New TSStalk from Thursby - One product for all platforms
New TSStalk from Thursby - One product for all platforms
January 8, 2001 - Arlington, Texas, Thursby Software announces a new
version of its popular TSStalk software that accommodates all Microsoft
Windows platforms. "Now, your PC can share files and PostScript printers
with your Macintosh computer no matter which platform you need," said
company president, William Thursby. "One CD, one key, one package and our
customers can protect their investment over time and across product lines."
TSStalk for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 enables PC users to access AppleShare
and AppleShare IP servers on the Mac. Where needed, TSStalk also allows
access to AppleTalk PostScript printers. This software is loaded on the PC
and requires no additional software for the Macintosh.
For a company with more Macs than PCs, TSStalk is a cost effective and
easy-to-install solution to their file share problems. The new TSStalk CD
works with every current Windows release and includes a handy User's Guide.
Five easy...
Proxim Unveils New NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Proxim Unveils New NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway
An Easy-To-Use Internet Sharing Solution for Macs and PCs
SkyLINE PCI Card for Schools and Businesses Now Available
MacWorld, San Francisco, Calif., January 8, 2000 The Consumer Networks
Business Unit (formerly Farallon) of Proxim, Inc. (Nasdaq: PROX), today
unveiled its new Farallon NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway, a
plug-and-play gateway that allows schools and businesses to create networks
that simultaneously support Macs and PCs over wired and wireless
connections and share a single Internet connection. Proxim also announced
that its Farallon SkyLINE PCI Card is now shipping.
Beyond enabling both a wired and wireless network, the NetLINE Wireless
Broadband Gateway allows users on local area networks to share a single
cable or DSL modem Internet connection without having to obtain extra IP
addresses. The Gateway also features a built-in firewall and configurable
protection features, so that networks...
Japanware.com E-Business Service to Protect Brands in Japan
Japanware.com E-Business Service to Protect International Brands in Japan
NEW SERVICE GIVES NON-JAPANESE COMPANIES STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE TO GAINING
JAPAN DOMAIN NAMES AND FIRST JAPANESE WEB PRESENCE
January 8, 2001. Beaverton, OR. Japanware.com, a new brand of internet
business and marketing services targeting penetration and expansion into
the Japanese B2B and B2C marketplaces became available today. Japanware.com
provides non-Japanese corporations with cost effective, time saving
solutions to registering difficult to acquire Japanese domains, as well as
launching e-commerce sites targeting Japanese customers.
The Japanware.com line of services are a response to the deregulation in
Japan of domain name management. Only Japanese companies and foreign
subsidiaries may acquire Japanese domain names ending in ".co.jp", the
designation for Japanese corporate domains. Through the end of year 2000,
Japanese corporations have been limited to having only a single domain per
corporation. In 2001...
Active Server Pages support for Mac OS X
Halcyon Software & Tenon Announce Active Server Pages support for Mac OS X
A suite of tools to dramatically simplify Apache configuration &
maintenance now includes Active Server Pages support
Santa Barbara, CA, January 8, 2001. Tenon Intersystems, today, announced a
new version of the Tenon iTools Web Server Suite for Mac OS X Public Beta
bundled with Halcyon's award-wining Instant ASP (iASP). Tenon's iTools Web
Server Suite is an Apache-based web server package that takes advantage of
the preemptive multitasking and memory protection of Apple's
next-generation operating system. Tenon's iTools Web Server Suite for Mac
OS X is a family of tools essential to serious, commercial content delivery
and eCommerce. iASP is a Java implementation of the industry-standard
Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) framework, giving business and
individuals an extremely cost-effective way to create and run interactive
web sites.
Tenon's iTools web server package for Mac OS X is an evolution of...
WEBmail for Mac OS X
Tenon Announces Enhanced WEBmail for Mac OS X
Santa Barbara, CA, January 8, 2001. Tenon Intersystems announced today that
iTools 6.0, its web server package for Apple's new operating system, Mac OS
X, will include a new version of WEBmail.
iTools anytime, anywhere WEBmail enables users to access email from any
device running a browser. iTools WEBmail is compatible with SMTP mail
servers: thus the WEBmail client can POP or IMAP mail from any SMTP mail
server and any mail client can POP or IMAP mail from the WEBmail mail
server. The WEBmail client can be hand-tailored with unique logos and
banner advertising on a virtual host-by-virtual host basis.
Tenon's iTools WEBmail was developed by EMUmail, Inc.
(http://www.emumail.com), a widely respected vendor of web-based mail
systems. The new WEBmail supports multiple attachments, address books, user
definable folders, outbox for sent messages, real-time SPAM filtering using
the "Real-Time Blackhole" list of known SPAMmers, customizable tag...
MacTech CD-ROM, Volumes 1-16
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MACTECH CD-ROM RELEASED AT MACWORLD EXPO
January 8, 2001 -- Westlake Village, CA, USA -- MacTech Magazine announces
a new release of their best selling MacTech CD-ROM! The MacTech CD-ROM
includes the entire history of MacTech Magazine, over 2000 articles from
almost 180 issues of MacTech, running from 1984 through May of 2000.
MacTech is the journal of Macintosh technology and development ... making
it a must-have reference tool.
Debuting at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, CA., the new release of the
MacTech CD-ROM provides the most complete reference collection available
for Macintosh programmers and developers. The CD-ROM will be sold at
MACWORLD Expo, Jan 9th-12th, in the MacTech Central Pavilion (booth #3240)
and is available on the web from DevDepot (http://www.devdepot.com/).
The newly updated CD includes articles on Carbon, Mac OS X, QuickTime
development, and so much more! This wealth of programming tutorials,
introductions to new technologies, and how-to...
ADC Direct Debuts in MacTech Magazine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ADC DIRECT DEBUTS IN JANUARY 2001 MACTECH MAGAZINE
RELEASED AT MACWORLD EXPO
January 8, 2001 -- Westlake Village, CA, USA -- MacTech Magazine today
announced a new magazine section, Apple Developer Connection (ADC) Direct.
This new series of articles is designed to help facilitate Mac OS X
development. ADC Direct debuts in the January 2001 issue of MacTech
Magazine, copies of which will be available in limited quantity at Macworld
Conference & Expo in San Francisco.
Each month, Apple's Technology Managers will present articles covering
topics such as Cocoa and Carbon APIs, Apple's development tools, I/O Kit,
Quartz, Aqua, and more. These articles will present an overview of key Mac
OS X technologies with pointers to online resources from Apple that provide
more in-depth information. In addition, ADC Direct will provide shortcuts
and tips aimed at improving code and accelerating development time.
"We are pleased to offer these up-to-the-minute articles to...
REALbasic Users Get Together at MacWorld SF 2001
The REALbasic users get together at MacWorld Expo San Francisco will be
Wednesday night from 8pm to 10pm. Come talk with REAL Software staff and
other REALbasic users.
For location information and to get an invite, please stop by our booth in
MacTech Central, #3240 at Moscone Center.
Geoff Perlman
President & CEO
REAL Software, Inc.
http://www.realsoftware.com
mailto:geoff@realsoftware.com
Phone: 512-263-1233
Fax: 512-263-1441
Startup Doubler 2.6
January 3nd, 2001: Startup Doubler 2.6 is now available for downloading
from www.marcmoini.com
Startup Doubler makes for quicker startups: Its software acceleration
compensates for sub-optimal disk performance to make extensions, control
panel, the Finder and startup applications load faster.
Save time each time you startup your Mac! Those seconds spent waiting
really add up: Startup Doubler is the fastest and easiest way to cut down
the wait. Expect older Macs to startup 20% to 50% faster! The latest G3 and
G4 Macs get less dramatic improvements as they're already pretty fast, but
if you have lots of Extensions, Control Panels and Startup Items you can
usually save 10 to 20 seconds at each startup!
Version 2.6, released today, adds support for Mac OS 9.1 and fixes a bug in
the Installer that would sometimes prevent installation, in addition to a
few other changes.
Startup Doubler runs on Mac OS 9.1 and previous versions (going back to
System 7.0), and supports multiple extension sets...
Birthdays and Such 1.4
For Immediate Release
Never forget a birthday or anniversary again!
With Birthdays and Such, the delightfully simple reminder program, when you
turn on your Mac a small window comes up telling you about:
- the important birthdays approaching in the next few days and how old each
of your friends and relatives will be;
- the anniversaries coming up and how many years the couple has been
married; and
- the other important dates in your life -- bills coming due, recurring
dentist appointments to schedule, passports to renew, or meetings to
attend...
The new version of Birthdays and Such, the most frequently used daily
reminder program on the Macintosh, extends the program's AutoQuit
functionality to add an AutoHide feature that lets Birthdays and Such hide
in the background on days when there are no reminders, only to pop up a
window the next time there ARE reminders.
Birthdays and Such is so tiny, you'll have no hesitation to launch it daily
(or to leave it up if you leave your Mac...
NetCloak 3.1.1 Update Addresses Potential Security Hole
NetCloak 3.1.1 Update Addresses Potential Security Hole
Crystal Lake, IL, January 2, 2001 -- Maxum Development Corporation today
announced that a potential security hole has been discovered in the
recently released NetCloak 3.1. The problem, while serious, was discovered
by Maxum and has not resulted in any known real world break-ins. Still, the
company is strongly urging all NetCloak 3.1 users to install the free
update immediately.
Specific details about the problem are not public and will not be released
to protect sites that have not yet performed the upgrade. However, the
error may allow unauthorized users access to protected content when
NetCloak's new user registration feature is used. The problem is strictly
limited to pages protected using this new feature in NetCloak 3.1, and so
does not effect users of NetCloak 3.0 or earlier.
The update, which is free for all users of NetCloak 3.1, is available by
clicking "Download" on the NetCloak home page:
http://www.maxum.com/...
Freeware ID3 editor ID3X
We are proud to announce an updated version of our freeware ID3 editor ID3X
for the Apple Macintosh!
ID3X is an editor for easy manipulation of ID3 tags in mp3 music files.
ID3 tags are used to store title, artist and other information in mp3 files
which can then be displayed in your favorite mp3 player application.
More information at:
http://www.three-2-one.com/ID3X/
Direct download link:
http://www.three-2-one.com/ID3X/ID3X11.sit
New in this version:
- mp3 files recognition/compatibility improved
- Playing mp3 files is now handled by an internal engine rather than
Quicktime
- Type and Creators in preset popup menu are now correct and menu behave
correctly
- Tab order of edit fields corrected
Thanks for your patience,
Jrg Pressel
three-2-one interaktive Medien GmbH
joergp@three-2-one.com
http://www.three-2-one.com
fon: +49 2151 319450
Email Effects and TableText updates
Sig Software is pleased to announce updates to its unique text editing
utilities, Email Effects and TableText, both of which are available as
Classic or Carbon applications for running natively on OS 7, 8, 9 and X.
Email Effects is a program which allows plain text to be used for pictures
and drawings. The ASCII art it creates can be used for email messages,
source code comments and cross-platform documentation.
TableText is a sister program which allows tabular information to be
represented, manipulated and scanned as plain text. With it, spreadsheets
and tables can be converted to ASCII text and optimized with ease.
Both Email Effects 1.6.6 and TableText 1.0.2 add support for direct
creation of messages in Microsoft's Entourage email client. They also
continue to work with Eudora, Emailer, Outlook Express, Mailsmith or
PowerMail.
