SideBar Gadget Documentation for Windows Vista Beta 2
Its here! The new documentation for SideBar Gadgets for Windows Vista Beta 2. Linked in the Build section you’ll find the SideBar Gadget Development Overview and the Sidebar Gadget Object Model.
SecuTech releases a Cross-Platform Software Copy Protection Solution for REALbasic
Published in August 8th, 2007
SecuTech releases a Cross-Platform Software Copy Protection Solution for REALbasic
Cross-Platform That Really Works!!
Newsletter March 2007
/24-7PressRelease/ - QUEBEC, CANADA, March 10, 2007 - With the pride of a of cutting-edged driverless software protection solution, SecuTech Solution Inc. and its technical partner Monkeybread Software (Christian Schmitz Software GmbH) announce a UniKey-based cross-platform software copy protection solution for REALbasic. UniKeyMBS class enables REALbasic developers to use a driverless UniKey dongle to protect their software. The UniKey plug-in supports Windows, MacOS X and Linux in a universal format. REALbasic developers need not change any source codes, and can now enjoy the flexibility provided by the UniKey cross-platform software copy protection solution.
UniKey acts as the first driverless software copy protection solution to the REALbasic community. With the UniKey software copy protection system, REALbasic developers may have a new cost effective option for software protection, resolving the headache of dongle drivers.
l UniKey Software Protection System supports Various OS.
Based on the driverless technology, UniKey software protection system brings an easy, powerful and versatile solution to software vendors. UniKey software protection system works in various OS, such as Windows (incl. Vista, both 32 and 64 bit), Linux (2.2 and on), MacOS X and FreeBSD. UniKey also supports a wide range of programming languages, including,VC6.0, VC2005 (both 32bit and 64bit), VB, VFP, PowerBuilder, BCB, VS.Net, C, Delphi, Java, RealBasic, MinGW, AutoCAD, WinDev and Director.
l About Monkeybread Software
Monkeybread Software (Christian Schmitz Software GmbH, MBS in short) is a professional provider of REALbasic plug-ins. It has a high reputation in REALbasic world. The MBS plug-in range comprises a collection of several plug-in parts which extend the REALbasic development environment with over 500 classes and 3 controls featuring over 12000 documented functions. One of these classes is the UniKeyMBS which enables REALbasic developers to use driverless UniKey dongles to protect software.
l About REALbasic and REAL Software
REALbasic is a full-featured software development environment suited to creating all kinds of applications, from utilities to enterprise-class applications. REAL Software provides REALbasic, Cross-Platform That Really Works, for people who want to create and deliver cross-platform software for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. REALbasic is highly compatible with Visual Basic and includes a utility to help migrate Visual Basic applications cross-platform to Macintosh and Linux.
To apply a free SDK, please go to,
http://www.esecutech.com/free-SDK-evaluation.htm
About SecuTech and UniKey
SecuTech Solutions Inc. is a company specializing in software license management business systems focusing on the international market with their class leading UniKey product range. Having an extensive and in-depth range of experience within the Software Management Licensing market,
SecuTech has drawn upon this experience to utilize today’s cutting-edge technologies to introduce a COMPLETE and affordable solution for today’s software vendor markets worldwide.
SecuTech Solution Inc.
http://www.eSecuTech.com
Support@eSecuTech.com
AmperorMusic.com to be showcased at SXSW 2007
Published in August 8th, 2007
/24-7PressRelease/ - HOUSTON, TX, February 22, 2007 - AmperorMusic.com has announced its participation in 2007 SXSW Musical Festival, which is organized by South by Southwest and takes place in Austin, Texas between 14 and 17 March 2007. The company’s booth is located at U10 near the DAY stage at the Austin Convention Center.
During the SXSW, AmperorMusic.com will demonstrate its newly announced effect pedal board power supply system, Voltz, to the music industry. Visitors will witness the crisp sound generated with Voltz powered pedals and the one-flip setup for the guitar pedal board. One only has to connect the pedal board to the electric guitar and amplifier, flip a switch and he is ready to play. Voltz uses a rechargeable battery that can power over 20 pedals requiring different voltages for over 8 hours. The battery will also eliminate spikes, ground loops and 60-cycle hum generated by guitar pedals.
There will be a drawing for a free Voltz standard kit at the end of the SXSW music festival. It is the best chance to own this revolutionary effect pedal board power supply system with zero cost.” said Howard Chang, product manager of the Voltz product line.
