FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Troi Automatisering releases Troi Serial Plug-in 2.0 for FileMaker Pro 5 New ready-to-use Plug-in lets wide array of devices--from weight scales to credit card swipes--to work directly with FileMaker Pro 5 databases Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands, October 18, 1999--Troi Automatisering today announced the release of Troi Serial Plug-in 2.0, for FileMaker Pro 5 both on Mac OS and Windows. This plug-in gives FileMaker Pro easy and powerful access to one (or more) of the computer's serial ports and works completely cross platform. The plug-in can read from and write to the serial ports of the computer directly from FileMaker Pro without the need of a separate application. Peter Baanen, company president, states that "The release of FileMaker Pro 5 gave databases ActiveX support on the Windows platform. The Serial plug-in uses ActiveX and Apple Events on the Mac to get incoming data into the database. This makes for a really elegant cross-platform implementation!"...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Automated Solutions Group Announces the distribution of Programming 4th Dimension Book/CD 4D Summit Conference, Chicago, IL - October 7, 1999: Automated Solutions Group today announced that it will be the exclusive reseller for worldwide distribution of Programming 4th Dimension: The Ultimate Guide by David Adams and Dan Beckett. Programming 4th Dimension: The Ultimate Guide is a complete 4D toolkit with code and text for beginning and expert 4D Developers. Learn to master ACI's 4th Dimension. Everything from field types and relations to compiler methods and resources is covered in detail and accompanied by expert tips, step-by-step instructions, and real-world advice. The cross platform CD ROM includes: * Code libraries containing ready-to use source code including an error manager, a distributed processing manager, a saved set manager, and a transaction manager. * Documented example databases that demonstrate the implementation of advanced techniques such as...

October 18, 1999 SONNET DROPS PRICES ON G3 UPGRADES IRVINE, CALIFORNIA - October 18,1999. Sonnet Technologies, Inc. the leading manufacturer of performance upgrade products for Apple Macintosh computers, drops prices by as much as 17% on G3 processor upgrades. With such aggressive price reductions, Sonnet Technologies continues to lead the market with the best price/performance standard for G3 processor upgrades. Sonnets new lower prices are as follows: Crescendo G3/PCI 300/1M $349.95 (was $399.95) Crescendo G3/PCI 333/1M $399.95 (was $449.95) Crescendo G3/PCI 400/1M $499.95 (was $599.95) Crescendo G3/PCI 466/1M $699.95 (was $799.95) The above cards are compatible with the following Macintosh models: - Power Mac 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8515, 8600, 9500, 9515, 9600 - Workgroup Server 7350, 8550, 9650 - Power Computing PowerCenter, PowerCenter Pro, PowerTower, PowerTower Pro, PowerWave, PowerCurve - UMAX J700/S900 - DayStar Genesis 360, 400, 528, 600, 720, 800, 900, 932...

Valentina Web Competitive Upgrade for FileMaker Pro Owners LIMITED TIME OFFER FOR ULTRA-FAST DATABASE, APPLESCRIPT WEB CONNECTIVITY October 15, 1999. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software and Vampire Software today announced limited time, two week competitive upgrade offers for FileMaker Pro users, allowing them to purchase the fast, MacOS based Valentina 1.5, and Vampire Software's OpenForm plug-in for web servers, for $49. Valentina 1.5 is a powerful, 'object-relational' database application which allows scripters to create and automate databases using Apple Computer's system level scripting technology, AppleScript. Valentina 1.5 incorporates a visual database browser for easy creation of object-oriented databases. Valentina 1.5 allows use of scripts which embed SQL syntax. Valentina 1.5 is one member of the Valentina product family, based on the powerful Valentina database kernel. Paradigma also sells developer kits allowing the creation of database-oriented applications, including...

Perth, Western Australia -- 14 Oct 1999 -- Stairways Software, Pty Ltd, today announced the release of version 1.2.2 of RumorMill, its shareware Mac OS News (NNTP) server. Download URL: ftp://ftp.stairways.com/stairways Info URL: http://www.stairways.com/rumormill What is RumorMill? RumorMill is a news (NNTP) server. The News protocol is ideally suited to public discussion, and RumorMill is designed to make it easy to create (and remove) local or shared Newsgroups. RumorMill (and other NNTP) servers can easily be linked together to create a wide spanning communication network. RumorMill is ideal for business groups, schools, universities and any one else who is interested in a simple, scalable and widely supported means of providing group discussion. RumorMill can easily mix USENET newsgroups with local or off-site newsgroups which can be selectively pulled or fed from multiple servers. RumorMill can be Remotely Administered, supports Newswatcher Prefs and Newsrc files and it has a...

