Waves in Motion announces Security Manager 1.0 for FileMaker Pro -- Manage the complex world of security in one simple database Phoenix, AZ - October 2, 2002. Waves in Motion, a leader in FileMaker Pro technology, announces a revolutionary new security product. Security Manager will simplify database administration, enhance your data security, and ease access for users. It is the only product on the market that has 128 bit encryption, and works with FileMaker Pro's built in access privileges. Waves In Motion is so confident that Security Manager will improve data security, and provide a tremendous time savings, we are offering an unconditional guarantee. To purchase or demo Security Manager please visit: ( http://wmotion.com/securitymanager.html ) Security Manager 1.0 is a secure user-login system that integrates with existing databases, without scripting. Security Manager provides a single point of entry for any number of users and databases, eliminating password sharing, forgotten...

Summary 2.3 is now available for: Macintosh (Classic), OSX Command Line, Windows, Linux x86, and Sun SPARC. Download from: (http://summary.net/updates.html). Summary is a web server log analyzer from Summary.Net. New features and bug fixes in this release include: * Added Country by GeoIP and Region by GeoIP reports. Summary now supports the GeoIP database from MaxMind, which determines the countries visitors are from based on their numeric IP addresses. Summary includes the "free" version of the database. For more accurate reporting you can subscribe to monthly updates of the database from MaxMind, (http://www.maxmind.com/app/binary?rId=summarynet), which Summary will download automatically. Determining the countries visitors are coming from with the GeoIP database is far more accurate than using the Top Level Domains report. * Added Interesting Referring Domains report and corresponding items in the Overview. Summary can now detect patterns of hits which are "interesting", and bring...

REALbasic products and related books are available through DevDepot (http://www.devdepot.com/realbasic), mailto:orders@devdepot.com, Toll free: 877-DEPOT-NOW, Outside US/Canada: 805-494-9797, Fax: 805-494-9798.

4D, Inc. Ships 4D WebSTAR v5.2 Now With Mail Server -- High Performance, Easy Mail Server Includes Comprehensive SMTP and Mailbox Security -- SAN JOSE, Calif., October 1, 2002 -- 4D, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS Environment and 4D WebSTAR Server Suite, today announced the immediate availability of 4D WebSTAR v5.2, a landmark update to the 4D WebSTAR Server Suite V for Mac(R) OS X, now with an easy to use, fast Mail server. The new Mail server in v5.2 has an architecture designed for high performance and robust scalability, with security and anti-spam features, anti-virus support, and a mail migration tool for WebSTAR v4 administrators. 4D WebSTAR v5.2 is available today as a free update for current registered users of 4D WebSTAR V directly from (http://www.4D.com/). "4D WebSTAR v5.2 is an exciting update for easy, powerful Internet serving, and now includes robust mail handling," said Brendan Coveney, president and CEO of 4D, Inc. "The new Mail Server in 4D WebSTAR...

STEVE JOBS' KEYNOTE TO OPEN MACWORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO SAN FRANCISCO 2003 FRAMINGHAM, Mass., October 1, 2002 - IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for IT markets around the globe, today announced that Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, will deliver the opening keynote address for Macworld Conference & Expo/San Francisco 2003 on Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. Macworld Conference & Expo, San Francisco's largest annual technology event and the world's most comprehensive Macintosh OS event, takes place January 6-10, 2003 at The Moscone Center in San Francisco. "This is the hottest Mac event of the year, and we look forward to another record-breaking crowd in 2003," said Charlie Greco, president and CEO of IDG World Expo. "Steve's keynote will set the direction for 2003 and kick off another great Macworld." For more information or to register for Macworld Conference & Expo, please visit www.macworldexpo.com. About Macworld...

FileMaker Mobile 2.1 Companion for Palm OS and Pocket PC Now Available Now supports Pocket PC 2002, bar code scanning and gains praise from users SANTA CLARA, CA -- September 30, 2002 -- FileMaker, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Mobile 2.1, new mobile companion database software for FileMaker Pro 5.5 v2 and the recently released FileMaker Pro 6, at (http://store.filemaker.com/)http://store.filemaker.com/ and resellers worldwide. FileMaker Mobile 2.1 allows users to transfer and synchronize data between FileMaker Pro databases, which now support XML importing and exporting, on desktop computers and handheld Palm OS or Pocket PC 2002 devices. FileMaker Mobile 2.1 also gives users of the Symbol iPaq sleeve SPS3000, Rugged Pocket PC PPT2800 or CSM 150 Springboard, the ability to scan bar code labels directly into FileMaker Mobile databases for fast, streamlined data entry. Priced at $49 (suggested list price, U.S.) FileMaker Mobile 2.1 delivers a simple and...

