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• fScanX 1.0.4 ($150) adds duplex scanning, direct output to PDF, compression of grayscale and color scans, and improved throughput for monochrome scans at 300dpi and lower. fScanX provides OS X native support for the Fuji fi-4120c sheet-fed document scanner, with throughput of up to 25 ppm (200dpi monochrome) and resolutions up to 600dpi RGB. It includes both end-user software and a command-line utility for use with any development environment.


• MiNews 0.30 (free) updates the RSS newsreader with a streamlined and smooth interface; it sports an integrated web. It now offers an extended description of news items via an extra panel (in addition to the existing short description and full web view). It offers support for RSS 0.9, RSS 1 and RSS 2; Atom is planned to be supported shortly. [725KB]


• EarthBrowser 2.5.3 ($24) offers expanded earthquake coverage showing minor US quakes, new distance measure feature activated by shift clicking on globe, and sunrise/sunset times for every city. The innovative earth simulation combines an easy-to-use navigate 3 dimensional globe with real-time weather conditions and 7 day forecasts for thousands of locations worldwide. [4.4MB]


• Forms To Go 2.6 ($18) is a tool to create HTML form to email scripts in PHP, ASP and Perl. It adds support for multiple file uploads, script execution filtering by HTTP referer and IP address, support for w3 JMail and w3 Upload ASP components, SMTP authentication in ASP scripts, more credit card validation options and more. [3.3MB]


• Stock Investment Guide 1.5.8 ($40) allows stock investment club members to perform NAIC-style securities analysis. The latest version adds the the ability to drag and drop stock data files to open them in the application and also allows users to override the default calculation and store the results in the ssg data file. [Classic, OSX]

by MacNN Staff