The Pages Templates 2.0 upgrade collection consists of 20 templates from the earlier version and 20 new ones. It does not mean, for example, that the template includes just one page layout for invitations. You will have many more options for styling your documents. It is also the way out of boring work. Make it easier to enjoy work by using Jumsoft’s Pages Templates 2.0.

Installation of Pages Templates is easy to do. You may double-click on any template and Pages will automatically open the document. You may save the document as a new template or standard Pages document. You may also install Pages Templates so they appear in Pages Templates menu by copying them to Home > Library > Application Support > iWork > Pages > Templates folder.

System Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.4.3 Tiger and later
* Apple Pages 2 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Pages Templates 2.0 may be purchased for $39.00 USD. Customers may upgrade for only $19.00 USD. The 2.0 release is a recommended update for all customers. More information and samples for Pages Templates 2.0 are available at Jumsoft.

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A dedicated group of Apple Macintosh experts launched Jumsoft in 2002 with the goal of creating and marketing exciting, easy-to-use and powerful applications for Mac OS X. Jumsoft most recently focused its attention on maximizing the potential of Apple’s iWork, quickly becoming the leading provider of Keynote themes and objects. Copyright 2002-2008 Jumsoft. All Rights Reserved. Apple, iWork, the Apple logo, and the iWork logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

“The release of this version sets Freeway even further ahead of the field of WYSIWYG web creation tools,” Softpress Managing Director Richard Logan said. “Freeway 5 is already the tool of choice for many visual designers who love the feel of a traditional layout application - easy to use, feature-rich with standards compliant output.”

New Features in Freeway 5.1:
In addition to the features added in Freeway 5 (CSS menus, Google Actions, Blogger templates, script.aculo.us Actions and dozens more), Freeway 5.1 brings the following:

* Support for publishing a feed from a page with the RSS Feed Action.
* Support for SVG as a graphic import format, either for conversion to JPEG, GIF or PNG or as a pass-through to the finished page.
* In-flow block items can now be either CSS or table based items.
* Numerous fixes and enhancements.

Pricing and Availability:
Freeway 5.1 is a free download for all owners of Freeway 5. Updates can be downloaded from their website. Freeway Pro and Freeway Express are both available for purchase and immediate electronic delivery directly from the Softpress Store.

Full versions of Freeway 5 Pro can be purchased for $249 USD, and Freeway 5 Express is $79 USD. Upgrades from Freeway 4 Pro to Freeway 5 Pro are $99 USD, upgrades from Freeway 4 Express to Freeway 5 Express are $49. Owners of Freeway 4 Express can upgrade to Freeway 5 Pro for just $149 USD.

For a limited time, owners of GoLive 8 or later can purchase Freeway Pro at a 30% discount. More pricing details (including student, senior and non-profit discounts) can be found at the Softpress Systems website

About Freeway:
Freeway, famous for its ease-of-use and clean efficient standards-compliant code generation, is the tool of choice for professionals and home Mac users who prefer to focus on design issues, not on coding.

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Softpress was founded in 1993 to address the emerging needs of professional publishers and designers for cross-media authoring tools. Freeway, and its extensive feature set, result from Softpress’ ongoing efforts to identify and meet the real needs of web designers in today’s environment. Softpress creates tools that many people rely on for their day-to-day business, so they listen carefully to their customers. Future upgrades and product offerings will continue to demonstrate Softpress’ commitment to quality, leading-edge innovation and customer service.

After Mr. Scruff loses his job, the Scruffs believe they have no choice but to sell their house and move on. But, Grandpa Scruff reveals that he’s hidden valuable artifacts throughout the Scruff home and if they can locate them all they won’t have to sell their family home! And, in a surprising twist, Grandpa reveals he’s hiding something else too - a shocking family secret! Join the Scruffs on a scavenger hunt that will not only save the day, but will also uncover the secret that will change their lives forever.

Features:
* Thousands of Hidden Items to Find
* 20 Locations to Explore
* Innovative Mini-Games
* Original Story and Characters

Pricing and Availability:
The Scruffs for the Mac is available for $19.95 USD through Macgamestore. A free 60 minute trial Universal Binary demo version of the game is available for download.

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Launched in 2005, Macgamestore.com is the most popular Mac gaming store on the Internet with over 600 Mac games available for purchase. Macgamestore is also the leader in digital download games and the number one web site for casual Macintosh games.

