Software Industry Announcements and News
Guitar & Drum Trainer Software for Musicians Wins at Shareware Industry Awards
[ No Comments ] Posted on 07.31.08 under ASP Member Companies, Games & Entertainment
Boston, Massachusetts, July 2008 — Renegade Minds’ “Guitar & Drum Trainer” software for musicians won the “Best Vertical Market Program or Utility Award” at the Shareware Industry Awards Banquet. Guitar & Drum Trainer helps musicians of all levels learn new music easier and faster, and runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista.
The Shareware Industry Awards are presented during the annual Shareware Industry Awards Banquet held at the conclusion of the Software Industry Conference. They honor the best software titles in a variety of categories, with nominees and winners chosen by industry professionals and experts from around the world. Past winners include titles popular enough to be household words such as Microsoft Office 2007, Firefox, Google Earth and WinZip, to lesser known programs that are popular in their niches. Read the rest of this entry…
System Mania: Announcing the new release from Pi Eye Games
[ No Comments ] Posted on 07.30.08 under Games & Entertainment
July 22, 2008 England - Pi Eye Games, the award-winning developer of Darkside, has announced the arrival of System Mania to a PC near you.
System Mania is a unique time management game in which players help the main character Fiona to build her own business. However, instead of serving cups of tea or selling frocks, Fiona is a techie! In 90 action packed levels, players are challenged to master an array of controls to keep crazy machines running smoothly by quickly turning their red warning lights off. Each machine is made up of various fun and wacky controls such as cranks, pull cords, guitar strings, egg timers, gearsticks and even a TV game system complete with its own joystick. Be quick or the whole thing will go up in smoke!
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The Battle of User Interfaces for Pocket PC continues
[ No Comments ] Posted on 07.28.08 under Communications
Touch Shell 3D vs TouchFLO/HTC Touch Diamond & SPB Mobile Shell
Mobilityflow is getting ready to release Touch Shell 3D the component of Touch Commander Suite 4.0 - for Pocket PC Phones. The new product will provide you with the features similar to those of SPB Shell and the famous TouchFLO 3D installed on HTC Touch Diamond.
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Ancient Quest of Saqqarah is officially released
[ No Comments ] Posted on 07.27.08 under Games & Entertainment
July 22, 2008 - Fans of cerebral challenges and fun games in general can start worrying about their lives and careers - Ancient Quest of Saqqarah - a vast and cinematic puzzle game by Codeminion is officially released!
Talking blue monkey with the voice of Michael McMconnohie (Diablo 2, World of Warcraft), over 500 puzzles spread across 7 different game play types, classy visuals and music composed by the people responsible for the soundtrack of The Witcher. Saqqarah certainly doesn’t seem like an average casual game made to entertain for 2 hours and then to disappear completely from the memory. In earlier press releases the game was described by its developers as an “AAA casual title”. With its official premiere today, we can finally verify this statement; and it seems that Codeminion has kept their word.
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MAPILab Reports - Reporting Solution for IT Infrastructure
[ No Comments ] Posted on 07.26.08 under System Utilities
Kaliningrad, Russia 10 July 2008 — The MAPILab company announces the release and sales start of a new software product MAPILab Reports 2008 - a solution for creating reports about the state of company`s IT-infrastructure, security audit, inventory of hardware and software, and preparation for migration and upgrade.
At the moment two report packages are available for MAPILab Reports users: a report pack for network infrastructure and Active Directory containing more than 170 reports and a report pack for Microsoft Exchange Server containing more than 80 reports. Historical and statistical reports allow changes in infrastructure to be clearly presented and evaluated, so that actual prognoses and relevant development plans can be made.
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Softdiv Software Upgrades Dexster Audio Editor to Version 3.2
[ No Comments ] Posted on 07.25.08 under Audio & Multimedia
Edit Sound, Cut Out Noise
Despite the overall simplicity of editing sound in “lightened” audio editors, the unsolved noise-reduction and signal adjustment issues often turn the fun-to-be job into a real chore. The latest version of Dexster offers a solution to the noise and distortion problems, featuring the built-in noise-reduction engine and the graphic equalizer toolbar.
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