Core Mac OS X and Unix Programming Class Returns to the Big Nerd Ranch Atlanta, GA - March 4, 2003 - The Big Nerd Ranch announces the return of Core Mac OS X and Unix Programming. Core Mac OS X Programming will allow programmers to harness the power of Mac OS X's Unix foundation. For the week of March 31 - April 4, 2003, Core Instructor Mark Dalrymple (http://www.bignerdranch.com/Company/Who.html) will return to the Big Nerd Ranch. After a successful Core Class in November 2002, the Big Nerd Ranch has edited and improved the instruction materials to enhance the Core learning experience. This class is the only Core offering currently scheduled for 2003. As with Cocoa classes, the Big Nerd Ranch intensive training methods will guide students' progress. Class topics include: * Multi-threading * Daemons * Distributed objects * Network programming * Rendezvous * Performance tuning * Advanced debugging techniques * The security framework * Exception handling For a complete course listing,...

DiamondSoft Ships Font Reserve Server 1.6 Version 1.6 debuts Mac OS X client software, system font handling and system-wide automatic font activation. San Francisco, CA - March 4, 2003 - DiamondSoft Inc. today announced the availability of a significant update to Font Reserve Server, the company's award-winning font management system for workgroups. Font Reserve Server 1.6 introduces client software for Mac OS X, while continuing to provide font management for Mac OS 9 and Classic environments. To help administrators address the challenges of managing fonts in users' many System Fonts folders - especially in Mac OS X - the update provides sophisticated system font handling. Version 1.6 also adds system-wide automatic font activation and allows administrators to activate fonts on client systems. Font Reserve Server 1.6 is available today and free to all customers who purchased it within the last six months (since Macworld New York, July 2002). For more information about upgrade pricing...

MACTECH MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES NEW COLUMN BY SCOTT KNASTER -- Scott Knaster joins the magazine as columnist -- Acclaimed writer returns to the Macintosh fold Westlake Village, CA -- March 3, 2003 -- MacTech Magazine is proud to announce that renowned book author and technical writer Scott Knaster is joining the magazine as a columnist. The new column for MacTech is called "Mac OS X Programming Secrets", and starts in the April 2003 issue. Scott is best known for his classic books "How to Write Macintosh Software" and "Macintosh Programming Secrets", which helped teach a generation of Macintosh programmers their craft. Now Scott brings his informative and humorous style to the heart of the Mac programming community with his new column for MacTech. "Scott not only has an incredible writing style, but he understands the issues that concern many Mac programmers out there." says Neil Ticktin, Publisher of MacTech Magazine. "An icon in the community, a long time supporter of the magazine, and a...

(CA-OPENOSX-COM) OpenOSX WinTel 1.0.0 Available Now Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CROWLEY LAKE, Calif.--(OPENOSX-COM)--Feb. 28th, 2003-- OpenOSX today announced the immediate availability of WinTel 1.0.0 for Mac OS X Jaguar that is a easy-to-use solution for configuring and utilizing the proven open source "Bochs" software that allows x86/Pentium(R)-based operating systems on Macintosh computers. This newest edition delivers increased performance and is over 200% faster than previous versions of the WinTel product, bringing updated software, additional features and enhancements and was entirely rebuilt for Jaguar bringing enhanced performance and stability. The new product also features a customizable single-click installer with separate disk images of 10 ready-to-use, popular open source x86 operating systems pre-installed, including RedHat Linux, FreeDos and FreeBSD. WinTel has successfully been tested Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2K, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows XP...

iScreensaver Designer 3.0 LOS ANGELES, February 26, 2003 - Multimedia software producer Xochi Media Inc (http://xochi.com/) announces the Release of iScreensaver Designer version 3.0, the world's only cross-platform screensaver editor. First released in 1998, this third major release in the iScreensaver series has enough power for professional use in high-volume marketing and promotional campaigns, while its visual editor makes it easy to use for smaller projects. 3.0 - A Major New Release: iScreensaver Designer 3.0 includes full support for Mac OS X and Windows XP, as well as a brand new Slide Show editor with features not found in any other product. The editor software is available for Windows and Macintosh, and either version will build a screensaver for both platforms. The software and license codes are available for download immediately. The iScreensaver download is free and all features can tested with no time limit before purchase. iScreensaver Designer will convert all...

Objective Development announces Little Snitch for Mac OS X Vienna, Austria - February 25, 2003 -- Objective Development, makers of the popular LaunchBar utility, today announced the availability of Little Snitch for Mac OS X, the company's new must have security application that monitors outgoing network connections. Little Snitch hooks into the operating system and monitors all applications, system utilities and other Unix processes for outgoing network connections. It intercepts the connection and brings up an alert panel with connection details including the name of the application which initiated the connection. The user has the choice to allow the connection, deny it or to add a permanent rule for similar connections. Due to the application centric design, Little Snitch is much more than a simple firewall. It is an efficient weapon against applications which phone home, internet worms, trojans and other network parasites, not affecting normal operation. By adding rules...