The Email Effects web page with downloads is at:
http://www.sigsoftware.com/emaileffects/
The TableText web page with downloads is at:
http://www....
CodeBurst Library for WebSiphon
We've just released The CodeBurst Library for WebSiphon, which offers
strong encryption (using Blowfish) for encoding and creating tamper
resistent database records, strings, URLs, HTML form arguments and more.
Pricing is $199, but 50% off until Dec 31.
---
We've also released The ZipBurst 2.0 CGI Lite and Pro versions for MacOS.
The Lite version contains a complete multi-threaded database search engine
with highly extendible tags for controlling every aspect of your return
pages, even the MIME type. The CGI addresses many issues we found lacking
when serving web databases with FileMaker Pro, including performance
issues, security, sharing the CPU with other applications, multi-threading
large and small database searches, and issues that ISPs face when hosting
multiple users on the same web server (like letting each customer name
their databases what ever they like!). We also designed it so that users
don't need a second server for serving databases. With the Lite version you
can...
Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1 for FileMaker 5
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Troi Automatisering releases Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1 for FileMaker 5
New Plug-in lets you parse out incoming XML data in FileMaker Pro.
Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, December 27th, 2000--For all people
still reading email just before new year, Troi Automatisering today
announced the availability of its Troi Text Plug-in 2.0b1, for FileMaker
Pro 5 (and 4) both on Mac OS and Windows.
What is the Troi Text Plug-in?
The Troi Text Plug-in is a very powerful tool for dealing efficiently with
text in your FileMaker Pro database. It adds the following functions to
FileMaker Pro:
- Combine sets from 2 text fields:
* get all lines that are the same
* get all lines that differ
* and other combinations
- Get (unique) lines and sort words and lines
- Make a text sum from a related file that even updates without a script.
- Parse XML Text into fields
- and more...
Peter Baanen, company president, states: "XML is becoming an increasingly
popular tool for...
Holiday Calendars for Now Up-to-Date
Power On Gift: Holiday Calendars for Now Up-to-Date
Columbus, Ohio - December 22, 2000 - Power On Software, Inc. announced
today that it had a special holiday present for users of Now Up-to-Date &
Contact, the best-selling PIM in the history of the Macintosh. Users of the
Eddy-award winning calendaring and contact management program can download
four new calendars at no charge. These include:
Weeks of the Year -- through 2001
US Holidays -- through 2005
Jewish Holidays -- through 2005
Canadian Holidays -- through 2005
The files can be downloaded from:
http://www.poweronsoftware.com/download/software/nowsoft/Holiday_Imports...
.hqx
John Wallace, President of Power On Software, stated, "We wish all Mac
users a very happy holiday season and hope you will accept this gift as a
token of our appreciation for helping make this past year Power On's best
ever."
Availability
Now Up-to-Date & Contact is distributed by Ingram Micro and is available
from resellers everywhere, including...
Valentina Technology Release 1.8.6
Paradigma Software Releases VXCMD, Technology Release 1.8.6
ADDS SPEED IMPROVEMENTS AND CROSS PLATFORM FUNCTIONALITY FOR METACARD
December 19, 2000. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software announces the
release of Valentina XCMD and Valentina Technology Release 1.8.6.
Valentina XCMD works with any Macintosh "card" scripting tool, including
Apple's HyperCard, IncWell SuperCard, and MetaCard. Third party developers
have also created special wrappers for using Valentina XCMD with Userland's
Frontier, MacPerl and Futurebasic. VXCMD also includes a Windows component
to support MetaCard Corporation's cross-platform tool, MetaCard.
Valentina XCMD is based on the Valentina database kernel, an ultra-fast
database solution for software developers. Valentina solutions are
available for REAL Software's REALbasic, Macromedia Director, Metrowerks
CodeWarrior, Microsoft C++ , Purity Software's WebSiphon, Visual Basic and
Java.
Paradigma Software also makes available Valentina Technology Release 1.8.6...
SiteToolkit 1.0
FOR IMMEDIETE RELEASE
PineHill Product's Releases SiteToolkit 1.0, complete set of web site tools.
Rochester, NY - December 20th, 2000 - PineHill Product's is proud to
announce SiteToolkit 1.0, a complete set of web site tools.
SiteToolkit is like a entire box of tools rolled into one. SiteToolkit,
with its easy to use, user-friendly interface, will optimize your web
pages, generate and automatically add META tags to your web pages, upload
your entire web site, and submit your site to over 40 search engines! And
at only $15, you have nothing to loose!
Key Features Of SiteToolkit 1.0:
* Submits your web site to over 40 search engines
* Optimizes the HTML in your web pages for faster loading
* Generates and adds customized META tags to your web pages
* Uploads your entire web site with a easy to use FTP client
* Easy to use, user-friendly interface, easy enough for anyone to use
* Low price of only $15
Requirements & Pricing:
You will need a Power Macintosh running Mac OS 8.1 or...
DupliDisk II: IDE RAID Solution
DupliDisk II (Macintosh Edition) Debuts at MacWorld Expo SFO
HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA - Arco Computer Products is proud to introduce DupliDisk
II (Macintosh Edition), the first hardware based IDE RAID solution for the
Macintosh from Arco. This exciting new product offers the benefits of
DupliDisk II technology to Macintosh users.
Features include a true hardware based IDE RAID controller, Background
Rebuilding capabilities, Hot-Pluggable drive solutions, a native PowerPC
utility for option control, and OS-X native support. This is the first IDE
RAID controller for the Macintosh that does not require a PCI BUS
connection. As with all DupliDisk products, the DupliDisk II (Macintosh
Edition) connects directly to the onboard IDE connector on the motherboard.
With all of the various form factors available, the DupliDisk II will fit
virtually anywhere within the Macintosh.
In the event of a hard drive failure, the DupliDisk II (Macintosh Edition)
will switch operations automatically to the known...
BasePlant 1.0.1
For Immediate Release
Cafederic announces BasePlant 1.0.1
MONTREAL, Canada - December 19, 2000. Cafederic is proud to announce the
release of BasePlant 1.0.1, a collection of more than 200 classes to
enhance PowerPlant(TM), the flagship framework from Metrowerks.
Among the new features, you will see:
* Better support for CodeWarrior 6
* Now compiles without precompiled headers
* Support Universal Headers from 3.2 through 3.4b1
* Corrected a few bugs
"I was tired of having to reinvent the wheel for every software project I
worked on, so I decided to find a generic way of designing classes", says
Eric Forget, owner of Cafederic. "BasePlant is the result of six years of
hard work based on the concept of code reuse."
"When I first saw BasePlant, about a year and a half ago, I've was
astonished by the features and the quality of the product," said
Hugues-Antoine Oliver, a Mac OS developer for over ten years. "I decided to
join Eric to leverage BasePlant development for making applications...
CDFinder 3.0
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CDFINDER 3.0 RELEASED
December 18, 2000, Moerfelden, Germany
The author today announced the immediate availability of version 3.0 of
CDFinder, the popular shareware disk catalog tool for the Macintosh.
Together with CDWinder 1.0 for Windows, also to be released today, this is
the first cross platform, networkable solution to catalog disks and CD-ROMs
on a Macintosh and a PC.
The new version can be obtained from the CDFinder Homepage
(http://www.cdfinder.de/).
A single user license of CDFinder is $20, multi user licenses are available.
CDFinder is a very fast and powerful tool to create catalog files of your
hard disks, floppies, ZIP's and anything else that spins. It has a great
user interface and very useful search functions. CDFinder supports
drag&drop and requires at least a 68020 or PowerPC CPU. While System 7 is
required, CDFinder is also fully compatible to MacOS 9. A special feature
is the multi-lingual user interface
(German/French/English/Italian/...
Red Shed Threads Brings Preemptive Threading to the Classic Mac...
For Immediate Release For Further Information Contact:
December 18, 2000 Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch - (847) 584-7465
Red Shed Threads Brings Preemptive Threading to the Classic Mac OS
Schaumburg, IL - Mac OS X isn't the first Mac OS that offers preemptive
threading. The Classic Mac OS offers preemptive behavior -- since 1984!
"Preemptive behavior has been present in the Mac OS since System 1.0," says
Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch, creator of Red Shed Threads. "It's just that
accessing and harnessing this power has been difficult until now. What Red
Shed Threads does is provide all the power in an easy-to-use package."
Designed for Macintosh software developers, Red Shed Threads provides a
complete threads package from the low-level context switcher to a
high-level threaded Open Transport wrapper. It runs natively on a Mac II
running System 7 to a G4 running Mac OS X.
"Preemptive threading can result in huge speed gains and greater user
satisfaction," continues Mr. Rentzsch. "The...
ListSTAR 2.1
December 14, 2000 - MCF Software today announced the release of ListSTAR
2.1, an update to the powerful and customizable list server and e-mail
manager software that was acquired from 4D in October, 2000.
ListSTAR 2.1 features and changes
*ListSTAR/POP has been resurrected and updated to be in sync with
ListSTAR/SMTP.
*ListSTAR/POP now generates correctly formatted message id's.
*ListSTAR/SMTP can be used with another SMTP server on the same machine.
*List creation is now smoother and requires less user intervention.
*AppleScript stack overflow issues that were present in ListSTAR 2.0
have been resolved.
ListSTAR 2.1 is a free upgrade from earlier versions and is available
immediately from our web site. For more details, see the release
information web page at http://www.liststar.com/release.html. Farokh Irani,
MCF Software's Vice President of Software Development says, "We are pleased
to ship our first update to ListSTAR since acquiring it, one that many
people have been waiting for...
iBuild Lite/Pro/Site preview version 0.9.4
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Acrux Software announces iBuild Lite/Pro/Site preview version 0.9.4.
New/changed in this version:
* printing of multiple cards in one go (in design mode)
* printing via AppleScript (in run mode)
* variable size thumbnail pictures
* user editable stacks (changes to editable text, variables, etc. made in
user mode optionally saved in the stack; users can also (optionally) create,
delete, copy & paste cards without having to use design mode)
* scrollable pictures
* variable scaling for pictures (e.g. scaling dynamically set by slider or
script)
* picture objects can accept pictures in run-mode via drag 'n drop or the
clipboard, this allows users to drag pictures from another application
* various bug fixes
Version 1.0 of iBuild is nearing completion and is expected to be released
early in the new year.
About iBuild
iBuild is a rich, powerful and easy-to-use multimedia authoring and
creativity tool for the Apple Macintosh. iBuild makes the creativity of
"software...
.mail.it for Mac 1.0
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DACONS INTERNATIONAL INC
.mail.it for Mac 1.0 full version released! The ULTIMATE e-mail plug-in!
FULL e-mail functionality for FileMaker Pro now available cross-platform!
Available for download here: http://www.dacons.net/mailitmac.html
.mail.it lets you send/receive/manage e-mail with any FileMaker Pro database.
Smart programming and a highly user friendly interface allow you to
customize your new or existing FileMaker Pro database with ease.
Bogdan Boon, chief programmer for Dacons: "The tremendous input from
FileMaker developers around the world has enabled us to bring you 'The
ULTIMATE' e-mail plug-in for FileMaker Pro. The need for ease-of-use and
speed was what users wanted most. And we delivered. I invite you to give it
a try."
"I would like to commend you for a beautifully done set of demo files and
an incredibly easy to use and useful plug-in. I intend to recommend it to
all my Filemaker developer friends, clients, and other...
