DVvideo.com Ships HotSwap FireWire Enclosure DVvideo.com announces HotSwap IEEE 1394(FireWire, iLink) Hard Drive Enclosures LAFAYETTE, Calif., May 14, 2002-DVvideo.com, the digital video starting point, announces the availability of the HotSwap IEEE1394/FireWire/iLink hard drive enclosures. DVvideo.com HotSwap Hard Drive Enclosures are a pro-grade product delivering a convenient, speedy, scaleable and portable alternative to the complexity of installing internal hard disk drives in a computer. Offering plug and play ease-of-use and additional trays at $29, users will appreciate the significant value and convenience this product provides. "Its speed and scalability allow the HotSwap solution to fill a storage void for many digital video editors and media creators," said president and founder of DVvideo.com, Ben Miskie. "Because of it's industrial strength, speed, and hotswap-ability, the HotSwap Enclosures can be especially useful for digital video editors and media creators whose...

Apple Introduces Xserve 1U Rack-Mount Server New Server Delivers Multiprocessing, Large Storage & Fast Networking CUPERTINO, California-May 14, 2002-Apple=AE today introduced Xserve=81, a powerful 1U rack-mount server designed with Apple's legendary ease-of-use for groundbreakingly simple set up and remote management. Designed from the ground up as the perfect complement to Apple's UNIX-based Mac=AE OS X Server software, Xserve is ideal for business and education customers. Xserve provides exceptional performance in a compact 1U rack-mount server. Its dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processors each have 2MB of Double Data Rate (DDR) L3 cache, and Xserve is the first 1U server to use DDR SDRAM memory with up to 2GB capacity. Xserve offers best-in-class storage, with up to 480GB on four hot-plug ATA/100 drives, and best-in-class networking with standard dual Gigabit Ethernet ports. Xserve includes an unlimited user license to Mac OS X Server software, offering users a perfect combination for...

For Immediate Release Classical Software releases TFM 1.0 for Mac OS X May 13, 2002: Classical Software announces the immediate availability of TFM 1.0, a tool for searching and viewing documentation and source code. With TFM you can search, study or simply browse: Mac OS X developer documentation, framework headers, source code examples, system header files and your own source and documentation. Key features include: fast searching display of HTML & source code understanding ObjC inheritance Screen shots are here: http://www.ClassicalSoftwareInc.com/TFM-index.html WHAT DOES IT DO? After creating a new document you drop a folder (like "/System/Library/Frameworks", "/Developer/Examples" or one of your own) on it and then TFM: Provides a full-text index of files, (having parsed the HTML & C/ObjC to extract inheritance, naming and sectional information) Provides a simple "Find Next" and larger "Find All" for searching...

Cookie! By Navdeep Bains Introduction Bad Cookie! is a cookie manager supporting both Netscape & Mozilla, Internet Explorer, and OmniWeb. Features - Unlimited number of profiles - Automatically scan for new cookies - Automatically quit if no new cookies were added - Inspect the details of a cookie: domain, path, date discovered, expiration date - Delete cookies - Edit a cookie's content Registration Bad Cookie! is not freeware. It is currently $10 shareware, and will expire after 30 trial uses. If you would like to register Bad Cookie!, please visit the following URL: http://www.bainsware.com/buy/ Contact Info http://www.bainsware.com bains@mac.com Navdeep Bains P.O. Box 3391 Yuba City, CA 95992

MacAT - The leading automated task scheduling application for Macintosh server administrators New MacAT v6.1 features (27th free upgrade for registered users) -Carbon version 'MacAT X 6.1' implemented. -Added "Perform Shell Command" task for MacOS X platform. -Added "Boot Volume Free Space" to eMail Vocabulary. -Added new task Send TELNET. Sends a telnet command to a Solaris UNIX server. -"Uncompress File" now decompresses BZip, UUEncode, tar, binhex, stuffit, Zip, AppleSingle, GZip and Lha (via FullStuff XCMD v2.4). -Date column now sorts chronologically again (Including taking into account the Time column). -Possible fix for REALbasic '28 day timer not restarting' bug. MacAT is a "cron" task scheduling application for Macintosh server administrators. It is a PowerPC application that allows more than 42 of the most common MacOS tasks to be run daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly or yearly without user intervention. These scheduled tasks include: Launching Applications, Files and...

(CA-OPENOSX) Open OS X Ships Office 1.0 Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SWALL MEADOWS, Calif.--(OPENOSX-INC)--May 13, 2002-- OpenOSX, Inc., a leading provider of easy-to-use, world-class open-source software, today began shipping their Office 1.0 CD to the budding Mac OS X community. AbiWord is an award-winning open source alternative to Microsoft Word. Gnumeric is a world-class spreadsheet with 95 percent of the functions of Microsoft Excel built-in. Guppi is a dynamic charting, drawing and graphing application integrated into Gnumeric spreadsheets. SodiPodi is a vector based image manipulation program, a popular graphics editor often compared to Adobe Illustrator. TeXShop is a typesetting editor and previewer for semi- automating the authoring of technical documents. OpenOSX's Office 1.0 CD will install this suite of powerful and flexible tools for Macintosh Operating System, Mac OS X, with ease. The Office CD is shipping immediately. The new version adds improved stability,...

