FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Bill Doerrfeld, President Blue World Communications, Inc. (206) 313-1051 bill@blueworld.com MailArchiver Makes Email Searching and Filing Easier - Even on the Web ISSAQUAH, WA - November 22, 1996 - Blue World Communications, Inc. today officially announced the recent release of MailArchiver, the new mass email management solution. MailArchiver automatically archives email into a Claris FileMaker Pro database for quick retrieval and permanent storage. MailArchiver works with email saved to disk from applications such as Claris Emailer, Qualcomm's Eudora, Quarterdeck's ListSTAR, the Apple Internet Mail Server, and any other program that saves mail to disk in the RFC 822 format. The MailArchiver software quickly and easily archives all email stored in designated folders on a Macintosh computer, or on folders over a Local Area Network. Multiple source folders may be selected, any of which can be routed to individual FileMaker Pro databases (based upon...

Announce: MultiHomie 1.0 WebStar Plugin. MultiHomie(TM) is a shareware WebStar 1.3.2/2.0 FAT plugin that allows Macintosh WebMasters to point multiple domain names at a single Macintosh WebStar server. MultiHomie is different from other "multihoming" solutions because it uses a new feature of the W*API 1.1 that is not available to CGI applications and previous server plugins. This new feature enables a more concrete mid-term solution (until true OpenTransport based multihoming is supported) for multihoming on a Macintosh server than ever before. Any server that correctly supports W*API 1.1 and the filter message can be used with this plugin. More information is available at: http://www.clearink.com/fun_stuff/plugins/ Thanks, jon stevens kid@latchkey.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Charles McHenry 541-772-2382 cmchenry@opendoor.com OPEN DOOR NETWORKS ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR WEBSTAR 2.0 SPECIAL PRICING, NEW HOMEDOOR VERSION ASHLAND, OR. -- November 20, 1996 -- Open Door Networks, Inc. today announced support for StarNine's newly-introduced WebSTAR 2.0 server. In addition to special pricing on its line of multi-domain products for Macintosh Web servers, Open Door also announced that it will be shipping a new version of its popular HomeDoor default home page server which takes advantage of new features of WebSTAR 2.0. Open Door Networks is the leading manufacturer of "multi-domain" products for Macintosh Internet servers. These products enable a single Internet server to provide independent services for multiple domains, greatly leveraging the investment in that server and radically simplifying overall administration and network management. Open Door today announced special pricing for anyone purchasing a WebSTAR 2.0 upgrade: $...

Aladdin Systems, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Award-Winning Utility, ShrinkWrap(tm) Aladdin Systems Acquires Shareware Utility for Creating and Using Disk Image Files Watsonville, CA-- November 13, 1996-- Aladdin Systems, Inc., developer of the worldwide Macintosh compression and installation standards, StuffIt and StuffIt InstallerMaker, has acquired ShrinkWrap from developer, Chad Magendanz. Aladdin will continue to work closely with Magendanz and will release new versions of ShrinkWrap in early 1997. ShrinkWrap was developed to create disk image files quickly and efficiently. ShrinkWrap provides a convenient and reliable means of mounting disk image files on the desktop, seamlessly handles disk image files in their archived form, and provides a freely distributable alternative to other disk copying methods. "The success of ShrinkWrap has been phenomenal," said Chad Magendanz, developer of ShrinkWrap. "Aladdin and I understand the symbiotic relationship our products share....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tools Plus Plugs Into Plug-Ins `````````````````````````````` OAKVILLE, Ontario--November 18, 1996--Water's Edge Software, best known for their Tools Plus application development libraries, announced today that they will soon release version 3.2 which can be used to write plug-ins for most applications that support a plug-in architecture, such as Adobe's Photoshop and Acrobat, Microsoft's Excel, and others. Tools Plus libraries first broke new ground by letting application developers easily create working user interface elements with a single line of code, including all standard Macintosh elements plus popular additions like tool bars, floating palettes, sophisticated picture buttons, tabs, sliders, and a suite of 3D gray scale components. Once created, all elements are operational and interact correctly with one another, thus eliminating the need for many thousands of lines of code that are attributed to creating the interface, making it work, and accounting for...

Natural Intelligence Expands Java Training Division Curriculum and Services Cambridge, MA. November 8, 1996. In line with its strategy for providing a full array of Java(tm) products and services, Natural Intelligence (NI) has announced a dramatic expansion of its Java Training Division, offering a wide variety of on-site and off-site courses of instruction for management and technology workers. Widely acknowledged as a leader in the field of Java development, (including Roaster(tm), the Development Environment for Java), Natural Intelligence is uniquely positioned to offer this exceptional addition to its consulting services. Up to now, Natural Intelligence's Java Consulting Division has offered limited training as an adjunct to its consulting services, but the volume of ongoing requests from corporations and institutions for a traditional teaching structure became the catalyst for the current expansion. The Java Training Division now offers classes for students at all levels,...

