadable aircraft, and downloadable scenery makes it the ULTIMATE flight simulation experience for Macintosh.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 9.41 RC-2:

• The current livery is now available in a dataref.
  
• Improved memory use with OBJs.
  
• Rosetta can be overridden via command-line.
  
• Default livery can now be picked again after a custom livery is selected.
  
• Cmd line --no_autovary option can be used to turn off dithering of urban textures.
  
• Multiplayer should not cause any problems with the FMS.
  

REQUIREMENTS

• Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later


• 1GHz G4 or faster


• 32MB video card

PRICE

$59.99

DEVELOPER

Laminar Research

DOWNLOADS

207354

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MediaInfo 0.7.25 - Supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. (Free)

MediaInfo 0.7.25 - Supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. (Free): "

MediaInfo 0.7.25

MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file.
It is free software (free of charge and free access to source code: GPL or LGPL licence).

WHAT'S NEW

Version 0.7.25:

• [Added] MediaInfo (customized) with HTTP input: User Agent setting


• [Added] #2896693, MPEG-TS: skipping some malformed PMT (with elementary_PID=0)


• [Corrected] #2844911, AAC in 3GP: false detection of SBR and PS (again)


• [Corrected] #2894411, MPEG Audio: UserDefined Covers replace other covers types


• [Corrected] MPEG Audio: Some profiles were not displayed


• [Corrected] RealMedia: Some Titles were not displayed


• [Corrected] Matroska: Wrong detection of 6-channel Wavpack (detected as 2-channel)

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

mediainfo.sourceforge.net

DOWNLOADS

863

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)

Tone-Foo 2.0.1 - Create ringtones for your iPhone. (Free)

Tone-Foo 2.0.1 - Create ringtones for your iPhone. (Free): "

Tone-Foo 2.0.1

Tone-Foo...Create iPhone ringtones from the high-quality and ringtone appropriate loops built into Tone-Foo. No more frowns and hateful gazes from your friends and co-workers when your iPhone is ringing off the hook!

Download now and become a Tone-Foo Master!

Features:

• 96 high-quality loops to play with!
  
• Combine loops to make custom ringtones.
  
• Automatically loads ringtones into iTunes.
  

WHAT'S NEW

Version 2.0.1

• fixed issue with Snow Leopard

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6

iTunes 8

iPhone (for syncing ringtones)

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

LemonNut

DOWNLOADS

7460

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Apple's 27-Inch iMac Is Big, Bright, Beautifully Fast

Apple's 27-Inch iMac Is Big, Bright, Beautifully Fast: "With a gigantic 27-inch screen and a screaming-fast Core i7 processor, Apple's biggest iMac is an all-in-one computer to reckon with."

(Via Wired News.)

It's Magic! The First Apple Mouse That Doesn't Suck

It's Magic! The First Apple Mouse That Doesn't Suck: "Apple's mashup of a multitouch trackpad and a wireless mouse makes for a surprisingly usable pointing device."

(Via Wired News.)

HandBrake 0.9.4 - Versatile video encoder; convert any source to MPEG-4 and more. (Free)

HandBrake 0.9.4 - Versatile video encoder; convert any source to MPEG-4 and more. (Free): "

HandBrake 0.9.4

HandBrake is a GPL'd multiplatform, multithreaded video encoding tool.

Supported Sources:

• Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (unencrypted--protection methods including CSS are not supported internally and must be handled externally with third-party software and libraries), and some .VOB and .TS files


• Most any multimedia file it can get libavformat to read and libavcodec to decode.

Outputs:

• File format: MP4 and MKV


• Video: MPEG-4, H.264, or Theora (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer/rate encoding)


• Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 and DTS pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks)

Misc features:

• Chapter selection


• Basic subtitle support (burned into the picture)


• Integrated bitrate calculator


• Picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling


• Grayscale encoding

WHAT'S NEW

Version 0.9.4:

• New build system, allowing 64-bit binaries (around 10% faster)
  
• Soft subtitles and Closed Captions:
   
  • DVD Closed Captions
  • ATSC Closed Captions
  • SRT subtitle import
  • Text soft subtitles in MP4 and MKV output 
  • Bitmap soft subtitles in MKV output

• Better support for DVD inputs:
   
  • Uses libdvdnav
  • DVD angles support
  • Workaround for libdvdread malloc bomb on invalid PGC entry 
  • DVD drive region detection support in Linux 
  • Handles DVD programs with more than 16 streams - No longer tries to detect and discard duplicate titles when scanning 
  • Libdvdnav patched to perform read error recovery 
  • Libdvdread patched to allow raw device access in Windows 
  • Handles poorly mastered DVDs that had the menus ripped out of them
  
