bDistributed.com Contributes Macintosh Support to Ogg Vorbis Project High-quality Open Source audio compression technology now available to Macintosh developers HOFFMAN ESTATES, Illinois - September 11, 2000 - bDistributed.com has contributed Macintosh support for Ogg Vorbis to Xiphophorous. Macintosh developers can now use this high-quality audio compression and decompression library in their software. Ogg Vorbis is "a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source" developed by Christopher Montgomery of Xiphophorous. It provides quality and compression similar to the popular MP3 audio compression format. Unlike MP3, however, Ogg Vorbis is not subject to restrictive patent licenses and royalty agreements. The Xiphophorous reference implementation of Ogg Vorbis is available under an Open Source license, and the Ogg Vorbis specification has been placed in the public domain. Macintosh support for Ogg Vorbis was...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New application Germany, 11 September 2000 - Internet Consult announced today a new software called iCafe Gateway iCafe Gateway is a Client-server system for Internet cafes. NEW TO VERSION 1.51: One Mac is the server and does all the accounting. You cash in money and while the client is surfing it counts down the time/money. If a client ( the computer people do surfing ) runs out of money it gets a stop dialog box. You can select a default browser ( maybe one with kiosk mode ) and an accounting server. This means a maximum fexibility. A coin rejector will follow by the end of 2000 automating the complete process. The server does a detailed logging of most activities. This logfile could be imported into a database to find out how much your income of each surf station was. ( you can disable the logging if you dont need it ) The system is reduced to the ease of use and any person is able to administrate the accounting of your Internet cafe. PRICING iCafe Gateway is...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VISIO TO CONCEPTDRAW FILE CONVERTER RELEASED Free utility allows to convert Visio documents to ConceptDraw file format. Odessa, Ukraine - September 10th, 2000 - Computer Systems Odessa Corp., today released the final version of Visio to ConceptDraw file converter, a free utility for conversion of documents created in MS Visio to ConceptDraw file format. The converter allows to convert MS Visio documents into the ConceptDraw format providing seamless data exchange with the world of Visio users. The file converter relies on the OLE technology, and can work either on a local machine which has Visio installed, or as an Internet service - which means that anyone can e-mail a Visio file to the server and receive the converted file by e-mail in a short time. To convert locally, the user can download a free utility from the ConceptDraw site. The Internet service is also free of charge. This service is intented to give additional benefits to ConceptDraw users and make for...

Sig Software is proud to announce the release of TableText 1.0.1 as a native Carbon application for Mac OS X. TableText is a program which allows tabular information to be represented, manipulated and scanned as plain text. With it, you can convert spreadsheets and tables to ASCII text with ease. It can be used for email messages, source code comments and cross-platform documentation. It also allows text to be converted back into tabular form, for importing into a spreadsheet, word processor or database. More information and the TableText download are available at: (http://www.sigsoftware.com/tabletext/) Thank you, Gideon Greenspan Sig Software gdg@sigsoftware.com http://www.sigsoftware.com/

Terran Interactive Adds Powerful DVD Production Capability to Cleaner 5 MPEG Charger and MPEG SuperCharger Add Enhanced MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Support for Cleaner 5; Enables Web Designers to Produce DVD Content Out of The Box LOS GATOS, Calif.--Sept. 11, 2000-- Terran Interactive, a subsidiary of Media 100 Inc. (NASDAQ: MDEA), today announced two upgrade options for the newly-announced interactive streaming media design solution, Cleaner 5. The two new cross-platform options, Cleaner MPEG Charger and Cleaner MPEG SuperCharger, provide optimized media encoding options for DVD, Video CD, CD-ROM and digital broadcasting right out of the box. Cleaner MPEG Charger is a software-based MPEG encoding plug-in for Cleaner 5, providing comprehensive control over MPEG-2 encoding and enhanced MPEG-1 support including variable bit rate encoding. With these added features, media professionals will be able to turn all popular video, audio and animation file formats into MPEG streams for high-quality...

For Immediate Release: ActiveDeveloper -- Cocoa and WebObjects IDE Fall 2000 Offering. September 2000 -- Vestbjerg, Denmark -- Starting today, we launch our Fall 2000 offering of licenses for ActiveDeveloper - our Multi-Platform Runtime Object IDE for Developing NATIVE Cocoa Desktop Applications and WebObjects Servers for Apples Award winning WebObjects E-commerce Server platform. Adding the ActiveDeveloper IDE we cut your API learning curve and turn Development incremental. With ActiveDeveloper you get a Runtime Object IDE that allows you to develop NATIVE Cocoa apps and WebObjects servers directly at Runtime - while they run. Thereby enabling you to get a whole lot closer to the Objects you work with ... then you can with the Standard tools. ActiveDeveloper - Turns complex OO Programming into Interactive Scripting by giving you a Runtime Object IDE for the compiler. - Cuts your API learning curve - Scales to Any size...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Macintosh link checker now supports 24 user agents Germany, 11 September 2000 - Voget Selbach Enterprises (VSE) announced today an update to their link checker application VSE Link Tester. VSE Link Tester is a tool which allows Macintosh users to ensure that their web site is working without problems so that customers won't run into dead ends on a web site. NEW TO VERSION 3.1: If a web site has been customized for a specific browser, VSE Link Tester can now pose as a specific user agent when testing a site. VSE Link Tester supports 24 different user agents, including MS Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, iCab and WebTV. This is important if there are different versions of a web page for different web browsers. In addition, several improvements to existing features have been made and some minor bugs have been fixed. PRICING VSE Link Tester is available in two different versions. The $ 34.95 US Standard version allows to test one web site. It's for private home...

