Software Industry Announcements and News


GRAHL software design’s PDF Annotator Wins 2011 Epsilon Award

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 12.18.11 under ASP Member Companies, Desktop Publishing

GRAHL software design ‘s PDF Annotator Wins 2011 Epsilon Award for Software Excellence

London, England – GRAHL software design ‘s PDF Annotator was named the winner of the 2011 Epsilon Award at the 11th annual European Software Conference. Each year, The Epsilon Award recognizes the best software application from the European software and microISV community.

PDF Annotator is a Windows application that makes it simple to add notes to any PDF document. You can make comments and corrections, highlight portions of the text, add signatures, and even include designs and drawings. It’s easy to type comments or paste images on top of existing PDF content. Save your additions in the original file and share them with friends and colleagues, with no need for special software to view the marked-up document.
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Digital River Globalocity will be May 14-16th, in L.A.

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 11.26.11 under ASP Member Companies, Events

Digital River to Host Globalocity 2012, an International E-Commerce Conference for Industry Thought Leaders

Opens Call for Speakers

MINNEAPOLIS—Digital River, Inc., a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions announced it is hosting – Globalocity 2012 – an international e-commerce conference for industry thought leaders.

Scheduled May 14-16, 2012, at the JW Marriott L.A. LIVE Hotel, in Los Angeles, Calif., the event will draw top business visionaries, industry analysts, e-commerce executives and senior professionals from the U.S., Europe and Asia to explore some of today’s most pressing e-commerce topics – ranging from social and mobile commerce, to the digital marketplace, the cloud and emerging online geographies. The gathering will provide attendees access to some of the most influential people in e-commerce and a rich agenda of education sessions – all focused on delivering actionable strategies for accelerating online sales across channels and borders. To learn more about the event visit: Save the Date for Globalocity.

“There has never been a time of greater change or opportunity in e-commerce,” said Joel Ronning, Digital River’s CEO. “Through Globalocity, we intend to build a global community of forward-thinking e-commerce leaders. With this diverse group, we will explore what it means to lead in today’s transformative e-commerce market and discuss how this impacts customer relationships and future strategies for growing online sales worldwide.”
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Quickly Find and Launch Programs

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 10.31.11 under ASP Member Companies, Desktop

Chemtable Software has released Handy Start Menu v. 1.32, a nifty little Windows utility that takes the frustration out of finding and launching Windows programs. Instead of wasting time searching for the right program in your Windows Start Menu, use Handy Start Menu to quickly locate and launch the program you want to run.

As you install more programs on your computer, your Windows Start Menu grows in size and complexity. Handy Start Menu automatically collects information about your installed applications, and organizes them by function. The software turns your long Windows Start Menu into a short list of these functional groups, making it quicker and easier to find and launch the program you need. If Handy Start Menu isn’t familiar with some of your applications, you can add them manually to the appropriate group.
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Fast, Efficient Image Editing for Photography Power-Users

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 10.30.11 under ASP Member Companies, Graphic Apps

Bits&Coffee SRL has released BatchPhoto v. 3.0, a powerful all-in-one photo manipulation program for Windows that lets photographers, web designers, business people, and families enhance photos quickly and efficiently. Simply select a group of photographs, and with a single operation annotate, touch-up, apply special effects, convert to different image types, resize, and rename every image in the group.

New features in version 3.0 include built-in support for uploading your pictures to Facebook, Twitter, Picasa, and websites, a newly-designed user interface, automated processing and manipulation of photographs, and new and improved graphical filters.

BatchPhoto lets you easily annotate groups of photos with comments and date/time stamps. You can watermark your photographs with text, logos, or a combination, to keep them from being abused by competitors or strangers.
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New Software Eases Stress with 2-Minute Undulation Breaks

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 10.29.11 under ASP Member Companies, Home & Hobby

New relief for computer stress is being released Oct. 10. Costa Mesa CA software provider, Para Technology (paratec.com) is building on the successful Stretch Break platform with a new product. Para Technology founder, Arthur Saltzman, has teamed up with Issaquah WA bodywork and movement specialist, Anita Boser (undulationexercise.com) to add new exercises to the program which prompts people to take short breaks from their computers.

Undulation Break, being introduced starting Oct. 10 at undulationbreak.com, can be programmed with user preferences: how often to take a break, what exercises to use on each break and what music to play while stretching and shaking. A demonstration video is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=__1kcxe3G4o.

Based on Relieve Stiffness & Feel Young Again with Undulation, a book and audiobook by Boser, Undulation Break offers 22 exercises and 20 additional tips to avoid and reduce physical and visual strain when at a computer. It is available now for PCs, with a Mac version available in early 2012.
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Ransen Software Releases Pointor point list viewer and converter.

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 10.28.11 under ASP Member Companies, Graphic Apps

Pointor V7 is a utility program which can read point lists in various formats (CXY, PNEZD, XYZ, etc.) and convert them into DXF files. The program allows you to view the DXF file before saving it, using zoom and pan with the mousewheel. You can change layer names and colors as well as adding a grid and labelled axes.

The DXF output of Pointor V7 has been designed to be compatible with the most popular CAD programs, including AutoCAD, IntelliCAD, SolidWorks, and Microstation.

New in version 7 is the ability to create a point list from a DXF file, as well as the reading and writing of binary CR5 files. In fact this new version can be used as a point list converter.

Another added capability is the “copy list to clipboard” button, which means you can paste your point list in various formats directly into your Excel or Access or normal text document.

Pointor also lets you copy the view of the image to the clipboard so you can paste the image into documents or paint programs.

Pointor is compatible with Windows 7, Vista and XP and costs US$ 57.50.

http://www.ransen.com/

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