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I would like to announce something specific to developers who are for one reason or another bound to deliver CFM applications, code resources and/or plugins for the MacOS X platform. Nowedays the CarbonLib 1.6 is the last library to which one can link too in a CFM based environment, and any new features in OSX won't make it in carbonlib anymore. Developers know how to weak link to the systemFramework of MacOSX, while the header files in the various frameworks provide the prototypes of the functions available. CodeWarrior does not provide precompiled headers for CFM-based targets, only MACHO-based targets on OSX. The tool provided here is a little application that could have been implemented by MetroWerks. It provides a flattened version of the many framework header files, and does some other interesting things. The flattened headers can be used in CW 4, 5, 6,7, 8, and be precompiled. The advantage then is that one can access any function, use any type, without worrying that it may...

Apple to Participate in Macworld San Francisco 2003 FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts and CUPERTINO, California-November 7, 2002- IDG World Expo and Apple=AE today confirmed Apple's participation in Macworld Conference & Expo/San Francisco 2003, which will be held at San Francisco's Moscone Center January 6-10, 2003. Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, will deliver the keynote address on Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. PST and Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will give a presentation on "The Power of X" on Wednesday, January 8, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. PST. "We'll be there, and we're fully committed to making Macworld San Francisco a great experience for everyone," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We're thrilled with Apple's enthusiastic support of Macworld San Francisco 2003 and look forward to another record-breaking crowd," said Charlie Greco, president and CEO of IDG World Expo. Apple and IDG are still in discussions regarding Apple's participation in...

Apple Introduces New Titanium PowerBook G4 with DVD Burning SuperDrive New Line Offers 1 GHz PowerPC G4 Processors & ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 Graph= ics CUPERTINO, California-November 6, 2002-Apple=AE today announced a major upgrade to its Titanium PowerBook=AE G4 notebook line with PowerPC G4 processors running at up to 1 GHz, the industry's first slot-loading SuperDrive=81 for reading and burning both CDs and DVDs, the fastest mobile graphics processor, the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, and integrated 802.11 wireless networking-all in a 1-inch thick, 5.4-pound Titanium enclosure with a widescreen 15.2 inch (diagonal) display*. The new PowerBook line starts at just $2,299 (US). "This is what our customers have been waiting for. The Titanium PowerBook G4 is the thinnest and lightest pro notebook in the industry," said Greg Joswiak, vice president of Hardware Product Marketing. "The new PowerBook packs a 15.2-inch screen, 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processor, CD and DVD burning SuperDrive and...

TRINFINITY SOFTWARE RELEASES ASCII TOOLS PRO 1.0 For immediate release. Trinfinity Software releases ASCII Tools Pro for Macintosh. New York, N.Y. - - November 6, 2002 - - Trinfinity Software released ASCII Tools Pro 1.0 today. ASCII Tools Pro is a development tool for Macintosh developers. It allows developers to easily manipulate text faster, saving time and money. ASCII (Pronounced ASKEEEE) stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. ASCII is a code for representing characters as numbers so that they can be stored in a computers memory. For example, uppercase "A" would be stored as 65. Before ASCII, most computers had their own codes for storing letters. This made it difficult to exchange data between computers. For example, computer number one represents the letter A as 42 and computer number two represents the letter Q as 42, then when a text file was transferred from computer number one to computer number two, all of the A's would be replaced with Q's. ASCII...

Seapine Software Ships Surround SCM 1.1 =96 Numerous Enhancements Added to Increase Penetration Into Crowded SCM Market Mason, Ohio -- (BUSINESS WIRE) =96 November 6, 2002 -- Seapine Software, Inc., a leading provider of software development lifecycle management solutions, announced today the immediate availability of Surround SCM 1.1, the company=92s complete change management solution. Surround SCM 1.1 is a cross-platform software change management solution with client and server support on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X operating systems. The newest version offers a number of enhancements including file sharing, history reports, and a preview window that provides greater control when promoting or rebasing files and repositories. A key new feature in Surround SCM 1.1 is the ability to share files between repositories. This feature facilitates maintaining common code by eliminating the need to work with multiple copies of the same source file. =93Surround SCM 1.1=92s...

TimeBomb 1.1 is a class that allows you to quickly create time-limited demos. You can download a demo version at http://www.quantum-meruit.com/RB/TimeBomb.sit . TimeBomb is $25. The unregistered class will run in the IDE, but will not work in compiled applications. Charles Yeomans

November 6, 2002 - Solutions Etcetera announced today a publicly available 30 day Trial Version of SuperCard 4, a powerful and easy to use authoring and RAD tool. "The Trial Version will now give all Mac Users the opportunity to test flight SuperCard and see just how easy and powerful a tool it is" said Scott Simon, director of product development for Solutions Etcetera. "And for HyperCarders wishing to see if it is in fact the best environment for them to switch to, we have included the HyperCard conversion utilities as well." The SuperCard 4 Trial Version is available now from the SuperCard web site at: http://www.SuperCard.us/TV/ SuperCard is used by Mac professionals and hobbyists alike to create just about any type of application including games, teaching aides, utilities, personal productivity tools, automation tools, kiosks, and other multimedia rich projects. Now OS X users will be able to experience the power and ease of use that SuperCard has to offer. For more...