Bare Bones Software Ships TextWrangler 1.0 New General Purpose Text Editing Product for Writers, Programmers and System Administrators BEDFORD, Mass. - February 25, 2003 - Bare Bones Software, Inc. today shipped TextWrangler(tm), a new product for general purpose text editing and processing of data. TextWrangler runs only on the Mac(R) OS (including Mac OS X) and is available immediately for electronic delivery from (http://www.barebones.com/) for an affordable introductory price of US$49. Efficient and low-overhead, TextWrangler serves as an editor for composing and modifying plain text and text-oriented data, including Unicode (UTF-8 and UTF-16) files and most non-Roman single-byte files. To aid in its use for composition, TextWrangler includes an integrated spell checker and an assortment of character formatting commands. TextWrangler is a powerful tool for system administrators, able to transparently read and write text files originating on a variety of platforms, and on...

Max Programming, LLC - eMail Verifier-X v1.1.2 February, 24 2003 Max Programming is proud to present a new release of Mail Verifier, the very first tool available on the Macintosh platform for batch e-mail validity checking. (Classic and Mac OS X) Product Home Page: http://www.maxprog.com/EmailVerifier.html )Overview If your database contains incorrect e-mail addresses, this disadvantages you in two ways. First, you have to put up with annoying 'undeliverable' messages. And second, you lose the ability to communicate by e-mail with your contacts. Email Verifier checks the validity of your e-mail addresses without actually sending e-mails. You can use the list of failed addresses to build a list for a 'please update' campaign. Email Verifier is a very effective piece of software that can verify over 10 e-mails per second . It can verify single e-mails or huge lists. (eMail Verifier is multithreaded, providing high speed verifying) eMail Verifier is your powerful solution for the...

REALbasic 5 for Macintosh now available with enhanced Jaguar support REALbasic 5 makes creating software fun and easy, builds smaller applications, improves support for Jaguar, adds powerful new Internet capabilities, comprehensive Unicode support and powerful new server development option. February 24th, 2003. Austin, Texas - REAL Software announces the availability of REALbasic 5 for Macintosh, the powerful, easy-to-use tool for creating your own software for Macintosh and Windows. This new version of the award-winning software includes enhanced support for Mac OS X version 10.2 "Jaguar" including drawers, brushed-metal windows and toolbars. "REALbasic 5 is the most significant release in several years," said Geoff Perlman, President and CEO of REAL Software. "REALbasic is still the fastest, easiest way to create Macintosh applications and now those applications look and feel more at home on Mac OS X than ever before." REALbasic 5 sports powerful new Internet communications...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EXHIBIT FAIR SHOWCASE RETURNS TO APPLE'S WWDC 2003 - Exhibit Fair Expands To Include QuickTime & Enterprise Markets! - Turnkey Station Packages Now Available For Under $2500! - Exhibit space is limited and expected to sell out! WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- February 21, 2003 -- Xplain Custom Services today announced the return of the popular "WWDC Exhibit Fair" to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, May 19-23, at the San Jose Convention Center. Vendors in the WWDC Exhibit Fair have a unique opportunity to showcase their latest technical products to the thousands of Mac OS X developers who attend this annual event. In 2003, the WWDC Exhibit Fair has expanded to include products and services for Enterprise IT organizations as well as QuickTime content creators. "The WWDC Exhibit Fair is always the focal point for seeing the latest technical wares on the Mac," said Neil Ticktin, CEO of Xplain Corporation and Publisher of MacTech Magazine. "With its expanded focus...

4D, Inc. Ships 4D WebSTAR V v5.2.4 Update -- Now with Built-in Support for Web Services, New Administration Options, Advanced 4D WebMail Pro and More -- SAN JOSE, Calif., February 20, 2003 - 4D, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS environment and 4D WebSTAR Server Suite, today announced the immediate availability of 4D WebSTAR V v5.2.4, now with built-in support for Web Services, new administration options, significantly updated 4D WebMail Pro, and more. The new 4D WebSTAR V v5.2.4 update is a free update for all registered users of 4D WebSTAR Server Suite V for Mac(R) OS X and available immediately, directly from (http://www.4D.com/). "4D WebSTAR V is the easiest to administer Internet server suite on Mac OS X, and proven faster than Apache," said Brendan Coveney, president and CEO of 4D, Inc. "Now 4D WebSTAR V can integrate with applications by connecting via Web Services in 4th Dimension 2003 and other Web Services. 4D WebSTAR V v5.2.4 demonstrates our commitment to...

Today, 24U Software introduced a new 24U Transcoding Table Utility for creating and working with transcoding tables. What is 24U Transcoding Table Utility? 24U Transcoding Plug-In Utility is a new support file for 24U Transcoding Plug-In. It contains several utility functions for working with transcoding tables, witch you can use to translate text between text encodings. You can use it to create, combine, analyze, and test transcoding tables before implementing them in your solutions. More info and download: http://www.24usoftware.com/info.php?ID=114 What is 24U Transcoding Plug-In? 24U Transcoding Plug-In is a powerful FileMaker Pro plug-in, that allows your databases to transcode and convert text and numbers in several ways. More info and download: http://www.24usoftware.com/info.php?ID=114 About 24U Software Since 2000, 24U company has been committed to software development, modifications and distribution, creating custom software solutions for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Windows users....

