February 20, 2001. San Jose, CA. 4D Inc. releases 4D v6.5.8 -------------------------- 4D, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS Environment and WebSTAR Server Suite 4.3, announced today that 4D version 6.5.8 has been released and is now available from the 4D, Inc. web site. 4D v6.5.8 is a significant release for current 6.5.x users with many improvements to the current feature set. A list of improvements can be found at the URL listed below. "The continued development of the 4D v6.5.x product line is vital to many of our current customer's businesses," said Brendan Coveney, president and CEO, 4D, Inc. "We recognize this fact and have made the commitment to support and develop both the 4D v6.5.x and the 4D v6.7.x product lines in order to maintain the stability, power, and flexibility 4D users are accustomed to and provide them with the necessary resources for their businesses to grow." Updates are available for the following products: - 4th Dimension 6.5.8 - 4D Server 6.5.8...

CTM Development releases PowerMail 3.0.8 ) native version for Mac OS X now available -------------------------------------------------- GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - February 16th, 2000 - CTM Development releases a new version of its $49 flagship e-mail application for Macintosh, PowerMail, now including a native version for Apple's Mac OS X preview. Designed as a fully-featured, user friendly alternative to Outlook Express/Entourage and Eudora, PowerMail features the highest performance mail searching capability, excellent compatibility with complex languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Hebrew as well as a state-of-the-art Mac-like design. The new version offers 22 new features, 19 bug fixes and has been successfully tested with Mac OS version 9.1 (all Mac OS releases since 8.5 are supported). PowerMail 3.0.8 can be evaluated (30-day trial) and ordered from http://www.ctmdev.com (free upgrade for PowerMail 3.0 registered users) For additional information regarding PowerMail, kindly contact...

WAVES IN MOTION RELEASES ANALYZER LITE FOR FILEMAKER Free development tool documents and analyzes FileMaker Pro projects. PHOENIX. February 15, 2001. Ask a room full of FileMaker Pro developers what they like least about their job, and most will tell you it's the prospect of making changes to projects with hundreds or even thousands of elements, where something as simple as deleting a single field can affect any number of layouts, calculations, relationships, and scripts. This is a problem Vince Menanno knows all too well. As the principal of Waves in Motion, he has been working with FileMaker databases for more than a decade. "Sure, with a new project you have the time to organize everything from scratch," he says. "But all too often I find myself called in to fix someone else's project. Things are all over the place and there's no documentation, or it's a database that's been worked on by too many different people." Determined to offer FileMaker Pro developers powerful tools to aid...

Sig Software is proud to announce Email Merge version 2.0. Email Merge is an intuitive program for creating mailings of individualized email messages. It takes a database and a message template, and merges the two to rapidly create customized email messages. It work in conjuction with any one of these email programs: * Microsoft Outlook Express * Microsoft Entourage * Qualcomm Eudora * Claris Emailer * Bare Bones Mailsmith * CTM Development PowerMail * CE Software QuickMail Email Merge can import databases directly from text files or FileMaker Pro and includes many of its own database features such as sorting and finding duplications. It supports attachments and allows each message to be send using a different email account in the chosen email client. Version 2.0 adds an option to specify the account to send each message from, support for CE Software QuickMail and several other minor improvements. The upgrade is free for all registered users. More information and the Email Merge...

For Immediate Release Unicore Technologies adds Macintosh and Gigabit Ethernet Support to NAServers North Chelmsford, MA, February 12, 2001 - Unicore Technologies Corporation, a global manufacturer of Network Attached Storage (NAS), and a worldwide provider of Storage Area Networks (SAN), today announced the availability of Macintosh and Gigabit Ethernet support in their 10-HA, 10R, 350, and 350R model NAServer products. "Industries such as media publishing are demanding high performance storage, and Mac connectivity. We've added the power of Gigabit Ethernet and the flexibility of Macintosh support to our family of NAServers," said David Marchioni, Unicore Technologies' Director of Products & Support. "We continue to provide exceptional performance, and true plug-and-play simplicity." NAServer is a powerful embedded thin file server that provides inexpensive network storage access for UNIX, Novell, Windows, and Macintosh clients. NAServer attaches to any 10Base-T, 100Base-TX, or...

