FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Farallon Reduces Cost of Ethernet and Fast Ethernet Networking Announcing new economical 10Mb Starlet mini-hubs, daisy-chainable EtherWave for the price of regular Ethernet, and the affordable 10/100 Starlet Dual-Speed Hub. San Leandro, CA, March 24, 1999 - Farallon Communications, Inc., developer of reliable, plug-and-play networking solutions for both Macs and PCs, today announced great prices on some of their most popular Ethernet and Fast Ethernet solutions. Farallons new 10Base-T Starlet mini-hubs provide an economical way to network in the home, small office or school classroom. EtherWave, with models priced the same as regular Ethernet, gives customers two 10Base-T ports for the price of one. Additionally, Farallons 8-port Starlet Dual-Speed Hub offers affordable 10/100 integration of 10Mb and 100Mb devices. Farallons 10/100 Starlet Dual-Speed Hub Only $176.00 Equipped with 8 auto-negotiating 10/100 ports, Farallon's affordable, compact, plug-and-play dual...

Update Valentina 1.1.1 fixes the next bugs: a) "security bug" like in Microsoft Word 98 (files of database contain information of deleted disk files); b) fixed crash when a selection of more than 300'000 records is sorted. About Valentina: Valentina is a database engine which works hundreds and sometimes a thousand times as fast as others MacOS DBMS (4th Dimension, FileMaker Pro, NeoAccess), see benchmarks at (http://www.kagi.com/paradigma). In particular: indexing 100-200 times faster; searching 100-500+ times faster; sorting )1000 times faster. Benchmark: 1) It takes Valentina 68k on the Macintosh LC/68020 31 seconds to perform the particular search. 2) It takes FileMaker PPC on the G3/233 71 seconds to perform the same test. 3) It takes Valentina PPC on the G3/233 about 0.4 of second to performs the same test. Valentina is available for Apple Script lovers, as scriptable standalone application....

For Immediate Release Netopia Announces Version 3.0 Of Its Web Site Platform for Vertical Portals and Online Industry Associations Company to Expand Strategic Alliances in Key Vertical Markets by Helping Partners Increase "Portal Stickiness" and Community Development ALAMEDA, Calif., March 23, 1999 - Netopia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTPA), a market leader in helping small businesses establish their Internet presence, today announced a major strategic initiative to generate new alliances and licensing agreements with vertical portals and industry associations utilizing the new 3.0 Netopia Site Server platform. Netopia Site Server 3.0 (NSS) is the core technology for "No Assembly Required" Web Site building services, the easiest way to create powerful, feature-rich web sites. Aligning with Netopia, partners can offer professionally designed web sites to their members, visitors and constituents, significantly augmenting their Internet service offerings by integrating portal content with member web...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PALM HARBOR, FL March 23, 1999 - McWare USA, today released McSerialnumber 1.2 for Windows and Macintosh, the first cross-platform developer serialization scheme library generating simple-database application. Version 1.2 is the unified cross-platform release of the successful McSerialnumber 1.0 for the Macintosh. McSerialnumber supports both Microsoft Visual C++ and Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro development environments. Dedicated McSerialnumber applications run on Windows 95/98 and NT as well Mac OS 7.x, 8.x . Features of McSerialnumber: - The registered application enables you to build your company-own unique custom serial number library - McSerialnumber helps your software engineer to easy-custom-build a serial number scheme into any of your professional applications - McSerialnumber offers billions of master key combinations with a encoding/decoding library to secure your development investment - McSerialnumber database helps to track all of your registered...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 1999 BLUE WORLD LASSO WEB DATA ENGINE TO SUPPORT APACHE ON MAC OS X SERVER New Configuration to Provide Unrivaled Performance and Power to Further Lasso's Lead as the Dominant Force in Mac OS-Based Web Database Publishing BELLEVUE, WA - March 22, 1999 - Blue World Communications, Inc. today announced its plan to bring the award-winning Lasso Web Data Engine to industry leading Apache Web servers for the recently released Mac OS X Server operating system from Apple Computer. "As the leading Web Database Engine for Mac OS, support for Apple's new industrial-strength Mac OS X Server operating system furthers Lasso's dominant position within the growing Mac OS Internet server tool market," said Blue World president and CEO Bill Doerrfeld. "With support for Apache, trend-setting Lasso technology will enhance the most popular Web server used on the Internet, continuing Lasso's rapid acceptance and recognition as the price/performance leader among Web...

Text Cleaner Lite 1.51, an update to the popular freeware utility is available for immediate download. The update includes documentation that was missing in 1.5 and an updated Panorama application (3.15). Please direct questions to (405ware@studio405.com). Text below describes Text Cleaner Lite Text Cleaner Lite 1.51 by Studio 405, Inc. Text Cleaner Lite is the freeware version of the commercial package Text Cleaner. Text Cleaner Lite provides correct typesetting marks and input error correction in one pass, eliminating the need for common search and replace routines. The 1.5 upgrade adds text preparation for the World-Wide Web by changing common text characters with no direct HTML conversion to their web-safe counterparts. Summary of features: Removes multiple spaces, returns and tabs Creates curly or straight quotes Corrects foot and inch measurement marks Corrects apostrophes for year abbreviations Creates or removes en and em dashes Removes spaces before and after tabs, returns,...

