ARCHWAY SYSTEMS DEMONSTRATES VERSACAD 2005 FOR MACINTOSH AT WORLD OF CONCRETE PRESS CONFERENCE Highlights Include New Right to Donate to School of Choice LAS VEGAS, Nev. - January 10, 2005 - Archway Systems, Inc. (Archway), developer and marketer of design software solutions including VersaCAD computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) software, today announces that it will demonstrate its newest product, VersaCAD 2005 for Macintosh, during a press conference at the World of Concrete trade show in Las Vegas, Nev. The press conference will take place on January 19th from 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. in conference room number N251 of the Las Vegas Convention Center. VersaCAD 2005 for Macintosh was redesigned for the latest Mac OS X 10.2 Panther, blending with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther to provide a very fast, versatile, practical and economical design/drafting software for the Mac-based architect, designer, engineer or drafter. Whether running on an iMac or G5 with wide screen, the new VersaCAD 2005 for...

Printroom.com Announces Enhanced Support for Managing Online Photography Storefronts for Mac OS X Mac-based pro photographers using Printroom.com as their storefront now have increased capabilities and speed with Pro Studio Manager 2.5, a robust application for managing, uploading, and fulfilling photo orders. Macworld San Francisco, January 12, 2005-Printroom.com (Booth #1848), the leading provider of online storefronts and digital lab services to professional photographers, today announced the release of Pro Studio Manager 2.5 for Mac OS X. Pro Studio Manager (PSM) provides a complete digital photography management tool for photographers using Printroom.com storefront and lab services, including the creation and management of image galleries and fulfillment of client orders. Now, with PSM 2.5, Mac-based photographers using Printroom.com storefront and lab services will enjoy a variety of functionality upgrades allowing them to better manage galleries, batch-process images, configure...

Beehive Software is the FIRST Developer to integrate Macintosh large file transfers transparently with Email! P R E S S R E L E A S E January 7, 2005 Bellingham, WA This week, Beehive Software has released their version 4.0 BeeMail extension, for Macintosh (and Windows), which now allows ANY email user to securely send file attachments of ANY size, transparently along with their email message. In the past, email could not be used to transfer the large files used in Business-to-Business applications in the Printing/Prepress, Medical Imaging, Product Manufacturing, Banking, Newspaper and Media Industries. But now BeeMail allows large files (even gigabytes in size) to be attached to email messages and transferred with the security required by corporate users. BeeMail supports all the most common email packages for Macintosh (and Windows), including Eudora, OS X Mail, Outlook Express, Entourage, EMailer and any other product that uses SMTP as the sending protocol. BeeMail separates...

MacMice Announces ZeroSticks Companion Speaker System For The iMac G5 Hendersonville, TN - January 7, 2005 - MacMice, a divison of DVForge, Inc. announces that it will be showing its new ZeroSticks companion speaker system for the iMac G5 at its booth #1017 at Macworld Conference & Expo, January 11-14, 2005. "We are excited about the way Apple's incredible iMac G5 was designed to take up nearly zero desk space. But, as soon as we started looking for normal accessories for the iMac, we realized that nobody else had been thinking along this zero-footprint track. All of the normal accessories took away from the elegance of the iMac G5, especially, loudspeaker systems," said DVForge, Inc. CEO, Jack Campbell. "The ZeroSticks is perhaps the most clever and exciting product we have ever designed. In addition to being a terrific set of powered speakers, the ZeroSticks actually takes up zero desk space; it doesn't even require a power cord. We think that anybody who owns a 17- or 20-inch...

MacMice Announces PortBuddy Port Relocator For The iMac G5 Hendersonville, TN - January 7, 2005 - MacMice, a divison of DVForge, Inc. announces that it will be showing its new PortBuddy port relocator product at its booth #1017 at Macworld Conference & Expo, January 11-14, 2005. "When we first started using the amazing new Apple iMac G5, one of the few frustrations we encountered was the inconvenient location of the rear-side mounted ports, especially the frequently used Firewire and USB ports. PortBuddy is our simple little solution to that challenge," said DVForge Executive Vice President, Chuck Leonard. "The PortBuddy just snaps onto the back of the new iMac, and moves a USB and a Firewire port to the right-hand edge of the computer. Another matching pair of ports is turned to the inside, for more permanent connections. But, while thinking about this product, we realized it presented a chance to solve another challenge. So, we added a 13-way memory card drive that uses just one...

