[NPL] QPS Introduces Que! DVD-RAM Drive
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
QPS INTRODUCES QUE! DVD-RAM DRIVE
FOR APPLE G3 AND PC DESKTOP COMPUTERS
Yorba Linda, CA - March 24, 1999 - QPS, Inc. (www.qps-inc.com) is
announcing its latest product launch...the Que! DVD-RAM drive for
Apple G3 and PC desktop computers. This new drive is ideal for
desktop publishing, archiving and presentations. With Que! DVD-RAM,
MPEG-2 and DVD movies can be recorded and played back on television
sets or computer monitors in full screen.
According to Pierre Abboud, QPS vice president, "The Que! DVD-RAM
brings all of the excitement of the new DVD format to personal
computers with 5.2 GB of double-sided data storage space. It has
limitless possibilities at a very affordable price."
The drive provides enhanced caching for read/write throughput and a
maximum transfer rate of 16.6 MB/sec without leaving the digital
domain. It is backward-read-compatible with CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and
DVD-ROM media.
The product will have immediate use as a replacement for DAT tape...
[NPL] Source for ISP, IS, IT News for Network Managers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New portal educates ISPs and IS managers by focusing on hot
networking technologies.
Walnet Creek, Calif. -- March 24, 1999 (Xpress Press) - ISPortal.com The
objective source for news and resources announced today that it has
officially been opened to the public to dispense news and resources
focused
on hot internetworking technologies.
The concept behind the ISPortal.com is to deliver news stories, press
releases, white papers, and competitive information pertaining to
only the top 'hot networking technologies' all in one place. This
saves internetworking professionals the time of locating news and
product information on multitudes of sites. ISPortal.com currently
houses a wide range of information on VPN's, CLEC, Outsourcing,
Caching. XDSL, Anti-Spam and Security.
Instead of evaluating products by visiting individual vendor web
sites, ISPortal.com maintains buyers guides that allow people the
opportunity to truly comparison shop and find the perfect solution...
[NPL] Farallon Reduces Cost of Networking
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...
[MD1] PuppetTime Director Preview Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PUPPETTIME, INC. ANNOUNCES PREVIEW RELEASE OF PUPPETTIME DIRECTOR
New Internet Company Demonstrates Easy-To-Use 3D Storytelling
Technology, Invites Potential Customers To Make Requests
SAN FRANCISCO (March 25th, 1999) - PuppetTime, Inc. announced today
that it has released a preview of its revolutionary 3D storytelling
application, PuppetTime(R) Director, on its web site
http://www.puppettime.com/. PuppetTime Director allows users to
manipulate 3D puppets using PuppetTime's patent-pending 3D digital
actor plug-in architecture, which is built on top of Apple's
QuickTime. Downloading the free preview will allow Mac users with
QuickTime to create and view 3D movies. Playback for Windows users is
also available.
"The core philosophy at PuppetTime, Inc. is to bring the power of
storytelling to the rest of us," says Deeje Cooley, PuppetTime's
founder and CTO, "Everyone has a story to tell. Children are natural
storytellers, while executives and professionals...
[MD1] Valentina 1.1.1 update
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....
[MD1] Joy ships with OS X Server
For immediate release.
OS X SERVER SHIPS WITH JOY!
===========================
Vienna, March 24, 1999. Joy, the development environment from AAA+,
is now shipping on the 3rd party CD delivered with Mac OS X Server
from Apple. Joy supports developers from the creation of prototypes
right through to development of final shipping applications.
AAA+ Software supplies its clients with custom solutions based on its
Joy Enterprise technology. This has been available for many years.
The Joy tools available to the public represent a shrink-wrapped
subset, and are available at very low cost.
The Joy Explorer and Joy Developer products allow the user to use the
same tool, and the same paradigm, from initial prototyping through to
final deployment of the full-scale working system. This is achieved
through the Joy scripting engine.
The Joy Scripting Engine allows you to write Objective-C code, C
code, JavaScript code, and call Java code, all from one language. Tcl
is also supported. This provides...
[NPL] Netopia Site Server v3.0
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...
[NPL] MindSpring Upgrades Mac OS Suite
NEWS RELEASE
Release Dates: Immediate
Media Contact: Ed Hansen, (404) 287-0893
edhansen@mindspring.net
Investor Contact: Debbie Isbitts
(404) 815-0770 ext. 22845, investor@mindspring.net
MINDSPRING INTRODUCES NEW INTERNET SOFTWARE SUITE FOR MACINTOSH
ATLANTA (March 23, 1999) - MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSPG)
today announced it has released MindSpring version 4.0 Internet
Software for the Mac OS. This is MindSpring's first major upgrade of
its Macintosh software since June 1996.
The suite includes the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser,
Microsoft Outlook Express for e-mail and news, and Fetch for file
transfers. The access panel is a customized version of Gearbox by
Rockstar Software, which provides a single starting point for
Internet access. GearBox integrates into a single interface the tools
used to connect the customer's modem to the Internet, report the
status of their email, manage configuration settings and diagnose
technical problems. It also displays...
[MD1] McSerialnumber 1.2 Cross-platform Release
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...
[MD1] MacHack: Register and Win, Hacking Not Required
MacHack PR: Register and Win, Hacking Not Required.
MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers
c/o Expotech
1264 Bedford Road
Grosse Point Park, MI 48230
Contact: Carol Lynn
mailto:info@machack.com
Tel: (313) 882-1824
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dearborn, MI -- March 22, 1999 -- MacHack, The Annual Conference For
Leading Edge Developers, is proud to announce that all attendees who
register for the conference by April 15, will be entered to win a
Palm III connected organizer from Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com
company.
Three of the Macintosh friendly organizers will be given away. One
student attendee and two regular attendees will be the lucky winners.
These users will receive their Palm III units connected organizer
prior to the June, 1999, MacHack conference.
These lucky hackers are encouraged, though not required, to enter
this year's Best Hack Contest using their Palm Computing organizer
as a platform for clever hacks. Palm Computing (http://www.palm.com/)
has also...
[NPL] Blue World Lasso Web to Support Apache on Mac OS X
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...