Upgrades of 2 plugins for REALbasic are available at (http://homepage.mac.com/vanhoek/) Both plugins can be used cross-platform. MongoToDCon : A REALbasic Plugin that adds debugging facilities. You would like to use a remote console? Use this plugin. You want to quickly debug your WIN32-compatible code? Use this plugin. This plugin will send debug strings to either the DCon console or to DebugView Console, or to the Console that comes with MacOS X. Version 2.7, 31 October, 2002 * (MacOS X:) Fixed a bug that could crash REALbasic when a string in unknown format is used. This can happen when a string in UTF8 format is modified by RB's RegEx class, which in some cases gives a string in an unknown format. MongoToDCon Plugin is free. VideoOut Plugin, based on QuickTime Video Output Components enables RB programmers to output DV and DVCPRO video streams via the FireWire port (also known as iLink or IEEE-1394) of your Macintosh and Windows computers. REALbasic...

For Immediate Release Wilsonville, OR - November 5, 2002 Dr. Bott adds DVI Extractor II to Apple Display Connector product line. http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?code=3D0123-ADE2 Dr. Bott adds DVI Extractor II to Apple Display Connector product line. With DVI Extractor II displays with a 24-pin DVI-D or a 29-pin DVI-I connector can easily be used with the latest generation of Apple CPUs that sport the new ADC connector. "We are excited to offer solutions to use virtually all displays in conjunction with Apple's newest ADC video cards." said Eric Prentice, CEO of Dr. Bott LLC. "Now with DVI Extractor II, running two digital displays has never been easier." DVI Extractor II has been improved in two ways over the original DVI Extractor: It sports a DVI-I connector that allows you to connect digital displays that come with a dual-purpose DVI-I video cable. In addition certain displays that have not worked on the Mac so far now can be used with DVI Extractor II, models from Eizo and...

November 4, 2002 - MCF Software today announced the release of ListSTAR version 2.3, an update to its powerful and customizable list server and e-mail manager software. ListSTAR version 2.3 changes: * The main folder has been renamed from ListSTAR/SMTP to ListSTAR_SMTP or ListSTAR/POP to ListSTAR_POP. In addition, the "Message Spool/SMTP" folder has been renamed to "Message Spool SMTP". These changes were done to work around a bug in the Classic Layer of MacOS X. ListSTAR now works cleanly under Classic. * When you create a new service using the templates, you will now be prompted for the name of the list and the services and address lists will automatically be renamed after the template completes. No more manual renaming. * The ESC key can be used as the Cancel button in most dialogs. * The Closed Mailing list and the Closed Moderated Mailing list templates so that when a user switches between digest and normal mode, the switch is done correctly. * When a new template is imported,...

Now Software Unveils Now Up-to-Date for Windows Public Beta New Windows Product Permits Mac and Windows Users to Share Schedules New Albany, Ohio -- November 4, 2002 -- Now Software, Inc. announced today the immediate availability of a pre-release public beta version of its new cross-platform scheduling software, Now Up-to-Date. Based upon the all-time best-selling Macintosh product of the same name, the new software will allow users of Windows and Mac OS computers to seamlessly share schedules and coordinate tasks across the enterprise. Ideal for small to medium-sized workgroups, Now Up-to-Date does not require any costly server software and is easy and inexpensive to install and maintain. The public beta can be downloaded from the Now Software web site at: http://www.poweronsoftware.com/now/nudwpb.html John Wallace, President of Now Software noted, "In multi-platform settings, it is essential to permit schedules to be tracked on a number of operating systems and devices, and Now...

Valentina Technology Release 1.9.6 Available TECH RELEASE 1.9.6 ADDS NEW FUNCTIONALITY November 1, 2002. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software, makers of the Valentina line of database products announced the availability of a Technology Release 1.9.6. Valentina Technology Release 1.9.6, a general update to all Valentina products and adds the following new enhancements: 1)Improved SQL-based engine support for complex multi-table joins, including joins based on multiple field keys; 2)Improved support of International characters; 3) Numerous improvements in the Valentina kernel runtime. Valentina XCMD 1.9.6 is now available in a Mach-o version for MetaCard version 2.4.3. Valentina database solutions are available for Microsoft Visual C++, Metrowerks CodeWarrior, Java, COM compatible products (Visual Basic, Delphi, PowerBuilder), REAL Software's REALbasic, Macromedia Director, Purity Software's WebSiphon and all XCMD compatible products. Valentina SDKs are available for every major...

As many of you have noticed, Chad McQuinn is not a .Mac subscriber so the old download site for this plugin is no more. You can now find it at (http://chadmcquinn.home.insightbb.com/osxutils/) Currently you will find the last release, which was 1.2, as well as a new beta version that I hope fixes the bugs that some of you have reported over the months since the last release (and especially since the release of OS 10.2). Those of you wanting stable software should stick with the release version. But if you are brave, or if you can't wait to try out now features or see if your bug got fixed, please try the beta and report back to me any problems you find. Some changes in the beta: New plugins: MFolderItemExtension adds some extensions to the folderitem class for working with MacBinary data, as well as adds some convenience methods from Mfile. MMemoryblockExtension allows you to compress the contents of a memoryblock with zlib. This works on PPC and Carbon as well as on Win32. It is the...