REAL Software is pleased to announce the latest development release of REALbasic 2.1a20. These alpha releases are for testing purposes only and are not considered the current release of REALbasic. Projects saved in alpha releases of 2.1 cannot be opened in REALbasic 2.0.2. You should not use alpha releases for mission-critical development. * [Bug] Win32 Format now handles exponents * [Bug] Win32 CDbl, CStr and Format now use correct separators on foreign language systems * [Bug] Floating windows implemented for Win32 * [Bug] Line controls update correctly on Win32 * [Bug] Date class properties update correctly on Win32 * Dragging pictures implemented for Win32 REAL Software, Inc. PMB #220 3300 Bee Caves Road Suite 650 Austin, TX 78746 (512) 263-1233 phone (512) 263-1441 fax http://www.realsoftware.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Newer Technology Announces 500MHz G3 Processor Upgrades, Price Cuts, G4 Pricing Customers can save as much as $100 on the most popular G3 upgrades WICHITA, Kan-October 12, 1999-Newer Technology, Inc. the original developer of third party Power Macintosh processor upgrades, today announces a new MAXpowr G3 500MHz upgrade as well as price cuts on a number of MAXpowr G3 upgrades. Pricing and shipping for MAXpowr G4 upgrades has been updated. In addition, a limited number of speeds will no longer be produced. The new 500MHz G3 processor from IBM uses a 10X bus multiple which allows Power Macs to be upgraded to 500MHz. (The 10X bus multiple multiplied by the maximum stock bus speed of 50MHz gives a top CPU clock speed of 500MHz.) The 500MHz G3 processor has taken over the high end of the MAXpowr G3 product line, replacing the 466MHz. The 500MHz MAXpowr G3 processor is designed for the 7300-9600 as well as UMAX and Power Computing models. The MAXpowr G3-G3 500MHz...

Antoine Beyeler proudly announces the release of MacD 1.0 MacD is a new way to access your folders. Press a shortcut key and type any folder's first letters in the displayed dialog box, and the chosen folder's window will appear. In case of ambiguity, MacD shows you a list where you can choose the folder you want to open. All is done to provide a quick, mouseless access to any of your folders without preliminary manual configuration. It is the perfect complement to the Apple Menu, contextual menus or any toolbar application. Use one of them to open your Documents or Applications folder, and MacD to open that hidden folder you never thought you would have to look at or one of these hundreds of folders you need for your current project. If it is particularly useful for developers and web designers since they generally work with many directories, MacD is so easy to use that everyone will want to have a look at it. MacD features: ++ tremendously fast index based search engine ++...

Vicomsoft Announces Enhanced DHCP Server with Remote Administration Module Vicomsoft, a market leader in providing advanced communications servers for TCP/IP networking and Internet connectivity announces the immediate availability of version 6.5 of their DHCP Servers for both Windows 95/98/NT and for MacOS 7/8/9. This enhanced DHCP server now offers remote administration as an option, allowing administrators to manage the server from anywhere on the LAN or remotely over the Internet. For security, access to remote administration uses encrypted password protection and additionally may be limited to computers on the same LAN as the server, or to specified IP addresses, and can be disabled when not required. Additional features of the Vicomsoft DHCP Server include: - Easy to install, use and maintain. - No specialized certification or training required. - Available in versions for both Windows 95, 98, NT and for MacOS. - Can be run as a background service on Windows NT. - Supports...

PowerMail 2.4v7 now released to the public We are pleased to announce that PowerMail version 2.4v7 has been released in time for TELECOM '99 - Geneva, Switzerland. A 30 day demo version, which can be upgraded at any time to a full release, is downloadable from: http://powermail.simplenet.com/PowerMail_installer.hqx (4572k) or http://powermail.simplenet.com/PowerMail_installer.bin (3363k) A 2.4v7 updater is available for current owners of PowerMail 2.4v6 at: http://powermail.simplenet.com/PowerMail_2.4v7_updater.hqx (583k) or http://powermail.simplenet.com/PowerMail_2.4v7_updater.bin (430k) Additional download sites, as well links to the French-language version of the PowerMail installer are available from our home page at: http://www.ctmdev.com/download.shtml

Title: FoldersSynchronizer Version: 1.2 Date: 08 October 1999 Platform: Macintosh MacOS: 7.0.1 or higher Category: Utility Licence: Shareware Author: Lorenzo Puleo URL: http://space.tin.it/arte/lpuleo/5/5e.html Download for PPC at: http://space.tin.it/arte/lpuleo/download/folderssync.sit (900Kb) http://space.tin.it/arte/lpuleo/download/folderssync.hqx (1.2Mb) Download FAT at: http://space.tin.it/arte/lpuleo/download/folderssyncfat.sit (1.3Mb) http://space.tin.it/arte/lpuleo/download/folderssyncfat.hqx (1.8Mb) ScreenShots: http://space.tin.it/arte/lpuleo/5/folderssyncs1.jpg http://space.tin.it/arte/lpuleo/5/folderssyncs2.jpg Description: Utilities for Macintosh. Choose two folders and then they will be synchronized exaclty. The old files will be replaced with the newest files in both the directions. The new files (new entries) will be copied in both the directions, as well as the new Folders. The old Folders will not replaced entirely by the newer, as the Finder used to do, but...