Amadeus II v3.0
For Immediate Release
Geneva, Switzerland, December 13 2000 -- Martin Hairer today announced the
release of Amadeus II v3.0, its premiere disk-based, Mp3 supporting, visual
waveform audio file editing and analyzing application for the Mac OS.
Amadeus II lets you use your Mac OS computer for many sound-related
applications, such as live audio recording, digitizing tapes and records,
sampling from any external source and for editing and analyzing Mp3, AIFF,
QuickTime or WAVE files. Thanks to its powerful direct-to-disk abilities,
you can easily and rapidly edit large sounds of sizes up to 2GB (3 hours of
CD quality music!). The handling of large sounds is facilitated by Amadeus'
ability to show simultaneously the whole sound and the portion on which you
are currently working and the extensive support of markers. Its outstanding
sound repairing abilities make Amadeus II particularly suitable for
transferring your old vinyl records on CD.
Besides these advanced editing functions including...
Hess Macworld Events Page Goes Live
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- 12/13/00
Hess Macworld Events Page Goes Live With a New Domain
1. Mac/Internet Consultant and Writer, Ilene Hoffman, is pleased to
announce that the Hess Memorial Macworld Events/ Party list is live!
The new url is: http://www.ilenesmachine.com/partylist.html
Please bookmark the link, and pass it around to your user groups, and
potential Macworld Expo show goers. The web site will contain every party
and press function scheduled during Macworld Expo week in San Francisco,
Jan. 8th through January 13th. (Some events occur before and after the
actual show.) The page will be updated until January 9th.
2. Anyone who hosts an event or knows of an event is requested to please
let me know, so that it can make the list. Events can be sent to
ileneh@aol.com or Press@ilenesmachine.com. Also, please send any special
booth information, such as contests, cool free toys, or book signings for
inclusion on the Fun Stuff to See at the Show page. Send an event and get a
"prize...
FairCom's c-tree Plus V6.10, Support for X, ADSP, SPX...
FairCom releases new version of c-tree Plus V6.10 for Macintosh:
Support for Apple's new Mac OS X; includes support for ADSP, SPX and TCP/IP
Columbia, MO December 14 -- FairCom Corporation announced the latest
release of the Macintosh c-tree Plus File Handler V6.10. This new release
of FairCom's database product offers several new features including a
special FairCom Server side Software Development Kit (SDK), performance
enhancements, communication and database encryption, as well as transaction
processing enhancements.
Using FairCom's Server side SDK, Macintosh developers can implement their
own application specific code within FairCom's powerful database Server.
FairCom customers have implemented customized database Servers for many
application types. "Developers have used this functionality to perform
application service provider (ASP) installations, special
security/encryption features, intensive data calculations, custom sorts,
and other unique functions." according to Randal...
Drop Drawers / X 1.5
Subject: Drop Drawers / X 1.5 Release
From: Gideon Greenspan (gdg@sigsoftware.com)
Sig Software is proud to announce the simultaneous release of version 1.5
of Drop Drawers for both Mac OS 7/8/9 and as a native Carbon application
for Mac OS X. According to MacUser UK, "Drop Drawers is the most elegant
solution yet to the launcher concept."
Drop Drawers is a revolutionary user-interface enhancement which provides
floating pull-out, snap-shut drawers on the sides of your screen to store
text, URLs, aliases, scripts, pictures, sounds, movies and anything else.
Version 1.5 is a major upgrade adding dozens of new features, including
configurable grids with multiple styles and arranging options, support for
AppleScripts with built-in compilation and parameter passing and several
included drawer templates.
More information and the download are available at:
http://www.sigsoftware.com/dropdrawers/
The direct link for the Mac OS X version is:
http://www.sigsoftware.com/dropdrawers/macosx.html...
MacZaic 2.0
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Polar Orbit Software Announces MacZaic 2.0 for MacOS
San Francisco, California, December 12, 2000 -- Polar Orbit Software
announces MacZaic v2.0.
MacZaic creates beautiful photomosaics from your own digital photographs. A
mosaic can be created from one image, a folder of images or a pregenerated
database of images. A sample database of images to be used with MacZaic can
be downloaded from the Polar Orbit home page. The program allows scaling of
sub-image blocks, preview mode, and creates JPEG images that can be easily
viewed or printed on any computer.
MacZaic runs on any Power Macintosh.
The program can be downloaded from the Polar Orbit Software web page at:
(http://www.polar-orbit.com)
Pricing:
The application is shareware and can be purchased for $25.
Contact:
Jeff Luszcz
Polar Orbit Software
jluszcz@polar-orbit.com
http://www.polar-orbit.com
Style Master 1.9 CSS Editor
Western Civilisation Releases Style Master 1.9 and 1.9 Pro CSS Editor
Bondi Beach, Australia, 11th December 2000. Western Civilisation announces
the release and immediate availability of Style Master 1.9 and Style Master
Pro 1.9 for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and the Macintosh, refining and enhancing
the development of cross-browser, standards compliant cascading style
sheets.
(http://www.westciv.com/style_master/)
Style Master 1.9 is not just a repurposed text editor. It's built from the
ground up as a specialized style sheets IDE (integrated development
environment), featuring everything you need to develop, test and deploy
sophisticated style sheets.
Style Master is as well suited to web developers with little or no exposure
to style sheets, as to style sheets experts.
For those starting out with style sheets, Style Master comes with
* an intuitive interface for editing every aspect of a style sheet, from
the most basic properties to the most complex @rules, with point and click...
Email Merge 1.9.5
Sig Software is proud to announce Email Merge version 1.9.5.
Email Merge is an intuitive program for creating mailings of individualized
email messages. It takes a database and a message template, and merges the
two to rapidly create customized email messages in Outlook Express,
Entourage, Eudora, Claris Emailer, Mailsmith or PowerMail. It can also
import databases directly from text files and FileMaker Pro.
Version 1.9.5 adds support for Microsoft Entourage (the email client in
Office 2001) and for sending attachments with PowerMail.
More information and the Email Merge download are available at:
http://www.sigsoftware.com/emailmerge/
Thank you,
Gideon Greenspan
Sig Software
gdg@sigsoftware.com
http://www.sigsoftware.com/
AutoScript.fm Pro 2.0 for FileMaker Pro v4 & v5
ANNOUNCEMENT
December 8, 2000
Announcing AutoScript.fm Pro 2.0 for FileMaker Pro v4 and v5
(www.battynotions.com/products/aspro/en/)
Gregory is proud to announce the release of AutoScript.fm Pro 2.0 for
FileMaker Pro v4/v5. Months of writing and testing have made this a very
powerful product and a must-have utility for FileMaker Pro developers.
AutoScript.fm Pro 2.0 is now available from its web site.
About AutoScript.fm Pro
(Note. AutoScript.fm Pro is Mac-only)
FileMaker Pro scripting has always been a click-and-drag operation. For
many people, this has been one of FileMaker Pro's biggest advantages;
simplicity and error-control. For other people, it has been one of
FileMaker Pro's biggest limitations. AutoScript.fm Pro changes all of that.
Armed with AutoScript.fm Pro, you can export, create, edit, manipulate and
import FileMaker Pro scripts in ScriptMaker wysiwyg plain text format.
AutoScript.fm Pro empowers you to do things that FileMaker Pro alone can
not.
What you can do with...
QuickDNS Pro 3.0
QuickDNS Pro 3.0 from Men & Mice Released
Install it and Manage Your DNS with Ease and Accuracy.
Reykjavik, Iceland, December 7/-- Men & Mice today released QuickDNS Pro
3.0, a DNS server and DNS Management System for Mac OS. The new system is a
dramatically enhanced upgrade of Men & Mices QuickDNS Pro 2.2.1, offering
unprecedented ease of use for the expert to novice user, numerous automated
features and error controls. Among new features are remote administration,
streamlined user interface, improved assistants and easy to use Fault
Tolerance and Load Balancing that works with any web server.
For a description of new and improved features, please see
(http://www.menandmice.com/products/quickdnspro/NewFeatures.html)
"I am very impressed by Men & Mice's upgrade to QuickDNS Pro 3.0. The
manager is totally revamped and awesome! I believe that QuickDNS Pro is an
outstanding, five star, product for its price, and is the best DNS server."
says Albert Rodriguez, Webmaster at...
PDF StartUp: PDF documents opened automatically
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PDF StartUp: PDF documents opened automatically
J2S, a software company specialized in multimedia and asset-management
developments, announces the release of PDF StartUp 2.0.
PDF StartUp is an "autorun" application designed to automatically open a
PDF document located on a CD-Rom when it is inserted into a computer, after
having installed Acrobat Reader when needed. PDF StartUp first checks the
presence of Acrobat and installs Acrobat Reader when necessary. The
selected PDF document is then automatically displayed on screen.
Among other improvements, the new version can be used to display a startup
screen, make sure the "Search" plug-in is installed, and it now supports 9
languages...
PDF StartUp consists of two versions so that it can work indifferently on
computers running MacOS or Windows.
This programme is intended to invite the recipients of multimedia
operations to actually read the content of the documents that are addressed
to them.
The license costs 600...
Smallest MP3 Player for Macintosh
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Smallest MP3 Player for Macintosh Released
Instantly Accessible MP3 Strip 1.0 allows Mac users to playback MP3 music
via Control Strip.
December 6, 2000 - Today Kanex Group Inc. has added full-functional MP3
player to its family of useful applications for Macintosh computers. MP3
Strip is the Control Strip Module what enables a high-quality playback and
easy browsing through MP3 files. MP3 Strip instantly accessible and in
spite of its small size (90KB), you are not required to run any other
program to listen to your favorite MP3s.
Why you need another MP3 player, while there are many of them available for
a Mac? Because, hardly, are you willing to spend much time waiting while
the MP3 player is being downloaded and launched, due to its huge size. We
realized that many people just want to listen to MP3s, but they don't need
fancy skinnable interface and other bells and whistles. Also, many listen
MP3s in a background and nobody likes when a player eats memory,...
Valentina for Java Developer's Preview Released
Valentina for Java Developer's Preview Released
JAVA SDK PREVIEW ALLOWS CREATION OF POWERFUL, MULTI-PLATFORM DATABASE
APPLICATIONS
December 6, 2000. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software announced the
availability of its first software developer's solution for Java
development.
Valentina for Java (VJSDK) beta 1 is the first of Paradigma Software's line
of database tools for development of client side pure Java applications.
VJSDK employs the same base Valentina API, allowing developers who are
already familiar with other Valentina products, such as Valentina for
REALbasic, to get a jump-start to integrating Valentina into their Java
applications, including support of BaseObject methods, BLOBs and the
Valentina implementation of SQL.
"VJSDK is our base level implementation for Java, with all the
sophistication professional developers will expect who are coming from a
C++ background. But users who are looking for only a JDBC driver for
Valentina won't have long to wait," said Jochen...
Desktop Magician 2.0
STRAIGHT AHEAD SHIPS DESKTOP MAGICIAN 2.0 - ALL ENVIRONMENT MAGIC WAND
Desktop Magician 2.0 makes it easy to save and restore your complete
desktop environment, including content and placement of icons, open
windows, running applications, open documents, mounted servers, mounted
disk images, and monitor settings.
Felton, CA-November 30, 2000 - Straight Ahead Software today announced
Desktop Magician 2.0, a feature rich desktop utility for Macintosh, is now
shipping.
