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New Bento 3 Personal Database by FileMaker
Brings Innovative New Ways to View, Use and Share Photos, Contacts, Calendars, Files and More
Popular Mac database integrates with iPhoto, provides multi-user sharing, new security options and a limited $20 rebate for existing Bento users
FileMaker, Inc. announced the immediate availability of Bento 3, a breakthrough new version of the popular personal database for the Mac. For the first time ever, Bento 3 integrates with iPhoto from Apple allowing you to store more info about your photos and link them to contacts, projects, events and other information stored in Bento.
“Think of Bento 3 as a powerful, easy way to bring together all of your key Mac information and photos,” said Ryan Rosenberg, vice president, marketing and services, FileMaker, Inc. “With Bento 3, we’re providing new ways for you to view and interact with your information so you can organize contacts, projects, events and even more details of your life.”
Share and share alike securely with up to five users
Bento 3 also delivers new ways to share your information with other Bento users. Just like sharing iTunes and iPhotos over a local area network (LAN) using Apple’s Bonjour technology, you can now share your Bento libraries with up to five users over a wired or wireless local network. You can also encrypt any field and assign passwords to secure your information in Bento 3.
View information in ways never before possible using a database
The new Grid view in Bento 3 delivers an innovative method of displaying thumbnails of photos, text and numeric-based information, while improved File Lists show image thumbnails, instead of just text.
Get started instantly
With Bento 3, you can choose from 35 pre-designed, ready-to use templates thanks to the addition of 10 more templates for popular uses, including wine collecting, job hunting, home searching, vacation planning and more. In addition, the recently launched Bento Template Exchange shows off hundreds of downloadable templates designed by Bento users, so there is never a shortage of new ideas for ways to use Bento 3.
Special limited time offers available
Bento 3 has a suggested list price of $49, but, for a limited time only, FileMaker is offering a $20 rebate to existing users of Bento 1 and Bento 2. Qualified customers who purchase Bento 3 through the FileMaker Store will get an instant rebate and pay just $29 for Bento 3. Qualified customers who purchase Bento 3 at an Apple store or other retailer can request a $20 rebate online.. Customers who have purchased Bento 2 between August 30, 2009 and October 14, 2009 are eligible to receive Bento 3 for free. A 30-day trial version is also available at www.bentotrial.com.
Bento 3 support for Bento for iPhone and iPod touch
Bento 1.0.3 for iPhone and iPod touch resolves compatibility issues related to Bento 3 for Mac and will be available soon. Current users of Bento for iPhone and iPod touch will see a notification on their device when the free update is available for download.
Pricing and system Requirements
Bento 3 is affordably priced at $49 U.S., or $99 U.S. for a family pack of five licenses, and is available on the FileMaker Store. Bento 3 will also be offered at the Apple Online Store and Apple retail stores. It requires Mac OS X v.10.5.7 Leopard and will also run on the recently released OS X v.10.6 Snow Leopard on a Mac computer with an Intel PowerPC G5 or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor. A minimum of 512MB of RAM and 1GB of hard drive space is recommended. A CD drive is required for installation of boxed software.
Two free HyperStudio 5 players for Windows and Internet Explorer
Software MacKiev, an award-winning software developer and publisher, and Roger Wagner, the creator and designer of HyperStudio(R), announced today the debut of HyperStudio 5 for Windows and the release of HyperStudio 5 Players for Windows and Internet Explorer.
The Windows and Mac version of HyperStudio are being presented at the NECC conference in the Software MacKiev Booth # 1412 in several different venues – from informal presentations in “Roger’s Bistro” by Roger Wagner, creator and designer of HyperStudio, to educators and middle school students showing classroom projects in the HyperStudio Theatre.
HyperStudio(R) is media fusion software for making digital creations. From animated art forms and comics, digital storytelling to virtual visits, to podcasting of school projects, HyperStudio has been used worldwide by millions of students, teachers, engineers, musicians, film-makers, and even a few rock bands. The program is accessible for the youngest users but also has the depth and professional quality that more sophisticated users make exemplary use of. In an environment where any element can be created or added within seconds, HyperStudio is the elegantly simple solution that lets users do it all in one well designed program.
The HyperStudio 5 Windows Player allows projects created in HyperStudio 5 for Windows to run on PCs while the Internet Explorer Player allows projects made in HyperStudio 5 to run on Internet Explorer 6 or higher. The release of these two players is now available by download from the Software MacKiev website.