[NPL] Extensis Suitcase 8
Extensis Suitcase 8 Font Management Packs Advanced Features and Solid
Compatibility
Extensis Suitcase Makes its Mark as Solid Font Management For Future
and Present Needs
Portland, OR - March 22, 1999 - Extensis Corporation today announced
the long-awaited Extensis Suitcase 8, its new complete font
management software for all Macintosh users. In addition to bringing
full Macintosh OS 8.5 compatibility to the newly branded package,
Extensis Suitcase 8 will maintain its ease of use while adding new
indispensable tools for anyone needing to manage fonts.
"Fonts are like children. They're messy, they leave stuff laying
around everywhere, but they give color to your life," said Mark
Niemann-Ross, senior product marketing manager, Extensis Corporation.
"Extensis lets Macintosh users focus on creativity and the job at
hand while cleaning up the mess with its easy-to-use Suitcase font
management tool."
Full Featured Font Management
Extensis has updated Suitcase 8 for full stability with...
[NPL] Text Cleaner Lite 1.51
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,...
[NPL] SMTPit for FileMaker
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMM-UNITY NETWORKING SYSTEMS RELEASES SMTPIT 1.0, A FILEMAKER
PLUG-IN FOR WINDOWS
Fort Worth, TX, March 22, 1999 -- Comm-Unity Networking Systems
announced the release of SMTPit 1.0, for FileMaker Pro 4.x for
Windows, a Macintosh version to follow.
This is the premiere release of the SMTPit plug-in which allows you
to send email directly from FileMaker Pro 4.x without the aide of any
helper programs.
Jesse Traynham, company owner, states that "To help break the
learning curve of SMTPit, we decided to create an example solution
that demonstrates the ease of use and the extremely flexibility of
SMTPit."
Possible Uses of SMTPit
Because SMTPit enables you to send email directly from FileMaker, the
possibilities are countless. You can use SMTPit to send personalized
email newsletters, respond to inquiries from the web, or even
integrate it into POS solutions.
Features of SMTPit
- SMTPit supports normal email fields such as To, CC, BCC, From, Subject,
and body.
-...
[MD1] VOODOO Server 1.0
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...
[NPL] FontAgent 2.7.5
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INSIDER FONTAGENT 2.7.5 NOW MORE COMPATIBLE
Award Winning Font Utility Supports Diverse Environments
CARLSBAD, CA - March 22, 1999 - Insider Software, Inc., today
released FontAgent 2.7.5, an update of the leading Macintosh font
repair and maintenance utility that extends the functionality of font
management solutions including Suitcase, ATM Deluxe, and Font Reserve
through it's ability to optimize corrupt, duplicate, and disorganized
fonts.
NEW FEATURES
FontAgent 2.7.5 boasts improved compatibility with a wider range of
computers and font libraries; a new, user-friendly installer; and an
improved interface with new graphics and enhanced Internet links. The
update also incorporates several bug fixes including superior memory
management, compatibility with non-standard volume names, and
improved handling of font repair options.
"Our goal with FontAgent is to elevate the technology available for
optimizing and maintaining font libraries," said Rio Sabadicci,...
[MD1] Script Runner 1.0
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
[NPL] MacStat
MESA, Arizona, -- March 19 -- Public Access Software today announces
its first ever hardware and software product called "MacStat"
(http://www.pasoftware.com/products/macstat/).
MacStat will allow you to view a variety of information about your
Macintosh computer including CPU load, computer uptime (length of
time since booting), total amount of free memory, the number of
currently running processes and a computer efficiency rating.
Using a small Mac OS application running in the background various
data is constantly and unobtrusively collected and displayed on an
external LCD display unit. The MacStat LCD display unit interfaces
through an unused serial port on your Macintosh and is controlled
entirely via the MacStat application.
MacStat Display Features:
* AppleScriptable MacStat application allowing the user to
display customized information as needed instead of using the default
features of the software.
* Continuous Macintosh Status updates via the external LCD screen.
* Easy to...
[MD1] Valentina 1.1 - the scriptable database
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...
[NPL] WebCatalog for UNIX / Mac OS X
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Pacific Coast Software's turnkey eCommerce
product, WebCatalog, will soon be available for UNIX users, according
to John A. Hill, VP of Marketing. WebCatalog currently supports all
major web servers on Windows and Macintosh.
Adding support for UNIX makes WebCatalog uniquely qualified as a
truly cross platform product. "Few products offer the convenience of
site development on either Macintosh or Windows that can be sent to a
UNIX server without re-compiling or modifying in any way. Considering
WebCatalog's rich feature set, long honor-roll of successful web
sites, and unbeatable price, it is in a league of its own," says Hill.
Although WebCatalog will initially be available as an Apache module
on Sun Solaris, Pacific Coast plans to offer WebCatalog on other
platforms including Linux and MacOS X Server from Apple. "We've found
that WebCatalog moves very easily to new platforms," says Grant
Hulbert, VP of Engineering. "With our Apache module we have a product
that...
[NPL] Vicomsoft FTP Client/Client Pro Update
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
[NPL] CanOpener Goes Cross-Platform
For Immediate Release
CanOpener goes cross-platform
Pleasantville, NY -- March 18, 1999
Abbott Systems (http://www.abbottsys.com) said today it is now
shipping a Windows version of CanOpener, its popular universal file
opener currently celebrating its 10th year on the Mac.
CanOpener 1.0 for Windows lets users search and retrieve text from
just about any PC file, including damaged files, using a variety of
special text filters.
Special text filters allow users to..
- Extract Names, Phone Numbers, URLs, Email, Web and IP Addresses.
- Strip HTML Coding.
- Remove extra Carriage Returns and blank spaces from email and Web
text.
- Extract important sentences such as questions or anything
containing $'s and numbers.
- Rapidly find clean text in files that contain huge amounts of 'garbage'
Abbott said many CanOpener users work in a mixed environment of Macs
and PCs. Until now, the only way for a user to open a PC file with
CanOpener was to move the file over to their...
[NPL] RPK Security SDK - Encryption for Streaming Media
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...