For Immediate Release Williamston, MI-October 1, 1999-P.I. Engineering, inventor of the Y-mouse line of adapters and manufacturer of a full line of computer interface products, is proud to announce USB X-Keys for Macintosh. This evolution of the company's premiere line of programmable keyboard products represents not only a cosmetic change, but also a dramatic engineering innovation. "The iMac in some ways totally legitimized USB," said Michael Hetherington, X-keys inventor and President of P.I. Engineering. "We've been committed to USB since the spec was first defined. Producing product for the Macintosh is a natural extension of that commitment." Innovation USB X-Keys for Macintosh is a fully programmable keypad that comes in two distinctive flavors, a 20 key Desktop model and 58 key Pro model. Priced at $99 and $129 respectively. Both models come packaged in special Macintosh coordinating plastics and include MacOS USB drivers. More details are available at the P.I Engineering web...

Vicomsoft Introduction to LAN Based Web Caching In response to user requests, Vicomsoft has published a two part introduction to LAN Based Web Caching at: http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/webcaching1.html and http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/webcaching2.html This document should be of help to those who use or plan to use web caching server software and to those wishing to acquire a better understanding of web caching in general. The LAN Based Web Caching document is part of the KnowledgeShare library offering user oriented information. KnowledgeShare information is also available on these subjects: Network Address Translation: http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/nat.html DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol): http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/dhcp1.html DSL (Digital Subscriber Line): http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/xdsl1.html Email & Email Servers: http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/email.server.html Cable...

For Immediate Release Adobe Continues Building Partnerships to Grow eBooks Market CyberTrust, Intertrust, Plug'nPay, PublishOne Inc., SheetMusicPlus.com and SoftLock.com to Integrate Adobe PDF Merchant and Acrobat Reader with Web Buy New York, NY (October 6, 1999) (Nasdaq: ADBE)-Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced that CyberTrust, InterTrust, Plug'nPay, Publish One Inc., SheetMusicPlus.com and SoftLock.com will begin testing and product integration of Adobe PDF Merchant software and Web Buy, a feature within Acrobat Reader. Adobe has been at the forefront of the eBooks market, assembling key publishing, retailing and technology partners to grow the new market. The partners announced today join more than 12 others which were announced in August. "As a natural extension to our leadership in the publishing industry, we've taken the opportunity to gather partners and develop new ebook's technologies that leverage the many years of content publishers have archived in Adobe...

Salinas, CA: (October 6, 1999) Casady & Greene announced today that SoundJam MP version 1.1.1 is released and is available as a free download. SoundJam MP v1.1.1 supports the recently announced powerful Mac OS 9 operating system. Additional improvements include support for QDesign AIFF music files, and properly handles pls and m3u streams; and with each new version, we continue to incorporate customer interface suggestions that we receive from our users. This kind of loyalty and support from our customers is what makes SoundJam MP the best full featured, all-in-one, player and encoder on the market today! As previously announced, SoundJam MP takes full advantage of the Power Mac G4 with Velocity Engine, and SoundJam MP is the Macintosh solution that ships with the new Rio 500 portable audio player. The November 1999 issue of Macworld Magazine awarded SoundJam MP a 4 Mouse rating and states that "SoundJam MP is hands down the best MP3 player for the Mac." This exemplifies the award...

Maxum Development Announces Updates To Popular Server Tools October 4, 1999. Maxum Development, best known for it's award winning line of Internet server tools, announced updates to it's NetCloak, PageSentry, and Rumpus products. The latest versions, NetCloak 3.0.2, PageSentry 2.5.2, and Rumpus 1.3.3 are all available now at the company's Web site, and are free updates for all registered users of the previous versions. All three updates fall somewhere between simple maintenance releases and major feature upgrades. NetCloak 3.0.2 offers greater flexibility in handling incoming e-mail messages and improvements for international use, in addition to a number of bug fixes and minor corrections. PageSentry 2.5.2 also includes several bug fixes as well as audible warnings when servers fail. The latest incarnation of Rumpus, version 1.3.3, allows FTP server files to be moved between directories and resolves a rare problem that occurs when launching the application on certain systems. All...

futurebasic.org (http://www.futurebasic.org) is an organization dedicated exclusively to supporting the users of FutureBASIC, the world's fastest and most-versatile Macintosh BASIC development environment, published by Staz Software, Inc. (http://www.stazsoftware.com). The website is a one-stop experience for information about FBII and FB^3. Much of the information is provided for free to all visitors as a way to promote use of FutureBASIC. The organization requests, however, a $20 US registration from frequent users in order to maintain and improve the site. The first benefit of membership is a CD containing this entire site, as of the date you joined - plus support-list archives, and a ton of other stuff! The information contained therein is of immense value to newbies and veteran programmers alike. There are four main top-level folders available via ftp on this site: Programs, Sample_Source, FB^3, and AOL. The Programs folder contains a multitude of fully functional applications...