Pricing and Availability
HyperStudio 5 for Windows and Mac OSX is available for purchase from the Software MacKiev Web store starting at $89.95 for a single computer license. Volume license discounts are available. The HyperStudio 5 Players for Windows and Internet Explorer are available immediately free of charge from the Software MacKiev Web site. Go to www.mackiev.com and follow the links to Support. The Windows Player allows users to enjoy HyperStudio 5 Windows projects on Microsoft Windows computers and works with Windows XP SP2 or later, including Windows Vista. The Internet Explorer Player lets you view HyperStudio 5 projects on Internet Explorer 6 or later.
Panda Security launches its Ultra-Light 2010 Consumer Solutions
Panda Antivirus for Netbooks, Panda Antivirus Pro 2010, Panda Internet Security 2010 and Panda Global Protection 2010 will be available for home users and professionals on June 25th
These new solutions are designed to offer maximum protection with minimal impact on PC performance
All products feature an 80 percent performance improvement (consuming just 8 MB of memory) and include innovative cloud technologies based on Collective Intelligence
Panda Security, the Cloud Security Company, launched its new, ultra-light 2010 consumer solutions, which include Panda Antivirus for Netbooks, Panda Antivirus Pro 2010, Panda Internet Security 2010 and Panda Global Protection 2010. All of these products will be available on June 25.
The new consumer products are designed specifically to offer maximum protection with a minimum impact on PC performance. Thanks to Collective Intelligence cloud technologies, first launched by Panda Security two years ago, the new 2010 solutions offer an 80 percent performance improvement with respect to previous versions. Panda’s new retail solutions also deliver 60 percent improved browsing speed and 40 percent improved download speed over previous versions, consuming just 8 MB of memory.
All of Panda Security’s new solutions also incorporate proven USB vaccination technology to prevent virus infections and spreading vectors very commonly used by today’s malware. In addition, Panda’s 2010 solutions incorporate a brand new heuristic engine and generic signatures that, working both locally and with Collective Intelligence scanning-from-the-cloud, provide the highest rate of protection against the newest malware and identity theft trojans.
Panda Antivirus for Netbooks is a brand new, ultra-light consumer solution specifically designed for netbooks, mini laptops and ultra portables, including anti-spyware, anti-phishing, anti-rootkits, firewall and identity protection. The price of a 12-month license is $39.95 for one PC.
Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 offers easy-to-use protection against viruses, spyware and hackers, and also includes a new engine to fight identity theft. Users can chat, share photos and videos, bank and shop online, read their favorite blogs or simply surf the Web, with complete peace of mind thanks to its built-in firewall. This easy-to-use solution is truly install and forget. The price of a 12-month license is $49.95 for up to three PCs and $39.95 for one PC.
Panda Internet Security 2010 is a comprehensive suite for all types of threats including viruses, rootkits, hackers, online fraud, identity theft and all other Internet threats. This solution also offers an online backup system with 2 GB of free space as well as system recovery tools. The anti-spam engine ensures user inboxes remain free from junk mail while the Parental Control feature ensures children can use the Web safely. The price of a 12-month license is $79.95 for up to three PCs and $59.95 for one PC.
Panda Global Protection 2010 is Panda Security’s most complete security solution, protecting users from every type of Internet threat, including viruses, spyware, rootkits, hackers, online fraud and identity theft. In addition to an anti-spam engine and parental control features, users can also back up important files (documents, music, photos, etc.) to a CD/DVD or online (5 GB free space available) and restore them in case of accidental loss or damage. With the integration of Collective Intelligence, memory consumption, browsing and download speed have been improved significantly. The price of a 12-month license is $89.95 for up to three PCs and $69.95 for one PC.
The new products will be available online on at www.pandasecurity.com.
Babylon 8 leading the world of languages
Babylon 8 Reaches a Users Download Record of Over one Million in Just Two Weeks. After Two Weeks From Babylon 8 Successful Launch, Over 1M (1,133,406) Users Have Downloaded and Tried the New Version
Babylon LTD., the leading provider of single-click translation and dictionary software, is overwhelmed with the success of the new version of its software Babylon 8. After only two weeks from its launch, over one million users (1,133,406 to be exact), who come from some 190 different countries, have downloaded the new version.
Babylon 8 has a fresh and simple new uncluttered look with less buttons, which makes Babylon even more user friendly. Moreover, a contextual awareness Globe was added suggesting the suitable translation service, spell-checker, conversion of units and other assisting tools.
Babylon 8 provides bidirectional single-click translation, in over 75 languages, from some 2,000 information sources.
Babylon 8 enables immediate translation of Web pages from and to any language.
