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RingtoneFeeder today released a pack of 25 unique iPhone Alarm Tones which are all written and produced by Geoff Smith. These tones are delivered in one batch immediately and available in other formats to support other mobile phones. The tones are ideal for meeting alerts, waking up or any kind of reminders that use a tone to get your attention. Download all 25 tones in 3 different formats and drag them to the mobile phone directly from their PC/Mac, or install using applications such a iTunes.

I am syncing, on several Macs and several user accounts, information such as Calender, Mail Rules, Bookmarks, etc. After recently updating to Safari 4.01 and OS X 10.5.7, all of a sudden I had all very bad Safari performance — including constant freeze situations. After being ready to delete the impacted user, I realized that there were some issues with the database.sqlite3 file in the Library » PubSub » Database folder. The PubSub folder is used for tracking RSS feeds, and it seems my problem resided there.

After deleting the database.sqlite file, and reseting the Mobile Me information, the freezes and crashes stopped. Hope this helps others, too.

Jumsoft today expanded their Goodies bundle, a collection of applications and designs available from company’s Web site free of charge. The company added ten Keynote Backgrounds to their vastly popular set, allowing Mac users to present their ideas in new impressive ways. Jumsoft Keynote motion backgrounds were created to infuse presentations with spirit and energize them without distracting the audience.

iPresentee today releases Keynote Themes 5.0 and free Keynote theme for Apple’s presentation software. Keynote Themes 5.0 includes ten brand new terrific themes: Azure, Greenery, Blue Wave, Frozen Nature, Greenish, Ochre, Gradient Green, Orange Tree, Tones of Gray and Wood Planks. This collection offers a variety of presentation styles with coordinated fonts, colors, great backgrounds, unique bullets and picture frames. This release extends iPresentee’s Keynote themes collection up to 87 themes.

Blue Room Software announces that BurnToDisc and ImageArchiver export plug-ins for Aperture and iPhoto will be available at a 50% savings for a one day birrthday celebration on July 7, 2009. BurnToDisc provides a simple way to deliver your final images to a client, share your pictures with friends and family, or make an extra copy of your files for safekeeping. To take advantage of this sale, simply use the coupon code HAPPYBIRTHDAY at checkout.

The Pragmatic Studio today announced two upcoming training courses for developers interested in learning how to create iPhone applications using the latest iPhone SDK 3.0. These 4-day, hands-on courses taught by two experienced iPhone developers will be held August 4-7, 2009 in Reston, VA and August 25-28, 2009 in Denver, CO. You’ll come away from this course ready to start creating your own iPhone applications.

Energize Software today releases Gratitude Rock 1.0, a positive thoughts journal or diary for the iPhone and iPod Touch. You can record your positive thoughts of gratitude for each day while experiencing the relaxing sounds and images of the ocean. Add pictures to express your day’s thoughts and feelings and read an inspirational quote of the day. Keeping a Gratitude Rock with you is a unique way to remind yourself to be thankful for all the good things in your life.

AquilaDigital Partnership has announced DarkAdapted 2.3.5, a major update to their popular monitor brightness and gamma control utility for Mac OS X and Windows. Used by astronomers, planetarium operators, graphics professionals, medical professionals, airline pilots, air traffic controllers, and many others, DarkAdapted provides flexible, dynamic control over any monitor’s brightness and color response. Version 2.3.5 sports many new improvements and is a recommended download.

Obvious Matter has released DiskLibrary 1.9.3, their easy-to-use disk cataloging application for Mac OS X. DiskLibrary is indispensable if you have a lot of media to keep track of. DiskLibrary catalogs not just your complete file structure, it also creates thumbnails, and stores metadata, for most popular media formats. DiskLibrary is capable of importing export formats from CDFinder, FileFinder, WhereIsIt, DiskCatalogMaker X and DiskTracker. Version 1.9.3 offers bug fixes and improvements.