XLR8 and Mac OS X are compatible! with MACh Speed G4 ZIF MPe today, you can have MP tomorrow... Does your upgrade offer this? Atlanta, GA, USA. March 24th 2001: XLR8, the leading manufacturer of Macintosh upgrade and expansion products, is pleased to announce support for the latest Apple operating system, Mac OS X. XLR8 is committed to providing solutions that compliment what is without doubt the best operating system in the world. With XLR8's modular power users can upgrade to G4 today with the MACh Speed G4 ZIF MPe install and run Mac OS X straight out of the box with no further software required, due to the advanced engineering of XLR8 products. At a later date users can step up to multi-processing using the recently announced MACh Velocity G4 MPe 66 upgrade (for beige G3 systems). Today XLR8 is the only upgrade manufacturer offering Mac OS X support with an upgrade path to multiprocessing that includes the users' current investment. The message is simple... do not waste your...

THE PANDAWARE COMPANY RELEASES TIMECACHE 4.0 Popular Mac time and expense tracking application receives usability and performance upgrades. Trial version available at (http://www.pandaware.com/). The PandaWare Company has released a new version of TimeCache, its popular time and expense tracking application for Macintosh users who bill clients for project work. PandaWare(r) TimeCache(tm) 4.0 makes it easier than ever to enter and review time and expense data. Every day, hundreds of Macintosh users around the world - designers, architects, web developers, attorneys, consultants, freelancers, and other professionals - depend on PandaWare TimeCache to keep track of their billable time and expenses. This new version will make it easier and faster for them to do so. New in this version are features like application launchers for timed projects, resizable data columns, independent, resizable windows for different views, easier navigation, a new Date View screen, more preferences for...

HELIOS announces server and client support for Apple's Mac OS X Hannover, Germany--- March 22, 2001 ---- HELIOS Software GmbH (CeBIT 2001 Hall 9 Booth #C54), a leading provider of network and prepress software, announced both its server products and client support for Mac OS X. HELIOS expects to ship the updated server software and client support by the time Apple pre-loads Mac OS X onto new Macintosh CPUs. HELIOS' leading server products now in beta and being demonstrated during CeBIT include EtherShare 2.6, PCShare 3.0, EtherShare OPI 2.1, PDF Handshake including PDF Internet Printing and Print Preview. The HELIOS Macintosh software programs EtherShare Admin, LANTest, Tagger, and Touch will also be available soon for Mac OS X. HELIOS client software enables users to configure users, groups, volumes, printers, fonts, OPI settings, Spot Colors, and other server settings remotely using a networked CPU running Mac OS X. The HELIOS remote server administration programs fully utilize Mac...

http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/listnews.html http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/X4U.html Greetings. I'm excited to announce the transition of "Mac OS X Beta" list into "Mac OS X for Users". A forum focused on providing discussion, support and community around the new Mac OS X Public Beta. Discussion will focus on the needs of end users dealing with everyday issues. Mac OS X Beta list has been one of our most succesful lists with over 1200 subscribers and averaging about 1500 messages each month. This is a high volume list and a digest version is available. Thank you for considering the inclusion of this announcement in your publication! Eric Prentice listmom@themacintoshguy.com http://www.themacintoshguy.com

Pingtel chooses Global IP Sound speech processing software for Pingtel xpressa IP phone GIPS technology on IP phone to set new standard for audio and speech quality WOBURN, Mass., and SAN FRANCISCO, March 22, 2001 Global IP Sound (GIPS), the leader in sound processing software for real-time, interactive communications over packet networks, and Pingtel, creator of the world's first Java-based, voice-over-IP (VoIP) phone, announced today an agreement that will deliver high-fidelity audio over IP telephony that far surpasses audio possible over PSTN. Under terms of the partnership agreement, Pingtel will license and integrate the GIPS SoundWare solutions, NetEQ, GIPS Enhanced G.711 and iPCM-wb (wideband), into the Pingtel xpressa SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) phone appliance. The announcement was made at the Voice over the Net (VON) conference in Phoenix. According to various surveys and market research, the main obstacle for wide VoIP adoption is poor sound quality. With the...

Purity Software Press Release -- Thursday, March 22, 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Maintenance release fixes issues and provides enhanced features. Austin, TX -- Purity Software Inc, releases WebSiphon 2.0.2, a free maintenance release of their high-performance multi-threaded Web application server product. What's New in v2.0.2? --------------------- WebSiphon 2.0.2 addresses a few minor issues for increased stability. An issue with file date functions returning improper date strings was fixed as well. A new feature in WebSiphon 2.0.2 is an alternate escape notation for inserting variables into HTML portions of SiphonScript templates. This feature lets WebSiphon users fully integrate client-side JavaScript into their SiphonScript templates without modification. WebSiphon 2.0.2 is now available for download from the Purity downloads page (http://downloads.purity.com/index.html?product_id=WS202). All WebSiphon 2.0 users should upgrade to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Verbatim Confirms Continued Availability of 30GB, 50GB ADR Tape Cartridges CHARLOTTE, NC (March 22, 2001) Verbatim Corporation provided customers of OnStream Inc.'s Advanced Digital Recording Technology (ADR) drives with assurance today that Verbatim-branded ADR tape cartridges continue to be available from Verbatim and its resellers. Verbatim made the announcement in response to OnStream's statement last week that it has ceased operations for all of its business units. Verbatim assisted OnStream in developing the technnology for ADR media in 1998, and has been filling the growing need for ADR 30 and 50GB cartridges since the drives were first introduced. The high capacity and low storage cost, combined with the performance and reliability features Verbatim designed into the media, have made it ideal for network server, workstation, power desktop, and desktop backup, as well as multimedia removable storage applications. Verbatim 30GB and 50GB ADR cartridges are...