[NPL] Flash & Shockwave Players Available w/IE 5
MACROMEDIA FLASH AND SHOCKWAVE PLAYERS AVAILABLE WITH MICROSOFT
INTERNET EXPLORER 5
Internet Explorer Users Enjoy Rich, Interactive and Engaging Online Experience
San Francisco, CA-March 18, 1999-Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR)
today announced that its award-winning Flash(TM) and Shockwave(TM)
players are included with Microsoft Internet Explorer(TM) 5. As a
result, Internet Explorer 5 users can experience distinctive Web
sites featuring animated user interfaces, interactive demos,
vector-based Web graphics, games, cartoons and more. Now, Macromedia
Flash and/or Shockwave players are delivered with every major Web
browser, operating system, online service and Web television service.
Macromedia recently reported that Flash currently has a reach of more
than 100 million Web users. Innovative Web sites such as Pepsi Cola,
Volkswagen, CNN Financial Network, E*Trade, Absolut Vodka, Reebok and
more use Flash and Shockwave to attract, engage and retain new and
current customers. Internet...
[MD1] Whisper 1.0 - a new open source Mac/Win32 C++ app framework
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...
[MD1] Objective-Everything for Mac OS X Server Available
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
---------------------
Objective-Everything for Mac OS X Server is Available
=====================================================
Bethesda, Maryland. March 16, 1999. TipTop Software, Inc. welcomed the
arrival of the Apple's Mac OS X Server operating system. Mac OS X Server
is a powerful, high-performance, scalable server solution. "The
sophistication of Mac OS X Server development environment is
unparalleled" said Pedja Bogdanovich, TipTop President. "Our
Objective-Everything leverages this powerful development environment to
further provide a truly language-independent rapid application
prototyping, development, and scripting environment. It facilitates
building robust applications in record time. We are excited to make
Objective-Everything available to all Mac OS X Server developers on the
third-party CD."
Objective-Everything is a *MUST-HAVE* development environment for anyone
who develops under YellowBox (Mac OS X and Windows), including
programmers who just...
[MD1] Mac OS X Server Now Shipping
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...
[NPL] Mac OS X Server Now Shipping
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...
[MD1] Mac OS X Server Embraces Open Source With Launch of Darwin
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...
[NPL] Mac OS X Server Embraces Open Source With Launch of Darwin
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...
[NPL] NetMechanic Browswer Compatibility Service
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...
[NPL] Netscape Launches the My Netscape Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Nathan Tyler
650-937-4927
tyler@netscape.com
NETSCAPE OPENS MY NETSCAPE TO MILLIONS OF WEB PUBLISHERS
Netscape Launches the My Netscape Network, Empowers Web Publishers to
Create Channels for Popular My Netscape Personalized Internet Start Page
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (March 15, 1999) Netscape Communications
Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) today announced the launch of the My Netscape
Network that will allow Web publishers to create their own custom
channel for Netscapes popular My Netscape personalized Internet start
page service. The My Netscape Network is available on the Netscape
Netcenter portal and, as part of the My Netscape service, enables
consumers to create highly customized Internet start pages with their
choice of Internet content. By participating in the My Netscape
Network, Web publishers can expand their online audience to include the
growing network of millions of My Netscape users and increase repeat
traffic to their Web sites.
The first...
[NPL] Fireworks 2
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...
[NPL] InterMapper 2.1 and SNMP Watcher 1.0 now available
Dartmouth College Releases Two Network Management Packages
HANOVER, NH. Two advanced network management applications,
InterMapper 2.1 and SNMP Watcher 1.0, are now available from
Dartmouth College.
InterMapper 2.1 is an upgrade to the sophisticated multiprotocol
network monitoring tool now used by hundreds of network managers
worldwide. SNMP Watcher is a new tool designed to retrieve
information from devices on multiprotocol networks.
"We built these programs to manage our own campus network because we
couldn't find anything comparable on the market," says Richard Brown,
Manager of Special Projects at Dartmouth. "These tools make complex
network management vastly easier."
InterMapper 2.1 is Free Update
InterMapper 2.1 is an update to the monitoring package that the
College has been marketing commercially since 1996. InterMapper 2.1
introduces a number of enhancements to its built-in web server, which
gives the ability to view network information from a standard Web
browser. The new...
[NPL] RasterMaster 8.0 Silver & Platinum Versions Now...
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...
[NPL] Interaction 2.5 with Extensible HTML
MEDIA DESIGN IN*PROGRESS SHIPS INTERACTION 2.5 with Extensible HTML and DOM
SAN DIEGO, CA, March 15, 1999: Media Design in*Progress ships Interaction
2.5, the XML based Mac web server companion for productive, flexible
building and maintenance of personalized, social websites. The new release
supports Extensible HTML, implements server-side DOM, and has an upgraded
visual user interface. Interaction 2.5 is available from
(http://www.in-progress.com).
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced that the next version of
HTML will be based on the Extensible Markup Language (XML). Interaction is
the first application to support Extensible HTML, combining features from
XML with HTML. The application generates standard HTML pages at serving
time from CSS, XML and Extensible HTML, so web professionals can take
advantage of extensible markup and style sheets while keeping the pages
accessible for all web browsers.
Interaction provides a reasonable priced and easy to use Mac alternative...
[NPL] Mainstay Updates JustMail(tm)
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...
[MD1] Bitwise 2.0
Bitwise 2.0 is now available.
March 15, 1999: Eric Curtis announces the latest release of Bitwise.
Bitwise 2.0 is a versatile, yet easy to use calculator with many unique
features specifically designed for programmers of personal computers
and microprocessors. Bitwise 2.0 is actually two calculators in one;
with independent registers for integer and floating point math.
Bitwise 2.0 key features include:
+ Integer and floating point math
+ Hexadecimal, decimal, octal, and binary conversions
+ Integer word sizes of 8, 16, and 32 bits
+ Signed and unsigned integer modes
+ Sign-extension of registers
+ Complete set of logical and bitwise operators
+ Floating point in fixed or scientific notation
+ Backspace key
+ Pop-up stack register display with register selection
+ Undo last operation
+ Macintosh drag & drop support
+ Built-in user's guide
+ Compatible with System 7.X and OS 8.X
+ Native 68K & PPC fat application
Bitwise 2.0 and other Macintosh development utilities can be...
[MD1] Free MediaStorm with IncWell SuperCard, Upgrade
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...