Gideon Softworks, Inc. announces the immediate availability SSH Helper v1.0, SSH Helper is the only OpenSSH configuration utility for Mac OS X. SSH Helper allows you to easily : Control who's allowed to access your account, Generate new OpenSSH keys, View/Export your Public Keys, and Setup and Control the OpenSSH Server. SSH Helper also contains an Easy to use Wizard that allows you to get up and running with OpenSSH ( including Secure FTP ) in 4 mouse clicks. Say goodbye to the telnet and ftp protocols forever - download SSH Helper today. SSH Helper alleviates the need to use the command line to configure a working OpenSSH system. It's all point and click ! SSH Helper Home Page : (http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/sshhelper.html) Contact Gideon Softworks, Inc. (feedback@gideonsoftworks.com) for details. http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/

InterMapper 3.7 Enters Beta-Test Hanover, NH - October 24, 2002 - Dartware LLC announces that the first public beta-test version of its InterMapper 3.7 software is now available. InterMapper is a network monitoring application that continually checks the networked servers and routers, switches, and other network equipment and alerts the network manager when there are problems using audible alerts, e-mail messages, pages, and running scripts. InterMapper 3.7 has the following new features: * Notification Dependencies. InterMapper will automatically suppress notifications of outages that are caused by intervening device failures. When a device fails, all the devices that become unreachable due to that failure are dimmed on the map, and will not flash. * Simple Network Paging Protocol (SNPP) support. InterMapper has a built-in notification method that uses SNPP to send pages. * Built-in Paging via Modem for MacOS X. InterMapper supports the ability to send pages using the Mac's built-in...

Hello! The following announcement is for immediate release: After six beta releases iPod2iTunes 1.7 has been finalised. iPod2iTunes is the only iPod utility which provides real synchronization of tracks and even playlists from any iPod to any Mac. Version 1.7 has the following changes compared to v1.5.1: + iPod2iTunes is now 2-16(!) times faster in determining of iPod tracks which are not on the Mac. Especially subsequent synchronizations are a lot faster. + Interface: + The status playlist shows now info during determining tracks, playlist synchronization and track copying. + Improved user guiding. + Lots of other small changes in the interface. + Playlist synchronization does now consider smart playlists on the iPod. Since it is not possible for iPod2iTunes to create smart playlists in iTunes, common playlists are created instead. + In addition to let iPod2iTunes create the folder structure "genre/artist/album" or "artist/album", it is now possible to create a flat "album"-...

ALADDIN SYSTEMS RELEASES STUFFIT 7.0.1 FREE UPDATE Update Improves Compression Speed Watsonville, CA - October 23, 2002 -Aladdin Systems, Inc., an Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. company (OTC BB: ALHI), today released StuffIt Deluxe(tm) 7.0.1 and StuffIt Standard Edition(tm) 7.0.1, the latest Macintosh versions of the industry-standard access and compression utility. This release fixes bugs and compatibility issues with Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) and improves "Fast" compression speed option. The new StuffIt X(tm) file format, incorporated in versions 7.0.x, integrates compression with security and safety options to meet the requirements of today's business and digital lifestyle. StuffIt X provides stronger encryption (512 bit), improved compression (up to 30% over previous formats), error-correction, larger archive size, and support for long file names. StuffIt Deluxe includes Microsoft Word integration for fast access to the popular Stuff and Mail feature and an array of features that...

DropDMG 2.0 is now available. DropDMG is the easiest way to create ".dmg" and ".img" disk images on Mac OS X. It can encrypt images and post-process them with GZip, BZip2, or MacBinary. It can create images with rich-text license agreements. It also supports segmented images and images that auto-open when you mount them. All the options are available from AppleScript. New in this Version: * Converts dropped images to the format specified in the preferences when you hold down Control-Shift. * Hold down Option when dropping a folder or image to specify settings to be used for that item (temporarily overriding the preferences). * Makes self-mounting NDIF images (SMIs). This is the only kind of image that supports license agreements on both 9 and X. * Creates smaller zlib-compressed images when running on 10.2 and later. (The images are still compatible with 10.1's Disk Copy.) * You can now choose to post-compress with BZip2 instead of GZip. BZip2 is...

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WiebeTech improves FireWireTM DriveDockTM and Bus-Powered Super DriveDockTM: Both Now Support ATA-6 Drives WICHITA, KS =96 October 22, 2002 =96WiebeTech LLC is now shipping an improve= d version of the FireWire DriveDockTM and the bus-powered Super DriveDockTM, which are complete FireWire bridge interfaces attachable to any 3.5-inch IDE drive. Both DriveDocks now support ATA-6 drives. The PowerBridgeTM bus powering circuitry of the Super DriveDock has also been improved, for better compatibility with Macs and PCs, especially iMacs with 17 inch flat screens. Super DriveDock retails for $159.95. =93The upgraded Super DriveDock is significant because it is capable of powering full size 3.5-inch drives directly from the FireWire bus,=94 said James Wiebe, CEO of WiebeTech. =93It accomplishes this feat using our PowerBridgeTM technology, which is now in its second technology generation.= =94 FireWire DriveDock is similar to the Super DriveDock, but uses an...