Desktop Magician takes a broad step forward in this release, offering a
wide range of options for saving an restoring your Mac's running
environment for whatever purpose you need.
Desktop Magician 2.0 Features:
* New toolbar (floating or non-floating as desired) for convenient access
* New contextual menu plug-in
* Save and restore sets of open Finder windows for particular projects, as
needed
* Save and restore sets of running applications and open documents
* Save and restore sets of mounted servers and mounted disk...
REALbasic 3.0a14
December 5, 2000
We are proud to announce the availability of REALbasic 3.0a14. Using this
alpha release gives you the chance to learn about new features in REALbasic
early, work with Carbon, and participate in setting the direction for the
next release. It runs on and compiles for both Classic (7.6.1 to Mac OS 9)
and Mac OS Public Beta. It uses Carbon and the Aqua User Interface for both
the IDE and the compiled applications when running in Mac OS X, and
Platinum in Classic.
This release adds several significant improvements, including editing
REALbasic database schemas! REALbasic now also allows you to export your
projects in XML format. You can then reimport the XML format projects. This
will allow third parties to develop powerful new enhancements to REALbasic,
among other things.
In addition, PostgreSQL support is much improved. Drag and drop of files,
text, and pictures is now possible on Windows applications as well. Of
course, there's much more, so read the complete release...
Virtual PC 4.0
Connectix Announces Virtual PC 4.0
Run Windows applications up to twice as fast as previous version
SAN MATEO, Calif.- December 5, 2000 - Connectix Corporation today
announced the Virtual PC 4.0, the newest version of its best-selling and
award-winning PC emulation product for the MacintoshTM. This new version
adds significantly improved performance, expandable disk images, an
enhanced user interface and the ability to run multiple operating systems
to Virtual PC's already impressive list of features.
Virtual PC will appeal to a whole new and larger segment of Mac users due
to its increased performance and new features, said Mitchell Cipriano,
Connectix vice president of marketing, Current users will also benefit by
being able to run more demanding Windows applications while working more
efficiently.
Virtual PC Product Line
The Connectix Virtual PC product line bridges the compatibility gap between
Mac and PC environments by allowing Mac users to run PC applications,
access Windows...
Lasso Studio 1.7.1 for Adobe GoLive 5.0
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 4, 2000
BLUE WORLD RELEASES LASSO STUDIO 1.7.1 FOR ADOBE GOLIVE 5.0
Maintenance update addresses minor issues. Boxed version to begin shipping
this week.
Bellevue, WA--December 4, 2000--Blue World Communications, Inc.--pioneers
of the Web Data Engine(tm)--today released Lasso Studio 1.7.1 for Adobe
GoLive 5.0 a free minor maintenance update to the recently released version
1.7 of Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive. The release includes an updated
version (3.6.6.2) of Lasso Studio Web Data Engine and addresses a minor
issue with Lasso Studio Site Builder. Blue World also announced that boxed
versions of Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive will begin shipping this week.
Complete Web Database Publishing
Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive provides Web professionals a visual
development environment for building database-driven Web sites powered by
Blue World Lasso Web Data Engine. Operating from within GoLive 5.0, Web
developers harness the power of Lasso Studio...
Lasso Web Data Engine 3.6.6.2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 4, 2000
BLUE WORLD RELEASES WEB DATA ENGINE 3.6.6.2
Maintenance update addresses minor issues.
Bellevue, WA--December 4, 2000--Blue World Communications, Inc.--pioneers
of the Web Data Engine(tm)--today released Lasso Web Data Engine 3.6.6.2, a
free maintenance update to the recently released 3.6.6 version of Lasso Web
Data Engine. The update includes fixes to the FM Remote and Java Adapter
modules included with Lasso Web Data Engine 3.6.6.
What's Fixed
The following issues have been addressed:
- FM_Remote_DataSource.mod: An issue where related fields could not be used
as search arguments.
- Java_Adapter.mod (Macintosh Only): A compatibility issue with third party
LJAPI modules.
About Lasso Web Data Engine
Lasso Web Data Engine is leading cross-platform Web Application Server
software allowing Web developers to quickly serve powerful data-driven Web
sites. Lasso's innovative architecture provides an industry first
multi-platform, database-independent and...
WebShocker v2.2
Press Release - WebShocker v2.2 Ships
Recosoft Corporation announces that is has started shipping WebShocker
v2.2; a major upgrade to the most popular integrated Web Animation
Production Tool for the Macintosh
WebShocker v2.2 contains the following new features and enhancements -
* Fully Compatible with Mac OS X Public Beta (when run under Classic mode)
* Fully Mac OS 9 Multiple Users compatible
* Incorporation of the RecoSoft Smart Color Technology. This technology
allows for accurate remapping of colors when saving animations that contain
thousands or millions of colors as GIF animations
* Specification of "Color Tolerance" when using the Paint Bucket tool
* Specification of 9 different types of Fill modes when using the Paint
Bucket, Rectangle, Oval, Arc, FreeHand, Polygon, and Rounded Rect tools
* Opacity Control for the Fill Color being used
* A thoroughly enhanced and improved "Export Assistant" which allows
Zooming the Preview area and adjusting the Color Accuracy when saving...
USB 2.0 for Mac OS
DATE: November 28, 2000
SUBJECT: Orange Micro to Develop USB 2.0 Apple Macintosh System Software
for 2.0 Peripheral OEM's
Anaheim, CA - OEM USB 2.0 System Software for Apple Systems Orange Micro is
offering on an OEM license for its Apple Macintosh extension software which
will be necessary for all USB 2.0 devices for early operation on the Apple
Systems. Apple Macintosh Beta extension will be available for USB 2.0
Hi-Speed developers at the beginning of January.
Orange Micro OEM 2.0 Apple extensions will allow USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
peripheral manufacturers to begin early development for this new technology
interim to the availability of Apple's USB 2.0 solution. This will allow
peripheral manufacturers to offer Mac USB 2.0 solutions simultaneously with
Windows USB 2.0 compatibility. Microsoft has already developed USB 2.0
system software which is available now for developer testing.
Starting in February 2001 Orange Micro will be offering their complete line
of OrangeUSB 2.0 Hi-Speed...
Cafederic enhances PowerPlant with BasePlant
From: "Eric Forget" (pressrelease@cafederic.com)
Subject: Cafederic enhances PowerPlant with BasePlant
For Immediate Release
Cafederic enhances PowerPlant with BasePlant
MONTREAL, Canada - November 28, 2000. Cafederic is proud to announce the
release of BasePlant, a collection of more than 200 classes to enhance
PowerPlant(TM), the flagship framework from Metrowerks.
"I was tired of having to reinvent the wheel for every software project I
worked on, so I decided to find a generic way of designing classes", says
Eric Forget, owner of Cafederic. "BasePlant is the result of six years of
hard work based on the concept of code reuse."
"When I first saw BasePlant, about a year and a half ago, I've was
astonished by the features and the quality of the product," said
Hugues-Antoine Oliver, a Mac OS developer for over ten years. "I decided to
join Eric to leverage BasePlant development for making applications with a
friendlier interface and standard behaviors."
The list of BasePlant's...
Open Door's Who's There? Firewall Advisor
OPEN DOOR NETWORKS ANNOUNCES "WHO'S THERE?" FIREWALL ADVISOR
ASHLAND, OR. -- November 27, 2000 -- Open Door Networks Inc. today
announced its new "Who's There?" Firewall Advisor. Available immediately as
a public beta release, "Who's There?" provides the next step in Internet
security by helping users analyze and investigate the ever-increasing
number of access attempts to their Macintosh. With "Who's There?" users can
determine the level of risk of an "attack" detected by their personal
firewall, find the name, email address and phone number of an administrator
associated with the attacker's network, and even automatically draft an
email to that administrator.
With the ever-growing number of computers connected to the Internet through
"always on" connections, there has been a significant increase in the
number of hackers attempting to infiltrate those machines. Personal
firewalls have been developed to thwart those attempts. As the number of
attempts have increased, however, users...
Lucent's ORiNOCO Announces USB Wireless Device for Windows
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES ORINOCO ANNOUNCES USB RADIO DEVICE FOR WIRELESS NETWORKING
New device makes it easy to set up computers for home and enterprise
wireless networks
FOR RELEASE: November 28, 2000
LOS ANGELES -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced the
availability of a USB wireless device for the ORiNOCO Internet access and
wireless networking system. By using the wireless USB Client, users can
wirelessly network a computer by simply plugging the device into a spare
USB connector and installing the software. Lucent made the announcement at
the Western Cable Show in Los Angeles.
The ORiNOCO system is Wi-Fi certified and enables users to enjoy secure,
high-speed (11 Mbps) wireless Internet access and wireless networking
anywhere in a building or home, indoors or outdoors. The new USB device
will enable communication between any USB equipped PC and the entire range
of ORiNOCO access points, including the home/SOHO Residential Gateway
(RG1000) or the AP-500 and AP-1000 access...
StoneTable 4.0.9 Update with MacOS X support
StoneTablet Publishing Releases StoneTable 4.0.9 Update with MacOS X support
Portland, OR--November 27, 2000--StoneTablet Publishing today announces the
immediate availability of version 4.0.9 of StoneTable(tm), the feature rich
List Manager replacement.
Among the changes which are part of version 4.0.9 includes support for both
MacOS X and CodeWarrior 6. Future releases will provide improved support
for the Aqua Interface.
Upgrades for all registered owners of any version of StoneTable 4.0 are
free and may be downloaded from:
ftp://ftp.teleport.com/pub/vendors/stack/Install_StoneTable_4.0.9.hqx
New customers may purchase StoneTable for the special price of $100 until
December 31, 2000.
Additional information about StoneTable including ordering information,
examples of the functionality, and a working "classic" demo can be found at
http://www.teleport.com/~stack.
StoneTable - THE replacement library for the List Manager
info: http://www.teleport.com/~stack
demo: ftp://ftp.teleport....
MacSpeech AnnouncesiListen1.0
Press Release
For Immediate Release - November 27, 2000
MacSpeech Announces iListen 1.0 Available Now
Bedford, New Hampshire, November 27, 2000: Macintosh speech recognition
authority, MacSpeech, Inc., announces the availability of iListen 1.0, its
long-awaited next generation speech recognition program.
iListen was developed in partnership with Philips Speech Processing, using
their FreeSpeech 2000 speech engine. Philips is a global market leader in
speech recognition, natural dialogue and language understanding
technologies.
"iListen is designed to be the speech recognition software for the rest of
us," said MacSpeech Chief Evangelist Chuck Rogers. "Its ability to stay in
the background and allow the user to dictate into virtually any Macintosh
application will set a new standard for the industry." iListen utilizes
TalkAnywhere dictation technology, which converts spoken words into
typewritten text and characters anywhere a Macintosh user would normally
type.
"The underlying...
The Digital Universe Macintosh astronomy software
PRESS RELEASE
November 26, 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE" MACINTOSH ASTRONOMY SIMULATION SOFTWARE NOW SHIPPING
URL: http://www.syz.com/DU/mac/
Just in time for Christmas, Syzygy Research & Technology Ltd. is pleased to
announce that after more than four years of development, our revolutionary
astronomy simulation software package, "The Digital Universe", is now
shipping. We now have copies of the product in stock and in most cases are
able to ship orders within 24 hours.