Press Release - For Immediate Distribution STAZ Software, Inc. Ships FutureBASIC^3 (Release 4) www.stazsoftware.com February 1, 2001, Diamondhead, MS - STAZ Software, Inc. today announced the completion and shipment of Release 4 for FutureBASIC^3. This upgrade, mailed free to current subscribers, includes a great collection of new features. One of the new features available in Release 4 is the Profiler. It can monitor and record the amount of time spent in functions down to less than a microsecond. It's the best possible way to increase the speed of your applications. Need more detail? Another utility tracks how many times each line in your project is executed! The editor has some great new features. * Menu selection for multiple types of graphic lines: This makes your source code much easier to read and follow. * Function menu in Project Manager: Click on any file name in the project manager to see a list of its functions. Select any function name to open the file and move to the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FairCom" releases new version of FairCom Macintosh Server V6.10 Offering increased security, functionality and new ASP Development Kit (SDK), for Macintosh: with support for Apple's new Mac OS X; includes support for ADSP, SPX and TCP/IP Columbia, MO February 12, 2001-FairCom" Corporation announced the latest release of its FairCom Macintosh database Server with increased security, enhanced portability and functionality, new server administrative controls, and a special FairCom Server SDK for Macintosh, which allows Mac developers to create application-specific servers. This new server offers direct support for Apple Mac OS X, and includes support for ADSP, SPX and TCP/IP protocols. Using FairCom's Macintosh Server side SDK, Macintosh developers can decrease network traffic and increase performance by moving functions to the server. "We've seen a surge in application service provider solutions and web development using the FairCom Server SDK for Macintosh,"...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Automated Solutions Group Announces the Release of SuperReport Pro 2.5 Enhanced reporting tool for 4th Dimension. Huntington Beach, CA - February 9, 2001: Automated Solutions Group today announced the release of SuperReport Pro 2.5 for Macintosh and Windows. About SuperReport Pro SuperReport Pro 2.5 is the most powerful upgrade ever offered for SuperReport Pro. With over 50 new and enhanced routines, a new developer API, enhanced user interface, enhanced HTML interface and web integration, and compatibility with 4D 6.5/6.7, it's not your ordinary columnar reporting tool. SuperReport Pro combines the power and ease of use of 4th Dimension with an enhanced reporting interface which can create a wide variety of reports. )From standard columnar style reports, to detailed invoices, to reports which will be distributed within your companies intranet or to your corporate web site. SuperReport Pro, the most advanced reporting tool for 4th Dimension does the Web!...

POWERTICKER COMES HOME TO GALLEON SOFTWARE Original developers purchase leading Macintosh stock browser from Aladdin Systems TORONTO. May 10, 2001. Since they first released MacTicker in 1999, Galleon Software has been at the forefront of the Macintosh stock browser market. Aladdin Systems purchased the product soon after, and Galleon continued as the prime developers of the newly named PowerTicker. But today, with the release of PowerTicker 2.1 under the Galleon banner, the leading stock browser on Macintosh has come full circle. (http://www.galleon.com/powerticker) "Selling PowerTicker to Galleon Software makes good sense," says Jonathan Kahn, CEO of Aladdin Systems. "It puts an exciting piece of software back into the hands of the people who created the original version, and will allow Aladdin to focus our resources on extending our StuffIt technology, enhancing Spring Cleaning, and expanding our offerings for Developers." PowerTicker is a specialized web browser that queries...

MacHack 2001: Keynote Announced: The Ultimate Macintosh Engineering Reunion February 8, 2001-Dearborn, MI- In 1981 the computer industry was changing. A little company in Cupertino, CA, had already made a greater move toward personalizing computer technology than any other that came before. That company was, of course, Apple Computer, Inc.; the industry leader that grew out of the fabled garage. Things were poised to change again. Behind closed doors in Cupertino, an engineering team was gathered to revolutionize computing and bring a new level of usability to light. Rarely has a significant portion of the original Macintosh team come together to reminisce and to look ahead. MacHack is pleased to announce a keynote as much about making history as it is about history, a keynote panel from the halls of Cupertino: Andy Hertzfeld Andy was a graduate student at UC Berkeley in January 1978 when he purchased an Apple II personal computer, and it changed his life. He went to work for...

SOFTPRESS SYSTEMS RELEASES FREEWAY 3.1 -- Freeway 3.1 includes enhanced Flash handling, extended Freeway Actions, faster performance and improved support for Arabic Web publishing -- Oxford, England -- February 6th, 2001 -- SoftPress Systems today announced a significant update to Freeway, their award-winning Web-design software for the Apple Macintosh. The new release, Freeway 3.1, includes new features as well as performance improvements and maintenance changes. The update from version 3.0x is now freely available from the SoftPress Systems Web site (http://www.softpress.com). NEW FEATURES IN FREEWAY 3.1 * Modify links and backgrounds in Flash files right from Freeway's Flash Extras interface. A major time-saver! * JavaScript handling for Actions has been substantially extended - with 57 new additions to the JavaScript API - giving developers even more power to create dynamic behaviors. * Freeway's text processing has been further optimized to make editing of large documents even...