Germany, 11 September 2000 - Internet Consult announced today a new software called iCafe Gateway iCafe Gateway is a Client-server system for Internet cafes. NEW TO VERSION 1.51: One Mac is the server and does all the accounting. You cash in money and while the client is surfing it counts down the time/money. If a client ( the computer people do surfing ) runs out of money it gets a stop dialog box. You can select a default browser ( maybe one with kiosk mode ) and an accounting server. This means a maximum fexibility. A coin rejector will follow by the end of 2000 automating the complete process. The server does a detailed logging of most activities. This logfile could be imported into a database to find out how much your income of each surf station was. ( you can disable the logging if you dont need it ) The system is reduced to the ease of use and any person is able to administrate the accounting of your Internet cafe. PRICING iCafe Gateway is available in three different versions...

Troi Automatisering releases Troi Sesame Plug-in 1.2 for FileMaker 5 New Plug-in automatically dismisses any dialog box that can block the operation of FileMaker 5. Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, September 7th, 2000--Troi Automatisering today announced the availability for download of its Troi Sesame Plug-in 1.2, for FileMaker Pro 5 (and 4) for Mac OS. What is the Troi Sesame Plug-in? This plug-in automatically dismisses any dialog that can block the standalone operation of FileMaker Pro 5 and FileMaker Unlimited 5. It will get rid of any dialog that can appear when a FileMaker database file is opened: * the System Settings Dialog * the Enter Password Dialog This plug-in is ideal for Web administrators that host FileMaker databases. You can now open files without the Web Server being blocked by a dialog. Peter Baanen, company president, states: "This plug-in finally is released!" =) Troi also showcased the Sesame Plug-in at the FileMaker Developers Conference 2000. No...

TERRA SOFT OFFERS PORTABLE, 8-NODE POWER PC LINUX CLUSTERS Loveland, CO -- 07 September 2000 -- Terra Soft Solutions, Inc., the leading developer of Linux solutions for PowerPC(tm) microprocessors, has announced the offering of a portable, affordable, 8-node PowerPC cluster with Black Lab Linux installed and configured for parallel processing and development. Parallel processing refers to speeding-up code execution by dividing the program into multiple fragments that can execute simultaneously across multiple computers. "Not everyone requires a room full of nodes to benefit from high-performance computing. We recognized the need for a powerful, light weight, Black Lab Linux cluster that could literally be wheeled from room to room in a laboratory, school, or code development environment. Parallel code development can be a bit tricky and it is often comforting to have the entire cluster next to your desk. Our clusters will help developers get their feet wet with PowerPC Linux parallel...

FileMaker Mobile Is First Integrated Database for Windows, Mac OS and Palm Powered Handhelds Offers easy load-and-go and synchronization of FileMaker Pro data DEMOmobile 2000, PASADENA, CA -- Sept. 6, 2000 -- Extending its world-renowned database software into the burgeoning Palm Economy, FileMaker, Inc. today announced FileMaker Mobile for the Palm OS platform, an easy-to-use companion to FileMaker Pro 5 that will allow a user to transfer and synchronize data between FileMaker Pro databases on Windows and Mac OS systems and Palm PoweredTM handhelds. FileMaker Mobile, scheduled to ship this winter, is designed on a simple load and go mobile user model: an individual user simply selects and loads the FileMaker data they require from their desktop computer to the Palm OS handheld. Later, the data on the handheld may be re-synched via the Palm HotSync technology with the individual's single-user FileMaker Pro database on the desktop computer. "FileMaker Mobile is a first step in the...

Aladdin Systems Ships PowerTicker 2.0 Software - Portfolio Manager and Email Alerts Help Users to Manage Their Investments PowerTicker 2.0 Introduces Portfolio Management, Customizable Email Based Alerts, and Includes Automatically Updated Stock, Mutual Fund, Index, And Currency Data Delivered to a Desktop Ticker From Exchanges Around The World WATSONVILLE, Calif., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Aladdin Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ALHI), today announced the release of PowerTicker(TM) 2.0, an Internet information utility that helps users track and manage their investments. PowerTicker is a specialized Web browser that gathers information from financial web sites around the world, parsing the data and displaying it to the user in the form of a scrolling ticker bar. PowerTicker combines two powerful tools; the fully customizable ticker bar delivers automatically updated stock quotes directly to the user's desktop, while the new...

