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02.07.2009: TubeStick Map: Which digital TV channels can I get?

equinux presents an interactive map for digital television reception (DVB-T/ATSC)
Munich, Germany / South San Francisco, USA - July 2nd, 2009. equinux presents TubeStick Map: the brand new digital TV availability resource. This interactive tool based on Google Maps gives you a good idea as to which digital free-to-air (e.g. DVB-T or ATSC) TV channels you'll be able to receive on your Mac. The listings on the TubeStick Map are based on the channel lists and ZIP codes of existing TubeStick users worldwide in regions as diverse as Europe, Australia and North Amercia.

Viewing channel listings for your area couldn't be simpler with TubeStick Map. All you need to do is select your country, enter a ZIP code and the TubeStick map will list the channels avalible in that area. TubeStick Map is available via www.equinux.com/tubestickmap.

TubeStick is the innovative solution for Mac users who would like to do more than simply convert their Mac into a video recorder. Stream live TV directly from your Mac to your iPhone and remotely schedule recordings, ready to watch them later on your Mac or even on the go. For TubeStick hybrid users in the US TubeStick includes a one year subscription for the TubeGuide US electronic TV guide. For those in Australia the TubeStick is fully compatible with the ice TV program guide.

28.04.2009: VPN Tracker 5.4.2 now supports current DrayTek Vigor routers

Mac users are now able to securely connect to their DrayTek router over the Internet with VPN Tracker.
Mac users are now able to securely connect to their DrayTek router over the Internet with VPN Tracker. VPN Tracker 5.4.2 expands its hardware profiles for current Vigor and VigorPro routers from the Taiwanese manufacturer. VPN Tracker allows secure access to e-mails, databases, servers and other services through an IPsec-based virtual private network (VPN). To simplify the setup of VPN Tracker for DrayTek users equinux is providing a detailed how-to.

VPN Tracker 5.4.2 now incorporates new hardware profiles for the following Vigor devices: 2110, 2700, 2710, 2800, 2820, 2910, 2930, 2950, 3100 series, as well as for the VigorPro series 5300, 5500 and 5510. The how-to guide for setting up VPN Tracker with these devices is available at vpntracker.com/interop.

24.04.2009: iSale makes Millionaires

equinux is bringing the iSale community together with the iSale Lab
iSale users earned more than 1.5 Million US-Dollars last month with their auctions at eBay. equinux is tapping into this wealth of experience with the new iSale Lab, an online service that is been offered free to you. The iSale Lab shows all active iSale auctions on eBay and will break down the auctions into the ten most popular categories, market places and iSale templates.

iSale Lab allows you to flip through all of the running auctions on eBay created and designed with iSale, providing an unprecidented opportunity for you to benefit from the creativity of others when designing your auctions.

The iSale community is still one of the fastest growing: In 2009 almost 100,000 Mac users purchased iSale.

The iSale Lab was officially certified by eBay and is available for free at equinux.com. iSale has achieved several Apple Design Awards and is available from 39.95 USD at the equinux Online Store and at local Apple Resellers.

09.04.2009: Easter greetings on your iPhone with Easter Cards

Get eight Easter e-mail templates from equinux on the iPhone App Store
Surprise your friends and family with a beautiful Easter-Mail: equinux provides you with eight high quality e-mail templates in the iPhone App Store. Just take a picture with your iPhone or choose a photo from your library and drag it to a Dropzone, type your personal message in the dynamic textboxes and send off the e-mail. And the best thing: Three of the Easter templates are free-of-charge in the Stationery Pack Browser.

Easter Cards utilizes the power of your iPhone and combines it with the latest in e-mail technology: Funny masks, impressive overlay effects and high quality motifs will exceed your expectations with an unbeatable price of only ' 0.79 / $0.99. Your personal Easter greetings will definitly be on time. Get the new Easter Cards now for only US$0.99 at the iPhone App Store.

27.03.2009: SongGenie boosts the new iPod shuffle's small talk

If your new iPod shuffle's announcements consist of only "track 01" and "unknown album", SongGenie can quickly help you determine the missing track information by using acoustic fingerprints.
If your new iPod shuffle's announcements consist of only "track 01" and "unknown album", SongGenie can quickly help you determine the missing track information by using acoustic fingerprints. Your iPhone and iPod with display will benefit from CoverScout's album cover search by displaying the correct cover in the Cover Flow view. equinux has updated CoverScout and SongGenie and has integrated them more closely together giving you a greater ability to improve your music libraries.

For each track SongGenie 1.1 displays all the music album titles available, giving you more choice. You can now apply all the details of already identified tracks at once - automatically if desired. If the artwork for a track is missing, SongGenie starts searching in CoverScout with one mouseclick.

Improve your search results in CoverScout with complete track information by using SongGenie. This way brushing up your music collection will be a walk in the park. Typos that have prevented finding the right covers are now history.

24.03.2009: MediaCentral improves its reception and supports more TV devices

With the new update of MediaCentral 2.8.4 tuning and searching TV channels has been improved drastically and you can now view digital unencrypted cable TV (DVB-C) in Europe with the Hauppauge HVR-930C.
Also, if you live in an area with weak DVB-TT (DTT) reception you will be happy to hear that MediaCentral now supports Hauppauge's Nova-TD receiver with two combined digital TV receivers for better reception. If you don't have DVB-T (DTT) at all, then Hauppauge's HVR-900H is the best solution for you: It combines an analog and a digital receiver in one stick.

