From: "Aaron L. Bratcher" (aaronbratcher@mac.com) Subject: [ANN] db Reports 2.0b6 Now Available July 12, 2000. I am happy to announce the availability of the beta 6 release of db Reports 2.0. Recently it was known as simply "Report Writer" and before that was called "REALbasic Report Writer"... hopefully no problems with this name =) Price: $129.95. Full Description: db Reports is a general purpose report writing application for the Macintosh that supports the following data sources: 4D, ODBC, OpenBase, Oracle, postgreSQL, REALDatabase, and Valentina. The program has an automatic report generator. By default, reports are saved as XML files, but they can be encoded and optionally password protected. Protected files can be previewed and printed, but not edited. On final release, REALbasic developers will have objects available to them that will allow them to print reports from their products. Location: http://homepage.mac.com/aaronbratcher/realbasic/ As always, comments/suggestions/bug...

MACROMEDIA TIGHTENS INTEGRATION OF MACROMEDIA FLASH IN MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER Microsoft includes Macromedia Flash and Shockwave Players to enable rich media applications Microsoft Professional Developers Conference Orlando, Florida July 12, 2000 Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR), the leading provider of solutions for compelling and effective Web sites, today announced the most comprehensive integration between the Macromedia Flash Player and a Web browser with todays release of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5. At a keynote this morning, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates demonstrated new functionality in Internet Explorer 5.5 that for the first time enables developers to manipulate rich media Macromedia Flash components on a Web page using custom Extensible Markup Language (XML) tags. This integration enables developers who are not familiar with the Macromedia Flash authoring environment to easily design pages and applications that have rich Macromedia Flash...

SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA, USA (11 July 2000) -- RiverSong InterActive has just released the latest update to TitleTrack Jukebox, the popular Macintosh program for controlling the Sony line of large capacity CD Changers. This latest release adds support for the new line of 400 disc capacity Sony changers. WHAT IS TITLETRACK JUKEBOX? TitleTrack Jukebox, a Macintosh program for controlling the Sony line of 5, 50, 100, 200, 300 and 400 disc capacity CD changers, creates powerful yet intuitive new ways to view, control and access one's entire music CD collection. Up to 12 changers can be controlled at one time, for immediate access to over 4,800 CDs. You'll never have to fumble with a CD jewel box again! Plus, TitleTrack Jukebox features automatic CD recognition. By utilizing an online database, called the CDDB, with information on hundreds of thousands of CD titles across all musical genres, TitleTrack Jukebox will automatically download from the internet the artist, title, songlist,...

Syslogd 2.1.8 is now available for download from (http://www.classicalguitar.net/brian/apps/download.php3?fid=1). This release updates the Help, fixes some minor problems with Syslogd, and fixes quite a few memory related bugs in Syslogd Admin. The Timbuktu conflict seems to also be resolved. See the Release Notes for more detail. Syslogd for the Mac OS is a syslog compatible Shareware program that will log messages from network devices (UNIX machines, printers, routers, etc) including Apple's AirPort Hub. Syslogd also includes support for Mac applications and AppleScript programs to log messages. Syslogd includes a graphical administration program that allows for easy configuration and setup; you do not have to edit a text file with an obscure format. For more information see (http://www.classicalguitar.net/brian/apps/syslogd/). Brian Bergstrand brian@classicalguitar.net

C&G and Adaptec team together for easy CD burning Salinas, CA, July 10, 2000: Casady & Greene, Inc. is pleased to announce that their premier, all-in-one, MP3 player and encoder, SoundJam MP Plus v2.1.1, now features a simple two-step procedure which allows you to burn audio CDs directly from SoundJam, using Adaptec's Toast (TM) software v4.1 or later. SoundJam MP Plus is the first Macintosh MP3 player/encoder to have this capability. SoundJam MP Plus v2.1.1 is a free update for previous owners of SoundJam. The update is available online. For update information and change history visit (http://soundjam.com) or go to the C&G home page at (http://www.casadyg.com). SoundJam MP Plus is available for purchase directly from Casady & Greene for $39.95 by electronic download, and is also available as a physical product. The physical product includes a CD of 100+ MP3 songs from MP3.com and a six-foot stereo cable to convert your computer into a jukebox when connected to your...

From: Faustino Forcen (ff@abstrakt.net) Subject: Abstrakt announces release 0.6 of Utilix Abstrakt has released another version of Utilix, the popular FileMaker Pro plugin that groups different utilities that range from text processing to image measuring. Utilix started more than a year ago as a showcase of what could be done using FileMaker Pro External Functions. After more than 3000 downloads it has become a valuable repository of useful tools for MacOS FileMaker Pro developers. New version adds two new functions to get dimensions of an image, and a general cleanup to the other 16 functions. Amongst them are useful functions as Pronom, that modifies an string to place any pronom after the name (thus allowing a better sorting by titles), or Get/NewPath that allow users to get complete paths to external files. Price and availability Utilix 0.6 is free for single licenses, with a 50$ developer license for those who want to integrate it and distribute it along with their solutions. It...