Optigold ISP 2.9.9 for Windows, Macintosh, Mac OS X and Linux was released on 05/10/2002. Optigold ISP is a cross-platform business software package to run all aspects of an internet service provider (from billing to server management). http://www.digitalpoint.com/products/isp/ A *FREE*, 100% working copy can be downloaded from: http://www.digitalpoint.com/products/download.php 2.9.9 adds LDAP provisioning functionality (add, modify and delete entries record), new QuickDNS functionality, new reports, new email manager functions, lots of new product package flexibility and a ton of miscellaneous other things. All new features in this version are listed in the revision log: Optigold ISP Revision Log ------------------------- Completed On 5/9/02 Usage records will fall back to canceled/held customer if there is no matching active customer Headers added to timecard summary report New export to accounting preference - Truncate Product IDs After xx Characters New reports preference - 30/60/...

For Immediate Release WILDFORM RELEASES FLIX PRO FOR WINDOWS & MAC FEATURING FLASH MX & FLV VIDEO Flix is the only software that outputs all types of Flash video LOS ANGELES, CA =96 May 8, 2002. Wildform, developers of media software and resources, today announced the release of Flix Pro for Windows and Mac. Flix Pro features new, high quality Flash MX (Flash version 6) and Flash FLV video output, as well as Flash 3-5 video, and Flix=92s one-of-a-kind vector video. Jonathan Blank, Wildform CEO, commented, =93Wildform is very pleased to continue the development of our industry leading Flash video software, Flix, and to extend our support for the media savvy Mac audience.= =94 Flix Pro is the only software that outputs all types of Flash video. It exports Wildform=92s Flash MX video with both 1-pass and 2-pass VBR (variabl= e bitrate) encoding as well as the .FLV files required to import MX video into the Macromedia Flash authoring tool. Wildform=92s Flash MX video, which plays...

The La Jolla Underground is pleased to announce the immediate availability of ResPloder 1.6. ResPloder explodes the resources of a file into folders. The resource types become folders and the resources become files that can be edited with any hex editor. Some resource types are automatically saved in popular file formats. The data fork of the original file is also preserved. ResPloder can implode a ResPloded folder back into a file. Drop a ResPloded folder onto ResPloder and a new file with exactly the same structure as the original file will be created. If any of the resource files in the ResPloded folder have been modified, then the changes will become part of the new file. New features include: * Scriptability: ResPloder understands the verbs "explode" and "implode". * Better handling of resource types with special characters. * Ability to set default file types and creators for exploded files. * Window menu. ResPloder is free and can be found at: http://ljug.com/sw/resploder.html...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rage Software Releases Macintosh Explorer 3.1 Toronto, Ontario - 05/08/02 - Rage Software announced today, the immediate availability of Macintosh Explorer 3.1. An major update to the popular file browser and file management tool. Macintosh Explorer is the advanced file browser and file management tool for the Mac. Like Windows Explorer, It offers a hierarchical overview of your files and folders on all mounted drives. Macintosh Explorer provides a wide variety of powerful file management tools, which can easily be accessed while browsing your hard drives. The convenience of having all these file management tools built in, makes Macintosh Explorer more productive and cheaper than using multiple third party applications with the Finder. Among the many useful file management tools included in Macintosh Explorer, it also allows you to store links to commonly used files, view invisible files as you browse as well as fully customize its appearance and behavior....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Acton, MA. May 8, 2002: Glass Bead Software releases SnapTalk 3 for OS X. This release offers secure encrypted messaging over TCP/IP as well as AppleTalk networks for the professional work environment. http://www.glassbead.com/snaptalk/index.html Glass Bead's secure instant messaging and file transfer/compression software, SnapTalk 3, now runs native over Apple(R)'s most advanced operating system, Macinstosh OS X, and is fully compatible with existing Macintosh(R) OS 8.1 and OS 9. For just under $19/user, SnapTalk 3 connects via AppleTalk(R) and/or over TCP/IP allowing for the flexibility and speed demanded by today's Macintosh networks. Educational and non-profit pricing is also available. New features include: - Encryption to keep discussions and files secure when sent over the Internet - Ability to drag, drop and transfer entire folders as well as files - Automatic compression for all attachments for faster file transfers - Quick reply sets that allow...

Mac OS X Developers The Omni Group Announce New Version of Productivity Tool, OmniOutliner 2.0 New features include added support for time management and data calculating Seattle, Washington -- May 6, 2002 -- The Omni Group, developers of Mac OS X applications and game ports, announce the latest version of OmniOutliner, a program for outlining and organizing information. OmniOutliner 2.0 uses intuitive commands and collapsible groups to help users maintain multiple to-do lists, create agendas, manage tasks, track expenses, write legal briefs, take meeting notes, monitor project status - and much more. OmniOutliner is the perfect application for anyone who wants to gather together bits of information and impose some sort of order upon them. Like all Omni products, OmniOutliner 2.0 leverages powerful Aqua features to provide a seamless OS X experience with an easy to use interface. "Outlines are just lists of lists, carried on to as many levels as you want. It's an incredibly effective...