[MD1] PACE Releases USB Floppy Enabler
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 10, 1999
PACE Anti-Piracy Releases Standard Floppy Interface for iMac and G3
Systems; New USB Floppy Enabler Available Free from PACE Web Site
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA -- March 10, 1999 -- PACE Anti-Piracy Inc., a leader
in the development of anti-piracy systems for the Macintosh, today released
an innovative solution for software developers whose customers use Apple
Computer's new iMac and G3 floppyless computer systems. PACE's USB Floppy
Enabler is a driver that emulates the floppy drive interface, making
supported third-party external USB floppy drives work with floppy-based
software products.
PACE developed the USB Floppy Enabler in response to the needs of customers
using its InterLok anti-piracy products, a fifth generation tool set for
protecting, distributing and selling software. The USB Floppy Enabler
currently supports Imation's SuperDisk and Newer Technology's uDrive, two
of the leading external USB floppy systems. PACE is working with...
[NPL] Netscape to Bundle Net2Phone
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...
[NPL] Clairvoyant Software to release ISP Planning Products
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Gregory Hampton Ford Kanzler
Clairvoyant Software, Inc. Marketing/PR Savvy
408/245-7654 650/726-1055
greg@clairvoyantsoftware.com ford@prsavvy.com
CLAIRVOYANT SOFTWARE DELIVERS JUST-IN-TIME SOLUTIONS
TO INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER'S NETWORK RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT
Products Will be the First Providing ISPs with Timely Scheduling and
Ordering of Network Resource Expansion to Improve Customer Satisfaction,
Financial Planning and Cash Flow
Sunnyvale, CA - March 8, 1999 - Clairvoyant Software, Inc., today
announced its establishment as a provider of dedicated software products
that enhance ISP's business success.
The company will soon introduce products that solve the ISP's toughest
Business question: "where, when and, and how to optimally add resources
that prevent catastrophic reductions in performance and accessibility."
Clairvoyant's solution assures an...
[NPL] WebStorm 2.5
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...
[NPL] Netscape Communicator 4.51
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Jim Adamson, (650) 937-6496
jima@netscape.com
NEW VERSION OF AWARD-WINNING NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR NOW AVAILABLE
Includes Enhanced Instant Messaging with Group Chat and Quick Access to
Stock Quotes via Netcenter Finance Channel
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., (March 9, 1999) - Netscape Communications
Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) today announced the release of Netscape
Communicator 4.51, the latest version of Netscape's award winning
Internet mail and browsing software. When users download Netscape
Communicator 4.51, they receive AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 2.0, for
real-time, person-to-person and group conversations with friends, family
or colleagues.
The new release also features Quotes Anywhere, a new capability of Smart
Browsing™ that lets users access stock quotes from anywhere on the
Net via the Netcenter Finance Channel. Version 4.51 builds on the huge
momentum of Netscape Communicator 4.5, which was released in October,
1998, and continues to garner...
[MD1] FileMaker Pro Developer Edition Wins Codie Award
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,...
[MD1] Graphics Demo Contest Announced
Mac Demos HQ 64k Graphics Demo Contest
http://www.stoneentertainment.com/contest/
March 4, 1999 - A loose knit organization of Mac demo coders, sponsored by
Mac Demos HQ and Stone Entertainment, are proud to announce the first 'Mac
Demos HQ 64k Graphics Demo Contest'. This contest will serve to expand the
realms of Macintosh development by bringing together graphically adept
programmers from around the world in an all out battle of the fittest!
"A graphics demo is a mathematically based artistic expression.", explains
Kyle Ellrott, Mac demo coder and administrator of the
Comp.Sys.Mac.Programming.Games FAQ:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/3201/. "Demo coding has been
very popular on the Amiga and DOS platforms but until recently has been
virtually nonexistent on the Mac."
More major Mac demos have been announced this year than in the past five
years combined! Today the Mac demo community walks out of obscurity and
into the light. To learn more about the recent growth...
[MD1] MacTech Magazine's Call for Editors
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...
[MD1] MW Java Linker 1.4 patch
CodeWarriors,
MW Java Linker 1.4 patch for Macintosh is available for downloading at
http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/software/updates/
This updated linker fixes problems merging .gif files into the .jar
file output from the linker. The patch is recommended for all
CodeWarrior Pro 4 and CodeWarrior Pro for Java R4 users.
This archive was submitted on 03/01/1999 (CWPRO4 CWPROJAVA4 Release)
and occupies 539k of disk space.
You can also download it at URL:
ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/CWPRO4/MW_Java_Linker_1.4_Patch.sit
- or -
ftp://ftp2.metrowerks.com/updates/CWPRO4/MW_Java_Linker_1.4_Patch.sit
[NPL] Scorpion BarCode 1.50
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...
[NPL] Win: Free Y2K Test Tool For All PC's
For Immediate Release
for further information:
Al Anderson (Y2KEasyFix.com)
607-754-9378 (voice)
607-754-9378 (fax)
mailto:y2kFix@y2kEasyFix.com
http://www.y2kEasyFix.com
Free Y2K Test Tool For All PC's -
First Time Offer By y2kEasyFix.com
Mar. 3, 1999 -- Vestal, NY -- Small Businesses and individuals can
now easily and safely test their PC's for Y2K compliance using a
nationally recognized test tool that is supported by the NSTL
(National Software Testing Laboratories). This test utility is free
and has been used by hundreds of thousands already. It is available
for immediate download and use at the y2kEasyFix website:
http://www.y2keasyfix.com
Along with the utility are additional step by step directions for its
use and an e-mail address for free trouble - shooting.
Nearly everyone with a PC will face some kind of compliance problem
with their computer system. About 70% of PC's in use will need a
hardware fix but the problem facing most computer users is that they
don't know if...
[MD1] CineMac 1.5: Creating Internet Screen Savers
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....
[NPL] GIFCruncher Desktop
EVANSTON, IL: Announcing GIFCruncher Desktop for Macintosh and Windows
(http://www.gifcruncher.com/desktop/)
GIFCruncher Desktop is a Web graphics utility developed by
Spinwave.com (the developers of the award-winning HVS series) that
allows you to select a GIF from your desktop or an HTTP or FTP URL,
and automatically reduce the download time and file size of the GIF
by up to 90%. Auto mode generates several optimized versions, and you
decide on the best tradeoff between file size and quality.