From: Faustino Forcen (ff@abstrakt.net) Subject: Abstrakt releases iMago 1.0.2 Abstrakt has released today the latest version of iMago, its image manager for the MacOS version of FileMaker Pro. iMago is a set of external functions that allows users to create thumbnails for the most popular image formats including PICT, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, EPSF, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia FreeHand, Adobe Illustrator and QuarkXPress. The functions included on iMago not only allow developers and users to create thumbnails for any image stored on any of these graphic formats, but also to obtain information about the original image, such as format, size, width and heigth, filename and even the full path to the original file. Other utilities allow users to launch the original file or simply reveal it on the Finder. You can even change the file creator and kind directly from FileMaker Pro. This version of iMago includes, along with other sample files, a FileMaker 5 solution that shows how to use iMago to...

YELLOW DOG & BLACK LAB TO INCLUDE FSMLABS REALTIME LINUX Loveland, Colorado; Socorro, New Mexico -- 10 July 2000 -- FSMLabs Inc. and Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. announced today that RTLinux for the PowerPC will be carried on the next release of Terra Soft's Black Lab Linux and in future releases of Champion Server. RTLinux adds hard realtime capabilities to Linux, so that Linux can be used to control machine tools, robots, data acquisition devices, telecommunications switches, and other machinery where software must satisfy precise timing constraints. FSMLabs CEO Victor Yodaiken said, "RTLinux on Yellow Dog and Black Lab will put true realtime capabilities into the hands of a whole new group of creative developers and users working in multimedia and communications." Kai Staats, CEO of Terra Soft,said, "RTLinux opens a new spectrum of applications to Yellow Dog users and will help bring Black Lab to the cutting edge of cluster and embedded systems applications." RTLinux on the...

ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF POWERMAIL 3.0.4 A FAST AND RELIABLE MAC E-MAIL CLIENT GENEVA, Switzerland - July 9th, 2000 - CTM Development announces version 3.0.4 of PowerMail, its flagship e-mail application for Macintosh, either as a 30-day evaluation or as an update for current registered users: http://www.powermailtech.com/pm3.bin (2435k) Additional download sites and a new french version can be found under: http://www.ctmdev.com/download.shtml Featuring a dozen bug fixes, accelerated launch time and a fast new tabulated text export with a sample FileMaker Pro archive database, PowerMail 3.0.4 [based on the PowerMail Engine(tm), a robust foundation for cross-platform e-mail clients encompassing 8 years of mail and directory experience at CTM] consolidates its position as a robust and sustainable alternative to ordinary Macintosh e-mail applications. Benefits for users include: - Ultra-fast searching of e-mail archives using Sherlock(tm) technology - Migration tools...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CDFINDER 2.8.1 RELEASED July 7, 2000, Moerfelden, Germany The author today announced the immediate availability of version 2.8.1 of CDFinder, the popular shareware disk catalog tool for the Macintosh. The new version is free for all registered owners of CDFinder and can be obtained from the CDFinder-Homepage (http://www.cdfinder.de/). A single user license 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/Swedish/Chinese). New features in CDFinder 2.8.1: - Fixed a bug that could cause CDFinder not to find the catalog folder. Instead CDFinder...

New High Capacity 30 Gb & 20 Gb Drives for Apple Powerbooks & ibooks ANAHEIM, Calif., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Trans Intl. today announced the online availability of two new high capacity 2.5 inch 30 Gb and 20 Gb hard disk drives for expanding internal storage of Apple Powerbooks G3's and ibooks. With the availability of these new drives Apple Powerbook G3 internal storage capacity can now be expanded up to 30 Gb and ibooks internal storage up to 20 Gb, earlier these models was restricted up to 18 Gb and 12 Gb of storage space only. These new drives has the industry's highest shock rating of 800 G/1 ms, as well as the fast Ultra-DMA interface transfer rate of 66 MB/sec. The high speeds and capacities of these drives help provide higher quality digital audio and video, superior digital content creation capabilities, and significantly faster processing for data-intensive multimedia and Internet applications. Specification and Features Capacity: 30 Gb /20 Gb [Giga-byte] Seek time...

Golden Micro Solutions Ltd Announces Digital Juke 1.0.1 beta Digital Juke is an MP3 music file player, but one with a very specific purpose -- to act as a jukebox when you're throwing a party. There are many other Macintosh MP3 players available which may be more suited as a personal MP3 player. If what you're looking for is a player for your own (background) use, then you should probably consider using one of those other applications. However, if you like to throw parties, but have been concerned about using your Macintosh as a jukebox to play MP3 files (because of the risks imposed by having numerous people using your computer to select tracks in a relaxed atmosphere), then Digital Juke will hopefully provide the answer. What Does Digital Juke Do That Other Players Dont? Digital Juke has a number of functions not available in other mp3 players: * Export available track lists to a text file, for extra processing before printing. * Can be used in 'full screen' mode, with the menu bar...