Digital Origin's Content Creation/Streaming Media Authoring Tool EditDV Now Fully Optimized for Apple's New Dual-Processor Power Mac MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Sept. 6, 2000--Digital Origin, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Media 100, (NASDAQ:MDEA) announced today a free upgrade to its content creation and streaming media authoring tool EditDV which is now fully optimized for Apple's new dual-processor Power Macintosh. EditDV uses Digital Origin's unique scalable software codec designed specifically for the DV format. This enables EditDV, already compatible with the new Power Macintosh systems, to achieve maximum performance on the new dual-processor systems. According to Mike Micheletti, Product Manager for Digital Origin, the combination of Digital Origin EditDV and the dual-processor Power Macintosh offers the fastest Mac OS desktop environment for DV-format content creation and streaming media workflow in the industry. "Because our video codec is entirely software-based, our tools - which...

Home Automation, Photoshop 6 & Upgrading on The Mac Show! Vancouver British Columbia, Canada September 5th, 2000 On this Wednesday's Mac Show, it's the "Have you Ever Wondered?" Show! Have you ever wondered how to control your house from and with your Mac? Neil Ticktin, CEO of Xplain Corporation and Publisher of MacTech Magazine, will be talking about how to do just that! Have you ever wondered how to upgrade/repair your Mac? Todd Stauffer, Author of Macworld Mac Upgrade and Repair Bible, joins the gang in the TechTips segment, sponsored by Micromat's Tech Tool Pro 3. Todd will be on to talk about his latest book and give you the insider tips on making your Mac last longer. Someone will also win a copy of Tech Tool Pro 3! Have you wondered whether the latest version of Photoshop is the one for you? In their new MacMedia Pro segment, Scott Kelby, Editor in Chief, Photoshop User Magazine, will be talking about Photoshop 6 and what new features are in the latest release. Have you...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IPTC Expander: Extract objects from IPTC documents J2S, a software company specialized in multimedia and asset-management developments, announces the release of IPTC Expander. IPTC Expander is a Mac OS software programme designed to extract the object encapsulated in an IPTC file so that it can then be opened by a standard application (The IPTC file format is the standard used in the press industry sector for exchanging information). IPTC Expander can also be asked to insert the textual information extracted from the IPTC fields into the data stream of the graphic file so that it can be seen in Photoshop for example. As yet, this option can only be used with IPTC documents containing a JPEG file. If you would like this option to support other file formats (e.g. TIFF, native Photoshop, etc.) or if you need a Windows version of IPTC Expander, please contact J2S at contact@j2s.net. IPTC Expander has been priced at 100 Euros excl. V.A.T. (approx. $100). The...

Developer Activities at QuickTime Live! There are several activities of interest to developers at the second annual QuickTime Live! conference hosted by Apple, October 9-12 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Apple recently announced the agenda for the DEVELOP track. The sessions are taking a unique approach to informing the QuickTime developer community. Instead of the traditional talking head/lecture format, the Develop track offers roundtable discussions populated by members of the QuickTime engineering team, code development assistance, feedback forums and hands-on training classes. The conference provides developers unique access to the QuickTime engineers. The session lineup is as follows: Technical Update: QuickTime Client Technologies Technical Update: QuickTime Server Technologies Introduction to QuickTime Programming (Limited seating) Hands-On Developer Assistance with QT Engineering Team Engineering Feedback Forum Streaming Roundtable Discussion Group QuickTime VR Developer...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Free Your Information: BIAP Systems Introduces go'trieve Chuck Shotton, Award-Winning Creator of WebSTAR and MacHTTP Launches His New Vision for the Internet Leesburg, VA, August 29, 2000 - BIAP Systems, Inc., today announced the release of the go'trieve platform. BIAP's revolutionary new desktop portal product delivers customized, updated personal information to end-users, creating a dynamic, personalized Internet experience with complete privacy and security. BIAP go'trieve is available for download in Lite (free), Standard ($39 US) and Pro ($99 US) versions for Win95, 98, 2000 and NT; for Macintosh (PPC,68K; MacOS version 8.1 or higher); and soon, go'trieve for Linux (x86 Linux, LinuxPPC) from http://www.biap.com/ . "Users can no longer cope with the enormous amount of information available on the Internet. We've designed go'trieve to alleviate this information overload by helping users turn content from millions of Web sites into their own personalized portal...