ActiveDeveloper v2.10 -- Released for MacOS X 10.x September 2002 -- Vestbjerg, Denmark -- Today InterACTIVE-Technology released ActiveDeveloper v2.10 - our Runtime Objective-C & C IDE, JIT compiler and Debugger with support for Cocoa and WebObjects. The ActiveDeveloper IDE cuts your API learning curve and allows incremental Development of any Project. With ActiveDeveloper you get a Runtime Object IDE allowing you to build NATIVE apps and servers directly at Runtime while they run. Thereby bringing you a whole lot closer to the Objects you work with ... ActiveDeveloper - "Grow" your Apps - through incremental JIT Compilation - Develop, Test, Debug and Play - at runtime - Edit-compile-play cycles in 1-2 seconds - Deploy NATIVE Apps - with NO ActiveDeveloper dependency Get InterACTIVE Today -- ActiveDeveloper is available for Cocoa and WebObjects on - MacOS X 10.x, Windows 2K/NT/9x and OpenStep. ActiveDeveloper - Pricing: Commercial Single...

News Release Redstone Software Launches Industry's First Test Automation Product for Mac OS X Eggplant for Mac OS X Gets Rave Reviews from Beta testers LAFAYETTE, CO., September XX, 2002 - Redstone Software, Inc., the leader in easy-to-use, cross-platform test automation tools, today announced the immediate availability of Eggplant, the first test automation product for Mac OS X. Eggplant for Mac OS X is a test automation tool that allows automation of almost any manual test. Eggplant tests the end user experience, much as a manual tester would. The interactive scripting development capability allows even an unsophisticated user to start using Eggplant within hours. Eggplant's capabilities are also powerful enough to support the most complex environments and experienced users. Eggplant's strengths are its ease of use and learning, its versatility, and its cost-effectiveness. "We have been entirely focused on delivering a product that is both easy to use and also powerful enough to...

To all, Just a reminder for those that are using a mac.com address for email, and aren't planning on making the transition to Apple's new .Mac service. It's important that you update your list addresses to your email subscriptions. You can update your mailing list subscriptions at: (http://www.mactech.com/macdev-1/) Or by following the instructions below. All these methods rely on you sending the email using the email account that you want to perform the operation on. In other words, send the email from the account you want to subscribe with/unsubscribe from. Thanks! MacTech Magazine

Belo Horizonte, Brazil - September 27, 2002 Rainer Brockerhoff announces the release of version 1.2 of Zingg!, a Fast Launch contextual menu for Mac OS X. Zingg! shows a list of all applications that claim to open the selected file. The user can select certain applications to be always included or always excluded from the list, and Classic applications may receive special handling. Zingg! offers more functionality than Jaguar's "Open With" menu, allowing you to open more than one item or folders. Version 1.2 has the following bug fixes and new functionality: * Under Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar), Zingg! crashed Internet Explorer (among other applications) when control-clicking on a link. This has been fixed. * Also under 10.2, you can now use Japanese and other high-ASCII characters for the "Open With" string, and application names that use such characters also will show up correctly. * The "Always Include (Override)" option has been added. * The "Check for Updates..." menu item has been...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE M-Systems Introduces the First Customizable Application for the DiskOnKey=AE New MyKey Application Allows Users to Personalize Their Device FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 26, 2002 - M-Systems (Nasdaq: FLSH), a leader in flash-based data storage products, today announced the first personalized application for the device called MyKey. Based on the DiskOnKey Technology platform and designed with M-Systems' new software developer's kit (SDK), the application allows users to personalize the DiskOnKey offering a quick and recognizable method to access information stored on the device. "As the portable storage industry continues to expand, personalization will be the key to differentiating the device," said Blaine Phelps, worldwide marketing manager for M-Systems' DiskOnKey Division. "Our market research has demonstrated that users view the DiskOnKey as more of a personal device than a storage medium. We have built upon this concept by offering MyKey, the first personalized...

SUNNYVALE, CA, PalmSource Headquarters - September 26, 2002 - Tribeworks is proud to preview iShell Mobile Edition, the first multimedia authoring environment for the Palm OS Platform. Based on Tribeworks award-wining iShell platform and the Kinoma media playback engine for the Palm OS, iShell Mobile Edition represents a giant leap forward for handheld devices. Now using a Windows or Mac OS X PC, multimedia professionals can build interactive learning applications, product demonstrations, sales presentations, and deliver them to a Palm OS device. eNature.com, the premier online nature resource, today announced plans to publish a new line of electronic field guides for the Palm OS=AE platform using this new technology (please see press release below). Individuals interested to test-drive the preview version of iShell Mobile Edition can sign up for a free trial version at http://www.tribeworks.com iShell Mobile Edition Features: * Drag-and-drop user interface * Windows and Mac OS X...

