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Xeric Design announced the immediate availability of EarthDesk 4.4 on Thursday. The update for the real-time global weather tracking Desktop image replacement improved satellite cloud image handling when data is missing

Karelia Software announced the immediate availability of Sandvox 1.5 on Thursday. The update for the Website design application improved MobileMe compatibility along with the Contact Form and YouTube pagelets

With a preview version slated for November 2008 and beta versions as early as 2009, microsoft's newest DirectX will be here sooner than you think. ExtremeTech's Loyd Case digs deep into DirectX 11 and discusses its new features and how it differs from DX10. While improved graphics are expected out of the new release, DX11 hopes to improve upon crunching complex graphics with the GPU through hardware tessellation, which many people hoped to see in DX10.

Macworld.com - ProteMac has announced the release of ProteMac Meter, a network activity monitor and traffic logging utility for Mac O SX. It costs $29.95 for a single-user license. A download is available.

Today TMO readers are helping a forum member solve cross platform file format issues with Parallels installed

Amazon's Internet-based Video on Demand Service moved out of the beta phase on Thursday. The service allows Mac and windows users to rent or purchase movies for playback on their computer, and also supports Sony BRAVIA TVs with Internet Video Link

While Google's new Chrome web browser has been met with a lot of praise and positive responses (well, mostly, at least), there has been one nagging issue that arose quite quickly after people got their hands on Chrome: the End User License Agreement accompanying the browser. It more or less granted Google the rights to everything seen or transmitted through the browser. Google now changed the EULA, saying it was a big case of woopsiedoopsie.

The One laptop Per Child ( OLPC ) association plans to launch the upcoming second generation of its low-cost XO laptop in the first quarter of 2010, according to an official from the group.

Dell CEO Michael Dell says his company is can compete with Apple's iphone, but that there aren't any plans to jump into the fray any time soon. He did, however, hint that his PC making company is working on small form-factor devices

Mac user and Google co-founder Sergey Brin may be happy that his company's Chrome Web browser is out and in the public spotlight, but he called the current lack of a Mac-compatible version "embarrassing."