BARE BONES SOFTWARE UPGRADES BBEDIT WITH RELEASE OF 4.0.2. Natick, MA -- Bare Bones Software, Inc. today announced the release of version 4.0.2 of BBEdit, their popular and critically acclaimed text editor for Mac(TM) OS-compatible systems. This new version includes a variety of enhancements to its feature set and capabilities: *Startup Items* When it starts up, BBEdit 4.0.2 will look for a folder named "BBEdit Startup Items" and open any documents it finds in that folder. While BBEdit will open a document window for any text file, picture file, or BBEdit file group in this folder, it will also direct the finder to open any other document file it finds in the folder, as well. Additionally, if you place a compiled OSA (AppleScript, or any other OSA-compliant scripting language) script in this folder, BBEdit will execute the script. *Improved Hotkey Generation* The "Set Keys..." command has been improved so that it is easier to assign key equivalents to extensions that are stored in...

Vivo Software Announces New Version of VivoActive Producer Streaming Web Video Post-Production Tool Now Brings Enhanced Productivity to Webmasters WALTHAM, Mass., November 12, 1996 -- Vivo Software today announced the newest version of its VivoActive Producer, a Web video post-production tool that enables Webmasters to easily produce and integrate streams-based video into their Web sites. VivoActive Producer 1.5 includes productivity enhancing features that help Webmasters manipulate and process vide o clips into their Web sites more quickly and easily. Available for both PC and Apple Power Macintosh platforms, it will be delivered initially on the Power Mac, the most popular development platform with most Web site designers today. A beta version of the VivoActive Producer 1.5 is available at Vivo,s Web site: http://www.vivo.com The initial version of the VivoActive product family, launched in September, already has generated considerable market momentum. More than 190...

Apple Releases Beta Version 1.0 of Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ) Apple Challenges Developers to Show the "Geek Factor" at Macworld CUPERTINO, Calif.--Nov. 6, 1996--Apple Computer, Inc., today announced the availability of the beta version 1.0 release of Mac OS Runtime for Java. This product highlights Apple's strategy to make the Mac OS a best-of-breed development platform for the Internet. Mac OS Runtime for Java is an implementation of Sun Microsystems' Java virtual machine (VM) and run-time environment, enabling developers of Mac OS-based applications to create Java applets and standalone Java applications, and to embed Java functionality into applications written in native PowerPC or 68K code. As part of this beta software release, Apple also announced the MRJ Coding Contest, an opportunity for a developer using Mac OS Runtime for Java to create interesting and innovative Mac OS-based applications--and win new Apple products! For official rules and submission information, check...

MindVision Announces Installer VISE 4.1 The worldwide standard in state-of-the-art installation technology. Lincoln, Nebraska - November 1, 1996- MindVision Software today announced a new release of Installer VISE version 4.1, the standard installation product used by today's leading Macintosh developers and network administrators. The 4.1 version of Installer VISE totally automates software distribution and makes quick work of adding new files and or updating existing files to the latest version. Installer VISE is a professional installation program designed for anyone who distributes applications or data files using CD-ROMs or diskettes, or via the Internet or over a network server. It provides a full feature set, yet requires less than 30 minutes to create a personalized installation! The Installer VISE 4.1 version has all the basic features such as the best compression in the industry; find, delete and move any file; conditional installation; complete fat binary support; and much...

Metrowerks CodeWarrior IDE 1.7.2 is now publicly available from the Metrowerks Web site. This update includes numerous bug fixes for problems reported in the 1.7 IDE. It also incorporates the Metrowerks Version Control API. This version of the IDE is required to use the CodeManager IDE plugin found with CodeManager Release 3. The archive containing this update can be found at: (ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/CW10/IDE_1.7.2.sit.hqx) Archive Size: 1142K There is no archive password.