POWERLOGIX ANNOUNCES FULL PHOTOSHOP 5.5 AltiVec COMPATIBILITY WITH POWERFORCE G4 AUSTIN, TEXAS -- October 1, 1999 -- PowerLogix, first to demonstrate G4 processor upgrades for PowerMacs, and first to demonstrate a G4 fix for B&W G3s, today announced another G4 first: the completion of development of full AltiVec compatibility under PhotoShop 5.5 when using a G4 upgrade card. "PhotoShop is by far the most important application at this time with regards to the G4 with the AltiVec processor," said Robert Jagitsch, President of PowerLogix R&D, Inc. "We have now finished development of our AltiVec enabler software which allows any PowerMac that can accept a G4 chip to fully utilize all optimized AltiVec plug-ins for PhotoShop. It is fully compatible under both Mac OS 8.6 and Mac OS 9." AltiVec benchmarks indicate that PowerMacs such as the 7500, all the way to the most recent B&W G3, can perform at speeds equivalent or beyond the new PowerMac G4s from Apple. "We created a macro...

SmartZip: "the most powerful and easy to use ZIP compressor for the MacOS". SmartZip is a MacOS application designed to be the simplest and most efficient way to manage ZIP files. You can automatically compress files (or entire folders) by dragging them onto SmartZip and in the same way you can easily expand ZIP files. SmartZip is fully compatible with WinZip for Windows and it is designed to save ALL the unique MacOS information about Macintosh files and folders, so the integrity of the MacOS files are preserved when the ZIP file is managed by a PC computer. For more information, or to download a free copy, visit http://www.vampiresoft.com Thank you for your time, Marco Bambini Vampire Software

Western Civilisation updates their CSS editor Style Master to version 1.5, and introduces CSS2 editing with Style Master Pro. Bondi Beach, Australia, 29th September 1999. Western Civilisation announces the release and immediate availability of Style Master 1.5 and Style Master Pro for Windows and Macintosh. (http://www.westciv.com/style_master/) With this release, the ZDNet 5 Star rated style sheet editor is now first to provide powerful, intuitive support for editing CSS2 style sheets. Style Master 1.5 provides a comprehensive style sheets development solution for CSS1 and CSSP. Style Master Pro takes the solution to the next level with added support for CSS2, the complete style sheets standard. With Style Master and Style Master Pro developers can * create and edit sophisticated style sheets with point and click ease. * get up to speed fast with the interactive style sheets assistant which explains style sheets and the application when and as you need to know. * target the browsers...

REAL Software is pleased to announce the latest development release of REALbasic 2.1a19. These alpha releases are for testing purposes only and are not considered the current release of REALbasic. Projects saved in alpha releases of 2.1 cannot be opened in REALbasic 2.0.2. You should not use alpha releases for mission-critical development. There is a specific mailing list hosted at REAL Software for discussing the alpha testing releases: Subscribe to this list by sending an email containing "subscribe realbasic-dr" (without the quotes) to: requests@lists.realsoftware.com. REAL Software, Inc. mailto:lrivers@realsoftware.com PMB #220 http://www.realsoftware.com 3300 Bee Caves Road, Suite 650 Austin, Texas 78746

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September, 1999 Contact: New Wave Software, Inc. Phone... 800-920-9283 Fax... 215-736-3370 E-mail... info@nwspi.com Web... www.nwspi.com New Wave Software releases Upgrade for SPI-Software Piracy Intervention Morrisville, PA - September 27, 1999 - To prevent software piracy and track those who attempt it, New Wave Software, Inc. has developed SPI(TM) -- Software Piracy Intervention. SPI adds a protective layer to software products that allows only those end-users who legitimately purchased the software to install it. No matter how many copies of a protected program get distributed illegally, only the valid purchaser can install the product. SPI includes unique features such as passive and active encryption protection. SPI protected products can be distributed over the Internet, on CD-ROM or on diskette. Another unique feature of SPI is that it can remotely disable stolen prepackaged software. One phone call to New Wave can disable one, two or...

Associate-it.com (TM) Normandy Dr. Norwood, MA 02062 http://www.associate-it.com Contact: Riyaj Shaik, President & CEO (617)374-5064 e-mail: info@associate-it.com For immediate release. FOR LARGE AND SMALL, INTERNET BUSINESS SUCCESS MEANS MASTERING AFFILIATE PROGRAMS. Acclaimed Associate-it.com is the Net's largest source for reviews, information, and revenue strategies on 1,300 leading affiliate programs. Norwood, MA--What do Internet giants Amazon.com and Beyond.com have in common with thousands of other online money-makers? Their success depends on their vast organization of affiliate web sites that promote products for a percentage of sales. "Many people don't realize that the engine behind Amazon.com's amazing success are their 300,000 affiliates who promote Amazon's products," says Riyaj Shaik, an expert on the Net's affiliate system and president of Associate-it.com. The Associate-it.com web site features insider information on over 1,300 top affiliate programs and is...

