Remains of the Day: Payback

14.07.2011

Speaking of confusing numbers, a recent survey of smartphone owners reported that 34 percent of iPhone owners surveyed believed their phone to be 4G capable. Even more surprisingly, an additional 36 percent believed that their phone was, in fact, a PowerMac G4, and the remaining 30 percent could name only three out of four Gs. (For the record they're Grumpy, Goofy, Garibaldi, and Gargamel.)

- Version 5 of Stairways Software's venerable productivity utility for Mac OS X adds the ability to control the flow of macros with conditional tests, plus variable storage, built-in calculations, support for undo and redo, enhanced Application and Window Switchers, improved clipboard history, a library of pre-built macros, and more. $36 for a new license, upgrades start at $18.

- Redcort Software has updated its time clock software to add support for Mac OS X Lion, as well as new reporting features for additional printing and viewing flexibility, new options for employee shifts and scheduling, and more. Starts at $99.

- Version 2.3.1 of Ambrosia's screenshot utility adds Lion compatibility, as well as better H.264 color management and encoding, improved handling of mono audio devices, and other bug patches and improvements. $69.