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Startly Technologies Announces Docktopus for Tiger; New application enhances Mac OS X Dock.


WEST DES MOINES, Iowa West Des Moines is a city in Polk, Dallas, and Warren counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 46,403; a special census taken in the spring of 2005 counted 51,744 residents.  -- Startly Technologies Startly Technologies (originally and still doing business as CE Software) is a software development company based in West Des Moines, Iowa. History
CE Software began as the programming arm of Computer Emporium, a retail computer store begun in 1978 by Richard
, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
., a leading provider of productivity solutions, today announced the release of Docktopus 1.0. Similar to the way Apple Mail uses a badge to display the number of unread messages from its Dock icon, Docktopus allows users to overlay custom badges on their Dock icons. These badges give users a convenient source for real-time information about the items in their Dock, such as an application's CPU CPU
 in full central processing unit

Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit.
 or Memory usage. With badges like the iTunes Control and iCal Event Peek, Docktopus provides users with a new way of using their Dock - allowing them to control and get information from applications directly from their Dock icons.

Docktopus adds the following functionality to the Dock:

--Access statistics like drive space available, the number of files in a folder and the size of a specific file or folder present in the Dock.

--View upcoming iCal events by simply rolling the mouse across the badge.

--Access commonly used files and nested folders See nesting.  from a pop-up menu pop-up menu n (COMPUT) → menĂº m emergente

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.

--Play QuicKeys Shortcuts See Win Shortcuts. , AppleScripts and Automator Workflows.

--Get instant access to general information such as CPU usage or Memory consumed by a given application.

--Display iTunes track information, cover art and control iTunes.

--View the number of unread Mail messages in specified accounts and mark messages as junk.

In conjunction with the launch of Docktopus, a development kit will be made available to the Mac OS X developer community that will allow them to create their own badges. For additional information on the Docktopus SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK.

SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit").
, visit www.startly.com/docktopus-sdk.

Pricing & Availability

Available immediately, Docktopus has an introductory price of $19.95 and can be purchased direct from Startly Technologies by calling 800-523-7638 or 515-221-1801 or online at www.startly.com/shop.

Startly Technologies, LLC

Startly Technologies develops personal and productivity software that saves time and effort for countless Windows and Macintosh users worldwide. We are dedicated to providing solutions that are reliable, easy to use, and designed with both the expert and novice user in mind. For more information, visit www.startly.com.

Copyright 2005 Startly Technologies, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Docktopus and Startly Technologies are trademarks of Startly Technologies, LLC. All other brand names are trademarks of their respective holders.
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