“Merlin 2.6 takes project management to the Internet,” says ProjectWizards’ CEO Frank Blome. “Now, all project managers can take advantage of our easy-to-use professional project management software, regardless of what platform they are using.”

Merlin has been recognized as the premier Macintosh-based project management application. With the introduction of the add-on Web module, users can publish their projects over the Web quickly and easily. These projects can then be viewed by peers, colleagues, clients, and stakeholders on any platform using any common browser, including Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer 7. Or they can be saved as static Web sites, accessible to authorized users.

“When we released Merlin 2.5 in January,” Blome says, “we knew the next step would be to increase global access across platforms. We are very pleased that this release just four months later introduces Merlin to a whole new group of users.”

In addition to the Web interface functionality, Merlin 2.6 Beta 1 includes enhancements to increase stability, ease of use, and overall performance. For more information or to download a free copy of Merlin 2.6 Beta 1, please visit their website.

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ProjectWizards combines its extensive consulting experience and Macintosh development expertise to create Merlin, project management software designed exclusively for the Macintosh operating system. For more information, visit their website.

Comic Life Magiq includes creative features rivaling ‘Pro’ applications, while retaining plasq’s signature ease-of-use. For example, the included Magiq Image Editor is a friendly tool with a powerful core offering features ranging from smart cut-out, warping and smudging, painting, skinning, green-screening and more all wrapped up in an easy and entertaining interface.

“Looking at the incredible creativity that the original Comic Life unleashed we were inspired to try and match our users and develop software that would offer even more expressive possibilities,” said Robert Grant, plasq Co-Founder. “The result is simply amazing. Beautiful templates, incredibly fun tools for wreaking havoc with your images and powerful comic layout features wrapped in an animated user interface - it all adds up to a product that could only be called Magiq.”

The comic page layout engine can handle complex and creatively-curved comic panels, speech balloons and captions. Artistic ‘brushes’ provide hand-drawn feel to lines, and powerful compositing lets the user flexibly combine their images. A high degree of control over individual comic elements enables complex gradients, reflections, brushes, line styles, fill options, shadows and more. The modular interface lets users hide or view these details while navigating through a continuous WSYWIG page layout view.

Also included are a collection of artist-commissioned templates, props, balloon shapes and spraycans to both inspire and get users straight into the fun. Templates cover a wide variety of life’s events and characters including birthdays, pets, outdoor activities etc.

About Comic Life Magiq:
Comic Life Maqig is the premier photo-comic desktop publishing software on the Apple Macintosh platform. Coming from the makers of the original Comic Life it lets you create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums, how-tos … and more. The easy-to-use interface integrates seamlessly with your photo collection. Drag in your pictures, captions, lettering text (’ka-blam!’) and speech balloons and your work of art is complete.

Comic Life Magiq requires Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and above. Comic Life Magiq costs $44.95 USD. Crossgrades from Comic Life Basic, Comic Life Deluxe and Comic Life Apple Bundle are available for $29.95 USD. Volume Education Licensing options are available. Volume Education Crossgrade pricing is also available. 30-day unhindered demo and instant download purchase directly from plasq.

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plasq’s focus on creating intuitive, powerful and fun software for visual communication, perfectly illustrated by their award-winning ‘Comic Life’, kid-friendly ‘Doozla’ and much lauded ‘Skitch’. Known for its worldwide ‘online office’ approach, plasq’s think-tank of developers and user interface designers unites talent from The United States, Australia, Austria, France, Brazil and Norway to make beautifully designed and useful tools. plasq helps people communicate across oceans and generations.

LinkUP Pricing supports multiple currency, language versions of the same document, or even different layers. All that is required by the designer is a QuarkXPress project and a simple data file, export-able from any database. LinkUP Pricing will help create a DataBase Format File (DBF) that it uses to update documents. All pricing and text can be updated throughout the document at the push of a button. And with no cutting or pasting required, LinkUP Pricing can prevent costly manual errors and save hundreds of hours on any project.

MC Research is now offering free, unlimited email support for LinkUP Pricing. This offer is extended to all existing registered LinkUP Pricing users as well as new customers.

Minimum Requirements:
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel or Windows
* QuarkXPress 7.2 or later
* QXP 6 version available
* Data file, .csv or .txt file

Pricing and Availability:
A single user license for LinkUP Pricing is only £199 (plus VAT £233.83). USA, Canada $375.00 USD. LinkUP Pricing is delivered by email after purchase. Multiple user license options are available. A full-featured demo is available. Free technical support is available when purchased direct from MC Research.