Intelli Innovations, Inc. is pleased to deliver IntelliMerge SQL 1.1, a new functionality update to its high-end, database-enabled business communication software. IntelliMerge SQL 1.1 adds: - Automatic Duplicate Skipping. For databases with multiple e-mail address matches in a single table (such as, for example, our transaction-based order database), IntelliMerge SQL can keep a local cache of which e-mail addresses have already received a specific message, and optionally skip over duplicates within a scope of a single campaign. - IntelliMergeStatus Code Conversion in the SQL Console: Database operations in IntelliMerge SQL work in both directions. Customer information is downloaded from the database, and an IntelliMergeStatus integer field is updated in exchange. This new addition to the SQL Console allows the software to automatically convert this number to its text equivalent. IntelliMerge's other included SQL Tools include an automatic POP3 bounce...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saint Louis, Missouri -- February 11, 2003 -- Melonsoft announced the first release of Exhibit, an HTML photo gallery creation application geared towards photographers and artists. Exhibit uses a simple, straightforward interface to quickly guide the user through all the necessary steps to photo gallery creation. Exhibit allows the user to specify HTML 'templates' to quickly build dynamic, fully customizable photo galleries. Images linked to within the template are also automatically copied to their appropriate locations when galleries are built. Other features include the ability to scale down images by percentage and specify a number of thumbnails to display on each index page. http://www.melonsoft.com/products/exhibit Ryan Staake President / Lead MacOS Engineer Melonsoft ryan@melonsoft.com www.melonsoft.com

SpamSieve 1.3 is now available. Like your professional e-mail client, but jealous of Mail.app's spam filter? SpamSieve brings powerful Bayesian spam filtering to other popular e-mail clients. It learns what your spam looks like, so it can block nearly all of it. It also learns what your good messages look like, so it won't confuse them with spam. Other spam filters get worse over time as spammers adapt to their rules; SpamSieve actually gets better over time as you train it with more messages. SpamSieve doesn't delete any messages--it only marks them in your e-mail client--so you'll never lose any mail. SpamSieve works with any number of mail accounts, of whatever types are supported by your e-mail software (e.g. POP, IMAP, Hotmail, AOL). Requirements: Mac OS X 10.1 or later Supports: Emailer, Eudora 5.2, Entourage, Mailsmith, PowerMail Price: $20 (shareware); free upgrade from 1.0-1.2.2 Download: (http://www.c-command.com/downloads/SpamSieve-1.3.dmg) More Info: (...

Apple has opened registration for WWDC 2003 with new content focusing on the QuickTime and Enterprise market. Register today and get the early bird discount at http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ WWDC 2003 Join developers from around the world to explore first-hand the next generation of technology innovations from Apple at Worldwide Developers Conference 2003, May 19-23 in San Jose, California. Whether you're a longtime Mac programmer or recent platform Switcher, an IT manager or commercial developer, content creator, Open Source coder, web manager, systems administrator or in-house developer, WWDC 2003 offers an expanded agenda that will help you make the most out of Apple's innovative technologies and the robust and flexible Mac OS X platform. WWDC is your unique opportunity to meet fellow developers and benefit from the rapidly-growing Mac OS X community, to network and learn the things you can only learn talking face-to-face with your peers and Apple's technical architects and...

Temponautics has released FAQtor 1.1, an update to their freeware word processing tool for creating, editing and saving "FAQ" (Frequently Asked Questions) documents. It exports to HTML, XML and its' own format. FAQtor makes it easy to maintain a database of frequently asked questions. FAQtor 1.1, which is made with REALbasic, adds support for Mac OS X, multiple levels of undo, better sorting of topics and questions, better HTML output, improved user interface and includes fixes for all known bugs. It can be downloaded here: Classic version: (http://www.temponautics.com/files/FAQtor11-Classic.sit) Mac OS X version: (http://www.temponautics.com/files/FAQtor11.sit)

Reliabit Releases MDDS 1.1 which includes a new integrated relay subsystem for transmitting multicast data over non multicast enabled networks, distributed file user and permission preservation, user interface improvements, revised documentation and bug fixes. The Reliabit Multicast Data Distribution System is an IP Multicast based file transfer system. The system is designed to transmit files from one computer to a large number of target computers simultaneously and efficiently. The system offers security features for the encryption of data in transit, packet correction of multicast data, and distribution management. Pricing is targeted towards enterprise customers and is sold on a site license basis. New Features: * TCP/IP relay subsystem for relaying multicast data over networks that are not multicast enabled * Web interface for configuring the relay subsystem integrated into MDDS preferences * Users settings have an additional checkbox to enable local multicast * Users and...

THREADTRACKER 0.3 RELEASED FROM ORANGED.NET SOFTWARE February 10, 2003 -- Oranged.net Software, a graphics design/software company, releases a new product for OS 9/X, used to easily find replies to posts made on InfoPop forums, such as forums.maccentral.com. ThreadTracker is a freeware application developed for use with Infopop forums, such as MacCentral's forums (forums.maccentral.com). All you have to do is enter your user name and ThreadTracker will list your most recent posts, and then count the replies to each post. It will tell you how many replies are new since the last time you visit that post through ThreadTracker. This program was made to help frequent forum users. No longer will you have to check every post you have made, looking for a reply. ThreadTracker is freeware, and will continue to be freeware in future versions. It is being developed for the benefit of the Macintosh forum using community. Future versions will see compatibility with more types of forums. Oranged.net...