Micromat Announces DiskStudio(TM) SANTA ROSA, CA - January 6, 2005 - Micromat Incorporated, makers of the TechTool Pro disk repair utility for Macintosh, have announced a new hard disk utility titled DiskStudio. The company states that DiskStudio allows Macintosh users to change their hard disk partitioning scheme without the need to reinitialize and erase their hard disk. This means that users can now easily alter the way information is stored on their hard disks as their needs change over time. DiskStudio user Norman Nager states, "Because I'm using more hard drive space than I had originally planned for documents, photos and music, it's great to have the freedom DiskStudio gives me to change the architecture of my hard drives." And from Joe Bailey, "A really slick, and quick, way to add or remove partitions non-destructively. Beats anything I have used before on either the Mac or the PC." According to Micromat, DiskStudio can: * Add new partitions to a hard disk without the need to...

MacMice Announces World's First Bluetooth Wireless Trackball Hendersonville, TN - January 7, 2005 - MacMice, a divison of DVForge, Inc. announces that it will be showing its new The Ball Bluetooth wireless trackball at its booth #1017 at Macworld Conference & Expo, January 11-14, 2005. "As a pioneer in Bluetooth wireless input devices, we have been looking at the idea of a Bluetooth wireless trackball for almost two-years. But, we wanted to bring this idea to market in a product that didn't simply add wireless capability to the same old trackball concept that our competitors have been marketing," said DVForge, Inc. CEO Jack Campbell. "Trackballs have been a slow-selling niche product, despite some great benefits of the basic idea. Existing trackballs are huge, complex devices that most buyers choose to not use. The Ball challenges the status quo by being small, elegant, simple, and appealing to an entirely new group of potential buyers." The Ball follows the same clear over white...

OmniWeb 5.1 Seattle, WA --January 5, 2005 -- The Omni Group today released OmniWeb 5.1, an important update to the web browser which three weeks ago received an Editor's Choice award from Macworld Magazine, one of the Macintosh industry's most prestigious awards for breakthrough product development. OmniWeb 5.1 integrates the latest Apple WebCore rendering engine, offering greater compatibility with web sites. Additionally, caching changes have dramatically improved OmniWeb's history browsing performance. OmniWeb 5.1 also gives you the ability to tab between form elements (text fields, buttons, popups, checkboxes, radio buttons, etc.), and has improved Java compatibility and performance. Other improvements include a number of fixes and updates; the full list is available at (http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/releasenotes/). OmniWeb 5.1 is available as a 30 day trial from (http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/download/). Note the trial period includes 30 separate...

HESS MEMORIAL EVENTS LIST IS CHOCK-FULL FOR MACWORLD C & E SF 2005 Boston, MA - January 5, 2005 - Macintosh Consultant, Ilene Hoffman would like to announce that the ONLY comprehensive source of events for Macworld Conference and Expo, San Francisco 2005 is ready for your perusal. The (in)famous Hess Memorial Macworld Events and Party Page is overflowing with special events, parties, training, and book signings. The free music agenda alone is amazing. All companies, user groups, and web sites are requested to please email any corrections or additions to ilenesmachine-at-comcast.net as soon as possible. Please also register on Ilene's Machine for the Ilene's Machine Sporadic Newsletter related to the show and other Macintosh diversions. Link to the Hess Memorial Macworld Events and Party Page at: http://www.ilenesmachine.com/partylist.shtml Register for the newsletter here: http://www.ilenesmachine.com/partyregis.html Now in its tenth year (17th show), the Hess Macworld Events...

For Immediate Release 4D, Inc., Ships 4D WebSTAR V and 4D Mail v5.4 with a Super-Strength Spam and Virus Filter Upgrade New version includes ClamAV support, Integrated Server Testing and Recovery, Spam Filter Whitelisting and other enhancements SAN JOSE, CA, January 5, 2005 - 4D, Inc., a leading maker of software solutions that simplify the process of developing and deploying database applications, today announced the release of 4D WebSTAR V v5.4, an upgrade to 4D WebSTAR Server Suite, including 4D Mail. This version delivers ClamAV email scanning support, a ClamAV installation option, and automatic server testing and recovery for ensuring Web, FTP and Mail service availability. The 5.4 upgrade includes numerous other improvements and is now available online at . 4D WebSTAR V customers can upgrade for just $99, a promotional rate that will expire January 31, 2005. New purchases of 4D WebSTAR V with 4D Mail and 100 4D Mail user accounts are priced at $399. During the promotional period...