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Headquartered in Southfields Laindon, United Kingdom, MC Research Ltd. was founded in 1992. Involved with QuarkXPress since version 3, MC Research’s mission is to develop excellent XTensions for the design and publishing industries. Their software connects databases to QuarkXPress, allowing automated document creation and update. At MC Research, real people answer phones, email and support valued customers. Copyright 1992-2008 MC Research Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Quark, QuarkXPress, the Quark logo, are registered trademarks of Quark Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. MC Research is a member of the QuarkAlliance and a Microsoft Partner.

Knapsack 1.1 allows users to easily sync a trip’s itinerary and checklists with iCal. Users have the flexibility to sync with an existing calendar or allow Knapsack to create a new calendar just for that trip. Once a trip is synchronized, any changes made to activities or checklist items in iCal will be automatically reflected in Knapsack. Users can now make plans while on-the-go with their iPhones and sync the changes back to Knapsack. Users will no longer forget a hotel tip offered by a friend over lunch or a restaurant suggestion read while away from their computer.

Just as someone might stick a pin on a map to mark a spot they’ve visited, users can place pins on the world map in Knapsack to represent locations from their trips. Users can revisit all the places they’ve been simply by clicking on any pin to see a postcard from that location. A single click in the postcard opens a Google map of that place in the world. Reliving trips has never been so fun and organized.

Planning a trip is as easy as drag and drop. With flexible itineraries, users can shuffle activities between days or even rearrange entire days. They can copy and paste important activities and checklists within or even between trips. Knapsack also helps simplify planning by allowing users to duplicate one of their existing trips to use as the starting point for a new one.

When returning from a trip, users can add notes about what they liked or didn’t like and create a memory of their trip. By rating trips from zero to five stars, users can sort their trip library by their favorite trips, keeping their most treasured travel adventures at the top of their list.

Users can stay on top of their trip through all stages of travel planning by using checklists to help remember important items before, during, and after a trip. As a trip is planned, users can keep track of all unfinished business by creating checklists for packing, shopping, or lists of things to do. When it’s time to depart, users can print professional-looking itineraries to take with them or share with anyone around the world via email.

Knapsack is built from the ground up on Apple’s latest technology and will continue to advance with every new version of Mac OS X. Version 1.1 is the first update and includes a host of great features:

* Flexible Itinerary Planner
* World Map with Pins and Postcards
* Two-Way iCal Synchronization and One-Way Export to iCal
* Sharing via Import/Export or PDF
* Professional-Looking Printed Itineraries
* Trip Groups
* Smart Groups
* Sample Trips
* Built-in Help

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard or higher

Pricing and Availability:
Knapsack 1.1 is a free upgrade for existing 1.0 customers. A single-user license is only $39.95 USD, and is available as a 30-day full-featured demo. There is also a five-user Family Pack for $59.95 USD.

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Headquartered in San Diego, California, TinyPlanet Software is a privately funded LLC co-founded in 2006 by Chris Boykin, Ruby Lee, Brad Willoughby, and Merrilee Willoughby. With a passion for the Mac platform, TinyPlanet Software aims to bring simple, friendly, and easy-to-use applications to the ever-growing world of Mac users. Copyright 2006-2008 TinyPlanet Software LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer. Google is a registered trademark of Google Inc.

Indigo now supports the new INSTEON Thermostat Adapter allowing wireless control of several Venstar thermostats. Mac users can now save energy and money by using Indigo’s flexible schedules and automation logic to control their home’s HVAC. Additionally, using Indigo’s built-in Web server, users can now remotely control their home’s thermostat from any Web browser, including Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch Web browsers.

Indigo’s new INSTEON link and scene management editor gives users the power to remotely define links and lighting scenes between almost all INSTEON modules. Creating links or lighting scenes between keypads and multiple modules can now be done quickly and reliably from Indigo. Additionally, with Indigo’s unique persistent link and two-way syncing features, users can automatically copy old link and scene information to a new replacement module with the press of a button.

Indigo can now upload user defined basic logic and schedules to the INSTEON PowerLinc 2414U computer interface, providing a solution for users that cannot leave their Mac running all of the time. The PowerLinc 2414U has a built-in clock and basic logic capabilities, and can even be used to turn lighting on or off at sunset and sunrise transitions that match the user’s geographical location.

“The primary focus of this release was to add the additional home automation hardware support our customers have requested so that Indigo can provide a complete, whole-house automation solution for them,” said Matt Bendiksen, president of Perceptive Automation. “With the additional INSTEON hardware supported, users can now control their home’s HVAC, create complex lighting scenes, control sprinklers, and even use their existing home theatre IR remote controls for home automation.”