Apple Previews "Jaguar," the Next Major Release of Mac OS X Features Major New Technologies and Applications WWDC 2002, San Jose, California-May 6, 2002-Apple=AE today previewed the nex= t major version of Mac=AE OS X, code-named "Jaguar," to more than 2,500 Macintosh developers at its Worldwide Developers Conference. "Jaguar" will be available to customers in late summer 2002, and will further establish Mac OS X as the most advanced operating system in the world. "Jaguar is packed with incredible new features that Mac OS X users are going to love, including our iChat instant messaging software," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Jaguar takes the world's highest-volume UNIX-based operating system to the next level, adding amazing new technologies never before seen in any operating system." "Jaguar" includes many innovative new features, such as: * iChat, Apple's new AIM-compatible instant messaging software that is built into Mac OS X and integrated with the new Mail and Address Book...

POST.OFFICE, A POWERFUL LIST SERVER FOR MAC OS X Tenon supports mail server and list server transition to Apple's new OS Santa Barbara, CA, May 6, 2002. Post.Office 3.5.3, announced in March, now incorporates powerful list serving capabilities, making Post.Office the premier list server for Mac OS X. Post.Office supports 100s of lists, mailing to 1000s of subscribers, giving Mac OS X the same list server capabilities in use at AT&T, MCI, and Sprint. Tenon's expertise is available to ease the transition of moving users from traditional Mac OS applications (e.g., LetterRip, EIMS, SIMS, and WebSTAR mail) to Post.Office on Apple's new, stronger operating system, Mac OS X. The Post.Office mail server has been extended by Tenon, especially for the Mac OS X platform, with IMAP, POP-before-SMTP, and SPAM filtering. Post.Office was designed from the ground up for ease of use, with an uncomplicated, user-friendly interface. The anywhere, anytime Web forms provide seamless navigation through...

REALbasic Cubies Deadline Extended! More Prizes! We continue to receive excellent entries for the Cubies, so we've decided to extend the deadline to 20 May, 2002. Winners will be announced in early June. To submit a nomination, send an email to (nominations@realsoftware.com). If relevant, please include a url. Only Premier partners are eligible for software categories. New Sponsors! MacTech Magazine: MacTech Magazine, the journal of Macintosh technology and development, would like to reward the "Overall" winner for the Cubies. As publishers of the fabulously successful "REALbasic Showcase" section, MacTech will award the winner a free 3 month, 1/4 page ad in the REALbasic Showcase in MacTech Magazine. If the winner is already an advertiser, they will instead get a sizable increase in ad size. For more information on the REALbasic Showcase, contact MacTech Magazine at (mailto:adsales@mactech.com). Other winners will receive a one-year subscription to the Magazine. MacAddict Magazine:...

For Immediate Release May 6, 2002 Arlington Texas: Thursby Software Updates DAVE for Macintosh Thursby Software Systems announced today the immediate availability of a key update to their popular DAVE file and print share software. This update, DAVE 3.1.1, adds outbound PostScript printer support for Mac OS X. "This is a key feature that our customers look for in Mac to PC integration. Prior to Mac OS X, our DAVE product has always included outbound PostScript printer sharing. As Mac OS X matures, we plan to continue our enhancements to DAVE," said William Thursby, President of Thursby Software. "This update also includes enhancements for our OS 8.6-9.2 customers, as well as the addition of new OS X support for Clear Text passwords and LMHOSTS files." DAVE 3.1.1 is a free update for customers currently running DAVE 3.1. Those using version 2.5 of DAVE may purchase an upgrade on the web site, http://www.thursby.com, for $89.95. The single license U.S. retail price of DAVE is $149.00....

MINDVISION RELEASES PUBLIC BETA OF INSTALLER VISE FOR MAC OS X SAN JOSE, CALIF. - May 6, 2002: MindVision Software announces the immediate public beta availability of Installer VISE(tm) 8.0 today at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. The Installer VISE builder is now fully Carbonized to run native on Mac OS X and Mac OS 9. ABOUT THIS RELEASE The Installer VISE builder has been completely updated to be a Carbonized application which runs native with an Aqua interface on Mac OS X, while maintaining full compatibility with Mac OS 9. Other changes in version 8.0 include: - Create Mac OS X application bundles Installer VISE 8.0 can build a Carbon-based installer as a Mac OS X application bundle. - Updated Gestalts The Gestalt checks have been updated to reference recent OS platforms. - More integrated e-commerce options To extend Installer VISE's integration with the eSellerate e-commerce system, eSellerate-powered installers can now send the following information during the purchase...