GIFCruncher does this while you wait - single optimizations generally
only take a few seconds.
Why use GIFCruncher? Because it makes your site load much faster,
your files take up less server space, and it provides the best image
quality in the industry. Faster and smaller means more users, more
pages, and a more enjoyable web site. See for yourself - download the
demo or visit GIFCruncher Online.
(http://www.gifcruncher.com/)
GIFCruncher Desktop Features:
* Optimize GIFs on your hard drive,...
[MD1] CWCVS 2.0
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...
[NPL] Survey Catering
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Sylvia Burke, (888) 876-0044 (US)
Outside US (505) 522-0027
Email: burke@cogentcorp.com
INTERNET SURVEYS -- WITHOUT THE WORK!
LAS CRUCES, NM, USA - Survey Catering, a new service from Cogent
Computing Corporation, provides clients a way to conduct web-based
surveys over the Internet without buying software or programming
services.
Survey Catering allows clients real-time processing of their own
surveys on the Web for almost any purpose; including research,
customer feedback, employee questionnaires, opinion polls, etc. A
variety of question types are supported, along with graphics,
sound/video, and html links. With one mouse click you can view
instant and ongoing reports of survey results. Reports may be made
public for instant viewing by respondents.
Sample Survey picture: (http://testpro.com/survey.gif).
Sample Report picture: (http://testpro.com/sreport.gif).
The Survey Catering service is ideal for users who need a fast,
flexible and inexpensive...
[MD1] CWProjector 3.1 Released
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/
[MD1] Flex 2.5.4A-R2 For MPW
This announcement is from the EvangeList
Gilles Depeyrot (mailto:Gilles.Depeyrot@wanadoo.fr)
Those of you who use GNU tools under MPW or ToolServer may want to
get a copy of the latest version of Flex.
The GNU Bison parser generator version 1.26a was released recently
Following the release of GNU Bison 1.26a, this is the second release
of Flex for MPW rebuilt with the latest version of Bison. The package
contains the source, and a prebuilt tool for MPW. The texinfo
documentation converted to html using texi2html is available as an
extra download.
(http://perso.wanadoo.fr/gilles.depeyrot)
Please keep in mind that any bugs in this code are probably my doing,
so before you sending bug reports to the GNU folks, please send me a
note so I can fix whatever problems you may find.
[NPL] iForm 1.0
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...
[NPL] e-Picture for BeOS
BeatWare Brings Professional Graphics Capabilities to the BeOS(r)
For Immediate Release
Monday, March 8, 1999
Contact: Karen Cassel
BeatWare, Inc.
karen@beatware.com
650-556-7906
Redwood City, CA - March 8, 1999 -- BeatWare, Inc., the leader in
software development for the BeOS(r), today announced e-Picture(tm),
its professional solution for creating dynamic web graphics.
e-Picture is the first professional graphics application to be
developed for the modern Be Operating System. Under development for
the past eighteen months, e-Picture has been created to meet the
specific needs of graphic designers producing content for the Web.
"The heavyweight tools currently used to produce web graphics were
originally designed for the print publishing industry and simply
aren't the right tools to create small, animated, color-safe images
efficiently," said Karen Cassel, VP of Sales and Marketing for
BeatWare, Inc. "Designers waste hours moving files back and forth
between multiple publishing...
[NPL] Opera for Linux
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...
[NPL] QuicKeys 4.0 for Macintosh Public Preview
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Editorial Contact
Sue Nail
CE Software, Inc.
(515) 221-1801 ext. 3025 or (605) 235-1991
sue.nail@cesoft.com
Free QuicKeys 4.0 preview:
http://www.cesoft.com/quickeys/preview
QuicKeys 4.0 for Macintosh Public Preview Version Now Available New
upgrade adds OS 8.5 compatibility, improved interface, 50 new
features and performance boost for leading Macintosh automation
software
West Des Moines, Iowa, March 3, 1999-CE Software, Inc. today
announced that a free "preview" version of the new QuicKeys 4.0 is
now available for download and evaluation from its Web site. The
latest upgrade to CE Software's popular automation software, QuicKeys
4.0 features compatibility with Mac OS 8.5, more than 50 new
automation capabilities, an updated interface, completely revised
documentation and several other improvements. QuicKeys 4.0 is
scheduled to ship in the next 60 days.
"As a long-time QuicKeys addict, I'm looking forward to this next
revision," said Sharon Steuer, QuicKeys...
[NPL] OTSessionWatcher 2.0
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...
[NPL] Assimilator 2.0.2
Stairways releases Assimilator 2.0.2
Perth, Western Australia -- 3 March 1999 -- Stairways Software, Pty
Ltd, today announced the release of version 2.0.2 of Assimilator, an
elegant and powerful laboratory administration tool.
What is Assimilator?
Assimilator is the product of years of managing student laboratories.
It is designed for situations where you wish to make a large number
of Macintoshes look virtually identical. Assimilator mirrors an
AppleShare server folder on to the client machines to make them all
look almost identical.
Since you generally do not want the machines to be exactly identical,
Assimilator provides a mechanism for building a database of your
machines, allowing the owner name, machine name, harddisk name and
most importantly the IP number of the client machine to be configured
automatically. It also has a method for customizing machines on an
individual or group basis.
Although Assimilator is designed for student lab situations, it has
also proven useful in...
[NPL] RumorMill 1.2
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...
[NPL] Sonnet Drops G3 Upgrade Prices
March 3, 1999
For More Information, please contact:
Joy Hsu
949-261-2800
joy.hsu@sonnettech.com
SONNET DROPS PRICES ON G3 UPGRADES FOR PCI & NUBUS POWER MACS
SONNET LEADS MAC UPGRADE MARKET WITH DRAMATICALLY LOWER PRICES FOR
PCI & NUBUS POWER MACS
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA. March 3, 1999. Sonnet Technologies sets new
price/performance standards for G3 processor upgrades with lower
prices on its CrescendoTM G3 product lines for the PCI and NuBus
Power Macs. Crescendo G3 for PCI Power Macs
New prices are as follows:
Crescendo G3 250/512K $299.95
Crescendo G3 300/512K $399.95
Crescendo G3 300/1M $599.95
Crescendo G3 333/1M $699.95
Crescendo G3 400/1M $999.95
These 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,...