A new resource has been established for Mac programmers, the mac-sound-dev mailing list. This mailing list is for the discussion of recording and playing sound on the Macintosh, specifically, using Sound Manager. Questions specific to QuickTime should be directed to one of the QuickTime mailing lists. To subscribe, go to: http://www.onelist.com/community/mac-sound-dev Or alternately, use email to one of the following addresses: Post message: mac-sound-dev@onelist.com Subscribe: mac-sound-dev-subscribe@onelist.com Unsubscribe: mac-sound-dev-unsubscribe@onelist.com Thanks, Wade Williams wwilliam@cisco.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IntraTier Releases Application Server for Visual Basic Markham, Ontario (September 24, 1999) -- IntraTier Corporation (http://www.intratier.com) announces the release of the IntraTier Application Server for Visual Basic. The IntraTier Application Server for Visual Basic provides an easy way to develop three-tier browser based web applications in Visual Basic. Visual Basic tools like the form designer, compiler and debugger are supported, and often only a few changes are required in existing user applications. No knowledge of HTML or Java is needed. EASY TO USE ALTERNATIVE TO ACTIVE SERVER PAGES AND WEBCLASSES Many Visual Basic developers would like to create web enabled versions of their applications, but existing Microsoft tools like Active Server Pages and Webclasses have required complete overhauls of their code to do so. Because IntraTier continues to use the existing Visual Basic application development environment, migration is significantly easier and less...

SMITH MICRO ACQUIRES PACIFIC COAST SOFTWARE Positions Smith Micro in the Growing eCommerce Market and Strengthens the Company's Internet Offerings September 13, 1999 -- Aliso Viejo, CA -- Smith Micro Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMSI), a leading worldwide developer and marketer of Internet communication software, today announced that it has acquired Pacific Coast Software, a San Diego-based developer, service provider and marketer of eCommerce and other custom software solutions for businesses. Terms of the Acquisition Smith Micro issued 1.0 million shares of its common stock as consideration for the purchase, which was accounted for as a pooling of interests. Pacific Coast Software will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Smith Micro. Further terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Strategic Importance "The addition of Pacific Coast clearly positions us in the growing field of eCommerce and supports our continuing focus on offering Internet related technologies, services and products...

Peter Job today announced the release of version 2.1 of his popular Mac file downloader MONICA. MONICA is a queue based file download manager for downloading files from the Internet using FTP, HTTP, and Hotline protocols. It was originally released as freeware in 1998. MONICA achieves exceptional download throughput by utilising queue technology, optimised processing of Internet protocols, and by extensive use of transfer resumption techniques. MONICA allows you to easily set up a download queue by 'dragging and dropping' or 'cutting and pasting' file URLs. Once you have placed some files in the queue you may manually start each download at a time convenient to you, or allow MONICA to start downloading automatically. In automatic mode, once a file is received MONICA will start the next one, allowing up to four simultaneous downloads. If the server times you out or if the download is incomplete then MONICA will restart the download and do her best to resume from where the download left...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New website helps Cisco certification candidates prepare for exams. September 20, 1999 - Schenectady, NY - Finally, networking professionals and students can more effectively assess their readiness to pass those expensive and difficult Cisco certification exams by taking inexpensive but equally tough simulated exams, on-line. These practice exams are just one part of a website full of Cisco Certification study tools on-line visitors will find at CertificationZone.com (URL http://www.CertificationZone.com) The new site features two separate study areas which focus on the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) certification exams. Each study area features free access to a monthly White Paper, serving as a tutorial covering major certification objectives. Subscribers receive additional access to sample test questions modeled after those on the actual exams, complete with explanations showing why a particular answer...

RPK SECURITY ANNOUNCES JAVA VERSION OF ITS ENCRYPTONITE SOFTWARE TOOLKIT FOR SECURITY OF STREAMING MEDIA AND EMBEDDED APPLICATIONS iTech Ventures chooses RPK for e-commerce, replacing Brokat's aging Expresso security package SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September. 21, 1999 - RPK Security, Inc. (www.rpk.com), the technology leader in strong and fast public key encryption for high-data-flow applications, announced today the release of a high-speed Java version of its Encryptonite Software Toolkit. RPK's Encryptonite Software Toolkit for Java allows software developers to easily add globally strong encryption to stand-alone Java applications or Web browser Java applets. The RPK Encryptonite Toolkit for Java offers a no-compromise security solution for Java developers needing platform independence because it performs at ninety-five percent of the speed of native code versions. It is ideal for high-data-flow and resource-limited applications like streaming media, secure music and video delivery,...

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VOODOO Server 1.1 Released - Robust and Easy-To-Use Version Control for CodeWarrior Developers Hagenberg, AUSTRIA, September-22-1999, UNI SOFTWARE PLUS GmbH is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new version 1.1 of their flagship version control tool VOODOO Server. "Initially, the new version was intended to be just a maintenance release. However, since users reported only a few minor problems with VOODOO Server 1.0, we could spend our time on new features and efficiency improvements rather than on bug fixes. Nevertheless, we are pleased to offer the upgrade for free to all registered customers of VOODOO Server" said Christoph Reichenberger, VOODOO product manager, UNI SOFTWARE PLUS. VOODOO Server 1.1 comes with: - Mac OS 9 compatibility (including support for connectivity over IP!) - A new "Fetch Read-Only" command - Support for file comparison with MS Word - Navigation Services support - Improved Appearance support -...