Apple Introduces Xserve RAID Storage System With Breakthrough Performance and Pricing 2.5 Terabytes of High Availability Storage In a Single 3U Enclosure CUPERTINO, California-February 10, 2002-Apple=AE today introduced Xserve=81 RAID, the first 3U rack storage system with a massive 2.5TB storage capacity, blazing performance of up to 400 MB/s and the industry's most aggressive price point of just over $4 (US) per gigabyte. A unique architecture delivers the massive storage density and incredible performance of Xserve RAID. Fourteen independent ATA/100 drive channels provide up to 2.5TB of storage. Dual independent RAID controllers with up to 1GB controller cache memory provide fully-redundant storage. And a dual 2Gb Fibre Channel host interface delivers unprecedented performance. Each 180GB Apple Drive Module uses a dedicated drive channel, maximizing the 400 MB/s industry standard Fibre Channel host connection. Xserve RAID scales in capacity and performance by adding more drives, or...

VANCOUVER, Washington - 5 February, 2003 Austin-Soft today announced the release of DTerm 3.2, the developer utility to make other developers' lives easier by providing an external tool to display and capture their diagnostic information. The new version adds the ability to specify the default buffer size and better documentation among other new features. DTerm has been updated to better utilize memory so that more output can be saved, while permitting developers to specify how much output will be saved. In addition, the current preferences are used when creating a distributable monitoring app so that customers can provide the output in the format that developers specify. "With DTerm 3.2, we are putting more power into the hands of developers," said Glenn L. Austin, CEO of Austin-Soft.com. "DTerm 3.2 not only uses memory more efficiently than in the past, now developers can determine how much output each window will retain." DTerm 3.2 sells for $64, while upgrades from previous...

Tuesday, February 4, 2003: Xupport 1.2.5 update All-In-One Interface for Mac OS X. Changes in Xupport 1.2.5 * Empty and burn (shredder) Trash folders of any volume * Enable "System file journaling" on invisible volumes * Change SWAP file location to invisible volumes * Problem with volumes containing spaces in its names fixed Xupport 1.2 - demo version: http://www.computer-support.ch/Xupport/download/Xupport.sit Xupport provides a clean GUI (Graphical User Interface) to configure many Mac OS X options, that are not or hard to configure manually, and more. It includes several unix command to optimize and secure your Mac, and activates features that are disabled by default. Features: - Access hidden system and finder settings - Activate "File System Journaling" - Create bootable backups - Change SWAP file location - Optimize system performance - Change PORTS of Personal File Sharing, Web Sharing and ssh - Launch servers on specified port (inclusive firewall allow rules) - Firewall (...

Tuesday, February 4, 2003 Today, 24U Software is releasing brand new template project for building FileMaker Pro plug-ins. Creating your own custom plug-ins is now nothing more than just configuring few constants in a single header file and writing your functions' code. What is 24U FM Template? 24U FM Template is a Metrowerks CodeWarrior template project for building FileMaker Pro plug-ins. It will help you to create your own FileMaker Pro plug-ins quickly and easily! Thanks to intuitive lucidity and efficiency this template is appropriate for both beginners and experts. More info: http://www.24usoftware.com/info.php?ID=96 Data sheet: http://www.24usoftware.com/datasheet/24uFMTemplateWPUS.pdf Download: http://www.24usoftware.com/downloadform.php?ID=94 The cardinal features: - Single point of configuration - Ability to build single-file cross-platform plug-ins (Super FAT Binary) - Pre-configured version function - Detailed comments in all user-editable files - Easily readable compact...

PreFab UI Browser enhances Apple's GUI Scripting North Andover, MA -- January 31, 2003 -- PreFab Software, Inc. is pleased to announce UI Browser, a utility to help scripters write user interface scripts using Apple's new "GUI Scripting" technology for AppleScript in Mac OS X version 10.2.3 and higher. PreFab has unrivaled experience in scripting the GUI, shipping PreFab Player since 1994. For this Mac OS X product, PreFab joined forces with well-known AppleScript and Cocoa guru Bill Cheeseman to bring you a utility that makes GUI Scripting easy. A free trial of UI Browser 1.0 is available now at PreFab.com. Normally priced at $39.95, PreFab is offering an introductory price of $24.95 through April 19, 2003. Download the free 30-day trial version at (http://www.prefab.com/uibrowser/). GUI Scripting is a powerful and exciting new Apple technology enabling scripters to automate most non-Classic Mac applications by manipulating their menus, buttons, and other user interface elements....

For Immediate Release American Power Conversion Announces End-to-End Protection for Apple's Affordable and Powerful Xserve Rack-Optimized Server APC Offers Xserve Users Complete Availability Solutions Including New Power Management Software, Racks, and Uninterruptible Power Supplies WEST KINGSTON, R.I. -- American Power Conversion announced today that it has expanded support beyond Apple's desktop solutions to offer end-to-end availability for the company's UNIX-based Xserve rack-optimized servers. Xserve customers can now purchase high quality power protection and accessories designed to be fully compatible with Xserve including APC's Smart-UPS line of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and NetShelter VX rack systems. "Apple has attracted a lot of positive attention since the introduction of their powerful, easy-to-use and affordable UNIX-based Xserve servers," said Rob Johnson, vice president and general manager, APC's Availability Enhancements Group. "Our line of high quality...

