ThermographX, MouseWorks

• LAJ Design has released , updating the product line with support for authorize.net, new CSS support, a new recent items menu, and other enhnacements. The line is made up of eOrdering Complete ($65), eOrdering Gold ($75), and eOrdering Professional ($450). All three are cross-platform applications that create eCommerce sites.


• iCal Calling iTunes! 3.5 is a $10 shareware that allows you to use iCal to schedule iTunes playlists. It offers better performance, supports weekly repeating events and quits promptly at shutdown. The free version can schedule the start and stop times of iTunes playlists, set playlists to shuffle before playing, and schedule Internet radio stations. A $10 registration unlocks advanced features. [188KB]


• More iChat Smileys 2.1 installs additional smileys for iChat, smileys from msn, Proteus or original smileys. A few smiley have been added since version 2.1; the update also adds a new German-localized version (in addition to French and English versions). [298KB]


• The $7 shareware ThermographX 1.1 monitors the various temperature sensors inside recent Power Macs (G4 or G5). It records maximum and minimum temperatures, displays temperatures over time, and now offers a new graph of user-submitted temperature results for comparison with your own system. [557KB]


• XBattery 0.7 is a battery monitoring utility for Mac OS X that provides a user-customizable dock icon that shows your current battery level and charging status. It also provides a variety of graphs detailing battery information, and a user-customizable display. The $15 shareware is currently available as a pre-release download. [154KB]


• Objective Development has posted a beta of its popular file/application that provides instant access and filtering of applications, documents, and URLs using the keyboard. LaunchBar 3.3 beta 1 adds phone number support and improved Panther compatibility. Free evaluation, home-user ($20), and business ($40) licenses are available. [249KB]


• Kensington has posted a pre-release of the next version of its MouseWorks 2.4b1 software, offering support for Mac OS X 10.1.5 and later, including Panther (Mac OS X 10.3). The custom driver software offers support for all Kensington products except the Turbo Mouse 1.0-4.0 (the older, 2-button models), the Orbit 3D and Orbit Elite, and its ValuMouse products. [3.0MB]


• Heart Monitor 1.0 is a very simple CPU monitor--running as a menu extra with floating window--that displays a beating heart. The heart beats faster/slower depending on CPU load average. It is freeware for Mac OS X 10.2 or later. [191KB]

by MacNN Staff