After facing backlash and scrutiny following an announcement that it wasn’t going to fix critical security bugs in the two-year-old version Creative Suite 5 or the year-old v5.5, Adobe security response team detailed plans to fix the problems on Saturday. On May 8, Adobe’s security note explaining the vulnerabilities said that the only fixes for […]
Adobe has posted the final version of Camera Raw 6.7 for the Mac. The software primarily expands the number of RAW formats supported by Photoshop. Among the additions are filetypes for several major DSLRs, including Canon’s EOS 1D X and EOS 5D Mk. III, and Nikon’s D4, D800, and D800E. Also supported are Canon’s PowerShot […]
Hyperbolic Software has released version 3.0 of it’s all-purpose file duplicate finder, Tidy Up. The program’s latest incarnation brings an all-new user interface as well as additional ways to seek out duplicates and differentiate true duplicates from similar files, such as similar-looking images or similar-length audio tracks that may seem to have the same “date […]
Oracle has announced that it will take the lead in supplying both Java SE 7 and its runtime environment to Mac users who need it. For developers, the Java SE 7 Update 4 and its JDK as well as JavaFX 2.1 are both available now for download, marking Oracle’s first direct delivery) for Mac OS […]
Tiffen has introduced a new series of Digital Film Tools software. Using their understanding of photography, film and video editing, and in particular visual effects, Digital Film Tools software titles aim to be useful as well as easy to use for still and moving image editing. Designed to stand up to the rigors of production, […]
Microsoft has posted a new version of Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 2, listed as v14.2.1. The update can be installed by all Office for Mac users, but is mainly designed to replace a problematic earlier version of the Service Pack, which caused Outlook database corruption problems. Microsoft was forced to pull the patch […]
Google Drive is here and for now it is no SugarSync, Drop Box or SkyDrive. The first major missing part is OS integration. It a few weeks out! Next you are getting a very small about of space for free. Now on the Plus side it has a great search system with OCR support and […]
A new utility from WellRedApps aims to make public-key encryption of sensitive documents easy enough that business and other users will routinely do it rather than risk data interception. Called DropKey, the drag-and-drop program uses a 256-bit version of public-key cryptography, which uses a matched-pair standard for encryption and decryption. The program features Address Book […]
Autodesk has released a demo version of Maya 2013, originally released earlier this month, which is now available for 64-bit Intel Mac users running Snow Leopard (10.6.5 or higher) or Lion with a certified graphics card. The new version introduces numerous changes to the program, but has met with some criticism from users, who complain […]
Norton dipped into a new field for itself Monday with Identity Safe. The app gives Macs, Windows PCs, iOS devices and Android a cloud space that stores an encrypted keychain of passwords, similar to AgileBits’ 1Password. Going beyond its rival, Norton adds both a unified social sharing shortcut as well as a preemptive anti-phishing system […]