JOINT RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Macworld and MacTech Team Up on Awards SAN FRANCISCO, CA and WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- SEPTEMBER 17, 1997 -- Joining together to recognize the industry's finest, Macworld Magazine and MacTech Magazine have agreed to jointly present a new set of awards for Macintosh developer tools. Macworld Magazine, which now incorporates MacUser Magazine, will also give out about 30 awards for best products in a variety of Mac product and technology categories. The event will take place at the annual Editors Choice Awards (Eddies) ceremony in January at the Macworld Expo. Macworld and MacTech will present four awards for best Macintosh development tools. Winners will be chosen by MacTech editors and contributors based upon such factors as innovation, design, versatility, contributions within the industry's current standards, and impact upon the developer community. Submissions for these awards should be sent via email with product name and description, contact...

For immediate release Stone Design Announces "Homecoming Sale" September 16, 1997 - Albuquerque, New Mexico - Stone Design announced today the "Homecoming" Sale on its suite of NEXTSTEP software, which runs on NEXTSTEP and OpenStep MACH. In response to the placement of Steve Jobs as interim CEO at Apple Computer, and the return of Stone Design to the Macintosh software community, we wished to honor the pioneers who were early adopters of this next millennial technology with some awesome prices. The StoneWare suite consists of DataPhile(TM), the multi-media, easy to use database manager, Create(TM), THE powerful graphics package, 3DReality(TM), a 3D modeler and renderer, and CheckSum(TM), a check writer and finance manager. A bundle of all of these Stone Design applications for NEXTSTEP is now available for only $199, a very special deal. These apps originally listed for $1,979. This bundle includes DataPhile 3.1, Create 3.1, 3D Reality 2.1 and CheckSum 2.0. All of the licenses will be...

Apple Names Steve Jobs Interim CEO Cupertino, Calif.--Sept. 16, 1997--At its first regularly scheduled meeting last week, Apple's new Board of Directors formalized the role of Steve Jobs by naming him interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company until a new CEO is named. At this meeting, the Board of Directors also met with its executive recruiter, John Thompson of Heidrick & Struggles, to review the status of its search for a CEO. The Board expects that a new CEO will be named before the end of the year. Jobs, Apple's co-founder and newly appointed member of the Board, has been serving as an advisor to Apple's Board and executive management team for several months. Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original mission - to bring the best personal computing products and support to students, educators, designers, scientists...

To all, Don Crabb has a well written article at: (http://www.abbottsys.com/dondirect.html) that gives a very different perspective on the licensing issue and Apple. Now that the industry knows what's going on with licensing, it's time to move forward with what plans that make sense for your own company. Check out his article -- so that you are making balanced decisions. MacDev-1 Staff

Apple's QuickTime 3.0 Receives Industry Awards Videography Magazine Recognizes Technology with Two Top Awards CUPERTINO, Calif.--Sept. 12, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced that QuickTime 3.0, the latest release of the Company's industry-standard digital media system software for Windows and Mac OS, has received several product and technology awards from computer industry press and user groups. Videography magazine recently granted QuickTime 3.0 two top honors--the first annual Open Studio Interoperability Award, presented at the SIGGRAPH tradeshow in August, and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) '97 Editors' Choice Award. According to Videography, the Open Studio Interoperability Award is given to a new product that "most significantly enhances the sharing of digital media in professional studio environments." The NAB Editors' Choice Award is for products "that deliver new capabilities, or substantially improve the state-of-the-art in an existing product...

PowerTools signs license agreement with BeOS PowerTools announced today that they have completed a license agreement with BeOS. PowerTools will be shipping all infiniti T2 and X-Factor PPC computers with BeOS starting on Sept. 22, 1997. "We elected to include the BeOS with our systems due to the recent increase in interest and requests from our valued customers." said Victor Wong, CEO, PowerTools. "With the current events that are being played out in the MacOS arena, many people feel that BeOS may be a viable solution and their OS of choice in the near future. We are not here to play side, we are here to give the people what they want." Existing owners of PowerTools computers can obtain the BeOS free of charge. There will be a $9.95 shipping and handling charge. Contact: Victor Wong CEO, PowerTools 4544 S. Lamar Blvd. Suite 101 Austin, Texas 78745 United States, Planet Earth Tel: 512-891-0646 ext. 360 Fax: 512-476-6399 url: www.pwrtools.com

MOTOROLA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO PHASE OUT ITS MAC OS-COMPATIBLE BUSINESS Response to Apple's Recent Decisions Limiting Licensing Tempe, Ariz. September 11, 1997 -- Motorola Computer Group (MCG), a unit of Motorola Inc., today announced its plan to discontinue its Mac OS-compatible system business in response to Apple's recent decisions to limit the introduction of its new technology and phase out future licensing. Under the new plan, Motorola StarMax systems will be available for sale until the end of 1997. Known worldwide for its commitment to quality and reliability, Motorola assured the Mac OS community that all warranty and support commitments will continue. To underscore its support to the Mac OS community through this transition, Motorola today also announced enhancements to its industry-leading StarMax five-year warranty. Motorola will now provide existing and new StarMax buyers with one full year of current telephone support up from 90 days. Motorola had been negotiating with Apple...