PRESS RELEASE CommonGround Softworks Inc. Announces Qilan(tm) version 2.7. HOOKSETT, NEW HAMPSHIRE - January 28, 2003 - CommonGround Softworks Inc today is pleased to announce the availability of an OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) compatible version of the Qilan database tool. This upgrade adds the two new database adapters; Microsoft Access and MySQL. MySQL is currently the most popular open source database used with content-driven web sites. Qilan 2.7 is available for download as a time limited trial. A web based process will allow access to the file download area and generation of trial enablement keys. The Qilan 2.7 upgrade is available to existing Qilan users for $99 USD. Full pricing information is available on our website. Educational discounts are available. Qilan Overview: Qilan provides a specific, focused and powerful tool for database and web developers seeking to overcome the limitations of existing products, who seek to integrate, migrate or scale upward from existing projects. Qilan...

Apple Introduces 20" Cinema Display at Breakthrough Price Significant Price Reductions on 23" Cinema HD Display & 17" Studio Display CUPERTINO, California-January 28, 2003-Continuing its industry leadership in flat panel display technology, Apple=AE today introduced the 20-inch Appl= e Cinema Display=AE, a professional-quality, wide-format active-matrix LCD wit= h 1680-by-1050 pixel resolution at a breakthrough price of $1,299 (US). A perfect complement to Apple's new Power Mac=AE G4 desktops and ideal for demanding color work, the all-digital 20-inch flat panel display provides more work area than Apple's previous 22-inch Cinema Display. Apple also dramatically reduced the price of its 23-inch Cinema HD Display, with 1920-by-1200 pixel resolution-enough to view High Definition Television (HDTV) content with room to spare-from $3,499 (US) to an amazing $1,999 (US). Widely regarded as the finest quality flat panel display in the industry, the 23-inch Cinema HD Display is now within...

28 January 2003 - Witango 5 brings rapid web-application development to Mac OS X FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sydney, Australia -- With Enterprise Pty Ltd has announced the immediate release of Witango 5 for Mac OS X. Witango 5's visual programming interface allows developers to quickly build sophisticated web applications that connect web sites to databases. NASA, the US National Institute of Health, numerous universities worldwide and the Government of Ireland are among the many demanding organizations that use Witango. Witango 5 is the first version of the software to support Mac OS X. VISUAL PROGRAMMING Witango's outstanding visual programming interface allows web developers to rapidly generate, update and maintain code of a consistently high standard. "I'm not surprised by the incredible buzz surrounding visual programming, because it's the fastest way to produce consistent, easy-to-maintain code," said Sophie Wade, CEO of With Enterprise. "What surprises me is the perception that these...

Press release For immediate release YourSQL - the application that lets any MacOSX user create MySQL databases Magister Ludi releases YourSQL version 1.0, a free, Open Source MacOSX application that lets everyone create a MySQL database from the Mac with a few mouse clicks. It even supports activation of some of the more advanced features of MySQL, such as indices, without requiring advanced technical knowledge from the users. YourSQL is the first Open Source Aqua-compliant application for MySQL developers to reach version 1.0. With YourSQL you can create and modify complete MySQL databases for typical database-driven web sites without resorting to complicated command-line tools. YourSQL's elegant database browser further provides instant access to all databases on your network, whether they are installed under MacOSX, Linux or Windows. A special feature allows the creation on one-column indices and primary keys. Indices are the secret behind the famed speed of MySQL, and by allowing...

ARCANEWARE RELEASES SERIAL STORAGE 2.5 ENGLISHTOWN, NJ -- January 27, 2003 -- ArcaneWare today released an upgrade for its application for secure organization, Serial Storage. Serial Storage is an application to effortlessly organize your serial numbers, passwords, credit cards, (or any other information you'd like to store) into different folders. Serial Storage is very secure and easy to use. With Serial Storage's easy search feature you can find your passwords and serial numbers quickly. Serial Storage uses military-strength 448-bit encryption so that your data is safe. And to quickly add database entries, Serial Storage fills in default information for you. Save your name and organization in your preferences, and ever time you add a new entry, those defaults will be inserted in. Of all the other Mac applications that do this on the market, Serial Storage is the most secure, easiest to use, and best for its low price. Serial Storage's encryption is protected by your own...

Pulp profiling tool for REALbasic Applications The La Jolla Underground is proud to announce the immediate availability of Pulp Public Preview 1. Pulp is a profiling tool for use with the REALbasic development environment. It can add timing code to every method and event in your REALbasic project, which can then be saved as either a tab delimited file or as a Metrowerks Profiler document, which allows viewing of the results using the MW Profiler application. Complete stack information is preserved for every call, so you can view performance of functions that are called from a particular parent. You can also monitor the number of times a function was called, how long you spent in only that function (total and average), how long you spent in that function with it's sub-calls (total and average) and the minimum and maximum times spent in the call. Since timing code is inserted everywhere, you can easily search for bottlenecks in even the largest projects with almost no effort. Adding and...