XNET ANNOUNCES NEW VERSION OF CAPTAIN FTP 1.4 FOR MAC OS X Hamburg, Germany, September 25th 2002 -- Xnet Communication the independent software vendor with core business in data communication high-end solutions announces the release of Captain FTP version 1.4 - "Yes it works with Jaguar!" With Captain FTP 1.4 we start a new stage of life of this software. From a rebellious FTP child Captain FTP became a strong, young sailor ready to work in the most dangerous areas of data connectivity. Captain FTP 1.4 is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.2 - Jaguar. And it is offcourse backwards compatible up to version 10.0. Besides this we had a close look on the wishes of our existing customers, so we made additional improvements for displaying and working with special national characters. Captain FTP 1.4 is available in English, German and French. On special demand we are able to deliver a Chinese version as well. "In the first place we have obtained very hot feedback from our users, whose do not...

Available immediately at http://www.abDataTools.com. db Reports makes it incredibly for the REALbasic developer to add database reporting capabilities to their program. Version 3.1 fixes several bugs and adds the following new features: - multiple columns - multi-level undo - PrimeBase connectivity - report variables (pro version only) - exporting the query data (pro version only) - more runtime class options for the REALbasic developer License the standard version now and you can get an upgrade to the Pro version for free. Aaron L. Bratcher ab DataTools http://www.abDataTools.com

RAV AntiVirus Now Available for Mac OS X Server Security Solutions Provider Unveils Full Commitment for CommuniGate Pro, Dmail, Postfix, and Courier Messaging Solutions on Mac OS X White Plains, NY & Bucharest, Romania - September 25, 2002 - GeCAD Software, a global provider of data security solutions for Linux, Unix, and Windows, today pledged its full commitment to supporting RAV AntiVirus on Mac OS X. RAV AntiVirus boasts a unified solution for virus scanning, content, and spam filtering capabilities. RAV AntiVirus offers robust security for high-volume mail and file servers utilized by businesses, ISP's, educational institutions, and governments throughout the world. RAV AntiVirus meets the security demands of mail servers and has proved itself to be one of the most stable and powerful antivirus solutions running on OS X. "Since RAV's debut on OS X in June, we have received incredible reception from the Macintosh community. It was only obvious to build on this success and...

STAZ SOFTWARE SHIPS FUTUREBASIC, RELEASE 7 September 24, 2002, Diamondhead, MS; STAZ Software, Inc. With Release 7, the fastest, most powerful Macintosh BASIC just got even better. Release 7 ships with a new printed book called "Switching to FutureBASIC." It targets folks who already know how to program, but need to be brought up to speed on FutureBASIC's specific syntax, Appearance Manager compliance, Carbon programming, or Mac OS X coding. In addition to a washtub full of detailed examples and illustrations, this book takes you through the building of a full-fledged database application. Release 7 taps into huge libraries of code by allowing access to UNIX and to AppleScript routines. Up to 256 UNIX channels may be opened at once. AppleScripts can be created on the fly, saved for later use, or run from pre-compiled collections. This version comes with its share of great new features and enhancements. The IDE has been fine-tuned to maintain the compatibility with Jaguar, the latest,...

Gideon Softworks, Inc. announces the release of Snard v1.6.1. Snard is the Swiss Army Knife of launcher programs. It provides many of the functionalities of Mac OS 9's (RIP) Apple and Application menus, yet it can be customized to your heart's content. Snard can be used as a system menu, dock menu or hot key activated popup menu. New in this release : Changed Open App as Administrator... to Open App as Root..., Reorganized Snard configuration window, Added new hot key popup menu option (When activated, pressing option-space shows the Snard menu under the mouse pointer) and updated for 10.2. Go here : (http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/snard.html) read the user comments and download a copy for yourself. You won't regret it. Snard Home Page : (http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/snard.html) Contact Gideon Softworks, Inc. (feedback@gideonsoftworks.com) for details. http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/

For Immediate Release ELECTRIC RAIN LAUNCHES SWIFT 3D 3.O FOR 3D EXPORT TO MACROMEDIA FLASH New version of 3D application provides realistic vector output styles, photo quality raster export, and SmartLayer Technology for direct integration with Macromedia Flash MX Boulder, CO - September 23, 2002 - Today Electric Rain, Inc.=C6 announced th= e release of Swift 3D=C6 version 3.0, a standalone application allowing designers to build and export 3D animations to the Macromedia=C6 Flash=F4 (S= WF) file format, as well as other major vector and raster formats. "Electric Rain continues to innovate and raise the bar in the 3D-to-vector industry," said Mike Soucie, President of Electric Rain, Inc. "Swift 3D V3 offers ground-breaking advancements in realistic vector rendering with new RAViX III rendering options, while the Swift 3D Importer for Flash MX creates a whole new approach for Flash designers and developers integrating 3D into their projects. And with a complete ray tracing rendering...