[NPL] Nisus Compact -- FREE!
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...
[NPL] Microsoft Takes Two-to-One Lead in Browser War
For Immediate Release
March 2, 1999
MICROSOFT TAKES A TWO-TO-ONE LEAD IN BROWSER WAR
WebSideStory's StatMarket Reports Advantage Based on Data Compiled
from Over 13 Million Unique Visitors Daily
(SAN DIEGO, CA)- WebSideStory
((http://www.websidestory.com/)http://www.websidestory.com), the
leader in Internet traffic analysis, traffic building and user
trends, today reported that Microsoft's Internet Explorer accounts
for more than two thirds of the browsers used on the Internet,
according to data published on StatMarket
((http://www.statmarket.com/)http://www.statmarket.com). The
information published on StatMarket reflects real-time data gathered
from more than 40,000 Web sites using the HitBOX Tracker and over
13,000,000 unique visitors a day to those sites.
StatMarket data represents the largest sampling of Internet users and
the most accurate depiction of user trends available. WebSideStory
updates StatMarket daily, publishing Internet user trends and
statistics vital to Webmasters...
[NPL] ColorSync 2.6
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...
[NPL] Stalker Announces Version 2.9 of CommuniGate Pro
Stalker Announces Version 2.9 of CommuniGate Pro Server for MacOS X Server
Key Features: Multi-platform Support
Industry-strength, highly scalable
Administration via the Web
Extensive multi-domain support
Unique IMAP multi-mailbox features
HTTP access to E-mail, built-in Web Mailer
Extensive Anti-Spam techniques
Mailing Lists with Web Access and Interactive Archive Search
LDAP and ACAP Support
Personal Web Pages with automated publishing.
MILL VALLEY, CA - March 2, 1999 - Stalker Software, Inc. today
announced its release of CommuniGate Pro version 2.9, a Unified
Messaging Server which supports Apple's new high-performance Mac OS X
Server. With this announcement, Stalker Software provides the only
commercial Internet Mail Server for the MacOS X Server.
"Stalker Software is pleased to continue their long history of
development with Apple, beginning...
[NPL] VSE HTML Turbo 2.1
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...
[NPL] Stone Design Announces Web Tools Suite
For Immediate Release
For more information:
Katie Graunke
info@stone.com
505-345-4800
Stone Design Announces
Stone Web Tools Suite
For Mac OS X Server
Boston, March 2 1999 - Veteran OpenStep and Macintosh developers,
Stone Design, today announced the Stone Web Tools Suite for World
Wide Web content developers who are taking advantage of Apple
Computer, Inc's powerful new Mac OS X Server and its cross-platform
companion, the Yellow Box, which runs on Windows NT, 95 and 98. The
Suite is featured on Apple Computer, Inc's Mac OS X Server Solution
CD, which will be shipping with each copy of Mac OS X Server. Users
of WebObjects 4.0 for NT, can use these tools today!
The suite is made up of the following 5 applications, which work
together to provide artists and content developers with WYSIWYG
tools to create web pages without programming in HTML:
CreateTM 5.0 is THE multipage draw application with instant graphic
conversion, web page authoring, autotracing, PostScript programming...
[NPL] WebColors for Mac OS X Server
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...
[MD1] Software Developers Announce Support for Mac OS X Server
Software Developers Announce Support for Mac OS X Server
SEYBOLD, BOSTON March 2, 1999 Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
that developers are lining up to support Mac OS X Server with
innovative new software solutions that utilize the power of Apple's
new server operating system. Many companies are using Seybold to
showcase new Mac OS X Server solutions, spanning publishing, digital
asset management, Internet development and general productivity
applications. Due to ship in the next few weeks, Mac OS X Server
combines the proven strength of UNIX with the simplicity of Macintosh
.
"Mac OS X Server is Apple's first modern server operating system and
developers are already making it a platform for innovative software
releases," said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice president of Worldwide
Developer Relations. "For publishing customers, Mac OS X Server will
be a great product for managing Mac networks and running new
high-performance publishing solutions, asset management software and...
[MD1] OAK CORBA ORB for OS X
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...
[MD1] MacHack: New Discount Program Announced
MacHack PR: New Discount Program Announced
MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers
c/o Expotech
1264 Bedford Road
Grosse Point Park, MI 48230
Contact: Carol Lynn
mailto:info@machack.com
Tel: (313) 882-1824
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dearborn, MI -- March 1, 1999 -- Sometimes even the greatest minds in
the business lose track of time. Maybe they procrastinate a little
too long, or maybe they get tied up in projects.
Whatever the cause, MacHack (http://www.machack.com/) is here to
help. For years, discounted registration for this developers
conference has extended well into the spring and up to tax time. This
year is no different.
Attendees that register for MacHack 1999 by Midnight on April 15 will
purchase their registrations at a $475. This represents a $50
discount off of the regular conference rate.
"Even at the regular rate, MacHack is a bargain," said Peter N.
Lewis, genius behind Stairways Software and dedicated MacHacker.
"With the discount, things are even better...
[NPL] PRAM Battery Checker
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...
[NPL] The Vector Zone by Macromedia
For Immediate Release
MACROMEDIA ANNOUNCES THE VECTOR ZONE
New Online Information Resource Helps Developers Understand Vector
Graphics Tools and Technologies
Boston, MA - Seybold '99 - March 1, 1999 - Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:
MACR) today announced the Vector Zone, a comprehensive vector
graphics resource for Web developers available online at
http://www.vectorzone.com. The Vector Zone is a new online
destination providing information about vector graphics technologies
and standards, and the benefits of vectors for the Web. Featuring
articles, interviews and technical pointers for both novice and
professional Web developers, the new site builds on Macromedia's
long-term commitment to deliver a richer, more compelling Web
experience with open vector graphics technologies, such as Macromedia
Flash(TM).
In related news today, Macromedia announced that over 100 million Web
users can experience Flash content without having to download and
install a player. The news establishes Flash and...
[NPL] GoFigure! Router Config from a Palm Pilot
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...