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNI SOFTWARE PLUS GmbH Softwarepark Hagenberg A-4323 Hagenberg AUSTRIA phone: +43 (7236) 3338-82 fax: +43 (7236) 3338-30 email: voodoo@unisoft.co.at www: http://www.unisoft.co.at/products/voodooserver.html VOODOO Server 1.0 Released - Robust and Easy-To-Use Version Control for CodeWarrior Developers Hagenberg, AUSTRIA, March-22-1999, UNI SOFTWARE PLUS GmbH is pleased to announce the immediate availability of their new flagship version control tool VOODOO Server 1.0. VOODOO Server is a version control system for software developers using Metrowerks CodeWarrior under Mac OS. VOODOO Server and the corresponding CodeWarrior plug-in provide reliable and robust version control without adding the administrative overhead that usually accompanies version control. VOODOO Server is the successor to the company's award-winning stand-alone version control application VOODOO. The new client/server system was designed to combine the experience from the...

Elegant Chaos is pleased to announce the release of Script Runner 1.0. Script Runner is a post-linker plugin for Metrowerks CodeWarrior. Script Runner allows you to execute any AppleScript or application in the post-link phase of your compilation. Sample AppleScripts are included to do such things as: add a custom icon, compress the linked file, copy the linked file to another folder. download from: (http://www.elegantchaos.com/cgi-local/download.cgi?runner) read more at: (http://www.elegantchaos.com/software/runner.html) Sam Deane / Elegant Chaos / sam@elegantchaos.com / March 1999 www.elegantchaos.com

Subject: Valentina 1.1 - the scriptable database. From: Ruslan Zasuhin (sunshine@public.kherson.ua) Welcome to Valentina. Valentina is a database engine which works hundred and thousand times as fast as other MacOS DBMS (4th Dimension, FileMaker Pro, NeoAccess), see benchmarks at (http://www.kagi.com/paradigma). In particular: indexing 100-200 times faster; searching 100-500+ times faster; sorting )1000 times faster. Benchmark: 1) It takes Valentina 68k on the Macintosh LC/68020 31 seconds to perform the particular search. 2) It takes FileMaker PPC on the G3/233 71 seconds to perform the same test. 3) It takes Valentina PPC on the G3/233 about 0.4 of second to performs the same test. Now Valentina is available for Apple Script lovers, as scriptable standalone application. FEATURES: - up to 65'000 Tables in the database; - up to 65'000 fields per Table; - types of fields: bool, byte, short, ushort...

Vicomsoft have now released a major upgrade to their FTP Client and FTP Client Pro. FTP Client has all the Vicomsoft hallmarks of ease-of-use, reliability, flexibility and performance. There are over 35 new features which include: - File and directory synchronization - Persistent downloads - MacBinary III support - Additional server support for AppleShare IP 6.x, Serv-U FTP and NetWare 4.11 among others The shareware version of FTP Client may be downloaded free of charge. Pricing of FTP Client Pro is $30. Quantity and site discounts are available. For further information on FTP Client, see: http://www.vicomsoft.com/ftp.software.html The full list of new features may be found at http://www.vicomsoft.com/support/appnotes/ftp.readme.html

RPK SECURITY'S ENCRYPTONITE SOFTWARE TOOLKIT PROVIDES STRONG AND FAST ENCRYPTION FOR STREAMING MEDIA SAN FRANCISCO, CA, MARCH 9, 1999 - RPK Security, Inc. (www.rpk.com), a technology leader in strong and fast public key encryption, announced today a breakthrough re-engineering of its RPK Encryptonite(tm) Software Toolkit that provides a significant increase in engine performance. Combined with new Indexed Encryption for high-data-flow applications like streaming multimedia, the RPK Encryptonite Software Toolkit v3.1 enables developers to add strong security to Internet, software, hardware and communications applications without performance degradation. The RPK Encryptonite Toolkit offers a five-fold performance increase on initialization and key creation. It accommodates out-of-order, missing or corrupted/garbled data, without any noticeable performance degradation or reduction in security. The new version also adds additional sources of randomness for use in a variety of applications...

Subject: [ANN] Whisper 1.0 - a new open source Mac/Win32 C++ app framework From: Jesse Jones (jesjones@halcyon.com) Whisper is a free general purpose Mac/Win32 C++ application framework. It's the successor to the Mac framework Raven. Like Raven Whisper is a modern framework that takes advantage of templates, multiple inheritance, STL, and exceptions. It's also designed around the notion of Design by Contract and includes numerous debugging tools. Whisper is divided into four layers: Foundation, Core, High Level, and Esoterica. The lower layers are independant of the higher layers. Foundation includes a framework for unit tests, debugging functions, a cross platform stack crawl class, geometry classes, a date class, mixins for lockable and reference counted classes, classes for converting between Unicode, US-ASCII, Win Latin-1, and Mac Roman, a Unicode string class modeled after std::string, a templatized version of the Observer pattern, and a number of STL-compatible containers (these...