VIBE NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC OS Visix Software Extends Platform Support for Powerful Java Development Tool Reston, VA, September 8, 1997 -- Visix Software Inc., a leading provider of enterprise application development and deployment solutions, today announced the general availability of Vibe Enterprise for Windows 95, Windows NT x86, Windows NT Alpha, Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Macintosh and OS/2. Visix also announced the general availability of Vibe DE for Macintosh, OS/2, Windows NT Alpha, HP-UX and IRIX. Vibe DE is already available for development on Windows 95, Windows NT x86, Linux, AIX and Solaris. "Java developers are currently limited in their choice of development platforms," said Bob Flury, Visix Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Services. "Visix recognizes that people who develop on Macintosh, OS/2 and UNIX need Java development solutions too. With the addition of these new platforms, we address the needs of this community that other vendors often...

From: Mikael Hansen (meh@dnai.com) Subject: AutoShare 1.4, a freeware list server AutoShare 1.4, a freeware list server and auto-responder for EIMS (Eudora Internet Mail Server, formerly AIMS and MailShare), has been released and may be downloaded from (ftp://ftp.dnai.com/users/m/meh/AutoShare/) and also from the mirror site at (http://www.dcl.co.uk/MacOS/email/autoshare/) or by e-mail from (mailto:autoshare-software@dcl.co.uk) AutoShare is robust, speedy and requires little memory. The 68K and PowerPC native server applications, tested with Mac OS 8.0, are fully scriptable and may be configured using the AutoShare Admin, an administration tool with balloon help. Lists in the hundreds and subscribers in the thousands per list are supported, as are subscription, open, moderated, announcement and private list types. AutoShare comes complete with script samples and documentation covering features such as fully automated web archives, remote administration by e-mail, subscriber and...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Deneba Unveils Colada(tm) - a Java(tm)-based Web Technology for Canvas(tm) 5 With Colada, Canvas 5 users can create pixel-perfect web pages instantly Miami, FL, September 9, 1997. - Deneba announced that it will be releasing a new Java-based technology named "Colada," which gives Canvas 5 users the ability to create web pages quickly and easily. "Colada allows Canvas 5 users to publish complete, multi-page designs, directly to the web," said Manny Menendez, president of Deneba Software. "If you can create it in Canvas 5, you can use Colada to publish it on the web with pixel-level precision. This is something HTML-only authoring solutions don't do." Colada is a one-step solution for creating visually appealing, intricate web pages. Being Java-based, it is cross-platform and compatible with all modern browsers, without forcing viewers to download and install a browser plug-in first. Even non-Java browsers can display Colada pages accurately, through proxy...

Apple and UMAX Reach Agreement on Licensing Mac OS 8 CUPERTINO, Calif.--Sept. 8, 1997--Apple Computer Inc. has reached an agreement with UMAX Computer Corporation to bundle Mac OS 8 on UMAX computers under the general terms of UMAX's current licensing agreement with Apple. This license to UMAX for Mac OS 8 does not include the rights to use Mac OS 8 on Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP) based systems and is valid through July 1998. Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized innovator in the information industry and leader in multimedia technologies, creates powerful solutions based on easy-to-use personal computers, servers, peripherals, software, personal digital assistants and Internet content. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple develops, manufactures, licenses and markets solutions, products, technologies and services for business, education, consumer, entertainment, scientific and engineering and government customers in more than 140 countries. Press Contact: Russell...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 8, 1997 BLUE WORLD ANNOUNCES LASSO 2.1 Upgrade to include plug-in tag architecture and advanced business features BELLEVUE, WA - September 8, 1997 - Blue World Communications, Inc. today announced Lasso 2.1, an upgrade adding advanced, professional Web database publishing features to FileMaker Pro for Mac OS from Claris Corporation. "Lasso 2.1 enhances the integrated Lasso technology in FileMaker Pro 4.0, providing a comprehensive, sophisticated Internet business solution for users of the new FileMaker Pro version and allowing seamless Web database publishing for customers who continue to use FileMaker Pro 3.0," said Blue World President & CEO Bill Doerrfeld. Key among the new features in Lasso 2.1 is a plug-in architecture that allows easy addition of new tags and support of the FileMaker Pro 4.0 tag syntax. Customers who have developed solutions using FileMaker Pro 4.0 can easily move to Lasso 2.1's added features without modifying their current...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New SDK Simplifies Move to Mac OS 8: SmartClicks adds Contextual Menus to PowerPlant projects September 8, 1997 - Vienna, Austria - Tools & Toys today reveiled Developer Release 1 of SmartClicks(tm), an easy to use SDK (software development kit) for CodeWarrior users that dramatically simplifies the support of Contextual Menus. Contextual Menus is a feature of the new Mac OS 8 that allows the user to display a pop-up menu of useful actions that relate to the current selection. SmartClicks helps developers to add Contextual Menus to existing or new software that use Metrowerks Inc's object oriented PowerPlant application framework. With Tools & Toys' SmartClicks library and only two lines of code, Software developers can now make their applications Contextual Menus-aware. "Contextual Menus are one of the hottest features of the new Mac OS!", said Andreas Pizsa, President of Tools & Toys Ltd. and developer of SmartClicks. "With SmartClicks, developers...