For immediate release: Beaverton, OR (May 5, 2002) - Jiiva, Inc., announces RapidDispatch 1.0 Beta, a fast, reliable, and extendable messaging service. RapidDispatch's real-time data distribution is designed for synchronization and Publish & Subscribe architectures between applications. RapidDispatch is Jiiva's first commercial solution built using Jiiva's advanced Messaging & Queuing technology, RapidMQ. RapidMQ is a Message Oriented Middleware implementation designed for asynchronous communication over TCP/IP networks. RapidMQ works similarly to an email system in which messages are stored and forwarded to reach their destinations. RapidMQ is available for Mac OS X, Sun Solaris, and Red Hat Linux. RapidDispatch contains a message server, frameworks to be included in applications, and an administrative application that runs on Mac OS X. Also included is a specific implementation used for WebObjects 4.5.1 and 5.1. The WebObjects solution is designed to take advantage of the...

Mike Murry is pleased to announce the release of his first REALbasic built application. REALdocbuilder is a utility for REALbasic developers that makes it easy to generate HTML documentation for your custom classes. Just load a XML file of your project into REALdocbuilder, drag and drop all the methods, events, properties, and constants you want to document, and fill in the description for each one. When you're all done, build the HTML file and you're documentation is generated for you. REALdocbuilder can be downloaded from (http://www.mikemurry.com/software/). I started building this application with a very narrow view of what I wanted it to do. I wanted an easy way to build documentation for a class I was building. As I got further into writing it, however, I thought of a lot of ways to make it do more. With that being said, I consider this application to be incomplete. It works but I have a vision of it that is much better than its current form. I'm also not very happy with the...

CodeWarrior for Mac OS, Professional Edition Version 8.0 Industry's #1 Professional Development Tool Suite Coming May 31, 2002 Only CodeWarrior Development Tools for Mac OS, v8 unleashes your imagination to develop applications faster and easier with the true flexibility you need to speed your time to market. The CodeWarrior tools for Mac OS include a feature-rich integrated development environment (IDE) that enables you to build applications for both Mac OS X and Classic Mac OS. And, you can choose from two object-oriented class libraries: Metrowerks PowerPlant or Apple's Cocoa. In fact, you can use this powerful CodeWarrior tool suite to build any code based on C, C++, Objective-C, or Java. The CodeWarrior IDE has everything you need in one easy-to-use tool suite: an advanced project manager, build system, source code editor, code completion for C, C+ + and Java, compilers, linkers, debuggers, class browser, and more. Best of all, CodeWarrior tools for Mac OS, v8 is from Metrowerks...

MACTECH ANNOUNCES THE KAGI SHOWCASE -- With the Kagi Showcase in MacTech Magazine, Kagi vendors can reach a power purchasing audience at a very low price! MacTech Magazine and Kagi have joined together to create an incredible opportunity for Kagi vendors of all kinds. An advertising showcase, with an extremely low out of pocket cost, and yet, one that gets to the most influential group in the Macintosh market. The Kagi showcase inside MacTech Magazine gives developers an opportunity to showcase products in a classified environment, which has proven to be the most effective way to sell products which are low in cost and consideration. For the first time, developers using Kagi will be able to create "awareness" for their brand and product, at a cost so low, it's unheard of. There are more specifics you should know about MacTech readers. But, the most important are that: * The majority of MacTech readers not only use Macintosh, but Windows and Palm OS devices as well....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DEVDEPOT NAMED PRODUCER OF OFFICIAL STORE FOR MACWORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO -- All Exhibitors Invited to Sell Through DevDepot -- One-Stop Shop for All Attendees WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA and FRAMINGHAM, MA -- May 2, 2002 -- DevDepot(r), the leader in Macintosh related and technical product sales, and IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for IT markets around the globe, announced today that DevDepot has been named producer of the Official Retail Store at IDG World Expo's Macworld Conference & Expo, in both New York 2002, and in San Francisco 2003. Macworld Conference & Expo attendees will now benefit from the combination of DevDepot's world renowned customer service and competitive pricing, and the scope of products seen at the Macworld events. Macworld Conference & Expo is the world's most comprehensive Macintosh OS event. The upcoming Macworld Conference & Expo will take place July 15-19, 2002 at...

[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] Gela - April 29th, 2002 XCHAR 1.5 FOR MAC OS X RELEASED XChar 1.5 is out!! This new version has a lot of interface improvements and allows you to change the font display size. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION XChar allows you to quickly use uncommon characters even if you don't remember the key combination you need to use a certain character. How? XChar displays a window containing all the characters that your Mac can display. When you need one of it, simply drag and drop it on the place where you need it. And when you don't need XChar, you can reduce its window to a small icon and place it where you want on your screen. When you'll need it again, simply click on it and it will zoom again. Moreover, XChar is a standalone application and doesn't need any special extension to run. XChar is a $10 shareware application For more informations, visit: http://www.ziksw.com/software/xchar.html Best Regards, Angelo Scicolone Mac OS and Mac OS X Developer email: ascicolone@mac.com...

