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In research note released this morning, RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky shares the results of a ChangeWave survey of over 3,200 respondents earlier this month revealing pent-up demand for Apple’s forthcoming iPad, with demand even exceeding…

California based PhatWare Corporation today releases WritePad Professional Edition 3.0, an advanced organizer for iPhone and iPod touch. WritePad Professional Edition is based on WritePad 3.0 handwriting recognition technology, and allows users to organize tasks, events, notes, and voice notes in multiple folders within a single application. The new version also allows users to search for text in different folders and fields. The search result is presented in a single view for easy navigation.

Independent game developer Enkord, Ltd. today announces Jurassic Realm 1.9, their new action puzzle game for Mac OS X. Uncover the secrets of ancient Jurassic Realm and solve all of its fascinating puzzles. Explore ancient, prehistoric lands searching for images of long-lost dinosaurs in this exciting action puzzle game. At the players disposal is a huge map with great number of roads and pathways to travel. Version 1.9 includes improved collapse, explosive power-ups and exciting brick-breaking.

Narrator and voice actor, Simon Prebble, creator of the original executive desk toy, Newton’s Cradle, endorses iPhone app, “Newton’s Balls: Kinetic Physics Newton’s Cradle Simulator.” The iPhone app was released on the app store last week and reviewers are saying it’s the most realistic Newton’s Cradle simulator available. Newton’s Balls is like the original toy, but is simulated on the iPhone/iPod screen. Learn about Newton’s 3rd law of motion and other physics principals.

Creaceed today announces Hydra 2.2 for Lightroom 2. The upgrade addresses a major feature request from the HDR user community: an HDR Plug-In for Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom. All Hydra’s features are from now on available directly in the Lightroom workflow. Hydra goes beyond the physical limitations of camera sensors. From a series of regular photographs of the same scene, Hydra creates an High Dynamic Range image which is much closer to what your eyes actually see.

ThesMac.gr (translation) claims that they have spotted evidence of new memory modules marketed for the upcoming “MacBook Pro 2010″.

The site doesn’t list the source for the image, though a quick search shows a site called Ad…

Independent software developer Martin Wengenmayer today announces Cheetah3D 5.3, a major update to his very popular 3D modeling solution for Mac OS X. Developed from the ground up utilizing the latest Cocoa technologies, Cheetah3D is a lean, fast, and elegant 3D modeling, rendering, and animation package with an easy learning curve. Version 5.3 adds 64-bit support for Intel Macs, a completely rewritten Render Manager, various Altivec/SSE optimizations and improved handling of poses.

Nashville based Miller Studios today announces Silly Story Maker 1.1 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Silly Story Maker is a fun, educational sentence making game that allows you to create simple sentences by combining thirty basic words and phrases. Select a word or phrase from each category in the app and click play. Featuring beautiful graphics, multiple playback voices, and over 7,500 possible word and phrase combinations, Silly Story Maker promises fun for everyone.

Hollywood’s A-lister’s will be getting a Swarovski jewel encrusted hardcover copy of author Shawn Marie Edgington’s new text message pop-culture book “Read Between the Lines: A Humorous Guide to Texting with Simplicity and Style” along with a first – a Smartphone App companion they can download onto their iPhone or Android. That’s a text message dictionary full of thousands of fun text message lingo references.

The Mac Sale today is very proud to announce that it is running a third Mac software bundle. The new bundle launches very soon, and all Mac users are encouraged to visit The Mac Sale online to register their interest. An email will be send out when the bundle become available for sale, and pre-registration ensures you won’t miss out. The bundle includes everything from games to development tools, and from office utilities to multimedia.