For Immediate Release Tangent Systems Announces BuildSim to Support ADB I/O Product from BeeHive Technologies, Inc. OCEAN BEACH, Calif.-- September 5, 1997: Tangent Systems announced today that it will provide built-in support for ADB I/O from BEEHIVE Technologies, Inc. All editions of BuildSim will have an "ADB I/O" BuildBlock which can be used in conjunction with the ADB I/O product for simple data acquisition and control projects. This is an exciting development in that now a simple yet flexible device like ADB I/O can be easily coupled with BuildSim to provide a quick and easy way to develop relatively sophisticated data acquisition and control projects without being forced to learn a specific programing language. ADB I/O combined with the easy to use point and click interface provided by BuildSim can now provide access to a whole new set of users and customers. "After a careful review of ADB I/O, it became apparent that its a natural fit with BuildSim and can provide an easy way...

The Business Research Group, an independent market research and consulting organization, recently completed and published the results of a cost-of-ownership study comparing four web servers running Netscape Fastrack for UNIX, Microsoft Internet Information Server for Windows NT, O'Reilly Website for Windows 95 and StarNine's WebSTAR for the Mac OS. The results of the survey are exciting! The study found that WebSTAR servers running on the Mac OS provide a significantly *lower cost of ownership* then competing servers based upon several factors ranging from costs related to purchase and installation to content creation and server management. These advantages led to a cumulative cost advantage over the four other servers as high as 300% per internal users, to 144% per server to 158% per web page . See the exciting results yourself. Both the study and a PDF version of the report can be found at (http://applenet.apple.com/text/server_study.html). WebSTAR can be found at (http://www....

PACIFIC COAST SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES UPDATE TO SITEEDIT PRO -- Popular internet server untility gains increased security and versatility San Diego, September 3, 1997 -- Pacific Coast Software has released an updated version of SiteEdit and SiteEdit Pro for Macintosh that improves the security of its user database and allows increased versatility for user access. SiteEdit is a remote access tool for Macintosh and Windows Web servers. SiteEdit 2.04 now encrypts all passwords stored in its user database. Even if someone is able to access the password file they will not be able to access SiteEdit. A corrupted password file will not cause SiteEdit to revert to default passwords. Instead, a message telling the visitor to contact the server administrator is displayed. In addition, administrators are now able to securely give users access to folder aliases that lead to locations outside their normal folder hierarchy. This versatility is really useful for sites that have separate areas for...

ALADDIN SYSTEMS, INC. SHIPS SHRINKWRAP 3.0, DISK IMAGE UTILITY New Version Expands Capabilities For Complete Disk Imaging Needs, Users Can Now Distribute Floppy Disks Over The Internet Watsonville, CA-- August 29, 1997-- Aladdin Systems, Inc., developer of the worldwide Macintosh compression and installation standards StuffIt(r) and InstallerMaker(tm), has incorporated its award winning compression technology and electronic commerce capabilities in ShrinkWrap(tm) 3.0. ShrinkWrap is a utility that can easily turn a disk into an electronically transmittable file (via the Internet, etc.) and then just as easily, return it to an exact disk image of the original source disk. ShrinkWrap 3.0 supports all commonly used image file formats, it provides StuffIt compression capabilities, and 40-bit encryption for international and domestic security. Key Features and Benefits o Aladdin's StuffIt compression and decompression technology helps users save about 30% more space and is twice as fast as...

Do you think you know alot about Macintosh? Are you the type that tears apart their system looking for that one corrupt preferences or bad block of Ram? Do you have a pleasant manner and can communicate what you know well to other people? Do you enjoy chatting on IRC and giving of yourself in the furtherance of Mac advocacy? If you answered yes to these questions then I have an exciting opportunity for you! My name is Robin Morgan and I am room manager for #MacTalk on TalkCity. We are a room for serious tech assistance and indepth Macintosh discussion. We are looking for qualified, mature, dedicated macusers to join our volunteer staff. The CG's (Computer Group) for #MacTalk go through a short training session and then choose a minimum of 5 hours they wish to cover in #MacTalk. Currently we are accepting applications to work between the hours of midnight at 5am pacific time. If you would like to apply to become a volunteer CG, please go to http://w3.one.net/~robin and fill out the...

MacDoc 1.2, Shareware by macnetic software Download at: http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/app/mac-doc-12.hqx For your personal evaluation copy please write to: register@macnetic.de. New in 1.2 MacDoc Writer - You're now able to choose the language for the embedded viewer (see MacDoc Viewer). - MacDocuments can now optionally be printed in Black & White (color is default). - Added option to save a page setup as default (e.g. A4 in Germany). - Fixed bug when printing a page range. - Fixed bug in custom page setup. MacDoc Viewer - Now available in English and German. - Creating an index (automatically ) is now Font/Size/Style AND Color dependend. - Better document handling (changed creator of srd's) - New enhanced information dialog (page sizes). - Fixed bug when dragging/copying text from some pictures. _The stand alone document creator for the Apple Macintosh_ MacDoc is a powerful tool for creating standard or stand-alone documents (also called: self-reading,...