INTELLI INNOVATIONS RELEASES EMAIL ALERT 3.0 FOR MAC OS X RALEIGH, NC, April 30th, 2002 - Intelli Innovations, developers of innovative business software for the Macintosh platform, today released a new version of its popular shareware e-mail notification product eMail Alert! for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. eMail Alert! 3.0 has been redesigned from the ground up for Mac OS X, including a refined user interface with spaced controls, easier message readability, and a redesigned global alert system. eMail Alert! comes with 22 built-in alert sound effects and a new Mac OS X port of our "yellow alert" account notifier, allowing e-mail notifications to float over other running applications while eMail Alert! remains in the background. eMail Alert! 3.0 works with any computer running Mac OS 10.1 or later. eMail Alert! 3.0 Classic is available for our customers using Mac OS 9 or earlier on PowerPC-based systems. eMail Alert! 3.0 is a free upgrade for users of any previous version. New 3.0...

eOrdering Complete 1.1 is an application that allows you to create web forms specifically to order products online. eOrdering Complete uses shopping cart technology to allow the user to store a users order, so they can move around your site and place their order when they want. eOrdering Complete will creates the main order page, view cart page, checkout page and individual product pages. The products can have images or can be text. Each product can have a description, cost, shipping cost. If images are selected for products, then multiple images can be added at one time. eOrdering Complete creates the server side code (.asp or .php) or use PayPal to process the order this product. In the end, you have a product where the user selects what they need, they can see the cost, they submit the order, and then you get an email detailing the order. This fully functional 20-day demo version is available for Windows and Macintosh (both classic and carbon). A simple four-step process is all...

John Mark Osborne releases the Philosophy of FileMaker intermediate and advanced training courses Huntington Beach, Calif., April 30, 2002 -- John Mark Osborne of Database Pros has been working with FileMaker for over a decade and training FileMaker students for over 5 years. All of his knowledge has been poured into the new Philosophy of FileMaker hands-on intermediate and advanced training courses covering scripting and calculations in multi-user environments. The Philosophy of FileMaker courses differ from other FileMaker training on the market in that they focus on teaching students how to think in FileMaker rather than to just regurgitate techniques. "With an understanding of FileMaker functions at a core level, students are able to solve their own problems after they leave the class", exclaims noted author and trainer John Mark Osborne. The Philosophy of FileMaker course comes in two flavors: - The Philosophy of Scripting (Intermediate) 3 days - The Philosophy of Scripting (...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., Authorized Distributor for DynamicStructure 4D Plugin Provides Unprecedented Programmatic Access into Structures Vero Beach, FL - Monday, April 29th, 2002: Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., today announced the immediately availability of DynamicStructure. As a new, authorized distributor for DynamicStructure worldwide, Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., is offering immediate sales and support services for the full release of the popular new and very powerful 4D plugin. DynamicStructure is a plugin that lets 4D developers dynamically get and set properties and contents of objects in the structure. It is a very powerful tool useful to all 4D developers. DynamicStructure allows for functionality never before possible in 4th Dimension, from automatic documentation to dynamic manipulation of objects. DynamicStructure covers a lot of features that can not be accessed currently with the 4D language or any other tool available to the 4D market....

For Immediate Release Wednesday, May 1, 2002 Prague, Czech Republic Next week, 24U s.r.o. is going to release an upgrade of successful scripting addition 24U Appearance OSAX. Now in version 2.0 for Mac OS X! All the user interface features you always missed in AppleScript are now coming also to Mac OS X! - generating modern error messages - displaying flexible dialog boxes even with pop-up menus - opening floating message windows - showing progress indicators - notifying user about important events Still as easy to use as "display dialog" but much more powerful! More information about the released plug-in can be found next week at your favorite server or the following web page: http://www.24u.cz/ Subscribe for on coming information: http://www.24u.cz/comingso.htm If you are a newsletter editor and want to review this product, please request a free NFR licence by e-mail at (mailto:nfr@24u.cz). If you are a user group member and want special advantages, do not hesitate to contact us at...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE XPLAIN TO MANAGE ALL SPECIAL INTEREST PAVILIONS FOR MACWORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO -- MacTech Central, and Other Special Interest Areas Make Their Return -- Several New Market Segments Being Added WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA and FRAMINGHAM, MA -- May 1, 2002 -- Xplain Corporation, the leader in pavilion management, and IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for IT markets around the globe, announced today that Xplain will manage all of the pavilions at IDG World Expo's Macworld Conference & Expo, in both New York (July 15-19, 2002), and in San Francisco (January 6-10, 2003). Special interest areas and pavilions allow exhibitors to target attendees interested in particular technology categories. Macworld Conference & Expo is the world's most comprehensive Macintosh OS event. The upcoming Macworld Conference & Expo will take place July 15-19, 2002 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The...

piDog Software's piPop 2 goes beta Mesa, Arizona, april 28 2002 - Today piDog Software announced the release of piPop 2.0b2. Previously know as piDock, the new version can be downloaded from http://www.pidog.com/. piPop is a utility for navigating files and folders for Mac OS. piPop has received praise for it's innovative display techniques and unlimited depth hierarchical browsing abilities. Many users consider piPop to be an OSX replacement for FinderPop. Some of the new features include tear-off menus, drag and drop to piPop menus, improved click-and-hold folder drilling, and the ability to access running applications from piPop's menus. piPop is shareware, and will function normally with the exception of a "nag" window for unregistered users. The price of registration is suggested at $25, but users are welcome to pay what they feel is appropriate. User Testimonials: From Keith Enno, April 28th, 2002 I'm an old user of Turleys little launcher finderPop and running OSX you miss...