RICOCHET PREMIERES IN LOS ANGELES 128 kbps High-Speed Wireless Internet Access Now Available in Largest Coverage Area Under Nationwide Footprint San Jose, Ca., - February 5, 2001 - Metricom, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCOM), a leading high-speed wireless data company, today announced the commercial availability of Ricochet high-speed mobile access in the Los Angeles service area. Stretching from the Ventura county line down the coast to Newport Beach and beyond Riverside to the east, the Los Angeles footprint represents the largest market in the nationwide Ricochet network and marks the first commercial market launch of Ricochet in 2001. Ricochet offers the advantage of 128 kbps access with true wireless mobility, allowing users the freedom to work outside the confines of the office but with the full capabilities of a desktop experience. With the addition of the Los Angeles market, mobile professionals can take advantage of high-speed access from anywhere within the national coverage footprint,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WAVES IN MOTION RELEASES ANALYZER LITE FOR FILEMAKER Free development tool for Mac and Windows - Analyzes FileMaker Pro projects. Contact: Vince Menanno Phone: 602-956-7080 Fax: 602-956-6754 E-mail: info@wmotion.com Web: http://wmotion.com PHOENIX. February 4, 2001. Ask a room full of FileMaker developers what they like least about their job, and most will tell you it's the prospect of making changes to projects with hundreds or even thousands of elements, where something as simple as deleting a single field can affect any number of layouts, calculations, relationships, and scripts. This is a problem Vince Menanno knows all too well. As the principal of Waves in Motion, he has been working with FileMaker databases for more than a decade. "Sure, with a new project you have the time to organize everything from scratch," he says. "But all too often I find myself called in to fix someone else's project. Things are all over the place and there's no documentation, or...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TEXT CLEANER PUBLIC BETA PROGRAM--FIND A BUG, GET A FREE COPY Takoma Park, MD February 5, 2001--Studio 405, Inc. announced the "Find a Bug, Get a Free Copy" public beta program for Text Cleaner 2, which is in final stages of development. Text Cleaner was designed to eliminate the need for common search-and-replace routines to prepare text for print or World-Wide Web publication. Correct typesetting marks and input error correction are handled in one pass. Text Cleaner can clean text directly within QuarkXpress and is compatible with any application that allows copy and paste. New features in Text Cleaner 2 include: * Up to five simultaneous user text strings can be entered to create custom cleaning operations. * Cleaning operations have been accelerated up to 300%. * Unlimited user-defined presets can be set and are sorted alphabetically in a pop-up menu. * Presets can be imported and exported, allowing configuration sharing and easier standardization for...

February 3nd, 2001: Clean-Install Assistant 1.5.1 is now available for downloading from www.marcmoini.com Version 1.5.1 allows moving files from Mac OS 9.1 to a newer Mac OS version, or to/from 9.1 and previous versions. Clean-Install Assistant makes it easier to migrate third-party and personal items to a new Clean-Installed System Folder, and it may also be used to: Save space and backup your valuable additions and preference files only, instead of the whole System Folder. Install the same set of additions on multiple Macs. Remove extra files and folders from your System Folder to restore it to a previous state: you can take a 'snapshot' of the System Folder and have Clean-Install Assistant extract any items added since. It is free for personal and educational use, download from www.marcmoini.com

We are proud to announce an updated version of our freeware ID3 editor ID3X for the Apple Macintosh! ID3X is an editor for easy manipulation of ID3 tags in mp3 music files. ID3 tags are used to store title, artist and other information in mp3 files which can then be displayed in your favorite mp3 player application. More information at: http://www.three-2-one.com/ID3X/ Direct download link: http://www.three-2-one.com/ID3X/ID3X12.sit New in this version: - many *important* bug fixes regarding ID3V2 tags in mp3 files - easier handling - better performance Thanks for your patience, Jrg Pressel three-2-one interaktive Medien GmbH joergp@three-2-one.com http://www.three-2-one.com fon: +49 2151 319450

For Immediate Release Toronto, Canada - Rage Software announces CSM Maker 1.1 CSM Maker is the only Macintosh Application which allows you to create CSMs at the click of a button. Just drag and drop an application onto CSM Maker and a CSM will be created for it. New In This Version This new version allows you to drop a file onto CSM Maker's Icon to create a CSM for it. It also adds a confirmation message when the CSM is created and it fixes a few bugs. The price for a license has also been cut in half. It is now cheaper to include built CSMs with your shareware or commercial applications. Download, Pricing & Distribution CSM Maker is free for personal use and free when distributing a CSM with a freeware applications although you must pay a small fee if you would like to include a CSM with a shareware or commercial application. For pricing info please visit http://www.ragesw.com/csmmaker/ or to purchase a license visit http://order.kagi.com. Further Information http://www.ragesw....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FontDoctor is the industry standard software application for font problem diagnosis and repair for Macintosh. Version 4.5 is a major upgrade that includes a host of new and updated features, including powerful repair methods for damaged font tables (kerning, glyph width, etc.), font ID conflicts, duplicate fonts, extra font sizes, mixed font types (TrueType & PostScript), missing bitmaps & PostScript fonts, and more. The Expert Options window allows full control and customization of the diagnosis and repair process. FontDoctor for Macintosh can now diagnose and repair older style and outdated bitmap font formats and can convert and update them into a modern compatible format. This repair is required for older fonts to work with some newer applications (including QuarkXPress) and with the forthcoming OS X (Carbon). FontDoctor for Macintosh v4.5 now includes a font "clean-up" feature that automatically reunites stray PostScript fonts with their sister...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DACONS INTERNATIONAL http://www.dacons.net/launchit.html .launch.it 1.0 for Mac released! Now available cross-platform! Dacons - the producer of .mail.it - The Ultimate e-mail plug-in is proud to announce the release of .launch.it. .launch.it enables you to store any file name and its path in a FileMaker Pro field using a FileOpen dialog. The file and its parent application can be launched from within FileMaker. This plug-in can be very helpful if you would like to link certain files on your local Mac or network/intranet to records in your database. Example Application: Store all corresponding files for one customer (ie. all Word documents, presentations, letters, faxes etc) in your customer database. Easily find, organize and open any documents related to that one customer. Download a fully working trial version of .launch.it for Mac now at http://www.dacons.net/launchit.html .launch.it is available in single user, network and...