METROWERKS FOURTH QUARTER REVENUES UP TO RECORD US$6.2 MILLION Company Records Profit of US$155,000 for Quarter AUSTIN, Texas-August 28, 1997- Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, today announced its results of operations for the fourth quarter of fiscal year ending July 31, 1997 (Q4FYJuly97). Revenues for Q4FYJuly97 totaled US$6.2 million, an increase of 78% over revenues of US$3.5 million for the corresponding Q4FYJuly96, and an increase of 72% over revenues of US$3.6 million for the previous quarter, Q3FYJuly97. The Company reported a net profit of US$155,000 (US$0.01 per share on a fully diluted basis), compared to a net loss of US$178,000 (US$0.02 per share) for the corresponding Q4FYJuly96, and compared to a net loss of US$5.9 million for the previous quarter, Q3FYJuly97. "We are very happy with the results for the fourth quarter," said Jean Belanger, Metrowerks CEO and Chairman of the Board. "We have...

Over the next two months, the AG Group will be offering 3 network management training seminars in Walnut Creek (AG Group's home), 25 miles east of San Francisco and accessible by Bay Area Rapid Transit. I have included upcoming seminar course titles, dates, locations and registration costs in this e-mail. Additional information about AG Group Training & Services can be found at our website, (http://www.aggroup.com/training). I look forward to hearing from you about you or your staff joining us for our new and updated network management training classes. COURSES AND DATES: 1) EtherPeek Fundamentals & Techniques (3 days) Sept. 24 - 26 Learn how to optimize your use of EtherPeek for network monitoring and troubleshooting in this newly expanded three-day hands-on course. Learn how to baseline your network, identify trouble spots and analyze performance problems. This 3-day class is designed to provide EtherPeek owners with: * A thorough overview of the features of our protocol...

Walnut Creek, California - August 26, 1997 The AG Group, Inc. releases AGNetTools(tm), a free IP utility suite available for Macintosh, Windows 95 and Windows NT. AGNetTools includes the following IP tools under a single graphical user interface: PING Pings internet devices with a specified number of packets, timeout & time interval. Minimum, maximum & average response times are reported back. TRACEROUTE Traces the route packets take from your computer to any device with an IP address on the internet. NAMELOOKUP Uses DNS to resolve names to addresses & addresses to names. FINGER Uses the finger protocol to get information about a user on a given server. WHOIS Uses the whois protocol to get whois information about the owner of a domain name. THROUGHPUT Tests for availability of resources (via FTP or HTTP) on the internet & calculates the time, size, & speed of download. NAMESCAN Resolves names for a range of IP addresses. PORTSCAN Scans ports on a machine to find...

Shana releases Informed Filler(r) for Java(t) NEW YORK, NY, August 25, 1997: At the first Java Internet Business Expo, Shana Corporation today announced that Informed Filler for Java, the latest addition to their line of cross-platform electronic forms products, is now shipping. Informed Filler for Java brings the benefits of e-forms to the Web platform. The Informed Java applet is used to fill out visually appealing, intelligent forms in any Java capable Web browser, such as the Netscape Communicator client software or Microsoft Explorer. Forms are created using Informed Designer(r) on Windows (3.1x, 95, NT) or Mac OS and then saved for use with Informed Filler for Java. When a form and the Java applet are placed on your Web server, anyone with a Java capable browser can fill it out. No additional client software is needed. No installation or configuration process is required. The explosive trend toward thin clients and network computers in Internet/intranet/extranet environments has...

WebSTAR users, StarNine is happy to announce the availability of a W*API based WebObjects Adapter. With a WebObjects Adapter, it is now possible to integrate your Mac OS-based WebSTAR server with WebObject applications running on Solaris, OpenStep, NextStep, Windows NT and soon Rhapsody. WebSTAR users interested in testing the WebObjects Adapter with their current WebObjects applications are invited to download a development version of the Adapter at (ftp://ftp.starnine.com/pub/betas/webobjects_adapter.sea.hqx). We also request that you subscribe to the -Beta mailing list by sending a message to (webobjects-beta@starnine.com) with a Subject of "subscribe". For testing purposes, additional evaluation copies of WebSTAR can be downloaded at (http://www.starnine.com/evals/). Eric Zelenka mailto:eric@starnine.com WebSTAR Product Manager http://www.starnine.com/ StarNine Technologies, Inc. http://eric.starnine.com/

GENE CODES CORPORATION, a premier developer of software for sequencing DNA, is seeking software engineers for advanced software product development in bioinformatics. Gene Codes Corp. develops and markets scientist-centered software for molecular biologists. Our lead product SEQUENCHER has become the software standard at major sequencing facilities around the world. We seek self-motivated, highly skilled team players who will have the opportunity to contribute to strategic engineering projects with state-of-the-art development technologies. Macintosh Software Engineer: Candidates will have proven experience implementing commercial software using C and C++ with CodeWarrior on the Macintosh. College degree required. Preference will be given for degrees in computer science or computer engineering. Cross-platform development experience, networking experience or laboratory science experience are a definite plus. Software Engineer: Candidates will have proven experience implementing...