Apple Unveils New eMac for Education 17-Inch Flat CRT eMac Most Affordable G4 System Ever CUPERTINO, California-April 29, 2002-Apple=AE today unveiled the eMac=AE, a = new desktop line designed specifically for education, featuring a stunning 17-inch flat CRT and a powerful 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor in a remarkably compact design that is 8 mm less deep than the original 15-inch iMac=AE. The most affordable PowerPC G4 system ever, the new eMac line start= s at just $999 (US). "Our education customers asked us to design a desktop computer specifically for them," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "The new eMac features a 17-inch flat CRT and a powerful G4 processor, while preserving the all-in-one compact enclosure that educators love." "By listening to educators and including their suggestions in the development of the product, Apple is showing why they have led the market for technology in education for the past 25 years," said James L. Konantz, Asst. Superintendent, Instructional...

Sand Hill and other Home Automation products are also available through DevDepot (http://www.devdepot.com), mailto:orders@devdepot.com, Toll free: 877-DEPOT-NOW, Outside US/Canada: 805-494-9797, Fax: 805-494-9798.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Microspot at WWDC to Launch Microspot X-RIP Developer Programme 26-04-2002 - Maidstone, Kent, UK - Microspot Ltd., Macintosh, and Windows-based developer of graphics software and printer/plotter drivers, is proud to introduce the Microspot X-RIP Developer Programme. This new Developer Programme will provide its members with the opportunity to test their applications with the latest Macintosh printer drivers from Microspot Limited. Microspot will test members' applications for compatibility with their drivers. Members of the Microspot X-RIP Developer Programme are required to supply a full copy of their software applications for testing. Members will receive a copy of Microspot X-RIP for their own test purposes should they require it. Microspot -X-RIP Microspot X-RIP is a professional Mac OS X printer driver. Native to Mac OS X, Microspot X-RIP utilizes the latest Mac OS X operating system technologies to provide near photographic output on a wide range of large...

Product Release Date: 4/29/02 I'm pleased to announce the release of PrintMagic 1.0 for OS X. PrintMagic for OS X has been developed to provide users with complete control over the information they print! PrintMagic is highly customizable, PrintMagic greatly enhances users' productivity when working with their Macs, and PrintMagic saves users a significant amount of money by dramatically reducing the amount of ink/toner and paper that's used when printing! SOME OF THE FEATURES INCLUDED IN PRINTMAGIC FOR OS X ARE: * PrintMagic lets users select the text that they want to print in virtually any program -- anything from a single character to multiple pages. PrintMagic eliminates the need to print an entire page or pages when all that users want are some snippets, words, sentences, or paragraphs. * PrintMagic supports styled and colored text. * PrintMagic includes a virtual Desktop Printer that supports drag-and-drop printing. * PrintMagic also lets users save their selections to a file...

24.04.2002 - MacZ Software updates HTML Converter HELSINKI -- MacZ Software has released a new version of HTML Converter, the free tool for converting special characters into their HTML character code equivalents in HTML, PHP and ASP files. In HTML Converter 1.4, all HTML entities are verified using W3C's official SGML list, and all of those entities are located in the XML file, to be easily customized by the user. The new version also updates AppleScripts. To download HTML Converter 1.4 and to get more information, go to http://www.maczsoftware.com/products.php?p=html_converter MacZ Software http://www.maczsoftware.com/

Contact: Irina Nazarova, info@conceptdraw.com Phone/Fax: +380 482 266576 CS-Odessa releases ConceptDraw Presenter, the software for slide-shows and interactive presentations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONCEPTDRAW PRESENTER BY CS-ODESSA RELEASED Odessa, Ukraine - April 25, 2002 - Computer Systems Odessa Corp., today announced the release of ConceptDraw Presenter - the innovative presentation software from award-winning ConceptDraw Productivity Line. ConceptDraw Presenter offers the successful combination of advanced drawing and animation functionality. It provides efficient and convenient way for fulfilling a variety of presentation tasks from convincing business presentations and slide-shows to attractive web-ready Flash movies. It is perfect for daily work of managers, educators and other professionals who need to demostrate their materials in the clear, interactive form. "ConceptDraw Presenter is one of our most awaited products. Our initial design was to combine excellent graphic engine...

4D, Inc. Ships 4D WebSTAR v4.5 for Mac OS 9 -- Free Update to Web Server Suite on Mac OS 9 Now Faster and More Stable with Improved File Upload Plug-in -- SAN JOSE, Calif., April 24, 2002 -- 4D, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS Environment and 4D WebSTAR Server Suite, today announced 4D WebSTAR Server Suite v4.5 is now shipping. 4D WebSTAR v4.5 is now faster and more stable with an improved File Upload Plug-in. 4D WebSTAR v4.5 is a free update to all registered 4D WebSTAR 4.x users and is available for immediate download at (http://www.webstar.com/45/). "Even though we've got an intense development focus on 4D WebSTAR V for Mac OS X, we're still paying attention to 4D WebSTAR for Mac OS 9 and its users," explained Brendan Coveney, president and CEO of 4D, Inc. The Web server in 4D WebSTAR v4.5 has been decarbonized to provide improved performance and eliminates memory leaks. The Admin application in 4D WebSTAR v4.5 has been updated to allow connections to the new 4D...

