Markus Mueller today has announced MindNode Pro 1.0.2, an update to his popular mind mapping application for Mac OS X Leopard. With a focus on ease-of-use, MindNode Pro features a very simple and intuitive interface that lets the user focus on expressing and developing ideas.

MindNode Pro was specifically created with the user in mind so nearly no time is required to learn the interface. By leveraging technologies introduced in Leopard, MindNode Pro’s new features are carefully integrated and only surface when required. Easily print, share and export mind maps as TIFF image, FreeMind, PDF, HTML or OPML documents.

Among MindNode Pro’s most prolific features is that maps are not restricted to the size of a page. Multiple maps can be used on one canvas and the application resizes automatically in the background accordingly.

MindNode Pro offers several ways to create new nodes. Double-click on the canvas to create a new root node. Simply click and drag the node well to create a new child node. This approach makes MindNode very adept at creating visually appealing mind maps. MindNode Pro also includes several built-in keyboard shortcuts to quickly create nodes during brainstorming sessions. Nearly all interactions can be performed very easily with the keyboard.

Feature highlights include:
* Visually Appealing Mind Maps
* Full Keyboard Support
* Clean and easy interface
* No file format lock-in
* Easily reconnect nodes by using drag and drop

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

Pricing and Availability:
MindNode Pro 1.0.2 is priced at 11.95 Euro for a single-user license. A fully functional demo is available. The unregistered version has no time limit and allows the use of every feature of the registered version. The only difference is a 20-node limit and a watermark when printing.

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Based in Vienna, Austria, Markus Mueller is an independent software developer whose passion for OS X is only exceeded by his aim to craft incredibly useful software for the Mac platform. Copyright 2007-2008 Markus Mueller. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Mainz/Germany – Synium Software today released the final version of their screencapturing software Screenium 1.0. This release now brings many improvements over the Public Beta version: the user interface and overall functionality have been greatly enhanced and are highly intuitive. This final version 1.0 of Screenium is a full-bred screencasting application for Mac OS X (“Tiger” and “Leopard”) and has already received a lot of acclaim from users worldwide.

Integration with Apple’s Mac OS X, either 10.4 “Tiger” or 10.5 “Leopard”, is smooth and powerful. Screenium allows to capture live video from your Mac’s screen, combined with true multi-channel audio and now also iSight picture-in-picture. Video tutorials and webcasts are a snap. Sreenium records multiple audio sources and combines voice-over from the built-in or any external microphone with system sounds or application audio.

Screenium offers custom captions (“HotText”) and an animated mouse pointer to help your audience grasp what you are doing on-screen. For the most efficient workflow, Screenium is fully keyboard-controllable. All keyboard shortcuts can be custom-configured: ideal for high volume video production in a time-critical environment. Screenium supports QuickTime’s encoding technology and lets you re-process movies you already have recorded to adapt them to different output formats.

Features in Screenium 1.0:
* Timed, Single Window, Mouse Area and random sizes up to Full Screen
* Capture any resolution your Mac supports, from iPhone size to “Full HD” and bigger
* iSight picture-in-picture recording
* True Multi-Channel Audio, external sources also supported (analog and digital, USB and FireWire)
* Built-in Library to easily manage and post-process your movies
* Highly configurable quality and compression settings to fit Screenium to your individual needs
* Intuitive User Interface, yet completely keyboard-controllable
* Create stunning educational videos or monitor whatever happens on-screen

Supported Languages:
Fully localized in US English and German

Any Mac with the following minimum Hardware Requirements:
* PowerPC G4 CPU at 867 MHz or better
* Or an Intel Core Duo CPU at 1.6 GHz or better
* 512 MByte RAM or more
* Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and above
* Or Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and newer
* To use all Screenium features, an iSight or QuickTime-compatible Webcam is required

Pricing and Availability:
Screenium 1.0 is available now as a full version for an introductory price of $20.00 (USD). A full-featured demo version is available for free and supports recordings of up to 30 seconds. The upgrade to version 1.0 for registered users of prerelease Public Beta versions is free.

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Synium Software GmbH is a software development and consulting company, based in Mainz (Mayence), Germany. Apart from being a successful publisher within the Mac software market, we offer a popular web-based news service at mactechnews.de for the German-speaking audience. All Material and Software (C) 2005-2008 Synium Software GmbH / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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• SousChef Helps You Find, Cook and Dish Out Your Favorite Recipes

Athens, Ohio – Most cooking software stops at organizing recipes. Acacia Tree Software’s just released SousChef helps you cook, start to finish. Find a recipe, cook it, modify it and share it with friends & family – all in one application.

Unlike other cooking software, SousChef accesses an online cloud database made up of all other users’ recipes allowing users to quickly find new and delicious recipes. No more trips to the store to get that one missing ingredient either – SousChef ranks recipe results based on what’s in your pantry, or offers suggestions for substitutes.