Mac OS X Server Now Shipping Apple's Macintosh Server G3 Fastest Web Server for Under $5000 CUPERTINO, California-March 16, 1999-Apple Computer, Inc. today announced the availability of Mac OS X Server, the Company's new server operating system, which combines the proven strength of UNIX with the simplicity of Macintosh. Customers can order Mac OS X Server from Apple Authorized Resellers and The Apple Store (www.apple.com) for U.S. $499-with an unlimited client license. Mac OS X Server, when coupled with a new Macintosh Server G3, is the fastest platform for running Apache for under U.S. $5000-outperforming Linux, Solaris and Windows NT Server.* "Our customers are excited about Mac OS X Server, Apple's first modern server operating system," said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO. "Mac OS X Server is an incredibly powerful web server and by introducing it at an aggressive price of $499, we're putting power into the hands of millions of Macintosh customers in education and business." Mac...

Mac OS X Server Embraces Open Source With Launch of Darwin Apple Becomes First Mainstream OS Company to Make its System Software Available to Open Source Community CUPERTINO, California-March 16, 1999-Apple Computer, Inc. today announced the launch of Darwin-the Open Source release of the Mac OS X Server operating system foundation. Mac OS X Server is the Company's new server operating system which combines the proven strength of UNIX with the simplicity of Macintosh. Darwin will be available free to developers in the next few weeks at (www.apple.com/darwin). With this announcement, Apple becomes the first mainstream operating system provider to release its source code to the public and base its system software strategy on Open Source technologies. "The Open Source movement is revolutionizing the way operating systems evolve and Apple is leading the industry by becoming the first major OS provider to make it's core operating system available to Open Source developers," said Avie...

Contact: Kristi Kosloske PR Unlimited, Inc. 847/253-6600 or kristi@prunlimited.com For Immediate Release NetMechanic Eliminates Browser Compatibility Headaches Avoid Costly Analysis while Maintaining Web Site Standards Huntsville, AL --NetMechanic (www.netmechanic.com), The leading independent web site maintenance service, announced the launch of a new FREE Browser Compatibility service that will automatically shows how each page appears when viewed on different computers with different browsers. While the constantly changing face of the World Wide Web is exciting, it is also burdensome for webmasters and designers to keep pace with the ever-evolving standards and diversity of browser applications. "Visitors won't last long if their browser isn't compatible with a site. Avoiding the confusion from the proliferation of browsers and proprietary tags on the market is a challenge. Savvy web designers will rush to use the preventative medicine NetMechanic provides to make viewing easier...

For More Information, Contact: For Immediate Release: Macromedia Macromedia Kirsten Armstrong Susan Nicolls kirsten@macromedia.com snicolls@macromedia.com (415) 252-4088 (415) 553-2751 MACROMEDIA SHIPS FIREWORKS 2 Comprehensive Study by Webreference.com Shows Fireworks 2 to be the Leading Product for Web Graphics Optimization San Francisco, CA - March 15, 1999 - Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR) today announced that Fireworks(R) 2 is now shipping. Fireworks 2 is a major new release of Macromedia's award-winning Web graphics production environment that specifically addresses the needs of Web designers who create and maintain graphics-rich, interactive Web sites. With powerful new features for integrated graphics, coding and sitewide editing, Fireworks 2 effectively bridges the gap between graphics and code. Fireworks 2 enables rapid edits across multiple graphics, ensuring consistent design throughout an entire Web site and accelerating Web workflow. In a study...

Press Contact: Scott Rill at 617-630-9495 or srill@snowbnd.com Sales Contact: Sales Department at 617-630-9495 or sales@snowbnd.com Newton, MA (March 15, 1999) Snowbound Software has announced the exciting release of Version 8.0 of its RasterMaster imaging components, a set of award- winning high performance, cross platform raster imaging components and tools. Available in Silver and Platinum editions, RasterMaster 8.0 brings many new formats, functions, and capabilities to the table. All versions of RasterMaster 8.0 feature progressive JPEG reading, support for the EXIF camera format, Image Pixel reading capabilities, and much more. RasterMaster 8.0 Platinum adds TWAIN high speed transfer scanning, TWAIN read and write CAPS, permanent conversion of 1-bit images to Scale to Gray, and PDF multipage writing. Additionally, RM 8.0 Platinum provides an Autocrop command, improved EPS output (includes LZW, Packbits, and JPEG), auto orientation, improved reentrancy capability, Window...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: Lance Merker - Mainstay (805) 484-9400 lance@mstay.com 591-A Constitution Ave. Camarillo, CA 93012 www.mstay.com Mainstay Updates JustMail(tm) Private, Web-based Email Client Java Applet Now Supports APOP Camarillo, CA, March 15, 1999-Mainstay today began shipping an updated JustMail(tm), a private and secure client to access an email account anytime, anywhere, using only a web browser. The updated JustMail 1.0.5 adds support for APOP, automatic signature messages, and the ability to customize both the login page and the JustMail browser window. JustMail now supports the optional use of the industry standard APOP encryption protocol for secure email password authentication. The added security feature gives JustMail users the confidence that their email login process is as secure as it is using an email client application. JustMail 1.0.5 signatures give users the ability to set up a customizable message and automatically add it to...