For immediate release ST. CLAIR SOFTWARE RELEASES SCREEN CATCHER 2.3.2 5 mouse-rated screen capture tool broadens email support, improves compatibility. (Youngstown, OH -- March 21, 2001) St. Clair Software announced today that version 2.3.2 of Screen Catcher, their popular screen capture utility, is now available. Screen Catcher 2.3.2 adds support for Mulberry to its "email a screen snapshot" feature. It also includes a fix for a conflict with Kensington MouseWorks that could cause buttons in some dialogs to disappear, and corrects several problems in Screen Catcher's AutoFile feature. Recently given a perfect "5 mouse" rating by MacUser UK, Screen Catcher is a scriptable screen capture utility that includes a unique Catch-All feature which auto-scrolls windows to capture entire documents. This capability, combined with flexible scaling, color palette control, and support for a large number of file formats, has made Screen Catcher the tool of choice for both professionals...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MACh Velocity 66 G4 MPe ships! XLR8 Dual G4 MV66 ships with rave reviews from beta testers. Atlanta, GA, USA. March 22nd 2001: XLR8, the leading manufacturer of Macintosh upgrade and expansion products, is pleased to announce the shipping of latest addition to its award-winning range of Power PC G4 upgrade cards: The MACh Velocity 66 G4 MPe. Available Now, the MACh Velocity 66 G4 MPe (the 66 refers to the bus speed of the beige systems) offers XLR8 customers a solution that turns a standard Apple beige G3 PowerMac into a dual G4 multiprocessing powerhouse. The MACh Velocity 66 G4 MPe continues XLR8's commitment to address their primary customer base in pre-press, graphics and design, and offer them yet more ways to use its modular technology. Using the ZIF (zero insertion force) socket and now for the first time the similar LIF (low insertion force) socket, the architecture of the MACh Velocity 66 G4 MPe card means that XLR8 customers can, at a later date,...

PRESS RELEASE FOR RELEASE Friday, March 23, at 6:00 am PST ASANTE IS FIRST NETWORK COMPANY TO SUPPORT APPLE'S MAC OS X - Drivers for 10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet Adapters Now Available - San Jose, California, March 23, 2001 --- Asant Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASNT.OB) today announced product and technical support for Mac OS X in support of Apple Computer's new Mac operating system launch. Asant, the leading vendor of networking equipment and peripherals for Apple Macintosh computers, is the first to support Mac OS X on its FriendlyNET GigaNIX PCI 1000TA and AsantFast 10/100 PCI adapters. FREE UPGRADES AVAILABLE ------------------------------------------------ "We've dedicated a lot of testing time to make sure our drivers function well with Mac OS X," said Judy McKay, Asant's Mac OS Technical Manager. "We're pleased to offer driver support to the new Mac operating system so our customers will be ready when Apple ships Mac OS X on March 24." Free upgrades are now available at the...

REAL SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES REALBASIC 3.1 for Mac OS X REALbasic 3.1 adds Mac OS X specific features and improves database functionality March 21, 2001 - Austin, TX - REAL Software, Inc. today announced REALbasic 3.1, a free upgrade for all REALbasic 3 owners. REAL Software created this upgrade to improve its compatibility with Mac OS X and take advantage of the intuitive graphic user interface, Aqua. REALbasic 3.1 also operates on earlier versions of Macintosh operating systems and it allows users of all skill levels to develop software with a single design and compile native applications for Macintosh and Windows without requiring any platform-specific adjustments. "REALbasic 3.1's features for Mac OS X enable users to begin developing the native software that users of Mac OS X will demand. I see this as a huge opportunity for developers interested in gaining market share from slower-moving competitors", said Geoff Perlman, CEO of REAL Software. "We expect to see an explosion of Mac OS...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CS-ODESSA ANNOUNCES CONCEPTDRAW 1.59 Version 1.59 features better printing and import capabilities and optimized work with selected objects, as well as several other improvements. Odessa, Ukraine - March 21st, 2001 - Computer Systems Odessa Corp., today released ConceptDraw v1.59 for MacOS and Windows, a newer version of the powerful flowcharting and diagramming software package. The update is free to registered users of ConceptDraw v1.58 or earlier. A demo is available from ConceptDraw's web site: http://www.conceptdraw.com/ ConceptDraw v1.59 adds the following new features and enhancements: - In the Macintosh version all print properties are now stored with the document. - The Open and Save dialogs use Navigation Service, allowing to open several documents or libraries at a time. - System Color Picker is used, when setting a layer color. - Optimized performance, when selecting multiple objects in the Windows version. Also this update fixes some printing and...

