The new release has been rewritten "from the ground up," according to the developers, and features an improved user interface, the ability to display current stock prices, produces interactive charts and tracks expenses using a new "Budgets" tool.

iFinance 3 costs $29. Registered users of previous versions can upgrade for free. System requirements call for Mac OS X 10.5 or later.--

Apple has released an update to its Xcode application development framework. The 3.1.3 update lacks any major feature changes from earlier versions, but adds "some minor enhancements, refines the iPhone development experience especially in the use of provisioning profiles and code signing, and fixes a small number of bugs," according to Apple's release notes.

You'll need a Mac running Mac OS X 10.5. Xcode 3.1.3 can be downloaded from Apple's , but you'll need a registered developer account in order to get it.--