Golden Micro Solutions Ltd Announces The Big Red Button 1.5.1 The Big Red Button is a simple one-click timer/stopwatch. Whether you will find this application useful or not, will depend very much on how you work at your computer. The program itself was designed to solve one very specific requirement that we had -- we needed a very quick and easy way to start recording a block of time, while sitting in front of a computer. Other timing applications can be great and very useful (e.g.TimeSlice by Maui Software), and usually after several minutes of inactivity the timer automatically turns off. However, there are times, such as when the phone rings, or when someone walks into the office when these 'auto-pause' features are not what is needed. In these cases some form of stopwatch to record the amount of time spent in the unexpected activity is required -- thus the Big Red Button was born. Double-click the application and it will start timing. Press the start/stop button to turn it on/off...

Golden Micro Solutions Ltd Announces Argybee 1.0.1 RGB Color-Hex Calculator for developers. Golden Micro Solutions Ltd is pleased to announce the immediate release of Argybee 1.0.1 for both Macintosh and Windows. This freeware application is a simple utility program to allow software (and web) developers to calculate a hexadecimal representation of an RGB colour. In addition the value of the RGB sliders is also displayed at the left hand side of the window. This is useful when you are using development environments that require the RGB colour in the form RGB(red, green, blue) where the colours are a number from 0 to 255 (rather than hex). You can also enter a hexadecimal number and Argybee will display the correct colour. Argybee is freeware and is available for download at: http://www.golden.co.nz/GoldenMicro/gensoftware/argybee.html About Golden Micro Solutions Ltd Golden Micro develops quality software products, including database systems for the Macintosh and Windows platform, and...

TERRA SOFT SOLUTIONS TO DEMONSTRATE 8-NODE BLACK LAB CLUSTER Loveland, CO -- 06 July 2000 -- Terra Soft Solutions, Inc., the leading developer of Linux solutions for PowerPC(TM) microprocessors, will demonstrate a rack-mounted, 8-node, Apple G4 cluster running Black Lab Linux with Myricom's high-performance networking fabric. In the general vicinity of the Apple Science & Technology pavillion, booth 2247, MacWorld attendees will find an iBook running Black Lab Linux and displaying computation intensive images generated on the 8-node supercomputer --with only AirPort to connect the iBook to the cluster. "We first introduced Black Lab Linux to MacWorld NY attendees in 1999 with three G3 systems. Following the success of the 4-node system demonstrated throughout the Apple Science & Technology Roadshow, this is the first publicly showcased 8-node, 500 MHz G4 cluster," states Kai Staats, CEO Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. Black Lab Linux offers the ability to connect a half dozen to...

Subject: METAL BASIC v1.61 Turbo For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 5, 2000 ZAGREB, Croatia - Galactic Dreams Software is proud to present their newest release of METAL Basic! METAL v1.61 Turbo is two times faster (according to the Sieve benchmark) than METAL v1.3 and includes completely new modules such as QuickTime(TM) support and a fast Sprite System. METAL v1.61T is a 100% free extended BASIC language metacompiler. This is the newest version as of 07/06/2000. Get it at our webpage: (http://galacticdreams.tsx.org/) One of the fastest BASICs around, METAL (Meta Language) has a rich command library that features: - tight QuickTime(TM) integration - amazingly fast Sprite System - sound, graphics, speech, math, system and file I/O routines - readily produces standalones - extensive documentation (reference & on-line help) - numerous examples for every type of use 4250 lines of hypertextual documentation are accessible at any time from the "Help" menu....

5 July 2000 For immediate release: 877MacTank, the tech support alternative. We use humans. We use telephones. We use the Macintosh. MacTank seeks to revolutionize customer service and technical support for the Macintosh platform. We do this by focusing on Macintosh system, software, and peripheral function. We built a nation wide network of Macintosh professionals and formed a Macintosh think tank. And now everyone can reach the power of the MacTank just by picking up the telephone. MacTank has two special announcements for our MacWorld showing. 1) We are pleased to announce a MacWorld show special of only $19.95 per problem. Over 20% savings from our previous pricing makes it even more affordable for anyone who owns a Mac to get help when they need it. 2) MacTank now offers prepaid technical support. Not only great for saving money on tech support, but also great for gifts to friends, family or anyone who calls when they have a question or something goes wrong. Get 3 calls for the...

================================= E N G L I S H ============================ PRESS RELEASE: Tri-CATALOG LITE 4.01 for MACINTOSH AVAILABLE NOW ************** We are very proud to announce our new version of our software for Macintosh: Tri-CATALOG LITE. This version add "Illustrator" files recognition in the "Imagfes" module. This upgrade is free for Tri-CATALOG Lite users. This product is a volumes cataloger and pictures displayer. Hundreds of volumes, Millions of files, 300,000 images ??? Just catalog them once and you'll find easily any file About Tri-CATALOG LITE: *********************** Tri-CATALOG LITE automatically scans user's volumes (including hard disks, floppies, cartridges, CD-ROMs, ...) and save their content in its database. Tri-CATALOG gives a very easy way to browse and find any file (even if you have hundreds of volumes with millions of files). Tri-CATALOG LITE has specific "Images" functions: it saves reduced views for all picture typefaces (...

