ValiCert Introduces OCSP VA Suite for Digital Certificate Validation New Entry-level Validation Authority Solution Extends Certificate Checking to a Broad Range of Users and Applications RSA DATA SECURITY CONFERENCE, January 18, 1999 -- ValiCert, Inc., the leading provider of software and services that enable trust and interoperability of digital certificate applications, today announced the availability of its ValiCert OCSP VA Suite, a new entry-level digital certificate validation solution that brings certificate checking to a broad range of organizations and applications. ValiCert's new product is based on the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP), a new industry standard for validating certificate status on the Internet. With the OCSP VA Suite, users can integrate digital certificate validation checking into their organization's security system, adding the highest level of protection to their Internet-based commerce and communications. The OCSP VA Suite includes the OCSP VA...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE StayAlive Crash Protection Software for Windows (95/98/NT) Released StayAlive Download url: http://www.tfi-technology.com/downloads.htm London, England -- January 19, 1999 (Software Wire) -- TFI Technology Ltd today announced the release of StayAlive 2.0b, the premier application crash protection software for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. Losing hours of work when an application crashes is a painful experience. It is often impossible to recover the work and, of course, it always happens at midnight when the support staff are in bed and the courier is in the lobby. StayAlive 2.0 is demonstrably the best insurance against this scenario. StayAlive 2.0 is a new generation crash protector combining unparalleled performance in an incredibly small package. Tests demonstrate that it out-performs leading competitors in recovering faults that are commonly found in Windows software. Weighing in at a mere 400Kb, this version incorporates a new protection scheme making...

Big Science Company Introduces First Application Server that Understands Plain English "Robotic Knowledge Workers" chat with web customers and access back-office applications SAN DIEGO, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Science Company introduced the world's first application server with a natural language understanding interface today at David Coursey's Showcase '99 in San Diego. Klone(TM) Server, like other application servers, is scalable middleware that extends back-end applications to web clients. But unlike existing application servers that dynamically generate HTML forms and reports, Klone Server uses HTML and streaming media to create simulated, emotionally-intelligent, graphical characters. These characters, called Klones, converse with web users in plain English and function as knowledge workers. "Klones answer the 20% of questions that generate 80% of call volume," says Tom Rearick, president of Big Science Company. "They're available in an instant, all day, everyday. And if they...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NetMind Launches New Enterprise Minder 3.0 New Features Notify Users of Changes to Important Web-based Information Anytime, Anywhere DAVID COURSEY'S SHOWCASE 99/SAN DIEGO, CA -January 18, 1999- NetMind Technologies, Inc., the leading supplier of Change Detection solutions for the enterprise and consumer markets, today announced version 3.0 of Enterprise Minder, which will be shown for the first time publicly at David Coursey's Showcase '99 in San Diego, California. Enterprise Minder is NetMind's corporate solution for intranets and extranets that provides an easy way for employees to track important business and personal Web-based information, then be notified of these changes via email or wireless devices. Version 3.0 offers powerful new personalization, customization and security features designed to make viewing, editing and notifying of changes even easier for the corporate employee, with no added effort by the IT manager. David Coursey hand-picked NetMind to...

SiteEditor.com, a revolutionary online content management system, goes live. East Sussex, UK - January 18th 1999. SiteEditor.com, the revolutionary online content management system announced at this year's MacWorld Expo San Francisco goes live today. SiteEditor.com, accessible on the Web at http://www.siteEditor.com/, enables organisations to quickly and efficiently build and maintain web sites in a zero-HTML publishing environment. "What really sets SiteEditor.com apart from other content management products is that it's a web based application. The customer does not have to install any software on their computer other than a standard web browser, available free of charge from Microsoft or Netscape. In addition, there's no hardware to buy and maintain. We host the content management server and the software. The customer accesses our site via the Web to perform all their web site management tasks and finished HTML and graphics files are transferred by FTP to the customer's own web...

The Right Information on Time Comes with Security, Storage Management, and the Most Advanced XML Java technology in the Upgraded Release of DataChannel RIO Bellevue, WA - January 18, 1999 - DataChannel, Inc., the leader in two-way corporate portal infrastructure, today announced the immediate availability of the 3.2 version of DataChannel RIO, the company's flagship product. DataChannel RIO is an XML-enabled solution designed to build a dynamic two-way corporate portal with input (i.e. publishing) and output (i.e. retrieval) capabilities that make Intranets and Extranets easier to use, integrate, manage, and support. With this release, new features and functionality have been added to ensure smoother deployment in a secure environment, help better manage documents and integrate data. This newest release also represents the first implementation of the XML Java parser co-developed by Microsoft and DataChannel in a commercial product. The 45-day trial can be downloaded at http://www....

Intro Rules for Revolutionaries is getting to bookstores, so I'd like to tell you about it. I wrote the book in order to pass along what I've learned about creating revolutions at Apple and beyond--a lot the hard way! The book provides the "hows" of revolutions backed up by extensive real-world examples. The target markets are entrepreneurs, product managers, engineers, marketers, inventors, scientists, and dreamers. Or better yet, anyone with $25. :-) _____ The Key Principles These are the ten key principles of the book: 1. Cogita differenter. (Think different) 2. Don't worry, be crappy. 3. Churn, baby, churn. 4. Break down the barriers. 5. Make evangelists, not sales. 6. Avoid death magnets. 7. Eat like a bird, poop like a elephant. 8. Think digital, act analog. 9. Don't ask people to do what you wouldn't. 10. Don't let bozosity grind you down! In about a week, more information about the book will be available at the Rules for Revolutionaries...