I've posted a new version of the free REAL Plug Juggler CM plug-in. What does it do? Adds contextual menus to the Finder for examining REALbasic plug-ins. What's new in v1.1? * Adds a new CM plug-in for Mac OS 9 * Support for 68K REALbasic plug-ins * A bug fix or two (http://purplee.net/download.html#cmplugins) Enjoy, Erick

SpamSieve 1.1 is now available. Like your professional e-mail client, but jealous of Mail.app's spam filter? SpamSieve brings powerful Bayesian spam filtering to Mailsmith and Entourage. 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. New in This Version: * E-Mail Client Integration - Added support for PowerMail. - Added instructions and an AppleScript for making Mailsmith download and filter mail faster. - Added an AppleScript for Entourage that moves spam into a Junk folder. * Performance - Launches about 60% faster than 1.0. - You can now prune the corpus to remove...

HighWater announce MAC OS X developer kit HighWater, the leading UK software integrator for pre-press interfaces, have now announced the release of their popular PCI SDK (Software Developer Kit) for the Mac OS X platform. This release adds to the extensive platform support for the PCI SDK, which is already in use by many major OEMs including Agfa and Krause. The SDK package comprises a PCI interface card and cable, sample application source code, personality libraries for each HighWater PCI interface card and generic low-level device drivers. David Griffin, Technical Manager at HighWater says: =93We constantly review the platform support provided by our products and there has been significant interest in the Mac OS X platform. We are pleased to be able to offer support for this increasingly popular platform in our PCI SDK. OEMs will now be able to look seriously at moving their pre-press output software to the Mac OS X platform and satisfy the demand of their own customer base.=94 The...

September 18, 2002 Press Release - VINC v1.2 Ships RecoSoft Corporation announces that it has started shipping VINC v1.2 a major upgrade to its integrated disk navigation, document viewing and conversion software. VINC (View, Navigate & Convert) provides rapid viewing and conversion of files created in different word processing and graphics software. You can view and convert MSWord, AppleWorks, HTML, RTF, PNG, JPEG, Photoshop etc...files. VINC v1.2 contains the following new features and enhancements - * Added Support for the following file formats - o MSWord X o AppleWorks 5 o RTF v1.7 o HTML UTF-8 o JPEG 2000 (requires Quicktime 6.0) * Accurately converts Windows to Macintosh character encoding mappings * Added support for Chinese, Korean, Central European and Cyrillic language AppleWorks, RTF and MSWord documents * Reads all floating images (JPEG, PNG, PICT, TIFF & BMP) in AppleWorks documents...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MacCVSClient 1.7 is a free CVS source code revision control client running on Mac OS 7.1 and later, now also carbonized for Mac OS X. It shows checked out files in an intuitive hierarchical list view (with filtering options) so that you are aware of their status anytime. File log histories can be displayed in hierarchical log views. File differences and change conflicts are shown in special colour coded views. The RBL format can be used to store Mac OS resource files as diff'able and mergeable text files on CVS servers. The AppleSingle storage format is supported as well. New in this release: - Carbonized version for Mac OS X; this is recommended for Mac OS X only. - Mouse wheel support (carbonized version only). - Column heads in Module window. Sorting by columns. - Drag-and-drop in Module window. - "Move to Trash" command. - Long file name support (not in 68K version). - Text files can be stored with Classic Mac line endings or Mac OS X (UNIX) line...

XOGGLE BETA 1B27 RELEASED 17 SEPTEMBER 2002 -- Xoggle, the open-source Boggle game developement effort, was updated today from developer Drew Hamlin of Vizspring Software. Xoggle is an open-source, networkable game of the popular classic game Boggle. It includes a full dictionary word list as well as REALbasic and text-based source code. Changes in release 1B27: - Added preferences dialog with the option to auto-define the word list instead of having to manually select it at the start of each game - Fixed a bug where Xoggle would fail to pick the longest possibility in some rare cases, which sometimes would result in not seeing a word as being on the board - Windows version now additionally available Note: As of the current version, multiplayer networking is disabled and is still yet to be added to the game. We are planning on using the newly written QueueSocket to add multiplayer capabilities in an upcoming release. Xoggle is available for free download, including source code, from (...

iccTools Announces iccToolBox Pro 1.0.4 iccToolBox is a suite of tools that assist the printing and graphics arts professional in creating, modifying, evaluating and managing ICC/ICM profiles for a variety of graphic arts applications and devices. Standard Features: 2D and 3D graphs, including distribution, gamut, gray-balance/UCR and GCR, Channel analysis Profile Tag editing Grayscale, NCP, Rich Gray and Device Link profile creation Integrated Profile Calc ( was LabCalc ) Direct DTP 41 Support. New Features: DTP 41 Target Builder - creates targets as PDF and PostScript Colour Filter window - acts as a lens over other application windows. Image Utilities - enables embedding, removal, extraction of profiles from TIFFs. Also allows colour space conversions System Requirements: OS X.1.5+ Quesa ( included in standard install ) and freely available from http://www.quesa.org iccToolBox pro is $500cdn and there is a 15% discount for any current iccTools customers ( must provide valid serial...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 16, 2002 The next week, 24U company is going to introduce a new Scripting Addition update 24U Email OSAX 2.1 for Mac OS and Mac OS X. What is 24U Email OSAX? 24U Email OSAX extends AppleScript by an ability to send electronic mails automatically and directly, without need of any additional aplication. It allows you to send e-mails quickly and easily from your scripts (i.e. CGI, Folder Action, database). More information about Scripting Addition 24U Email OSAX: http://www.24uSoftware.com/infoEOSA.php Improvements of the new version 24U Email OSAX 2.1 - smtp authentication (plain, login, cram-md5) - better performance - improved compatibility with most SMTP servers - RFC 2822 compliance - better user experience - more flexible terminology More information about the released Scripting Addition can be found next week at your favorite server or the web page: http://www.24uSoftware.com/ Subscribe for oncoming information: http://www.24uSoftware.com/...

