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MacHeist II Bundle now 14 apps for $49. Time is ticking folks.

MacHeist 20080120 185240 MacHeist II Bundle now 14 apps for $49. Time is ticking folks.When we last left MacHeist… it was inching its way toward an amazing USD$100,000 collected for charity. Well, since then, it has trampled that measly hundred grand, surpassed a quarter million (yes, USD$250,000) and has set its sights in the goal of USD$300,000.

When you purchase a MacHeist bundle for $49, 25% of that purchase price gets slated for donation to one or all of a list of charities. Obviously, the more bundles sold, the more money that gets donated, but that’s not the only benefit.

To “make it worth your while” the Heisters have bumped the app count of the bundle from 10 to 14–IF they reach the goal of raising $300,000 for charity (if they, don’t, you still get 13 apps). Added to the bundle are Tiki Magic Mini Golf, Wingnuts 2 and Speed Download. With these applications added to the previous ten, the combined value of the bundle works out to USD$498.60–that’s more than ten times what you’re paying for it. Once $300,000 has been raised for charity, VectorDesigner will be added to the list to complete the 14 app bundle.

As I post this, there are only 3 days remaining to get in on this deal. Go buy a bundle!!

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Sonnet announces FireWire 800/USB adapter card for PCI Express

fwusbcard 20071002 204820 Sonnet announces FireWire 800/USB adapter card for PCI Express

Sonnet Technologies has announced the immediate availability of Tango Express 800, its latest PCI Express (PCIe) adapter card for Mac Pro, Dual Core Power Mac G5, Xserve , and Windows computers. Tango Express 800 is a combo FireWire 800/USB 2.0 adapter card that adds support for the fastest FireWire and USB multimedia peripherals through its full-bandwidth, powered ports.

Tango Express 800 features three FireWire 800 (1394b) ports and three USB 2.0 ports (2 external plus 1 internal, each), and supports all standard FireWire 800, FireWire 400 (1394a), and USB 2.0/1.1 peripherals. Tango Express 800 delivers the maximum data transfer speeds for the fastest FireWire and USB multimedia devices, satisfying the high-bandwidth demands of video and pro-audio applications. The Sonnet card also provides support for hot-swappable device connection and simultaneous low-, full-, and hi-speed devices. An added benefit for Mac users, Tango Express 800 supports FireWire target disk mode.

Tango Express 800 (part number FW8USB2-E) is available now for the suggested retail price of USD$129.95.

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Quark goes Canadian. Now offers support for the superfluous U.

430941270 01a87f18e7 m Quark goes Canadian. Now offers support for the superfluous U.I’m not a QuarkXPress user anymore, but I am Canadian, so I couldn’t pass up this story:

Quark announced yesterday that it will release a new edition of QuarkXPress 7 for Canadian customers. QuarkXPress 7 Canadian Edition will include English and French manuals, spell check and hyphenation functionality and will start shipping to distribution partners in the second quarter of 2007.

“Quark is responding to the requirements of Canadian customers, as well as the French language requirements of the Quebec government, by providing software that fully supports both French and English-speaking users” said Richard Pasewark, Quark’s senior vice president of Sales (Americas). “Canadian users now have an attractive option to purchase or upgrade to QuarkXPress 7 and benefit from its workflow and collaboration features for the same price as the English version of QuarkXPress. We are pleased to make QuarkXPress 7 easily accessible to French and English-speaking customers.”

QuarkXPress 7 Canadian Edition provides user interfaces in both French and English. Users can switch freely between these languages and use fully localized menus and windows in QuarkXPress. In addition, it supports spell-checking and full text authoring, following specific hyphenation and justification rules for French, U.S. English, and International English.

Customers who purchase the U.S. English version of QuarkXPress 7 between January 1, 2007 and September 30, 2007 can exchange their license to QuarkXPress 7 Canadian Edition at no charge when it becomes available. QuarkXPress 7 Canadian Edition will be available in Q2 2007. Pricing for QuarkXPress 7 Canadian Edition will be USD$749 for a full license or USD$249 when upgrading from a previous version of QuarkXPress.

So, as an English speaking Canadian, this USD$249 upgrade offers me spell check that doesn’t flag superfluous “u”s in words like “favourite,” “labour” and “neighbour” …a problem most Canadians have learned to work around in the years since QuarkXPress debuted back in 1987. Thanks, Quark!!
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