Special Offer: Free MediaStorm with IncWell SuperCard, Upgrade Chandler, Arizona. March 15, 1999 based IncWell DMG, Ltd, developers of the SuperCard advanced multimedia system announce a special offer for purchasers of SuperCard 3.5, or for version or competitive upgrades to version 3.5 of SuperCard, as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the SuperCard product line. Customers that purchase SuperCard full version, or SuperCard upgrade or competitive upgrade versions after March 22nd and through April 30th, will receive in specially marked US English boxes a free license to MediaStorm, IncWell's easy to use interactive presentation tool. MediaStorm brings the power of multimedia production to the home, school, and office. MediaStorm meets a variety of communication needs with a simple, yet powerful program editor that lets you create full multimedia-powered presentations in a matter of minutes. Educators and trainers can create lessons, tutorials and tests for student work...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nathan Tyler Netscape Communications Corp. 650-937-4927 Sarah Hofstetter IDT Public Relations 201-928-2882 Janine Kutliroff IDT Investor Relations 201-928-4391 NETSCAPE AND NET2PHONE SIGN GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT Companies to Deliver Low Cost PC-to-Phone Service Enabling Millions to Instantly Place Calls From a Computer to any Telephone in the World MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and HACKENSACK, N.J. (March 10, 1999) Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) and IDTs (NASDAQ: IDTC) Net2Phone subsidiary today announced a multi-year global distribution agreement under which Net2Phones PC-to-phone service will be exclusively bundled with Netscapes leading Internet browser, Netscape Communicator, and will be featured as a button on the browser Personal Toolbar. In addition, the Net2Phone service is scheduled to be prominently featured on Netscapes fast growing Internet portal, Netscape Netcenter enabling millions of consumers to place telephone calls...

For Immediate Release Contact: Shirley C Sharpe +44 (0) 411-505655, sales@sharpeware.com WEBSTORM 2.5 - Power Your Way Thru' The Web SharpeWare has released version 2.5 of WebStorm, a program that takes the pain out of searching the Web. WebStorm takes care of finding and reviewing the text from the links you need; checking their performance and age and managing their browsing. No need to wait for slow-loading search sites packed with advertising graphics - cut straight to the results you want. Now with SiteStorm technology, WebStorm version 2.5 will also take any site then find and check all links to other sites - even following pages within the site to build a single, complete and easy-to-browse list of checked links. And alongside each good link WebStorm displays an extract of the actual page. Whether obtained from search sites, or SiteStorm, checked results can be saved as formatted web documents - or exported into other programs. A history of past searches, and their results...

FileMaker Pro Developer Edition Chosen Best Application Development Program by Software & Information Industry Association Los Angeles, Calif., March 8, 1999 -- FileMaker Pro 4.0 Developer Edition, the essential database development tool kit for corporate and commercial developers, was voted Best Application Development Program by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) during the association's 14th annual Codie Awards here last night. In winning the prestigious Codie Award for Best Application Development Program, FileMaker Pro 4.0 Developer Edition bested IBM's Visual Age for Java V2.0, RoboHELP Office 7.0 from Blue Sky Software, Software Engineering Risk Management: Finding Your Path Through the Jungle from LearnerFirst (in partnership with IEEE Computer Society), and Aion 8.0 from PLATINUM Technology. "As the workgroup database market takes off, the sky is the limit for FileMaker as the development platform of choice," said Dominique Goupil, president,...

MACTECH MAGAZINE, CALL FOR EDITORS March 4, 1999 --- MacTech Magazine, the journal for Macintosh resident programmers and developers, is seeking to expand it's editorial board. MacTech is looking for new contributing editors and would like to hear from experienced programmers and developers interested in contributing to the Macintosh development community. What MacTech expects from contributing editors: * Each contributing editor will help develop a focus area (a segment of the development community that the editor will help to represent on the editorial board). Current areas covered by MacTech include: Mac OS X JavaTech(tm) Cryptography I/O Technology Database Development Game Technologies Component System Development Palm OS Development Linux Development Network Technologies We're interesteded in expanding these areas to include new focus...

Scorpion Research releases Scorpion BarCode 1.50 Chislehurst, Kent, England -- 4 March 1999 -- Scorpion Research today announced the release of version 1.50 of Scorpion BarCode, its popular BarCode creation software for Apple Macintosh computers. What is Scorpion BarCode? Scorpion BarCode is a complete Bar Code creation utility that you can use to quickly create Bar Code images for use in other applications. The software supports the following symbologies: * EAN-13 (With or without Add-On codes) * EAN-8 * EAN-128 * UPC-A (With or without Add-On codes) * UPC-E * Code-128 * Code-93 * Code-39 * Codabar * ITF (Interleaved Two Five) * ISSN * ISBN * PostNet (5 digit / 9 digit / 11 digit) * RM4SCC * Pharmacode * MSI By entering the text of a Bar Code, the software produces the graphic equivalent using one of the above selected symbologies. You can then use this graphic to: * Create a PICT file * Create an EPS file * Produce a desktop clipping file by dragging the graphic image to the desktop...