IncWell and MediaLinks to Introduce Java Powered IncWell NetAnimator, Develop Next Generation Roadster Technology January 18, 1999. Chandler, Arizona. IncWell DMG, Ltd of Chandler, Arizona, makers of the advanced, Macintosh-based multimedia development environment SuperCard, closed a wide technology and marketing agreement with Japan-based MediaLinks Corporation, an internet multimedia developer. The agreement will include development of a next generation of Windows based extensions to the SuperCard multimedia family of products, including an upgrade of IncWell's Roadster technology, a plug-in architecture for streaming SuperCard content through the Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer web browsers on Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. "MediaLinks' Java and Windows products and underlying technologies add tremendous value to the web designer's tool box, in addition to providing the ease of use that our customers have come to expect from IncWell. Our agreement will also...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Troi Automatisering releases Troi Serial Plug-in 1.0b1 Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands, January 14, 1998--Troi Automatisering today announced the release of the beta version of Troi Serial Plug-in 1.0b1, for FileMaker Pro 4.0 (or later) on both on Mac OS and Windows. This plug-in gives FileMaker Pro the ability to read from and write to the serial ports of the computer directly from FileMaker. Peter Baanen, company president, states that "This plug-in brings you easy and powerful access to all the computer's serial ports, and works completely cross platform. If you need access to any serial port this plug-in will do it". Key features of the Serial Plug-in are: - Support for high speed connections up to 230 kbps. - Unlimited number of serial ports can be opened. - Buffering of data up to 64k per port. - Dispatch Scripting TM can trigger a script for data entry into database. - Clear sample databases and a user manual to get started quickly. Suggested uses of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DOCUMENT EXPRESS ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF DOCUMENT EXPRESS 2.0, THE ULTIMATE COMMUNCIATION SOLUTION FOR THE MAC. Solana Beach -- Document Express, Inc. announced today the release of Document Express 2.0, an automated and easy-to-use contact management system geared at obtaining customer and contact information directly from the Internet. Document Express features include auto-reply e-mail, customized e-mail acknowledgements, customized broadcast messaging, and customized broadcast fax using FAXstf's 5.0 software. FAXstf 5.0 is bundled on all Apple iMac computers. Document Express can easily and quickly exchange data from other contact databases, and is ideal for any business looking for a marketing and service advantage. Document Express was developed to facilitate and streamline the consensual relationship between a business and its customers. A Document Express-enabled website can augment any customer service, sales & marketing and support department by...

Fog City Software has released LetterRip Pro 3.0.4. We recommend that all owners of LetterRip Pro update to LetterRip Pro 3.0.4. This is a FREE update for owners of LetterRip Pro. http://www.fogcity.com/lr_download.html Owners of LetterRip v1 or v2 can upgrade for $145 at: https://sales.fogcity.com/lr_upgrade.html To update from any previous version of LetterRip, download the entire installer and run it. The installer will update existing files. You can read about changes and enhancements on the web site: http://www.fogcity.com/lr_features.html

Apple Reports Fiscal First Quarter Profit of $152 Million 49 percent unit growth outpaces industry average CUPERTINO, California-Jan. 13, 1999--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced financial results for its fiscal 1999 first quarter which ended Dec. 26, 1998. For the quarter, the Company posted a net profit of $152 million, or $.95 per diluted share. These results compare to a net profit of $47 million, or $.33 per diluted share, achieved in the year-ago quarter. Revenues for the quarter were $1.7 billion, up eight percent from the year-ago quarter, and gross margins were 28.2 percent, up from 22.4 percent in the prior year. International sales accounted for 47 percent of the quarter's revenues. The current quarter's results included a $29 million after-tax gain from the sale of 2.9 million shares of ARM Holdings plc. Without this non-recurring item, the Company's net income for the quarter would have been $123 million, or $.78 per diluted share. Sales of 519,000 iMac computers in the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Innovation and Enthusiasm for Mac Platform Showcased at MACWORLD Expo/San Francisco'99 Town Meeting, Conference Programs and Jobs' Keynote Standing-Room Only; Special Interest Areas, Corporate Buyers Alliance Attract High Number of Participants SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13, 1999 - Nearly 70,000 people flooded MACWORLD Expo/San Francisco last week at the Moscone Convention Center to see new products from more than 460 exhibitors, participate in leading conference programs, hear Apple Computer Inc.'s interim CEO Steve Jobs' keynote and attend a first-ever Town Meeting, among other activities. The Town Meeting, held Jan. 4, kicked off MACWORLD Expo with nearly a dozen industry-related experts-including key analysts and Apple Computer executives addressing the state of the platform and new emerging technologies. Speakers included; Paul Kent, MACWORLD Expo/San Francisco conference chairperson, Bob "Dr. Mac" Levitus, best-selling author, Tim Bajarin, president of Creative...

