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Portland based LogicalVue Software, Inc. today announces SQLite Migrator 1.3.0. SQLite Migrator makes it quick and easy for you to migrate any database to SQLite. Migrate or backup just about any database to SQLite using ODBC in three steps. SQLite a free, open-source, single-user database engine that is taking the world by storm. It is used by a wide variety of applications and development tools, including Apple OS X, REALbasic, Adobe Flex/Air, Google Gears, REAL Server, Bento and more.

Renowned technology website, The Loop, along with popular Bodega application developer, freshcode, today announced the launch of a new partnership that brings Mac-centric news, information, and software discovery to Mac users in new and exciting ways. Visitors to The Loop website will notice beautifully designed Bodega ‘windows’ on the homepage and various story pages throughout the site. These windows provide a list of the newest and hottest apps available for the Mac.

GUERILLAPPS LLC and VIMUA today at the North American Body Painting Championship will demo Body Painting 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Available on the App Store in early March, Body Painting will let anyone transform their friends into fairy tale, sci-fi and other famous characters or even turn them into animals and other fantasy creatures. Body Painting ships pre-loaded with cool original body painting artwork by renowned body painters.

Michigan based Humble Daisy today highlights a new article documenting how to use SonicPics to create a personalized movie for Valentines Day. SonicPics is Humble Daisy’s iPhone application for creating and narrating custom photo slide shows. It makes it easy to add images from the iPhone’s photo library or camera, arrange the photos however you would like, and then record a voiceover narrating the images as you swipe through them.

Quinn Genzel’s popular travel Packing app for the iPhone has blasted back up the charts into the top 10, recharged with a radical redesign of the icon, graphics and layout of the entire app. Also unveiled in the well-received version 7.0 update is a reorganization of the home, info and list creation and management pages for a simpler, more friendly and more intuitive user experience.

Macworld Expo San Francisco 2010 kicked off yesterday with a presentation by The New York Times’ David Pogue and guest appearance by actor LeVar Burton. While the Pogue keynote was a huge departure from Steve Jobs’ traditional keynotes, it w…

app4mac today announces Twin 1.2.2, an update to their powerful online backup solution for Mac OS X. Twin is very flexible, and compatible with most Internet servers: FTP, FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, MobileMe. It even supports offline backups to external drives. Twin is a true Mac product that preserves Finder info, resource forks, ACLs, Privileges and comes with an elegant user interface and a powerful assistant.

Dynamicore Consulting, Inc has released Random Haiku 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Random Haiku is a creative experience that engages both the left and right brain sensibilities with five apps in one. A Haiku poetry generator creates random verses of three lines in 5-syllable, 7-syllable, 5-syllable form. The app is also a random number generator and dice roller, random letter generator enabling customers to create their own word-building games, random password generator, and more.

SelfServeApps is announcing the launch of a new web-based iPhone app creation service this week at Macworld Expo 2010. The service is directed at creative professionals and business owners, and allows anyone to build a high-quality iPhone app from their web browser in less than an hour at a fraction of the cost of custom development. As a part of our launch promotion, setup fees are waived for Macworld attendees. Visit us Feb. 11-13 at Booth #1667.

iconsBerlin has announced its iPhone tab bar icon editor. App developers don’t need to work with expensive image editor anymore. The online editor enables app developers to create tab bar icon art at no cost within a couple of minutes. iconsBerlin’s editor simplifies the creation process as the developer may draw as he selects colors from palette. Though iconBerlin offers a complete icon set as well, that one specific icon may be missing while a project’s dead line is approaching.