Media Information For Immediate Release March 4 1999 MacSourcery simplifies creation of screen savers using Macromedia Director with CineMac for Director version 1.5 it just got easier to make screen savers - thanks to MacSourcery. Released this week, version 1.5 of CineMac for Director is designed to work with Macromedia Director 7 to create high-impact screen savers for Mac and PC using live internet content, animations and video. Developed by San Diego based software company MacSourcery, CineMac for Director has proved to be a hit with blue chip companies including Walt Disney, Sony, Columbia Pictures, Levi's and PepsiCo who use screen savers to promote their products and services. MacSourcery's CineMac for Director 1.5 converts Macromedia's Director files into screen savers. Version 1.5 adds support for Director 7 and includes the ability to create screen savers with internet updatable content. Version 1.5 is designed to make screen savers easier to create and faster to download....

CWCVS 2.0 Press Release Electric Fish, Inc. announces the release of CWCVS 2.0, a shareware version control plugin for Metrowerks CodeWarrior, which allows you to use the public domain CVS client MacCVS for version control without leaving the CodeWarrior IDE. CVS is a widely used POSIX-based version control system and CVS clients are available on many platforms, including the Macintosh, making it a reasonable choice for multiple platform development. CWCVS allows Macintosh developers to use CVS with CodeWarrior without arcane command line arguments or scripts. Version 2.0 features include: Conversion to the latest CodeWarrior API; Advanced dialogs for most commands; Recursive command versions for Difference, History and Status; rtag support in the Label command; Default to -kb for adding non-text files Automatic login upon connect; Automatic directory creation on Add; Watchers support; New default options preferences panel...

CWProjector 3.1 Press Release Electric Fish, Inc. announces the release of CWProjector 3.1, a shareware version control plugin for Metrowerks CodeWarrior, which allows you to use MPW's Projector for source control without leaving the CodeWarrior IDE. CWProjector provides an easy to use source-code control system, at minimal cost, using established technology from Apple. It is well suited for individuals and small organizations which want the benefits of source-control with a minimum of hassle and expense. Version 3.1 includes the following new features: Helper applications for Difference; Various bug fixes; CWProjector is available now at: http://www.electricfish.com/products/CWProjector/ Electric Fish, Inc. is a software development company based in Seattle, Washington. For more information, contact Richard Wesley, mailto:hawkfish@electricfish.com - rmgw http://www.electricfish.com/hawkfish/

iForm 1.0 -- The Versatile Little Forms Server Setauket, NY, March 1999 - Limit Point Software introduces iForm 1.0 for Mac OS, the elegant but affordable little forms processor for intranet and internet. Simple storefronts, guest books, surveys, quizzes, mailing lists -- all are good jobs for iForm but its applications are limitless. iForm messengers any form's results to multiple e-mail destinations, then warehouses the form's results in a text-and-tabs data archive for database import. Plus, iForm will messenger multiple attachments -- HTML, PDF, images, audio, video and more -- and even optionally auto-binhex any file format on the fly. And no mail server or web server required -- iForm will serve forms from any Mac on your TCP/IP network independent of, or as a complement to your web server. In the spirit of Boolean Search 2, iForm reflects Limit Point's philosophy of custom-fit solutions. iForms may sport custom graphics and any form element in any quantity -- pop-ups, check...

News Release OPERA SOFTWARE AND TROLL TECH AGREE TO MAKE OPERA, THE POPULAR WEB BROWSER, AVAILABLE ON THE SUCCESSFUL LINUX PLATFORM. Oslo, Norway, - 2. March, 1999 - Troll Tech AS, producer of the Qt cross-platform application framework and Opera Software AS, producer of Opera, the fastest and most user friendly Internet browser, today announced a cooperative development effort to make Opera available on the increasingly popular Linux platform. This initiative between the two companies, Opera Software AS and Troll Tech AS, is taken to secure a rapid offering of the Opera web browser on the Linux platform. The first prototype will be showcased this week at the Linux World Expo in San Jose. The Linux version of Opera is based on Qt, Troll Tech's widely used cross-platform application framework. Troll Tech started the porting of the user interface and the general framework three weeks ago, and has already produced a working prototype. The development team consisted of seven Troll Tech...

Stairways releases OTSessionWatcher 2.0 Perth, Western Australia -- 3 March 1999 -- Stairways Software, Pty Ltd, today announced the release of version 2.0 of OTSessionWatcher an update to our Open Transport Stream debugging utility. What is OTSessionWatcher? OTSessionWatcher allows you to examine the data transmitted through Open Transport UDP and TCP streams. This is useful for debugging network applications and network problems, learning about networking protocols, or watching for strange or unwanted TCP traffic. If you have ever wondered what your computer was saying when it was talking to other machines on the network, this program is the answer. OTSessionWatcher is one of those simple, powerful tools that makes you wonder how you ever lived without it. OTSessionWatcher requires a PowerPC (Power Macintosh or clone) and Open Transport 1.1.1 or later. What's New? OTSessionWatcher 2.0 adds support for watching UDP streams as well as displaying more complete stream information...