Some of the key features of "The Digital Universe" include:
- The user has the ability to view and retrieve extensive information on
any of the approximately 20 million objects provided with the software,
including stars, galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, the planets and their
moons, comets, asteroids, and Earth-orbiting spacecraft and satellites.
- The software can generate views of the night sky for any date from
100,000 BC to 100,000 AD for any location on Earth, with a professional
level of...
CPLAT 2.8
Subject: CPLAT 2.8 released
From: Ken (ken@ksoft.net)
ksoft is pleased to announce the latest version of CPLAT (version 2.8), a
low-cost cross-platform framework for MacOS and Windows development.
This latest version adds:
improvements and bug fixes
new classes for sockets, internet protocols, xml reading and writing.
MacOSX support
Ability to use either Metrowerks Codewarrior Pro6 or Apples
Project Builder for MacOSX builds.
CPLAT is an easy-to-use full-featured (not just a thin layer over the
underlying OS) modern C++ (STL, exception handling) framework for MacOS and
Windows development including support for the lastest MacOS technologies
including AppearanceManager, proxy icons and window path popups and icon
services (32 bit icons), MacOSX and Carbon, and Windows applications for
Windows 95/98/NT.
CPLAT also includes a RADTool / Resource Editor for importing / creating /
editing the resources your application uses including, menus, icons,
pictures,...
FaxBee 1.2
Subject: Double Updates: FaxBee (tm) 1.2 and The ZipBurst (tm) 2.0 CGI beta5
From: David M. Dantowitz (david@dantowitz.com)
We've just released FaxBee 1.2, which addressed a bug with MacOS 9 and
released what is likely the final beta for The ZipBurst 2.0 CGI (Lite and
Pro).
FaxBee is used to generate faxes from text messages via it's drop box (for
any application to create) or from email messages received by the EIMS or
SIMS mail servers.
see http://www.FaxBee.com/
Also note that the price increase for FaxBee has been extended to Nov 30th.
---
The ZipBurst 2.0 CGI comes in two flavors. The Lite version lets you
serve an UNLIMITED number of databases in an unlimited number of domains.
It support searching on multiple fields, sorting on multiple fields, and
all sorts of report tags.
The latest release includes a tag that lets you change the MIME type
returned by your server to match you needs (e.g. set the return type to
"application/vnd.ms-excel" to have the user's browser save files...
Graphing Calculator 3.0
From: Ron Avitzur (avitzur@PacificT.com)
Subject: Graphing Calculator 3.0
Hello:
Graphing Calculator 3.0 for MacOS is now final.
Details are at (http://www.PacificT.com/NewIn30.html)
New features in 3.0:
* Text
* Open/Save Graphing Calculator documents
* Multiple document windows
* Save As HTML
* Save as RTF
* 3.0 acts as a helper application for GC documents posted to the web
* Documents saved by 3.0 can be opened read-only by the free version 1.2.
Pacific Tech will be charging for this upgrade. Upgrade pricing and
instructions are at (http://www.PacificT.com/Upgrade.html).
Best regards,
Ron Avitzur
Pacific Tech (http://www.PacificT.com)
VOODOO Personal 2.0 Public Beta
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UNI SOFTWARE PLUS GmbH
Softwarepark Hagenberg
A-4323 Hagenberg
AUSTRIA
fax: +43 (7236) 3338-30
email: voodoo@unisoftwareplus.com
www: http://www.unisoftwareplus.com/products/voodoopersonal.html
Subject: VOODOO Personal 2.0 Public Beta - The Version Organizer that Saves
the Evolution of Your Work
HAGENBERG, AUSTRIA, November-23-2000 -- UNI SOFTWARE PLUS GmbH is pleased
to announce a public beta version of its new version organizer VOODOO
Personal 2.0.
VOODOO Personal 2.0 is the much improved successor of VOODOO 1.8 which won
the MacWorld/MacTech Eddy award in 1997. "We are extremely happy about the
new sibling in the VOODOO family of version control products. VOODOO
Personal will finally solve the problems of many people working in a broad
range of different areas, from web publishers to designers, from book
writers to musicians." said Christoph Reichenberger, VOODOO product
manager. "With VOODOO Personal you can store all versions of your...
XTension 3.2.3
November 22, 2000
Sand Hill Engineering has released version 3.2.3 of "XTension" their
Mac-only home automation software.
For anyone who wants to combine the reliability and speed of 'hardwired'
sensors and alarms, with the ease and economy of the X-10 system, XTension
now supports the LynX-Port.
The LynX-Port offers 8 opto-isolated voltage or contact inputs, 8 output
relays, and 4 analog inputs, along with standard X-10 control.
For the CM11, we've added more verbs for the X-10 Extended Code suite. This
makes it much easier for controlling the new 'smart' devices.
XTension is available in a free Lite version which incorporates all of the
features of the full version, with only a limitation on the number of
database units. (The Lite version works with the popular CM11/Activehome
controller.)
Packages of the software and X-10 starter kits are available at different
web sales sites. ($99.95 list price)
Downloads and a rich website of home automation ideas can be found at
www.shed.com...
FileToolkit 3.0.2 for 4D
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Automated Solutions Group Announces FileToolkit 3.0.2 Update
Huntington Beach, CA - November 21, 2000: Automated Solutions Group today
announced the release of FileToolkit 3.0.2, a 4th Dimension plug-in which
provides a variety of enhanced and optimized document management and
network operation routines.
FileToolkit for 4D (FTK) adds over 100 new commands to the 4D language,
providing a variety of enhanced and optimized document management and
network operation commands.
FileToolkit provides a complete set of routines for performing standard and
enhanced Finder or Explorer operations. With its unique use of low-level
Macintosh and Windows API routines to perform all internal operations, FTK
provides significant performance increases in all Finder or Explorer tasks.
In addition, FileToolkit includes a number of standard file management
routines (such as determining if a file or folder exists, deleting and
moving documents, etc.) all using same optimized methods...
CodeWarrior for Java v6.0, Dev Tools for Wireless Devices
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Metrowerks Delivers Comprehensive Java(tm) Technology
Development Tools for Wireless Devices
CodeWarrior for Java(tm), Version 6.0 is the First Tool Chain to Support
J2ME Application Development for the Mobile Information Device (MID) Profile
AUSTIN, Texas-November 20, 2000-Metrowerks today announced a comprehensive
set of Java development tools that can be used to create applications for
the growing number of Java-enabled wireless computing devices entering the
market. The tools, which will be available November 30, are the first to
support the Mobile Information Device (MID) profile, targeted at wireless
devices with limited memory and processor power.
CodeWarrior(r) for Java(tm), Version 6.0 is a powerful, award-winning
integrated development environment (IDE) for programming 100% Pure Java
technology-based applications using Sun Microsystems' Java(tm) 2 Platform
Micro Edition (J2ME), PersonalJava(tm) and Java(tm) 2 Platform Standard
Edition (J2SE) standards....
NetCloak 3.1
NetCloak 3.1 Made Even Easier For Web Developers
Crystal Lake, IL, November 16, 2000 -- Maxum Development Corporation today
announced the release of NetCloak 3.1. This significant new version offers
several important new features and upgrades, but the most notable change is
in NetCloak's improved ease-of-use. For example, the User's Guide has been
broken into 2 separate manuals, making getting started easier for new users
while improving access to reference information for advanced developers. In
addition, installation has been streamlined and new tutorials and examples
have been added with detailed descriptions that bring new developers up to
speed quickly with NetCloak's powerful capabilities.
The centerpiece of NetCloak 3.1's improved usability is a complete set of
Dreamweaver extensions which make creation of NetCloak-powered dynamic
pages easier than ever before. NetCloak commands can now be added to pages
using a NetCloak objects palette and interactive property inspectors, so...
Rewind Fast Forwards Its Way to Store Shelves
Rewind Fast Forwards Its Way to Store Shelves Guaranteed Protection
Against Catastrophes, Disasters, and Mistakes
In a Bind? Just Rewind! (sm)
Columbus, Ohio - November 20, 2000 - Power On Software announced today that
Rewind, the most eagerly anticipated utility of the year and winner of the
prestigious MacWorld Best of Show Award, is on its way to retail shelves
everywhere. Rewind enables users to escape from disasters and mistakes by
allowing them to rewind their iMac, iBook, Macintosh desktop computer, or
PowerBook to any previous moment in time, when everything was working
perfectly. Even without a backup, a single click on the Rewind button
permits the user to revert back to earlier versions of files, preferences,
and system states, a capability that can often spell the difference between
success or failure and adulation or humiliation. Rewind even includes an
Emergency Startup Mode that can get a user's machine running instantly even
when all other methods have failed. Rewind...
CtoFB3 0.4.0d
From: Michael S Kluskens (CtoFB3@yahoo.com)
Subject: Press Release: CtoFB3 0.4.0d
Press Release
Michael Kluskens announces an exciting new utility program for Mac Software
Development
CtoFB3 0.4.0d
CtoFB3 is a program that converts most aspects of "C-Language" functions
into Staz Software's FutureBASIC^3. This enables C code resources to be
available to BASIC programmers (its major benefit) but also allows
difficult to read C code to represented in a high level structured BASIC
language which reads similar to Process Description Language (PDL)
CtoFB3 is still in the developmental stage and has been released for public
preview since it already provides major benefits to programmers converting
C code: Most common C statements and operators are currently handled. Code
fragments and entire programs can be converted, including those containing
multiple nested include statements.
Major Features
Keywords handled: for, if, else, return, sizeof, static, strlen, while
Long and short...
SmoothType 2.2.2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Greg Landweber, author of Kaleidoscope, Power Windows, and Greg's Browser,
is pleased to announce the release of SmoothType 2.2.2, available now from:
http://www.kaleidoscope.net/greg/
SmoothType is a shareware ($10) control panel that brings Mac OS X style
font smoothing to Macs running System 7 through Mac OS 9. SmoothType also
works in the Classic environment under Mac OS X, giving Classic
applications text that looks just as good as in Carbon and Cocoa
applications.
SmoothType effectively doubles the resolution of text on the screen by
blurring the edges of bitmap fonts with shades of gray, a technique called
"anti-aliasing". Although Apple introduced a limited form of font smoothing
in Mac OS 8.5, SmoothType offers greater flexibility and uses a more
aggressive algorithm--similar to how Adobe Acrobat views PDF files--that
produces much better results. Apple is now switching to such smoothed text
in Mac OS X, but only for applications that use the Quartz...
OS X Driver for MAXpowr G3 Upgrades
Newer Releases MAXpowrX - OS X Driver for MAXpowr G3 Upgrades Displays
their commitment to OS X with the Introduction of G3 Drivers
WICHITA, KS, USA - November 17, 2000 - Newer Technology, the technology
leader in Apple [NASDAQ: AAPL] Macintosh CPU upgrades, demonstrates their
support of OS X with the introduction of prototype drivers for their G3 ZIF
and G3 PCI cards. The drivers are specifically for Newer's MAXpowr G3 CPU
upgrades. They will not function with other third party cards. The new
MAXpowrX Driver will allow tens of thousands of MAXpowr G3 Users to
immediately begin examining OS X. The MAXpowrX Driver unleashes the power
of the MAXpowr G3 upgrade cards.
The drivers are immediately available for download. They can be accessed on
Newer Technology's web site at http://www.newertech.com. These drivers
enable the current version of OS X Public Beta to correctly interact with
Newer's G3 cards in the following machines: PowerMac G3 Desktop - beige
PowerMac G3 Mini Tower - beige (...