PRESS RELEASE: Tri-BACKUP 2.1 for MACINTOSH AVAILABLE NOW ************** We are very proud to announce the new version of our Tri-BACKUP software for Macintosh. This product is a easy-to-use backup utility, with automatic and periodic Mirror and Incremental backup, and synchronization capabilities. This version add new features: - "Log File" (list of copied files). - Drag and Drop to set Origin and Destination folders, - etc... A demo version is available. The version is for on line purchase, upgrade and demo. The upgrade is free for all previous version 2 users. Availability and price: *********************** Tri-BACKUP is available in both english and french versions, for Macintosh. By downloading Tri-BACKUP now, users can take advantage of our special price of US$ 49. The english version can be downloaded at: http://www.tri-edre.com/english/ The french version can be downloaded at: http://www.tri-edre.com This press release can be forward or published...

ksoft is pleased to announce CP_RAD_PP - a rapid application environment for PowerPlant development. Now you can enjoy the benefits of RAD for your PowerPlant application development. WHAT IS CP_RAD_PP? CP_RAD_PP is a RAD environment for quickly developing your PowerPlant application. It includes editors for layout of your PPob objects, images (icons, pictures, cursors, patterns), menus, and others. In addition CP_RAD_PP creates the application object, documents, LActions, LAttachments, alerts, dialogs, text traits, custom panes and views. Once you layout your application, you generate the code, which will create all of the source, headers, resources, and project files needed to build the application. In addition a defines file is created that associates your object ids with the identifiers you used in the layout. CP_RAD_PP uses a set of macro files that can be edited and modified to customize the code generation process. HOW MUCH IS IT? CP_RAD_PP currently costs $50 per developer,...

July 3, 2000 The software which enables you to share your calendar events over the internet keeps getting better! YENCO.COM and Simcor are pleased to announce the release of iCalendar for Mac - Version 1.5. The new version features various interface speed improvements and external preference storage to make future updating easier. Download your copy today! For more information about iCalendar for Mac, please visit: http://www.yenco.com/iCalendar/ Mike Yenco YENCO.COM mike@yenco.com http://www.yenco.com This product was created with SuperCard.

July 3, 2000. I am happy to announce the availability of the 2nd Preview release of the Report Writer 2.0. Report Writer 2.0 now supports the following data sources: REALDatabases, Valentina, OpenBase, postgreSQL, ODBC. Price: $129.95. Full Description: Report Writer is a general purpose report writing application that supports a variety of database sources. By default, reports are saved as XML files, but they can be encoded and optionally password protected. Protected files can be previewed and printed, but not edited. You can download it at http://homepage.mac.com/aaronbratcher/realbasic/ As always, comments/suggestions/bug reports are always welcome here: mailto://aaronbratcher@mac.com

NetMaster Networking Solutions, Inc. #307 - 46165 Yale Rd. Chilliwack, BC V2P 2P2 Tel: 1-888-335-3638 Fax: 604-792-0911 Contact: Steve Hemenway Vice Pres. Sales and Marketing (mailto:Steve@netmaster.com)Steve@netmaster.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gateway Guardian Firewall Software Available FREE Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada - 3 July 2000- NetMaster Networking Solutions, Inc. of Chilliwack, B.C., announced today they are making their Gateway Guardian Personal Edition firewall software available FREE for personal and non-profit use. It can be downloaded off their web site, (http://www.GatewayGuardian.com/)www.GatewayGuardian.com, and also from over 100 download sites across the Internet. "We have done this to meet the increasing demand for firewall protection from families adopting high-speed cable, and DSL internet connections across Canada and the U.S.," said Steve Hemenway, NetMaster's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "Gateway Guardian will provide full firewall...

Ottawa: Privacy of communications has a wide appeal in many sectors of the economy. SafeLoop is intended to provide another option to traditional means of communications like telephone conversations, fax transmissions, regular Internet email, post office services, couriers or safe hand deliveries. It is designed to fill a need for low cost, simple, rapid, private and secure communications for the general public. It is to be used in conjunction with existing communication methods, not as a replacement for any of them. It is well recognized that the Internet is a very insecure network to move confidential information. According to Dr. Art Hunter, President of SafeLoop.com Inc. The very open nature of the Internet design has many advantages, but at the expense of privacy and security. Changing the Internet to be more secure would probably destroy the highly attractive aspects that has made it so popular. The solution is to add security to this intrinsically insecure communications...

HotLoop 1.1.4 - Video-Remixer for the Mac By: Akkep Nenolot Revised Date: 7/1/2000 Email: pi.tolonen@kolumbus.fi Website: http://www.myhotloop.com HotLoop makes full-screen remix videos from tiny clips you download from the net. Drag all your mp3, mpeg, QuickTime files on it and watch the video come out. Requires no programming. TV & CD video/audio quality. Shareware. Another great invention from Finland :-). Beware xxx loops.

MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers c/o Expotech 1264 Bedford Road Grosse Point Park, MI 48230 Contact: Carol Lynn mailto:expotech@machack.com Tel: (313) 882-1824 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dearborn, MI -- July 2, 2000 -- MacHack, The Annual Conference For Leading Edge Developers, has long been the place where some of the best and brightest developers in the Macintosh community assemble each year to compete and show off their fantastic hacks in the MacHax(TM) Best Hack Contest. Macintosh enthusiasts can enjoy much of the thrill of the Hack Show without enduring the marathon from midnight to 6AM like this year's attendees did. It takes a while for authors to show off ninety hacks! This year's CD-ROM contains 85 hacks from the 2000 conference, and offers great value for Macintosh hobbyists and coders alike. Most of the hacks come with source code. The CD also contains this year's papers and many of the presentations. The CD is $19.95 + shipping at (http://www....

July 1st, 2000 Summary: Intelli Innovations, Inc. has released eMail Alert! 1.7, with a new "Mac OS X like" AlertDock feature for fast, less intrusive e-mail notification. (1.0 MB; http://www.intellisw.com/emailalert/) Good day, eMail Alert! 1.7 has been posted to our website, featuring the new AlertDock, a new notifier window that glides from the bottom of the screen and displays new e-mail information without wasting screen space or interrupting your work. A free 20 day demo is available at: http://www.intellisw.com/emailalert/ Direct Download: http://www.intellisw.com/downloads/emailalert.bin Thanks, Intelli Innovations, Inc.

Switzerland, July 1st, 2000--Y2K App Checker Pro, the utility to check Mac applications for y2K compliance, has been discontinued and made freeware. People using their Mac software for critical time/date operations might still benefit by running the check using the latest database from Macnologist.com and see if their installed apps are listed. If so, the database will in most cases suggest a possible solution to the problem. Product homepage: http://www.blueline-studios.com/ykMain.html A free public registration code is provided on the registration page. Contact: Daniel C. Kueng President BLUE LINE STUDIOS Hueningerst 18 CH-4056 Basel/Switzerland Phone: ++41 61 322 3555 Fax: ++41 61 322 3555 E-Mail: studio@blueline-studios.com Web: www.blueline-studios.com

For Immediate Release Contact: Al Meadows - fineware@fineware.com, Phone: (405) 943-4533 iTestApps.com Unites Software Developers and Beta Testers Fineware Systems announces the launch of iTestApps.com, a web site and newsletter that bring together companies looking for beta testers for their software, and individuals interested in participating in beta testing projects. Beta testing is a crucial phase of the software development cycle that allows a pre-release version of a new program to be tested under real-life conditions by potential users. Until today, it has been a challenge for software developers to find a team of qualified testers with the proper mix of computer skills, hardware, and operating systems to ensure that their new programs have been tested in a wide variety of environments. For a $300 listing fee, iTestApps.com helps companies locate qualified beta testing volunteers. iTestApps will include a description of the company's beta testing needs in six issues of the...

Press Release For Release: June 28, 2000 Contact: Scott Lorenz Westwind Communications Phone: 734-667-2090 Cell: 248-705-2214 mailto:scottlorenz@mediaone.net New CDN Offering Free Service to Accelerate Web Sites Getting Fast Market Acceptance ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Nearly 200 Web sites worldwide have signed up for the web acceleration service offered by SolidSpeed Networks, Inc. since launch 15 days ago. That quick start is a good omen because SolidSpeed has projected servicing at least 1,000 web sites by year's end, says Dean Massab, Vice President of Marketing and Sales for SolidSpeed Networks. "We've gotten a very positive reaction from web sites trying our service," says Massab. "Many web owners have seen accelerations of 200 to 1000 percent. For example, www.florida.com has seen their peak page load time go from 13 seconds to 1.5 seconds." SolidSpeed Networks, Inc. speeds up the viewing of web content using intelligent routing and network optimization allowing pages to bypass web...

News Release Media Contact: Nancy K. Smith Candelori Communications, Inc. 408-774-3414 x237 nancysmith@candelori.com Sony Withdraws All Patent Claims in Connectix Case SAN MATEO, CA - June 29, 2000 - On the day before the hearing on Connectix' Motion to Dismiss, Sony Corporation has filed a voluntary dismissal of its patent case against Connectix. The hearing had been scheduled in front of Judge Legge in the US District Court and has been cancelled as a result of the dismissal by Sony. The complaint alleged that Connectix Virtual Game Station infringed eleven patents on the Sony PlayStation and was filed on February 14, 2000. "While we recognize that Sony may still attempt to bring some of these claims back before the court at a later date, this represents the third victory in a row for Connectix in this case," said Roy McDonald, President and CEO of Connectix Corporation. "We hope that at some point Sony will recognize the merits of cooperating with us in giving added flexibility to...