Stairways releases RumorMill 1.2 Perth, Western Australia -- Stairways Software, Pty Ltd, today announced the release of version 1.2 of RumorMill, its shareware Mac OS News (NNTP) server. 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 small memory footprint. Amongst other security features RumorMill has Site...

Solana Beach, California---March 1, 1999--In honor of its 15th year anniversary, Nisus(R) Software Inc. announces the FREE release of its blazingly-fast and tiny word processing application, Nisus Compact. According to Jerzy Lewak CEO, "We are giving away another software title from our high quality line of Macintosh(R) products. Macintosh users can download Nisus Compact for FREE and get a taste of word processing at its best and most efficient. In these days of bloated software, Nisus Compact is a refreshing reminder of how powerful and useful a small application can be." Nisus Compact has many of the features of its big brother Nisus Writer 5.1.3, but is almost as small as SimpleText(TM). At a mere 1.1 MB for the full download, it's amazing that this tiny application can do so much! Here are just a few Nisus Compact features: FILES COMPATIBLE WITH NISUS WRITER: You can interchange fully formatted files between the two applications. FLUID GRAPHICS: Paste graphics as characters or on...

ColorSync 2.6 Now Available for Download New Version Includes Enhanced Support for AppleScript and Popular Internet Image Formats SEYBOLD, BOSTON, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Apple Computer, Inc. today announced the availability of ColorSync 2.6, the latest version of the Company's color-management work flow software for publishing and design professionals. ColorSync 2.6 includes significant enhancements to AppleScript integration; support for color management of popular Internet standards like JPEG and GIF image formats; and updated Photoshop plug-ins. ColorSync 2.6 is available for free download today at http://www.apple.com/colorsync. Apple also announced the availability of the ColorSync Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows, which will allow hardware and software developers to create ColorSync-compatible products for Windows platforms. "ColorSync is the leading software for managing color with over one million users, including professional publishers like PEOPLE and Kinko's who...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VSE HTML TURBO 2.1 UPDATE (Bonn, Germany, March 3rd, 1999). Voget Selbach Entertainment (VSE) announced today that a new version of its popular Mac OS based shareware HTML optimizer VSE HTML Turbo is now available. VSE HTML Turbo is a tool that optimizes HTML documents so that they become much smaller and load much more quickly into web browsers. It is the winner of Mac Now's Editor's Choice Award and it has received 4 stars from MacNN and 4 Logos from Applelinks. The new version fixes several bugs, uses Navigation Services if installed, recognizes PNG images and offers severall small improvements. Further information can be found at "http://vse-online.com/turbo.html". PRICING VSE HTML Turbo is available for $49.95. You can order it online at "http://vse-online.com/order". DOWNLOAD AND DISTRIBUTION VSE HTML Turbo 2.1 can now be downloaded at "http://vse-online.com/download.html". The application can be included free of charge on cover CD-ROM's of computer...

For Immediate Release For more information: Katie Graunke info@stone.com 505-345-4800 Stone Design Announces Web Colors(tm) 1.0 For Mac OS X Server and Yellow Box Boston March 2, 1999 - Veteran Mac OS X/Yellow Box developers, Stone Design, announced the handy color picking tool, Web Colors, and its companion Stone Web Color Lists, for Mac OS X Server and Web Objects for NT today. Chief engineer at Stone Design and author of Web Colors 1.0, Andrew Stone said, "This application allows Internet content designers to have quick and easy access to the colors that will look best globally." Web Colors helps web designers select colors that look good on the vast majority of low grade color monitors used throughout the world. Since most color displays only support 256 colors, the colors in the palette provided in Web Colors are guaranteed to be rendered in one solid color. There are millions of possible RGB color combinations, but these RGB triples will not be dithered, and thus will...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PARAGON SOFTWARE RELEASES OAK CORBA ORB FOR APPLE OS X SERVER PLATFORM VIENNA, VA - MARCH 2, 1999 - Paragon Software Inc., a leading provider of CORBA technology for Apple products, has released a version of its OAK CORBA ORB package for Apple's new OS X Server platform announced today at the Seybold show in Boston. The OAK CORBA ORB is a complete, enterprise-class CORBA development suite for building and deploying CORBA-compatible solutions. It features many exclusive capabilities that make it a compelling choice for OS X Server developers, including: * Seamless integration with Apple Project Builder using the new OAK Project Builder Wizard * YellowBox Java code generation that allows direct use of CORBA objects in WebObjects Builder * Objective-C support for easy, integrated CORBA development with Objective-C-based systems The OAK CORBA ORB has been the premier CORBA option for Apple platforms since 1994. The OAK CORBA ORB is...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Polar Orbit Software Announces PRAM Battery Checker for Macintosh San Francisco, Calif., March 1, 1999 -- Polar Orbit Software announces the release of a new utility for Macintosh computers, PRAM Battery Checker v1.0. This software will warn the computer user if the internal battery that backs up the important Parameter Ram (PRAM) dies. If this battery fails this information can become corrupted causing system disruption or errors. The software checks the system at startup time and will inform the user if the battery has died, otherwise the user will notice nothing out of the ordinary. PRAM Battery Checker is perfect for lab or corporate environments where many Macintosh computers are deployed. It will allow you to catch a major source of easily prevented system errors. It is also a useful utility for people who help out less savvy computer users who might not realize that this battery exists. The program can be downloaded from the Polar Orbit web page at: (http...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PALM COMPUTING-BASED ROUTER CONFIGURATOR BY CLAIRVOYANT SOFTWARE SAVES TIME, MONEY AND SPACE FOR NETWORK MANAGERS GoFigure! Quickly Installs and Configures CISCO Routers On First American Title's Statewide WAN Anywhere, Anytime , Automates Tedious, Time-Consuming Tasks Sunnyvale, CA - March 1, 1999 - Clairvoyant Software's GoFigure! router configuration software is saving First American Title Insurance Company of Portland, Oregon time and money in maintaining and expanding its 30-sight wide area network. GoFigure! is the first GUI product allowing network system managers and engineers to configure Cisco routers using Palm Pilot or PalmIII hand-held computers. Introduced in November 1998, GoFigure! addresses a router's set-up and get-running configuration parameters by automating tedious and time-consuming tasks. It's a valuable, portable tool for anyone configuring Cisco routers. Providing real estate title insurance services throughout the state of Oregon, First...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sonic Systems Announces SonicWALL PRO Internet Security Appliance Bringing high performance, comprehensive security to branch offices and large, single-site networks SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 1, 1999 -- Sonic Systems, Inc., provider of Internet security for small to medium size companies, today announced SonicWALL PRO, a high-performance Internet security appliance for Fast Ethernet networks. SonicWALL PRO provides Internet security, Virtual Private Networking (VPN), and content filtering with high performance hardware to meet the needs of large networks. SonicWALL PRO offers branch offices and large, single-site networks a comprehensive security system to combat intruders and secure important business data. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, large networks comprise only one percent of all networks. Nine percent are medium-size enterprises and 90 percent are categorized as small networks. Yet most security products in today's marketplace are...