Pictorius Incorporated Closes $3.5 Million Financing Deal Secured Financing Allows Pictorius to Expand Markets and Continue to Grow Friday August 20, 1997 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Pictorius Incorporated, has announced the initial closing of $3.5 million dollars of a $6 million dollar offering by way of a confidential offering memorandum. In connection with the Offering, the Company has signed a financing agreement with McLean Watson SOFTECH Fund. This Fund invests exclusively in leading private software companies. In addition to strong financial backing, McLean Watson brings valuable software industry experience and affiliations. McLean Watson was instrumental in the sale of Montreal-based Softimage to Microsoft Corporation. The completion of the initial closing of the offering and SOFTECH's participation consolidates Pictorius financial base and puts it in a strong position for future growth. Pictorius plans to use this investment to broaden their current marketing and sales...

Stairways releases StreamWatcher 1.0 Perth, Western Australia -- 15 August 1997 -- Stairways Software, Pty Ltd, today announced the release of version 1.0 of StreamWatcher, an Open Transport TCP Stream debugging utility. What is StreamWatcher? StreamWatcher allows you to examine the data transmitted through Open Transport TCP streams. This is useful for debugging network applications and network problems, learning about networking protocols, or watching for strange or unwanted TCP traffic. If you have ever wondered what your computer was saying when it was talking to other machines on the network, this program is the answer. StreamWatcher requires a PowerPC (Power Macintosh or clone) and Open Transport. StreamWatcher is shareware, single user licenses cost US$35, site and company-wide licenses are available. Features * StreamWatcher can examine all Open Transport TCP streams (using "OT AutoPush Support" from Quinn), allowing you to examine networking traffic for any application on...

Jasik Designs posted the latest versions of it's product: 'The Debugger & MacNosy' on it's ftp site. It also e-mailed out notices to all registered users. If you did NOT recieve an update notice from Jasik, then you should e-mail Jasik at mailto:macnosy@jasik.com with you name, address and current e-mail address. The update consists of the release notes, The Debugger, NosyII and a newer xDbgr_Startup (better error messages). This version of The Debugger is compatable with MacOS 8, and the recently released 'Speedbump' Macintoshes and upcoming CHRP boxes. As an important issue in the release notes, I comment on the unsuitablility of Apple's latest hardware, the Speedbump 8600 and 9600's for use with my Debugger in particular, and most any Debugger in general. The flaw is rather serious, and even a logic analyzer ($30,000) won't help you when one of these machines freezes. Steve Jasik Author of 'The Debugger & MacNosy' 343 Trenton Way (http://www.jasik.com)...

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Subject: [ANN] List of CodeWarrior Pro 1 Patches Here is a list of current updates and patches for CW Pro 1 both Mac and Windows http://www.metrowerks.com/db/updates.qry?function=list&sw=cwpro1 CodeWarrior Windows IDE 2.0.2 Released on 08/15/1997 Includes numerous bug fixes for crashes during builds, problems saving source files, etc. Download Update (758k) CodeWarrior MacOS IDE 2.0.1 Patch Released on 07/16/1997 A maintenance patch for the Mac-hosted 2.0 IDE originally shipped with CodeWarrior Pro 1. Fixes a serious dependency tracking problem when running on 68k based Macintoshes. Download Update (701k) Targeting Mac OS manual pp. 88-89 Released on 07/09/1997 This file updates Table 5.1 and Table 5.2 with the correct information. Download Update (46k) http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/documentation/updates.html (7/9/97) Guides and examples for adapting the various template container classes, where CodeWarrior MSL 2.1.2 deviates from the standard...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Willsey phone 214-692-8335 jw@uswk.com http://www.uswk.com Free Developers Kit for Protecting Internet Distributed Software and Files DALLAS, TX -- August 12, 1997 (INB) -- Today, USWK (Universal Software Key) Co. announces a free developers kit for protecting programs and music/video files distributed over the Internet. Based on a patent pending process, this developers kit allows programmers to give the maximum protection possible to their copyrighted programs and files while making it easy and unobtrusive for the general public to use. Now available for immediate download at: http://www.uswk.com With software piracy on the rise through ever-increasing bandwidths of the Internet, and the conversion of music and video files to digital formats, software developers and media artists are crying out for protection. USWK Co. answers them with their free developers kit. Instead of fearing the strength of the Internet, software developers and media...

Objective Software announces the new release of OneStep 1.1. OneStep is an extension that transforms your Mac's user interface. Features include custom windows, menus, pop-ups, scroll bars, buttons, folder and trash icons, and more. OneStep comes with a number of ready to use interfaces, such as "True NeXT" (a genuine NeXT-like interface), "Jump to Eight" (guess what it is?), Back To Seven, Grand Prix, etc. Just try them out! Each interface is contained in an Appearance file. Advanced users will be able to design and distribute their own customized Appearance files. OneStep requires a Macintosh or MacOS-compatible computer running System 7.0 or later. OneStep was written by Harry Alloul, Bernard Frangoulis and Alessandro Levi Montalcini. It is distributed as shareware. The registration fee is $15; registrations are handled by the Kagi Shareware service. A screen shot is available on our WEB site at (http://www.netinfo.fr/objectivesw/) What's new in version 1.1? - The "OneStep...

