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Mireth Technology has announced iVCD 3.2, a new release of its DVD/VCD/SVCD burner software for Mac OS X. iVCD is an easy to use, full featured authoring software that can burn DVD, VCD, SVCD and more from most video formats such as iMovie and Quicktime movie files, as well as from AVI, Divx, WMV and Xvid. iVCD was designed specifically to be both full featured and easy to use, so that users can enjoy a full range of digital video authoring features all in one software product.

iPhoneMOFO has released Lulla Pacifier 1.0, a lovely iPhone app for parents to keep crying babies calm down and make them sleep. Lulla Pacifier app is recognized all over the world for providing infants with pure baby white noise sound that’s been specially recorded and mixed for your baby’s sensitive hearing.

Future Media Concepts is pleased to announce new training options for their FMC|Online division. Commencing in late December, the updated training catalog boasts Adobe, Apple and Avid course enhancements, which include Final Cut Pro 7 instruction and Mac IT training. FMC|Online utilizes the latest in desktop sharing technology to provide live group classes conducted by industry recognized, manufacturer certified trainers.

Future Media Concepts welcomes design veteran Katherine Houghton to the FMC team. A graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Houghton has degrees in both graphic and industrial design and is certified by Adobe to teach Acrobat, After Effects, Director, Fireworks, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop, and Premiere. FMC has become the nation’s premier digital media training organization, representing the leading software manufacturers.

Internet Marketing LTD has released My Speedster 1.0, their GPS-based Racer application for iPhone devices. All of us want to know what is the fastest car in the world. And where in the world does it drive. We tried to compete in iPhones GPS Racer to the world best drivers having BMW 120d. We thought it is good, but what we discovered it is not the best in this urban GPS game. Having iPhone with My Speedster application everyone can set his record in two categories.

Independent iPhone developer Francis Dierick has released DiamondRing for iPhone and iPod Touch. DiamondRing allows the user to keep their lover close at heart, on their iPhone. It offers a virtual engagement ring with added picture frame functionality. The application puts a diamond ring icon on the iPhone which, when tapped, shows a picture of the significant other and a short message of love.

Dathlon has released Dante: Divina Commedia 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (in Italian) is the ideal application for the lovers of one of the greatest works of world literature. The book includes the entire Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. This application is much more than a simple e-book, having several innovative features such as single word search, characters and places index, improved readability.

The New York Times offers some additional tidbits that might come in the rumored Apple Tablet.

According to former Apple employees, Apple has been working on advanced multi-touch gesturing that was originally pioneered by Fingerworks. …

Stone Design today released Twittelator Pro 3.6 and Twittelator Free, new versions of its top-selling iPhone Twitter client for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Version 3.6 is now localized to French, paste images into tweets, TextExpander integration, new Browse Web category, TList’s list search and much more. Twittelator and Twittelator Pro 3.6 aims to pack the most useful features into a Twitter client, mobile or desktop.

Regular Rate and Rhythm Software today announced Rowmote Pro 2.4, a major update to its complete remote control solution for Mac OS X and Apple TV. Rowmote Pro emulates the Apple hardware remote control, providing application-specific controls through a consistent interface, while also featuring a multitouch trackpad and keyboard. Version 2.4 features the Mac OS X Dock, support for Adobe Lightroom and kJams Pro, local display of typed text, multiple bug fixes, a Dutch translation, and more.