RBdbMaker
PRESS RELEASE
New Development Tool for REALbasic Developers Enables SQL Console Database
Management
Application from Independent Developer Heralds First App in Macintosh
Software Line
Chicago, Illinois -- Independent Macintosh Developer, Donagrandi Software,
publicly announces the availability of RBdbMaker v.1.0, a development
environment tool for REALbasic developers using REALbasic's built-in
database engine. RBdbMaker v.1.0 can be downloaded from
http://home.earthlink.net/~donagrandi/Software.html.
Unlike other database editor applications for REALbasic, RBdbMaker v.1.0's
focus is on the developer, not the end-user. "More than the need to
visually create his database, a developer needs to test SQL commands that
he or she will utilize within code, have an ability to save those commands
as stored procedures, and be able to call those commands again," says Mr.
Donagrandi owner and developer of Donagrandi Software. "RBdbMaker v.1.0
links hands-on development with code, whereas other...
SuSE Linux 7.0 PowerPC Edition
SuSE Linux 7.0 PowerPC Edition Now Available
Oakland, California - SuSE Linux, the international technology leader and
solutions provider in Open Source operating system software, announced the
release of SuSE Linux 7.0 PowerPC Edition.
SuSE Linux 7.0 for the PowerPC has numerous improvements over its
predecessor. In addition to the renowned comprehensive manual, the 5 CDs of
this edition contain more than 1,000 applications for virtually any
purpose. This includes image processing software, desktop applications,
emulators, and the wide range of available window managers, network tools
and editors. The inclusion of MoL (Mac on Linux) allows users to access a
network-capable MacOS in the window or full-screen mode.
In addition to the stable and reliable KDE 1.1.2 graphical user interface,
the PowerPC Edition includes the highly anticipated beta version of KDE
2.0, which constitutes the next generation of the award-winning KDE series.
KDE is a powerful, modular, and Internet-focused...
Compositor for Power Macintosh
Artly There Software announces the release of Compositor v1.0 for Power
Macintosh, a new $16 graphic application featuring over 120 Filter and
Channel effects, save and replay of user actions, all combined with a
unique paradigm for fast cropping and image pre-visualization to aid
artists and photographers.
http://www.artlythere.com/compositor.shtml
Compositor features:
Over 120 Filter and Channel operations, all recordable and replayable.
Features, partial list:
Replace Color with Fuzzy Factor (neat)
Paste Into Color with Fuzzy Factor (Paste another image into only certain
colors of the target)
Crop to any proportion, fast. View any portion of image at that proportion.
Fade Undo
Flare
2 Type's of Find Edges
5 Types of Blur + 4 types of Average
Standard Sharpen set, plus Sharpen Edges, Unsharp Mask of Zorro
Various Invert's Flip's etc
53 channel colorations and dismemberments
Step in Order through above
Step Random through above
Add Noise independantly to any channel, in monochrome...
The Digital Universe: Macintosh astronomy simulation software
November 16, 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PREORDERS FOR "THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE" MACINTOSH ASTRONOMY SIMULATION
SOFTWARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED
URL: http://www.syz.com/DU/mac/
Syzygy Research & Technology Ltd. is pleased to announce that pre-orders
are now being accepted for the much anticipated Macintosh release of our
revolutionary astronomy simulation software package, "The Digital
Universe". Shipment of the product will begin as soon as we receive the CDs
and boxes from the publishing company, expected by the end of November.
Some of the key features of "The Digital Universe" include:
- Extensive information is available on nearly 20 million objects,
including stars, planets, moons, Earth-orbiting satellites, comets,
asteroids, nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
- The software can generate views of the night sky for any date from
100,000 BC to 100,000 AD for any location on Earth, with a professional
level of accuracy considering effects such as precession, proper motion,
nutation...
Blue World Ships Lasso Web Data Engine 3.6.6
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 15, 2000
BLUE WORLD SHIPS LASSO WEB DATA ENGINE 3.6.6
Free update fixes issues and provides enhanced features and documentation.
Bellevue, WA--November 15, 2000--Blue World Communications, Inc.--pioneers
of the Web Data Engine(tm)--today released Lasso Web Data Engine 3.6.6, a
free maintenance release update to their award-winning product to serve
powerful data-driven Web sites.
"We are committed to providing Web designers and developers the best tools
to build and serve powerful data-driven Web sites," said Bill Doerrfeld,
founder, president and CEO of Blue World Communications. "Lasso Web Data
Engine 3.6.6 demonstrates our commitment to the Lasso community to provide
a robust and reliable solution for serving data-driven Web sites."
What's New
Lasso Web Data Engine 3.6.6 addresses numerous issues to enhance overall
stability and reliability and provides the following new features:
- Enhanced security for Instant Web Database Publishing - Allows only...
Blue World Ships Lasso Studio 1.7 for Adobe GoLive 5.0
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 15, 2000
BLUE WORLD SHIPS LASSO STUDIO 1.7 FOR ADOBE GOLIVE 5.0
Lasso Studio(tm) 1.7 for Adobe(r) GoLive(tm) 5.0 Significantly Eases the
Process of Building Data-Driven Web Sites
Bellevue, WA--November 15, 2000--Blue World Communications, Inc.--pioneers
of the Web Data Engine(tm)--today released Lasso Studio 1.7 for Adobe
GoLive 5.0. Lasso Studio 1.7 for Adobe GoLive 5.0 enables efficient
creation of dynamic, database-driven Web sites powered by Blue World Lasso
Web Data Engine. The release introduces new features to the award-winning
Lasso Studio and represents the first large-scale development effort using
the new SDK (Software Development Kit) offered in Adobe GoLive 5.0. Lasso
Studio for GoLive delivers on commitments made in the strategic alliance
between Blue World and Adobe Systems announced August 28, 2000.
"Lasso Studio is reknowned for offering ease-of-use without compromising
robust features, allowing Web designers and developers to quickly...
FileTopia 1.0
PINEHILL PRODUCTS RELEASES FILETOPIA 1.0.0 - EXTENSIVE FILE INFO AND UNUSED
FILE FINDER
Rochester, NY - November 15, 2000 - PineHill Products is proud to announce
FileTopia 1.0, a extensive file information and unused file finder utility.
FileTopia is a multi-use file utility for the Macintosh. You can use it to
get extensive information on a file, and also change that information.
FileTopia also can find old files modified last on the date you tell it to
search for, and will put them in a list for you to either open, get info
on, or delete.
Key features of FileTopia 1.0:
* Search hard disk of old and unused files
* Get extensive detail on files and change them
* Built in file explorer
* Easy to use interface and toolbar
* Much, much more!
Requirements and Pricing
FileTopia needs a PowerPC Macintosh running Mac OS 8 or later, and at least
4MB of available RAM (memory).
FileTopia is only $12.00, and a demo can be downloaded from the PineHill
Products web site (http://www....
VSE Web Site Turbo 4.0
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Image and HTML optimizer now available in version 4
Germany, 15 November 2000 - Voget Selbach Enterprises (VSE) announced today
the release of VSE Web Site Turbo 4.0.
VSE Web Site Turbo is a tool for Apple Macintosh computers that strips
unneeded data from HTML documents, resulting in size reductions that
average from 20 to 50 percent based on content. It also optimizes JPEG and
GIF images so that web pages load as quickly as possible.
According to a Web usability study by the Georgia Institute of Technology,
Net users rate slow-loading web pages as the biggest problem online. VSE
Web Site Turbo solves that problem.
NEW TO THIS VERSION
The new version has a whole new interface to make the application even
easier to use. Also, optimizing web pages and images is now faster and
several bugs have been fixed. VSE Web Site Turbo 4 now optimizes files now
optimizes files better that have been created with Netscape Composer.
PRICING
VSE Web Site Turbo costs $ 49.95 US....
Tcl/Tk 8.3.2 Binary Release for Macintosh
Announcement: Tcl/Tk 8.3.2 Binary Release for Macintosh
November 14, 2000
This is the long overdue 8.3.2 binary release for MacOS. See the list of
mac specific changes below.
I'm releasing this with the blessing of the usual maintainer of the mac
port, Jim Inham (jingham@apple.com).
At the moment it's only available on (http://homepage.mac.com/tcltk/), Jim
Inham is working on getting it onto sourceforge.
Regards,
Daniel A. Steffen
das@users.sourceforge.net
--------------------------Mac specific changes/fixes--------------------------
* Switched to "Installer VISE for Freeware", two installer formats:
Small standalone runtime installer: will allow you to install the Tcl/Tk
runtime files offline; it contains just the bare essentials: Wish,
TclShell, Tcl/Tk shared libraries, Tclapplescript extension, runtime
script libraries and html documentation files. This installer is
sufficient if you are only using Tcl/Tk to run other people's programs or
scripts, it may not contain...
Rage Software Announces Macintosh Explorer 1.7
For Immediate Release
First Complete file browser and file management tool for the Mac
Toronto, Canada, November 14, 2000 - Rage Software announced today the
release of Macintosh Explorer 1.7. A major upgrade to the fully featured
file browser and file management tool for the Mac.
Macintosh Explorer allows easy manipulation of your files and folders and
helps you find your files and folders in a quick and easy environment.
Macintosh Explorer helps you easily cut, copy and paste files as well as
change extended info. You can also delete unused files, backup
files/folders, store favorites, preview files and much more.
New To This Version
This version includes many new features. The biggest improvement is the
speed increase. Macintosh Explorer is now up to 80% faster while listing
files and supports 32 bit icons. There are new style buttons which look
nicer, and require less memory. The notepad has been greatly improved and
now includes the ability to change font, style, colour, and size...
REALbasic 3.0 Free Upgrade Period
REAL SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES FREE UPGRADE PERIOD FOR REALBASIC 3.0
Copies of REALbasic 2 purchased starting November 1, 2000 to include a free
upgrade to REALbasic 3.
November 13, 2000. Austin, TX - REAL Software announced today that any
purchase of a REALbasic 2 occurring on or after November 1, 2000 will be
eligible for a free upgrade when REALbasic 3 ships.
"Because of REALbasic's Mac OS X support and great new features, thousands
are downloading version 3 alphas", said Geoff Perlman, President and CEO of
REAL Software. "Unfortunately, they have been limited to using it as a
"demo" because they are not yet customers. We want them to know they can
purchase REALbasic 2.1.2 now, and use it and the version 3 public alphas
and betas and get a free upgrade when it's released."
REALbasic is the award-winning, object-oriented visual BASIC development
environment for the Mac. People who have never programmed before who just
need to solve a problem, experienced programmers who need to enhance...
Insider SpaceAgent 2.5
INSIDER WEB SITE OPTIMIZER ENHANCES JAVASCRIPT, ASP, AND XML SUPPORT
SpaceAgent 2.5 Makes Web Pages Load and Render Over 30% Faster
November 13, 2000 [Carlsbad, California] Insider Software today announced
the release of SpaceAgent 2.5, which improves the website optimizer's power
to accelerate JavaScript, Active Server Page (ASP) and XML code. The new
enhancements add to SpaceAgent's powerful arsenal of web site optimizing
capabilities. In addition, the new version brings a free functional demo
mode to the SpaceAgent website optimizer product family.
NEW FULL-FEATURED DEMO VERSION
Insider offers a free demo version of SpaceAgent that lets designers, web
professionals, webmasters optimize a web page at a time to test how
SpaceAgent speeds up their sites. After buying the full version, users can
simply drop an entire folder onto the SpaceAgent icon and it optimizes
every page and image contained in the folder's hierarchy.
