CNBC says that Apple is in Microsoft’s rearview mirror, but could soon pull ahead of the software giant. While Apple is currently valued at $180 billion, and Microsoft at $250 billion, Apple’s business is growing quickly while Microsoft is not. “The biggest overriding reason why the company still has room to run is that its business is growing,” said Erick Maronak, chief investment officer for the Victory Large Cap Growth Fund to CNBC. “The day they introduce the tablet, that’s going to drive a lot of earnings.” Maronak said he would "not be surprised to see Apple’s market cap approach Microsoft’s in the next two years, though he also likes the software company’s growth prospects.” Apple already has a market capitalization to Google, who is another major rival of Microsoft. Apple has already doubled annual revenues to $36.5 billion since 2005, while Microsoft has fallen 34% in the same time period.

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Section: Software + Apps , Miscellaneous , Third-Party , iPod + iTunes , iPod touch , iPhone , iPhone , iPhone SDK & Apps , Mac + Computers , Software Macintosh and iPhone/iPod updates and announcements for September 30, 2009: Macintosh Ohanaware has announced HDRtist 1.0 , their new HDR photography software for Mac OS X. HDRtist is a user-friendly HDR processor and tone mapper for the Macintosh platform. Its workflow has been designed to be effortless in operation, and to provide visually pleasing results. To celebrate the launch of HDRtist, Ohanaware is offering 20% off its Mac OS X photo editing software Funtastic Photos. Kenaxis Creative has announced the release of Kenaxis 3.1 , the latest update to their real-time audio performance software.  Version 3.1 adds OSC compatibility and a FFT Phase Vocoder, allowing Kenaxis users greater flexibility in both interactivity and sonic output. Equally useful for performing and composing, Kenaxis is currently used by musicians worldwide for practices as diverse as electroacoustic works, noise, ambient, glitch, soundscapes, live looping, film scores, theatre and DJing. iPresentee has released Keynote Themes 6.0 and free Keynote theme to be used with Apple’s presentation software. Keynote Themes 6.0 includes ten new great themes: Ornamental Map, Rest, Green Town, Presentation, Futuristic, Dark Way, Blue World, Globe, Puzzle and Green Bunch. The new Keynote Themes collection offers a variety of presentation styles with coordinated fonts, colors, great backgrounds, unique bullets and picture frames. Ambrosia Software, Inc. has announced the release of EasyEnvelopes 1.0.8 .

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Section: Software + Apps , Miscellaneous , Third-Party , iPod + iTunes , iPod touch , iPhone , iPhone , iPhone SDK & Apps , Mac + Computers , Software Macintosh and iPhone/iPod updates and announcements for August 12, 2009: Macintosh CrumplePop has released CrumplePop ShrinkRay, an effect for Final Cut Pro. ShrinkRay uses tilt-shift photographic techniques to make large scenes appear startlingly tiny, whether it is trees, buildings, people, or mountains. It lets you apply a new focal area to any footage, and then reposition, expand, or contract that focal area for maximum effect, all from within Final Cut Pro. ShrinkRay is available as a free download from the CrumplePop web site for one week, starting today. Divine Fiat today is proud to introduce Take Two Redux , their new theme for Apple’s Keynote Presentation Software. Featuring a slate board clapper with easy-to-read white text on a jet-black background, Take Two presents images and ideas in a clean blockbuster environment. Designed for film, tv and video professionals alike, Take Two sports resizable media placeholders in four cinematic ratios, as well as fully customizable button and icon objects.

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Section: Software + Apps , Miscellaneous , Third-Party , iPod + iTunes , iPod touch , iPhone , iPhone , iPhone SDK & Apps , Mac + Computers , Software Macintosh and iPhone/iPod updates and announcements for May 7, 2009: Macintosh This summer, Wondershare Software will launch its first photo editing software for Mac users: Wondershare iCollage for Mac . Wondershare has been known as professional photo editing software for its PC users with its renowned software Photo Collage Studio. With consideration of the growing Mac users and their demand for a professional yet easy way to editing their photos and keeping memories, Wondershare takes its advancd technique in developing software and releases iCollage for Mac. MRR Software has announced the release of Syrinx 2.0 , a major new release of a Twitter client based on two ideals: customization and efficient workflow. Syrinx is a full-featured native OS X application designed to make your tweeting easier than ever. Multiple search windows allows users to track multiple search terms and hash-tags with ease as they auto-update, accumulating new results in easy to follow timelines. Fat Cat Software has announced iPhoto Library Manager 3.5 , their tool for iPhoto users to easily divide their photo collection among multiple iPhoto libraries. Version 3.5 now supports the new Faces and Places features of iPhoto ‘09. Using iPhoto Library Manager 3.5 to copy photos between libraries will now also copy over any face and place data that you have added to your photos, along all their other metadata. The update is free for existing registered users

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Section: Software + Apps , Miscellaneous , Third-Party , iPod + iTunes , iPod touch , iPhone , Carriers , iPhone , iPhone SDK & Apps , Mac + Computers , Software Macintosh and iPhone/iPod updates and announcements for March 31, 2009: Macintosh Eltima Software has released Recover PDF Password for Mac OS X, their new tool that retrieves lost PDF passwords. This handy solution easily unlocks restricted PDF documents by eliminating printing, copying and editing restrictions. Recover PDF Password guarantees the recovery of the most complicated and long passwords of PDF documents even if you don’t remember a thing about it. Macware Inc. announced today the launch of DiskTools Pro , a diverse collection of performance minded utilities featuring bad sector detection and repair, lightning-fast file defragmentation, S.M.A.R.T. monitoring and analysis, bootable disk backup with automated scheduling, and much more. Whether you are looking for a disk defrag utility or need to protect your critical data with a powerful backup tool, DiskTools Pro provides the power and flexibility you have been looking for.

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What may be the largest investor fraud committed by a single person may have been hatched on a Mac. These are shots are from ABC’s 20/20 recent special about Bernie Madoff, showing him in his Manhattan penthouse whiling away the hours (without remorse, they suggest) on a MacBook Pro. Called “The Hunt for Madoff’s Money” it aired on Feb. 20, but you can watch it online here . Via Macenstein

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Madoff Scandal Made on a Mac?