Press Contact: Bill Doerrfeld President, Blue World Communications, Inc. (206) 313-1051 bill@blueworld.com Blue World Communications announces the availability of Lasso. New Tool to Effortlessly Tie One's FileMaker Pro Database to the Web Redefines Performance and Ease-of-Use ISSAQUAH, WA--October 26, 1996--Blue World Communications, Inc. announces the recent release of Lasso, the new tool for quickly integrating Claris(r) Corporation FileMaker Pro(r) 3.0 for the Macintosh databases with the Web. Lasso is designed for top performance. Searching FileMaker Pro Macintosh relational databases with tens of thousands of records in under a second is now possible with Lasso. Lasso's flexible object design allows modules to be easily constructed permitting additional capabilities to be tightly interwoven with Lasso's core technology. Unlike other solutions, Lasso allows complete flexibility of how FileMaker Pro data is formatted without requiring any changes to the actual database. Lasso...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contacts: Cynthia Fray Metrowerks, Inc. 512.873.4758 cynthia@metrowerks.com METROWERKS SHIPS CODEWARRIOR FOR PLAYSTATION DR/1 HOSTED ON MAC OS & WIN95/NT AND MW CODEMANAGER 3 AUSTIN, Texas-October 28, 1996-Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), today announced the availability of CodeWarrior for PlayStation DR1, a development environment for creating software titles for the PlayStation game console, and MW CodeManager 3, Metrowerks' cross-platform revision control system which is fully compatible with Microsoft SourceSafe 4.0a. CodeWarrior for PlayStation DR1 is hosted on Mac OS and Windows 95/NT and is authorized by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. It features the full CodeWarrior IDE, a plug-in CodeWarrior C/C++ compiler for MIPS and a selection of integrated graphical format converters for managing game development with the CodeWarrior IDE. CodeWarrior for PlayStation DR1 is Metrowerks' first CodeWarrior product hosted on Windows 95/NT. MW...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Brent Simmons World Wide Power & Light (206)269-6505 bsimmons@wrldpwr.com http://www.wrldpwr.com/ Add a Fast and Flexible Search Engine to Your Web Server with SpotLight 1.0 Seattle, WA--October 28, 1996--World Wide Power & Light's new SpotLight CGI and file indexer now makes it easy for Macintosh webmasters to add a high performance local file search engine to their Macintosh web server. SpotLight's ease-of-use is its central design goal. Its capabilities include meta tag indexing; multiple search pages with unique search directories; and extendability through custom scripts. SpotLight is a suite of Userland Frontier scripts and code resources (written in C) that work with Claris Filemaker Pro 3.0 to index a site and search it via the SpotLight CGI. Frontier and Filemaker Pro are both PowerPC native. SpotLight's user interface takes advantage of new features in Frontier 4.1, especially the new MacBird user interface component. For...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Charles McHenry 541-772-2382 cmchenry@opendoor.com OPEN DOOR NETWORKS ANNOUNCES THE MAILDOOR MULTI-DOMAIN MAIL CLERK EXPANDS ITS MULTI-DOMAIN PRODUCT LINE ASHLAND, OR. -- October 22, 1996 -- Open Door Networks, Inc. today announced MailDoor(TM), another in its suite of multi-domain products for Macintosh Internet servers. MailDoor, a powerful multi-domain mail clerk, works with the Apple Internet Mail Server (AIMS) to offer server administrators the ability to create and manage independent sets of e-mail addresses within each AIMS mail domain. Together with Open Door's HomeDoor and LogDoor products, MailDoor enables Webmasters to offer users a complete set of multi-domain services -- all through a single Macintosh computer. As shipped from Apple Computer, AIMS does not provide the ability to set up independent e-mail accounts with the same account name. This limitation is most serious when it comes to setting up...

Apple Open Transport 1.1.1 Enhances Mac OS Networking Performance and Reliability CUPERTINO, Calif.--Oct. 25, 1996--Apple Computer, Inc., today announced the availability of Apple Open Transport 1.1.1, an enhanced version of Apple's standards-based networking and communications system for Macintosh and Mac OS-compatible computers. Significance Open Transport 1.1.1 is an update for Mac OS-based systems currently running Open Transport 1.1, and is a recommended upgrade for all Open Transport users. In addition to bug fixes that increase overall compatibility, performance and stability, the update provides significant performance enhancements for Mac OS-based Internet and intranet servers and includes support for the new Open Transport/PPP implementation. Additional Mac OS Systems Supported Open Transport 1.0 began shipping in 1995 as a standard feature of Apple's new PCI-based Power Macintosh systems. Open Transport 1.1 added support for most 68030, 68040, and additional PowerPC-based...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 1996 Pictorius Releases Free Macintosh Net Servers New Net Servers Offer a Free, High Performance Web Server Option October 28, 1996 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Pictorius Inc. today announced the first release of their free Pictorius Net Servers (formerly Entrada! Net Servers) for Macintosh. Available for both 68K and PowerMacs, the first release includes: a fully-threaded, full service Web (http) server; native Open Transport support for maximum performance and unrestricted simultaneous users; full support for CGIs and ACGIs; 14 Agents which provide the functions of CGIs but are fully integrated into the servers for better performance; multi-homing support for multiple domain names on one machine; and security features, including: prohibiting access by domain name or IP address; configuring user groups; and changing user access control without restarting. Pictorius will be adding new servers including Mail (SMTP and POP3), FTP, Finger, DNS, News...

Dear Mac-programmers, I have released version 3.6 of the Gestalt Selectors List (GSL) This list was released for the first time on this day in the year 1992. Hence, this release marks the FOURTH ANNIVERSARY of this list! To celebrate this a survey it held for every GSL user to fill in and return. The survey form is included with the GSL 3.6 release but it can also be entered using a form on a WWW page: http://www.bio.vu.nl/home/rgaros/gestalt/survey.html The GSL lists all sorts of information about the Gestalt Manager, but mainly about selectors and the meaning of the returned values. The Gestalt Manager is part of the Apple Macintosh System Software to enable programmers to determine the availability of certain software and hardware. You can obtain the latest version in several ways: - by sending email to the mail archive server at: gestalt-selectors-list-request@bio.vu.nl with the subject: archive get recent/gestalt-selectors.etx or to get...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Neil Ticktin Publisher MacTech Magazine 805-494-9797 publisher@mactech.com http://www.mactech.com Mark Gonzales Director of Marketing Be, Inc. 415-462-4100 markg@be.com http://www.be.com BeOS TO BE BUNDLED IN MACTECH MAGAZINE MENLO PARK, Calif. and WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- October 21, 1996 -- Be, Inc. and Xplain Corporation, the publisher of MacTech(tm) Magazine, announced today that the BeOS(tm) DR8 for Power Macintosh will be bundled, free of charge, on CD in the January, 1997 issue of MacTech Magazine. "We want to get the developer release of BeOS for PowerMac into the hands of active PowerMac developers so that they can get up to speed on the technology as rapidly as possible, " said Mark Gonzales, Director of Marketing at Be, Inc. "MacTech is recognized as a key development resource within the PowerMac community, and so it made complete sense that we should work with them to reach a wide base of developers." "With all of the buzz in the Mac...