AppleMasters and Adobe on The Mac Show! Vancouver British Columbia, Canada June 28th, 2000 The Mac Show's Featured Guest will be Dr Mae Jemison, AppleMaster and first African American woman in space! Dr. Jemison and 15 students from Chicago and around the world will host The Earth We Share 2000 Internet Youth Conference. Steve Martin (no, not *that* Steve Martin!) of The DV Guys will be on the TechTips segment, sponsored by Micromat's TechTool Pro to talk about Final Cut Pro. Adobe's Applications Specialist, Colin Smith, will join the show to talk about GoLive 5, Illustrator 9 and LiveMotion. The Mac Show will award more Expo Exhibit and Super Passes this week in their "Great Expo Giveaway". Along with those prizes, they have t-shirts, coffee mugs, and software to hand out to lucky listeners. Peter Cohen of MacGaming will be on with all the game related news. Also, the Mac Basics segment will have Ron Fairbarin back to chat about what he's learned this week. LaCie is running a "Show...

JUNE 28, 2000 - HTML Creator 2.2, an advanced but easy to use HTML editor has been released by Aram Kudurshian (aramk@mac.com - http://www.htmlcreator.net/). HTML Creator 2.2, a free update to the widely popular and used HTML editor is aimed at the novice, intermediate, or professional webmaster with it simple to use assistants and powerful editing tools. --- General Description --- HTML Creator 2.2 is a HTML editor with many built in assistants and extras. By using the assistants, clean cut HTML is generated saving you time and hassle of writing it yourself. For the professional webmaster, tools like shortcuts and a powerful find & replace system help you on the way to create beautiful web sites. --- New in version 2.2 --- * A Scratch Pad has been built in to HTML Creator; store your ideas, HTML code, and more on this virtual note... * Zoom Window function to zoom your window to the fullest! * More assistants; Insert Non Breaking Space, External Style Sheet (found in the new...

Nisus(R) Software, Inc. releases Nisus Email 1.0 - The email program for the New Century. Solana Beach, CA - June 29, 2000 - Nisus Software, Inc. today announced the release of its latest product, Nisus Email, available for the Macintosh operating system. This revolutionary new product allows you to edit, write and manage your email via any text editor, and allows you to quickly send mail from any application via its DragSend feature. In fact, sending email has never been easier and quicker, with our exclusive click and drag feature. You can send mail in just two clicks: Drag your text (or attachments) to the floating window, one click to choose your recipient, and it's gone! You can also do a one click send: Just pre-address the text, drag it to the floating window, and off it goes. It is really that simple! This is great for inter-office emails, or for anyone who wants to send email quickly, from any application. That means that wherever you are, Nisus Email is ready. According to...

PIRANHA ANNOUNCES SALE OF PIRANHA BYTE COMPRESSION TECHNOLOGY TO DDB WORLDWIDE, USA'S LARGEST AGENCY NETWORK Piranha's Impact Solutions Subsidiary Also Announces Sale of Piranha Byte to Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer/EURO RSCG NEW YORK..JUNE 28, 2000..Piranha, Inc. (OTC BB: BYTE), an innovator in data compression solutions, today announced the sale of Piranha Byte, a data compression tool for the imaging, publishing and printing industries, to DDB Worldwide, one of the world's leading advertising agencies with 206 offices in 98 countries around the globe. DDB Worldwide is has the largest agency network in the U.S. and the third largest in the world with billings of $15.4 billion last year. Impact Solutions, Inc., a Piranha subsidiary, also announced the sale of Piranha Byte to Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer/EURO RSCG, the youngest billion-dollar agency in the industry since its inception in 1986. Piranha Byte's compression technology enables DDB Worldwide and...

For Immediate Release Deneba Internet Graphics Server 2.0 Ships (DIGS)(TM) Access, View and Proof Graphic Files via World Wide Web Miami, FL - Deneba Software today released version 2.0 of the Deneba Internet Graphics Server, which has been updated to take advantage of key new features and technologies available in Canvas 7. With the enhancements, DIGS 2.0 allows you to use a web browser to retrieve and view Canvas graphics assets that are stored in DIGS-managed directories (on a Windows(R) NT4 or 2000 server) faster than ever. A single-connection, one user license of the Canvas-compatible version of DIGS is available for free to all current Canvas 7 registered users. An additional five-connection license is available for $995.95; additional file format filters sold separately. DIGS provides many workflow advantages for people that need to collaborate and share graphical information from different physical locations. Through a web browser, users can view the contents of the file at...

For Immediate Release euro909.com to Unveil One of Europe's Largest Internet Data Centers as Part of Pan-European Hosting Initiative State-of-the-art Web/application hosting facilities to employ Teleglobe backbone connection COPENHAGEN, Denmark - June 28, 2000 - euro909.com A/S (NASADAQ ADS: ENON, Warrant: ENONW), today announced that it will launch a new flagship Internet data center capable of housing more than 1,500 servers and delivering one of the strongest high-availability bandwidth capacities in Europe. Expected to become operational by August 1, 2000, the hosting facilities will be located within euro909.com's new 2,700 square meter (approximately 29,663 square feet) Soborg, Denmark property. Equipped with cutting edge security, redundancy, reliability, and management features, the new data center will offer a premium hosting environment for euro909.com customers. The facilities were designed with a wide range of physical security features, including state-of-the-art smoke...