ENTERA DELIVERS WINDOWS STREAMING SERVER FOR QUICKTIME 4 --Free, Standards-based RTSP/RTP Server Provides Endless New and Exciting Applications for End Users, Content Providers and ISPs to Stream QuickTime from Windows Platform-- Fremont, CA,September 21, 1999 - Entera, Inc. today announced an RTSP/RTP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol/Real-Time Protocol) server for Apple's QuickTime 4(R) technology using the Microsoft Windows platform. The new RTSP Streaming Server from Entera allows end users, content providers, and ISPs to stream movies, music, and interactive content using QuickTime 4 on a Windows 32-bit platform. This free software opens up endless opportunities for new and exciting applications using streaming technology. "Standards-based streaming protocols such as RTSP fill in one of the critical pieces required to enable theater-quality streaming content over the Internet," said John Scharber, president and CEO of Entera, Inc. "By providing a free and easily available RTSP...

Fresh Start 1.1 posted. September 19 1999 -- Murray Yar IT today posted the version 1.1 of Fresh Start, a program designed for shared Macintoshes. Fresh Start restores a Macintosh's configuration -- preferences, PRAM and some system settings -- to a standard state at each restart. Changes from Fresh Start 1.0: * Version 1.1 is a little more flexible in how it deals with preferences: 1. It is now possible to allow some preferences not to be restored each time. This is useful if an application's preference files are used to store ongoing information. For example, in a children's learning program, names and scores are often stored in the preference file. Restoring the file at restart would wipe the information added during the previous session. 2. Now, if new applications are added to the Macintosh after Fresh Start has started functioning, their preferences are no longer erased by Fresh Start -- instead, they are ignored. * Splash screens have been revised slightly. * A few bug fixes,...

For Immediate Release 9-17-99 WILTON, CT--Independent developer and MACTECH contributor Kas Thomas has announced the availability of a free plug-in for BBEdit called PDF-Blit 1.0, which gives BBEdit users the ability to export their work in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The freeware tool is available now at the following sites: http://www.pdfzone.com/products/software/tool_PDFBlit.html http://users.aol.com/acroforms/index.html http://www.acroforms.com "I was shocked when I announced the plug-in on a Thursday afternoon, and by 9:00 the next morning had served 24,000 page hits and 6,000 downloads of the software," Thomas noted after the plug-in's September 16 introduction. "I had no idea it would be this popular. It's turning into a phenomenon." Thomas notes that he developed the plug-in in the process of writing an article on PDF for an upcoming issue of MACTECH. The article will feature source code for a skeleton version of the plug-in. "I use BBEdit myself and...

Sig Software is proud to announce the release of NameCleaner 2.0.0. NameCleaner is an industrial-strength utility for the Macintosh OS to manipulate file names and types. It is specially designed to help move files to and from foreign file systems such as MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows95, Windows NT, NetWare and Unix. The main addition in version 2.0.0 is a contextual menu module which allows files, folders or entire volumes to be cleaned or prepared for cleaning instantly and directly within the Finder. The NameCleaner page is at: http://www.sigsoftware.com/namecleaner/ Gideon Greenspan Sig Software gdg@sigsoftware.com http://www.sigsoftware.com/

AG Group Ships EtherPeek(TM) 4 for Macintosh! WALNUT CREEK, California -September 13, 1999 AG Group, Inc. announced today the release of EtherPeek 4 for Macintosh. This new, completely rewritten release adds many new enhancements to an already robust feature set. EtherPeek is well-known industry wide for its friendly GUI and powerful troubleshooting and debugging capabilities. This new release has been optimized for the latest Mac OS as well as taking advantage of the G3 processor and PCI-based Macs. "As we did 10 years ago with the introduction of EtherPeek, we are once again raising the bar for protocol analyzers. EtherPeek has more power and is easier than ever to use," says Mahboud Zabetian, President, AG Group, Inc. "I no longer need to stop running a capture session in order to monitor another network issue. I can just create a new window with its own filters, and have many independent capture sessions running simultaneously," adds Michael Wise, of Wired Magazine, a long-time...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Troi Automatisering ships Troi Plug-in Power CD-ROM for FileMaker Pro 4. Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands, September 14, 1999--Troi Automatisering today announced it has begun shipment of the Troi Plug-in Power CD-ROM volume 2, for FileMaker Pro 4.0 (or later) on Mac and Windows. The Plug-in Power CD-ROM contains demonstrations of 10 powerful Troi Plug-ins for FileMaker Pro and more than 20 plug-ins from other leading third party developers. You'll find all the plug-in demonstrations neatly organized and the CD-ROM saves you from hunting down the plug-ins from the Internet. Peter Baanen, company president, states that "This CD-ROM was also distributed at the 1999 Developer Conference in San Diego. We got a great response there and we are happy to provide it to the whole FileMaker community". What is this CD-ROM? - A hybrid, cross platform CD-ROM (works on Mac and Windows95/98/NT) - Contains full working demo versions of all Troi Plug-ins - Features plug-ins from...