We're happy to announce that PERFORCE -- the FAST Software Configuration Management System -- now supports Macintosh clients. Coupled with existing support for Windows/NT, Windows/95, OS/2, and nearly a score of UNIX platforms, PERFORCE now provides just about universal platform coverage. (Sorry, Win3.1 is still out of luck.) The PERFORCE Macintosh client currently works with the MPW shell. The Mac client handles both data and resource forks of MacOS files, and allows both forks to be shared and edited by non-Mac clients. MacOS data forks are treated as ordinary text or binary files on a non-Mac client. With this, Mac and non-Mac users can share their source code, while Mac users additionally can share Mac resource and file type attribute information. The new PERFORCE Mac client is available directly from Perforce Software. For further information on availability, platforms, pricing, documentation, and free evaluation software, check our Web site (below) or send email inquiries to...

Frontier 4.1 is shipping at (http://www.scripting.com/frontier/). Here's an overview of the new features in 4.1, full detail is available on the site. ***Ease of Learning and Use The main priority of Frontier 4.1 was to re-design the user interface to incorporate what we've learned about Frontier over the last four years. The User's Guide has been completely updated and made current with the feature set of Frontier 4.1. Frontier's menus have been reorganized to be easier for the first-time user, and more complete for experienced users. Navigators make finding your way around the object database easier, and supply vital information for the beginning script writer. Where do I put my script? This was the number one question for new Frontier users. New places include the Workspace table, which is the best place to store personal scripts; the Overnight and Hourly scripts tables store scripts that run every night at 2AM and every hour on the hour; the webServerScripts table stores CGI...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Natural Intelligence Releases Roaster(tm) 2.3 Includes Support for Sun's JDK 1.0.2 Cambridge, MA, October 17, 1996. Natural Intelligence, Inc. (NI), the company which led the Java(tm) revolution for the Macintosh(tm) in January of this year, has released the newest update of Roaster, the Development Environment for Java. Roaster was the first development environment for creating applets and applications in Sun(tm) Microsystems, Inc.'s Java(tm) programming language on the Macintosh platform. This latest release, Roaster Developer's Release 2.3, furthers the functionality of the development environment by including support for Sun's JDK 1.0.2. This release also dramatically increases the stability of the development environment for Java. Russell Neufeld, one of the Senior Developers of Roaster noted: "We are very pleased with this updated version which reflects the great strides taken toward the stabilization of our Virtual Machine. We have done this without...

Dear Customer, Many of you have been requesting various additional services and products from us. Because of your recommendations, we have some exciting announcements to make later this year. In the meantime, we've recently unveiled our new Seagull Networks web hosting service. If your company or organization is looking for a quality web presence provider, we have the resources to make it happen. And as a special promotion, we are offering a free on-going subscription to the Apprentice CD-ROM to anyone who orders the top-of-the-line package from Seagull Networks! You get the latest edition of Apprentice as it is released, as long as you use our web hosting services. Just let us know that you heard it from this emailing. The top-of-the-line package includes the following features: - 125 megabytes of space! - Your own domain (www.yourcompany.com) - Your own IP number - Your own virtual web server - Your own root ftp server - Your own smtp and pop3 mail servers - Your own...

Hello! I wanted to let you know about some of the new products that we've just released. The four products are WebDetour (a Mac Web CGI), FingerToys (a Finger Server), PowerGate (another Mac Web CGI), and Mondo Mail (a scriptable SMTP client). I've included our press releases about the first three. The fourth, a freebie, is Mondo Mail. Mondo Mail is an easy-to-use, reliable mail gateway for use on a web site. It's not a fancy program, but it has a few advantages over other alternatives. It's written in C, built from a well-tested and reliable code base, is friendly to other applications on the system, and is free. It also has a failsafe "kill file" where undeliverable mail and associated errors are written. This product is currently unsupported, meaning we can't dedicate resources to supporting it, not that bugs and/or problems shouldn't be reported to us. The Acme Technologies Web site is located at http://www.acmetech.com/ and our downloads page is located at http://www.acmetech.com...