bDistributed.com Offers On-Site Developer Training Courses Give Developers Leg Up on Rapid Application Development with Cocoa Hoffman Estates, Illinois - September 16, 2002 - bDistributed.com today announced the availability of its new on-site developer training program. bDistributed.com's developer training program includes two one-day courses on the BDControl Framework and the BDRuleEngine Framework. These courses help developers get the most out of Apple's Cocoa framework for Mac OS X, by teaching them to use bDistributed.com's new Open Source frameworks effectively in their applications. bDistributed.com also offers an intensive five-day course introducing developers to the Objective-C language and Apple's Cocoa framework for Mac OS X. This course includes a brief introduction to the BDControl Framework and the BDRuleEngine Framework as well. bDistributed.com can create developer training courses customized to your organization's specific needs, including courses tailored to...

BDRuleEngine Framework Brings Rule-Based Application Development to Cocoa Open Source Framework Enables Rule-Based Application Development Hoffman Estates, Illinois - September 16, 2002 - bDistributed.com today shipped the BDRuleEngine Framework version 1.0.0, an Open Source framework that lets Mac OS X developers using Apple's Cocoa framework build very flexible business rule-driven applications quickly and easily. Many applications rely on a foundation of business rules. Business rules describe the behavior of an application in various situations in terms of constraints on the data within the application. Most applications, however, hard-code the business rules that they are built on and need to be extensively revised when these rules change. The BDRuleEngine Framework builds on the power of Apple's Cocoa framework for Mac OS X by providing a rule system for software developers to use when constructing applications. This rule system lets developers specify business rules at a higher...

Subject: Symantec inline updates for Mac OS X v10.2 compatibility Symantec is pleased to announce the availability of inline updates that make Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 8.0, Norton Utilities for Macintosh 7.0 and Norton SystemWorks for Macintosh 2.0 compatible with Mac OS X version 10.2. Users must run Symantec's built-in LiveUpdate feature in order to download the free inline updates. Norton Personal Firewall for Macintosh 2.0 does not require an inline update. The product currently runs with Mac OS X version 10.2 with the following exceptions: * The preferences window cannot be closed after turning on UDP protection. * Norton Personal Firewall is not compatible with Internet sharing. For additional details regarding Mac OS X version 10.2 compatibility, please visit Symantec's Macintosh website at: http://www.symantec.com/mac/

QuickDNS for Mac OS X We are pleased to announce that QuickDNS 4.0 has been released for Mac OS X. This is a major upgrade for users of QuickDNS 3.x, including a number of compelling, new and improved features. QuickDNS 4.0 Offers: - Automatic updates of PTR records - Full logging / Zone change history - Unlimited Undo/Redo - Better integration of multi-server networks - Increased security; all network traffic is now implemented with secure protocols - Support for four new record types (AAAA, RP, AFSDB, WKS) - Support for BIND 9 QuickDNS 4.0 is now also available for BIND 8 and BIND 9 on Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD and HP UX and for the Windows 2000 DNS server. The client software, available for Mac OS and Windows can be used to simultaneously manage QuickDNS on various platforms. QuickDNS 4.0 is also available in a multi-user version which makes it possible to control what access users have to open/update zones. Men & Mice DNS newsletter - "also-notify" Men & Mice have released...

(font color="#000000")ALADDIN SYSTEMS, INC. CONTINUES 2ND ANNUAL RELIEF FUND SUPPORT BY DONATING WEBSITE SALES PROCEEDS TO CHARITIES $1 Of Every Sale Conducted Via The Aladdin Website <www.aladdinsys.com and stuffit.com> Over The Next 30 Days To Be Donated To Nationwide Charities Watsonville, Calif. -September 11, 2002 - Aladdin Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: ALHI) today announced it is continuing its tradition of donating $1 of each sale from its Website over the next 30 days to help nationwide charities. Donation proceeds from Aladdinsys.com ansdStuffit.com sales will be donated acccording to customers' charity of choice, from the following: 1. American Cancer Society: https://www.cancer.org/ (font color="#000000")2. American Lung Association: http://www.lungusa.org/ (font color="#000000") 3. American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/ 4. Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS foundation: http://www.pedaids.org/ 5. The Michael J....