))) Garage.com News ((( Please join me at garage.com's Bootcamp for Startups, a two-day conference designed especially for high tech and medical science entrepreneurs. This event will feature panels on topics critical to any high tech startup. I am very excited about the distinguished group of panelists who will join us to offer their invaluable wisdom and insight on the startup experience. Speakers include: * Jerry Yang, founder, Yahoo * Les Vadasz, Sr. VP and director of business development, Intel Corp * Rich Karlgaard, publisher, Forbes Magazine * Mike Moritz, general partner, Sequoia Capital * Audrey Maclean, prominent Silicon Valley angel * Mike Volpi, VP of business development, Cisco Systems * Mike Levinthal, general partner, Mayfield Fund These are industry experts who can help you predict, avoid, and manage the many obstacles facing every startup, from finding investors, protecting your intellectual property, perfecting a pitch, and creating a buzz. Join us as the high tech...

X-Sender: marlett@po.clearway.com Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:21:44 -0500 To: group@clearway.com From: Susan Marlett (marlett@clearway.com) Subject: [ANN] NITRO POWERPLUG 2.2 BETA SPEEDS MAC WEB SERVERS For Immediate Release: CLEARWAY UNVEILS NITRO POWERPLUG 2.2 PUBLIC BETA, SPEEDING MAC WEB SERVERS -- New Version Brings More Speed and Efficiency to Mac Web Servers -- -- Improved Compatibility with WebSTAR-compatible Server Packages -- Boston, January 13, 1999 -- ClearWay Technologies, Inc. today unveiled the first public beta of ClearWay NITRO PowerPlug version 2.2. NITRO accelerates WebSTAR and compatible Web servers up to 200% or more through advanced memory management and thread scheduling. The new 2.2 version delivers higher performance, increased efficiency, and improved compatibility with Tenon Intersystems' WebTen server. One WebTen user trying NITRO for the first time wrote, "My tests show this thing rocks!" Free demos of the new NITRO 2.2 public beta are available immediately...

From: Marco Bambini (marco@spiderlink.it) Subject: Announce: ASCII converter What is ASCII converter? ASCII converter is a simple "drag and drop" application that converts text files from Windows to Macintosh. Mac OS and Windows use two different ASCII tables (a way to represent the characters) so when you open a Windows text file with a Mac application all the characters like: ,,,,, (e',a',i',o') etc. are misinterpreted. ASCII converter fixs this drawback and enable you to correctly read the text file. For more information, or to download a free copy, visit http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/7185 (software section). Thank you for your time, Marco Bambini

ALADDIN ANNOUNCES INSTALLERMAKER 6.0- POWERFUL NEW STUFFIT FORMAT SIGNIFICANTLY COMPRESSES INSTALLERS FOR SIZABLE TIME AND COST SAVINGS StuffIt InstallerMaker 6.0 Compresses Installers Smaller Than Any Other Development Tool And Cuts Installer Build Times In Half Macworld Expo San Francisco - Aladdin Systems, Inc., today announced StuffIt InstallerMaker(tm) 6.0 is expected to ship in February 1999. InstallerMaker 6.0 compresses installers up to 15% tighter than any other software installation utility. InstallerMaker 6.0 is now PowerPC native which, combined with its increase in compression, allows developers to create complex installers in half the time. "Saving time and money is the goal of every software developer, Internet Service Provider and IS professional, and InstallerMaker 6.0 saves both," said Pauline Shumake, product manager. "Software created with InstallerMaker 6.0 will take significantly less time to produce, and the developer's software will have reduced download times...

CONIX ENTERPRISES SELLS OPENGL SOURCE CODE TO APPLE COMPUTER January 11, 1999 (San Luis Obispo, CA) The culmination of four years work came to fruition last Tuesday at the keynote address when Steve Jobs announced Apple OpenGL. One of the highlights of the keynote was John Carmack's demo of Quake III. The spellbinding demo (Mac first) was an excellent introduction to the power and performance of Apple's new OpenGL implementation. Apple has licensed OpenGL from Silicon Graphics and purchased the Conix source code. Conix has been providing OpenGL for the Macintosh community for three and a half years. Hardware acceleration has been available for nearly a year. Robert Beretta and John Stauffer, the engineering talent behind Conix OpenGL, have been hired by Apple Computer to continue development. Conix will continue to support the Mathematica plug-ins: Conix 3D Explorer and Mechanical Systems (tech@conix3d.com) and continue to update OpenGL for eXodus, MachTen, X-Ten and Code Builder....