Other new functionality introduced in Indigo 3.0 includes SQLite and PostgreSQL integration, a Web server plug-in architecture, improved Web server performance, refinements to the user interface, and support for new INSTEON hardware modules: OutletLinc, KeypadLinc Relay, EZIO6I Input Controller, EZX10RF Wireless Sensor Receiver, EZSwitch30, IRLinc Converter, and other advanced INSTEON modules.

“The remote lighting scene management capability in Indigo 3.0 is an awesome addition,” says Mark Gillham. “It allowed me to quickly setup complex lighting scenes in over 70 modules throughout my house. Without Indigo’s intuitive but powerful scene management editor it would have taken literally days to finish.”

Indigo provides native support for the INSTEON-enabled PowerLinc V2 (2414U) CM-11, LynX-PLC, MR26, and W800RF32. These computer interfaces allow Indigo to remotely communicate with INSTEON and X10 modules throughout the home over existing power lines, giving users remote programmable control over lights, appliances, thermostats, and sprinkler controllers. Additionally, Indigo provides integrated support for the popular Salling Clicker application and the Ovolab Phlink telephony device, allowing remote home control from Bluetooth-enabled devices or any touch-tone telephone.

Pricing and Availability:
Indigo v3.0 is available now for an introductory price of $179.95 through the Perceptive Automation website. All Indigo v2.0 customers are eligible for a free upgrade, and all Indigo v1.x customers are eligible for a $90 credit toward the upgrade purchase of v3.0. Also available online is a 30 day trial copy of Indigo. Indigo runs on Mac OS X 10.4 or greater, and requires a supported INSTEON or X10 computer interface for controlling home lighting and appliance modules. Evaluation copy of software available upon request.

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Perceptive Automation, the leading provider of Mac-based home automation software, provides intuitive home control applications that make controlling the smart home easy. Founded in 2002, Perceptive Automation is a member of the SmartLabs’ INSTEON Alliance program. Perceptive Automation and Indigo are trademarks of Perceptive Automation, LLC. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Key Features
* Pause & resume downloads
* Limit the number of concurrent downloads
* Mark URLs for download without actually starting the download yet
* Shut down computer when all downloads are done
* Keychain support
* Drag & drop support

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard or later
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 2.2 MB Hard Drive space
* Internet connection

Pricing and Availability:
Leech can be downloaded from the Many Tricks website. The shareware fee is 9.95 Euro.

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Many Tricks takes pride in creating critically acclaimed software for Mac OS X, such as Butler, the all-purposes productivity tool that won 5 mice from Macworld’s Mac Gems; Witch, the Expose alternative for those who would rather switch windows via keyboard; Service Scrubber, the services menu editor Apple forgot to ship with Mac OS X; and Name Mangler, the batch file renaming utility that makes renaming hundreds of files based on complex criteria an easy task.

In DrawIt 3.5, the Vector tool has been vastly improved. DrawIt now supports boolean operations like union, subtraction, exclusive or and intersect. Together with another new tool, the ability to turn Text into vector, fantastic results can be easily achieved. When one uses the Text to Vector-tool, one will also appreciate the new commands to split and join sub-paths to put each character in a separate layer.

The new Ghost-preference will speed up vector editing for those without a dedicated graphics card. Besides these major improvements, DrawIt also adds support for cap and join styles and basic arrowheads to the vector tool.

Feature highlights include:
* Powerful Vector Tools
* Vector Boolean Operations
* Text to Vector conversion.
* Non-destructive Editing
* Support for Masks
* Core Image Filters
* Support for Groups
* Bread Crumb Navigation
* Pixel-Precise Positions
* Object Styles
* Supports for several Export formats

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 or higher
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* A CoreImage Supported graphics card
* 12 MB Hard Drive space

Language Support:
English, German, French, and Dutch

Pricing and Availability:
DrawIt 3.5 is available as a full-featured demo. A single user license is 29.00 Euros ($45.00 USD). Registered 3.x customers may upgrade for free.

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Based in beautiful Enschede, the Netherlands, Pieter Omvlee took over development of DrawIt from CocoaDig software in 2007. Building from this strong foundation, DrawIt has emerged as a completely new application with many new features. Pieter is the sole developer, and currently seeking his university degree. Copyright 2007-2008 Pieter Omvlee and DrawIt. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.