Switzerland--August 29th, 2000--Blue Line Studios today announced the release of TextBroom 3.0 for Macintosh. The application helps you processing text effortlessly providing smart search & replace functions. "TextBroom is truly indispensable for people who often have to deal with nightmarish text files," Daniel C. Kueng, president of Blue Line Studios, said, "one of those sophisticated helpers that make life so much easier." The trial version can be used for 24 times; it can be unlocked to the full version by registering for US$20.00. Fixes and additions with regard to the old version 2.5 include: - Texts exceeding the 32KB limit could not be displayed. This limit exists no longer. - An Undo/Redo function has been implemented. - The app can now display hidden characters (e. g. spaces, tabs, and returns). - The function "Remove Duplicates from list" has been accelerated by factor 50. In addition, any custom cell delimiter can be specified. - The app is now able to run from a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Major update to Macintosh link checker Germany, 29 August 2000 - Voget Selbach Enterprises (VSE) announced today a major update to their link checker application VSE Link Tester 3.0. VSE Link Tester is a tool which allows Macintosh users to ensure that their web site is working without problems so that customers won't run into dead ends on a web site. The application received a host of new features as well as refinements to established capabilities. NEW TO VERSION 3.0: Among the enhancements made in this latest release of VSE Link Tester are: * now tests an unlimited number of links (only limited by disk space) * now supports web sites which require user authentication * now supports cookies that are required by some dynamic sites * now supports HTTP 1.1 * now creates HTML and plain text reports * much faster with large web sites Several improvements to existing features have been made and some minor bugs have been fixed. PRICING VSE Link Tester is available in...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ascending Technologies releases ThemeMonster 3.0 CHICAGO, IL/PALM DESERT, CA - WWW.ASCTECH.COM - August 28, 2000 - Ascending Technologies today released ThemeMonster, a visual utility for creating theme files to assist users of FileMaker Pro 5 for Windows and Mac OS from FileMaker, Inc. ThemeMonster is available immediately, and can be downloaded from the Ascending Technologies web site. FileMaker Pro 5 has the ability to use Themes: documents that allow the user to control the visual aspects of color, style, and font choices used in new layouts created in databases. ThemeMonster lets the user make their own Theme files. A "Must Have" for developers and in-house FileMaker managers alike. ThemeMonster allows the corporate customer to easily implement a set of corporate standards for reports, without having to make every user a designer. By creating a set of theme files and distributing those files throughout the organization, everyday users on the network can...

Subject: [ANN] PerformanceMonster 3.0 Released Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:07:23 -0700 From: Steve Abrahamson (steve@asctech.com) Bcc: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ascending Technologies releases PerformanceMonster 3.0 CHICAGO, IL/PALM DESERT, CA - WWW.ASCTECH.COM - August 28, 2000 - Ascending Technologies today released the latest version of its venerable benchmarking utility, PerformanceMonster, now completely redesigned and rewritten for FileMaker Pro 5 for Windows and Mac OS from FileMaker, Inc. PerformanceMonster is available immediately, and can be downloaded from the Ascending Technologies web site. PerformanceMonster is a benchmarking utility for developers, corporate administrators, and consultants to assist them in determining performance gains in their FileMaker Pro 5 systems; the utility can be configured in a number of ways to allow for just about any need. PerformanceMonster can now compare up to ten tests against each other to determine the fastest methods. This is incredibly...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ASG Announces Commander Pro 3.1.3 for Macintosh and Windows Huntington Beach, CA - August 28, 2000: Automated Solutions Group today announced Commander 3.1.3 for Macintosh and Windows, an engine for displaying help and/or reference information from Golden Micro Solutions, Ltd. The application doubles as a system to help you manage your clippings, text files, graphic files, and read me files (Pro version only) Commander is used to access reference information stored in separate Command Set files. This information may take the form of Help topics, programming language reference information, tutorial steps and so on. Commander Pro is designed to allow you to relatively easily produce reference and/or index type electronic documents. In many cases, once a user is familiar with your software, he or she will rarely need to refer to the documentation. When they do, using a tool such as Acrobat, or DocMaker to locate the information is usually quite acceptable. However,...

For Immediate Release August 28, 2000 ADOBE AND BLUE WORLD TO DELIVER INTEGRATED SOLUTION FOR WEB DATABASE PUBLISHING Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive 5.0 to Significantly Ease the Process of Building Data-Driven Web Sites Seybold, San Francisco (August 28, 2000) Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) and Blue World Communications, Inc., today announced an agreement to create a product that will integrate Blue World Lasso Studio and Adobe GoLive 5.0. The new Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive 5.0 will enable efficient creation of dynamic, database-driven Web sites powered by Blue World Lasso Web Data Engine. Blue World will demonstrate a technology preview of Lasso Studio for Adobe GoLive 5.0 in the Adobe Partner's Pavilion at this week's Seybold conference in San Francisco. "The robust extensibility environment in Adobe GoLive 5.0 enables us to provide a complete solution for visually authoring database-driven Web sites powered by Lasso Web Data Engine," said Bill Doerrfeld, founder,...

SoundSaVR 2.0 Boasts New Preview Mode and Support for Spherical QTVR Among its Feature Enhancements Squamish, BC, Canada - Squamish Media Group Inc., has released a major upgrade to their popular wired sprite tool which allows the embedding of directional stereo sound in QuickTime VR panoramas. SoundSaVR 2.0 has several new features that distinguish it from earlier versions, including a full preview mode that provides instant feedback and adjustment of sound placement, volume, angle, and other parameters on a node by node basis. SoundSaVR 2.0 supports the new QuickTime 4 features such as MP3 audio and RTSP streams, as well as all sound file formats supported in QT 3 and 4. And in addition to supporting high FOV panoramas to accommodate future versions of QuickTime, SoundSaVR 2.0 now supports the new QuickTime VR file format announced at the Apple WorldWide Developer Conference, which provides support for cubic 360 x 360 degree panoramas "The coolness of spherical panos with...