Announcing Licorice, Web Pages for Sprocket(tm) Development Viperware(tm) is proud to announce Licorice, a new series of web pages designed specifically for developers using Apple's Game Sprockets. The URL for Licorice is: (http://www.viperware.com/licorice) Licorice features FAQ's for each of the Game Sprockets. Questions and answers have been taken from the past 6 months of the Mac-Games-Developer mailing list. If you have a question concerning Game Sprockets, you should check Licorice first to see if your question is answered in a FAQ. Hopefully this will reduce noise on the newsgroups and mailing lists, and will make using these services more enjoyable. ** Also take a look at Butterscotch, the #1 source of information for game developers: (http://www.viperware.com/butterscotch) *Sprocket is a trademark of Xplain Corporation.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contacts: Joel Zeff ObjectSpace, Inc. 214.823.8242 joelzeff@objectspace.com Cynthia Fray Metrowerks, Inc. 512.873.4758 cynthia@metrowerks.com METROWERKS BUNDLES OBJECTSPACE'S JAVA(tm) GENERIC LIBRARY DALLAS, Texas & AUSTIN, Texas-October 14, 1996-ObjectSpace Inc., a leading provider of object-oriented technology, and Metrowerks(R) Inc., (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME: MWK), the leading provider of software development tools for Macintosh(R), today announced an agreement to include the ObjectSpace Java(tm) Generic Library (JGL) with Metrowerks' CodeWarrior(R) Java Development Environment. The Java Generic Library is the most comprehensive set of reusable containers and algorithms currently available for Java. "ObjectSpace has created a high quality container and algorithm library for Java that will facilitate the development process for Java developers, much like the standard template library has done for C++ programmers," said Greg Galanos, President and Chief...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WebVentures Pty Ltd 23 Clarkson Place, KENMORE HILLS, Qld, Australia 4069 Company URL: http://www.webventures.com.au Media Contact: Colin Lythall , Managing Director Tel: (07) 3374 0281, Intl +61 7 3374 0281 clythall@webventures.com.au Company Fax: +61 7 32012044 (Brisbane, Austrailia--October 9, 1996)--(PRESSXPRESS)--Managing Director of WebVentures Pty Ltd, Mr Colin Lythall, announced the release today of the Do-It-Yourself Database(TM). With DIY-DB, anyone can build working databases on the Web in ten minutes without a knowledge of database systems or CGI-scripting. On-line configuration is easy with DIY-DB. Just 'load and go' onto any server running Java, then link to common database engines such as mSQL or ODBC-complient databases. DIY-DB makes it simple and quick to build a database on the Internet or an Intranet from scratch. Everything is done right down to the consistent look and feel of presented pages. It's easy to add your own logos and text to...

MAXUM DEVELOPMENT SHIPS PAGESENTRY AND PAGESENTRY PRO - NOW MONITORING ALL YOUR INTERNET SERVERS Streamwood, Illinois, September 30, 1996 - Maxum Development Corporation, a leading developer of Macintosh Web server add-on tools, this week shipped its upgrade to PageSentry Pro and a new product PageSentry. Maxum's line of Internet server monitors allow customers to maintain reliable Internet services seven days a week, 24 hours a day. In addition to Web site monitoring, PageSentry 2.0 and PageSentry Pro 2.0, now provide monitoring for FTP, SMTP (e-mail), DNS, and Telnet services as well. PageSentry and PageSentry Pro use these high-level client services to test the whole server operation, not just the low-level networking functions. PageSentry Pro now allows the addition of 100 Sentries to monitor large enterprise sites and Internet Services Providers. PageSentry is designed to meet the needs of departmental or small enterprise server monitoring. "This version has been almost a...

Fantasm V4.10 and PowerFantasm V4.10 ------------------------------------ Lightsoft is proud to announce the release of both Fantasm and PowerFantasm versions 4.10. PowerFantasm and Fantasm are complete assembly language development systems for Macintosh(tm) computers. Improvements ------------ Major internal revisions and additions. Revised PowerPC linker. Updated headers, libraries and manuals. Now supports printing, extended keyboards, large monitors and audio CD playing. Free upgrade ------------ This is a free upgrade. Registered users may upgrade by downloading the updates from our WWW site at: http://www.tau.it/lightsoft The updates are also posted to Compuserve (MACDEV) and various ftp sites. We urge all users to upgrade as soon as is practicable. Pricing ------- Fantasm and PowerFantasm are distributed as shareware and priced as follows: Fantasm V4.10 - 68k - 30 Pounds Stirling. PowerFantasm V4.10 - 68k and PowerPC - 45 Pound Sterling. Stuart Ball Partner, Lightsoft....

Note: There are TWO releases here: METROWERKS TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR MICROWARE'S OS-9 FAMILY OF REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE METROWERKS ANNOUNCES EMBEDDED SYSTEMS TOOLS STRATEGYdent and chief executive officer of Microware Systems Corp. "This dramatic reduction in cost marks a sea change in the embedded tools industry." Support for OS-9 will be provided through a new series of development tools announced today in a separate release, entitled CodeWarrior for Embedded Systems. 68K and PowerPC versions of the product, hosted on both Mac OS and Windows, will begin shipping later this year at a suggested retail price of $499. Now, embedded systems developers around the world can benefit from an order of magnitude in savings for full-featured, fully-integrated embedded tools (with C/C++ source-level debugging support), widespread availability, plus a choice of platforms from which to work. About Microware Microware's mission is to provide dependable intelligence for smart...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Purity Software, Inc. 1016 Mopac Circle, Suite 101 Austin, TX 78746 +1.512.328.2288 FAX +1.512.328.2688 http://www.purity.com/ info@purity.com Austin, TX --Purity Software, Inc. announced today that it is now shipping WebSiphon, its web-based scripting tool for Macintosh computers. WebSiphon is one of the most anticipated new CGI (Common Gateway Interface) products for Macintosh webmasters delivering a complete authoring tool for revolutionary sites. "Early reactions from those who have seen WebSiphon in action have been overwhelming. It is quite obvious that the Macintosh web community has been waiting for a powerful product such as this for quite some time. We created this tool to help fill that void and add to the Mac's Internet arsenal." said Nathan Nunn, Purity Software's president. WebSiphon allows users to embed a real scripting language, SiphonScript, directly into their HTML pages. In addition, WebSiphon includes Purity's database server, Verona, a low...