Apart from single words, sentences and whole paragraphs of text, Babylon 8 provides translation of documents (MS Word, PDF, Text, etc.) to and from 32 languages.
Babylon 8 integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Office spellers and enhances the built-in speller by providing correct spelling and short definitions and translation enabling the user to identify and decide what to choose.
This new version enables single-click access to over 6.5 million articles and definitions from Wikipedia, the biggest multilingual free encyclopedia on the Internet, in 20 languages.
Babylon 8 delivers results from the world’s premier publishing houses, such as: Britannica, Oxford, Merriam Webster, Pons, Duden, Larousse, Langenscheidt and many more.
SilverLab – The tool for numerical calculations straight in the browser
db5 Dynamics AB is proud to present SilverLab, the first online tool to be used as a programming language for numerical calculations. SilverLab is a free MatLab®-compatible tool that runs in the browser only.
SilverLab covers all needs of the ordinary user and additional functionality will be added continuously. By offering the application online there are some important advantages over software that needs to be installed on the client computer:
- Many companies have a very strict IT-policy preventing employees from downloading and installing software. SilverLab runs in the browser which means no potential security risk for companies and other users.
- Users automatically get access to the latest version of SilverLab without the need of any installation since the application only needs to be updated on the server.
Key features include:
- Matrix functions and matrix analysis
- Logarithmic and exponential functions
- Trigonometric functions
- Plotting
Another important difference with GPL-variants such as Octave is that SilverLab offers all support collected in one place which especially companies prefer.
To try SilverLab, please visit:www.db5dynamics.com/silverlab/
Enjoy Powerful Partition Software With Free Lifetime Upgrades
EASEUS recently announced a new service added to their award-winning partition software – EASEUS Partition Master. Computer users can directly purchase EASEUS Partition Master with Free Lifetime Upgrades at an unbelievable price to enjoy the continually upgraded features and preferential service.
“As a company aiming to provide high quality and affordable partition software based on customers’ needs, we have been trying to improve our EASEUS Partition Master. New features and enhanced quality can be found in every upgraded version,” says Mr. Liu, the CEO of EASEUS company. “We have lots of fans who would like to have the latest version of EASEUS Partition Master. In the past, they needed to pay a fee to get it every time we had an upgraded version, which was quite inconvenient. Our new service saves both time and money, especially for new users.”
There are three editions available for EASEUS Partition Master free lifetime upgrade products – Professional, Server and Unlimited. Each specific edition addresses the needs of different computer users. Generally speaking, the following functions are provided: Resize and Move Partition, Copy Partition, Copy Disk, Create, Delete and Format Partition, Convert Partition, Explore Partition, etc. Easy operation and its powerful capacity to protect data make this program highly recommended among computer users.
“Free lifetime upgrades service has been well-received since it came out. Many users email us saying the high cost-performance ratio is amazing,” added Mr. Liu, “Actually, users’ feedback also encourages us to make ceaseless efforts to improve our products to justify their confidence.”
Pricing & Availability
EASEUS Partition Master Professional Edition with Free Lifetime Upgrades: US$ 69.00 only. EASEUS Partition Master Server Edition with Free Lifetime Upgrades: US$ 299.00 only. EASEUS Partition Master Unlimited Edition with Free Lifetime Upgrades: US$ 599.00 only.
Additionally, 20% discounts are offered for academic, non-profit, government users, etc.
For more information about the free lifetime upgrades service of this powerful partition software, please visit http://www.partition-tool.com/upgrade.htm
New Software Release from Net2Printer Gives Terminal Server Users Driver-free Printing
With Net2Printer RDP, businesses of all sizes and scopes benefit from remote printing solutions
Net2Printer, Inc. which specializes in printing software solutions, has just released its newest version of the company’s driver-free printing solution. This latest software, Net2Printer RDP 1.14, is designed specifically for businesses of all sizes and scopes that use a terminal services environment. Net2Printer RDP enables users to print from a terminal server, whether it’s a single server or a server farm. Printing is then possible from any remote location, without the need for drivers to be loaded on the servers. The driver-free solution eliminates the common headaches associated with native printing, making trouble-free printing both easy and possible for all.
“Driver-free printing for terminal server users was really cost efficient for just larger corporations, but Net2Printer RDP pricing structure provides this solution to not only big companies but also to SOHOs and SMBs,” says Chris Upton, Net2Printer’s Vice President of Technology. “Net2Printer RDP provides all the features of similar software on the market, but it’s also tailored to meet the needs of smaller groups of users and is also more affordable. It’s a very versatile, applicable and easily attainable product all around.”