We've just released The ZipBurst 2.1 CGI Lite and Pro. 2.1 now supports MacOS Personal Web Sharing, the web server built-into EVERY copy of MacOS! In minutes you can have multi-threaded database searching on any MacOS box running 8.6 or later -- just enable Personal Web Sharing and add The ZipBurst 2.1 Lite CGI! http://www.ZipBurst.com/ The Lite version will search an unlimited number of databases, searching fields (text, numbers, dates), and the Pro version adds location-based searches to the mix -- enter in a ZIPcode, city, state, city and state, or an area code. Both U.S. and Canadian locations are supported. Here's few a sample URLs: http://search.ZipServe.com/datia/ http://www.OsteoporosisStudy.com/studyloc.html For 2.1 we added more tags, support for nested tags (e.g. tags in arguments for tags), improved performance, and support for the builtin MacOS Personal Web Server. (The upgrade for current 2.0 users is FREE and is simply DRAG and DROP of the 2.1 application.)...

For immediate release ST. CLAIR SOFTWARE RELEASES SCREEN CATCHER 2.2 Screen capture tool delivers Mac OS 9.1 compatibility and new file formats (Youngstown, OH -- January 25, 2001) St. Clair Software announced today that version 2.2 of Screen Catcher, their popular screen capture utility, is now available. Screen Catcher 2.2 is fully compatible with Mac OS 9.1. It also now takes advantage of QuickTime 4, allowing users to open and save files in all major bitmapped graphics formats. These include PICT, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PNG, Photoshop, and more. In addition, compatibility problems have been addressed with Netscape 6, Carbon applications, Chronos Personal Organizer, and Thursby's DAVE file sharing client. 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 increasingly broad file format support, has made Screen...

Just in case you were curious about the Microsoft site outage that affected Microsoft, MSN, and more ... here's the MS posting. Microsoft Explains Site Access Issues On Tuesday evening and Wednesday, many Microsoft customers had difficulty accessing the company's Web sites. The cause has been determined, and the issue is resolved. At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (PST), a Microsoft technician made a configuration change to the routers on the edge of Microsoft's Domain Name Server network. The DNS servers are used to connect domain names with numeric IP addresses (e.g. 207.46.230.219) of the various servers and networks that make up Microsoft's Web presence. The mistaken configuration change limited communication between DNS servers on the Internet and Microsoft's DNS servers. This limited communication caused many of Microsoft's sites to be unreachable (although they were actually still operational) to a large number of customers throughout last night and today. This was an operational error, and...

We've just placed QuickDNS Pro 3.0.1 on our FTP server, replacing the 3.0 release. QuickDNS Pro 3.0.1 is a maintenance release. This version resolves issues reported with the 3.0 release and adds some feature enhancements. This is a recommended update for all QuickDNS Pro 3.0 users. Below you'll find information about some of the changes and fixes in 3.0.1: - New and updated zones are now loaded immediately by the server. This is true for both master and slave zones. This allows the user to set the scan interval setting to a higher value. - It is no longer possible to crash the server with certain kinds of DoS attacks. - Loading slave zones with very long names now works correctly. - CNAME wildcard records are now handled correctly. - Better support for MacDNS zone file import. - Manager sometimes crashed when user tried to insert a record. This has been fixed. - When a Load Balance record exists, it is no longer possible to create another record with the same name as the Load Balance...

Subject: Vicomsoft News Alert: Internet Gateway and SurfDoubler 6.8.1 Released for MacOS After working closely with Apple engineers Vicomsoft are pleased to release an update of their Internet Gateway and SurfDoubler 6.8 to work with the latest MacOS 9.1. The new version - 6.8.1 - is now 100% compatible with Apple's latest Mac OS 9.1 and brings with it all the features added for version 6.8 - including the ability to support a VPN (Virtual Private Network) using PPTP (point to Point Tunnelling Protocol). With the latest Internet Gateway and SurfDoubler any one computer at a time can be a PPTP Client on your network - creating a secure private network across the Internet. Version 6.8.1 of the Vicomsoft Internet Gateway now has the ability to run the RapidCache server (included in all Suites - and optional with the Modular Internet Gateway) with large hard drive partitions in excess of 30 gigabytes. The benefits of the RapidCache server represent huge time and bandwidth savings and can...