Cisco making a big splash today at Consumer Electronics Show: - Partnerships with electronics makers - Announcement with AT&T-TCI on building network - New Cable modem that enables free local phone service - CEO John Chambers on Moneyline tonight E-mail if you need more details Cisco Systems Announces Strategy for Consumer Markets Alliances, Enabling Technologies Will be Key to Creating "Personal Networks" LAS VEGAS, Nev. January 7, 1999 Cisco Systems Inc. today announced its strategy to extend its Internet leadership to the consumer market. The strategy is built around a vision to extend high-speed Internet access from business to the consumer market at speeds up to 1,000 times faster than today's dial-up connections. Cisco also plans to introduce high-speed "personal networks" within the home, connecting individual users to PCs, phones, TVs and other Internet appliances over a single broadband network. Cisco's strategy will be based upon an open Internet platform, in addition to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sorenson Video Provides Dramatically Improved Performance on Video and Multimedia Applications for QuickTime Developers and Users MacWorld Expo, San Francisco, Calif., January 5, 1999-Sorenson Vision, Inc., a privately held maker of digital video compression tools, has announced Sorenson Video(TM) 2.0, a major upgrade of the video codec (encoder/decoder) licensed by Apple Computer, Inc. for its QuickTime(TM) software. Sorenson Video 2.0 greatly enhances the performance of the encoding and decoding process for QuickTime compatible CD-ROM, DVD and Web-based video applications. In addition, it offers increased flexibility for managing the quality/bandwidth tradeoffs inherent with compressed video. Decoders for playback are built into all releases of QuickTime 3 or later. The latest version of the Sorenson Video QuickTime codec provides developers a powerful, full-featured engine and sophisticated tools to handle the highest quality variable bit rate (VBR) encoding...

Columbia, MO Jan 5, 1999 --FairCom Corporation announced the latest release of the c-tree Plus V6.8A file handler for the Macintosh OS 8.5, at Macworld Expo99. This new release of FairComs C ISAM database API offers flexible file limits, and enhanced file mirroring. Other major features of this release include an enhanced data history function, which makes it possible to access the audit logs of transaction controlled files, and an improved portable multi-threaded client API. When used with the FairCom Server, this version of c-tree Plus also offers file encryption. The ability to encrypt data and index files as well as transaction log files has also been added to the FairCom Server. "This technology provides the extra level of confidentiality to an application's data." explains FairCom Europe Manager, Franco Cortinovis. "We're seeing an increasing number of requests for this in the past year, and beta testing has performed flawlessy." Files that are encrypted using the FairCom...

Adobe Announces Adobe Dynamic Media Studio New Collection Combines Industry-Leading Adobe Solutions at a Savings of More Than $1,000 San Jose, Calif., (Jan. 4, 1999) (Nasdaq:ADBE) - In response to the increasing need for software solutions that allow users to create compelling content for video, multimedia and the Web, Adobe Systems Incorporated today introduced its new Dynamic Media Studio. A tightly integrated collection of award winning, high performance Adobe applications, the Adobe Dynamic Media Studio includes Adobe After Effects 4.0 (Production Bundle), Adobe Premiere 5.1, Adobe Photoshop 5.0.2 and Adobe Illustrator 8.0, at an exceptional cost savings of more than $1,000. "Across the board, research shows that a large number of our customers use two or more Adobe software applications as a part of their daily workflow," said Ron Okamoto, director, Professional Publishing Solutions at Adobe. "For example, roughly 90 percent of After Effects users also work with Adobe Photoshop....

For Immediate Release Adobe Systems Acquires GoLive CyberStudio Professional Web Publishing Software Leading professional Web authoring and design tool expands Adobe's award-winning product line San Jose, Calif., (January 4, 1999) (Nasdaq:ADBE)-Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced that it has acquired the assets of GoLive Systems, Inc., including GoLive CyberStudio, the professional Web design and publishing software, and the GoLive Web Publishing System. The acquisition of GoLive CyberStudio underscores Adobe's strategy to lead Web publishing with a complete suite of professional design and publishing tools. With more than 25 best product awards and 45 top reviews in leading industry publications, the product has been widely accepted and critically acclaimed by professional Web publishers worldwide. CyberStudio has been used to produce Web sites for Aware Records, Music Boulevard, Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. Records and The Associated Press, among others. "Combining GoLive...

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Naomi Pearce Pearce Communications 510/528-0824 mailto:naomi@well.com SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS ANNOUNCES REBOUND! 2.0 --- ADB Auto-Restart Device Software Now With Advanced Logging, Event Messaging and Updated Automatic Crash Recovery -- BOTHELL, Wash., January 5, 1999 -- at Macworld Expo Booth #3446 -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced the Rebound! 2.0 software upgrade for its popular ADB auto-restart device, now with advanced logging, event messaging and significant advancements in automatic crash detection, recovery and prevention. Now for the first time, Rebound! 2.0 can relaunch individual applications, keep detailed logs and automatically notify administrators when priority events occur. In a related announcement, Sophisticated Circuits today for the first time began demonstrating Kick-off!, an auto-restart device designed for USB-equipped Macs (see release dated 01/05/99). Kick-off! will have software features similar to Rebound! 2....

PRESS RELEASE MindVision Ships MindExpander(tm) Preview Release at MacWorld Expo iBeetle Debuts In Booth #2511 Hold For Release until Tuesday, January 5, 10AM PST MindVision Offers Fast, FREE, Flexible File Expander SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- January 5, 1998 -- MindVision Software shipped the preview release of MindExpander(tm), a FREE application that automatically expands .sit, .sea, .bin and .hqx files at MacWorld Expo today. "MindExpander is about choice, openness, innovation, and competition in an area of the Mac market that has been characterized by a lack of options and closed proprietary standards. We wanted to develop a free application that took the guesswork and hassle out of expanding a file. Our ultimate goal is to help make file expansion a seamless process," said MindVision CEO Steve Kiene. MindExpander expands standard Internet files and helps users get to the files they're downloading sooner and with less hassle. MindExpander is smaller, runs faster, and uses...