In addition to MacDev-1 for developer industry relevant news, you can also take advantage of MacLine to get to the user community. -Neil ------------------- MacLine Offers Free Marketing and Press Release Distribution For Mac Developers MacTimes MacLine press release service, located on the web at http://www.mactimes.com/macline, offers Macintosh software developers a free and effective way to broadcast information about their latest products or upgrades to the Mac news community. MacLine offers developers the ability to post an unlimited number of press releases on the MacLine web site, with no cost. In addition the press releases can be broadcast to Mac news agencies across the world, once again at no cost to the developer. "We wanted to offer the small and medium sized developer the same opportunities to promote a product as those available to large corporations," says MacTimes Chief Editor Jason Pierce. Pierce goes on to add, "Large applications developers can easily afford the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Programming / C++ / Application Frameworks Tools & Toys helps developers help: Visual Balloons(tm) add Balloon Help to PowerPlant projects - without programming August 11, 1997 - Vienna, Austria - Tools & Toys today unleashed Developer Release 1 of Visual Balloons(tm) for PowerPlant, a set of libraries and editors that allow easy creation of standard Mac OS Balloon Help for PowerPlant projects. Using PowerPlant Constructor's simple drag & drop interface and only two lines of C++ code, MacOS Codewarriors can now add Help Balloons that are not limited to plain text only, but instead support pictures and styled text as well. Until today, developers who wanted to integrate BalloonHelp into their software had to use Apple's ResEdit or Mathemaesthetic's Resourcerer and were limited to the user interface elements built into the Mac OS. "Editing Balloon Help with ResEdit has always been a pain and anything but comfortable", said Andreas Pizsa, developer of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Whitney MacTech Magazine 805-494-9797 x 105 marketing@mactech.com New MacTech Web Site To Be Previewed At Developer Central at MacWorld Expo Boston, 1997 WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- AUGUST 7, 1997 -- Xplain Corporation, publisher of MacTech(r) Magazine is very excited to offer preview of its new web site at MacWorld Expo Boston August 6 - August 8, 1997. This is not just any ordinary developer web site. The MacTech web site is dedicated to the Macintosh developer. With access to a world of reference material it's a great starting place for the beginner and voluminous enough for the experienced developer. Right at your finger tips you have exclusive access to the entire library of MacTech articles featured in the magazine from 1984 through May 1997. That's 1600 articles in 139 issues. In addition, the site has the entire history of develop, Apple's award winning technical journal. That's 29 issues from 1990 - 1997. Also, the site is also...

Microsoft and Apple Affirm Commitment to Build Next Generation Software for Macintosh Companies announce patent cross-license agreement. Microsoft announces Office 98 for Macintosh; Apple announces Internet Explorer to be bundled with Mac OS. Product commitment backed up with $150M Microsoft investment in Apple Computer. Boston, August 6, 1997--In a keynote address delivered today at Macworld Boston, Apple Computer Inc. director and co-founder Steve Jobs and Microsoft Corp. chairman and CEO Bill Gates announced a broad product and technology development agreement between Apple and Microsoft including the following: The companies agreed to a broad patent cross-licensing agreement. It paves the way for the two companies to work more closely on leading-edge technologies for the Mac platform. Microsoft will develop and ship future versions of its popular Microsoft Office productivity suite, Internet Explorer and other Microsoft tools for...

UMAX Boosts Support for Mac and BeOS Software Developers New Developer Purchase Program Provides Incentive for Developers of Powerful Multiprocessor-Aware Applications for the Mac Architecture Fremont, Calif., August 4, 1997 -- UMAX Computer Corporation (UCC) today announced a developer purchase program to increase support for Mac OS and BeOS software developers creating applications for the Macintosh platform. For a limited time, registered developers can purchase UMAX SuperMac Mac OS compatible systems at a 10% discount for use in application development, application support, compatibility testing and other internal development and support tasks. UMAX will also provide one secondary 180 MHz Multiprocessor (MP) card at no charge to qualifying MP developers purchasing a top-performing UMAX SuperMac S900 system. UMAX is offering additional discounts on secondary 200, 225, and 233 MHz processors to developers. This program is applicable for all S900 systems purchased from now until...

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Susan Marlett ClearWay Technologies 617-973-5024 marlett@clearway.com FIRESITE VIRTUAL DOMAIN MANAGER TO SUPPORT APPLE'S OPEN TRANSPORT 1.3 -- Will Simultaneously Operate In Single-IP and Multiple-IP Modes -- Boston, August 4, 1997, Macworld Expo -- ClearWay Technologies, Inc. today announced that their FireSite(TM) Virtual Domain Manager, the most complete virtual Web site management system for Mac OS, will support tight integration with Apple Computer's forthcoming Open Transport 1.3 network software. Under Open Transport 1.3, which adds multiple-IP-address support to Mac OS, FireSite Virtual Domain Manager (VDM) will operate simultaneously in both traditional single-IP and new multiple-IP modes for all hosted virtual Web sites. ClearWay has extended the introductory price of US$99.00, and has made free evaluation copies of the most current version available from their Web site. (http://www.clearway.com/pages/Demos.html) "Web hosting is big...