OpenOSX Announces Jaguar Updates CROWLEY LAKE, Calif.--(OPENOSX-COM)--Sept. 10th, 2002-- OpenOSX, a leading provider of easy-to-use, world-class open-source software, has released three free updates that bring complete Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2) compatibility to the entire OpenOSX product line. All of OpenOSX's products install and configure all required libraries in minutes with no experience required. The OpenOSX Office CD will install AbiWord, Gnumeric, and much more. AbiWord is the award-winning open source alternative to Microsoft* Word and Gnumeric is a world-class spreadsheet with 95% of the functions of Microsoft(TM) Excel built-in. The OpenOSX Gimp CD will install "The GNU Image Manipulation Program" (or The Gimp). The Gimp allows Mac OS X users to create and edit graphics files such as Photoshop documents (with layers). This graphical image manipulation program is a popular open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop(TM). The OpenOSX Grass GIS Pre 4 CD will transform a Macintosh...

FileMaker Pro 6 Stars At Apple Expo Entire FileMaker line on Mac OS X highlighted; Future FileMaker development for Mac OS to be 'Mac OS X only' APPLE EXPO, PARIS - Sept. 10, 2002 - The new FileMaker Pro 6 -- powerful new database software with easier-than-ever templates and tools, and a virtually limitless ability to gather, manage and share information -- is the star of FileMaker presence at Apple Expo, opening here today. The FileMaker stand is B77/C76 in Hall 4, Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles. FileMaker will spotlight its entire new product line, including FileMaker Mobile 2, running on Mac OS X. Attendees will learn how FileMaker Pro 6 easily imports large numbers of images from a folder into a database, and, on Mac OS X only, captures digital images and image-data directly from cameras. With integrated XML (Extensible Markup Language) import and export, FileMaker Pro 6 delivers the benefits of virtually limitless information exchange. XML support means FileMaker can integrate...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Full, bi-directional XML support for QuarkXPress 4 and 5 Easypress Technologies announces Atomik Roundtrip 1.0 SEYBOLD SAN FRANCISCO - September 9, 2002 - Easypress Technologies today announced the newest member of its Atomik family of products, Atomik Roundtrip 1.0 - the first software to provide full, bi-directional XML support for QuarkXPress versions 4 and 5. Currently in beta, Easypress Technologies is showing Atomik Roundtrip 1.0 at this week's Seybold conference and exhibition in San Francisco with the final release expected to ship in October. "Publishers have been asking for full XML support within QuarkXPress for many years, in order to efficiently publish content to print and digital media," said Nick Reed, Easypress Technologies director of product strategy. "The time is right for Atomik Roundtrip to realise the potential of XML for publishers, by enabling all content to be authored and stored in XML and published to any media including print."...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE XPLAIN UNVEILS TWO PAVILIONS AT APPLE EXPO PARIS -- MacTech Central makes its debut at Apple Expo Paris -- "International Pavilion" to help bring developers to European market WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA and PARIS, FRANCE -- September 10, 2002 -- Xplain Corporation, the leader in pavilion management, unveiled today two new pavilions at Apple Expo, in Paris (10-14 September, 2002). These two special interest areas will bring technical tools to the Paris show, as well as help introduce many international publishers to the European market. Apple Expo, Europe's premier Macintosh event, takes place from September 10 - 14, 2002, and takes place at Porte De Versailles in Paris. See (http://www.apple-expo.com/) for more information on attending. Special Interest Pavilions, including Xplain's long running MacTech Central(sm), have long featured both up-and-coming companies, as well as showcased technologies. These pavilions provide exhibiting companies with a cost-...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Find, organize and remove invisible files and folders with Invisible Finder Toronto Ontario - September 9, 2002 - Rage Software today announced the availability of Invisible Finder 2.1. Invisible Files can quickly build up on your hard drives especially when using Mac OS X. Invisible Finder helps track these files down, allowing you to perform various operations such as toggle the visibility, view file information, edit invisible documents as well as delete unneeded invisible files. There are many solutions available to toggle the visibility of files and folders, however, Invisible Finder takes this ability to the next level by remembering the visibility changes and allowing them to be reverted at a later time. Preventing problems or incompatibilities that may arise due to files being made visible. Furthermore, invisible documents can be opened and modified in any selected application. Invisible Finder also offers filtering options which can help track down...

MonkeyBread Software REALbasic plug-in updated to version 2.6 Hi, Monkeybread Software Germany releases version 2.6 of their REALbasic Plugin Collection. This plugin adds around 2136 functions, methods and classes to REALbasic. Growed over the last two years this plugin covers this main features: * Addressbook classes for Mac OS X 10.2 * Icon handling class. * 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. * (Internet)Shortcuts for Windows. * Mac Font managing functions and classes * Packet sending Socket. * Virtual Memory informations. * SCSI Device list. * File Downloads using Quicktime. * Colormatching crossplatform or using Colorsync on Mac OS. * Mouting Apple Share Volumes. * Easy Alias handling. * Usefull classes for Menu changes, Standardalert, File Permission. * HTML Viewer Control * Base...