DTerm provides an efficient and easy-to-use debugging terminal for MacOS 9 and MacOS X programs, and other code. Here are a few of the features of DTerm: * One version for both Mac OS 9 CFM programs as well as Mac OS X CFM and Mach-O programs. * Displays results for each program in their own window. * Time and date stamps every diagnostic message. * Merge the contents of multiple windows into a single window to view program interactions. * DTerm library has no effect on running applications. * Monitoring application can be created to send to end-users. Yeah, that's great. So how does it work? When the DTerm display application is not running, your program will be unaffected by the DTerm library code. When you want to view the diagnostic or debugging information from your programs, simply launch DTerm, and the diagnostic information will be displayed in a separate window for each program. (http://www.austin-soft.com/DTerm/index.html)

Jiiva Ships SuperScrubber the new disk sanitization product for the Mac! Beaverton, OR (January 21, 2003) - SuperScrubber ships today! Jiiva announces the hot new disk sanitization product for the Mac that can save you from potential identity and intellectual property theft. Heard about that in the news lately? Most of us know it's smart to shred paper documents, but what should you do with a computer that's filled with electronic documents? Use SuperScrubber to erase the risk. SuperScrubber is a disk utility, bargain priced at $29.99, that serves to completely and permanently erase all data from a specified internal or external hard drive or partition, leaving no retrievable trace of the old data. Scrub your hard drive with SuperScrubber so you can give away or sell your old computer without any worries, knowing that it no longer contains personal or confidential data. "It's amazing how many people just give away or sell their used computers, thinking that deleting a file or dragging...

Dartware, LLC is pleased to announce that InterMapper(R) 4.0 and InterMapper Remote 4.0 are now available. These two programs work together: many of the new features of InterMapper listed below require InterMapper Remote. The new features include: * Cross Platform. InterMapper now runs on Windows NT, Window 2000, and Windows XP, as well as MacOS X and Macintosh Classic. Versions for Unix and Linux will be available shortly. * Drill down. You can use the new Map Status probe type to represent the state of another map (a "sub-map"). The icon shows the state of the most serious condition on the sub-map. If you use InterMapper Remote, a double-click will open that sub-map. * Aggregate Actions. You can use InterMapper Remote to configure multiple devices with a single action or dialog. Attach notifiers, set the probe type, SNMP community string, comment, timeout, etc. on multiple items at a time by selecting the devices, then control-clicking to choose the desired action. * Remote...

OpenOSX Starts Shipping OpenDB 2.2 CROWLEY LAKE, Calif.--(OPENOSX-COM)--Jan. 17th, 2003-- OpenOSX today began shipping a new version of their popular OpenDB product. This version brings updated software, dozens of additional enhancements, new applications and was entirely rebuilt for Jaguar bringing enhanced performance and stability. The new product features a single-click installer that will configure a Mac running Mac OS X 10.2+ into a powerful relational database server. The OpenDB product was designed to empower users with a wide range of ready to use enterprise-level database tools as fast, conveniently and simply as possible. The OpenDB CD will install and fully configure a suite of popular server and client applications including: MySQL and PostgreSQL servers with ODBC connectivity, featuring web-based graphical server administration which supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, SSL, Samba and more. MySQL and PostgreSQL are popular full-featured relational database management systems,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Automated Solutions Group Announces MenuPack v3.2 Create custom menus and popups with an external package for 4th Dimension Huntington Beach, CA - January 17, 2003: Automated Solutions Group today announced the release of MenuPack 3.2 a plug-in for 4th Dimension that provides the ability to create and manage custom menus and popups, including complete hierarchical menu support. Using MenuPack, you can create enhanced menus and popups which are not possible with standard 4th Dimension menus and popup controls as well as provide complete integration with AreaList Pro, allowing creating of enhanced data entry popup menus (including hierarchical popup menus). New Features in Version 3.2 MenuPack 3.2 offers a number of new features, including: o Full support for 4D 6.8 (MacOS X and Windows XP) o Integration with AreaList Pro for enhanced popup controls in ALP areas o Enhanced PowerMenu now supports PopupPack offscreen areas MenuPack Features Included in MenuPack are...

j2 Global Releases Messenger Software For Macintosh OS X Desktop communications offering now native to Mac operating system HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- j2 Global Communications, Inc. [Nasdaq: JCOM], the provider of outsourced, value-added messaging and communications services, today announced the availability of Messenger, its desktop communications and messaging software, for all versions of Mac OS X. Today's announcement marks the first time that Messenger, which delivers faxes and voicemail as email attachments to subscribers' email boxes, has been coded specifically for the latest Macintosh operating system. The software, free to j2 Global's eFax, jConnect and Corporate customers, is available for download immediately at www.efax.com/need. Messenger offers users of j2 Global's services the ability to view, zoom, rotate, resize, annotate and print fax documents, as well as listen to voicemail. Now that the software is native to Mac OS X, j2 Global customers who use that operating system...