MALLET AND BARE UPDATE ERASE THE TRAIL FOR MAC OS AND MAC OS X Walkersville, MD - April 23, 2002 - Mallet and Bare, developers of productivity and utility software for the Macintosh and Windows platform, today announced an update to their award-winning application, Erase The Trail. Erase the Trail is the file and hard drive management tool used by many. This application has been compared to applications such as, "Macintosh Explorer," "Ghost Hunter," and "File Buddy," with more features that you need and at half the cost. You can batch change creator codes, you can delete, create, and view invisible files, and you can even completely back up your hard drive on to some storage device, with the click of a button. View information that you did not even know existed. Edit Mac OS X long file names without booting into Mac OS X. One user says, "I have never seen an application that deletes the invisibles so easily." Erase the Trail 2.0 has many new features, such as: * Preview Feature * Full...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DBExperts, Inc. Announces The Launch of DBExperts PostgreSQL Professional Edition for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux MIAMI, FL - April 23, 2002 (INB) -- dbExperts, Inc. today announced the launch of an enhanced version of their PostgreSQL distribution - the dbExperts PostgreSQL Professional for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD - a comprehensive multi-platform relational database management solution targeted to the small- and medium-sized business market (SMBs), primarily for application developers, Internet and eCommerce professionals. dbExperts PostgreSQL Professional is a feature-rich database that is capable of handling the most challenging demands of today's business and Internet applications. dbExperts PostgreSQL Professional is a high-powered object-relational database that offers the performance, stability, scalability, reliability and flexibility required for mission critical applications and provides all the resources necessary to implement successful...

Valentina Technology Release 1.9 Available VALENTINA SOLUTIONS EXCEED 2 GB FILE LIMIT; ADDS TWO NEW PRODUCTS April 16, 2002. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software, makers of the Valentina line of database products announced the availability of Valentina Technology Release 1.9, adding significant, new features to all products in the product line. All Valentina enabled products will include these new features as well as the introduction of two new members of the Valentina family of products: Larger Databases. Now Valentina databases can have files larger than 2 GB. COMPACT and DEFRAGMENT Commands. These features allows you to reclaim unused segments in databases, and to remove fragmentation in indexes and VarChar fields. This represents a significant improvement for storage on removable media. DIAGNOSE Command. This allows that status of the database to be checked and a report produced for individual tables and fields. BaseObject Encryption. Now base objects can be password encrypted...

STAZ SOFTWARE WELCOMES METALBASIC USERS WHY? STAZ Software, Inc., developer of FutureBASIC, has long looked on MetalBasic with interest and goodwill [see (http://www.stazsoftware.com/staz/index.php?ref=20010700_000001)]. Andy Gariepy, the driving force behind FutureBASIC for over a decade, had this to say: "I've always worked hard to improve FutureBASIC. It's easy to understand Marin Saric's determination to make the most of MetalBasic." Still, there has been concern among MetalBasic coders as to Mac OS X support and the continued development of the environment. FutureBASIC is one of the few programming environments to have crossed the great divide from 68K to PPC and now to Carbon. The people at STAZ Software understand the need to stand-by users, but also how difficult these changes can be. WHAT? There seems to be a consensus that from the editing and programming perspectives, [as well as the fierce determination to be the best :-) ], FutureBASIC and MetalBasic have a lot in common...

Brushfire 1.5.2, an update to the blazing fast script analysis utility for FileMaker Pro users and developers, is now available for demo, purchase and download. Brushfire 1.5.2 is a minor update that fixes a couple of bugs and refines some of the search results to avoid false positives. Visit (http://www.chapsoft.com) for more details, demos, samples and to purchase. For a complete list of improvements, see (http://www.chapsoft.com/brushfire/history.html) Russell Kohn Chaparral Software & Consulting Services, Inc. russ@chapsoft.com 310.260.1700 Brushfire - Blazing Fast FileMaker Script Analysis http://www.chapsoft.com/brushfire

MacAppProcess is a plug-in that extends the Application class in a number of useful ways, with properties to get the app's FolderItem, MacCreator, and Name, and with a method to send the app to the front. It can also tell you if your app is running under Mac OS X or Classic emulation. Verson 1.0.2 adds support for bundled applications. App.CarbonParentBundle as FolderItem: Get a reference to your app's containing bundle. App.CarbonBundleResource("file.name") as FolderItem: Easy access to any file in the bundle's Resources folder. App.CarbonBundleResourcesFolder as FolderItem: Get a reference to the bundle's Resources folder. App.CarbonRegisterHelp: Register your bundle's HelpBook with the system. Compatible with all REALbasic platforms. Download it here: (http://www.mile23.com/plugins.html) Read the documentation, including useage restrictions, here: (http://www.mile23.com/plug_macappprocess.html) Enjoy! Paul Mitchum mile23@usa.net

"James Sentman announces the release of acgi dispatcher 1.0 for Mac OS X." Richmond, VA - April 19th, 2002. Acgi dispatcher allows you to write cgi programs in AppleScript that can be run with the Apache web server that is built in to Mac OS X. This has been a much used feature of the classic Mac OS for many years. By giving us Apache as the new personal web sharing Apple gave us an enterprise level server, but took away the ability to code for it in Apple Script. Acgi dispatcher provides an easy to configure interface between the unix layer and Apple Script. In addition to providing the "on handle cgi request" handler for regular acgi Apple Scripts, acgi dispatcher also supports applications that need to be called via the "Launch At Suffix" mapping which is used by pre-processors. Acgi dispatcher will happily send these events to programs running either as Mac OS X applications or applications running in the classic environment. Applications running multi-threaded via the "send...