Blue World Announces GoLive Talk Email Discussion Forum February 28, 1999 - Blue World is pleased to announce the launch of the new GoLive Talk email discussion forum. GoLive Talk is a free interactive email discussion forum providing users of Adobe's GoLive website authoring product a venue for sharing tips, techniques and user-to-user support as well as serving the GoLive community with the latest information pertaining to Adobe GoLive and companion products. As all posts to GoLive Talk are automatically archived in a database searchable via the Web (http://listsearch.blueworld.com/golivetalksearch.lasso), the service provides one of the most exhaustive resource of information to those interested in maximizing their understanding of the Adobe GoLive product. Blue World cordially invites interested parties to join GoLive Talk today simply by sending email to requests@blueworld.com with "subscribe golive" in the message body. GoLive Talk complements other popular email discussion...

Graham Cox, a private individual, today announces the latest upgrade to the popular and free C++ framework for Macintosh, MacZoop. Now in version 2.0, MacZoop has been extensively rewritten and simplified to help make creating Macintosh applications even easier and more rewarding than ever before. Version 2.0 has been extensively tested and peer reviewed for the first time to ensure the highest quality code and most bug-free release made to date. MacZoop can be downloaded from the following site: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~corbe/MacZoop/MacZoop.html and is also available on these mirrors: http://www.wulfden.org/MacZoop http://www.coriolis.ch/MacZoop What is MacZoop? MacZoop is a C++ application framework for the Macintosh. Unlike large frameworks such as MacApp, PowerPlant, etc, MacZoop is small and lightweight, focussed on the needs of beginners and smaller projects. MacZoop is designed to be compiled with Metrowerks' CodeWarrior, but will compile with other ANSI compliant C++...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MetaCreations' New Tool for Next-Generation Web Advertising Now Available via the Internet Headline Studio -- Ready for Immediate Purchase and Download from the Company's Web Site -- Brings Powerful Broadcast-Quality Animation to Web Banners Carpinteria, CA - February 25, 1999 - MetaCreations Corporation (Nasdaq: MCRE) announced today the immediate availability of dynamic new software for Web design professionals seeking to create animated, broadcast-quality Web advertising banners. The first MetaCreations product to be offered online for users to buy and download, Headline Studio is available now via the Internet for both Windows and Macintosh platforms. To purchase, simply visit MetaCreations' new electronic software purchase and delivery area on the company Web site at http://www.metacreations.com/products/hls. MetaCreations Headline Studio contains all the necessary tools in an easily accessible format to quickly create high-impact, animated GIF banner ads...

