With my Internet absence I got a bit behind on updates, so let's catch up on what's been happening.
Nikon released View NX2 version 2.3.1. Not a big update, as it mainly added some new Coolpix support. Nikon also released Wireless Transmitter Utility 1.3.1, which every D4 or WT-4/5 owner will want to get. Nikon also released View NX2 2.3.2 with a bug fix. Finally, Nikon released firmware 1.0.3 for the D700, which fixes a problem that sometimes causes underexposure.
Photomatix Pro updated to version 4.2, adding new options for thumbnails, a Finishing Touch palette, 20 new presets, better handling of bright windows for interior HDRs, plus raw support for additional cameras, including the D4 and D800.
Akvis released new versions of most of their programs. Version 5.5 of Magnifier, is a plug-in and standalone combination that uprezzes images for large prints. Retoucher 5.5, Coloriage 8.5, HDRFactory 2.5, NatureArt 4.5, and MakeUp 2.5 also got revisions. These new releases are CS6 compatible.
Eye-Fi released firmware 5.0008 for the X2 card series, which fixes a Direct Mode bug and makes general wireless handling improvements.
In the Macintosh world, Apple released Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.11, which added D800 support. Raw Photo Processor (RPP) hit version 4.5, adding support for the D4 and D800 as well as a number of recent Olympus, Panasonic, and Canon cameras (including compacts using CHDK). This was a relatively big update for the program, with quite a few other improvements, as well. Limit Point introduced Panorama 1.0.3, yet another Pano program for the Mac, available for US$20 in the App Store. Pixelmator updated to version 2.0.3, adding some performance and stability improvements. Snapseed 1.1 adds support to save to TIFF.
For iPad/iPhone Snapseed Mobile 1.4 improves compatibility with the new iPad and can open images directly into Instagram. Decosoft's free Photo Borders 1.1 is also aimed at Instagram users, and features 60 customizable frames. TrueDoF-Pro is yet another depth of field tool (US$6), with a straight-forward and useful one-screen interface. Shuttersnitch got an update to version 2.2.2 to make it compatible with the D4. Pholium is a new $10 digital photo book design app for the iPad.
Finally, a project called Triggertrap Mobile (US$10+US$20 cable) looks very interesting, as it provides triggering mechanisms that haven't been seen before, including things like Distance-lapse, and Eased Timelapse. If that weren't enough, we've got HDR up to 19 exposures, HDR timelapse, and Star Trail modes (plus others, including a number of trigger releases). Indeed, this is the sort of stuff that we all wish the camera companies would actually be doing. The camera companies seem to have no imagination about how the computing power within their cameras could actually be used in imaginative and new ways to provide useful tools like this. It's as if they don't actually try to use their products except in ways that they've been used before. Frankly, some camera company should gobble up these guys and integrate this stuff into their lineup fast.