Sun And Apple Announce Alliance Today Apple and Sun will join together at the InterOp show in Atlanta to announce a far-reaching strategic alliance. It is our common goal to provide powerful, flexible and media-rich Internet solutions that combine Sun's expertise in high-performance networking and Apple's desktop ease of use and multimedia leadership. As part of this alliance, we will work together with Sun to leverage the traditional strengths of our respective companies -- Sun's leadership position in the enterprise Internet/intranet server area and their industry-leading Java technologies, and Apple's legacy in ease of use and multimedia technologies, with QuickTime, the OpenDoc developer framework and Open Transport networking technology. Today's announcement focuses on several major areas where we will work together to provide users the industry's best combination of Internet/intranet server and client offerings . More detail is provided in the press release (http://product....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Neil Ticktin Publisher MacTech Magazine 805-494-9797 publisher@mactech.com http://www.mactech.com MACTECH ANNOUNCES NEW EDITORIAL STAFF & EXPANDED EDITORIAL SUPPORT Westlake Village, Calif. -- September 20, 1996 -- Xplain Corporation, the publisher of MacTech(tm) Magazine, announced today the addition of new staff and support for it's editorial board. Over the past several years, a couple of things have changed to warrant a change at the magazine. "First, the Macintosh has more technology inside it than ever before. Second, the magazine has grown to a point that, it's time to once again revise it's editorial approach." said Neil Ticktin, Publisher of MacTech Magazine. To that end, MacTech has added a separate Editor-in-Chief position, expanded the breadth of Contributing Editors, and added an Editorial Advisory Board for the magazine. Each of these changes is targeting a specific editorial need, and together allows MacTech to provide even better...

Akimbo Systems Ships Globetrotter Web Publisher Third-Generation Web Site Publishing Product Allows Users to Publish as Quickly as They Can Write Web Site: http://www.akimbo.com/globetrotter See also previous announcements: Akimbo Systems Announces Globetrotter Web Publisher http://www.akimbo.com/press_releases/globetrotter_announced.html User Groups to Get Free Copies of Globetrotter Web Publisher http://www.akimbo.com/press_releases/user_group_program.html (Somerville, MA - September 11th, 1996) Akimbo Systems announced today that it is now shipping its Globetrotter Web Publisher package for Mac OS computers, the first third-generation web publishing product. Globetrotter, one of the "MacWEEK HOT Picks" from the August MacWorld Expo, has been anxiously awaited by web publishers and is shipping about a month ahead of schedule. Effective immediately, users may get complete information about the product and purchase it on the company's web...

General Magic Ships Internet Developer's Kit For Magic Cap Platform Industry-Leading Tools Ease Development of Internet Applications for Handheld Devices SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- General Magic (Nasdaq: GMGC) today shipped the Magic Internet Kit, software tools that enable developers to more quickly create Internet, intranet, and other communicating applications for handheld communicators such as the Sony Magic Link PIC-2000 or the Envoy 150 Wireless Communicator from Motorola. The kit consists of an object framework which allows easier and faster development of applications that communicate via a variety of protocols, including the Internet standard TCP/IP, the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) used by most Internet service providers, or the Ethernet protocol. The Magic Internet Kit is available now via General Magic's Web site http://www.genmagic.com/Develop/MagicCap/Internet/ and is included in the CodeWarrior 10 CD-ROM...

Celebrate Labor Day the DevDepot way! Take it easy, sleep in, get some sun (where applicable), and don't forget to check out the DevDepot labor day sale. Everything's been discounted 10% off the already low prices... so if you thought our prices were good... well, now they're 10% BETTER! (Sale ends September 6th at midnight) Log on to our Web site now, and get the deal of the year on a dizzying selection of Developer tools -- everything from the latest Java books to brand new offerings from Metrowerks, Symantec, Bare Bones, Natural Intelligence, MacTech(tm) and many more. To qualify for the 10% discount, you only need to order by e-mail, fax, or our convenient web site. That's it -- all orders placed in one of these ways AUTOMATICALLY qualifies (discount is done when the order is processed by DevDepot staff). (Due to the overwhelming response expected, we can't take phone orders at the discount price. If you need to speak to us by phone, send us an e-mail with your phone number and we...

For Immediate Release -------------------------------------------------------------- M e d i a B u l l e t i n -------------------------------------------------------------- Tools Plus Tames the Toolbox ```````````````````````````` OAKVILLE, Ontario--August 16, 1996--Macintosh developers have reason to celebrate as Water's Edge Software unveils version 3.1 of Tools Plus application development libraries. The newest edition now facilitates resource-based programming, a boon for Macintosh developers who have been toiling with the convoluted and limited Dialog Manager since the Macintosh originally debuted in 1984. The founding principle of Tools Plus is to let developers create any part of their application's user interface with a single line of simple C, C++ or Pascal code. Once created, these elements work without the need for support code, resource templates or event management. Identical benefits now extend to developers who, out of preference or necessity,...

