Apps: GraphicConverter, SecuritySpy

GraphicConverter 5.9.5 ($30) adds vnt import support to the graphical conversion utility. The latest revision of GraphicConverter includes a context menu entry to delete the maker of notes, and adds a dcf export to export submenu in the context menu. The update also enables users to import JPEG files from PowerPoint documents. [Download - 17.9MB]

SecuritySpy 1.4 ($50) enhances the multi-camera video surveillance application for Mac owners, offering motion detection to capture footage only when activity as detected. The update adds a new Groups feature to set up custom video windows displaying specified cameras, an option to display cameras in sequence in a group window, and MPEG-4 network video streaming from one copy of SecuritySpy to another. [Download - 2.2MB]

Morse Mania 3.3.0 ($20) improves the morse code tutor for Mac with an improved user interface, as well as several bug fixes. The software is designed to help users learn morse code at speeds ranging from 5-40 words per minute, and is ideal for amateur (ham) radio operators, according to Black Cat Systems. The tutor software plays generated morse code through the computer speakers, drilling users on the various characters while providing for "real life" practice by converting complete text files to morse code. [Download - 404KB]

SOAP Client for Mac OS X (free) is a Cocoa-based developer tool for Mac OS X Tiger allowing users to access and debug WSDL and SOAP-based Web services from the desktop. The latest edition adds a "View WSDL Source" option accessible under the View menu or with a command-option-U keyboard command. The update also opens a small Preferences window with a setting for wrapped vs. non-wrapped text in all raw source text views. [Download - 244KB]

GlowWorm FW 1.5.2 (Lite is free, Statistics is $10, FW is $30) is a network security, intrusion detection and monitoring application for Mac OS X. The latest release enables users to control listener as well as incoming connections, define up to 1,000 rules, and allows users to limit the scope of a rule by specifying various conditions such as up to 10 TCP local or remote endpoints per rule. The update also supports defining rules based on relative network names such as localhost, localnet, and remotenet. [Download - 3MB]