This latest version of the software from Net2Printer adds many features and enhancements, and supports both RDP 5.x and RDP 6.0 protocols, in multiple sessions, and it’s designed to run on both 32-bit and 64-bit hardware. It’s applicable with USB, parallel, network and multifunction devices, including fax software. Once installed, Net2Printer RDP eliminates the need for all the drivers required by various printers. Without all the drivers, businesses can cut down on hardware hassles and the time associated with administration.
“Without Net2Printer RDP, the server administrator must know what kind of printer every user has and load drivers for these printers on the server,” Upton says. “However, not all printers, such as multifunction printers, have drivers for server operating systems, making remote printing impossible without our product. Our software eliminates this need for all these drivers, and the inherent problems that come with them.”
Net2Printer RDP is available in two versions:
Net2Printer RDP Lite – Allows one local printer to be mapped on the server per user, per session.
Net2Printer RDP Full – Maps as many printers as the remote user selects, has bandwidth control, file transfer ability, and an e-mail feature to e-mail the print job as a PDF instead of printing it.
Net2Printer RDP licensing is done on a per-seat or concurrent-user basis. For server farm environments, the software is designed to run up to 31 servers with up to several thousand users. In such cases, licensing is handled on one server, reducing administration time and simplifying an otherwise lengthy process.
For more information on Net2Printer RDP, visit: http://www.net2printer.com/products/n2p_rdp.aspx.
GFI Software Launches FREE Full-Featured Backup and Recovery Software for Home Users
To assist home PC users during these troubled economic times and to help them understand the importance of data backups, GFI Software announced the release of a free version of its newly-developed backup and recovery software called GFI Backup 2009 – Home Edition. Perfect for home users, GFI Backup 2009 allows PC users to safeguard precious memories – pictures, video, Office documents – and any files stored on their computer.
The FREE software can be downloaded from http://www.gfi.com/backup-hm/free-backup-software/ and allows home users to keep regular and updated copies of all important files and safeguard data in case something goes wrong. This is GFI’s first release of a recovery product designed specifically for home users.
“Security threats do not only affect businesses but home users as well. In many cases, loss of data for individuals is heartbreaking because memories, personal documents and important files are lost due to hard disk failure or virus attacks,” said Walter Scott, CEO, GFI Software. “We firmly believe in helping people be better prepared and we are doing this by giving home users a full-featured backup software product for free.”
GFI Backup 2009 is an easy-to-use backup and recovery software solution that allows users to backup all their important files and, when needed, recover data within minutes using the product’s wizard-driven interface. GFI Backup 2009 does not use a proprietary format – all data is saved to common ZIP files making it easy to restore data to a computer that may not have GFI Backup installed on it.
Data can be stored on nearly every storage device available such as internal or external hard disks, local area network (LAN) locations, CD/DVD media, removable media devices (USB sticks, memory sticks, flash memory, floppy disks, etc.) and remote locations using FTP with upload auto-resume. Data can also be protected with military-strength 256-bit AES strong encryption.
GFI Backup 2009 is currently available for home users. The company will release a small business/corporate version later this year.
“At GFI Software, we believe that we should do what we can to help our customers protect their data – whether it be important business information or personal memories. We view ourselves not only as a vendor but also as a partner that understands our customers’ needs and is actively doing something through our “We Care” initiative to help them through these tough economic times,” added Scott.
For more information and to download a FREE copy of GFI Backup 2009 – Home Edition, visit http://www.gfi.com/backup-hm/free-backup-software/.
Panda Security Will Present at Anti-Phishing Working Group Counter Electronic Crime Summit to Help Combat Internet Crime
Luis Corrons, Technical Director of PandaLabs, will present about the exponential growth of malware in recent months and prevention methods
Panda Security, a leading global provider of IT security solutions, announced that Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs, will present at the 3rd Annual Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) Counter-Ecrime Operations Summit (CeCOS III) in Barcelona on May 12-14, 2009. Industry and public agency electronic crime responders, investigators and counter-electronic crime technologists from across the globe will gather in Barcelona next month for this international conference dedicated to uniting the industry and public sector response to the global electronic crime afflictions.
CeCOS III will unite IT operations, security, and law enforcement thought-leaders from Europe, America, Australia, East Asia and South Asia for to voice operational priorities in the global confrontation against phishing and electronic crime. The conference is venue for addressing questions of operational challenges and the development of common resources for first responders, law enforcement officials and forensic professionals that protect consumers and enterprises from electronic crime threats every day.