Subject: [ANN] vServe 1.3 now available From: Aaron Bratcher (aaronbratcher@mac.com) - Added movePrevious and reset (move to first record) commands - Fixed create table bug. Now Valentina ObjectPtr type works e.g.: create table tester (personPtr vObjectPtr(people,kv_setnull)) A demo that quits after 2 hours and has a sample database and client is available at http://abDataTools.com Full Description: Program for REALbasic developers that allows them to share Valentina databases among multiple tcp/ip clients. Allows use of standard SQL commands not normally available with Valentina. (insert, insert ... select, delete, update, create table, drop table) Tested on Macintosh. Demo includes a sample client application and database. Server will quit after 2 hours of use. Full source given with purchase.

WS4D/eCommerce 3.3b4 is now available! Complete information is available at http://www.mdg.com/4dws/3.3/ Overview: New Since 3.3b4 * Added Support for HTTP File Upload (upload files from a browser without FTP) * Added optional Banner module ($295) to track banner ads, impressions and clickthrus New in 3.3 * Added Support for Verisign's PayFlow Link * Added Optional Support for CyberCash's WebAuthorize (requires purchase of key to activate) * Added Different email for merchant & customer * New Security Features * Automatic Daily Export to Quicken/QuickBook and others * Ability to link Products to external QuickTime Links * Bug Fixes Michael Ginsberg Internet: MAILTO:mike@mdg.com MDG Computer Services, Inc. Web: http://www.mdg.com/

Valentina XCMDb2 Released ADDS SPEED IMPROVEMENTS AND CROSS PLATFORM FUNCTIONALITY FOR METACARD August 24, 2000. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software released beta 2 of its Valentina XCMD database product. Valentina XCMD beta 2 adds improvements to increase overall stability and speed for users of the Macintosh database plug-in. In addition, VXCMDb2 also introduces a cross-platform solution for users of MetaCard Corporation's MetaCard development tool for Macintosh and Windows. Valentina XCMD works with any Macintosh "card" scripting tool, including Apple's HyperCard, IncWell SuperCard, and MetaCard. Third parties have also created a special wrapper for using Valentina XCMD with Userland's Frontier web scripting tool. Valentina XCMD is based on the Valentina database kernel, an ultra-fast database solution for software developers. Valentina solutions are available for REAL Software's REALbasic, Macromedia Director, Metrowerks CodeWarrior, Microsoft C++ and Purity Software's WebSiphon...

MACRESQ INDUSTRIES, INC AND MACWORKS, LLC ANNOUNCE MERGER AGREEMENT Concord, CA and Overland Park, KS -- August 23, 2000 -- MacResQ Industries, Inc. and MacWorks, LLC announced today that they have agreed to merge their companies. The combination will create a diversified technology company that will continue to offer its core products and services to customers worldwide, while at the same time beginning an aggressive expansion plan to offer new products and services to both existing and new customers. The combined company, which will operate under the name eResQ, will have facilities in both Concord, California and Overland Park, Kansas. eResQ will consolidate its sales and marketing efforts at its California location and move all inventory and product distribution to its facilities in Overland Park, Kansas. Upon completion of the merger, which is expected by October 2000, Jim Harris, MacWorks' Chief Executive Officer will be Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of eResQ. Chris...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 22, 2000 -- Now there's a way to edit video from VHS or 8mm tapes on your Macintosh or Windows computer. For under $300, this easy-to-use product allows you to edit material without having to purchase a new DV camcorder. DV camcorder owners can use Director's Cut to edit their existing analog archives. Apple's Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations, Clent Richardson, believes that PowerR's new product facilitates Apple's plan to lead the desktop video revolution with its iMovie and Final Cut Pro software. He explained that "Director's Cut delivers a simple and reliable method to use iMovie and Final Cut Pro with analog camcorders or VCRs." Director's Cut easily connects a camcorder, one or two VCRs, a TV monitor, and headphones to the computer. The studio quality device converts composite, S-Video, and stereo audio to and from FireWire (IEEE1394.) Operation is completely automatic. "Director's Cut is a must-have for video professionals and novices...

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 PACE Anti-Piracy Releases Version 2.1 of InterLok for Windows and Macintosh Platforms Updates Provide Extra Security, New Support and Compatibility Features SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - August 22, 2000 -- PACE Anti-Piracy Inc., a leader in the development of anti-piracy systems for software developers, today released version 2.1 of InterLok and InterLok Pro for both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The updates add a number of important support and compatibility features, and include a wholly new copy protection architecture for InterLok for Macintosh. Software developers who protect their products with PACE's InterLok system should upgrade to version 2.1 to take advantage of these new features. New Features: InterLok for Macintosh 2.1 Version 2.1 of InterLok for Macintosh contains several new features, the most important of which are: * Fundamental changes to InterLok's architecture have been implemented, making InterLok for Macintosh 2.1...

From: Dr Gerard Hammond (g.hammond@garvan.unsw.edu.au) Subject: UNIX Console v2.6 Released UNIX Console v2.6 Released New features include: -Significantly faster and more useful real-time graphs. -Fixed BSD printing spool bug -Fixed Win32 build so that the main window is visible. -Price rise to $199 USD ===================================== US$199 from MacSOS, Australia Free upgrade for Version 1.0, 2.0 and 2.5 Registered Users Downloadable demo version available from http://www.garvan.unsw.edu.au/gerham/macsos/ ===================================== UNIX Console is a Solaris UNIX system analysis and performance tool for Power Macintosh and Windows 9x/NT computers. It consists of a series of modules that send commands to a remote UNIX server and displays a graphical interpretation of the results. Many modules make an analysis of the commands result set and highlight potential problems and suggest possible options. The modules will never override the current users access permission...