For more information contact In the U.S. and Pacific: Mark Gonzales, markg@be.com (415) 462-4117 In Europe: Jean Calmon, jcalmon@beeurope.com (33) 1 49 06 73 75 BE DEMONSTRATES BeOS FOR INTEL PCs Developer conference demonstration is prelude to the next BeOS product release and expansion of developer opportunity. BOSTON, Massachusetts (August 4, 1997) - Before an audience of software developers at the Be Developer Conference in Boston today, Be, Inc. demonstrated for the first time the Be Operating System (BeOS) running on Intel-based personal computer hardware. The company went on to announce that it will simultaneously release Intel and PowerPC versions of its widely acclaimed OS with its next release in January. "Our goal is to meet the needs of customers doing digital content design - no matter what hardware platform they may be using.", said Jean-Louis Gasse, president and CEO of Be, Inc. "BeOS for Intel opens the door for an even broader customer audience to take advantage of...

Press Contacts: For Release August 4, 1997 Gordy Davies Allen Bush Metrowerks Inc. A&R Partners (for 3Com) (512) 873-4797 (415) 363-0982 gdavies@metrowerks.com allen_bush@arpartners.com METROWERKS SHIPS CODEWARRIOR FOR PALMPILOT RELEASE 3 FOR DEVELOPING PALM OS APPLICATIONS New Features and Important Updates Highlight New Product Release AUSTIN, Texas -Aug. 4, 1997- Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, today announced they are shipping this week CodeWarrior for PalmPilot Release 3, an integrated suite of tools for both the Mac OS and Windows 95/NT. With new features and important updates, programmers will find it easier than ever to develop applications for the PalmPilot products from 3Com Corporation. CodeWarrior for PalmPilot Release 3 comes with the highly anticipated final update to the PalmPilot SDK (Software Development Kit), Version 2. This update supports all the new enhancements to Palm OS 2...

Press Contact: For Release August 4, 1997 Gordy Davies Metrowerks Inc. (512) 873-4797 gdavies@metrowerks.com METROWERKS SHIPS MW VISUAL SOURCESAFE FOR MACINTOSH 5 Latest Release of Version Control System Highlights New Stand-alone Client AUSTIN, Texas - August 4, 1997- Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, today announced they are shipping this week Metrowerks Visual SourceSafe for Macintosh Release 5, the latest version of its cross-platform revision control system. MW Visual SourceSafe for Macintosh replaces the CodeManager brand name and significantly extends the feature set of earlier versions of the product. With the addition of the new stand-alone client, programmers now have a choice of three interfaces when using MW Visual SourceSafe for Macintosh: the CodeWarrior IDE, the stand-alone application, or MPW. The client provides users with revision history without using MPW or an IDE. In fact,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Christopher O'Reilly Matthew Hutchison MHA Event Management Brodeur Porter Novelli 617-551-9800 202-973-1374 coreilly@mha.com mhutchison@brodeur.com Steve Jobs to Keynote at MACWORLD Expo Boston BOSTON, July 31, 1997 -- MHA Event Management and Apple Computer Inc. announced today that Apple cofounder Steve Jobs will deliver the opening keynote address at MACWORLD Expo Boston at 9 a.m. Aug. 6. The East Coast's premier showcase for software and hardware vendors supporting the Mac OS platform, MACWORLD Expo will be held at the Bayside Exposition Center and World Trade Center. Conference sessions run Aug. 5 - 8; the exhibition floor is open Aug. 6 - 8. Jobs, co-founder of Apple, is chairman and CEO of Pixar, an Academy Award-winning computer animation studio that creates next generation animated feature films and interactive CD-ROM titles. He serves as a strategic advisor to Apple's Board of Directors and executive management team....

WebTen Breaks Macintosh Web Performance Barrier Fastest Web Server on MacOS creates a new standard in Web service for Apple Santa Barbara, CA, July 29, 1997. Tenon Intersystems today announced WebTen 1.1, an industrial-strength, high-performance Apache Web server for Power Macs. WebTen is the world's fastest Macintosh-based Web server, offering a performance improvement (as measured by Ziff Davis Labs) that can be as much as 300% over WebSTAR, the leading Macintosh Web server. (http://www8.zdnet.com/macweek/mw_1129/webten_bench.gif) WebTen 1.1's new features include improved scheduling of CGIs during heavy cache usage, reduced memory and disk footprints, improved behavior in low-memory conditions, enhanced performance and reliability of Tenon's TCP stack under load conditions, updated caching software, and an enhanced user interface. In addition to being the fastest Macintosh Web server, WebTen is the only caching proxy Web server for Macintosh and the first Macintosh Web server to...

Product Release Information ZCurve Software 8206 Rockville Road #280 Indianapolis, IN http://www.zcurve.com zcurve@zcurve.com ZCurve Software releases MacStandardBasic 2.3 and prepares Visual MacStandardBasic 3.0 INDIANAPOLIS, IN, July 24th, 1997 : ZCurve Software announces the release of MacStandardBasic Version 2.3 , the powerful BASIC development system for Macintosh computers. Users can purchase and download the complete MacStandardBasic package from the ZCurve Software website (www.zcurve.com). This as a free upgrade to owners of previous versions MacStandardBasic. MacStandardBasic is optimized for both Apple's newer Power Macintosh computers and older Macintosh models. ZCurve Software is finishing work on Visual MacStandardBasic 3.0 which is planned for release in September, 1997. This new product will provide advanced visual programming along with new Internet access functionality. All registered owners of MacStandardBasic will receive Visual MacStandardBasic 3.0 as a free...