About AmperorMusic.com
AmperorMusic.com is an e-commerce website owned by Amperor Inc., which is one of the world’s pre-eminent manufacturers of power related products. AmperorMusic.com’s goal is to provide innovative power related products to the music industry to help musicians and sound engineers to simplify their world and enhance their music.
Contact
Jon Roesch
Amperor Inc.
11320 Neeshaw Dr.
Houston, TX 77065
281-807-3320
jon@amperormusic.com
http://www.amperormusic.com
Minicom Partners with NEC Display Solutions in Multeos Launch
Published in August 8th, 2007
/24-7PressRelease/ - JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, February 23, 2007 - Minicom is proud to announce its partnership with NEC Display Solutions for the launch of the Multeos line of multifunctional LCD screens. Minicom is supporting the launch with their DS Vision 3000 player-to-screen distribution system ensuring that the Multeos screens have the very latest in player-to-screen distribution technology.
Minicom’s DS Vision 3000 is Minicom’s latest CATx-based distribution system delivering dynamic real-time multimedia content up to 300m (1000ft) while maintaining perfect picture quality. According to Ronni Guggenheim, President of Minicom Europe; “NEC Display Solutions is a world leader in the LCD public display market while Minicom is a world leader in the player-to-screen last mile. Together, we can offer a unique quality solution to the booming digital signage market.”
Thorsten Prsybyl, Product Line Manager of Public Displays for NEC Display Solutions says; “Our cooperation with Minicom is a classic win-win. Being able to fully integrate the DS Vision 3000’s receiver unit into all our new LCD public displays provides the best solution for our customers available on the market today.”
Learn more about Minicom’s DS Vision 3000 and other digital signage distribution products: http://www.minicom.com/av_ds3000.htm
Download a free digital signage white paper: http://www.minicom.com/white-papers.htm
Apple’s new metallic keyboards: in wired and Bluetooth flavors
Published in August 8th, 2007
>digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Apple_s_new_metallic_keyboards’; src=”http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js”> The seemed plausible enough, and now has confirmed the hopes / fears of typists the world over: there’s a new desktop keyboard (er, two actually) in town. The new keyboards (one larger wired USB 2.0 edition with two USB 2.0 ports, one smaller Bluetooth 2.0 flavor) are crafted from anodized aluminum, and include dedicated keys for screen dimmer / brighter, expose, media controls, volume controls, and eject for optical drive. Clearly, they’re making an obvious play to capture that good will the has garnered for its interesting spacing and flat keys, but it remains to be seen if such a laptop-ish can keep up with the more tactile big boys on the desktop frontier. But hey, with that much sexy, we’re willing to find out. Click on for a few more glimpses, and just in case you were wondering, it’s $49 for the tethered one, or $79 to go cordless.
Apple refreshes Mac mini, now with Core 2 Duo
Published in August 8th, 2007
>digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Apple_refreshes_Mac_mini’; src=”http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js”> While we certainly had a fairly solid idea that would be unveiling a new breed of and a snazzy new , you can color us to see a Mac mini refresh thrown in for good measure. Available today, the newly revamped minis arrive in two basic configurations, the first of which includes a 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo, 1GB of RAM, and an 80GB hard drive for $599, while $200 more will buy you a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo, the same 1GB of RAM, and a 120GB hard drive. Both units come with Front Row and an Apple Remote, , OS X 10.4, a DVI-to-VGA adapter, and the same cute box we’ve come to know and love. Those looking to CTO can toss in an extra gigabyte of RAM, bump the HDD to 160GB, and throw in one of those oh-so-sexy keyboards while you’re at it. Best of all, they’re slated to ship within 24 hours.
Apple introduces iLife ‘08
Published in August 8th, 2007
iWeb: Getting a somewhat smaller upgrade is Apple’s website builder, which now boasts including built-in support for GoogleMaps and Google’s AdSense, along with something called “live web widgets,” whichll let you copy any “web snippet” and paste it onto your site. You’ll also get some new options for putting together photo pages, some new themes, and support for personal domains.
iDVD: Not a whole lot new here, it seems, but you will get “pro encoding” and some new themes, which promise “really high production values.”