For Immediate Release Media Contacts: Naomi Pearce Pearce Communications 510/528-0824 mailto:naomi@pearce.com or Active Concepts Louise Denton (+613) 9344-0939 mailgo:l.denton@activeconcepts.com ACTIVE CONCEPTS SHIPS FUNNEL WEB 3.0 --New Streaming Analysis Engine Revolutionizes Web Traffic Analysis Package, Now Also With Remote Control and Event Messaging-- SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., January 5, 1998 -- at Macworld Expo -- Active Concepts today announced it is now shipping Funnel Web 3.0 for the Mac OS with revolutionary, new streaming analysis for real-time traffic monitoring and for processing large logs, platform-independent remote control, and event messaging and notification. Now the world's fastest Web site traffic analysis package can process extremely large log files with relatively small amounts of RAM by using the new streaming analysis engine in Funnel Web 3.0. The new streaming analysis engine can also be used to monitor site traffic in real-time. Also new is the ability to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Nick DeMello Xplain Corporation marketing@xplain.com 805-494-9797 x105 THE MACTECH CD-ROM VOL 1-14 NOW SHIPPING -- CD includes the most comprehensive Mac developer resource available SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- January 5, 1999 -- Xplain Corporation, the publisher of MacTech(r) Magazine, today announced that it is shipping the latest release of the MacTech CD-ROM, Volumes 1-14, at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco (January 5-8, 1999). The new CD includes the first release of the THINK Reference(tm) Compiler. As one of the first CD-ROM publishers, MacTech Magazine has updated its historical CD each year. The CD has become an essential reference tool for Macintosh programmers, containing a wealth of programming information, hundreds of megabytes of source code, special offers, preview demos of new programming tools, and much more. The MacTech CD, Volumes 1-14, includes every article published in MacTech Magazine (from November, 1984 through December, 1998...

MacWorld Expo Greetings, BeeHive Technology and Rearden Technology are pleased to announce that we have two SiteZAP cameras running at MacWorld Expo. Throughout the show, we will be broadcasting live video from MacWorld Booth #4143. SiteZAP is a user controllable pan, tilt, zoom internet camera that works with your WebSTAR internet server. SiteZAP uses our SiteCam WebCamera software that streams video directly to your Netscape or Internet Explorer browser--without the need for you to download browser plug-ins. (SiteCam works with most Macs with video-input and has powerful features for dial-up as well as direct internet connected users.) The SiteZAP cameras are located here, till the end of the show. (http://207.218.117.24/) SiteZAP running on a PowerBook G3! (http://207.218.117.25/) SiteZAP running on a PowerMac 9500 Our web site will also contain the above links and we'll post highlights of the show. (http://www.rearden.com/) The new versions of SiteZAP and SiteCam...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Imacination Software Announces Ch-ching! 2.1 "Instant Internet Store Builder" for Mac OS (Windows version coming March 1999) Automated credit card processing and easy store setup allows merchants to create a complete fully-functional Internet store in as little as 15 minutes with no programming knowledge necessary. Representatives from Imacination will available during Macworld Expo in San Francisco starting Tuesday, January 5 (Starnine Booth # 3641). A fully-functioning 30 day demonstration of Ch-ching! is available for download from http://www.imacination.com/. VENTURA, Calif. -- January 4, 1999 (Xpress Press) -- Imacination Software today announced the immediate availability of Ch-Ching! the "Instant Internet Store Builder" for Mac OS. Ch-ching! automates the task of building a secure, electronic store front on the web. Ch-ching! is the first program of its kind to provide merchants with integrated credit card processing, complete remote administration,...

Press Release - BugLink v1.1 Upgrade Released For Immediate Release Glendale, California, January 4, 1998 -- The PandaWave announced today the release of version 1.1 of BugLink, and the release of BugLink Solo, a single user version designed for shareware developers. We are also pleased to announce our participation in the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco with a sale. Customers who purchase either product at MacWorld will receive a discount on both products. What is BugLink? BugLink is a bug tracking system for both the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows 95/NT. BugLink consists of a central bug database and server application, and clients which allow software developers and testers download the bugs they are interested in. BugLink Solo is a new product developed with the shareware developer in mind. Featuring the same ease of use as BugLink, BugLink Solo is a single user product, with the user interface and database engine integrated into a single application. What's New In This Release...