Lingo Systems Publishes Fourth Edition of Translation and Localization Guidebook in Partnership with American Translators Association Portland, OR - Lingo Systems, a translation and localization company located in Portland, Oregon, and the ATA, the American Translators Association, have published the fourth edition of The Guide to Translation and Localization: Preparing Products for the Global Marketplace. The 104-page guide covers all the steps necessary for mastering the localization process. Readers will find the technical strategies needed to successfully prepare their documentation, software, training and marketing materials, and Web sites for the global marketplace. Lingo Systems specializes in the translation and localization of Mac hardware and software. "This book is intended to be both educational and fun," says John Watkins, Lingo Systems Vice President of Operations and the books editor. "The previous three issues have all been award winners and very popular with our...

Singlestep Technologies reduces "Swivel Chair IT Management" Unity, Singlestep's Network Integration System, gives companies more control of their multiple network management systems SEATTLE, WA, January 14, 2003 - Singlestep Technologies today announced the release of its network integration and information management software, Singlestep Unity=81. Unity allows IT managers to better manage their network= s by integrating event data from multiple network management systems. The company reports that their typical customer has at least 5 to 7 network management systems in place, meaning that network outages can generate events in multiple systems. This makes it difficult and time consuming for IT staff to get a complete picture of what's happening in their network. "One of the benefits of Unity is that it eliminates 'swivel chair management' in the Network Operation Center. People no longer have to roll their chairs around the operations center, checking screen after screen and system...

Max Programming, LLC - eMail Bounce Handler v1.2 January, 15 2003 Maxprog is proud to present a new eMail Bounce Handler update. eMail Bounce Handler is Maxprog bounce e-mail filtering and handling tool. Overview Bounce e-mail (sometimes referred to as bounce mail) is electronic mail that is returned to the sender because it cannot be delivered for some reason. Unless otherwise arranged, bounce e-mail usually appears as a new note in your inbox. E-mail users can encounter bounce e-mail because an addressee has changed his or her address, because their mail box is full, because the note is misaddressed, or for some other reason. Bounce e-mail can be handled by a program when sending e-mail to a list and most e-mail distribution list vendors include this capability. Such a bounce handler can retry later, unsubscribe the addressee from the list, or take some other action. Maxprog has developed eMail Bounce Handler, a bounce e-mail filtering and handling tool that recognizes bounce e-...

ALADDIN SYSTEMS SHIPS TEN FOR X: GAMES, A COLLECTION OF COOL GAMES FOR MAC OS X SAN FRANCISCO, CA January 7, 2003 - Following its Ten for X utility collection, Aladdin Systems, Inc., an Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. company (OTC BB: ALHI), today shipped Ten for X (tm):Games. The collection includes 13 top-rated titles valued at over $200, but will be sold by Aladdin for only $49.99. "Ten for X Games is a fun software suite with something for everyone in the family," said David Polzine, Ten for X product manager. "The Ten for X utility suite has done so well, especially after being named an Editors' Choice Award finalist by Macworld Magazine, that we wanted to provide a games edition to serve another market of OS X users." Ten for X: Games includes the following products: - 3D Bridge Deluxe (tm) by Freeverse Software - an amazing Bridge game with a great tutorial mode where you can pick who you play with - Airburst (tm) by Freeverse Software - a game for up to four players, the object...

e-CryptIt Engine is a REALbasic plugin to do encryption, encoding, compression, checksums and hashing. Main features: Encryption: * e-CryptIt - (Chained) (PPC, Carbon, x86) * Blowfish ECB unchained mode (64 bit blocks - up to 448 bit key) (PPC,Carbon, x86) * Blowfish CBC chained mode (64 bit blocks - up to 448 bit key) (PPC,Carbon, x86) * Twofish ECB unchained mode (128 bit blocks - 128,192 and 256 bit keys) (PPC,Carbon, x86) * Twofish CBC chained mode (128 bit blocks - 128,192 and 256 bit keys) (PPC,Carbon, x86) Encoding/Decoding: * e-CryptIt Flexible (PPC,Carbon,x86) * Base64 (PPC,Carbon,x86) * BinHex (PPC,Carbon,x86) * MacBinary III (PPC,Carbon) * AppleSingle / Double (PPC,Carbon) * UUCoding (PPC,Carbon,x86) Compression: * Zip on strings (PPC,Carbon,x86) * Zip on filestreams (.z format) (PPC,Carbon,x86) Checksums: * CRC32 (PPC,Carbon,x86) * Adler32 (PPC,Carbon,x86) Hashing...

Solutions Etcetera Announces SuperEdit 4.1 January 13, 2003 - Solutions Etcetera announces SuperEdit 4.1. Solutions Etcetera announced today the availability of SuperEdit 4.1, a free upgrade to SuperCard's powerful static editing environment. "We're delighted to announce that with SuperEdit 4.1, full card and background editing have now been implemented making the SuperCard/SuperEdit combination the most powerful editing solution available in card based authoring environments." said Scott Simon, director of product development for Solutions Etcetera. "SuperEdit provides a fast and effective environment for editing projects without script execution. This means projects with idle handlers or other scripts that may get in the way of editing at runtime are a snap to work with. It also means that making major changes to projects such as copying complete menu sets or windows from one project to another is as simple as copy and paste. SuperEdit's "Run" command instantly launches your project...