GarageBand: Among the updates to GarageBand this time ’round are multi-take recording, and what Apple’s calling “Magic GarageBand,” which will give you a fairly wide range of genres that “musicians and non-musicians alike” can play around with, including blues, rock, jazz, country, reggae, funk, latin, and others.
Apple debuts iWork ‘08
Published in August 8th, 2007
>digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Debuts_iWork_08′; src=”http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js”> According to good-old Steve Jobs, speaking at Apple’s , the company’s productivity powerhouse iWork ‘08 is on the way, and it will feature a ton of enhancements for Keynote and Pages, plus it introduces a new app to the mix: Numbers. The new component will apparently be giving Excel a run for its money, with a slew of new data-handling functions and spreadsheet-ing capabilities. Jobs calls the new edition — which imports / exports in Excel format — a “spreadsheet for the rest of us,” and touts all sorts of easy to access features like intelligent tables, readable formulas, the use of multiple formats on single page, and the ability to make what Jobsy calls “gorgeous looking spreadsheets very quickly.” Additionally, Keynote and Pages have received some updating, with new text effects and transitions for Apple’s Power Point competitor, as well as “Smart Builds,” new themes, and easier to access animation tools. Pages gets re-upped with a contextual format bar, built-in change tracking, further compatibility with Word, and 140 Apple-designed templates for documents. The whole shebang is available right now from Apple for $79 (or $99 for the family pack).
Apple updates .Mac
Published in August 8th, 2007
>digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Updates_Mac’; src=”http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js”> Apple unveiled an update to its .Mac package of subscription online apps today. Most notably, .Mac now integrates with the , offering synchronization between iPhoto and a web-based online gallery viewable “in any browser you like” (we should certainly hope so!). Oh, and it integrates with the iPhone, too, via a new “Send to Web Gallery” feature on the phone that — you guessed it — will upload pics snapped with the handset straight to your online gallery. The synchronization is two-way, meaning that other folks can upload pics straight to your gallery and they’ll sync with the iPhone as well. Videos don’t get left out of the equation, either; Web Galleries and the iPhone will both support ‘em. Think you’ll need more capacity to handle video, though? No worries — the service now includes 10GB of storage with 100GB of monthly transfer (2.5GB / 25GB for family pack sub-accounts), which’ll be available “within a week” according to Apple, with optional upgrades of 10GB and 20GB on deck. Price stays the same: $99.95 per year.
New IMac Is Apple’s Best Machine, but It Still Sucks for Gaming
Published in August 8th, 2007
Apple’s latest iMac is a real beauty. But for gaming, it’s a beast. The wrong kind of beast.
Few would deny that it’s a great machine, as well-designed and wireless as a desktop PC can reasonably be. To my mind, it’s Cupertino’s most desirable product, by far. I have a 24" pearly white already, and would have already put in for an upgrade were it not for this one thing alone: there is simply no decent video card option. Radeon HD 2600? Talk about the weakest link.
Apple clearly puts thought into its graphics options, having switched from NVidia to longtime rival ATI for the new generation of gear. But of the three general options available — the Radeon 2400, 2600 and 2900 — the maximum available is the Radeon HD 2600 Pro, which is dreadful for gaming. In fact, the linked specs are for the 2600 XL model, but let’s not get into the mindnumbing numbering schemes used to market video cards. Any way we cut it, the chosen beast is little ballsier than the last-gen iMac’s GeForce 7600, on any front other than DirectX 10 compatibility.
If Apple had offered the meatier Radeon HD 2900, would anyone have been interested? It would certainly have made the machine hotter and louder, and maybe a little thicker. The real killer, however, is that it would serve what remains a tiny niche, albeit one that seems ripe for exploitation.
The paltry graphical guns offered with the iMac present a technical problem, then, but also a marketing one. If Apple decided that gaming was right for its iMacs, wouldn’t the decision come amid a whirlwind of Mac Gaming hype? As things are, to have offered the HD 2900 as an upgrade would have been a kind of tacit approval of "Boot Camp For Games," the ugly state of play when it comes to serious gaming on Macs. Put simply, until more games are made for the operating system, Apple isn’t going to outfit its hardware to match.
Of course, for non-gamers, the mid- and low-end Radeon HDs are good enough for most tasks: to be honest, even upgrading that far seems a little pointless. For my iLife, iWork and iWhatevers, that ol’ GeForce does just fine.