Whether you’re throwing dinner together at the last minute, or want to experiment with a favorite family recipe, SousChef handles the details so you can simply cook.

SousChef will even accompany you to the kitchen! Place your computer somewhere safe and still read your recipes from across the room, using SousChef’s ten-foot mode. The ten-foot mode features a high-contrast, full screen display of the information you need to know. While in ten-foot mode, SousChef can also read your recipes to you and may be controlled via voice recognition or an Apple Remote.

SousChef also introduces a sleek import tool that makes importing recipes you find elsewhere online a breeze. Users just copy the text of the recipe and then drag a box over each area of the recipe that SousChef hasn’t automatically identified, selecting the correct labels as you go. Many recipes can be imported in ten clicks or less!

SousChef concentrates on helping you be the Chef that turns out amazing meals instead just organizing your recipes like a typical piece of cooking software. Substitutions can be made on the fly, quantities of ingredients can be changed at your whim or the number of servings modified with a single click. Every part of SousChef has been designed to make your computer help you cook.

Acacia Tree Software has partnered with Golden%Braeburn to integrate their in-application storefront, first introduced in Delicious Library. The storefront allows users to directly purchase SousChef, avoiding a web store, registration emails and manual registration entry in order to let users start using the application immediately.

Try SousChef today and get cooking! SousChef is available to download and is being introduced at just $30 (USD). Customers who are currently using other cooking software can upgrade to SousChef for only $20 (USD). Users can purchase SousChef directly from within the application, once downloaded.

SousChef runs on any computer with Mac OS X 10.4.9 Tiger or higher, and is distributed as a universal binary for maximum compatibility. iChat video sharing features require Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. An internet connection is recommended to experience all of SousChef’s features.

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Acacia Tree Software is a boutique Macintosh development company located in Southeast Ohio. Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and miles away from an interstate, we love creating simple, yet powerful software for Macintosh users everywhere. Acacia Tree Software was founded by Ben Lachman in 2006.

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Charlottesville, Virginia – The Infinite Kind, LLC is proud to announce the release of Moneydance 2008r2, an update to their full-featured personal financial management application for OS X. With its familiar checkbook-register interface, Moneydance includes such features as online banking, online bill payment, investment management, budget tracking, scheduled transactions, check printing, detailed graphs, reports, and much more.

With Moneydance’ intuitive reporting and graphing tools, users can analyze and explore their financial status at any time. It’s easy to set and track budgets, as well as setting reminders for upcoming bills. Moneydance offers extensive multi-currency support, and can also track and calculate VAT and GST for easy tax reporting. Users may automatically download up-to-date exchange rates and choose a different base currency for each account.

Users may track their portfolio and investments, and save time and money with online banking and bill payment. Moneydance can download transactions and send online payments directly through hundreds of financial institutions, offering encryption and password-protection to ensure privacy, while keeping finances organized, safe and up-to-date.

Moneydance 2008r2 includes a large number of bug fixes and improvements:

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* Filter capital gains report by date and fix report totals
* Updated transaction status icons to include an ‘s’ showing whether a transaction is part of a split
* Added overall total to capital gains report
* Added display of cash balance, number of shares and value of shares to investment accounts on home page
* Account balance graph now shows an average of end-of-day balances instead of the average balance after every transactions
* Fixed alignment of popup calendar when displayed in small windows such as reminder notifications
* Added GTE Cybertrust certificate which is used for new American Express OFX server
* Fixed window layout and behavior when adding an extension that does not have a trusted signature

Supported Languages:
* US English, UK English, German, French, Spanish and Norwegian

System Requirements:
* 4.8 MB Hard Drive space
* 128MB RAM or higher
* Moneydance 2008r2 supports Mac, Windows, Linux, Solaris, OS/2, and Unix
* Moneydance data is completely portable between platforms, allowing maximum flexibility

Moneydance uses industry standard technologies such as OFX, QIF, SSL/TLS, Java, and XML to ensure compatibility with other software and services. In addition, Infinite Kind’s open API and Extension Developer Kit allow advanced users to extend the software.

Pricing and Availability:
Moneydance 2008r2 can be purchased for $39.99 USD. Their secure store accepts payment in US Dollars, Euros, or British Pounds. The demo version is fully-functional and allows users to manually enter 100 transactions. Imported transactions are not limited. Customers who have installed the Moneydance Updater extension should automatically be notified of the new version.

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Headquartered in in Charlottesville, Virginia, The Infinite Kind, LLC was founded by President and CEO, Sean Reilly. As a software developer and consultant since 1997, Sean’s experience has been as research scientist for companies in the telecommunications industry, and ultimately led to his creating The Infinite Kind. Copyright 1999 – 2008 The Infinite Kind, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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