JAVASCRIPT, XML, AND ASP OPTIMIZER DELIVERS COMPILER BENEFITS...
Hefty FTP 1.5
Black Diamond Products announces the release of version 1.5 of its
Macintosh FTP client Hefty FTP.
Hefty FTP is a modern queue based FTP client that:
* Automatically retries connections
* Automatically retries downloads and uploads
* Automatically resumes transfers if possible
* Can be transferring queued files to/from FOUR FTP servers simultaneously
while browsing a fifth
* Can download files off the Web using HTTP, with full
reconnection/resumption capabilities
* Gives you extensive control over your FTP sessions and transfers
Changes in this version include:
* Major improvements to program appearance and documentation
* Greatly improved stability
* Numerous improvements to client-server interaction
* Option to disable sending of NOOPs
* Adjustable display font
* Several bug fixes
* Price reduction
Hefty FTP is shareware, and as a result of the substantial support for the
product we are pleased to announce a reduction in price to $20.
Hefty FTP is written by Peter Job and published...
UltraFIRE Plus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 10, 2000 - Austin, Texas / FirewireDirect.com, Inc., a company
specializing in IEEE 1394, FireWire and iLINK peripherals and accessories
for Windows, Macintosh and Linux based computers today announced the newest
addition to their award winning PCI FireWire upgrade card line, the
UltraFIRE Plus, a FireWire and ATA Ultra-100 RAID PCI Combo Host adapter.
The UltraFIRE Plus PCI combo card comes in a time of explosive growth of
FireWire peripherals and electronic devices, with large numbers of users
ready to add FireWire capability to their PCs. The new card from
FirewireDirect is unique among FireWire upgrade solutions in that it adds a
2 Channel ATA Ultra-100 internal RAID connection.
With its built-in PCI to PCI bridge the UltraFIRE Plus card integrates
400Mbps IEEE 1394-FireWire and ATA/IDE RAID levels 0, 1 and 0+1 functions
on the same board.
The UltraFIRE Plus includes FireWire bus power support and offers three
external and one internal fully OHCI...
NewsWatcher-X v2.2.3a5
From: Richard Wesley (hawkfish@electricfish.com)
Subject: [Ann] NewsWatcher-X 2.2.3a5
Electric Fish, Inc. is pleased to announce a new release of NewsWatcher-X.
Version 2.2.3a5 fixes a number of problems, including:
- Helper already installed confusion;
- Authentication preferences inaccessible;
- More font problems;
- Quit not disabled;
- Preferences/URL panel layout;
- User-Agent header missing;
NewsWatcher-X is free and can be downloaded from
(http://www.electricfish.com/products/NewsWatcherX/)
- rmgw
http://www.electricfish.com/hawkfish/
FRONTBASE 2.18 for Mac OS X
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRONTBASE, INC. UNVEILS FRONTBASE FOR MAC OS X PUBLIC BETA
Standards-compliant, scalable relational database server available now
LAKE FOREST, CA., November 9, 2000 - FrontBase, Inc., today announced
FRONTBASE 2.18, the first relational database server available for Mac OS X
Public Beta. FRONTBASE 2.18 is designed to be the foundation for dynamic
and scalable website deployments on Mac OS X and a natural choice for
WebObjects developers.
"We built much of FRONTBASE 2.18 in Cocoa for fast, native performance on
Mac OS X and excellent interoperability with WebObjects," said Geert B.
Clemmensen, founder and CTO of FrontBase, Inc. "With FRONTBASE 2.18,
developers now have the tools to deliver high-availability, enterprise
level systems and dynamic web sites with 100% Apple solutions."
"Mac OS X is designed to be an outstanding platform for web development,"
said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer
Relations, "We're excited to see FrontBase...
Acrux iBuild Lite/Pro preview version 0.9.3
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Acrux Software announces "iBuild Lite/Pro preview version 0.9.3".
(Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov 9 2000)--Acrux Software, the provider of
Macintosh multimedia software and courseware, today announced the update of
iBuild Lite and iBuild Pro preview to version 0.9.3.
Version 0.9.3 implements:
* an expanded AppleScript dictionary,
* AppleScript event handlers,
* facility for sending stacks by email,
* more example stacks and example cards (to be found in the updated Home
stack),
* text search facility in user mode
* numerous bug fixes and minor improvements.
Version 1.0 of iBuild is nearing completion and is expected to be released
within a month.
About iBuild
iBuild is a rich, powerful and easy-to-use multimedia authoring and
creativity tool for the Apple Macintosh. iBuild makes the creativity of
"software design" accessible to the non-programmer.
You can use it to create a vast range of "stacks" and applications:
interactive presentations, photo-albums, movie-...
FileMaker Pro Now Capable of Financial Features
For Immediate Release
FileMaker Pro Now Capable of Financial Features Not Previously Available
Livermore, CA -- Nov. 07, 2000 -- ISO Productions, Inc., a leading provider
of FileMaker Pro resources, announced the immediate availability of the
Ranges Plug-in for FileMaker Pro, versions 4.x/5.x, co-developed with
leading Plug-in developers at TROI Automatisering. The Ranges Plug-in
brings new ideas to the FileMaker Pro plug-in market and continues to
extend the power of this easy-to-use database. First, the functions of the
plug-in allow developers to add dynamic range-based features to their
FileMaker Pro solutions. Second, the One Price License eliminates the need
to purchase a seat license for each computer where the plug-in will be
used! This saves people time and money when developing distributed database
solutions.
" I have always wanted to be able to quickly view subsets of date-based
information, like those found in Quicken." said Matt Petrowsky, President
of ISO Productions. "...
MacTranslator Adds Ability to Generate Data Models From SQL
MacTranslator Adds SQL Reengineering
Generate Data Models From SQL For Popular RDBMS Products
Placitas, NM - Excel Software has extended the reengineering capabilities
of MacTranslator to generate MacA&D data models from SQL code. Database
designers can quickly generate logical and physical data models from an SQL
schema for popular RDBMS products including Oracle, SQL Server, DB2,
Sybase, Informix and InterBase. Rich data models can represent tables,
views, constraints, assertions, triggers, indexes, procedures and other SQL
elements.
MacA&D is a comprehensive tool for system analysis, requirement
specifications, software design and code generation. Popular modeling
notations and supported methods include object-oriented analysis and design
with UML, structured analysis and design using Yourdon/DeMarco and
Information Engineering (Martin) style data models for developing
information systems. MacTranslator is a reengineering tool for MacA&D that
generates UML class models...
VSE Be Found: Now Checks Rankings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mac search engine tool now checks ranking on 37 search engines
Germany, 8 November 2000 - Voget Selbach Enterprises (VSE) released today
an extension to their web site promotion tool VSE Be Found Professional.
New web based businesses appear every day and it is becoming increasingly
more difficult for small and medium-size companies to achieve high rankings
on search engines.
VSE Be Found Professional provides such companies with a tool that allows
them to see exactly how their web site ranks in the top search engines for
any search request.
If it shows that a web site doesn't have a good ranking, VSE Be Found
Professional offers a variety of tools to improve the ranking, including a
META tag manager and a search engine submitter that submits to over 180
search engines.
NEW TO THIS VERSION
The new version adds many new search engines to the ranking checker of VSE
Be Found Professional so that it now checks the ranking on 37 popular
search engines.
That makes VSE...
4D SDK Plug-in for 4D v6.7 free
November 2, 2000. San Jose, CA.
4D SDK Plug-in for 4D v6.7 free
-------------------------------
4D, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS Environment and WebSTAR
Server Suite 4.3, announced today that the new and improved 4D SDK Plug-in
is now available for free from the 4D France web site. 4D SDK Plug-in the
4th Dimension software development kit is designed to make creating
third-party plug-ins for the 4th Dimension environment as easy as possible
for C and C++ programmers. With many new and improved features, including
an expanded cookbook with more API calls, improved documentation over 4D
v6.5, and several example plug-in, 4D SDK Plug-in provides developers with
a powerful set of tools for custom 4D development.
"The new 4D Plug-In SDK equips C/C++ programmers with an extensive library
for creating custom plug-in's for 4th Dimension. As a longtime plug-in
vendor, a great deal of time has been spent working with the new SDK to
assure that all developers will benefit...
MacSpeech Announces Availability ofiListenPR3
Press Release
MacSpeech, Inc.
3 Executive Park Drive
Bedford, NH 03110
Phone (603) 626-5111
http://www.macspeech.com
For Immediate Release - November 3, 2000
MacSpeech Announces Availability of iListen PR3
Bedford, New Hampshire, November 3, 2000: Macintosh speech recognition
authority, MacSpeech, Inc., announces the availability of iListen PR3, its
next generation speech recognition program. This will be the last preview
release before the final version is ready for shipping.
"iListen PR3 builds on our highly successful PR1 release, and our PR2
updater which was released last month," said MacSpeech Chief Evangelist
Chuck Rogers. "In addition to allowing the user to dictate into virtually
any Macintosh application, this release is more stable, improves accuracy,
and adds the ability to spell uncommon words or names," said Rogers.
iListen PR3 is being released as both a full installer and an updater. Only
those with an iListen PR1 CD who have already updated to PR2 will be able
to use...
MacTech Central: Developer Central/Net Innovators Join Together
MACTECH CENTRAL: THE NEW AREA FOR TECHIES OF ALL TYPES AT MACWORLD EXPO!
Developer Central and Net Innovators Evolve into one New Area.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., November 3, 2000 -- Xplain Corporation is pleased
to announce that Developer Central and Net Innovators are merging to create
a new area: MacTech(sm) Central. The new, exclusive, Macintosh technical
pavilion will be wholly owned and managed by Xplain Corporation, the
publishers of MacTech(r) Magazine.
MacTech Central will be the premiere place for the technical audience
attending Macworld Expo -- now all types of techies -- including
programmers, web developers, net admins and techs of all types -- have a
place focused on their specific needs. It's the ultimate showcase for every
techie in Mac computing.
"The combination of these two special interest areas will give the
Macintosh technical community an incredible vehicle for experiencing the
latest and greatest technical products and services." said Neil Ticktin,
CEO of...
MacTech Central: Developer Central/Net Innovators Join Together
MACTECH CENTRAL: THE NEW AREA FOR TECHIES OF ALL TYPES AT MACWORLD EXPO!
Developer Central and Net Innovators Evolve into one New Area.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., November 3, 2000 -- Xplain Corporation is pleased
to announce that Developer Central and Net Innovators are merging to create
a new area: MacTech(sm) Central. The new, exclusive, Macintosh technical
pavilion will be wholly owned and managed by Xplain Corporation, the
publishers of MacTech(r) Magazine.
MacTech Central will be the premiere place for the technical audience
attending Macworld Expo -- now all types of techies -- including
programmers, web developers, net admins and techs of all types -- have a
place focused on their specific needs. It's the ultimate showcase for every
techie in Mac computing.
"The combination of these two special interest areas will give the
Macintosh technical community an incredible vehicle for experiencing the
latest and greatest technical products and services." said Neil Ticktin,
CEO of...
MacCVSClient 1.6
From: Joerg Bullmann (jb@heilancoo.net)
Subject: [ANN] MacCVSClient 1.6
MacCVSClient 1.6 is a free CVS source code revision control client running
on Mac OS 7.1 and later.