[NPL] Deneba Previews Internet Graphics Server
For Immediate Release
Deneba Software Previews Internet Graphics Server(tm) at Seybold Seminars
Summaries:
* Deneba Software's Internet Graphics Server delivers unprecedented,
access to the contents of graphics files using standard web browsers.
* Groundbreaking Windows(R) NT Server application allows users to
open graphics files remotely using any web browser then zoom, pan,
change pages, and even switch layers; provides new opportunities for
VARs.
* Deneba creates a new category of Internet server application that
provides unmatched access to digital graphics assets through any
standard web browser.
* Deneba Internet Graphics Server makes it easy to instantly deploy
digital graphics assets on the internet, and incorporates
revolutionary capabilities for navigating files and collaborating
with colleagues and clients.
Boston, MA, March 1, 1999 - Deneba Software will give live technology
demonstrations of a revolutionary new digital collaboration product,
the Deneba Internet Graphics...
[NPL] SonicWALL PRO Internet Security Appliance
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...
[NPL] Dreamweaver Talk Email Discussion Forum
Blue World Announces Dreamweaver Talk Email Discussion Forum
February 28, 1999 - Blue World is pleased to announce the launch of
the new Dreamweaver Talk email discussion forum. Dreamweaver Talk is
a free interactive email discussion forum providing users of
Macromedia's Dreamweaver website authoring product a venue for
sharing tips, techniques and user-to-user support as well as serving
the Dreamweaver community with the latest information pertaining to
Macromedia Dreamweaver and companion products.
As all posts to Dreamweaver Talk are automatically archived in a
database searchable via the Web
(http://listsearch.blueworld.com/dreamweavertalksearch.lasso), the
service provides one of the most exhaustive resource of information
to those interested in maximizing their understanding of the
Macromedia Dreamweaver product.
Blue World cordially invites interested parties to join Dreamweaver
Talk today simply by sending email to requests@blueworld.com with
"subscribe dreamweaver" in the...
[NPL] GoLive Talk Email Discussion Forum
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...
[MD1] StuffIt Engine 5.0 SDK
ALADDIN SYSTEMS' STUFFIT ENGINE SDK GETS AN UPDATE TO BOOST PERFORMANCE AND
ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO USE THE NEW 5.0 COMPRESSION STANDARD IN THEIR SOFTWARE
The StuffIt Engine 5.0 SDK Includes The StuffIt Compression And
Decompression Standard To Reduce Installer Size, Fit Developers
Needs, And Increase Benefits To Customers
Watsonville, CA- February 26, 1999 - Aladdin Systems, Inc., developer
and publisher of the worldwide Macintosh compression standard,
StuffIt(r), today announced the StuffIt Engine Software Developer Kit
(SDK) 5.0 for Macintosh is now available. The StuffIt Engine gives
third party software built-in support for StuffIt archives (.sit),
the Macintosh standard for archiving and compression.
By licensing the StuffIt Engine, a developer's product can easily
create the new StuffIt 5.0 archives (.sit), Self-Extracting archives
(.sea), and encrypted archives among other formats. The StuffIt
Engine consists of a series of code resources that give users access
to standard StuffIt...
[MD1] MacZoop 2.0
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++...
[MD1] Zat Releases Mac OS Support for Spin
ZAT FULFILLS PROMISE OF CROSS-PLATFORM AUTHORING
FOR INTERNET APPLICATIONS WITH SPIN FOR MACINTOSH
PORTLAND, OR - February 25, 1999 - Zat, Inc., a provider of
standards-based visual development environments and authoring tools,
today announced Macintosh support for Spin, the company's premier
Internet application authoring tool. Spin 1.0 for Macintosh makes it
possible for teams of content developers to use a mix of Windows and
Macintosh machines when authoring Internet applications. Spin 1.0 for
Windows 95/98/NT was announced earlier this month.
"Cross-platform authoring has long been a dream of content
developers," said Wm Leler, chief technology officer and a founder of
Zat. "With Spin, you can develop content that transparently runs on
dozens of platforms without alteration. In addition, the authoring
tool itself runs on multiple platforms, so content developers don't
have to purchase multiple versions to author for multiple platforms."
"The Zat product provides the best...
[NPL] Headline Studio
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...
[NPL] WebSonar software bundle for AppleShare IP
For Immediate Release
Virginia Systems offers a special software bundle for AppleShare IP
version 6 users!
For a limited time Virginia Systems is offering a new software bundle
with a special price for AppleShare IP version 6 owners. The bundle
includes two Mac only products, WebSonar and Welcome, that provide an
easy way to deploy and access documents on the web.
Virginia Systems, Inc.'s WebSonar was Apple's choice for Best
Business Solution at MacWorld San Francisco in January. WebSonar is a
powerful solution for the emerging web based document management
market. It is based on Virginia Systems' mainstream Sonar
Professional text retrieval and document imaging systems for the
Macintosh.
This mature technology enables companies, schools, and governments to
dynamically publish legacy documents, manuals, library book card
catalogs, databases and other archived materials by simply dropping
their existing files into a folder.
The text of these documents is completely searchable at over...
[NPL] HR/PR for Lasso
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...
[NPL] Net.Dreams introduces Remote Mail
For Immediate Release
NET.DREAMS INTRODUCES REMOTE MAIL 1.0
-- First Mac OS Plug-in to Let Webmasters Offer Remote Email Access
via Any Web Browser Anywhere--
ROHNERT PARK, Calif., February 24, 1999 -- Net.Dreams today announced
the immediate availability of Remote Mail 1.0, providing for the
first time access via any Macintosh Web server to POP3 mail servers
from any browser in the world. Now Mac OS Web servers can provide a
seamless bridge to any POP3 email system on the Internet with an easy
to use, customizable W*API-based plug-in. End-users can read and
process their email without any special configuration or client
software, simply by pointing their browser to a Remote Mail-enabled
Web page. Webmasters can use Remote Mail to offer access exclusively
to their own email system, or to any POP3 email system on the
Internet. Available today, Remote Mail is priced at $249, and can be
downloaded at (http://www.netdreams.com/remotemail/).
"I don't know how we were able to do business...