Powerful Ada language stripped down to basics ADA ESSENTIALS: OVERVIEW, EXAMPLES & GLOSSARY by Bard Crawford ISBN 1-55212-371-5 ))))FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: author at 781-862-3613 (email at bscrawford@aol.com) ADA ESSENTIALS: OVERVIEW, EXAMPLES & GLOSSARY explains the Ada language, often called "the most powerful and reliable programming language on earth and in space." This new book adopts the point of view that an Ada program is like a set of Lego blocks snapped together. Example programs are depicted graphically, showing the relationships between the various software modules. A unique glossary/index makes it easy for readers to find explanations and examples of language features. Dr. Crawford has filled a much-needed niche with this compact work. Though there are already a number of large texts covering Ada in a comprehensive way, ADA ESSENTIALS is the first compact text that focuses strictly on the basics. It is designed for programmers who are experienced in one or...

NEW STANDALONE MAKER 3.6.2 UPDATE NOW AVAILABLE FOR SUPERCARD IncWell DMG, Ltd., in association with Solutions Etcetera, announced today the availability of Standalone Maker 3.6.2, a free update to one of the components of their high level multimedia and rapid application development tool. The new version is available via download to registered users of versions 3.5 or higher. Standalone Maker offers SuperCard User's the capability to build complete standalone applications from there SuperCard projects, as well as the ability to secure their projects' scripts from prying eyes in both applications and projects designed to be delivered for use with the freely available SuperCard Player. This new version improves speed in building secured projects and standalones by up to 1000%. "With the addition of the new script encryption mechanism in this version, it is now possible for us to also make an editable version of Standalone Maker available to those developers who wish to customize the...

Company Contact: Jennifer Lyng, Aladdin Systems pr@aladdinsys.com 831-768-3630 Media Contact: Chris McKie, McKie Headstrom PR chris_mckie@mhpr.com (408)942-0133 x10 ALADDIN SYSTEMS SHIPS ALADDIN TUNER 3.0 - A GLOBAL INTERNET MEDIA RECEIVER SUPPORTING INTERNET RADIO, MP3, CD's, SKINS, AND MORE Aladdin Tuner, An Internet Radio Tuner, MP3 And CD Player, Includes The World's Most Complete Database Of Live Internet Radio Stations Watsonville, CA June 27, 2000 - Aladdin Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: ALHI), today announced the availability of Aladdin Tuner(tm) 3.0 for the Macintosh, The Global Internet SuperTuner(tm). "Tune It In. Turn It Up!"(tm) This Internet radio and video tuner also plays MP3s, CDs, and supports skins (a skin is a set of graphics used by an application to create its appearance and allows users to create their own look and feel for the application). Aladdin Tuner builds on the success of its predecessor, MacTuner(tm...

For Immediate Release Contact: Kirsten Skedd, Marketing Manager Email: kskedd@instat.com; Phone: (480) 609-4534 Doug McEuen, Industry Analyst - Voice & Data Service Email: dmceuen@instat.com; Phone: (480) 609-4555 DWDM Presents Bright Future for Networking SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 27, 2000 - The days when a business, be it big or small, will require a phone network for voice applications alone are fleeting, according to Cahners In-Stat Group. Given this, the high-tech market research firm sees optical networks as the solution for the New World business strategy. Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) systems are the required, capacity-enabling applications for these optical networks, and as the Internet Service Provider (ISP)-driven, e-commerce economy continues to expand, DWDM market revenue is projected to hit $21.5 billion in 2004. In 1999, the DWDM systems market revenue was $4 billion, all of which was attributed to long haul applications. However, according to Doug McEuen,...

June 26, 2000 Good day, Package Tracker 2.5.2 has been posted to our website. It insures compatibility with DHL and Federal Express by offering improved carrier plugins to support these sources. http://www.intellisw.com/packagetracker/ eMail Alert! 1.6.1 has also been posted. It fixes a bug where some buttons would not always move along when a window was resized, and also offers improved text handling for message viewing. http://www.intellisw.com/emailalert/ Thanks, Intelli Innovations, Inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DEVELOPER CENTRAL AND NET INNOVATORS SPECIAL INTEREST AREAS RETURN TO MACWORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO IN NEW YORK, JULY 18-21, 2000 NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- June 27, 2000 -- Xplain Custom Services and Macworld Conference & Expo are pleased to announce two technical special interest areas at Macworld Conference & Expo/New York. Developer Central, sponsored by Apple Developer Connection and MacTech Magazine, makes its return catering to the Macintosh programmer and developer community and Net Innovators will showcase technologies for web developers and network administrators. Macworld Conference & Expo, July 18-21, 2000, (Expo starts on the 19th) is hosting both special interest areas on the main floor (level three) of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Developer Central is located at booth 1655 and right next to Developer Central, is Net Innovators at booth 1854. The special interest areas are located in Hall 3B of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center...