MYOB Makes it Extra Easy for Small Businesses to Convert to AccountEdge from Macintosh QuickBooks Pro Version 4 New MYOB conversion assistant is a quick 5 step process March 21, 2001 (Rockaway, NJ) MYOB US, Inc. today announced the availability of a data file conversion utility to help small businesses move their old QuickBooks Pro Version 4 Macintosh data files to MYOB's new state-of-the-art small business accounting and management software, MYOB AccountEdge. Now QuickBooks users who have been waiting the past 5 years for an upgrade, or who want to update to newer Macintosh operating systems, including OS X , have an award-winning accounting product and a simple, free conversion utility to help them make the move. The MYOB conversion assistant takes the user through 5 easy steps and will convert all of their critical business information from QuickBooks to AccountEdge without missing a beat. The MYOB Conversion Assistant will convert Jobs, Inventory, Accounts and their balances,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Automated Solutions Group Announces the Release of ObjectTools v1.5.6 Huntington Beach, CA - March 20, 2001: Automated Solutions Group today announced the release of ObjectTools v1.5.6 for Macintosh and Windows. ObjectTools is a 4th Dimension plug-in which provides a set of routines that allow you to create Objects: a single entity in which you can store and retrieve any amount of data of differing types. This is similar to what you can do with 4D BLOBs, but with several important differences: Rather than using offsets, data is stored into and retrieved from Objects by name. Whereas BLOBs are the equivalent of ROM -- once written, you cannot really modify their contents -- Objects are more like RAM. Once stored, data in Objects can be modified in place, retrieved into 4D variables, and copied to other Objects. Because Objects are represented by Longint handles, you can create arrays of Objects. Bug Fixes in v1.5.6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Passing an invalid object...

DataShell for Valentina Delivers Object Relational DB for FutureBASIC^3 Users March 19, 2001. MacBrowse is proud to announce the availability of DataShell 1.1, a driver solution that allows FutureBASIC^3 developers to use Valentina XCMD, an object-relational, SQL-powered database engine, in their applications. FutureBASIC, from Staz Software (http://www.stazsoftware.com), is an award winning development environment for the Apple Macintosh, based on the popular BASIC language. Thanks to DataShell, the wait for a FutureBASIC-enabled database engine is over. DataShell is very easy to use, no complex project setup or hard to learn syntax. You will be creating database applications from scratch in a very short period of time. "FutureBASIC is a favorite for creating small, extremely fast applications on the Macintosh platform. However no major database vendor has stepped up to the plate to provide a database solution that works with FutureBASIC. DataShell enables FutureBASIC developers to...

Company: Bruce Martin's Illuminator Software Release Date: March 19, 2001 Product: DreamSaver Version: 1.0.4 Size: 4.5MB Class: Shareware Cost: $20.00 (USD) Illuminator Software's News Release March 19, 2001 Illuminator Software is proud to introduce DreamSaver for Mac - Version 1.0.4. DreamSaver is a Mac Screen Saver that uses Modules produced by Illuminator Software and other third party vendors, many of which are freeware. DreamSaver comes with 10 Modules for your idle time enjoyment. Included in the install of DreamSaver are the following Modules: DreamSaver Module: By By Yenco.com This is the default DreamSaver Module. Gradient: By Gigibyte.com. Watch as your screen is filled with wonderful gradients and changed with a checkerboard transition. MacDevSaver: By Illuminator Software This is a tribute to Macintoshdeveloper.com, a great place for Macintosh developers to get information. SC CMD Mod: By John Johnson. This is a Module...

March 20, 2001 MCE Announces the FireBay External FireWire Docking Unit for PowerBook Expansion Bay Devices Irvine, CA - Mac Components Engineered's PowerBook Products Division (MCE PowerBook Products, an Apple Developer) today announced the FireBay, an external FireWire docking unit for PowerBook expansion bay devices. Once inserted into the MCE FireBay, PowerBook expansion bay devices such as hard disks, CD/DVD-ROM's, CD-R/RW's, Zip's, etc. can be used externally on any Mac or PowerBook with a FireWire port. Eligible expansion bay devices are those designed for the Apple PowerBook (FireWire) and the Apple PowerBook G3 Series - 1999 (Bronze/Lombard). Release date is set for early May. "Expansion bay devices are no longer confined to the PowerBook platform," said Arnold Ramirez, President of MCE PowerBook Products. "Now PowerBook owners can more fully realize their investment in expansion bay modules by the ability to use them as external FireWire devices across machines." The MCE...

XTension products are available through DevDepot (http://www.devdepot.com), mailto:orders@devdepot.com, Toll free: 800-MACDEV-1, Outside US/Canada: 805-494-9797, Fax: 805-494-9798.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MY SECRET 1.0 RELEASED My Secret is a text encryption and notepad that uses strong 448 bit Blowfish or 256 bit Rijndael encryption to secure text messages and private notes. The application is $10 shareware. BERLIN, GERMANY - March 19th, 2001 - Shareware author Erich H Rast has released the first public version of his text encryption tool My Secret. The Macintosh application acts like a simple multi-document notepad and encrypts and decrypts private notes and messages using symmetric block ciphers like 448 bit Blowfish and 256 bit Rijndael, the latter being the new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). According to the author, the utility has been designed with both high security and easy usability in mind. It's USD $10 shareware. Some of My Secret's features are: - full drag & drop support - support for custom, external encryption plugins written in C/C++ - built-in compression for smaller size and higher security - secure hashing: chaining of SHA1 and MD5 -...