  
• Better support for non-DVD inputs:
  
  • Preserves MP4 metadata
  • TrueHD
  • DTS-HD demuxing 
  • 8 bit audio
  • Better handling of transport streams where audio starts first 
  • Better handling of transport streams that have been spliced together, leading to duplicate timestamps 
  • Better VC-1 frame detection
  • Fixes bug that was causing one sec. of audio to be dropped on many ffmpeg files 
  • Looks harder for aspect ratio info from DV sources
  • No longer truncates the last (dummy) chapter
  • Allows specifying field parity for detelecine and decomb
  
  
• Better AV sync
• Support for sources with no audio
• DTS passthrough for MKV
• x264 bumped from r1169 to r1347, which means speed optimizations, new default settings (see r2742 commit comment), the magic of macroblock tree rate control (mbtree), a new CRF curve (meaning you will get different, generally lower bitrates at the same RF, with similar quality metrics), and weighted P-Frames (disabled by default for Baseline encodes and the AppleTV preset).
• Better sample interleaving
• Better, optional deinterlacer for decomb (EEDI2)
• New mode structure for the decomb filter
• Variable verbose logging levels
• Fixed timing for first two frames coming out of filters
• Libtheora bumped to 1.1.0
• Improvements to our theora implementation (2 pass encoding + soft target rate control)
• Caters to Theora's insistence on content having mod16 framing dimensions specified
• Flushes LAME encoder's final packets
• Fixed interjob framerate calculation
• Fixed pthreads regression in cygwin
• Tweaks for packaging tools

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

PRICE

Free

DEVELOPER

Eric Petit

DOWNLOADS

556162

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PopChar X 4.3 - Floating window shows available font characters. (Shareware)

PopChar X 4.3 - Floating window shows available font characters. (Shareware): "

PopChar X 4.3

PopChar is a utility application that lets you insert special characters, accented letters, umlauts, etc. from all installed fonts into your documents. You never need to search for and remember keystrokes any longer. Just pop up the PopChar window, click the desired character, and the character appears in your current document.

If a font contains Unicode characters, you can see all of them, neatly arranged in the standard Unicode categories.

Features

• Simple to use, just click and select,
  
• Inserts accented characters, foreign letters and any other character from all installed fonts,
  
• Automatic Font Detection,
  
• Full Unicode support,
  
• Character Search Function,
  
• Various Insertion Options,
  
• Insertion of HTML Symbols,
  
• Recent Characters View,
  
• Displays the keystrokes needed to create selected characters,
  
• Automatically starts at login.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 4.3:

• PopChar now supports the font collections defined in Font Book and the Mac OS X font panel.
  
  
• It is now possible to restrict the font list to only those fonts that contain the currently marked character.
  
  
• Improved compatibility with Snow Leopard.
  
  
• Support for Unicode 5.2.
  
  
• PopChar now displays standard space characters with a visible representation that indicates the width of the space.
  
  
• New 'Check for Updates' menu item in the PopChar pop-up menu.
  
  
• New technique for easy installation and update.
  
• 
  Improved version checking during beta tests.
  
  
• Clipboard saving and restoration is now done more efficiently.
  
  
• Works around a problem where invalid clipboard contents could lead to a high CPU load when PopChar was not currently used.
  
  
• Restoration of the clipboard can now be temporarily turned off by option-clicking characters.
  
  
• Improved handling of special cases for Java applications.
  
  
• More flexible adaptation to applications with special requirements.
  
  
• Internal unification of various application-specific configurations and font-detection techniques.
  
  
  
• Avoids warning messages about certain deprecated methods under Snow Leopard.
  
  
  
• PopChar now has a support interface that simplifies registration and various support activities.
  
  
• The version check now includes dynamic updates of special cases for certain applications.
  
  
• Default buttons in sheets are now correctly highlighted.
  
  
• Faster font list update when the set of installed fonts changes.
  
  
• PopChar now disables the 'As in Document' setting for Excel to avoid a bug in Excel that terminates editing of spreadsheet cells.
  
  
• Fixes an issue with overlapping items in the French localization.
  
  
• Works around a problem in MS Word that caused the creation of bookmarks for every copied piece of text when PopChar is active.
  
  
• Fixes a visual glitch where the magnifier could become larger than the screen for ASCII characters.
  
  
• Fixes an inconsistency between the status of the font drawer and the Show/Hide Font List menu command.
  
  
• Fixes some known memory leaks.
  
  
• Avoids a console log error message about unsupported style masks on Snow Leopard.
  
  
• Compact storage of application-specific settings.
  

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

PRICE

$38.99

DEVELOPER

Ergonis Software

DOWNLOADS

82993

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)