Evergreen Adds IEEE 1394 CDRW Drive to fireLINE Family Lineup; PC and Mac Users Can Produce Multimedia CDs in Minutes, Using Portable, External CDRW Drive CORVALLIS, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000--Evergreen Technologies, Inc., a leader in PC performance upgrades since 1989, today added a fifth product--the IEEE 1394 CDRW Drive--to its new fireLINE(TM) product family. (Evergreen's fireLINE products are developed using the new IEEE 1394 -- or FireWire(TM) -- high-speed data communication standard.) Evergreen's portable, external CDRW drive enables PC and Mac users to produce their own multimedia CDs in minutes, using the drive's write, read, erase and rewrite capabilities. It is "hot-swappable"-- meaning it can be plugged into a system which is already running-- and performs all the functions of a CD-ROM drive, CD-R and audio CD player. The fireLINE CDRW is compact (L 10", W 6", H 2"), and connects instantly into any industry standard IEEE 1394...

News From Deneba Software Curtis Christensen / Public Relations Coordinator (305) 596-5644, ext. 134 curtis@deneba.com For Immediate Release Deneba Internet Graphics Server 2.0 Ships Access, View and Proof Graphic Files via World Wide Web Miami, FL - Deneba Software today released version 2.0 of the Deneba Internet Graphics Server, which has been updated to take advantage of key new features and technologies available in Canvas 7. With the enhancements, DIGS 2.0 allows you to use a web browser to retrieve and view Canvas graphics assets that are stored in DIGS-managed directories (on a Windows NT4 or 2000 server) faster than ever. A single-connection, one user license of the Canvas-compatible version of DIGS is available for free to all current Canvas 7 registered users. An additional five-connection license is available for $995.95; additional file format filters sold separately. DIGS provides many workflow advantages for people that need to collaborate and share graphical...

For Immediate Release: CONTACTS: David Friedman Middleberg + Associates 212-888-6610 davidf@middleberg.com John Rowe QDesign Corporation 604-688-1525 jrowe@qdesign.com Tonos Selects QDesign to Provide Superior Audio Compression Technology for Tonocorder Culver City, CA and Vancouver, BC, Canada June 26, 2000 Tonos, Inc. (www.tonos.com), the first online music insiders network, today announced that they are licensing audio compression technology from QDesign Corporation, the leading provider of advanced digital audio technologies for the new media, broadcast and Internet delivery markets. Tonos is employing QDesigns audio compression technology for use in its newly launched Tonocorder. The Tonocorder, created via a strategic partnership with Emagic, is Tonos Click-Sing-Send application, whereby Internet users with microphones attached to their computers can record, mix and create their own custom music and vocal tracks directly on the Tonos Web site (www.tonos.com), and then submit...

Powerful Ada language stripped down to basics ADA ESSENTIALS: OVERVIEW, EXAMPLES & GLOSSARY by Bard Crawford ISBN 1-55212-371-5 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: author at 781-862-3613 (email at bscrawford@aol.com) ADA ESSENTIALS: OVERVIEW, EXAMPLES & GLOSSARY explains the Ada language, often called "the most powerful and reliable programming language on earth and in space." This new book adopts the point of view that an Ada program is like a set of Lego blocks snapped together. Example programs are depicted graphically, showing the relationships between the various software modules. A unique glossary/index makes it easy for readers to find explanations and examples of language features. Dr. Crawford has filled a much-needed niche with this compact work. Though there are already a number of large texts covering Ada in a comprehensive way, ADA ESSENTIALS is the first compact text that focuses strictly on the basics. It is designed for programmers who are experienced in one or more...

FREE SuSE LINUX CD IN MACTECH MAGAZINE! SuSE first to bring Enterprise level Linux to the Apple PowerPC platform Oakland and Westlake Village, California -- June 23, 2000 -- SuSE Linux AG and MacTech Magazine announced today that a free distribution CD of SuSE Linux for the Apple PowerPC is included in the June 2000 issue of MacTech Magazine. The issue not only contains this amazing CD, but extensive coverage on Home Automation. This CD is a fully working distribution of Linux on the 2.2.14 kernel, with SuSE's powerful installation tool as well as other open-source software. "SuSE is very excited to be introducing the first fully engineered version of Linux for the Apple PowerPC," comments Dirk Hohndel, CTO of SuSE Linux. "This release utilizes our knowledge, successes, and technologies from our existing distributions. The user can look forward to a simple installation and a user-friendly configuration at the end of the setup." The CD does not expire and can be distributed freely. "...

Vicomsoft launches RapidCache, a high-performance web caching server with browser based administration, Java graphical administrator feedback and a flexible offline library. Available immediately, the RapidCache Server uses concurrent caching and delivery to provide outstanding performance in the delivery of web pages to users browsers. RapidCache follows industry standards to complement existing Internet connection solutions that do not include caching. The unique offline cache library provides easy access to cached content and includes advanced features such as searching, locking and graphical browser displays of content. RapidCache administration is browser based providing extensive flexibility in cross platform environments. Real-time performance feedback is shown in a range of Java driven dynamic displays. RapidCache Server can be purchased exclusively online, at introductory prices from $149. For more information, free trial software and online ordering, see: (http://www....