MonkeyBread Software REALbasic plug-in updated to version 2.7 Hi, Monkeybread Software Germany releases version 2.7 of their REALbasic Plugin Collection. This plugin adds around 2835 functions, methods and classes to REALbasic. Grown over the last two years this plugin covers this main features: * Quicktime Video and Audio recording. * CoreGraphics support to create PDF files on Mac OS X. * Support for a Console Window on Windows. * Internet Config support. * Mac OS X Spell Checking. * Functions to manage Mac OS X login items list. * Support for transparent document windows on Mac OS X. * Detailed information about volumes on Windows. * Classes to deal with icons on Mac OS. * A class for multi string search. * Keychain classes. * WakeNotifier to see when your Mac sleeps. * Packetsocket for easier socket sending/receiving. * Window System Tray class. * URLaccess class for easy down- and uploading. * IO Registry of Mac OS X for hardware details. * Addressbook classes for Mac OS X 10.2...

OPENLINK SOFTWARE AND SYBASE DELIVER ODBC FOR MAC OS X New Single-Tier Sybase Driver for ODBC provides transparent access to Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise from Mac OS X applications Burlington, Mass. - October 23, 2002 - OpenLink Software, Inc., industry and technology leader in the development and deployment of secure, high-performance database connectivity drivers for ODBC=81 and JDBC=81, announced today the incorporation of OpenLink's industry-acclaimed, high-performance Single-Tier Driver for ODBC, for Sybase=AE into its Adaptiv= e Server=AE Enterprise (ASE) for Mac OS X. "The combined efforts of these two technology leaders have resulted in the delivery of a critical and powerful piece of enterprise application development infrastructure for the Mac OS X platform," said Andrew Hill, director of technology evangelism at OpenLink Software. "ODBC connectivity for Sybase ASE ensures that Mac OS X developers have a standards-compliant mechanism for connecting to any Sybase...

Kualo Software release a new freeware utility for Macos X: Kunvert. Kunvert is an application to convert PDF files to JPG, so you can easily use the screenshots made by Macos X 10.1.2 (Jaguar). In adition it can convert more formats like gif, pict, bmp, and png, to jpg or pict. And even make an scale to it during conversion. Is available in English and Spanish. Just drop the files to convert onto the application icon, or to the program window. More information about Kualo Software and links for software download at http://www.kualosw.com/ Un saludo, Dar=EDo Guerrero. mailto:dariogf@kualosw.com Kualo Software - www.kualosw.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: James Wiebe, President jameswiebe@wiebetech.com 4153 N. Parkwood Wichita, KS 67220 316 744 8722 phone 316 744 1398 fax WiebeTech posts White Paper on FireWire ATA-6 support WICHITA, KS =96 October 21, 2002 =96WiebeTech LLC has posted a brief White Paper on its website which explains the evolution of FireWire bridges to ATA-6 support. The White Paper, entitled: "Utilizing High Capacity ATA-6 ()137GB) Drives in FireWire Enclosures" may be found at the following URL: http://www.wiebetech.com/ATA6firewire.htm. The paper explains the technical evolution of the Oxford FireWire OXFW911 bridge that allows it to provide support for high capacity ATA6 drives, such as IBM or Western Digital's recent shipment of 180GB drive mechanisms. ABOUT WIEBETECH WiebeTech LLC was founded in July, 2000 by James Wiebe and has focused on marketing high performance, highly portable storage solutions.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SilverNetworks releases SilverCreator v1.0.2 Houston, TX -- October 19th, 2002 -- SilverNetworks today released a notable update to its free game development system, SilverCreator, now at version 1.0.2. SilverCreator v1.0.2 fixes another 20 bugs - including a few important bugs that caused SilverCreator to crash or repeat scripting multiple times. We've also added a rewritten eraser tool, improved documentation, an INPUT command, improved game examples, and more. SilverCreator v1.0.2 enables anyone with Mac OS 7.5.5 to Mac OS X to create and develop your very own games for the Macintosh at a price that can't be beat. Creating a game is as simple as drawing some graphics, typing some text, clicking some buttons, and compiling your masterpiece to a standalone Macintosh application. Advanced developers can take advantage of the powerful event-based scripting language to create advanced and engaging games. Full QuickTime support is included (including Flash and...