For Immediate Release At this week's Apple Expo/Paris, September 10 - 14, 2002, 1stKIOSK will be demonstrating its innovative software tool, k-Builder(tm), for the creation, deployment and remote management of interactive kiosks and dynamic digital signs in Booth 10 of the International Pavilion of the Porte De Versailles - Hall 4, Paris, France. k-Builder is a native Mac OS X application that is designed for creatives who wish to help their client's build and extend their digital brands while providing engaging and theatrical public displays. k-Builder is simple to use for the novice but powerful enough for sophisticated developers, too. Projects have been created with k-Builder for retail brand building at point of purchase, tribute systems, trade show and museum exhibits, and dynamic video signs. Support is provided for magnetic and bar code readers as well as USB receipt and coupon printers. Additional peripherals like proximity detectors, SmartCard and RFID readers will be...

PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ASANTE SHIPS GIGABIT ETHERNET WORKGROUP SWITCH FriendlyNET GX5-208 Available for $299 San Jose, California, September 5, 2002--Asante Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASNT.OB) today announced shipment of the FriendlyNET GX5-208 Gigabit Ethernet workgroup switch. With 8 ports of 10/100 Mbps and 2 ports of 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet, this switch is ideal for users upgrading to Gigabit Ethernet. "The GX5-208 is the lowest-cost multi-Gig switch on the market," commented Jim Hsia, Asante Vice President of Marketing. "This makes it affordable to small businesses that have added multi-Gigahertz Pentium 4 and Athlon XP servers and workstations. It also allows larger businesses to easily expand their network workgroup with Gigabit uplink and direct connect for another Gigabit-equipped server or workstation with up to 8 additional 10/100 network devices." AFFORDABLE, POWERFUL AND VERSATILE ----------------------------------- In addition to its 8 ports of...

Seapine Software Ships Surround SCM - Complete Change Management for Cross-Platform Development Teams Mason, Ohio -- (BUSINESS WIRE) - September 5, 2002 -- Seapine Software, Inc., a leading provider of software development lifecycle management solutions, announced today the immediate availability of Surround SCM, the company's cross-platform software change management solution. Surround SCM provides complete control over source code changes to software development teams that require remote access, integrated defect tracking, and advanced branching and merging capabilities, without sacrificing price or ease-of-use. Surround SCM is a cross-platform solution with client and server support on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X operating systems. Graphic user interface clients are available on all supported operating systems, a feature unique to Surround SCM. For distributed development teams, Surround SCM transparently supports remote access over TCP/IP networks, including...

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE macility PopChar X 1.3 released Hagenberg, September-04-2002, ergonis software today announced the immediate availability of PopChar X 1.3, the Mac OS X sibling of the highly acclaimed PopChar Pro. The update incorporates several new features, as well as fixes for various reported issues. In particular, the new version improves Unicode support and Jaguar compatibility. A list of changes included in this update is available on the company's web site: http://www.macility.com/products/popcharx/history.html PopChar X 1.3 is a recommended update for all users of earlier versions of PopChar X. The update is free for registered PopChar X customers. Upgrade pricing for PopChar Pro owners is available. The new version can be downloaded from: http://www.macility.com/downloads/ More information on PopChar X is available from: http://www.macility.com/products/popcharx/ About PopChar X --------------- PopChar X the Mac OS X sibling of the highly acclaimed...

MaskEditField 1.0 is out The MaskEditField is a REALbasic plugin control class to create Masked EditFields. Masked Editfields are used to control the users input to the EditField so that the data is entered in correct format. Full version and free demo of this plugin is available at http://www.einhugur.com/index.html Bj=F6rn Eir=EDksson bjorn@einhugur.com Einhugur Software einhugur@kagi.com www.einhugur.com

QUEUESOCKET 1.0.1 RELEASED 3 SEPTEMBER 2002 -- QueueSocket, the first complete open-source Socket solution for REALbasic developers, was updated to version 1.0.1 today from developer Drew Hamlin of Vizspring Software. QueueSocket is the first and only open-source solution made available to REALbasic developers to improve Internet and network communication using the Socket control. QueueSocket provides a simple introduction program as well as a complex, fully developed Network Tic-Tac-Toe game with accompanying source code and internet tracker application. QueueSocket was created based on the fundamental principal that all data can fit into a queue data type, which in turn can be converted into a string and sent across a local network or the Internet. Version 1.0.1 fixes a bug where DataAvailable() in the instance of a class would be called, even when no data was on the queue due to incorrectly formatted incoming text. QueueSocket is available for free download and royalty-free use...