Utility to view and to delete files in the TemporaryFolder 21-8-00. Belle Nuit Montage is pleased to announce TempFolderViewer. Applications create often temporary files which they should delete after you quit them. Well, some applications don't and your hard disk gets filled up. While you can find the temporary files with Sherlock, you cannot view the Temporary Folder (where they are stored) directly, because this folder is invisible. With TempFolderViewer, you can view the files, move them to the trash or another folder or delete them directly. I discovered that i had more than thousand files in the temporaryfolder using about 1GB of my harddisk. TempFolderViewer works on any Macintosh (68020 and better) and Power Macintosh, using system 7.1 or later. TempFolderViewer is freeware. TempFolderViewer has been written with REALbasic. (http://www.belle-nuit.com/tempfolderviewer/) Belle Nuit Montage is a postproduction facility based in Lausanne, Switzerland since 1995. It is mainly...

Golden Micro Solutions Ltd Announces Yours Randomly 1.0.0 Yours Randomly is a signature randomiser for the Eudora email client. The program allows you to create a list of quotes (or general text snippets), and automatically have a random one of these appended to your Eudora email signature file. If you wish, you can update your signature manually at any time, by simply starting up the Yours Randomly application (which will change the signature, then automatically quit). Cron (timer) utilities could be set to perform this task (by automatically starting Yours Randomly) at regular, predefined intervals. Pricing and Licensing Information It's free. Not public domain, but free. Distribute (the complete archive) and use it as you will. Send us an email message if you like it. System Requirements Yours Randomly will run on all Macintosh computers. It requires 1100K of free RAM, and a minimum of System 7.1. Yours Randomly is available for download at http://www.golden.co.nz/GoldenMicro/...

Golden Micro Solutions Ltd Announces Digital Juke 1.0.2 Digital Juke is an MP3 music file player, but one with a very specific purpose -- to act as a jukebox when you're throwing a party. There are many other Macintosh MP3 players available which may be more suited as a personal MP3 player. If what you're looking for is a player for your own (background) use, then you should probably consider using one of those other applications. However, if you like to throw parties, but have been concerned about using your Macintosh as a jukebox to play MP3 files (because of the risks imposed by having numerous people using your computer to select tracks in a relaxed atmosphere), then Digital Juke will hopefully provide the answer. What Does Digital Juke Do That Other Players Dont? Digital Juke has a number of functions not available in other mp3 players: * Export available track lists to a text file, for extra processing before printing. * Can be used in 'full screen' mode, with the menu bar...

From: Ken (ken@ksoft.net) Subject: CPLAT 2.7 released ksoft is pleased to announce the latest version of CPLAT (version 2.7), a low-cost cross-platform framework for MacOS and Windows development. This latest version adds: improvements and bug fixes new classes Carbon Printing Carbon Scrap Carbon Events Misc other Carbon lib improvements Unicode string class (uses CoreFoundation under Carbon) Mac OSX 'icns' (128x128 thumbnail) import / editing / exporting (MacOS 9.0 and above needed for import/export) In addition the CPLAT RADTool adds improved support for importing PowerPlant resources (PPob, text traits, strings, icons, pictures, etc) to aid in porting your PowerPlant application to CPLAT on Windows. CPLAT is an easy-to-use full-featured (not just a thin layer over the underlying OS) modern C++ (STL, exception handling) framework for MacOS development including support for the lastest MacOS technologies including AppearanceManager,...

From: Ken (ken@ksoft.net) Subject: CP_IconEdit 2.5 released ksoft is pleased to announce the release of CP_IconEdit 2.5. CP_IconEdit is a visual image editor for editing MacOS icons (icon suites, cicn, icns with 32bit and huge 48x48 icons), and Windows .ICO icons. In addition CP_IconEdit enables the conversion between MacOS and Windows .ICO icons. In addition to icons, CP_IconEdit will import / create and edit MacOS pictures and Windows .bmp files along with other file types that QuickTime can import/export. This latest version adds Support for Mac OSX 'icns' (128x128 thumbnail icons) Fixes bugs Improves copy and paste from Photoshop images. CP_IconEdit is available as shareware for $20. Full details on CP_IconEdit can be found at: http://www.ksoft.net

