THQ Wireless today announced that Star Wars: Cantina, Star Wars: Yoda Soundboard and Star Wars: Lightsaber Duel – a sequel to the highly popular Lightsaber Unleashed application – are now available for worldwide download on iTunes. Featuring a colorful cast of characters from classic Star Wars films, the new products immerse players in “a galaxy far, far away,” offering an entertaining and humorous perspective. The games priced at $4.99, $.99, and $.99 respectively.

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The Onion launched its official iPhone application, free to download from the iTunes App Store. The app will showcase its news and regular features including Onion Radio News, Onion News Network video, sports, opinion editorials, statshots, infographics and more. In addition, app subscribers may search and view The Onion’s online content archives and save items for offline viewing.

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GameHouse announced the availability of PartyPad – Marble Mixer App for iPad on the App Store. The app brings new interactivity to the classic marble game experience and was developed specifically to take advantage of the unique capabilities and features of the exciting new iPad. PartyPad – Marble Mixer offers three games in one and allows players to select their play style, from ‘cool and collected’ to ‘fast and frenzied,’ using simple flick-and-shoot controls with true-to-life physics in each of the three variations: Space Mania, Table Tactics, and Monster Picnic.

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Bonnier Corp.’s Popular Science launched its Popular Science+ app for Apple’s iPad. Available in the App Store, Popular Science+ is an achievement in digital magazine reading that began months ago in a collaboration between Bonnier’s global R&D task force and BERG, a London-based design firm. The resulting platform, called Mag+, is the first step toward a vision of what digital magazine reading can be.

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Discovery Communications announced its MythBusters App for iPad is available on the App Store. The app brings fans a compelling new way to experience the Emmy-nominated series. The MythBusters App for iPad features: An interactive video experience with a robust collection of ad-free, short-form video content, including sneak peeks, outtakes and behind-the-scenes clips, which can be easily collapsed, expanded and moved around the screen; Easy integration with Facebook, Twitter and the ability to share content through email; Three multi-level games where players can compete against MythBusters fans to top the leader board; Ability to save favorite images, photos, games and other content for easy and quick access; Deeper information about the series, including cast bios, photos and TV schedules.

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PBS KIDS announced the availability of its SUPER WHY! App for iPad on the App Store, based on the award-winning preschool series from Out of the Blue Enterprises. The app is designed to take advantage of iPad’s larger screen and Multi-Touch user interface to enhance the educational experience, helping children achieve the power to read with four SUPER WHY! interactive literacy games. The SUPER WHY! App for iPad is available for $2.99 from the App Store on the iPad.

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Netflix App for iPad is available on the App Store. With no additional cost to Netflix members on plans starting at just $8.99 a month, Netflix iPad App will deliver a high-quality viewing experience, a broad array of movie and TV choices and a clean, intuitive interface. TV episodes and movies are conveniently organized into a variety of categories based on members’ personal preferences, popular genres, new arrivals and members’ individual instant Queues. Members can choose a movie or TV episode from any of the lists and just tap the Multi-Touch screen to play instantly or save the title to their individual instant Queue for viewing later. Additionally, users have the option of fast-forwarding and rewinding the video stream.

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DASGIP AG offers DASGIP iApp, a universal application that is optimally designed for the iPad medium. Supports parallel remote access to globally-distributed bioreactor systems with the iPhone, iPod touch® and iPad, the DASGIP iApp for the iPad allows users to monitor and control all relevant process values in up to 16 parallel reactors at different locations around the world in online mode. Users can enjoy a wide range of display options using different windows, zoom and rotation functions, all of which can be intuitively managed in typical Apple fashion.

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