March 19, 2001 SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIF. -- Stone Table Software is pleased to announce the availability of Z-Write 1.2, a free update to their revolutionary "non-linear" word processor for creative writers. Z-Write 1.2 adds over forty improvements to the word processor, including new features such as style sheets for quickly formatting text, HTML templates which allow HTML export to be completely customized, import and export of Palm DOC format files, a recent files menu, better word count statistics, an automatic document backup system, and an autocorrect dictionary, as well as many smaller innovations and bug fixes. The user interface of Z-Write has been enhanced in subtle but effective ways, such as allowing Sections to be dragged from one Z-Write document to another, style commands have been simplified, and text files can be dropped onto a document to be immediately imported as new Sections. The update also adds powerful text utilities such as Indent, Unindent, Strip HTML, and Remove...

Nisus(R) Software, Inc. Releases Nisus Email 1.5. SOLANA BEACH, Calif., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Nisus Software, Inc. today announces the release of an upgrade to its critically acclaimed unique email client, Nisus Email 1.5, available for the Macintosh operating system. This update introduces a very fast Find along with numerous other enhancements. This release is a free upgrade for those who own any previous version of Nisus Email. The cost to new users is $29.95, and is available as a download at our web site: http://www.nisus.com/products/nisusemail A fully functional 14 day demo version is also available at the above URL. According to Nisus Software President and CEO Jerzy Lewak, "This free upgrade adds to Nisus Email many enhancements which our users have requested, rounding out the already established unique innovative ways of sending and receiving emails." Reviewers such as Nick DePlume of Thinksecret.com says of Nisus Email, "Once you drag and drop,...

OneApp Software has released new version of 'OneApp Clean Text'. OneApp Software has released version 1.2.2 of OneApp Clean Text. 'OneApp Clean Text' is a 15$ shareware tool that eliminates all text formatting, removes empty lines, multiple spaces, tab characters, fixes paragraphs etc. OneApp Clean Text has the ability to apply changes to all the document or to only selected parts of it. Among the enhancements made in this release there are some user interface improvements. Download page: http://www.oneappsoftware.com/ Screen Shot: http://www.oneappsoftware.com/cl/CL_Screen.gif

For Immediate Release Marathon Computer's JukeJoint gives your data discs a place to go in style. NASHVILLE, TN - March 14, 2001 -- Marathon Computer, Inc., introduces the JukeJoint, a rackmount created exclusively for the PowerFile C200 DVD/CD Jukebox. Marathon's JukeJoint is a cunning companion for the PowerFile C200 DVD/CD Jukebox. Its tough construction and lean design lets you fill your Jukebox to maximum capacity and then rackmount it in just 5U of rack space. Long-time customer William Covert of MedConcepts, Inc. states, "While I was immediately impressed with the Jukebox's ability to store and share up to 200 discs over a network, I couldn't find a way to integrate the machine into my workstation. I was elated to discover the JukeJoint. Within a barely noticeable framework, it ably supports one my biggest peripherals." JukeJoint features include: -Custom fit for your PowerFile C200 DVD/CD Jukebox -5RU tall x 17" deep for standard 19" rack -Front-rail mounting -Aircraft-grade...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CS-ODESSA ANNOUNCES CONCEPTDRAW SERVER 1.0 The powerful software for publishing ConceptDraw documents on the Web. ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 15th, 2001 - Computer Systems Odessa Corp., the developer of business applications and gaming software, announced the release of ConceptDraw Server, version 1.0 at the price of $1199. ConceptDraw Server is an application that automatically converts ConceptDraw documents into HTML pages, allowing to view them with a regular Internet browser, through the corporate Intranet or Internet. ConceptDraw Server is targeted to the people and organizations which use ConceptDraw to create diagrams and drawings, which should be then displayed on a Web site, or viewed by colleagues via Intranet. When a user attempts to view such document with a browser, the Server converts the document to HTML on the fly. There is no more need to manually export a drawing to HTML code any time when changes are made in the ConceptDraw document. Files can be...

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Subject: VOODOO Server - Version Control for CodeWarriors - Mac OS X Version Available! Hagenberg, March-14-2001, UNI SOFTWARE PLUS announced the availability of a public beta version of their flagship version control tool VOODOO Server for Mac OS X. VOODOO Server features a modern client/server architecture that benefits of the stability and performance Mac OS X. The CodeWarrior plug-in offers a user-friendly version control solution that lets you keep track of all your files without having to deal with additional complexity and bureaucracy, all from inside the CodeWarrior IDE in an easy-to-use Mac-like style. "We are impressed with the advancements Apple is making with its new operating system and are happy to contribute to make this platform the developer's paradise. VOODOO Server is the only version control tool designed specifically for the Mac," said Christoph Reichenberger, VODOOO product manager. "With the release of this public beta...