January 23rd, 2001 MacAmp 2.0.0 -- The Future is Now! Subband Software, Inc., Renton, Washington -- January 23rd -- Subband Software announced that AMP Radio has returned to its roots and changed its name to MacAmp, and that version 2.0.0 of MacAmp has been released. MacAmp is still the great audio player you've grown to love, but now with a new name and great new features! MacAmp is simply the best way to turn your Macintosh into an entire virtual home audio system! MacAmp allows you to connect to the thousands of Internet radio stations constantly being broadcast with the SHOUTcast and Icecast protocols. It's also one of the best ways to play local audio files, featuring an excellent hierarchical playlist, with great sorting capabilities! MacAmp supports many audio formats, from MP3s to CD Audio, AIFF/Wav to the new Ogg Vorbis audio format, and many more. Most impressively, MacAmp is the first and best way to broadcast your own live radio stream right from your Macintosh! Key...

Essence Software is proud to announce the release of SuperSocket 2.0! SuperSocket is the premier network communications toolkit for REALbasic. It provides a suite of classes for working with TCP/IP, UDP/IP, ICMP internet protocols, and now in version 2.0, AppleTalk! (ADSP and DDP) SuperSocket now also runs on Carbon (including MacOS X!) and the groundwork is in place for the Win32 port. Licensing for SuperSocket 2 is as follows: Commercial - $100 Academic - $50 Upgrades are available upon request for existing SuperSocket customers. Customers that purchased SuperSocket after 1st, December 2000 have been issued with a free upgrade. James Milne Essence Software (http://www.essencesw.com/) (mailto:james@essencesw.com)

KINROSS-21/01/01 Essence Software has released MySQL Plugin 1.1. MySQL Plugin is a plugin for the REALbasic development environment on the MacOS. This plugin allows developers to communicate with MySQL database servers from their applications. MySQL Plugin 1.1 fully supports the REALbasic Database API, including adding databases to the project. This release of Essence Software's MySQL Plugin uses wholly new libraries, the source code to which is now available from the Essence Software website. The new MySQL Client Library from Essence Software is free for use by C developers, and is based upon the MySQL 3.23.29 release. Also new for this release, Essence Software have dropped the price of their MySQL plugin. The new pricing is as follows: Commercial License - $30 Academic License - $10 At present, the MySQL Plugin only supports Classic MacOS. A release will be made in the near future that also supports Win32. A Carbon port of the MySQL Client Library is presently in progress. James...

IOGEAR Announces "SmartLink" Irvine, California January 16, 2001 IOGEAR introduces the simplest way to connect MACs to PCs. SmartLink provides an easy "Plug-N-Play" file transfer solution for USB enabled computers! Connect a MAC to a PC, MAC to a MAC, or a PC to a PC. IOGEAR's SmartLink (GUN161) offers a quick and easy solution for host to host file transfers at speeds equivalent to 10BaseT Ethernet! SmartLink is perfect for anyone needing to integrate MACs and PCs together minus the cost and headache of other solutions. IOGEAR's SmartLink is available at all major reseller at a MSRP of $44.95. SmartLink Features: For use with: Apple Macintosh computer running OS 8.6 or greater IBM compatible computers running Windows 98SE, 2000, or ME. Supports peer to peer file transfer function with PC-PC, MAC-MAC and PC-MAC with USB interface Up to a 6Mbps data transfer rate Single cable solution for data communication Plug-n-play and hot pluggable Double data buffer supporting two-way data...

From: Aaron Bratcher (aaronbratcher@mac.com) I am very please to report that db Reports 2.3 is now available for download at http://abDataTools.com/ db Reports is a Database report writing application for the Macintosh that supports several data sources. See web site for a list of supported sources. The program has a step-by-step process for helping you create a report. It supports data grouping with aggregate results. Expressions allow you to use math, logical, and string functions for a very flexible reporting environment. By default, report templates are saved as XML files, but they can be encoded and optionally password protected. Protected files can be previewed and printed, but not edited. REALbasic developers can include and print pre-made reports with their projects. Version 2.3 adds the following: mySQL Support (yeah!) Longer expressions are now accepted (up to 32K) Number formatting property Tab key now selects next object These bug fixes/changes: UserID and Password to...

Roland's SignMate 6.5 Now Available for Mac Irvine, CA, January 19, 2001 - Roland DGA Corporation today announced the availability of SignMate 6.5 for the Mac. Completely redesigned, this powerful, new software is perfect for sign makers, print-for-pay providers and other graphics professionals. "SignMate's new Mac version is the ultimate tool for sign makers," said Thomas O'Reilly, Roland Software Product Specialist. "It greatly increases speed and productivity by letting users edit their work with the new DesignCentral interface, which eliminates the need for numerous dialog boxes. Also, SignMate lets users keep the look and feel of their favorite program, whether it's Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, or CorelDraw." Designed specifically for all Roland cutters, printers and print/cut machines, SignMate 6.5 is built on true Mac standards for optimal performance. Features include spot color support, color calibration, improved image quality, nesting, contour cutting, color separation,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Automated Solutions Group Announces the Release of ObjectTools v1.5.1 Huntington Beach, CA - January 18, 2001: Automated Solutions Group today announced the release of ObjectTools v1.5.1 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 Objects are virtually...