For immediate release: Electric Fish, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of CWCVS 2.3, a CVS version control plugin for the CodeWarrior IDE. This version includes a new visual difference feature and tests for multiple editors of a binary file. CWCVS is shareware and can be downloaded from the web at: (http://www.electricfish.com/products/CWCVS/Download.html) Electric Fish, Inc. is a small development consultancy based in Seattle, WA.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Automated Solutions Group Announces QuickCode Pro v4.1 Release Huntington Beach, CA - August 17, 2000: Automated Solutions Group today announced the release of QuickCode Pro 4.1 for the Macintosh, the popular assistant editor for 4th Dimension. QCP 4.1, can be downloaded from http://www.asgsoft.com. QuickCode Pro (QCP) dramatically enhances the 4th Dimension method editor with a host of features designed to simplify and accelerate the process of writing 4D code. What's new in QuickCode Pro 4.1 Bug fixes - The wicked crashing bugs relating to the Macro dialog and the Load/Save dialogs that were plaguing us all have been exorcised and hopefully will remain nothing more than a fading memory. Changes/enhancements 4D6.7 Compatibility - Compatibility with 4D 6.7 is now available. Load/Save Tool - If you are using QCP with a version of 4D prior to 6.5.5, the Navigation Services dialogs will not be available for loading and saving macros, methods, etc. You will only have...

FOR RELEASE ON August 17, 2000 Tenon's iTools for Mac OS X Server Updated A FREE update to a suite of tools that dramatically simplifies Apache configuration & maintenance for Macintosh webmasters Santa Barbara, CA, August 17, 2000. Tenon Intersystems today announced a FREE update of iTools for Mac OS X Server. Tenon's iTools, an Apache web server toolsuite for Mac OS X Server, has been available for over one year and is being used worldwide for secure, commercial web service. Tenon's point and click interface to Apache, DNS, and FTP shields Mac webmasters from the UNIXyness of Apache, but does not hinder UNIX-savvy webmasters from directly accessing Apache configuration files or from incorporating standard Apache modules if they so choose. This makes iTools the best of both worlds - an easy-to-use configuration and management tool for Macintosh webmasters, with the full strength and capability of Apache. The just released FREE iTools update supports Apache 1.3.12, the best...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Waves In Motion Releases oAzium cc Authorize 2.0 For Macintosh And Windows Desktop credit card validation tool plugs directly into FileMaker Pro PHOENIX. August 14, 2000. With oAzium cc Authorize 2.0 for the Macintosh, the developers at Waves in Motion were the first on that platform to build online credit card authorization into a simple FileMaker Pro plug-in. And now with the release of the new cross-platform version, the owners of Windows systems can authorize credit cards right from their desktop or integrate these transactions directly into their e-commerce projects. cc Authorize now supports three payment networks: Authorize.net, Verisign Payment Services, and e-SELECT through the Royal Bank in Canada. Whichever network you choose, the transaction process is guaranteed to be straightforward, secure . . . and fast. "A typical credit card authorization used to take us as long as 45 seconds, and it tied up our modem," says Marcus Silving of Worqsmart. "With cc...

PRESS RELEASE: Tri-BACKUP 2.2 for MACINTOSH AVAILABLE NOW This version of our backup utility add new edit dialog, volumes auto-mount, improved compression (faster, smaller), new compress/uncompress features and a new users manual. We are very proud to announce the new version of our Tri-BACKUP software for Macintosh. This product is a easy-to-use backup utility, with automatic and periodic Mirror and Incremental backup, and synchronization capabilities. This version add new features: - new edition dialog to better use mirror and incremental backup modes. - volumes auto-mount, using aliases. - improved compression, widely faster with smaller files. - independent compression, to compress and uncompress files and folders dragged from the Desktop. - etc... A demo version is available. The version is for on line purchase, upgrade and demo. The upgrade is free for all previous version 2 users. Availability and price: Tri-BACKUP is available in both english and french versions, for Macintosh...

August 16, 2000 Active Concepts today released their latest update to their leading eBusiness analysis software Funnel Web and Funnel Web Enterprise, to version 4.0.1. This maintenance release of the software includes a number of bug fixes and improvements, most notably adding support for Excel file output and improved support for variations on Apples QuickTime Streaming Server from any platform. The update is available for both Windows and Macintosh. Free updates are available to all registered users by downloading the full application from: http://www.activeconcepts.com/download.html Active Concepts eBusiness intelligence and analysis solutions http://www.activeconcepts.com

Contact: Valery Ryazanov, info@conceptdraw.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CS-ODESSA ANNOUNCES CONCEPTDRAW 1.52 Version 1.52 features a new drawing tool, better data exchange with MS Word and other applications, and various other improvements. Odessa, Ukraine - August 15th, 2000 - Computer Systems Odessa Corp., today announced ConceptDraw v1.52 for MacOS and Windows is shipping at the price of $125. The update is free to registered users of ConceptDraw v1.5 or earlier. A free demo version is available from ConceptDraw's web site: http://www.conceptdraw.com/ ConceptDraw v1.52 adds the following new features and enhancements: - Make Same Style tool: Allows you to copy the style attributes of an object (line color, thickness, text styles, fills and patterns, etc) and apply them to one or many other objects. - Optimized data exchange with MS Word and other applications. - Improved connectors. - Two new samples. Also this update fixes a number of issues reported by users, adds new keyboard...