FileMaker, Inc. Announces FileMaker Pro Plug In Web Registry San Francisco, Calif., MacWorld EXPO, January 4, 1999 - Credit card verification from within a FileMaker Pro database is just one of dozens of new FileMaker Pro Plug-Ins, created by independent developers, now listed by FileMaker, Inc. at www. filemaker.com (Products area). Made possible by an external function API (Application Program Interface) that ships with FileMaker Pro 4.0 Developer Edition, FileMaker Pro Plug-Ins add extra functionality to FileMaker Pro Windows and Mac OS databases through the product's calculation engine. A World Of New FileMaker Pro Functionality In addition to the Credit Card Verification Plug-In, from Tellan Software, browsers to this site will find a world of new capabilities for their FileMaker Pro database including such Plug-Ins as the following: Troi File Plug-In, available from Troi Automatisering, that allows users to save the contents of a (text)field or global to a file; PowerDialogs for...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: XML-based RightDoc(TM) dynamically creates personalized document content from applications to view, print, and generate HTML4, PDF, and PostScript formats. (Colbert, WA - January 4, 1999) RightDoc Company announces the immediate availability of RightDoc 1.0, an XML-based content management and publishing engine. RightDoc provides for the dynamic creation of XML documents in Enterprise or Web server based Visual Basic, C++, J++, Delphi, Excel, Access applications, etc., and extends the power of those applications by automatically creating visually appealing highly personalized XML-based forms, reports, billing statements, legal contracts, letters and more. RightDoc enables companies to build an XML-based document infrastructure directly into applications, empowering them with XML-based technology and providing an immediate payback by producing personalized device independent business documents for use enterprise-wide. Complete with built-in variable text merging...

Contact: For Coyote Point Systems: Andrew Sprung/212-721-3495 (mailto:adsprung@coyotepoint.com)adsprung@coyotepoint.com For Bright Tiger Technologies: Sheryl Schultz/508=647-0044 (mailto:sheryl@srsassociates.com)sheryl@srsassociates.com Coyote Point Systems and Bright Tiger Technologies Integrate Products for Best-of-(Hy)-Breed Web Site Traffic Management and Monitoring --New Open Standard Protocols for Cluster Component Interoperability Developed; Coyote Point's Adaptive Load Balancer, the Equalizer, to Work in Tandem with Bright Tiger's ClusterCATS Web Site Resource Management Software-- Sunnyvale, CA (January 4, 1999) -- In a partnership that signals a new phase in web site management technology, Coyote Point Systems, Inc., producers of highly efficient and cost-effective load balancing hardware, and Bright Tiger Technologies, a leading provider of web site resource management software, today announced the integration of their products to deliver the highest levels of Internet...

FOR RELEASE ON JANUARY 4, 1999 Phone: 805-963-6983 888-2-WebTen FAX: 805-962-8202 Contact: Anita Holmgren Internet: anita@tenon.com http://www.tenon.com/products/webten WebTen 4.0 for MacOS X Server A web server that takes advantage of the power of Apple's next-generation OS Santa Barbara, CA, January 4, 1999. Tenon Intersystems today announced WebTen 4.0, a version of its industrial-strength, high-performance Apache-based Web server for MacOS X Server. WebTen incorporates the highly-acclaimed Apache web server software developed by the Apache Group. Apache is well-known as stable, full-strength, feature-rich web server software used on almost two million machines worldwide. Tenon has taken this mature, integrated, scalable software and extended it with performance enhancements and Macintosh-specific features to make WebTen's Apache the fastest and easiest-to-use Apache in the world. On MacOS X Server, WebTen extends the open source Apache with a point & click interface,...

DevDepot OFFERS MACWORLD SPECIALS TO EVERYONE WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- December 31, 1998 -- DevDepot, a division of Xplain Corporation, is your source for programming and development tools. The Depot will be at Macworld Expo January 5 - 8th, located in the Developer Central and Net Innovators pavilions (booth #3051/3550). Whether you're an application developer, a web developer, or a system administrator, the Depot has the tools you're looking for, and will be offering those tools at special Macworld prices. Over a hundred special, Macworld only, bargains will be available to show attendees -- in some cases as much as 50% off regular prices. For those Mac developers unable to attend Macworld San Francisco, the Depot has arranged to offer select Macworld specials through the Depot online store at (http://www.devdepot.com/) during the week of Macworld (many of these deals will no longer be available after midnight Jan 10th). These offers are for a limited time only and are subject to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FREE CLEARWAY THREAD TWEAKER SMOOTHS AND SPEEDS PLUG-IN PERFORMANCE -- Improves Speed of All Threaded Plug-ins Running Under WebSTAR. -- Reduces Stalls, Hiccups, and Dead Periods; Smooths Performance. December 30, 1998. ClearWay Technologies, Inc. today announced "ClearWay Thread Tweaker", a free plug-in for WebSTAR servers that improves the performance of threaded server plug-ins such as NetCloak, Tango, and FireSite. The ClearWay Thread Tweaker re-tunes WebSTAR's thread scheduler so that threaded plug-ins get the CPU time that they need to run smoothly, quickly and efficiently. The new software is available for immediate download from http://www.clearway.com/ThreadTweaker/ The free Thread Tweaker can be used by itself, or in conjunction with commercial acceleration products from ClearWay, including NITRO PowerPlug and FireSite Web Site Accelerator. While the Thread Tweaker itself is free, ClearWay is asking users to support the free software simply by...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DEVELOPER CENTRAL PAVILION RETURNS TO, AND NET INNOVATORS PAVILION MAKES ITS DEBUT AT MACWORLD EXPO/SAN FRANCISCO JANUARY 1999 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. -- December 30, 1998 -- Apple Developer Connection, Xplain Custom Services, and MACWORLD Expo are pleased to announce TWO technical special interest pavilions at MACWORLD Expo/San Francisco. Developer Central, sponsored by Apple Developer Connection and MacTech Magazine, makes its return catering to the Macintosh programmer and developer community. And this year, Net Innovators, sponsored by Apple Developer Connection and NetProfessional magazine, makes its debut showing off technologies for web developers and network administrators. January 5-8 1999, MACWORLD Expo/San Francisco is hosting both pavilions in the North Hall of the Moscone Convention Center. Developer Central is located at booth 3051. Right next to Developer Central, is Net Innovators at booth 3550. "Since the launch of iMac, forward-looking developers...