REWIND FAST FORWARDS TO VERSION 1.1 Power On Updates Macworld Best of Show Winner for Mac OS 9.1 Columbus, Ohio - January 18, 2001 - Power On Software, Inc. today announced that it has released a new version of its Macworld Best of Show award-winning utility, Rewind. The new version adds interface enhancements, support for Mac OS 9.1, and addresses a number of usability and performance issues. Rewind is a unique new product that automatically provides continuous protection to a user's system and data from the moment it is installed. Rewind is ideal for all Macintosh users, from beginners and novices to users in critical production environments. Rewind provides the ability to recover from errors or accidental data loss and to revive frozen or misbehaving systems instantly. Rewind Version 1.1 offers the following enhancements: * Inclusion of support for Mac OS 9.1 * Added the ability to display specific types of events in the Rewind Disks window with a new filter popup menu * Updated...

WIBU-KEY: Ready for Mac OS X! Karlsruhe, 01-08-2001. WIBU-SYSTEMS, one of the worldwide leading manufacturers in the copy protection and license management for software industry, announced the new Macintosh Driver v3.0 to support Mac OS X, Apple's next generation operating system. Mac OS X's advanced technologies and incredible stability will make it very popular with professionals, who will use WIBU-KEY's universal copy protection and license management tool because of its new drivers for Mac OS X," said Oliver Winzenried, C.E.O of WIBU-SYSTEMS AG. We will show WIBU-KEY with the latest drivers at CeBIT 2001 in hall 13 booth E66." "Mac OS X is the best operating system we've ever created, with advanced Internet and graphics technologies, a new user interface named Aqua, and an open-source UNIX-like foundation," said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "We are thrilled that companies like WIBU-SYSTEMS are developing innovative products for Mac OS...

From: Kai Staats (kstaats@terrasoftsolutions.com) Subject: Terra Soft Releases Dual-Processor/1GB RAM Kernel Dear Associatees of Terra Soft, Jeremias Sauceda, a software engineer for Terra Soft Solutions, has enabled a PowerPC Linux kernel with support for dual-processor Apple G4s and 1GB RAM. This is the first time these two features have been combined into one kernel for these systems. The experimental kernel ("vmlinux-2.4.1-pre2") is available online: ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/updates/kernel/dual-g4/ Sincerely, kai

Subject: Eudora Archiver 1.5 From: Softobe (info@softobe.com) We would like to notify the latest version of our Mac shareware "Eudora Archiver 1.5". What's new in this version: It runs properly on MacOS 9.1 Fixed internal bug occurred on some old version of MacOS. Added support for saving file with creator of BlueSky Research "Textures" Product Page: http://www.softobe.com/products/eaar/pp.html Download: http://www.softobe.com/download/eaar.sit (971 KB) http://www.softobe.com/download/eaar.hqx (1.3 Mb) Best Regards Softobe Support Team mailto:info@softobe.com http://www.softobe.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Screen Catcher 2.2b2 Public Beta Refines File Format Support and Compatibility (Youngstown, OH -- January 16, 2001) A second public beta version of Screen Catcher 2.2, St. Clair Software's popular screen capture utility, is now available for download at: http://www.stclairsoft.com/ScreenCatcher/beta.html Screen Catcher 2.2b2 leverages the capabilities of Quicktime 4 to capture, open, and save images in PICT, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PNG, Photoshop, SGI, MacPaint,TGA, and Quicktime formats. It is also now compatible with Mac OS 9.1, Carbon applications, Netscape 6, and Chronos Personal Organizer. This latest beta release improves support and control of preferences for the file formats new to version 2.2, as well as fixing a conflict that could cause crashes when Screen Catcher was used while Chronos Personal Organizer was installed. Screen Catcher is St. Clair Software's full-featured screen capture utility, and the only Mac utility offering a "Catch-All" feature...

OPEN DOOR NETWORKS SHIPS THE "WHO'S THERE?" FIREWALL ADVISOR ASHLAND, OR. -- January 15, 2001 -- Open Door Networks Inc. today shipped its new "Who's There?" Firewall Advisor. Available immediately, "Who's There?" Firewall Advisor provides the next step in Internet security by helping users analyze and investigate access attempts to their Macintosh. With "Who's There?" Firewall Advisor users can determine the level of risk of an "attack" detected by their personal firewall, find the name, email address and phone number of an administrator associated with the attacker's network, and even automatically draft an email to that administrator. With the ever-growing number of computers connected to the Internet through "always on" connections, there has been a significant increase in the number of hackers attempting to infiltrate those computers. Personal firewalls have been developed to thwart those attempts. As the number of attempts has risen, however, users have become increasingly...