MacCVSClient has useful features like easy viewing of diffs and logs, a
safe way to ensure you resolve conflicts before committing changes, and a
convenient scrapbook window where you can compose log messages.
It can store Mac OS resource files in RBL, a line based text format.
Resource files stored this way can be auto- merged by CVS and diff'ed like
normal text files. The AppleSingle storage format is supported as well.
New in this release:
* zlib data stream compression
* MUCH faster check out
* better auto-merge in RBL
* window positions are remembered
* faster module window display and filtering
* improved CVS add/import pre-flight: get your files'
keyword substitution and storage format right before
you add them to the repository
* other minor additions
* bug fixes
MacCVSClient's new home is:
http://www...
CALL for Papers: The Millennium Mac-Crypto Conference
From: Vinnie Moscaritolo (vinnie@vmeng.com)
Subject: CALL for Papers: The Millennium Mac-Crypto Conference
Take out your calendars, It's that time again folks.
I am starting to put together the schedule for the Millennium Edition of
the Mac Crypto/ Internet commerce workshop. The dates should be the week of
Jan 29th, 2001. I have booked us space for that whole week, on the Apple
Cupertino Campus .
Henceforth, I am looking for folks to give talks, papers etc.
This year's overall theme could cover "Security in a MacOS X world". I
would like to see a number of talks related to how MacOS X changes the
Macintosh threat model. In addition I would also like to see a few talks
about lessons learned in the last few years about developing crypto related
products. Maybe something about digital rights management or music. Digital
cash talks are always welcome.
I would like both technical and tutorial material. As usual I discourage
simple marketing presentations without content, this is a...
MacPython 2.0
MacPython 2.0 is officially released as of now!
Python is a high-level programming language that is suitable for simple
scripting tasks as well as writing large applications. MacPython offers a
lot of Mac-specific extensions, including access to all major MacOS Toolbox
modules (QuickDraw, QuickTime, AppleScript and many more), an Integrated
Development Environment (in Python!), frameworks for windowing
applications, unix-compatible cgi-scripting, image-manipulation libraries,
numerical libraries, tk-based machine independent windowing and lots more.
It also uniquely among Pythons allows you to create fully selfcontained
(and, hence, distributable) applications without needing a C compiler or
anything.
MacPython is completely free, and Open Source.
Go to http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html to download the installer or
the full source distribution, and for more information on MacPython. Go to
http://www.python.org for general information on Python on all platforms.
For those familiar...
ID3 Tags (in MP3 files) editor ID3X
We are proud our new freeware ID3 editor ID3X for the Macintosh!
ID3X is an editor for easy manipulation of ID3 tags in mp3 music files. ID3
tags are used to store title, artist and other information in mp3 files
which can then be displayed in your favorite mp3 player application.
More information and download at:
http://www.three-2-one.com/ID3X/
Thanks for your patience,
Jrg Pressel
three-2-one interaktive Medien GmbH
joergp@three-2-one.com
http://www.three-2-one.com
fon: +49 2151 319450
Classic Menu 2.1 for OS X
Sig Software is proud to announce the release of Classic Menu 2.1 for Mac
OS X, now optimized for the Public Beta version of the OS.
Classic Menu brings the Mac OS menubar back to Mac OS X. It provides both
an Apple menu on the left of the menu bar and a Process menu on the right.
These menus are available within all native programs while the Classic Menu
application is running.
Version 2.1 stops menus displaying when a Classic application is in the
foreground, improves the disappearing menu shadow problem and detects
screen resolution changes.
The Classic Menu web site and download are at:
(http://www.classicmenu.com/)
Sig Software is also pleased to announce a new licensing deal - Classic
Menu and Drop Drawers X (our revolutionary user-interface enhancement,
optimized for Mac OS X) can now be purchased together for just $20, a 20%
saving.
The Drop Drawers X web site and download are at:
(http://www.sigsoftware.com/dropdrawers/macosx.html)
Thank you,
Gideon Greenspan
Lead Developer...
PowerMail 3.0.6
CTM Development releases PowerMail 3.0.6
native version for Mac OS X now available
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - November 1st, 2000 - CTM Development releases a new
version of its $49 flagship e-mail application for Macintosh, PowerMail,
now including a native version for Apple's Mac OS X preview.
Designed as a fully-featured, user friendly alternative to Outlook
Express/Entourage and Eudora, PowerMail features the highest performance
mail searching capability, excellent compatibility with complex languages
such as Japanese, Chinese and Hebrew as well as a state-of-the-art Mac-like
design.
The new version offers 8 new features, 12 bug fixes and has been
successfully tested with the forthcoming Mac OS version 9.1 (all Mac OS
releases since 8.5 are supported). PowerMail 3.0.6 can be evaluated (30-day
trial) and ordered from http://www.ctmdev.com
For additional information regarding PowerMail, kindly contact
info@ctmdev.com
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DAVE for Mac OS X
Thursby Announces DAVE for Mac OS X
Arlington Texas, Thursby Software Systems announced today that the company
will demonstrate a Mac OS X version of its popular DAVE fileshare software
at Macworld Expo in San Francisco. "This reflects our commitment to the
development of products for Apples Mac OS X operating system," said
company president William Thursby. "Since Mac OS X is much more
sophisticated than Apples current operating system, we literally started
from ground zero, using the knowledge and experience weve gained from the
success of DAVE to totally reengineer DAVE for Mac OS X to take full
advantage of this new platform."
At Macworld, Thursby plans to show just how unique DAVE for Mac OS X will
be. "We have worked closely with our counterparts at Apple to make certain
the user experience is the same whether they mount an Apple or a PC
volume," says Vice President of Engineering for Thursby, Paul Nelson. "Our
goal is to be totally integrated with Mac OS X. Apple is making...
Mailsmith 1.1.6
MAILSMITH 1.1.6 NOW AVAILABLE FROM BARE BONES SOFTWARE
Bedford, MA -- October 31, 2000 -- Bare Bones Software today announced the
release and immediate availability of Mailsmith 1.1.6, the company's
powerful Internet email client. This new version includes support for SMTP
authentication, a Show Message Data command to view the "raw" contents of
messages, and a Re-Send command that makes it easy to send a message again.
An update is available free of charge to all Mailsmith customers.
Mailsmith 1.1.6 also incorporates numerous other enhancements, interface
refinements, and bug fixes. A detailed list of changes made in this release
can be found online:
(http://www.barebones.com/support/mailsmith/mailsmith-notes.html)
All registered Mailsmith customers may upgrade free of charge to Mailsmith
1.1.6 by downloading the update package available from the Bare Bones
Software web site:
(http://www.barebones.com/support/updates.html)
Pricing & Availability
Mailsmith 1.1.6 is available now,...
Sonnet's New Offerings for Power Mac 7200
SONNET EXPANDS OFFERINGS IN NEW
POWER MAC 7200 UPGRADE SERIES
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA October 30, 2000. Sonnet Technologies, the worldwide
market share leader in processor upgrade cards for Apple Macintosh
computers, announces two additional configurations to its
recently-announced Crescendo line for the Power Mac 7200. The new Crescendo
G3 400MHz offers 512K backside cache with a 3:1 cache ratio. The new
Crescendo G4 400 MHz offers 1M backside cache with a 2:1 cache ratio. Now
7200 owners will have a choice among three speeds instead of one.
Once considered impossible to upgrade, the best-selling Power Mac 7200 has
a new future due to the unprecedented achievement of Sonnet's engineering
team. The first product in this new line of Crescendo upgrades was the
Crescendo G3 400 MHz/1M model announced in September. The new series of
Power Mac 7200 upgrades will boost performance up to thirteen times that of
the original system.
Determining where the 7200 upgrade would be installed was one of...
WebiToome - Receive Files from the Web
From: Kevin Brett (ziggy@intekom.co.za)
Subject: Release of WebiToome - Receive Files from the Web
Black Diamond Products today announced the release of the first public beta
of its new personal internet application WebiToome.
WebiToome is an application that allows you to receive files directly onto
your personal computer via an input form on your existing web page. It is
suitable for both permanent and dial-up internet connections, and
automatically updates your specified web page to allow file transfers when
running. If you want people to send files directly to you by browsing your
web page, WebiToome is for you!
WebiToome:
* allows anyone who knows the URL of your specified web page to send you
files
* requires the sender to have no special software other than a modern browser
* is available for both Macs and PCs
* can handle up to ten incoming transmissions simultaneously
* is very simple to set up and run
* receives directly from the sender's computer - no...
Blugs 1.0b2: Mac OS List Manager Replacement
From: Brian S Hall (moseshll@umich.edu)
Subject: 'Blugs' (List Manager replacement) 1.0b2
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Blugs 1.0b2, a
replacement for the Mac OS List Manager.
This new version incorporates numerous bug fixes and enhancements. For
example, now Blugs can use temporary memory when allocating GWorlds. Users
will appreciate better flexibility under limited-memory conditions, or if
using a large monitor. There are only minor API changes. (They relate to
the temp memory option.)
But most importantly, in addition to the PPC and 68K libraries, we
introduce the Carbon library. We believe Blugs will serve you well, from
System 7 to Mac OS X.
Blugs libraries, sample code, and extensive PDF documentation are available
for download from:
http://MosesHall.tripod.com/Blugs.html
Thanks,
Brian 'Moses' Hall
Blugs lead programmer
moseshll@umich.edu
http://MosesHall.tripod.com/
Eudora Archiver 1.0
We are glad to announce the last our Mac Shareware "Eudora Archiver 1.0".
It's a nice email-utility which archives emails and attachments from Eudora.
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CodeBurst Library for WebSiphon
We've just release beta 5 (final beta) for The CodeBurst (tm) Library for
WebSiphon (a POWERFUL scripting environment from Purity Software
(http://www.purity.com/) -- that just got a bit MORE powerful.)
The drag and drop library supports ECB and CBC encryption. Encrypted
strings are stored in a modified BASE64 format, so they are safe for
inclusion in URLs, hidden arguments, cookies, and encrypting database
records.
The encrypted data is also highly tamper resistant, permitting Webmasters
to protect CGI arguments and other data from tampering.
A demo is available that is limited to 8-bit encryption keys, no CBC mode,
and encrypted data expires after two hours (it just fails to decrypt).
For more information, visit:
(http://www.CodeBurst.com/)
David Dantowitz -- Dantowitz Consulting & Research, Inc.
V 201-532-3053 F 973-564-8641 W http://www.dantowitz.com/
FirewireDirect Info List
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact Roy Stocker
FirewireDirect.com
512-302-0012, ext. 313
October 26, 2000- Austin, Texas / FirewireDirect.com, Inc., a company
specializing in IEEE 1394, FireWire and iLINK peripherals and accessories
for Windows, Macintosh and Linux based computers, has further extended
their dedication to FireWire technology, announcing the availability of a
line of FireWire Card Readers.
The new FireReader products, an easy solution for bridging the gap between
your desktop PC and flash compatible devices like digital cameras, is the
most extensive selection of FireWire Flash Card Reader devices available
today.
The FireReader line includes the FireReader (CF) Compact Flash Card Reader,
the FireReader (SM) Smart Media Card Reader, both available now, and the
FireReader (MS) Sony Memory Stick Reader available in late November.
Specifically designed for use with digital cameras, PDAs and MP3 players,
they will enable users to quickly transfer data to and from Flash...