“The criminal artisans that have organized on the Internet are growing in technical sophistication and command, and in their capacity to cloak themselves from detection,” said Peter Cassidy, APWG secretary general. “At CeCOS III, the APWG will make a very important proposition: to create a unified response to electronic crime as organized as the crimes themselves — a response to electronic crime without frontiers.”
Corrons will present on how numerous new strains of malware are appearing every day and saturating security laboratories. He will go on to describe how new detection technologies such as cloud-based protection can help combat this inundation of malware.
“Every day we are detecting an average of 30,000 new strains of malware, most of which are designed with a financial motive, such as stealing bank passwords or selling fake antivirus software,” said Corrons. “This is all symptomatic of the huge business that now centers around malware. I will be describing this situation and looking at how we can stop it.”
For more detail on the program’s content, visit the CeCOS III agenda: http://www.antiphishing.org/events/2009_opSummit.html
Source: Panda Security
East-Tec Eraser 2009
Keep what you do on your computer to yourself and protect your privacy!
East-Tec Eraser 2009 protects your privacy, identity and confidential information and removes all evidence of your computer and online activity. Eraser exceeds U.S. Department of Defense standards for the permanent erasure of digital information when erasing your Internet history, Web pages, pictures, unwanted cookies, chatroom conversations, confidential documents you want to get rid of or files deleted in the past.
Benefits and Features
Protects Your Privacy and Identity
East-Tec Eraser 2009 completely destroys information stored without your knowledge or approval: Internet history, Web pages and pictures from sites visited on the Internet, unwanted cookies, chatroom conversations, deleted e-mail messages and files, temporary files, the Windows swap file, the Recycle Bin, etc.
Real Deletion
Normal deletion is not secure: when you delete a file, its contents and information about it remain on disk. East-Tec Eraser 2009 makes sure deleted files are really deleted, so that previously deleted files like valuable corporate trade secrets, business plans, personal files, photos or confidential letters will not fall into the wrong hands.
Cleans Your Favorite Browsers
East-Tec Eraser 2009 works with all your favorite browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Navigator, America Online, MSN Explorer, Opera) and securely deletes all your Internet history, visited web pages and images (Temporary Internet Files or cache), address bar locations, unwanted cookies, and more.
Cleans Your Favorite Programs
East-Tec Eraser 2009 cleans Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, AOL Messenger, ICQ, Outlook and Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, Limewire, Morpheus, Kazaa, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, Winamp, Google Toolbar, Microsoft Office, Norton Antivirus, ZoneAlarm, WinZip, WinRar, Download Accelerator, and many more.
Improves System Performance
East-Tec Eraser 2009 speeds up your computer and programs, deletes thousands of unnecessary and temporary files and frees up a lot of valuable disk space.
Permanent Erasing
East-Tec Eraser 2009 meets and exceeds the U.S. Department of Defense standards for the permanent erasure of digital information, Russian and German security standards, and industry standards like the Bruce Schneier Algorithm or the Peter Gutmann Method.
Automatic Protection
You can set East-Tec Eraser 2009 to automatically clean your computer at specified intervals, like when you close your Internet browser, when the computer is not used, at a certain date and time, once a day, or you can set longer cleaning operations to run once a week.
Entire Drive Wiper
East-Tec Eraser 2009 can securely erase entire CD/DVD disks, USB drives or hard disk drives with all files and folders. Use this option if you share, give away or sell disks to other people and you don’t want them to see what data you used to have on those disks.
The Anti-Surprise (Anti-Boss or Panic) Key
Automatically close all open windows and immediately run East-Tec Eraser 2009 with preselected options (e.g. erase your Internet traces in stealth mode) with just a combination of keys. Use it in emergency situations to protect your privacy.
Very Easy to Use
East-Tec Eraser 2009 has an intuitive interface and wizards that guide you through all the necessary steps required to protect yourself. You can also erase files and folders with one click directly from Windows, or drag and drop them in East-Tec Eraser 2009.
Flexible and Personalized Protection
East-Tec Eraser 2009 fully supports your personal privacy needs and allows you to define your own sensitive information, cookies you approve and want to keep, and even your own erase methods.
Advanced Features for Professional Use
East-Tec Eraser 2009 features running in stealth mode completely invisible to the user, preventing specific data from being erased based on filters, granting different permissions to users, password protection, processor usage priority settings, command line parameters to allow advanced automation or running from batch files, etc.
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows 2000
- Windows NT
- Windows Me
- Windows 98
Computer Requirements
- 300 MHz or higher processor
- 128 MB of RAM
- 10 MB of hard disk space