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• ($20) updates the system utility for indexing and searching web pages that you've bookmarked or visited recently. Version 1.6 adds support for Firefox, Camino and Mozilla as well as indexing speed improvements of up to 100%. It is localized for English, French, and Danish-speaking Mac OS X users. [1.9MB]


• fennel DVDManager v1.0 (donationware) helps "manage the workflow of DVDs (and not to build an extensive, highly-detailed database of your DVD library.) Simple, yet efficient, really lightweight, speedy, 'free', perfect Aqua Guidelines compliance for a clean+intuitive interface, massive adoption of Mac OS X technologies, localized in 9 languages, etc." [432KB]


• Echelon 1.0 ($20) is a video conversion application to create different types of mpg files ready for DVD/SVCD/VCD/DVD Studio Pro. It offer support for QuickTime, MPEG1, MPEG2, DivX, 3ivX as well as offers live previews while processing, queue list encoding (for batch file processing), and standard conversion from NTSC to PAL and PAL to NTSC. [1.6MB]


• EarthDesk 2.7 ($20) is a free update to the dynamic desktop map application. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop picture with an animated, realtime rendered image of the Earth. It supports eleven different map projections, political and satellite views, and renders accurate sun, moon and city lighting. Version 2.7 includes the option to place the South Pole at the top of the map. [4.1MB]


• IP in menubar v2.1 (free) is a utility to display the current IP in the menubar near the clock. It adds router support using a config file, a command to manually update the IP display, and more. It requires Mac OS X 10.2 and includes the full source-code. [840KB]


• MP3 ID3X 3.01 ($18) help users easily manipulate 'ID3 tag' information in MP3 music files. It supports most major tag formats, tagging by file or group of files and featuring useful batch functions. The update adds Unicode compatibility, user-configurable search strings, additional tag fields, and support for downloading lyrics from the Web. [1.9MB]

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