View this article at: http://dev.macnn.com/articles/07/01/25/civ.iv.oxygen.wx Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 6:15pm Apps: Civ IV; oXygen XML Ed... Civilization IV 1.61 Rev B ($50) is the latest version of the Firaxis game of global conquest. Among the changes is multiplayer compatibility with PCs, and a host of graphics fixes, including better support for Nvidia GeForce cards. Owners of the Warlords expansion pack can download the complementary 1.0 Rev B patch here. [Download - 14.83MB] oXygen XML Editor 8.1 ($48) features several sub-applications as well, such as the Debugger, Source Editor, and the Tree Viewer/Editor. Version 8.1 adds a NVDL (Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language) editor, as well as an "Input View" mode for XQuery files. Also new is the ability to copy Excel tab data into the Grid Editor. oXygen requires Mac OS X 10.3 and Java 1.4.2. [Download - 34.5MB] Wx 4.1 ($10) presents maps, forecasts, radar images, and other weather data from the National Weather Service and other US sources. The updated program uses a multi-threaded engine for better performance, and displays "feels like" temperatures for each location. Though these improvements require Mac OS X 10.4, users can still download Wx 4.01 if they're using Mac OS X 10.3.9. [Download - 1.2MB] QPict 7.0.1 ($35) is a tool for searching, organizing and processing media files, including sounds, fonts, movies, RAW images and more. The v7.0.1 release supports FLV (Flash video) files, and improves the appearance of icons and the About box. Mac OS X 10.3 is required, but it's recommended that users have 10.3.9. [Download - 9.4MB] Jedit X 1.38 ($28) is a text editor with special Mac OS X functions, such as Automator and Spotlight support. The latest revision boasts a new encoding sniffer for traditional Chinese, and removes a bug that caused the program to fail with Mac OS X 10.3.8. Owners can also save documents in the "UTF-16LE/BE with BOM" format. [Download - 15.8MB] Speed Download 4.1.9 ($25) is a download manager with features such as browser integration, auto-resuming downloads, and its own FTP client. The v4.1.9 client introduces a major overhaul to the file-handling code, producing more accurate download management. Minor tweaks address various user complaints. Mac OS X 10.4.6 is mandatory. [Download - 6.2MB]