Max Programming, LLC - Web Dumper v1.6 September 3rd, 2002 Maxprog is proud to present another update of its web tool product named 'Web Dumper' a full featured internet tool that allows users to download web sites for offline browsing. What's new in this release? =B7 Proxy support. =B7 Better anchors management. =B7 'BASE HREF' tag better support. =B7 'HREF' better support. =B7 Chunked' transfert encoding marks removed properly. =B7 Better relink. Post linker fully rewritten. =B7 Better HTTP status code handler. =B7 Link history out of bound exception when loading links with CRs. Screenshots available at: http://www.maxprog.com/WebDumperShots.html ) Overview If you are viewing a Web site with your browser and you decide that you would like to make a copy of it on your hard drive, you have to manually save each page as you view it along with embedded pictures, sounds and so on. This can be a very long and tedious process, and...

REALmac Software releases AudioX 2.0 2nd September 2002 -- REALmac software is proud to introduce "AudioX 2.0" for Mac OS X AudioX was written for people who want an easy way to record sound from any input source under Mac OS X. ie. built-in microphone, USB microphone or even a firewire video camera. AudioX is great for: - Recording sounds. - Recording vinyl records. - Recording tapes. - Recording interviews. - Recording radio shows. Feature highlights - Record sound from any input source. - Many sound compression settings. - Gain control. - Manage and add notes to your sounds. User Feedback "I thought you might like to know that I downloaded AudioX the day it came out, and within a day or so I used it to record an eight minute talk that I converted to the mp3 format with iTunes, and posted on Vegan.com. It's a wonderful little utility you folks have created." Erik Marcus, www.vegan.com "This is the best recording app that I've found for OS X. no bugs yet and the quality is super good...

Cognito Ships MoneyWorks 3.1 OS X Cognito Ltd has shipped its premier accounting software MoneyWorks 3.1 OS X release! Pelham, Massachusetts. -- 1 September 2002 -- CognitoUSA has announced today that it is shipping its accounting software package MoneyWorks in an upgraded OS X release. As well as being fully "carbonised" to run on OS X, there are added features in this upgrade, including the ability for OS X users to email customised forms (invoices, statements etc) as pdf attachments.MoneyWorks OS X files are backwards compatible with MoneyWorks 3.0.3 files as well as being cross platform compatible with MS Windows. MoneyWorks is a fully integrated accounting system featuring Cashbook, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory, Custom Reporting, Custom Forms generation, Sales and Purchase analysis, and Job Costing---all in a single easy-to-use package. MoneyWorks has a friendly, intuitive user-interface, with simple and clear entry screens, and on-screen lists...

For immediate release Berlin, Germany - September 1st, 2002 metaobject announces the immediate availability of PdfCompress 1.0, the compression tool for Quartz PDF files. PdfCompress applies JPEG compression to photographic images contained in PDF files. This dramatically reduces the size of PDF files produced by Mac OS X that contain images by up to a factor of 10 without visibly altering image quality. PdfCompress can be run from the Finder's Contextual menu or by dragging and dropping items onto the application's icon, and features a settable compression strength. PdfCompress has been updated for Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) and costs US $25 per seat to license. When unlicensed, PdfCompress replaces some images instead of compressing them. Time-limited demo-licenses are also available. For more information, downloads and purchasing, see our Products page at: (http://www.metaobject.com/Products.html#PdfCompress) or contact Marcel Weiher marcel@metaobject.com + 49 / 171 / 958 6433...

Jiiva releases Application Builder Collection 1.2.3 for Jaguar Beaverton, OR (August 29, 2002) - Jiiva, Inc., announces Application Builder Collection Version 1.2.3 is ready for Jaguar! Application Builder Collection (ABC) is a professional-grade set of reusable Cocoa frameworks for building solid Mac OS X applications. Version 1.2.3 is updated to run on Apple's latest release of Mac OS X, code named Jaguar, and requires Apple's Developer Tools August 2002 update now available from Apple Developer Connection. ABC Version 1.2.3 is a free upgrade for existing customers and is available for purchase at store.jiiva.com. This release adds Keyed Archiving to all objects in ABC. Both Keyed Archiving and binary coding are supported to give developers forward and backward compatibility. Other changes include bug fixes and updated user interfaces as needed to maintain Jaguar's polished look. ABC is designed to work in both 10.2 (Jaguar) and 10.1 (Puma) and will modify its look and feel...

VOODOO SERVER - 2.0 AVAILABLE Linz, Austria, August-30-2002 -- uni software plus GmbH is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new version 2.0 of their flagship version control tool VOODOO Server. VOODOO Server is a version control system for software developers using Metrowerks CodeWarrior. The included CodeWarrior plug-in provides reliable and robust version control, all from inside the development environment in an easy-to-use Macintosh style. The new release adds compatibility with Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) and Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro8. VOODOO Server 2 server is the first version control tool to support object-oriented version management. An inheritance relationship between variants facilitates project-wide branches and instant access to the required versions without the need for complicated version access mechanism like multi-digit version numbers or tags. Customers can view the complete version history and download the new package at: http://www.unisoftwareplus...