SimCity 4 Rush Hour Intel Update

Aspyr Media has released a free patch for SimCity 4 Rush Hour to add Intel-based Mac support. The patch is not yet an official launch, rather a public beta, asking that you provide feedback of anything that still needs fixing. It is available for download here.

iQuiz Maker for iPod - Free App from Aspyr

Aspyr Media, Inc. has released iQuiz Maker, a new program that allows anyone to create their own custom trivia packs, sync them to their iPod and share them with friends. Users of iQuiz, the fast-paced entertainment trivia game from Apple, can download the free iQuiz Maker from Aspyr at iquizmaker.com

iQuiz Maker works seamlessly so you can write, create, and package your very own quizzes. Download the free application today to begin putting the world to the test. Included with iQuiz Maker, or available as a separate download, is Quiz Installer, which allows for easy loading of quizzes onto an iPod.

Currently iQuiz Maker is only compatible with Mac OS X 10.4. The PC version is scheduled for release in May.

Markzware ships FlightCheck 6 for Mac

Markzware has today started shipping version 6 of its FlightCheck software. The updated preflighting software now offers support for XPress 7, Adobe's CS3 products and Intel Macs.
FlightCheck Designer and FlightCheck Professional v6 for Macintosh are being shipped now for those of you who need to purchase. Upgrades are available free of charge for registered FlightCheck 5.8 users who purchased from 1st February, 2007 onwards. UK upgrade details for pricing have yet to be announced.

Adobe Media Player - iTunes Challenger

Adobe announced the planned launch of Adobe Media Player later this year. This new player offers multi-format playback, along with the ability to deliver paid for content. It will also enable the playback of high quality flash-based content, and certainly sounds (on paper) to be a strong challenger.

Quote: "Adobe Media Player is developed using Apollo, the code name of Adobe’s recently announced application runtime that empowers content publishers and web developers to build and deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) on the desktop using technologies such as Flash, PDF, and HTML. Adobe Media Player is planned to be available as a free beta download from the Adobe Web site later in 2007 with full availability expected by the end of the year, from Adobe and a wide range of media and technology partners."

You can check out the full press release here.

Google Desktop - now for Mac

If you use Google to search for things on the internet (and who doesn't?) then this will be of interest to you. Google Desktop brings searching to your Mac desktop, so you can search for files and applications, and launch them easily, all within this neat little app. It has been available on the PC for quite a while, so it is nice to see it launched for the Mac. The application requires OS 10.4+ and is available for download here.

Sticky Windows - Tabs for your Desktop

I liked this feature in OS9 where I could drag a window to the edge of the screen and it would become a tab. Well, now you can do this in OS X thanks to StickyWindows. You can have multiple windows dragged around every edge of your screen, they can even be set as auto or manual tabs, and they support drag and drop. The application is shareware ($20) and a Universal Binary (in this latest version), you can demo it too before stumping up the very reasonable shareware fee.

Two-Finger-Scrolling for older Macs

iScroll2 is a modified trackpad driver that adds two-finger scrolling capabilities to supported pre-2005 PowerBooks and iBooks on OS X 10.3 and up. Supported models include most aluminum PowerBooks introduced from 2003 to 2004 as well as most G4 iBooks.

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The Missing Sync for Blackberry out of beta

Although I have not been an avid user, I have been an admirer from afar of the quality that The Missing Sync software delivers to Mac users. One thing I have been wanting for a long time is a Blackberry Pearl, but I have resisted due to lack of (decent) Mac support. Well, wait no longer, The Missing Sync for Blackberry version 1 is available today and is now no longer in beta form.

Quoted from the website, some of the features are below, or click here for the full rundown;

Supports the latest BlackBerry devices via USB
Whether you have a BlackBerry 7100 series, a BlackBerry Pearl or the brand new BlackBerry 8800, The Missing Sync for BlackBerry will bring reliable Mac synchronization to your device. See the complete list of supported devices.

Address Book and iCal synchronization
Stay organized by synchronizing your contacts, calendar, tasks and alarms with Address Book and iCal. Address Book groups and iCal calendars sync with categories on the BlackBerry.

Microsoft Entourage 2004 synchronization
Just activate Sync Services syncing in Microsoft Entourage 2004, and The Missing Sync for BlackBerry will be able to synchronize contacts, events, tasks and notes with your BlackBerry handset.

Includes Mark/Space Notebook for free!
Mark/Space Notebook is a Mac OS X application that allows you to create, edit, categorize and search notes on your Mac, and it syncs up with your BlackBerry via The Missing Sync.

iPhoto album syncing*
The Missing Sync for BlackBerry will download selected photo albums directly from iPhoto to the microSD card in your device for mobile viewing. It will even resize photos to fit your device's screen, so they'll display quickly and take up little space on the memory expansion card.

Adobe CS3 Education Pricing

Looks like the education pricing for the Adobe CS3 Suite is pretty good. I could only find US pricing at the moment and it comes in at $599 for the Design Premium Edition. All versions shipping mid-April.

Update: UK pricing is here and is £245 for the Design Premium Edition, this is not an upgrade price though, so I will update here again if I can find out this info.

Amazon US lists Adobe CS3 pricing

Amazon US has announced pre-order pricing of almost the complete Adobe CS3 line-up. Amongst the various versions are Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Web Premium for $1599, Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Master Collection for $2499, Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Production Premium for $1199 and Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Design Premium for $1599. Some of the prices seem crazy, let's hope the upgrade path is a bit easier on the pocket.

Check out the table below for exactly what each bundle offers;