HELIOS Software GmbH is now shipping its PDF Handshake 2.0 product. Now available on its distribution CD016, HELIOS PDF Handshake 2.0 provides a complete, high-performance prepress workflow solution for Adobe Portable Document Format files - from layout to output - including ColorSync/ICC-based integrated color management and flexible production and output options including breakthrough features such as "Create PDF Server" for UNIX and "PDF Internet Printing." PDF HANDSHAKE 2.0 Using PDF Handshake, users of QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign can work with PDF input as easily as they would with EPS or TIFF images, whether it be a single drawing, logo, or a fully designed advertisement or page layout. HELIOS PDF Handshake 2.0 provides printing and OPI support for PDF documents that have already been separated enabling either composite or separated input or output. In addition, HELIOS Print Preview supports a composite soft proof of the separated or composite PDF documents. CREATE PDF SERVER...

From: Ken-ichiro Hidaka (khidaka@venus.dti.ne.jp) Subject: Let me introduce my software Dear Madams or Sirs, Hello. My name is hida. I am Macintosh programer. I have made KinkyBeepII. Please let me introduce KinkyBeepII. KinkyBeepII is the sound synthesizer that creates system alerts and effect sound, etc. You can download it at following URL. http://www.venus.dti.ne.jp/~khidaka/soft/KinkyBeepII2.0.0.sea.hqx If you like KinkyBeepII, would you take up KinkyBeepII on MacTech Magazine? I think that game developers and multimedia developers needs KinkyBeepII, because they can make original sound with easy operation using KinkyBeepII. Thank you for your attention. Good luck on your work. ---------------- Product Name : KinkyBeepII Version : 2.0.0 Author : hida License : Shareware, $10 Download Page : http://www.venus.dti.ne.jp/~khidaka/softe.html Direct Link : http://www.venus.dti.ne.jp/~khidaka/soft/KinkyBeepII2.0.0.sea.hqx Direct Download File Size: 472 KB Icon URL : http://www.venus.dti...

MINDVISION SHIPS UPDATE TO POPULAR MAC OS X INSTALLER Installer VISE 7.1 adds even more support for Mac OS X installs SAN FRANCISCO - January 9, 2001: MindVision Software has provided Mac OS X installation solutions since May 2000. Now, with the release of Installer VISE(tm) 7.1 at Macworld Expo, it's even easier to build install targets to both Classic Mac OS and Mac OS X. "MindVision has always provided developers with rock-solid installation solutions ahead of the competition. With this new release of Installer VISE we have incorporated seven months of feedback from Mac OS X developers and users to provide a polished, mature solution for building Classic Mac OS and Mac OS X installers," said MindVision CTO Steve Kiene. "MindVision has always invested heavily in Apple's future, and our support for Mac OS X is no exception. As our competition scales back their software delivery solutions, we continue to add more value to our product line." Fully-functional copies of Installer VISE 7....

New mimio Software from Virtual Ink Exports Whiteboard Data to QuickTime and iMovie Multimedia Applications mimio 1.5 for the Macintosh Demonstrated at Virtual Ink Booth #4027 at Macworld Expo MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO -January 9, 2001- Virtual Ink Corp. today announced mimio 1.5 for the Macintosh, a new software release that will give Mac users the ability to export whiteboard information to QuickTime, as well as to iMovie, for editing and viewing as rich content. Mac users will be able to export ideas, concepts and learning materials from a whiteboard into video applications for presentations, creative briefs or classroom lectures. mimio instantly turns any whiteboard into a digital tool that captures handwritten, color text and drawings as real-time data that can be shared and used anytime, anywhere. "mimio turns whiteboard information into rich media content within an on-line, multimedia environment, including streaming video and audio," said Greg McHale, president and CEO of...

Metrowerks Announces New Version of CodeWarrior Learning Edition for Novice Programmers Multimedia Tutorial Makes It Easier Than Ever to Learn How to Program; Company Also Announces New Programming Courses on CodeWarriorU.com MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-January 9, 2000-Metrowerks today announced a new version of its CodeWarrior(r) Learning Edition development tool suite for students and novice programmers. In addition, the company announced three new programming courses on its CodeWarriorU.com web site. The new version of CodeWarrior Learning Edition includes a voice-guided multimedia tutorial that walks the user through the CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The tools also come with a new user's guide and online help files written with novice programmers in mind. "The multimedia tutorial that ships with Version 2.0 of CodeWarrior Learning Edition is a great way to become familiar with the CodeWarrior IDE," said Bob LeVitus, syndicated newspaper technology...

Aladdin Systems Ships Aladdin Transporter(TM) - Automates File, Internet And E-Mail Communications - Allows Users to 'Create Personalized Communications Solutions!'(TM) Powered by StuffIt(TM) Technology, Aladdin Transporter Saves Time, Reduces Errors, and Simplifies Communications With Custom Drop Boxes That Automate Virtually Any File Transfer Task SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- (Macworld EXPO Booth #1707) Aladdin Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ALHI), today shipped Aladdin Transporter(TM) -- a new Macintosh utility that enables users to easily set up customized and automated file management, communications and Internet-related tasks. Using 26 customizable actions, or "steps," users can create customized drop boxes that perform a wide range of automated tasks, such as file compression, FTP, Web, and e-mail transfers, as well as the ability to display custom alert dialogs, text messages, sounds, pictures, and even...