For Release: September 15, 1999 For More Information, please contact: Joy Hsu 949-261-2800 joy.hsu@sonnettech.com Sonnet Announces 500 MHz G3 Upgrades for G3, PCI, and "Upgrade-challenged" Power Macs PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 15, 1999 - Sonnet Technologies, the leading manufacturer of performance upgrade products for Apple Macintosh computers, announces for immediate shipment the 500 MHz G3 upgrade cards for the PCI and G3 Power Macintoshes. This new speed tops the robust Sonnet line of Encore G3, Crescendo G3/PCI, and Crescendo G3/L2 upgrade cards. All the new cards are configured with 1MB 2:1 ratio backside cache, and earn impressive MacBench 4.0 processor scores of 1700 to 1800. Encore G3 500 MHz The Encore G3 500 MHz for G3 Power Macs is designed with unique auto-configuration hardware. . This exclusive design adjusts the bus speed multiplier to run the card at 500 MHz without requiring jumpers, switches, or control panels. Whether upgrading a 66 MHz bus speed platinum G3 or a 100...

Antoine Beyeler proudly annouces the release of the much-awaited H2C 1.5. H2C is a time saving jewel for C++ programmers. Instead of declaring each class member functions twice -- once in the header file (.h) and once in the source file (.cp) -- H2C automatically generates a source file containing all the class member functions from a given header file. H2C features: ++ rapid access with drag and drop of header files ++ plug-in architecture to create personalized output (source files written with a customized style, or, for example, code documentation template generation or object database filling) ++ now ships with Template 1.0, a plug-in based on template text file that provide an even easier way to personalize H2C Changes in version 1.5: ++ C++ parser completely rewritten ++ support for many C++ features added ++ API strongly modified and improved to take advantage of the new parser ++ AppleScriptable ++ new Template plug-in ++ Appearance Manager aware (but still compatible with...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 14, 1999 For more information contact: Empower Pro Sales (408) 879-7900 or (mailto:sales@empowerpro.com) Empower Pro Announces iEmpower, Security Software for Mac OS 9.0 Campbell, CA, September 14, 1999..... Empower Pro, the Internet-based software company offering protection and access control software for the Macintosh family of computers announced plans today to offer a special version of their Empower Pro security software specifically designed for Mac OS 9.0 employing Apple's newest operating system technology. iEmpower promises to revolutionize Macintosh security. "We see significant interest from the business and aerospace community in Apple Computer's new line of supercomputers," stated Aaron Pihlman, Manager of Empower Pro Corporate Sales. "So we will be offering a completely redesigned version of Empower Pro software taking advantage of Apple's new operating system. This new technology blended with our proven technology and backed by our 24 X...

For Immediate Release HEURIS Announces New Product Compatibility with Adobe After Effects After Effects 4.1 users can now use HEURIS' software to convert directly to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 St. Louis, MO, September 10, 1999 - HEURIS, makers of the most widely used professional MPEG encoder, MPEG Power Professional*, is pleased to report that the newly released Adobe After Effects 4.1 is now compatible with all products in their award-winning line of MPEG encoding software. HEURIS' software MPEG encoders read Adobe After Effects files via the shared QuickTime* export component and directly convert them into MPEG files. This direct conversion saves time and prevents the potential quality loss associated with rendering the video to a different file format prior to encoding. "What our customers really want is compatibility," said Brian Quandt, president of HEURIS. "Adobe's adoption of the QuickTime* export component allows all of our products to connect directly with After Effects. Now all...

Just in case you were interested in what Guy Kawasaki is up to these days... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Garage.com Receives $12 million Investment from E*TRADE, ATV, Mayfield Fund, and Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group Web-based Firm Raises More Than $60 Million for 20 Technology Startups in 1999 PALO ALTO, Calif., September 13, 1999 -- Garage.com, a Web-based early-stage venture financing firm, today announced it has successfully completed a $12 million round of financing led by E*TRADE Group (NASDAQ: EGRP) with additional investments from Advanced Technology Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group, and other investors. Garage.com will use the funds to continue to expand its operations from Silicon Valley, Boston, and Seattle into high tech centers throughout the United States and around the world. "The private equity market is experiencing explosive growth. Thousands of talented entrepreneurs in garages around the world need seed capital to get...

AUSTIN, Texas, September 13, 1999 -- PowerLogix, a leader in the processor upgrade card market for the Mac and the the first company to demonstrate G4-based upgrades for PowerMacs, today announced plans to bundle LinuxPPC 1999 with all PowerLogix G3 and G4 upgrade cards. LinuxPPC 1999 offers the latest technologies and enhancements to the Linux operating system. It is the fifth release by LinuxPPC Inc. Now Powerlogix customers will be able to use the fastest processors in the world with the world's fastest and most popular web serving platform. Access to all popular Linux applications such as Apache HTTP Server and GIMP is now at their fingertips with an easy-to-use, full release LinuxPPC package. This is not a demo! All the power of MacOS X with a well-established user base, and free! Included in the bundle is the full release LinuxPPC 1999, which includes a two CD-ROM set: the install CD with hundreds of free, professional quality utilities, and a second CD-ROM that contains the...

