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As first noted by Jesus Tablet, the company that has been registering the iPad trademark internationally en masse has also applied for it in the U.S. We revealed earlier this month that a company called IP Application Development had begun applying …

Scivone, LLC has released Music Alive 1.0, an iPhone and iPod touch music player. Make your time listening to music even more fun an active. Music Alive enables users to play sound effects along with music inside the iPod, which makes listing to music an interactive experience. It’s simple as just listening to the music. Just Tap along with the rhythm, no skill or technique needed. Simply play along with drum sounds, or clap on as if you were at a live concert, the possibilities are endless.

Boris FX has announced that a new Boris Continuum Unit, Materials, is now available. The Boris Continuum Materials Unit includes 15 Boris Continuum Complete filters for creating realistic surfaces and animated organic backgrounds. The Boris Continuum Materials Unit generates realistic textures such as Steel Plates, Bricks, Clouds, Granite, Wooden Planks, and Rock. The textures are procedurally-generated to ensure smooth render at any scale.

Beijing-based game design studio Beiz releases free version of the popular children’s flag game, Lola’s Flag adventure, for iPhone and iPod Touch. The game is App Store’s featured “What We’re Playing” game around the world in January 2010. Lola’s Flag Adventure features high-quality voice guidance, easy-to-use interface and thoroughly designed panda graphics. It includes two games; memory game for children who cannot read yet and flag trivia for older children.

Webswell Inc. releases a new generation of Business Hub integration platform. Webswell Business Hub 3 is a solution for heterogeneous groups of companies or company units that need to interchange business information with each other. It is possible to interconnect virtually anyone to anyone, regardless of supported protocol or technology – the Business Hub implements ebXML, Web Services, AS2 and EDI standards.

Future Media Concepts is pleased to announce the addition of two new courses featuring the award-winning Avid/Digidesign Pro Tools audio editing system; Pro Tools Operator Recertification and Pro Tools for Game Audio. The de facto standard for sound production, Pro Tools allows users to experience the ultimate in audio quality and workflow efficiency at an affordable cost. The new courses will follow FMC’s highly esteemed, world-class manufacturer authorized training curriculum.

Apimac has released Mac Notepad 7.0, an update to their notes utility for Mac OS X. Designed from the ground using the latest Apple technologies, Mac Notepad allows you to save, copy, paste and organize all your favorite snippets with ease. Drag the text from other applications, drop a text file from Finder or, of course, write it yourself. Notes are easily retrieved by category or content by simply typing text in a search field. A handy Recents Menu keeps track of your latest edited notes.