Thursby Software Systems announces DAVE 2.5.2 March 14, 2001, Arlington, Texas. Thursby Software Systems has released the newest version of its popular DAVE software. This new version works with Mac OS 7.6.1- 9.1 and features several product enhancements, which make DAVE more intuitive and easier for the user. "Probably the most prominent new feature is the addition of Keychain support" says Thursby Vice President of Engineering, Paul Nelson. "This means that a user can type in one password and DAVE will allow you to log on to several servers without reentering the password again. Our users have told us that is an important feature and one they would appreciate." Other 2.5.2 enhancements include: a full-blown, easy to use, setup assistant, improved DHCP handling, a special feature that allows virtually automatic setup on corporate networks and a new installer feature designed to better support non-English systems. Of course, DAVE 2.5.2 has the advantages users have come to expect from...

Glass Bead Software Releases SnapTalk, Macintosh LAN Chat Software For Immediate Release Newtown, Connecticut, March 13, 2001 Today Glass Bead Software announced the release of SnapTalk, its new Macintosh LAN chat shareware. SnapTalk is available for download at http://www.glassbead.com About Snap Talk: SnapTalk provides instant Macintosh LAN chat. SnapTalk installs in less than a minute and requires no administration, configuration or, server. Features include multi-person chat, a pop-up talk request window with single-click buttons for instant replies, out-load message reading, and more. SnapTalk is distributed using the shareware model and is priced at $25 for a 5-user license, $39 for a 10-user license and $99 for an unlimited user license. SnapTalk is a lightweight application: it requires only 750K of RAM and runs on all Mac OS Systems from 7.5 to OS X. About Glass Bead Software: Glass Bead Software, founded in 1990, is dedicated to making the best Macintosh software for...

Maxum Development Announces PageSentry For Mac OS X March 13, 2001. Just two months after Maxum Development Corp. released the last major revision of PageSentry, version 3.0, Maxum today announced another major upgrade to their complete Internet server monitoring solution. "PageSentry is all about reliability, and Apple's OS X provides us with an incredibly reliable and robust platform to start with," said Maxum's President, John O'Fallon. "The imminent release of OS X has prompted us to not only port PageSentry to OS X, but to make PageSentry both easier to get started with for small developers and more powerful and scalable for large organizations." The update, which will run natively under OS X (while remaining compatible with Classic Mac OS), will offer new reporting features to help network administrators gauge server reliability, detect chronic problems, and monitor quality of service. Additional changes are being made under the surface, making PageSentry's test management much...

For Immediate Print and Online Release Perforce Software And TeamShare Integrate Software Development Tools To Give Developers, Quality Assurance Managers & Testers More Efficiency With Less Effort March 12, 2001 - Alameda, Calif. - Perforce Software, Inc. and TeamShare, Inc. today announced the integration of Perforce's Software Configuration Management (SCM) system and TeamShare's industry-leading defect tracking system, tTrack. For this integration, Perforce has developed a new open-source module, Perforce Defect Tracking Integration (P4DTI), which is now available as part of the complete Perforce SCM system. "We have relied on the Perforce SCM system for years to manage our development activities," said David Markley, engineering manager at Lycos, Inc. "We also started using TeamShare's tTrack for Web-based bug tracking. This integration is a natural, and it means we can focus more effort on software development." Perforce SCM is a comprehensive system that helps software...

Developers to Receive Free Marketing and Sales Support at MP3.com Workshop SAN DIEGO, March 12, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- A few weeks after releasing the free Music IOS Application Programming Interface (API) to the developer community, MP3.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:MPPP) today announced a developers workshop designed to provide marketing support to hardware, software and web developers interested in potential revenue-generating opportunities. The free workshop is scheduled to take place at MP3.com headquarters in San Diego on Thursday, March 15, 2001. To sign up for the workshop today, visit www.mp3.com/events. The event will include presentations on how developers can leverage free marketing support from MP3.com to meet distribution and sales objectives for their products. Developers can access a variety of free, web-based marketing opportunities designed to connect their product to MP3.com's vast customer base of millions of music and technology enthusiasts. Among the tools scheduled to be...

Date: March 10, 2001 Product: BBE FTP Open, version 1.1.2 Type: Freeware script BBE FTP Open 1.1.2 (http://www.natural-innovations.com/boo/ftp.html#bbeftp) adds support for BBEdit 6.0 and Fetch 4.0. BBE FTP Open is a relational database implemented in AppleScript, which facilitates the editing of remote files via FTP in BBEdit, with support for multiple files per account, multiple accounts per host, multiple hosts, and the simultaneous opening of multiple files. -Walter Walter Ian Kaye, Menlo Park, CA, USA | Programmer - AppleScript/FaceSpan, http://www.natural-innovations.com/ | Perl, HTML, & ProTERM http://www.cgiaction.com/ | Musician - Guitarist, Songwriter Perl on Unix, AppleScript on MacOS, at the nation's first WWW server http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~boo/ AOL/AIM: Boo First Walter Ian Kaye, Menlo Park, CA, USA | Programmer - AppleScript/FaceSpan, http://www.natural-innovations.com/ | Perl, HTML, & ProTERM http://...