Formation of Macintosh Internet Developers Association (MIDAS) Announced at MacWorld Group to Act as Clearinghouse for Macintosh Internet Client, Content and Server Standards Boston, MA August 7, 1996 --MacWorld-- A consortium of Internet software developers for the Macintosh, representing the entire spectrum of commercial, independent, and educational developers, announced the formation of the Macintosh Internet Developers' Association (MIDAS) at MacWorld Boston. Among the members of MIDAS are Akimbo Systems, Aladdin Systems, Apple Computer, Inc., BareBones Software, Inc., ClearWay Technologies, Cornell University, InterCon Systems, Maxum Development, Microsoft Corporation, Netscape Communications Corporation, Purity Software, ResNova Software, Stairways Software, the StarNine division of Quarterdeck Corporation, and Userland Software. THE CHARTER The charter of MIDAS calls for a forum in which Macintosh developers devise and refine standards and techniques for Mac-based Internet...

MAXUM DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES UPGRADE TO PAGESENTRY - NOW MONITORING ALL INTERNET SERVERS MacWorld, Boston, Massachusetts, August 7, 1996 - Maxum Development Corporation, a leading developer of Macintosh Web server add-on tools, announces an upgrade to PageSentry, the Internet server monitor which allows network administrators to maintain reliable sites on the Internet. In addition to Web site monitoring, the latest version, PageSentry 2.0, now provides monitoring for FTP, SMTP (e-mail), DNS, and Telnet services as well. PageSentry uses these high-level client services to test the whole server, not just the low-level networking functions. "PageSentry 2.0 has been almost a complete rewrite of the earlier versions," says Michael Clark, Director of Engineering for Maxum Development. "We have tried to anticipate all possible concerns of the system administrator, including a more intuitive interface and tremendous flexibility in configuration." Providing visitors with reliable seven days a...

MAXUM DEVELOPMENT SHIPS UPGRADES TO POPULAR WEB TOOLS WITH SUPPORT FOR WEBSTAR PLUG-INS MacWorld, Boston, Massachusetts, August 7, 1996 - Maxum Development Corporation, a leading developer of Macintosh Web server tools, announced upgrades to two of its popular Web server tools, NetCloak and WebLock. The key feature of these new versions, NetCloak 2.1 and WebLock 1.1, is support for Quarterdeck's WebSTAR Plug-In architecture. Both products now support the W*API (WebSTAR Application Program Interface) and offer substantially improved performance over CGI (Common Gateway Interface) versions. Betas for both products have been available for downloading since the day of the W*API announcement. Also, both products now provide tighter integration and stability, and maintenance and configuration are easier than ever before. "Maxum was the first commercial developer to announce support for the W*API standard and their results are awesome. NetCloak is the perfect example of a Web server add-...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contacts: Cynthia Fray Metrowerks, Inc. 512.873.4758 cynthia@metrowerks.com METROWERKS ANNOUNCES CORPORATE REORGANIZATION Growth and Expanding Product Line Leads to Establishment of Japanese and Silicon Valley Offices and Company Management Additions AUSTIN, Texas-August 6, 1996- Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ:MTWKF, TSE/MSE: MWK) today announced a new corporate organization. Since January, 1994, Metrowerks has become the leading vendor of MacOS-hosted programming tools in the world, and in the past 12 months, the company has announced new products for the embedded systems and Windows95/NT markets. In order to capitalize on these new market opportunities, Metrowerks will open two new offices, in Tokyo and Silicon Valley, and expand and realign its senior management team. Given the role of the major Japanese consumer electronics companies in the embedded systems market and the fact that over 10% of the company's current registered user base is in Japan, Metrowerks...

Mark your calendar for WebEdge 4 !! WebEdge, Inc. will continue it's series of conferences for Macintosh Web Developers and Webmasters on September 9-11, 1996 in Austin, Texas. In tradition with past conferences, WebEdge 4 will bring the newest and latest in web technologies to those wanting to further enhance their knowledge of development tools available. Presenting these ideas will be some of the world's leading Macintosh experts. WebEdge IV will be a three day conference that will bring together many of the top WebMaster and Web Developers for classes and third party demonstrations of Macintosh World Wide Web technologies. Special emphasis this year will be on "solution-oriented" sessions with over 75 PowerMacs being brought in for hands-on sessions as well as a "hack room" made readily accessible throughout the conference. Classroom sessions, product demonstrations, panel discussions, and a vendor fair will also be included in the agenda. Finally, the schedule has been...

For Immediate Release **2.0 Release on Schedule** Vancouver, Washington DataPak Software's (DSI) popular cross-platform text control, PAIGE, is on schedule for a 2.0 release in early July. Used by developers to add powerful text processing features, such as styles, tabs, paragraph formatting, multiple columns, etc., the 2.0 version promises to deliver several new features that have been requested by licensed users of the technology. The new import/export feature ships with a RTF translator and gives clients the ability to build their own translators for HTML, SGML or proprietary standards like MS Word, WordPerfect, MacWrite, etc.. Unicode compatibility for software localization, drag and drop, full MFC and OLE support are all new with this release. In addition PAIGE will ship on CD and will include a fully searchable electronic version of the product documentation. A beta version of the 2.0 release was distributed to several source code clients in early May for testing. "So far...