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNI SOFTWARE PLUS GmbH Softwarepark Hagenberg A-4323 Hagenberg, AUSTRIA fax: +43 (7236) 3338-30 email: voodoo@unisoftwareplus.com www: http://www.unisoftwareplus.com/products/voodoopersonal.html Subject: VOODOO Personal 2.0 Released - The Version Organizer that Saves the Evolution of Your Work San Francisco, CA (MacWorld EXPO 2001), January-9-2001, UNI SOFTWARE PLUS is proud to announce the immediate availability of VOODOO Personal 2.0. VOODOO Personal 2.0 is the much improved successor of VOODOO 1.8 which won the MacWorld/MacTech Eddy award in 1997. "We are extremely happy about the new sibling in the VOODOO family of version control products. VOODOO Personal will finally solve the problems of many people working in a broad range of different areas, from web publishers to designers, from book writers to musicians." said Christoph Reichenberger, VOODOO product manager. "With VOODOO Personal you can store all versions of your documents and...

Media 100 Launches CineStream Delivers Software-Based Interactive Streaming Media Authoring Capability for Web Developers and Professional Content Creators Media 100 CineStream Integrates "EventStream" Technology with Powerful Content Creation Capability to Enable Interactive Streaming Media Authoring and Delivery MARLBORO, Mass.--Jan. 9, 2001--Media 100 Inc. (NASDAQ: MDEA), the leading provider of software, systems and services for streaming media on the Internet, today announced the launch of Media 100 CineStream, the industry's first software-based interactive streaming media authoring solution for web developers and professional content creators. With the release of CineStream, Media 100 is enabling a broader range of customers to create and deliver superior quality, highly-interactive streaming media programs for delivery over the Internet. CineStream, the next evolution of the award-winning content creation solution, EditDV, is built on Media 100's flagship Streaming Media...

"Contour Design Introduces ShuttlePRO(TM) Multimedia Controller" MacWorld, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA, January 9, 2001 Contour Design, Inc. introduces its innovative ShuttlePRO(TM) Multimedia Controller for video and audio editing. (MW Booth # 1549) Contour has targeted the ShuttlePro(TM) Multimedia Controller at professional video editors as well as first time users. While professional video editors often use expensive variations of Jog & Shuttle Controllers ($300 & Up) to support the process of creating movies with raw footage, there has been no affordable -- yet professional functional -- similar device for the small studio or home application. The ShuttlePRO MultiMedia Controller makes editing videos a breeze. The Contour ShuttlePRO is a USB device and its associated high-productivity software is for Macs only. The ShuttlePRO controller provides the professional level of quality and productivity enhancing features formerly found in only expensive editing...

FETCH AUTHOR LAUNCHES FETCH SOFTWORKS, ANNOUNCES VERSION 4.0 HANOVER, N.H. - Jim Matthews, author of the popular Macintosh FTP program "Fetch," announces the launch of a new company to further develop and market the award-winning file transfer utility. Fetch Softworks has licensed the Fetch source code and name from Dartmouth College and will offer a free public test release of Fetch 4.0 beginning Tuesday, January 9, 2001. "I am excited by this opportunity to enhance Fetch and to offer its many users a long awaited upgrade," said Matthews. "Fetch 4.0 implements users' suggestions in areas ranging from security to interface and incorporates the latest operating system technologies." Fetch, first developed in 1989 to address Dartmouth College's internal file transfer needs, was one of the first graphical FTP clients on any platform and remains the most popular file transfer utility for the Macintosh. Millions of copies of Fetch have been distributed and used to transfer countless web...

Power On Software Unveils Now Up-to-Date & Contact 4.0 for Mac OS X Leading PIM to Support World's Most Advanced Operating System Columbus, Ohio - January 9, 2001 - Power On Software, Inc. today announced Now Up-to-Date & Contact 4.0 for Mac OS X at Macworld Expo. This new, feature-laden version has undergone major interface design improvements, while becoming even faster and easier to use. "When we acquired Now Up-to-Date & Contact from Qualcomm Incorporated, we set out a very specific development path that included updating the software and adding support for handheld computers," said Robert Leeds, Power On Software's Vice President of Business Development. "Having successfully executed that plan, we turned our attention towards creating a new version that supports Apple's next-generation operating system, Mac OS X, and offers an array of features that no other product in this category can touch." "Mac OS X, from its open-source Darwin kernel to breathtaking Aqua...

Maxum Development Announces Major Upgrade To PageSentry January 9, 2001. Maxum Development, known for its award winning line of Internet server tools, announced today the release of PageSentry 3.0. PageSentry is the robust solution for monitoring crucial Internet services, testing servers using the same high level protocols used by real Internet clients and sending warnings to system administrators or taking corrective action automatically. The new version is a significant update that offers a number of important new features. While PageSentry has always been able to provide robust monitoring of Web servers, PageSentry itself is now Web-enabled. This new built-in capability allows users to view the status of their servers or even make common configuration changes from any Web browser on the Internet. The Web reporting capability can be customized using "Groups" so that individual users can access reports listing the status of only their own servers. Groups can also be used to trigger...