MK Software announces T-Minus Ten 2.0 New version supports additional tasks, an activity log, and a new interface. AUSTIN, Texas--December 28, 1998--MK Software, Inc. today announced the availability of T-Minus Ten 2.0, its premier task automation utility. T-Minus Ten 2.0 marks the first release of the product as shareware. Previous versions were available strictly as a ZDNet exclusive. 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...

Grantham, NH - December 28, 1998 - Bowers Development has posted a minor update for AppMaker #11 to support Metrowerks' recently released PowerPlant 1.9.3. . It also includes minor bug fixes and enhancements for PowerPlant, C/C++ OS8, plain C OS8, and Pascal OS8. The update is available for download from http://members.aol.com/bowersdev/LateNews.html. About AppMaker AppMaker is a programming tool that makes it faster and easier to make a Macintosh application - not just the user interface, but also the functional code. With AppMaker you create the menus, windows, dialogs and their contents by clicking and dragging to arrange what you want on-screen. You also point and click to declare data structures and to connect UI items to data items. AppMaker creates resources to describe your design, and generates "human, professional quality code" in your choice of either procedural or object-oriented programming languages. More than a GUI Builder The theme in AppMaker #11 is to write more of...

Press release. December 24, 1998 AutoScript.fm - the tool that makes life easier for FileMaker Pro users and developers - has been repriced. The price for admission to the world of efficient FileMaker Pro scripting has been lowered to just US$48. It is hoped that AutoScript.fm can subsequently become universally accepted by FileMaker Pro users, aiding in the development of great FileMaker Pro databases. AutoScript.fm is a scripting utility for FileMaker Pro users that makes the daunting task of transferring FileMaker Pro scripts from one database to another much easier and quicker. AutoScript.fm also facilitates the sharing of FileMaker Pro scripts by saving scripts in a text format that can easily be copied and emailed to friends and associates anywhere in the world. FileMaker Pro magazines can use AutoScript.fm to make their sample scripts more accessible, while FileMaker Pro user groups can use AutoScript.fm to make group-shared scripts accessible, reproducible and portable. The...

For Immediate Release MAIN EVENT SOFTWARE SHIPS PHOTOSCRIPTER 1.0 --New AppleScript Product for Photoshop Enables Integrated Automation of Image Processing-- WASHINGTON, D.C., December 22, 1998 -- Main Event Software, Inc. today announced it is now shipping PhotoScripter 1.0, providing automated AppleScript support for the capabilities in Adobe Photoshop 5.0 and higher. Now for the first time, Macintosh users can automate the commands and processes available in Photoshop by using simple, English-like AppleScript sentences. PhotoScripter is available today at (http://www.mainevent.com/) for $299 per single-artist license and $999 per production machine license. Special introductory pricing of $899 for production machine licenses is available through January 3, 1999, directly from Main Event Software. "With PhotoScripter, the level of integration beween Photoshop, QuarkXPress, and the Finder is unprecendented," commented Cal Simone, president of Main Event Software. "Many shops, large...

Bare Bones products are available through DevDepot (http://www.devdepot.com), mailto:orders@devdepot.com, Toll free: 800-MACDEV-1, Outside US/Canada: 805-494-9797, Fax: 805-494-9798.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CDFINDER 2.6 RELEASED December 22, 1998, Johannesberg, Germany -- The author today announced the immediate availability of version 2.6 of CDFinder, the popular shareware disk catalog tool for the Macintosh. The new version is free for all registered owners of CDFinder and can be obtained from the CDFinder-Homepage (http://people.frankfurt.netsurf.de/nmd/). A single user license is $15, multi user licenses are available . CDFinder is a very fast and powerful tool to create catalog files of your hard disks, floppies, ZIP's and anything else that spins. It has a great user interface and very useful search functions. CDFinder supports drag&drop and requires at least a 68020 or PowerPC CPU. While System 7 is required, CDFinder is also fully compatible to MacOS 8.5. A special feature is the multi-lingual user interface (German/French/English/Italian/Swedish). New features in CDFinder 2.6: - Catalog files of Disk Wizard and Iomega FindIt can be imported. - Catalog...