Adobe Ships GoLive 5.0 Leading Web Design Firms Applaud Superior Integration with Adobe's Web Design Tools and Significant Web Workflow Enhancements in New Version of GoLive San Jose, Calif., (August 14, 2000) (Nasdaq:ADBE)- Adobe Systems Incorporated, a leader in digital publishing for Web, print and dynamic media, today announced it is shipping Version 5.0 of Adobe GoLive, its award-winning professional Web authoring software. Adobe GoLive 5.0 is tightly integrated with Adobe's other leading Web design tools-Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Ilustrator, Adobe LiveMotion, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects-and provides powerful workflow enhancements for collaborative web design. Web design firms such as Vargas Marketing Group, Mostasa New Media Design, and Hello Design endorse the product for improved integration with industry-standard Adobe design tools and overall enhancements that improve the Web workflow and site management process. "Adobe GoLive 5.0 is our preferred tool for creating...

[For immediate release] Switzerland--August 14, 2000--Blue Line Studios today announced the release of WebsiteCompressor 2.0.6 for Macintosh. Bug Fixes include: - The app runs a test to check if each selected file contains HTML code; some HTML documents would not be properly recognized. This has been fixed. - The demo version now allows to set preferences, as some settings are crucial. - CSS scripts will now be properly recognized and will no longer be reformatted, or deleted if within HTML comments. - Some minor speed improvements. WebsiteCompressor is the successor to WebsiteDietician. Please note that the latter is permanently discontinued. The download URL (http://www.blueline-studios.com/WSD.sit.hqx) is no longer valid. The valid download link is (http://www.blueline-studios.com/WSC.sit.bin) Summary: WebsiteCompressor is a tool to streamline HTML code generated by WYSIWYG-HTML editors. Most programs add lots of characters to format or comment HTML code they generate. These...

REGISTER.COM LAUNCHES SERVICE TO HELP CORPORATIONS CONSOLIDATE DOMAIN NAME ASSETS Domain Round-Up service allows corporate clients to organize information for all their domains, helping them to save time, money and potential outages New York, NY, August 14, 2000 Register.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCOM), one of the leading domain name registrars on the Internet, today announced the launch of Domain Round-Up, a new search tool that allows companies to consolidate and organize their registered domain names under one account. Domain Round-Up provides companies with a comprehensive list of all domain names previously registered, whether they were processed by an outside agency, law firm, or former employee and regardless of the registrar used. This allows the names to be consolidated for dedicated account management, facilitating domain management and renewals. Many companies have registered hundreds, if not thousands, of domain names through numerous employees and service providers, making it...

Essence Software is proud to announce the availability of XS3D 1.0 beta 1. XS3D is an OpenGL-based Scene Graph library for REALbasic. It provides file import & export facilities, along with classes for geometric data types, groups, transformations and texture mapping. XS3D also supports Environment Mapping, Fog and Alpha Blending. Planned features include Bones & Skinning, Multi-track Animation, Motion Blending, BSP Trees and Compressed model files. The toolkit will also include more tools for building models and animations. XS3D is targeted at vendors of commercial 3D applications and games, scientific research & academics, as well as vertical market developers. XS3D 1.0b1 will run for 30 days after installation. Documentation is a work-in-progress, and is expected to be drastically improved by 1.0b2. To download XS3D 1.0b1, see the XS3D website: (http://www.xs3d.com/) James Milne Essence Software (http://www.essencesw.com/) (http://www.xs3d.com/) (mailto:james@essencesw....

From: Ron Avitzur (avitzur@PacificT.com) Subject: Graphing Calculator 1.2 Hello, I've posted Graphing Calculator 1.2 Beta 10 at (http://www.PacificT.com/gc12.sit.hqx) New features: * Text * Open/Save documents * Multiple document windows * Save As HTML * 1.2 acts as a helper application for GC documents posted to the web * Symbolic summations * Integrals * Ability to change the 3D background color * Ability to define functions and variables symbolically * Ability to copy and paste formulas as plain text * Equations now line-break and scroll * Correct handling of fractional powers * Bessel functions * Floor & ceiling functions * Piecewise defined functions I would appreciate any comments you have on this version. Note on version numbering: Currently, Version 1.1 is the free version bundled with MacOS. Version 2.7 is the latest commercial release for Macintosh. Version 1.2 is an update to 1.1. Best regards, Ron Avitzur

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - VR Toolbox, Inc. VR TOOLBOX, INC. ANNOUNCES UPGRADE TO VERSION 2.0 OF "THE VR WORX." Pittsburgh, PA, August 7, 2000 -- VR Toolbox, Inc. today officially announced it is offering upgrades to The VR Worx 2.0 for all registered users of VR Toolbox products. Owners of The VR Worx 1.0 and those who own all three of the stand-alone products are able to upgrade to version 2.0 for only $79.99 + S&H (SRP is $299.99). Upgrade paths for those who own one or two stand-alone products (VR PanoWorx, VR ObjectWorx, and/or VR SceneWorx)can be obtained from (mailto:sales@vrtoolbox.com)sales@vrtoolbox.com or by calling 1-877-878-6657 toll free. The VR Worx is VR Toolbox's award-winning suite of authoring tools for QuickTime VR, and the new version, 2.0, is now available for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. The VR Worx 2.0, which recently had its debut at Macworld Expo in New York, has more features and greater functionality than any other QTVR authoring tool on the...