MacHack 2001: Jef Raskin Joins Keynote MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers http://www.machack.com/ Contact: Carol Lynn mailto:info@machack.com c/o Expotech 1264 Bedford Road Grosse Point Park, MI 48230 February 22, 2001-Dearborn, MI- In the ongoing efforts to provide the maximum Macintosh keynote, MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers is pleased to announce the addition of Jef Raskin to the Ultimate Macintosh Engineering Reunion conference keynote. For this one-of-a-kind event, MacHack has already empanelled Andy Hertzfeld, Caroline Rose, Guy "Bud" Tribble and Bruce Horn. All are members of the early Macintosh engineering team and promise a keynote full of reminiscences of computing by-gones as well as a unique look at the future as envisioned by people who continue to lead the computer industry. Jef Raskin, a consultant on human-machine interaction design, is best known as the father of Apple's Macintosh computer. His new book, "The Humane...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN! - WAVES IN MOTION ANNOUNCES OAZIUM EVENTS FOR FILEMAKER PRO Point and Click Your Way to Automatic Script Scheduling and Control Contact: Vince Menanno Phone: 602-956-7080 Fax: 602-956-6754 E-mail: info@wmotion.com Web: http://www.wmotion.com PHOENIX. March 7, 2001. Ever wish you could run a script whenever a field is modified? Start that two hour summary report two hours before you arrive in the morning? Or let FileMaker run that cleanup script while you get your work done? Announcing oAzium Events*, the FileMaker Pro plug-in that adds reliable script scheduling and control to your solutions. Based on our popular Script Scheduler, oAzium Events has been redesigned from the ground up with speed, reliability and flexibility in mind. And it's easier to use than ever: manage multiple schedules of any type with no scripting at all. Just open the Events Manager database and point-and-click your way to automation. You can even customize the Events...

Casady & Greene Announces the Retail Release of Mac Care Unit For Macintosh Award-winning collection of 7 best-of-class products for the Diagnosis, Cure, and Prevention of Mac Problems Salinas, CA, March 7, 2001: Casady & Greene, Inc. announces the retail release of Mac Care Unit(TM) for Macintosh, a unique utility suite of 7 award-winning products from four preeminent Mac developers. Casady & Greene has joined forces with Alsoft Inc., Connectix Corporation, and Intego to bring seven top-rated Macintosh utilities together on one CD. This exceptional collection showcases products recognized by Mac review editors as best-of-class utilities for the diagnosis, cure and prevention of problems experienced by most Mac users. Mac Care Unit includes full versions of 7 top-rated products: Conflict Catcher 8 by Casady & Greene is the #1 must-have utility for managing files as well as conflict-testing startup files that cause crashes or freezes on a Mac. With over 5000 file...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Automated Solutions Group Announces the Release of ObjectTools v1.5.5 Huntington Beach, CA - March 6, 2001: Automated Solutions Group today announced the release of ObjectTools v1.5.4 for Macintosh and Windows. ObjectTools is a 4th Dimension plug-in which provides a set of routines that allow you to create Objects: a single entity in which you can store and retrieve any amount of data of differing types. This is similar to what you can do with 4D BLOBs, but with several important differences: Rather than using offsets, data is stored into and retrieved from Objects by name. Whereas BLOBs are the equivalent of ROM -- once written, you cannot really modify their contents -- Objects are more like RAM. Once stored, data in Objects can be modified in place, retrieved into 4D variables, and copied to other Objects. Because Objects are represented by Longint handles, you can create arrays of Objects. What are Objects Good For? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While the uses of...

2nd March, 2001 MacZoop 2.5 GM is now available. MacZoop, the popular and free C++ framework for creating Macintosh applications, version 2.5 has finally gone golden. This comprehensive update has been painstakingly developed over the last six months or so and is now more powerful, scalable and usable than ever. New features at a glance: * Comprehensive Views architecture makes creating complex user interfaces a breeze * Many new views classes prebuilt for creating cool user interfaces * Fully appearance-savvy * New dialog layer completely built on views - problematic Dialog Manager no longer involved * Greater scalability to larger projects while retaining simplicity for small ones * Fully Carbon compliant - same source will compile to classic 68K and PowerPC, Carbon for Mac OS 8/9 and X. * Built-in tooltip support * Many objects enhanced and rationalised without sacrificing code compatibility * Tabbed dialog interfaces can be built with one line of code * Powerful new list interface...

iTimer 3.0 has been officially released as of 5th March, 2001. You can grab it from our site at http://www.crescendosw.com iTimer is an application for timing and regulating Internet use from one computer. It supports multiple users and is fully administrable. iTimer is proudly Macintosh and Made With REALbasic. New in 3.0 : -Great new ability to time not only monthly, but also daily and yearly periods for individual users -Reworked and streamlined admin section to accomodate new accounting periods -New 'Log Only' feature to allow use with permanent connections (cable, DSL etc) -New HTML help system -More affordable pricing system, save up to 25%! -Heaps more stuff, just download it and see for yourself! Any owners of previous versions can upgrade for free by using their old registration numbers. If you have any queries, email me at chris@crescendosw.com. Regards, Chris Carruthers, Crescendo Software. http://www.crescendosw.com