Canto Announces Cumulus for Mac OS X The entire Cumulus product line soon available for Mac OS X January 9, 2003, San Francisco, Berlin, Tokyo, Paris. Canto, the global leader in Digital Asset Management solutions, today announced the availability of Mac OS X versions of the Cumulus Client Software as well as of the Cumulus Single User Edition. Server products and Cumulus Options have been available as OS X versions for quite some time now, with this announcement Canto again emphasizes the commitment to the Macintosh platform. As soon as Apple=92s new operating system was launched Canto offered all Server products for Mac OS X. For the first time in the company history the Enterprise Edition was then also available for the Macintosh platform. Shortly after the Cumulus Server Options were also available as Mac OS X versions. The latest product releases like such as Web Publisher Pro, Cumulus HELIOS Companion and Internet Client Pro for Mac OS X point out the significance Canto holds...

News Release eZediaQTI Interactive QuickTime Authoring Software Now Available from eZedia Inc. WINNIPEG, MANITOBA - January 8, 2003 - eZedia Inc., a leader in digital media software technology, announced today the release of its newest product, eZediaQTI. eZediaQTI is cross-platform interactive QuickTime authoring software for creating rich internet content and movies. Users can now quickly combine and enhance video, graphics, animation, sound, VRs, and text to create web sites, internet banner ads, online presentations, and interactive videos - with no programming knowledge required. "With over 100 million copies of QuickTime Player currently in distribution, eZediaQTI will definitely have a strong impact with this market," said Stefan Embleton, the President and Chief Executive Officer of eZedia Inc. "eZediaQTI is the first software of its kind to give users a quick-and-easy way to create interactive QuickTime movies, and then uploaded to the web. To date, only...

Universal Map Announces SmartMaps(R) Viewer 2.0 - Advanced Web Mapping Solution Uses Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) for Display - LANSING, Mich., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Map, a leading provider of mapping solutions, announces the release of SmartMaps Viewer 2.0. SmartMaps is an advanced Internet mapping platform that displays data in vector format using SVG technology. This allows for more intuitive navigation and faster access to client data. "SmartMaps gives us a truly effective solution for presenting policy and economics data online in a format that is fast, understandable, and easy to implement," said Scott Watkins, Director of Marketing at Anderson Economic Group. About SmartMaps SmartMaps Viewer version 2.0, built on SVG technology, provides searchable, intelligent graphics and an interactive display of spatial data resources. Some of the many enhancements in SmartMaps 2.0 include: faster zoom and pan functions without calls to the server, new ruler and selection tools...

News Release eZedia Releases eZeMotion the Ultimate iMovie Plug-in WINNIPEG, MANITOBA - January 8, 2003 - eZedia Inc., a leader in digital-media software technology, released today the ultimate iMovie plug-in - eZeMotion. eZeMotion gives iMovie users the ability to animate text, graphics, and movies over a digital video clip. Users can now supercharge their iMovie projects with multiple layers of media, sophisticated custom titling, rotating images, scaled video, and much more. "eZeMotion is the ultimate iMovie plug-in because of its incredibly sophisticated capabilities," said Stefan Embleton, the President and Chief Executive Officer of eZedia Inc. "eZeMotion is the first plug-in of its kind that allows iMovie users to create path animation sequences and composite multiple layers of media over a DV clip. It extends iMovie into the realm of professional video editing without the complexity and high-cost of other video-editing and animation applications." eZeMotion...

DEVONAGENT ABOUT TO REVOLUTIONISE THE SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET Bietigheim-Bissingen (Germany, EU), 7th of January, 2003 -- DEVONtechnologies announces the development of a new software that makes the search for information on the Internet easier and much more accurate than possible with today's search engines. Based on DEVONtechnologies' revolutionary DEVONtechnology, DEVONagent is the information finding tool of the next generation. It simulates the behaviour of a human web surfer scanning the Internet for a specific piece of information. It is ideal for journalists, scientists, lawyers, writers, students or just anyone looking for complete and specific information without having to dig through megabytes of data themselves. Technically, DEVONagent uses a variety of searching techniques and collects the results. Then it visits all the found web sites, downloads, analyses and weights them to find the most relevant pages, eliminating information junk automatically on-the-...

Metrowerks Offers Low Priced CodeWarrior(tm) Tools for Mac(r) OS X Programmers Easy-to-Use Tools Suite is Ideal for Hobbyists and Novice Programmers AUSTIN, Texas - January 7, 2003 - Metrowerks is introducing CodeWarrior(tm) Development Studio, Mac OS X Edition at an introductory price of US$99 until February 28, 2003. Programmers writing applications for Mac(r) OS X now have a low cost choice when it comes to development tools. As a subset of Metrowerks' CodeWarrior Development Studio for Mac OS, Professional Edition, Version 8, the Mac OS X Edition is ideal for hobbyists and novices because it contains essentially the same development tools used by professional programmers and includes features designed to simplify the development process. One such feature is Code Completion, which provides fast access to the prototypes and parameters of any function in a project. Code Completion enables programmers to write code more quickly without stopping to look up hard-to-remember functions...