[ANN] Pro 4.1 MacOS Compiler 2.2.1 & MSL 4.1.05 for Mac CodeWarriors, Pro 4.1 MacOS Compiler 2.2.1 & MSL 4.1.05 for Mac updates CodeWarrior Pro 4 to compiler version 2.2.1 and MSL C++ version 4.1.05. This is a bugfix release for the 2.2 compiler shipped orginally with Pro 4. See the release notes for details. This update includes only MacOS (68K, PPC) compilers. You should install the IDE 3.3 patch before installing this update. You will need to rebuild your libraries and precompiled headers after installing this patch, see the "Library Build Instructions" file in the patch for details. Note: In the release notes under (deque) there is mention of a known bug where outstanding iterators might be invalidated during an aborted push_front. The bug is fixed in this release. The release notes were mistakenly not updated accordingly. This archive was submitted on 12/21/1998 (CWPRO4 Release) and occupies 2727k of disk space. You can download it at URL: http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/...

Tools Plus Pro Brings Advanced Features to Mac Apps OAKVILLE, ONTARIO--December 21, 1998--Creators of Macintosh applications and plug-ins will soon enjoy a number of advanced features that used to be available only in Microsoft's Windows operating system. These new features will allow Macintosh developers to deliver enhanced functionality that is not available in Mac OS, and one will contribute to reducing development time, effort, and code complexity. Water's Edge Software, the company best known for award-winning Tools Plus libraries + framework, has rewritten portions of their rapid-development tools to take advantage of Apple Computer, Inc.'s new Mac OS 8.5 operating system, and to exploit the power of the third-generation (G3) PowerPC processors found in all Macintosh computers being made today. Among the enhancements seen in this newest release are windows that drag and resize in real time, enhanced multitasking capabilities, and a completely revised "modern" application...

GUY KAWASAKI WILL BE SIGNING HIS LATEST BOOK RULES FOR REVOLUTIONARIES AT DevDepot'S MACWORLD STATION WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- Dec 18, 1998 -- DevDepot, a division of Xplain Corporation, announced it will be hosting Guy Kawasaki, the radical and charismatic CEO of garage.com and former chief evangelist of Apple Computer, at their Macworld station (#3051) on January 5th through 8th. The author of How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Kawasaki has been in the trenches of two revolutions: the development of Macintosh, the computer that changed the world, and the battle for supremacy on the Internet. The same revolutions fought with the tools available from DevDepot--the premiere source of Macintosh development and web development resources. Guy will be releasing his latest book, Rules for Revolutionaries at Macworld San Francisco this January and will be appearing at DevDepot to sign copies of that book each day of the conference expo. Critics and industry experts rave about Rules for...

[ANN] Prerelease Mach-O Plugins Update 2.1.1a12 for Mac CodeWarriors, PowerPlant 1.9.3 update has been release. You can download it from http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/software/updates/ PowerPlant 1.9.3 adds support for Appearance Themes, as well as numerous bug fixes and feature improvements throughout the framework. See the release notes for complete details. You do not need to obtain/apply the PowerPlant 1.9.2a patch to use this patch as the functionality of 1.9.2a is included in this new update. This archive was submitted on 12/18/1998 (CWPRO4 Release) and occupies 3689k of disk space. You can download it at URL: ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/CWPRO4/PowerPlant_1.9.3.hqx - or - ftp://ftp2.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/CWPRO4/PowerPlant_1.9.3.hqx - or - ftp://206.204.30.115/pub/updates/CWPRO4/PowerPlant_1.9.3.hqx

The new version of Verity HTML export includes Mac PowerPC support. http://www.verity.com/corporate/981214.html NEW VERSION OF VERITY HTML EXPORT ENABLES DYNAMIC, 'ON-THE-FLY' CONVERSION OF ENTERPRISE DOCUMENTS INTO WEB-READY HTML New Solutions & Features Enable Corporate Web Developers to Deliver Customized Web Content With Zero Client Administration; Enterprises Preserve Investment in Archived Documents with Verity HTML Export 2.0 SUNNYVALE, Calif. December 14, 1998 Verity, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRTY), a leading provider of knowledge retrieval solutions for the enterprise and Internet, today introduced a new version of its innovative Verity HTML Export product. Designed for enterprise-wide use, Verity HTML Export 2.0 is a server-based solution that allows organizations to preserve their investment in archived documents by regenerating files into HTML directly from their native formats, without requiring an HTML editor or the original application that created the document. HTML Export 2....

For Immediate Release VSE HTML Turbo 2.0: 40 new optimizations, twice as fast, less expensive Bornheim, Germany, December 15th, 1998.- Voget Selbach Entertainment (http://vse-online.com) announced today the release of VSE HTML Turbo 2.0. VSE HTML Turbo is a tool that optimizes HTML documents so that they become much smaller and load much more quickly into web browsers. HTML Turbo's optimizing does not alter the page appearance in web browsers. The new version 2.0 offers 40 new optimizations and speed improvements so that web pages will be optimized up to 25 percent more efficient in half the time. In addition, VSE has lowered the price from $79.95 to $49.95. Besides many other improvements in VSE HTML Turbo 2.0, the application has two outstanding new features: - The HTML image attributes WIDTH and HEIGHT are added automatically to web pages. This allows web browsers to display the text of a web page before loading the images. - VSE HTML Turbo automatically qualify URL's. For example...