For Immediate Release Newtown, Connecticut, March 3, 2001 Today Glass Bead Software announced the release of version 3.0 of SnapMail, its beloved intra-office Macintosh messaging software. This new version adds many features, including voice messaging, a bulletin board system, reminder messages, color icons, a spelling checker, and much more. SnapMail 3.0 is available for download at http://www.glassbead.com About Snap Mail: SnapMail is the complete and easy-to-use intra-office chat, messaging and communication application for the Mac office. Using peer-to-peer technology, SnapMail sends messages, files, and voice mail instantly. SnapMail keeps all messages and documents safely in-house. It doesn't require a mail server, Internet connection, or any administration. SnapMail is a light-weight application: it requires only 1MB of RAM and runs on all Mac OS Systems from 7.5 to OS X. Snap Mail provides seamless and easy collaboration to small and large workgroups without difficult-to-...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aestiva Introduces HTML/OS 1.9 Torrance, Calif. - Aestiva, L.L.C. announced this week the release of Aestiva HTML/OS 1.9, the latest version of its Web operating and development platform. Aestiva HTML/OS delivers a single-product solution for advanced Web site and Web software development. It eliminates the need for CGI programming and integration tools such as ASP and ColdFusion. Version 1.9 is the ninth major upgrade for HTML/OS, with 5 years of development behind it. HTML/OS 1.9 includes new multi-tasking capabilities, improved database cross-platform compatibility and new tools to help developers build Web-based applications. Beginning with version 1.9, Aestiva provides both a development version of HTML/OS (called the professional edition), and a run-time version for running applications built with HTML/OS. Aestiva HTML/OS offers a complete integrated development environment that includes a built-in Web database. Developers use the product to build web-based...

Dear Sir/Madam, please note we posted the final version 2.0 of our Mac Shareware "FoldersSynchronizer". Product Page: http://www.softobe.com/products/flsy/pp.html To be removed (we apologize): mailto:news@softobe.com?subject=Remove What's new in the 2.0 * x2 faster than 1.X versions. * Drang and drop. * Background running mode. * Resolves aliases. * Up to 8 lists for each area available by pop-up menu. * 4MB of free RAM only. * Never need to increase the application memory. Never. * Saves and Opens "Configuration Files" and configure all the FS options. * Drag the Configuration Files on the console and configure all the FS options. * Fully Mac Appearances. * Copies the custom icons. * Copies all the finder file/folder attributes. * Allows to choose different disks with same names. * Allows to backup from CDs. * Balloon Help. * PDF User's Manual. Best Regards -- Softobe (News) mailto:info@softobe.com http://www.softobe.com

Media 100 Ships CineStream; Authoring Solution for Web Developers and Professional Content Creators, Available Immediately Media 100 CineStream Integrates "EventStream" Technology to Enable Interactive Streaming Media Authoring and Delivery MARLBORO, Mass.--March 1, 2001--Media 100 Inc. (NASDAQ: MDEA), the leading provider of software, systems and services for streaming media on the Internet, today announced that CineStream, the industry's first software-based interactive streaming media authoring solution for web developers and professional content creators, is available immediately. Media 100 CineStream enables a broader range of customers to create and deliver superior quality, highly-interactive streaming media programs for delivery over the Internet. CineStream provides a unique, software-based approach to creating video programs specifically designed for the interactive nature of the Internet and is ideally suited for customers entering the burgeoning streaming media marketplace...

The Macintosh Developer Center Announces TMDC SysMenu, TMDC Droplet Builder, Updated Programs and a Redesigned Web Site For immediate release NICE, FRANCE - March 1, 2001 - The Macintosh Developer Center (http://www.tmdc.org) is pleased to announce two new utilities for the Macintosh platform, each aiming to provide a simple and easy method to make your experience with the Mac OS more pleasant and productive. Additionally, TMDC's web site was completely redesigned, now focusing on helping Macintosh developers worldwide with useful tutorials, links, examples, and reviews. TMDC SysMenu is the only menu you need! Featuring submenus, plugins, customizable options, and much more, you can now launch any application, document, control panel, or use one of many plugins in any application, including the Finder. TMDC SysMenu is shareware costing $15 and a fully working demo is available to download. Visit http://www.tmdc.org/sysmenu/ for more information. TMDC Droplet Builder is a simple...

INTEGO ANNOUNCES VIRUSBARRIER 1.0 FOR PALM OS Miami, Florida, February 28, 2001 -- Intego, a leading provider of Macintosh Internet security software, today announced the release of VirusBarrier 1.0 for the Palm OS. VirusBarrier solves the growing problem of viruses on Palm OS devices, by scanning the PDA and detecting virus infected files, and deleting them, to ensure that they do not propagate. VirusBarrier for Palm OS runs on all Palm OS compatible devices - Palm, Handspring, IBM and others. With more than 11 million Palm OS PDAs sold around the world, it didn't take long for virus writers to start targeting these devices. As more Palm users connect to the Internet, these viruses spread rapidly. The Palm OS version of the acclaimed VirusBarrier antivirus program will protect Palm PDAs from all known viruses, keeping data safe. Intego is committed to providing thorough virus protection for Palm OS devices. As new viruses are found, updates will be made available on Intego's web site...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INSIDER ADDS CDS ON DEMAND TO ITS LINE OF MAC UPDATING SERVICES Users Can Now Request Up-to-the-Minute Collections of Software Updaters February 27, 2001 [Carlsbad, California] Insider Software today added CDs-on-Demand to its five star rated Insider UpdateAgent software updating service for Macintosh computers. In addition to online Internet access, users can now request an up-to-the minute snapshot of all updaters available from over 2,000 software publishers and have them sent the next business day. CD FORMAT VERY HELPFUL TO ADMINISTRATORS AND CONSULTANTS While the online version of Insider UpdateAgent is the best solution for many Internet users, the CD version of the service is particularly helpful for system administrators, consultants and others managing multiple Macintosh systems. "Insider has had numerous requests for a service that offers the latest Macintosh software updaters all in one place," remarked Rio Sabadicci, president of Insider Software. "In...