For Immediate Release From: Delta Tech Inc. Contact: Dr. Stephen Bryen Voice: (301) 588-4683 Fax: (301) 587-9200 Email: deltaone@radix.net New Software Will Help Speed Transactions on the Internet A new software from Israel will help speed transaction on the Internet by making it faster and easier to update programs, pictures, databases and other files. Call Update It! the software works in a different way than traditional compression. Compression tries to reduce the size of a file by using algorithms that look for recurrent patterns. Update It! works by comparing an original and an updated file, and extracting the difference between the two --called the "Delta." The Delta file is sent as the update file, and when received it is combined with the original. The software can be customized. While the Update It! software engine works effectively with most files, the program can be optimized for certain applications. For example, it is in use in Israel in the...

NEWS RELEASE... For further information, contact: Shari Worthington, Executive Director (508) 755-5242 4th Annual Conference on Scientific & Engineering Applications of the Macintosh Goes Electronic MacSciTech's SEAM'97 will take place on the World Wide Web Worcester, MA. The MacSciTech Association today announced that it will host the Fourth Annual Conference on Scientific and Engineering Applications of the Macintosh (SEAM) in January 1997. Scheduled to run from January 3 to 31, 1997, this year's conference will be the first to take place electronically, via the Association's World Wide Web site, http://www.macscitech.org/. Officially dubbed, eSEAM'97, the conference will cover applications of the Macintosh in many fields of science, engineering, and medicine. Sessions will address functional and practical applications, including: Multimedia in technical presentations, Software development for scientists and engineers, Application automation with scripting, Internet in...

A side note: Both the MacTech banner ad system and the DevDepot online shopping basket are built on top of EveryWare's Tango/Butler combination... Neil ------------------------------------------------------- Press Contact: Jeff Hendry Marketing Associate 905-819-1173 ext. 262 jhendry@everyware.com EveryWare ships Butler SQL 2.0 Butler SQL, now accessible via ODBC and bundled with CLEAR:Access from Sterling Software Inc. San Jose, CA-- May 13, 1996 -- EveryWare Development Corp. announced the immediate availability of Butler SQL version 2.0, their client/server SQL database for the Macintosh and Power Macintosh. Unlike other client/server databases, which lock you into proprietary APIs and front-ends, Butler SQL is based on open-standards: the Data Access Manager (DAM), ANSI SQL and the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard. This gives users choice and flexibility when selecting front-end applications used to manage and query back-end databases. Butler SQL has been optimized for...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contacts: Kathleen Quirk Powersoft 508.287.1500 kquirk@powersoft.com Robert Beauregard Lois Paul & Partners 617.238.5704 rob_beauregard@lpp.com Cynthia Fray Metrowerks, Inc. 512.873.4758 cynthia@metrowerks.com David Perkins Metrowerks, Inc. 512.873.4744 perkins@metrowerks.com POWERSOFT TO INTEGRATE METROWERKS COMPILERS WITH POWERBUILDER ENTERPRISE 5.0 FOR MACINTOSH Metrowerks to Provide Optimized Compiler Technology for Client/Server Application Development CONCORD, Mass., and AUSTIN, Texas-July 29, 1996-Powersoft(R) and Metrowerks(R), Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/MSE: MWK) today announced an open agreement enabling Powersoft to license a special version of Metrowerks' CodeWarrior(R) C/C++ compilers and linkers. Under terms of the agreement, the tools will be shipped as shared libraries in PowerBuilder(R), thereby becoming an integral part of the PowerBuilder code generation engine for the Macintosh(R) platform. Metrowerks will supply components for 68K...

For Immediate Release Contact: Larry Luke lluke@spii.com http://www.spii.com Software Products International, Inc. 6620 Flanders Drive San Diego, CA 92121-2976 TEL: 619-450-1526 FAX: 619-450-1921 URL: http://www.spii.com SPI Announces Release Of WorldDoc Create Web Pages without HTML Editing San Diego, CA - July 26, 1996 - Software Products International, Inc. today announced the release of WorldDoc (TM), its eagerly-awaited Web page layout program. WorldDoc makes it possible for anyone to create and publish documents on the Web using its unique point-and-click interface without having to learn the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). WorldDoc is unique among Web page authoring tools because it gives users a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) view of their pages, presenting them as they will actually appear on the Web. A previous generation of tools-so-called HTML editors-generate HTML code in a text window without showing the resulting page. Users of these products are...

QKS is pleased to announce that SmalltalkAgents 2.1, a netborne update, is now available. The installer is available for downloading from our FTP site at: (ftp://ftp.qks.com//ftp/2.1update/) [If you would like to mirror the update, please drop me a note. We'd especially appreciate help mirroring this in Europe and the Pacific Rim. Our web site (http://www.qks.com) will have a list of the latest available download sites.] We'd like to highlight some of the new features included in this release. Code Fragment Manager SmalltalkAgents 2.1 now supports the Code Fragment Manager (CFM). We are excited about this important milestone for QKS and SmalltalkAgents. This feature provides direct access to native PowerPC code libraries. Not only can you more easily call code written in other languages, you can also take full advantage of the increasing variety of libraries available from Apple and third parties. In addition, QKS has also incorporated CFM-68K support. This unifies and...