app4mac today announces the release of Sequence 2.5, an update to their powerful utility to capture screenshots and screencasts on Mac OS X. Sequence is a simple way to capture and save an image or a movie of your screen to your computer’s clipboard, or a file. With the voice recording function, you can easily describe what you are doing on your screen. Simply use your Mac’s built-in microphone. Version 2.5 add many new options. A free upgrade for all current users of previous versions.

Minnesota based Howling Moon Software today releases Upshot 1.0, a Mac utility that makes sharing screenshots with friends, coworkers, and clients a one click operation. Upshot is the easiest and fastest screenshot tool on the Mac, and it automatically uploads your image to ImageShack, Imgur, or even Twitpic for easy sharing via email, instant message, or on Twitter. Upshot has already been featured by Apple as a Staff Pick and as a Featured Download on the front page.

New York based TranslateIt! Team today released TranslateIt! 12, an update to their multilingual dictionary for Mac OS X. TranslateIt! allows you to look up words on the fly. Just hover the pointer over an unfamiliar word and see its translation in a pop-up window. TranslateIt! offers several methods: translation from clipboard, drag-and-drop translation, manual input of queries in the main window, and double-click translation of words in dictionary entries displayed in the main window.

After an extensive beta testing phase, Boinx Software today releases PhotoPresenter 4, a major update to its award-winning quick presentation tool for digital photographers. PhotoPresenter 4 is a theme-based photo viewer for creating stylish animated slideshows with photos, movies and music in just a few seconds. The new version has been rewritten from scratch and is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Jess Silverstone, from Revolutionary Concepts created a paper version of the iPad. If you're dying to get an iPad an can't wait till the end of march, just get your scissors and build your own!

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UK based Apps On The Move today released Trunk Notes 2.1.0, a flexible personal wiki for the iPhone and iPod touch. Trunk Notes is the ideal mobile information system for both personal and business use. A powerful wiki engine enables notes to be quickly linked together creating a network of information. The latest version supports text, image and now voice wiki entries enabling users to capture more of their information in one place.

Virginia based ZTak Software today announces Marble Burst 1.0, their new game for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Marble Burst is fun puzzle type game with an ample amount of logic involved in order to remove all of the marbles from the game board. The strategy of marble burst is relatively simple. Remove groups of same colored marbles in such a way as to leave no marbles on the game board. To achieve a higher score, the groups of marbles removed per turn need to be as large as possible.

Apple has issued a new firmware update today to address issues that may cause intermittent display flickering. According to Apple web site, the new firmware "updates the display firmware on 27-inch iMac systems to address issues that may cause intermittent display flickering.The 27-inch iMac Display Update will update the display firmware on your iMac. Do not disturb or shut off the power on your iMac during this update." The 27-inch iMac Display Update Firmware is 294KB in size and can be downloaded from Apple's site.

Apple announced the iPad tablet device, featuring a 9.7-inch, 1024 x 768 display and 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB capacities. Carrying a custom 1 GHz "Apple A4" chip, the iPad weighs in at 1.5 pounds and is .5-inch thin. The iPad will be  priced at $499, $599, and $699 for models with Wi-Fi but without 3G. You'll have to add $130 if you want a 3G enabled model. Wi-Fi only models are scheduled to ship in 60 days and 3G-models in 90 days.

All iPad models have an accelerometer, compass, speakers, a microphone, and a 30-pin dock connector, but no USB or ethernet port. The iPad also offers, according to Apple, 10 hours of battery, with 1 month of standby battery life. Real-life battery tests still need to be done in order to confirm Apple figures. Models with 3G will be unlocked and will be able to use GSM micro SIMs (not the regular GSM SIMs).

The iPad will be able to use all the iPhone and iPod Touch Apps. However specific version will add extra features and be optimized for the device's 9.7-inch screen.