MediaCentral turns your Mac into the ultimate home theatre system and integrates a range of media formats into one application. All popular audio and video formats, IP TV, digital TV, Music, Movies, DVD, IP Radio, Games, Pictures and Skype are fully supported.

Now you can turn your living room into the ultimate fully-featured Media Centre with TV in the highest quality.

Now your living room can live up more to a full-featured Media Centre with TV in highes quality.
See the complete list of all compatible TV devices for MediaCentral.

19.03.2009: The Tube supports digital unencrypted cable TV

The Tube supports digital cable TV (DVB-C) with the Triple-Mode TV receiver HVR-930C from Hauppauge featuring a pin sharp TV picture for your Mac.
Hooray, now even more Mac users can enjoy Live TV on their iPhones. The Tube supports digital cable TV (DVB-C) with the Triple-Mode TV receiver HVR-930C from Hauppauge featuring a pin sharp TV picture for your Mac.

With the innovative TV software The Tube on your Mac and Live TV on your iPhone, you can stream all digital and analog TV channels from your Mac directly to your iPhone via a local network. Channel-hop with a fingertip and start your TV recordings in high quality picture.

You can even schedule TV recordings on the go with the free-of-charge iPhone App TubeToGo. Having recorded the TV show at home on your Mac, you can watch the TV recordings via the internet - without syncing your Mac with your iPhone or iPod touch. TubeToGo saves TV recordings online giving you full freedom without compromising the disk space on your iPhone.

TubeToGo provides you with the same electronic program guide (EPG) as your Mac at home with The Tube. And the best is yet to come: You can even manage TV recordings via the TubeToGo interface and share them with your friends.

Hauppauge's HVR-930 C is now available in the equinux Online Store together with The Tube for onyly 89.95 Euros.

03.03.2009: The Tube expands compatibility

The Tube 2.9.3 supports 28 different USB TV-tuners and improves reception in HD regions
At the outset of CeBIT equinux introduces an update of its innovative TV solution for Mac OS X, The Tube. With The Tube 2.9.3 more Mac users can enjoy Live TV on their iPhones and iPod touches, manage their favorite TV shows online and schedule TV recordings on the go.

The Tube 2.9.3 supports 28 current TV devices, meaning nearly all TV receivers for analog TV and digital free-to-air TV on a Mac are compatible with The Tube. Thus, Mac users no longer need to do without the fully developed iPhone integration and unique community features of The Tube: Stream Live TV to an iPhone, schedule TV recordings online on the go to watch them later and use the free of charge TV guide.

Both iPhone Apps, Live TV and TubeToGo, have been reviewed by the German MacLife magazine (04/09) and achieved their highest rating. Both "are excellently integrated within the TV reception on a Mac", says the review.

Newly supported TV devices are the Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T Stick, the Terratec Cinergy T USB XXS, and the Elgato TV receivers Eye TV DTT, DTT Deluxe and hybrid. In addition, The Tube 2.9.3 is compatible with the most popular TV tuners from Hauppauge, the market leading producer for TV receivers.

By improving channel detection and the TV engine itself, The Tube 2.9.3 delivers drastically improved TV reception. To benefit from these changes, equinux suggests to all users to restart the channel detection after the update.

04.02.2009: Turn your iPhone into the really coolest TV with your personal video library

equinux presents Live TV and TubeToGo as free-of-charge iPhone applications
Mac users can now transform their iPhone into a TV with a mobile video library. equinux has expanded its modern TV software The Tube with two free iPhone apps, making it the first to totally integrate the iPhone into the TV experience. With Live TV, users can stream live TV programs directly to their iPhone from their Mac with The Tube. With TubeToGo, they can access TV recordings on their iPhone whenever and wherever. They can even program recordings in The Tube on the go.

"In less than two years the TubeStick and our TV solution The Tube have become the innovative force for the TV market on the Mac. Both new iPhone Apps underline the philosophy of equinux to bring easy-to-use interfaces together with elaborate functionality," says equinux's CEO Till Schadde. "Today The Tube is compatible with more than 20 TV receivers from several manufacturers on the Mac. It has literally transformed the TV experience for the rest of us."

Live TV shows live television in an optimized resolution for the iPhone when it is in the same WLAN as The Tube software. As soon as an iPhone is registered with The Tube, all currently available TV channels will be available with a click. It's also just that easy to change channels in "Live TV" and even start a recording.

With TubeToGo, iPhone users can watch The Tube recordings on their iPhone via the internet. Additionally, they can program recordings in their personal electronic program guide (EPG) and manage the complete recordings archive on the go. TubeToGo also offers the possibility to share published recordings with friends. TubeToGo uses MobileMe or any other ftp server for online storage.

03.02.2009: From Stationery Pack with Love

equinux releases the Love&Romance Collection for Stationery Pack.
Just in time for Valentine's Day, we're offering the Love & Romance Collection for Stationery Pack: seven lovingly designed e-mail templates to frame your special message to loved ones. Would you like to invite your special someone to a romantic dinner? Send your nearest and dearest a coupon? Or send a friend a Valentine's Day reminder? The Stationery Pack Love & Romance Collection has everything you need to send a romantic message and brighten up someone's day.

The interactive element of several e-mail templates allows you to change the background and motif with a mouse click. Even the long-stemmed rose grows with the text, if your professions of love become a bit more lengthy. The Love & Romance Collection complements the current Stationery Pack collections perfectly. No Mac should be without it this Valentine's Day!

The Stationery Pack Love & Romance collection is available now in the equinux Online Store for USD 7.95 or 5.95 Euro (incl. German VAT) or get it directly from the MiniStore in the Stationery Pack Browser 2.2.