Hello StyleGrid 5.0 is out Specialized Spreadsheet plug-in control for REALbasic. StyleGrid Offers more properties per cell than Grid, such as font style, cell borders and pictures. New in 5.0: * Cell text is now drawn with Quartz on Mac OS X, making it antialiased. * Redesigned the data engine so it can now deliver data much faster to the rendering engine. * Redesigned the API for StyleGrid plugin cross talk. * The StyleGrid now ships with another plugin called StyleGridUtilities. The StyleGridUtilities plugin defines a MutableStyleGridMatrix object which can: + Capture existing StyleGridMatrix object. + Create a new StyleGridMatrix object. + Mutate a StyleGridMatrix object. (And yes Carbon Classic is still supported) (http://www.einhugur.com/) Bj=F6rn Eir=EDksson bjorn@einhugur.com Einhugur Software einhugur@kagi.com www.einhugur.com

HEURIS ANNOUNCES XTRACTOR X (TM) A New Version of HEURIS' Popular Xtractor Software for Demultiplexing Non-encrypted DVDs Now Available for Apple's OS X(r) Operating System. St. Louis, Missouri, October 17, 2002- HEURIS, makers of the most widely used professional MPEG encoder MPEG Power Professional(tm), announced today that they are shipping Xtractor X, a Mac OS X version of their popular MPEG Xtractor software. As with previous versions, Xtractor X can be used to extract or "rip" audio and video files from unencrypted DVDs. Users can demultiplex and extract elementary streams from MPEG 1 system streams, MPEG 2 program streams, and MPEG 2 transport streams, including HDTV streams recorded with a DTV decoder card. The extractor can also be used to extract DVD VR formatted MPEG streams recorded with Hitachi's DZMV100 DVD camera or Panasonic's DMR-E20 line of DVD recorders. This gives users the ability to add new and different audio tracks to encoded video streams or simply to recover...

IDG WORLD EXPO AND THE CITY OF BOSTON BRING MACWORLD HOME After six years in New York, world's largest Mac tradeshow returns in 2004; will be inaugural event at new Boston Convention & Exhibition Center BOSTON, October 17, 2002 - IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for IT markets around the globe, today announced that the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC) will be home to Macworld Conference & Expo July 12-15, 2004. The tradeshow, which drew more than 58,000 attendees in July 2002 and is the world's most comprehensive Mac OS event, will remain at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in July 2003 before becoming the first event in Boston's newest convention center the following year. Macworld Conference & Expo spent 13 of its 18 years in Boston, before outgrowing available space distributed among three convention facilities. In 1998, Macworld was moved to New York City and, over the next few years...

OpenOSX Ships Grass GIS 5.0.0 CD CROWLEY LAKE, Calif.--(OPENOSX-COM)--Oct. 16th, 2002-- OpenOSX, a leading provider of easy-to-use, world-class open-source software, today began shipping their Grass GIS 5.0.0 CD. Grass (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is a complete state-of-the-art geographical operating system. Grass is one of, if not the most, complete and sophisticated open-source GIS', which has now been in development for more then twenty years. By the size of it's code base Grass is one the ten largest open-source projects in history. This is the first stable version of Grass available for Mac OS X, and it now includes a native Mac OS X Aqua interface on the Carbon port of the Tcl/Tk interface. Grass and all required and optional libraries have have been compiled using gcc 3.1 for at least a 20% performance gain over previous builds. The OpenOSX Grass GIS 5.0.0 CD will transform a Macintosh running Mac OS 10.2.x into a full-fledged GIS workstation in minutes with...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEBDESIGN 1.8 DELIVERS PHP SUPPORT Toronto, Ontario - October 16, 2002 - Rage Software today announced the immediate availability of WebDesign 1.8, a fully featured web authoring package for the Mac OS and Mac OS X. WebDesign Includes built in support for HTML 3.2, all versions of HTML 4, XHTML 1.0, PHP, ASP and JavaScript as well as provides support for CSS through the use of plugins. WebDesign allows HTML tags to be automatically generated using its built in wizards while allowing direct manipulation of source code through its powerful text editor. Edit files locally or remotely using WebDesign's built in FTP Client. Keep your web sites up to date and organized with WebDesign's Site Manager. Use WebDesign Includes to allow customization of an entire site by editing one file. WebDesign's text editor includes many unique features making web authoring a whole lot easier. Including full customizable syntax coloring with support for HTML, XHTML and PHP color coding...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DTerm 3.0 Now Available VANCOUVER, Washington - 16 October, 2002 Glenn L. Austin today announced the release of DTerm 3.0, a developer tool for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 for embedding and displaying runtime diagnostic information in real-time. The new version improves performance while reducing CPU load, and provides more abilities to customize the display of the diagnostic output. DTerm consists of a group of instrumentation libraries for Mac OS 9, CFM, and Mach-O, and a separate application to display that instrumentation information. DTerm can also create a customized, limited copy of itself that can be freely distributed to end-users to help diagnose problems. When the monitoring app is not running, the instrumentation libraries basically add no overhead to the program being instrumented. Multiple instrumented applications can send diagnostic information to DTerm without interfering with the information from other programs. Later, multiple programs' information...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MACTECH MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF "GETTING STARTED" COLUMN -- Dave Mark re-joins the magazine as columnist -- World renowned Getting Started Column returns for novices Westlake Village, CA -- October 16, 2002 -- MacTech Magazine is proud to announce that it has brought back Dave Mark's "Getting Started" column. Written by renowned book author and columnist, Dave's column will bring Mac OS X, Cocoa, Objective-C and more to those interested in getting started with programming. The first installation of the column's return is in the November 2002 issue. Readers should subscribe no later than October 22, 2002 to get this first issue. For those that don't remember, Dave Mark penned MacTech's Getting Started column for 7 years. Dave has an extensive background in Macintosh and Unix development and has written more than a dozen best-selling books, including "Learn C on the Macintosh" and the "Macintosh C Programming Primer". He was Vice President, Academic and...