SGBD Products is pleased to announce the shipment of ScanPlug version 1.0.2 (Mac and Windows). This version fixes some problems reported by users. You can download these versions from our web site at http://www.scanplug.com/ ScanPlug is the fast and easy to use direct-do-disk professional picture acquisition solution for 4D databases. Now you can put pictures in a database 10 times faster ! ScanPlug makes ACIUS 4D's and Adobe's Photoshop plug-in technologies meet in a fast and easy to use plug-in for 4D. Fully compliant with both technologies, ScanPlug allows you to call acquiring plug-ins designed for Photoshop (including twain sources) directly from 4D with no effort. From the pictures in your scanner or camera, ScanPlug produces in one single shot, PICT, compressed PICT or JPEG files, using direct-do-disk technology, together with their thumbnail for quick viewing, which makes ScanPlug the fastest and cheapest solution ever to put pictures in a database. This includes subjects such...

For Immediate Release Adobe Announces New Version of After Effects Performance Enhancements and Extensive New Feature Set Allow Users to Keep Their Focus On Designing Creative Content San Jose, Calif., (September 9, 1999) (Nasdaq:ADBE)-Adobe Systems Incorporated announced today that it has enhanced its award-winning motion graphics and visual effects software with the release of Adobe After Effects 4.1 software. The ultimate tool for motion graphics designers and visual effects artists who want to produce professional quality work for film, video, multimedia and the Web, After Effects 4.1 includes a host of new features including: support for enhanced media exchange, performance enhancements, workflow refinements, and extended creative options and control. This new version of After Effects empowers designers and visual effects artists to focus on design and creation, while minimizing the amount of time spent on production. In addition to an extensive list of features, After Effects 4....

From: mwron@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Subject: [ANN] 4.1 IDE Factory Update for CodeWarrior Pro 5 CodeWarriors, The CodeWarrior Pro 5.1 Factory Update for Macintosh and Windows is a maintenance release of the Pro 5 tools. This factory update includes the CodeWarrior IDE 4.0.1. IDE 4.0.1 is a bugfix release which is recommended for all Pro 5 users. A complete list of fixes can be found in the release notes within the installer. http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/software/updates/

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September, 1999 Network Technologies New Universal ST-nU-13W3 KVM Switch Offers Users the Choice of a Sun or VGA Monitor Aurora, OH: Network Technologies Inc announces the availability of the new ST-nU-13W3 Universal KVM Switch. The ST-nU-13w3 is the only universal kvm switch on the market allowing users to control 2, 4, or 8 computers (MAC, PC or SUN) with one keyboard, mouse and the option of either a SUN or VGA multi-sync monitor. The monitor outputs are 13W3 and 15pin HD females, for connecting to either a SUN or PS/2 monitor. The Sun monitor must be PC compatible or multi-sync (refer to your owners manual). All CPU video ports are 15HD female. Proprietary keyboard interface cables are necessary for proper operation between the computers and the universal switch box. NTIs website at http://www.networktechinc.com/srvsw-stu.html contains additional information regarding compatible SUN monitors. Pricing for the ST-nU-13W3 Universal KVM Switch is $...

Sep 7, 1999: Startup Doubler 2.1 is now available for downloading from www.marcmoini.com Startup Doubler makes for quicker startups: Its software acceleration compensates for sub-optimal disk performance to make extensions, control panel, the Finder and startup applications load faster. Save time each time you startup your Mac! Those seconds spent waiting while your Mac starts add up to a lot of time. Startup Doubler usually makes startups 20% to 50% faster, depending on the performance of your startup disk and the number of Extensions, Control Panels and Startup Items in your System. Version 2.1, released today, fixes an obscure crash bug during startup and has other minor improvements. Startup Doubler runs on Mac OS 8.6 and previous versions (going back to System 7.0), and supports multiple extension sets. It is shareware, so you can try it for free then buy only if you like it. The shareware fee is $20, registered users of previous versions may upgrade for free. You may download...

POLsoft is proud to announce the release of QuickTexter v1.0, a powerful clone to the text processors we have grown to love, like SimpleText, TeachText, and BBEdit. QuickTexter v1.0 features all the format tools for regular text and HTML. Very useful for web editors (no-wysiwyg) who edit pages every day and want to cut a little time off the task, or for anyone needing a quick and easy text editor. You can get QuickTexter v1.0 at http://polsoft.8m.com. If you want to report a bug, go to http://polsoft.8m.com/feedback.html, or email us at bugs@polsoft.8m.com. Matt Hunter POLsoft

We're proud to present a new, dramatically improved public beta of "mp3voodoo"! What is it? mp3voodoo lets you organize, browse, select and play your valuable mp3 files. As mp3 files get more popular, the increasing number of files have to be organized to find and play them easily. mp3voodoo collects the data from your mp3 files including id3 information as title, artist, album, year, genre and lets you add cover images for every album. The new version handles multiple media types and allows you to transfer playlists directly to SoundApp and MacAMP - many new features help you to organize and handle your files. Features: MP3 Collection handling: - Create multiple collection databases - Add files from various sources as CDRs and HD - Add cover images to album folders - Two views available: List view and cover view (mosaic of cover images) - User customizable columns that display all id3 information - Quicksearch for both views lets you find a title in a snap - Additional search window...