Monkeybread Software Germany releases version 2.4 of their REALbasic Plugin Collection. This plugin adds around 500 functions, methods and classes to REALbasic. Growed over the last two years this plugin covers this main features: * Compression and Decompression of data and pictures including JPEG files without the need of QuickTime. * VideoForWindows class to play movies on Windows 95 and newer without QuickTime. * Filemapping * Resolution changing from Realbasic including fading. * Monitoring of Events inside your application. * Access to special folders. * Serial Port with up to 230 kBit/s. * CRC calculation * Several Hardware Information functions and access to the Name Registry. (including drive serial number for hard disks) * Extending REALbasic's internal classes like Movie, Movieplayer, Memoryblock, Picture and Application. * A process class to list the running applications. * Classes to access the Windows Registry for loading and storing preferences. * Access...

HTML Source code Editor with HTML Checker JChecker3.0 Rev3.0.2 File Size 5.0MB Release date: 04.19.2002 shareware: US$36 Company URL: http://www.artman21.net/ Product URL: http://www.artman21.net/product/jchecker/index_E.html Download: For Classic OS: http://www02.matsumoto.co.jp/product/jchecker/JChecker302E.sea.bin For Mac OS X: http://www02.matsumoto.co.jp/product/jchecker/JChecker302EX.dmg.bin.gz Description: JChecker3.0 is not only an HTML checker but has been reborn as a powerful HTML source code editor supporting both the Mac OS Classic and OS X environment. As an HTML checker, JChecker3.0 supports 16 HTML/XHTML validation dictionaries, auto-generation for DTD dictionaries, auto HTML error correction, powerful link checking including sub linked pages, and much more. As a text editor, it inherits powerful editing functions from its brother Jedit, including regular expression search, AppleScriptability, and enhanced macro functions. It also supports many original...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUSTAINABLE SOFTWORKS RELEASES IPNETMONITORX 1.0 CUMBERLAND, R.I.- Sustainable Softworks, developers of award-winning Mac networking and security software, has released version 1.0 of IPNetMonitorX, its popular set of network diagnostic tools, now native for Mac OS X. IPNetMonitorX v1.0 improves on the Network Utility included in Mac OS X with new implementations that are more responsive, intuitive, and visually easier to work with, as well as perform functions that could not be performed by the corresponding unix tools. Verions 1.0 adds the much-requested Monitor tool to IPNetMonitorX. The tool graphically displays transmitted and received data. Users can open multiple windows to monitor more than one interface at a time, with the bsd name of the interface displayed in the title while monitoring. The Monitor window can be opened by default when the application is launched and viewed in a miniaturized Dock window. In addition, Sustainable Softworks' Peter Sichel...

Pooch Extends Its Support "Plug and Play" Parallel Computing Extends Support of MPIs and Programming Environments Huntington Beach, California, USA - April 17, 2002 - Dauger Research, Inc., announces shipment of version 1.2 of Pooch, the Parallel OperatiOn and Control Heuristic application. The latest update introduces support for multiple implementations of MPI and executables written in a wide array of programming environments. This IEEE "most innovative" award-winning cluster management software can now team with three distinct MPI implementations: * MacMPI_X - the time-tested message-passing interface for Mac clusters; * mpich - an open-source MPI commonly used on Linux-based clusters; and * MPI-Pro - an MPI commercially supported by MPI Software Technology, Inc. Today, all three MPIs can run with your parallel code and Pooch on Mac OS X. Pooch is designed to combine powerful, numerically-intensive parallel-computing clusters with the famed ease-of-use of the Macintosh. It...

Big Nerd Ranch Launches Extreme Mentoring On-Site Training FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Atlanta, GA - April 17, 2002 - The Big Nerd Ranch Announces its New Extreme Mentoring On-Site Training Program. Big Nerd Ranch is now offering Cocoa training and Extreme Mentoring to organizations seeking on-site classes for their future Cocoa development teams. One week of intensive on-site training is followed by one week of on-site mentoring when your team is ready to begin development. Traditional training provides the knowledge your team needs in order to build applications in OS X. Building applications brings up new questions, and practical experience introduces problems that couldn't have been predicted during class. As with all learning, material that isn't immediately used is often forgotten. Extreme Mentoring reintroduces you to what you've forgotten, and allows your team to move forward quickly and efficiently. When your organization schedules a week of Big Nerd Ranch training, Aaron Hillegass...