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• ($60) can create PDF forms and documents from scratch. It offers WSYIWIG editing, the ability to set the tab order for Acrobat Reader, exact positioning (x-y axis or snap to grid), calculating form fields, checkboxes, multiline textfields, pull-down fields, field validations, background images, 128-bit encryption, and more.


• NetMinder Ethernet 5.1 (free update) updates the network analyzer software that captures and decodes packet data. It adds Rendezvous support, fixes printing and dialog boxes for Jaguar compatibility, incorporates new and enhanced decodes (mDNS, ASIP, iChat, etc.), adds significantly faster protocol analysis windows, and includes Bandwidth Hogs and BugBear Packet Inference rules. [1.2MB]


• Sente 1.2 ($80) helps scientists, physicians and others search, and stay current with, the scientific and academic literature. Version 1.2 adds support for more data sources and for the library search protocol known as Z39.50, which enables Sente to search hundreds of on-line library catalogs and other literature databases--in addition to PubMed. [5.8MB]


• Kitchen 1.0 ($15) is a personal recipe organizer, allowing you to keep track of all your recipes as well as automatically generate shopping lists and email recipes to others. [Download - 12.3MB]


• CutX allows children or employees of a company to surf the Web without the risks of being exposed to harmful or pornographic websites. It allows parents or network administrators to manage a keyword list. When a keyword is found in a web page, all pictures are automatically hidden. [Download - 500KB]


• Belle Nuit HTMLBook 1.0 compiles multiple HTMLPages into one printable PDF Document with custom header, footer and table of contents. The developer says: "I like to write program documentation in HTML for its flexibility [...] I needed an automatic solution to give the users a printable PDF file." [Download - 940KB]


• SMARTReporter 1.0 is an application that can warn you of (ATA/IDE) hard-drive failures before they actually happen! It does so by periodically polling the S.M.A.R.T.-status of your hard-drives. S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a technology built into most modern hard-drives that acts as an "early warning system" for pending drive problems. [Download - 114KB]


• AudioFinder ($50) is a sample management system and 'music production hub.' "AudioFinder lets you look at what is already on your computer's hard disks in new ways so that you will find sounds that you never knew you had." [Download - 2.6MB]


• League Trac ($50) is a Filemaker Solution that was developed to help sports leagues track player registration and organize there teams, coaches and sponsors. Some Features include: Registration form, print phonebooks, print rosters and email on player or all at once. [Download - buy]

by MacNN Staff