http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/20/onscreen.dna.lite.free/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/ons_071120_osdnalsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OnScreen Science today announced that OnScreen DNA Lite, the entry-level edition of its software for learning the structure and function of DNA, is available for free via download. OnScreen DNA Lite uses a 3D virtual model in a tutorial framework to teach the structural details of DNA, including its double helix geometry and chemical components and bonds. The software also includes animated simula... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/20/onscreen.dna.lite.free/ Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/14/mathematica.6.add.ons/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/wol_071114_maddonssm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Wolfram Research today announced a slew of specialized add-ons for its Mathematica 6 software designed specifically for interactivity as well as graphics and data integration. Mathematica serves as computational software for science and technology that boasts thousands of original algorithms as well as a tightly unified overall design. The company lists numerous applications that are fully compati... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/14/mathematica.6.add.ons/ Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/02/papers.15/ <img align='left' src='http://www4.macnn.com/macnn/nimagesii/mek_070105_papers.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Papers, a program which helps scientists on the Mac to create and organize their Personal Library of Scientific literature, has been updated to version 1.5. The new release brings over 100 new features and bug fixes. A major new addition is support for search engine plugins, it ships with built-in support for Google Scholar, Google Books, Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science. The new release is also ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/02/papers.15/ Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/10/24/sequencher.48.released/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0710/gen_071024_sqsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Gene Codes today released the latest revision of Sequencher, its Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence assembly and analysis software. The update is designed to be easy to use, fast, and powerful enough to handle virtually any DNA sequencing need, according to the company. "Researchers in academic labs and pharmaceutical companies around the world study DNA, which contains the essential genetic ins... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/10/24/sequencher.48.released/ Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/10/12/clc.bio.update.in.works/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0710/clc_071012_clcbiosm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />CLC bio today announced a forthcoming November release of CLC Bioinformatics Database that will enable users of CLC bio's DNA, RNA, and protein sequence analysis software to store and work on sequence data in a secure and shared central relational database. The software aims to raise the bar for what users can expect from a database system, and the development team has focused heavily on eliminati... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/10/12/clc.bio.update.in.works/ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/07/24/workbench.11.released/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/nimagesii/wol_070724_workbench11.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Wolfram Research today released Wolfram Workbench 1.1, the latest revision of its integrated development e4nvironment (IDE) for Methematica technologies. Built on the Eclipse IDE, Workbench 1.1 is designed for all stages of the development process and is fully compatible with Mathematica 6. Key features include support for Mathematica development projects, a specialized Mathematica code editor, sy... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/07/24/workbench.11.released/ Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/07/19/sonny.releases.bookends.10/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/nimagesii/bookends10.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sonny Software has launched Bookends 10, the latest version of its reference, bibliography and general information management program. The software lets users list, tag and search files, organize them into smart groups, and download new ones directly from sources such as Amazon, PubMed and the Library of Congress. Version 10 introduces an improved, customizable interface, including a built-in vi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/07/19/sonny.releases.bookends.10/ Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/06/14/hyperresearch.28.released/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/nimagesii/res_070614_hyperresearch28.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />ResearchWare today released HyperRESEARCH 2.8, a multi-platform software package designed for qualitative analysis research. The latest revision offers enhanced support for Microsoft Windows Vista, runs natively on Intel-based Macs as a Universal Binary, and includes improvements to reporting and printing features alongside broader support for contextual menus. The software is used by researchers ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/06/14/hyperresearch.28.released/ Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/06/11/bioboost.accelerated.hmmer/ <img align='left' src='0' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Progeniq has announced a Universal version of its BioBoost Accelerated HMMer application for Mac OS X, which provides hardware accelerated processing for Hidden Markov models (HMMs) -- generally used for protein and DNA sequence analysis. The new release uses Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology, allowing the processor to 'rewire' itself on the fly according to the application that need... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/06/11/bioboost.accelerated.hmmer/ Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/05/21/calcline.12.released/ <img align='left' src='0' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Tension Software today released Calcline 1.2, an application designed to evaluate mathematical expressions with parentheses, nested functions, and variables. The mathematical tool is developed in Objective-C and Cocoa exclusively for Mac systems as an easy to use tool that serves as a substitute for the "ancient and obsolete" desktop calculator. Variable assignment and reference inside expressions... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/05/21/calcline.12.released/ Mon, 21 May 2007 20:45:00 GMT