*** Apple Announces QuickTime Plug-in 2.0 for the Internet *** New Version Brings Advanced Digital Media to the Internet; QuickTime Enables Access to the Vast Majority of Digital Media Content on Internet; New Plug-in to be Available Simultaneously on Windows and Mac OS INTERNET WORLD EXPO, CHICAGO--July 23, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced the QuickTime Plug-in version 2.0 for Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator and Communicator. Slated for release in the fall of 1997, the plug-in will bring the advanced digital media capabilities of QuickTime 3.0 to the Internet including QuickTime VR 2.0 support, the ability to play alternate movie tracks, hotspots, and URL linking. The QuickTime Plug-in is planned to support most popular file formats, so that users can have a wide and rich experience with digital media content on Internet websites. The QuickTime Plug-in 2.0 is planned to be available simultaneously on Windows 95, Windows NT, and Mac OS, and will be...

*** JITc Provides for 10X Performance Improvement Over Previous Versions *** INTERNET WORLD EXPO, CHICAGO--July 23, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. announced today the availability of Mac OS Runtime for Java 1.5 (MRJ 1.5), an implementation of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java virtual machine (VM) and run-time environment for Macintosh and Mac OS-compatible systems. MRJ 1.5, which features a set of shared libraries and other system software files, follows on the success of Apple's MRJ 1.0 and offers improved functionality. With the addition of a PowerPC "just-in-time compiler" (JITc) and numerous graphics subsystem performance enhancements, MRJ 1.5 has the capability to offer a 10x improvement in performance over previous versions of MRJ as measured by industry standard CaffeineMarks. Additional functionality in MRJ 1.5 includes the new MRJ Toolkit, which allows developers to add Mac OS-specific functionality to Java applications. MRJ Toolkit stubs are written in 100 percent Pure Java to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judith Steinbaum (617) 876-4031 x1818; judith@roaster.com ROASTER TECHNOLOGIES TO SHOWCASE JDK 1.1 SUPPORT AT MACWORLD BOSTON Roaster Release 3.1 to support Apple's Mac OS Runtime for Java Cambridge, Massachusetts. July 23, 1997. Roaster Technologies, creators of the pioneering Development Environment for Java on the Macintosh, announced today that Roaster Release 3.1 will be demonstrated at Macworld Boston, August 6 through 8th, and will showcase its debut of support for Sun's(tm) Java(tm) Development Kit (JDK) 1.1 and Apple Computer's Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ). This will be the latest in a string of solid deliveries by the recently formed spin-off, adding yet another advantage for the growing number of Roaster users. Roaster Release 3, which shipped on March 31st, continues to receive glowing reviews from industry experts and from developers who are choosing Roaster for their professional Java development needs. According to John Dhabolt, President...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Iconovex Corp. Introduces EchoSearch Web Software for the Macintosh The First Truly Intelligent Desktop Research Tool Bloomington, MN - Iconovex Corporation, makers of the award-winning intelligent desktop-based professional research tool EchoSearch, announces a Macintosh version, EchoSearch 1.08. A simple, yet powerful tool, EchoSearch significantly improves the efficiency and accuracy of Internet or corporate Intranet searches. "With the wealth of information available today online, millions of Macintosh users of the Internet and corporate Intranets need a tool to help sort through and find relevant information," states Zeyad Abbas, general manager of Iconovex. "EchoSearch addresses the needs of those users, with a tool that will not only find information, but synthesize and distill it." Making use of Java's multi-threading capabilities, EchoSearch enables users to simultaneously query multiple search engines. Unlike other Web search tools, EchoSearch...

From: ssl@prefab.com (Scott S. Lawton) Subject: Text Machine beta1, pattern search & replace Text Machine offers the power of pattern-matching search & replace, made simple using plain English keywords such as "letter", "digit" and "punctuation". It works with Frontier, AppleScript, Tango and any other software that can send Apple events. Text Machine includes a full set of pattern verbs (replace, extract, locate & match) and supports the standard document verbs (make, open, save, close). Applications include: - web publishing (e.g. convert to and from HTML, extract URLs) - print publishing (clean up text before importing) - database import (extract fields from text, e.g. city, state, zip from a single line) - web database (reformat data before posting) - electronic-mail (convert addresses to a consistent format, create context-sensitive replies) - document management (search multiple files) The beta1 version of Text Machine is now available for $75, including free...

Contacts: Marisa Shumway Intervista Software, Inc. Ph: 415-543-8765, ext. 244 Email: mshumway@intervista.com INTERVISTA SOFTWARE LAUNCHES MACINTOSH VERSION OF ITS INDUSTRY-ACCLAIMED WORLDVIEW 2.0 Intervista Delivers On High Demand for Macintosh VRML Support SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 21, 1997-- Intervista Software, a leading provider of three-dimensional interactive software for the Internet, today announced the Macintosh operating system (OS) version of its successful WorldView 2.0 software, the companys Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)-based Internet browser. "The immediate availability of the much-anticipated Macintosh version will empower users with the ability to create and experience interactive 3D content and applications for the Internet and private Intranets," said Tony Parisi, president and chief technology officer at Intervista Software. "The number of VRML worlds on the Internet is exploding and until now, Macintosh users have been unable to view them. We...