[NPL] Troi Serial Plug-in 1.0 for FileMaker Pro
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...
[NPL] Aladdin Systems Releases DropZip
ALADDIN SYSTEMS TO RELEASE TWO COMPRESSION SHAREWARE PRODUCTS FOR
MACINTOSH- DROPSTUFF(tm) AND DROPZIP(tm)
February 23, 1999 - Aladdin Systems, Inc. is expected to release a
new version of its popular compression shareware, Aladdin DropStuff
5.1 today at: http://www.aladdinsys.com/dropstuff/index.html.
DropStuff 5.1 includes the new StuffIt 5.0 compression format and is
a FREE upgrade for registered DropStuff with Expander Enhancer 4.5
users. Registered DropStuff users can upgrade to StuffIt Deluxe for
$29.95. The detailed DropStuff news release follows this message.
Aladdin also announces that it will release a standalone Macintosh
Zip compression application called DropZip(tm). This shareware will
allow Macintosh users to compress into the Zip format. DropZip users
will be able to drag and drop files or folders onto a desktop alias
icon or launch the application to select items to be compressed using
a Zip engine. Aladdin's DropZip is expected to ship in March.
Users wishing to...
[MD1] StoneTable 4.0
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...
[NPL] T-Minus Ten 2.1
MK Software announces T-Minus Ten 2.1
New version adds more scheduling options.
AUSTIN, Texas--February 21, 1999--MK Software, Inc. today announced
the availability of T-Minus Ten 2.1, its premier task automation
utility. T-Minus Ten 2.1 adds new features and fixes bugs.
ABOUT T-MINUS TEN
T-Minus Ten lets users turn frequently-used or repetitive actions
into tasks that can be automatically run by a schedule, launched by a
keystroke or hot spot on the screen, or put into action when your
computer becomes idle.
Using T-Minus Ten, you can create hot keys and hot spots to drive
applications, scripts and documents. The handy timer function puts
your Macintosh on auto-pilot during off-hours, running back-up
scripts, creating customizable sets of file launches and more.
Anything that can be scripted with AppleScript or opened by the
Finder can be turned into an automated task.
NEW FEATURES AND CHANGES
- You can now create schedules of the type "Every X minutes/hours/days/weeks".
- You can...
[NPL] MacAMP Lite 1.5
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 @...
[NPL] Media Design in*Progress Reads CometSite/Page Files
SAN DIEGO, February 18, 1999: Media Design in*Progress
(http://www.in-progress.com) today released a bridge from CometSite
and CometPage, the recently discontinued web development applications
from Digital Comet. The Comet Bridge facilitates a smooth transition
from Comet's command tags to standard XML.
Digital Comet (http://www.digitalcomet.com) announced on January 27
that they were no longer selling CometPage and CometSite, the
company's web development software. These products was based on
"server side includes on stereoids," generating web pages from
command tags mixed with HTML.
"It is sad that web developers are stuck in a dead end with documents
in an obsolete proprietary command tag format" said Terje Norderhaug,
President of Media Design in*Progress. "With the Comet Bridge, we
throw a lifeline to Digital Comet Customers so they can get back on
track."
The Comet Bridge is a free extension that makes Interaction and
Xpublish execute Comet's command tags. It allows web...
[NPL] IncWell Unveils NetAnimator for Windows
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...
[MD1] MacHack: Final call for papers, Early Registration Deadline
MacHack PR: Final call for papers; early registration discount ending
MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers
c/o Expotech
1264 Bedford Road
Grosse Point Park, MI 48230
Contact: Carol Lynn
mailto:info@machack.com
Tel: (313) 882-1824
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dearborn, MI -- Time is running out!
March 1, 1999, is the final deadline for paper proposals and
abstracts for the 1999 edition of MacHack, the Annual Conference for
Leading Edge Developers.
If your paper is accepted, it will be published in the official
Machack proceedings, and you'll get to present it to an audience of
the best software developers in the world. You'll also attend the
conference free! (Well, not completely free. Conference registration
is free for the authors of accepted papers, but you'll have to get to
Detroit and pay your own hotel bill.)
MacHack solicits and accepts papers on a wide variety of topics
related to Macintosh software development. For example, the subjects
of last year's papers...
[NPL] PhoneTech 1.0
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...
[NPL] Pervasive's Tango for Solaris
Pervasive Software Ships Tango Application Server for Sun
Microsystems Solaris Operating Environment
Windows and Mac Developers Can Now Deploy Tango-based Web
Applications on Solaris--Without Recompiling Code
AUSTIN, TEXAS--February 17, 1999--Pervasive Software Inc. (NASDAQ:
PVSW), a global pioneer in radically simplifying Web- and
distributed-application development, deployment and information
management, today announced immediate availability of the Tango 3.5
Application Server for Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW)
Solaris(tm) Operating Environment.
Web application developers can now build on Pervasives award-
winning Tango 3.5 Development Studio for Windows or Mac and
seamlessly deploy their applications on Suns robust Solaris
operating system--without rewriting their applications code. The
ability to deploy Windows- or Mac-based Tango applications on Solaris
speeds development and deployment cycles and contributes to low
cost-of-ownership.
Designed to enable scalable, cross-...
[NPL] Spring Cleaning 3.0
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...
[NPL] Farallon FastEtherTX-FXMedia Converter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Farallon Announces Affordable Plug-and-Play Fiber Connectivity
New Fast EtherTX-FX Media Converter provides flexible, low-cost
alternative to more expensive built-in fiber solutions.
SAN LEANDRO, California, February 17th, 1999 - Farallon today
announced a new fiber converter for 100Base-TX devices. The Fast
EtherTX-FX Media Converter easily connects 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet
switches and hubs that utilize unshielded twisted pair copper
cabling, to 100Mb fiber cabling. This new fiber solution from
Farallon provides customers with a flexible, low-cost fiber
alternative to more expensive switching solutions with built-in fiber.
"Schools look for affordable plug 'n play solutions to connect
100Base-TX hubs and switches in the network closet to a fiber
backbone," states Kirk Langer, Internet Services Manager at Lincoln
Public Schools, NE. "Farallon's Fast EtherTX-FX Media Converter
provides a flexible, easy-to-install solution at a very attractive
price."
"The Fast...