DEFCON, Freeway

• message2net 1.2.3 ($13) interface to store and sort all SMS messages. It supports Apple's Address Book and SIM-cards for easy contact management. Allows you to send, receive, answer, forward and archive SMS-messages on a Mac OS X computer using a connected mobile phone. The new version supports many recent mobile phones, offers interface improvements and the ability to send SMS to standard PSTN phones, if supported by the phone and network provider. [Download - 4MB]


• FlightCheck Pro 6.0.2 6.0.2 ($500) preflighting solution for desktop publishing apps. The new release has a modified QuarkXPress reader which will handle certain files previously listed unrecognized or locked, improved the initial scan time for certain PDF files, and adds a progress bar to the page layout window. Also, colors are now reported as used in Illustrator CS3 files (.ai and .eps files). [Download - 18.8MB]


• LaunchBar 4.3.2 ($20) search and productivity utility. The new release comes with a brand new look, includes new features like Instant Open (hold the last abbreviation key to open an item), Instant Send (for quickly sending selections to LaunchBar and beyond), text items, a convenient Calculator, Fast User Switching, Google Maps integration, improved support for third party apps (Firefox, Camino, iTunes, Cyberduck) and much more. [Download - 1.2MB]


• DEFCON 1.4.3 ($25) online, multiplayer strategy game inspired by the 1983 cult-classic film, WarGames; "evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion surrounding the Cold War era." This release fixes a potential exploit where fleets could be made to sail through land masses if sent to certain hotspots and made improvements which should help with problems creating games on a local network. [Download - 61.3MB]


• Freeway 4.3.3 ($110-290) Web site design tool that generates clean and efficient code. This update includes changes to text imaging, improvements in Photoshop import, and support for Safari 3 Beta. Freeway 4 is now also Leopard-ready. The update is free to all registered users. Freeway's rewritten text imaging takes full advantage of Apple's excellent font scalar and is now consistent with all Apple applications. Softpress has also improved the implementation of bi-directional text, an important part of its ongoing support for generating multi-lingual web sites. [Download - form]

by MacNN Staff