Vicomsoft is excited to announce the release of version 6.8.2 of the Internet Gateway and SurfDoubler. The major feature of this latest release is that it allows Internet Sharing with the latest ADSL connection types now being rolled out in the UK and Europe in particular. Until now ADSL connections provided using USB modems did not permit users to upgrade their connection type and continue sharing Internet access across their network with a software router solution. Version 6.8.2 of the Vicomsoft Internet Gateway and SurfDoubler solutions allow business and home users respectively to take full advantage of the high speed connection that ADSL offers, and keep all of the security, management and control functions the software provides. With version 6.8.2 Vicomsoft have also added: -Improved Auto set-up with increased ability to detect and utilise existing Ethernet configurations -The ability to specify a connection to route through for specific destinations, and not just use the router...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MODULAR GATEWAY INTERFACE (MGI) VERSION 2.1 MAJOR UPGRADE AVAILABLE Adds HTTP File Upload, ODBC Capabilities and Much More. Raleigh, North Carolina - 27 February 2001 - PagePlanet Software, Inc. is proud to announce the Golden Master release of Modular Gateway Interface (MGI) version 2.1 for Macintosh and Windows NT/2000. MGI 2.1 is a plug-in to 4D's award-winning web server, WebSTAR, and ISAPI web servers such as IIS. MGI 2.1 allows web site developers to integrate hundreds of functions from counters to shopping carts with easy-to-use, HTML-style tags. MGI tags are coded directly into the HTML of a page and integrate seamlessly with any page layout or design. For server administrators, MGI 2.1 is plug-and-play. All functions are fully secure across multiple regions on a web server making MGI ideal for web hosting companies, ISPs, and businesses with multiple divisions in addition to machines running single domains. Web-based server administration lets you...

INCWELL DMG, LTD RELEASES SUPERCARD 3.6.3 UPDATE. February 26, 2001 - Chandler, AZ IncWell DMG, Ltd., in association with Solutions Etcetera, announced today the availability of SuperCard 3.6.3, a free update to their high level multimedia delivery and rapid application development tool. The new version addresses a memory problem under Mac OS 9 and QuickTime 4.1.2, and is available via download from the IncWell web site to all registered users of SuperCard version 3.5 and higher. "With the discovery last month that changes made in QuickTime 4.1.2 could cause SuperCard authored applications to run into potential memory problems with any current system setup, it was imperative for us to release an update as soon as possible. This release is designed to correct that problem", said Scott Simon, Director of Product Development for IncWell. SuperCard offers both the home user and the professional developer alike, an easy to use - easy to learn, yet high-powered environment that provides the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2001 BLUE WORLD RELEASES LASSO STUDIO 1.5.5 FOR MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER AND ULTRADEV Free maintenance update provides enhanced performance, stability, compatibility and new features. Bellevue, WA--February 22, 2001--Blue World Communications, Inc.--pioneers of the Web Data Engine(tm)--today released Lasso Studio 1.5.5 for Macromedia Dreamweaver, a free maintenance update to its popular product for quickly building powerful data-driven Web sites. The release provides enhanced compatibility with Dreamweaver 4 and Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 along with several new features, performance enhancements and fixes to all reported issues. The release also includes an updated version (3.6.6.2) of Lasso Studio Web Data Engine, the single-user developer version of Lasso Web Data Engine. What's New Enhanced Compatibility - Lasso Studio now supports Dreamweaver 4 and Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 in addition to Dreamweaver 3 and Dreamweaver UltraDev 1. Enhanced Installers -...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRONTBASE PAVES THE WAY FOR INTERNATIONAL MAC OS X SOLUTIONS Relational database server takes leadership role with exclusive support for Unicode Foothill Ranch, CA (February 21, 2001) FRONTBASE, a scalable relational database server, offers the Mac OS X community a unique opportunity to deliver and deploy true internationally capable database applications. By offering exclusive support for the Unicode standard, FRONTBASE delivers the database engine required by todays international and Internet driven applications. "When the specification for FRONTBASE was laid down, we had the unique opportunity to decide on the latest ground breaking technology standards, with Unicode being one of the most important", said Geert B. Clemmensen, Founder and CEO of FrontBase, Inc. He continued, "With Mac OS X and its strong Unicode capabilities, Apple Computer is clearly leading the way and we are proud to be a part of the launch of this new and exciting state-of-the-art...