Big Nerd Ranch Announces "More Knowledge, Less Money" Discount on November Training FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Emily Herman Big Nerd Ranch, Inc. (678) 595-6773 http://www.bignerdranch.com Atlanta, GA - October 15, 2002 - The Big Nerd Ranch Offers a $1000 discount to attendees of both November 2002 training classes. Cocoa I, offered November 4-8, and Core Mac OS X and Unix Programming, offered November 11-15, will both be all-inclusive five-day classes at the Big Nerd Ranch in Asheville, NC. Each class is normally priced at $3500, but students signing up for both classes will pay a total of $6000. Core Mac OS X and Unix Programming is the Big Nerd Ranch's newest class. Programmers will learn how to take advantage of Mac OS X's Unix foundation. Instructors Mark Dalrymple and Aaron Hillegass will team-teach this class, including topics such as: multi-threading, rendezvous, distributed objects, network programming, performance tuning, exception handling, and advanced debugging...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fourth World Ships WebMerge 2.0 LOS ANGELES, California - 15 October, 2002 Fourth World today released WebMerge 2.0, a tool for Mac OS and Windows that generates static Web pages from database or spreadsheet files. The new version provides many more options for specifying how pages are generated, and supports more than a dozen new tags HTML templates can use for assembling and linking Web content. WebMerge works with any database or spreadsheet that exports in tab-delimited, Merge, or other tabular format, including FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Access, and AppleWorks. Using HTML template pages created by the user for nearly any layout design, WebMerge makes a new HTML page from the data in each record of the exported file. WebMerge can also create an index page with links to each of the generated pages. Generated pages can be hosted on any Web server without the need for a specialized database hosting solution. WebMerge 2.0 supports many new template tags, including...

Discreet cleaner 6 for Apple Macintosh Now Shipping cleaner 6 for Mac(r)-Essential Complement to Non-linear Editing Tools Takes Video to the Web, DVD, CD, PDAs and Cell Phones San Francisco, Calif.-October 16, 2002-Discreet, a division of Autodesk Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK), today announced it is shipping Discreet cleaner(tm) 6 for Apple(r) Macintosh(r) video encoding software. Already recognized as the industry standard for professional video encoding, cleaner 6 further develops the power of cleaner software as the indispensable complement to non-linear editing tools such as Apple Final Cut Pro(r), Adobe(r) Premiere(r) and Avid(r) Xpress(r) DV. The availability of cleaner 6 comes at a time of increasing industry adoption, illustrating Discreet's unwavering commitment to the desktop market. In fact, according to AccuStream iMedia Research, in the first six months of 2002, online audiences accessed video streams across multiple mediums at a growth of 65 percent when compared to the same...

(oXygen/) XML Editor is freely available online through java web start at http://www.oxygenxml.com/javawebstart/ The desktop version http://www.oxygenxml.com/download.html can be freely evaluated for 30 days and it costs $65 ($25 for academic use). New in (oXygen/) XML Editor 1.2.3 ============================ * Detect file changes outside the editor. * Find support for regular expressions. * Search in path support. * Codeinsight on request using CTRL+SPACE on a partial element or attribute name. * New XML wizard. * Comment and CDATA in the code-Insight list. * Add automatically the doctype declaration for learn and save. * Open documents when clicking in ResultPane on an item that refers to a document not currently opened. * Remember the dimension and the position of the editor window between runs. * Escape the selection - replace ( with < etc. * Remove from project the files that no longer exist. * Print with colors. * Other fixes and enhancements....

REALbasic 4.5.2 now available REALbasic 4.5.2 is now available. This is a free update to all current REALbasic 4.5 customers, and enhances Jaguar compatibility for REALbasic and the applications it compiles, in addition to other improvements to reliability. [Fix] (Win) App.UnhandledException: Fixed crash when using showmodal within this event. [Fix] (OSX) AppleEvent.Send: work-around has been added for a bug in OS 10.2 that caused this call to time out, even when the event was sent successfully. [Fix] (IDE) AppleScripts: now reload on each run within the IDE, which fixes an odd bug where a script would fail to receive a result when called in the Open event of a window on the second (or later) run within the IDE. [Fix] (Win) Application.OpenDocument: folderitem parameter now supports long path names for systems which support them (Win 98, 2000,ME,XP). [Fix] (Jag) Crash on Quit: The intermittent crash when built apps running on...

News and Updates from Neon Software 1. Bugbear Virus UPDATE Now Available for NetMinder Ethernet 5.0 2. LANsurveyor 7.0.1 UPDATE Now Available 3. CyberGauge, LANsurveyor, and NetMinder Ethernet "Jaguar" Compatible 4. NetMinder Ethernet 5.0 Earns 4 1/2 Mice from Macworld Magazine ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. FREE "Bugbear" Update Now Available for NetMinder Ethernet Use NetMinder Ethernet to monitor your network for the Bugbear virus! Neon Software has just released a free update to NetMinder Ethernet's Packet Inference engine for Mac OS X. For more information: http://www.neon.com/bugbear.html or http://www.neon.com/NetMinder_Ethernet.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. FREE LANsurveyor 7.0.1 Update Now Available LANsurveyor 7.0.1 ensures complete compatibility with the latest Jaguar release, 10.2.1. In addition, the software has been updated to work with Dantz Development's recently released...