The authors of Rotating Ads for Lasso announce Human Resources/Public Relations (HR/PR) for Lasso. An easy to implement, easy to maintain system to administer the timely addition and deletion of employment opportunities and press releases from your web site. No more trying to re-invent the wheel, this solution can be up and running in minutes. With our easy-to-use web-based administration module, you can quickly add new entries and delete old ones right in your web browser. Special feature for ISP's: HR/PR for Lasso is designed to run on multiple web sites. Give each of your clients their own Unique ID Code, and they can each administer their own News and Job Openings web pages all in ONE database! All entries are kept separated by company, so your clients will never see anything but their own information, just like you designed it especially for them. Features * Easy to implement * Web based administration * Handles multiple web sites * Works on any page served by Lasso * No limit on...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Troi Automatisering releases Troi Serial Plug-in 1.0 for FileMaker Pro Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands, February 23, 1999--Troi Automatisering today announced the release of Troi Serial Plug-in 1.0, for FileMaker Pro 4.0 (or later) on 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 without the need of a separate application. Peter Baanen, company president, states that "Based on user feedback we've included an extra Caller ID example database and a brand new ToASCII function. This makes starting with the plug-in even easier". Suggested Use Suggested uses for this plug-in are connecting to a modem, custom switchboard dialing, caller ID, credit card swiping, controlling external devices, data acquisition and data transfer. Key features of the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE StoneTable Version 4.0 provides support for formulas and AppleEvents in Tables. Portland, OR--Feb 22, 1999--StoneTablet Publishing today announced the release of StoneTable Version 4.0. This release provides a major step forward giving the Macintosh developer access to functionality never before available on the Macintosh platform in a simple and easy form for integration into their applications. Building upon an API similar to that used by the List Manager, StoneTable now provides nearly 250 functions and dozens of options (color, fonts, styles, titles, grid lines, etc.) to the developer to display a wide range of data (text, check boxes, pop up menus, twist down lists, application defined data, etc.) in a simple and consistent way. Applications using StoneTable provide their users a natural interface similar to that found in major spreadsheet applications or other applications that display data in tables. These are just some of the improvements found in...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE @soft releases MacAMP Lite 1.5 Lugano, Switzerland, Feb 20, 1999 -- @soft announces a new version of its award-winning product, MacAMP Lite. MacAMP Lite is an innovative audio multimedia player for the MacOS, featuring a small and easy to use interface, plugin architecture, playlist support, timer, and more. The application with a particulary low memory requirements (only 1200 Kb for best performance) and a wide range of supported sound formats, including CD Audio, MP3, IT, MOD, XM, MIDI and more, promises to be an outstanding tool for every Mac user. The user interface for the program is made of a single control strip-like window, floating above all other applications, allowing easy access to most of MacAMP Lite's features, such as playlist, play, stop, forward and rewind buttons. Users can also customize MacAMP Lite with custom appearance files, called "Skins", that greatly change the look of the player. MacAMP Lite makes use of a new technology invented by @...

IncWell Unveils NetAnimator - Smart Animations for Web, Windows Desktop February 18, 1999. Chandler, Arizona. IncWell DMG, Ltd of Chandler, Arizona, makers of the advanced, multimedia development environment SuperCard, unveiled its first Windows based authoring product, IncWell NetAnimator for Windows 1.0. IncWell NetAnimator is an easy to use tool for creating compact, interactive multimedia animations. Users create text and import artwork as members in a mixed time and path based environment. Objects can move and respond to clicks, opening web pages or playing different parts of the animation. After a NetAnimation is created, it can be exported for playback on the web using a Java applet, ActiveX control, or as a standard Windows 95/98 screen saver, allowing easy content reuse and branding of corporate web sites and desktops. At a download price of $59.95 from the IncWell DMG, Ltd web site (http://www.incwell.com ), IncWell NetAnimator puts authoring power into the hands of new web...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 1999 CONTACT: Karl Bunker Iron Software karlbunker@ironsoftware.com http://www.ironsoftware.com PhoneTech 1.0 released Powerful Macintosh Phone Utility Karl Bunker and Iron Software announce the release of a new utility that will ease the life of anyone who makes phone calls while working at their Mac. PhoneTech is a versatile utility that provides many powerful phone-related technologies that usually require expensive software, special hardware, or both. Working through any ordinary modem, PhoneTech provides the following features: * Includes a compact and easy to use "Phone Book" with which you can store any number of names and phone numbers for quick access. * "Keep trying" technology: if the line is busy or there is no answer, PhoneTech can retry the number periodically until you get through. You don't even have to pick up the phone until you're successfully connected. * System wide hotkey allows you to switch instantly between your modem (for...

ALADDIN SHIPS SPRING CLEANING 3.0- THE #1 MAC UNINSTALLER CLEANS FASTER, EASIER AND SAFER WITH INCREASED SEARCH SPEEDS, IMPROVED INTERFACE AND NEW RESTORE FEATURE Spring Cleaning 3.0 Is Now Faster And More Powerful At Helping Users Safely Organize Their Applications, Files, Folders And Fonts For Maximum Efficiency Watsonville, CA-February 17, 1999- Aladdin Systems, Inc., today announced Spring Cleaning(tm) 3.0 is now shipping. Spring Cleaning is the number one uninstaller for the Macintosh, and version 3.0 provides twelve easy utilities to help users clean their hard drive by searching for and removing unneeded files, applications, folders, and fonts. Spring Cleaning 3.0 has increased speed and performance and its new features include the ability to restore items, check for damaged files, search for invisible files, and a bonus application, Aladdin Desktop Magician(tm). "Becoming more efficient and organized are everyone's goals, and Spring Cleaning is the best solution for relieving...