An important update of VideoOut Plugin for REALbasic is available for downloading. VideoOut also supports the WIN32 platform, and moreover, when you visit (http://homepage.mac.com/vanhoek/), you also notice an addition, i.e., online help. Information VideoOut Plugin VideoOut Plugin, based on QuickTime Video Output Components enables REALbasic programmers to output DV and DVCPRO video streams via the FireWire port (also known as iLink or IEEE-1394) of your Macintosh and Windows computers. REALbasic programmers who do not have a hardware device can still provide support in their applications by using VideoOut emulators (for development), i.e., extensions that come with the plugin. There are 2 sets of extensions for each of the 3 main platforms, MacOS 9 classic and carbon: SoftVOutPPC and SoftCodecPPC MacOS X: SoftVOutCFMX and SoftCodecCFMX WIN32: SoftVOut.qtx and SoftCodec.qtx SoftVOut extensions emulate a Video Out by using the lower right corner of the screen. Because it is the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MacRadio proudly announces The Mac Night Owl LIVE with Gene Steinberg DALLAS, Texas--October 11, 2002--Mac Radio announced today the launch of a brand new radio program featuring the enlightened and well versed voice of the Mac Night Owl, himself, Gene Steinberg. The Mac Night Owl LIVE can be heard every Friday starting at 9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific on October 11, 2002. An award winning technology journalist, Gene has written over 30 books, both non-fiction and science fiction. A long-time Mac user, his daily commentaries appear on his popular Web site, The Mac Night Owl (http://www.macnightowl.com), at the Gannett News Service (link included below,) and for usatoday.com. Gene has made it his mission to keep Mac users informed about the reality of the Mac world, which is what he will bring to radio listeners every week starting this Friday. "I am extremely excited about the possibilities of The Mac Night Owl LIVE. The show will bring cutting-edge...

24U announces the release of a new Scripting Addition 24U Hex OSAX 1.0 for converting text and integer numbers to hexadecimal notation and back, making life easier for programmers and web developers! The hexadecimal notation contains only alphanumeric characters, so you can utilize it for transfering data simply between platforms and over the Internet. Software engineers and programers will also benefit from the ability to write simple scripts for generation of hexadecimal data. 24U Hex OSAX 1.0 works on Mac OS and Mac OS X! Detailed information: http://www.24uSoftware.com/infoHXOX.php Download: http://www.24uSoftware.com/downloadform.php?id=hxox Features of 24U Hex OSAX 1.0 - Gives AppleScript the ability to convert text and integer numbers to hexadecimal notation and back. - Hexadecimal notation can be transfered unchanged between platforms and over the Internet - Allows for hexadecimal dump/editing of files 24U Hex OSAX as Donationware! It is our pleasure to introduce this...

Wilsonville, OR - October 9, 2002 Dr. Bott announces distribution agreement with El Gato Software for EyeTV. http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?code=6201-EYTV Dr. Bott announces distribution agreement with El Gato Software for EyeTV. Eye TV is a Digital Video Recorder that connects to your Mac via the USB port. In addition to converting your Mac into a TV, it offers intuitive recording and management of television programs. "We are thrilled to have Dr. Bott distributing EyeTV." Said Victor Nemechek, Director of Marketing for El Gato Software, "As a small Mac-only manufacturer, getting products into the channel is difficult. We are excited to have Dr. Bott helping us get EyeTV to Apple resellers and into the hands of customers quickly and effectively." "EyeTV is one of the few products that has changed the way I do something outside of the computer world. I almost never used to watch TV, and when I did, there was nothing on." Said Eric Prentice, CEO of Dr. Bott LLC, "Now EyeTV records...

BLUE WORLD CELEBRATES 6TH ANNIVERSARY OF LASSO Bellevue, WA--October 7, 2002--Blue World Communications, Inc.--pioneers of the Web Data Engine(tm)--today announced the sixth anniversary of Lasso, the next-generation Web Data Engine for quickly building and serving data-driven Web sites. "Since the release of Lasso 1.0 six years ago, the Lasso universe has matured rapidly and grown significantly," said Bill Doerrfeld, CEO of Blue World. "With the recent release of Lasso Professional 6 and its 'next-generation' capabilities, Blue World is positioned to quickly grow the Lasso universe to new heights." About the Lasso Product Line The Lasso product line consists of authoring and serving tools that allow Web designers and Web developers to quickly build and serve powerful data-driven Web sites. The product line includes Lasso Professional 6 for deploying data-driven Web sites, and Lasso Studio(tm) for authoring data-driven Web sites. Lasso's innovative architecture provides an industry...

Berlin, Germany - October 8th, 2002 PdfCompress version 2.0 add CCITT Group 4 (Fax) compression metaobject today released version 2.0 of its popular PDF compression tool for Mac OS X. Apart from the usual performance improvements and bug fixes, version 2.0 now adds a second compression methods. In addition to photographic images, which are still compressed using the JPEG method, PdfCompress now also compresses bi-level images using the lossless CCITT Group 4 compression method used in Fax transmission. In addition, we've also improved demo mode to be less confusing. What hasn't changed is PdfCompress's high performance and ease of use: just drag a PDF file onto its icon and it is compressed almost instantaneously. For more information and downloads, see our Products page at: (http://www.metaobject.com/Products.html#PdfCompress) or contact Marcel Weiher marcel@metaobject.com + 49 / 171 / 958 6433 About metaobject Located in view of Berlin's Olympic Stadium, metaobject creates...

Press Contact: Travis J. Hicks travis@desideratum.com www.desideratum.com DESIDERATUM RELEASES PRAECO 1.5 FOR MACINTOSH AND WINDOWS Praeco 1.5 adds new heavily-requested features to all areas of function. October 8, 2002 -- Desideratum has released Praeco 1.5, an update to their eBay auction tool for buyers and sellers. This version adds new features including expanded searching options, more display customization, auction countdowns, encrypted bidding passwords, and workarounds for outstanding issues with the Mac OS X 10.2 operating system. "Praeco is positioning itself to become the essential tool for all types of eBay users," said Travis J. Hicks, author. "This release works to achieve this with a broad spectrum of improvements." New Praeco 1.5 features include: - Search query options for category, sort order, completed items, and the country the items are available to; - Larger blocks of search results with more information per result; - View options to specify column...

POINT IN SPACE WEB HOSTING ANNOUNCES LASSO PROFESSIONAL 6 AND PHP HOSTING KEENE, NH, October 8, 2002 - Point In Space Web Hosting today announced immediate availability of Lasso Professional 6 and PHP hosting, as well as restructured hosting account pricing and features. "Lasso Professional 6 is another major leap ahead for the Lasso product line. New features such as XML support, PDF generation and enhanced MySQL functionality allow our clients to be on the cutting edge of Web application development," said John May, Point In Space's President. "In addition, by offering additional new options such as PHP, SSH access and phpMyAdmin, our accounts are more flexible than ever." Point In Space is offering Lasso Professional 6 and PHP hosting, available immediately, with a number of packages to choose from including Filemaker Pro and MySQL connectivity. Current Point In Space clients should contact the company directly regarding special offers for migrating from Lasso 3 and Lasso...

REALbasic Garage meet Sherlock 3! October, 8 The new Sherlock 3 module for REALbasic Garage is now available. REALbasic Garage meet Sherlock 3 and relase the search module for all Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) users. The last 10.2 update of Apple Mac OS X (formerly known as Jaguar) include the new version 3 of Sherlock, a powerful application for searching sites on internet. This new version use a completely new engine with more powerful and better support to building access interfaces. For more info on Apple Sherlock visit the Sherlock page on Apple web site. Searching on REALbasic Garage is now more simple than ever. If you are a Jaguar user, just go to REALbasic Garage and activate now the Sherlock 3 module. Go to this page to see how to subscribe it: http://www.rbgarage.com/links/sherlock.html In few seconds you can enable searching REALbasic Garage at lightspeed! Massimo Valle The REALbasic Garage Team

CONTACT: Michael Hunson Rampell Software, LLC 561-628-5102 admin@rampellsoft.com http://www.rampellsoft.com AlwaysONline X for Macintosh OS X Released PALM BEACH, FL - Oct. 4, 2002 -- Rampell Software, LLC has released AlwaysONline X, the first version of AlwaysONline to work with OS X. AlwaysONline X works with AOL and several other modem-based Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to prevent disconnects due to inactivity. Previous versions of AlwaysONline have been relied upon by tens of thousands of AOL users to prevent automatic disconnections. This new version continues that tradition, and is very easy to use and install. Once installed, AlwaysONline X will immediately begin working without requiring any additional configuration. AlwaysONline X requires Mac OS 10.1 or higher and, for AOL users, requires any OS X version of AOL; for non-AOL users, AlwaysONline X has been tested and found to work with EarthLink and AT&T. AlwaysONline X can be purchased on Rampell Software's...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MACTECH MAGAZINE BRINGS ON NEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF -- Dave Mark joins the magazine as Editor-in-Chief -- World renowned Getting Started Column returns Westlake Village, CA -- October 7, 2002 -- MacTech Magazine is proud to announce that it has brought on Dave Mark, renowned book author and columnist, as Editor-in-Chief. In addition, MacTech's celebrated "Getting Started" column returns to bring Mac OS X, Cocoa, Objective-C and more to those interested in getting started with programming. For those that don't remember, Dave Mark penned MacTech's Getting Started column for 7 years. Dave has an extensive background in Macintosh and Unix development and has written more than a dozen best-selling books, including "Learn C on the Macintosh" and the "Macintosh C Programming Primer". He was Vice President, Academic and Discover Products, at Metrowerks, and has served on a number of Board of Directors, giving him tremendous experience to draw from. "Dave not only has an...