Apple Ships Xsan Storage Area Network File System High Performance, Enterprise Class SAN Solution Priced at Just $999 CUPERTINO, California-January 4, 2005-Apple today announced it has begun shipping Xsan=81, a high performance, enterprise class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system priced at the industry's most aggressive price point of $999 per client and per server. Xsan combines breakthrough performance with Apple's legendary ease of use for customers who require scalable, high-speed access to centralized shared data for storage consolidation and workflow in video post production, data center, broadcast and high performance computing environments. "Apple's pro video and IT customers now have an affordable, high performance SAN file system on Mac OS X," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Together, Apple's Xsan file system software and Xserve RAID storage hardware deliver a powerful, easy-to-manage, enterprise class SAN solution at...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUMMARY: SmileOnMyMac dramatically enhances PDF editing utility PDFpen with form filling & saving, full-text search & selection, highlighting markup, and much more. PDFpen 2.0 (30-day free demo, $49.95; free update for 1.X users) requires Mac OS X 10.2.5 or later. DOWNLOAD LINK (English installer): http://www.pdfpen.com/downloads/PDFpen%202.0.dmg Portland, OR - January 4, 2005 - SmileOnMyMac dramatically enhances PDF editing utility PDFpen with PDF form filling & saving, full-text search & selection, highlighting markup, and much more. New in PDFpen 2.0: - Fill out and save filled-out PDF forms - Search, select, and copy full text of PDF documents - View and follow links in PDF documents - Add highlighting markup to document text - Align objects - Show and snap to grid - Set default font and size for text imprints - Check for updates via Internet - Numerous improvements and fixes PDFpen features: - Show PDFs in single, facing-page, multi-page, and...

Today Apimac has released Picture Address Book 6.0 English version for both Mac OS X and Mac Classic. Apimac is proud to announce Picture Address Book 6.0, the latest release of its telephone and address application, fully integrated with Internet and Mac OS X. Picture Address Book 6.0 is a significant revision of the application that introduces several new features. It sports a renovated interface where the most significant change is the introduction of a resizable Groups List and a Cards List columns, and a Index drawer. The Cards List column can hold a picture for each contact, useful for finding people in an easier, faster, and more intuitive way. Needless to say, users can still search for contacts by keywords (against the whole database or the selected group). By popular demand, now Picture Address Book allows a contact to be assigned to multiple groups, which means easier syncs and improved compatibility with Apple's Mac OS X Address Book. Also new is the introduction of a...

WEB CROSSING, INC. RELEASES NEW USER-TO-USER SUPPORT SITE TOOLS --New Admin Tools Speed Startup of Internet Message Boards that Power 'Customer Self Help,' Saving Companies Money and Increasing Satisfaction-- SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 22, 2004 -- Web Crossing, Inc. today announced new tools for their user-to-user support site customers. Companies using Web Crossing as their message board and online customer support site, now have an Easy FAQ Builder application and enhanced File Downloads Library capabilities. Known for its scalability and extensibility, Web Crossing is the Internet message board and collaboration tools server used by numerous companies for providing online support, resources and 24/7 customer-to-customer support. Beta programs and other access-sensitive situations can also incorporate Web Crossing's robust access controls with the new Easy FAQ Builder application and enhanced File Download Library. "Web Crossing is a great tool for online user support, giving you...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Odessa, Ukraine - December 21st, 2004 - BeLight Software announces Business Card Composer 3.0, a new version of this do-it-yourself business card tool, to be released in January, 2005. The package is a complete boxed solution containing the software, 2 CDs with 23.000 clipart images and the Premium-quality Avery paper for 100 business cards. Everyone who buys the current version of Composer from December 21st to January 21st, will receive the 3.0 box immediately after release and save on shipping: http://www.belightsoft.com/composer/ "To create a professional-looking business card you need to have tons of images to choose from. To print them you need to have card stock. To enjoy this process you need to have a neat tool. That's why the 3.0 version contains heaps of images, free paper stock, new image and text editing tools, and improved printing. As a result, you get a powerful yet easy-to-use solution to produce your perfect business cards!" - says Pavel Skurtul...

GarageKey MIDI Keyboard Now Shipping For Immediate Release - December 20, 2004 MacMice, a division of DVForge, Inc, announces that its new GarageKey USB-MIDI keyboard for Apple's GarageBand is now shipping. "The GarageKey is the only MIDI keyboard on the market designed specifically for Apple's GarageBand software." said DVForge Executive Vice President, Chuck Leonard, "The market seems focused on big, complicated music keyboards, when there are millions of newer Mac owners who have GarageBand installed as part of the iLife suite, and who would simply like a good-looking, small, simple keyboard. GarageKey is that keyboard" The GarageKey has a clear acrylic over white design that matches Apple's latest desktop gear, is small enough to fit on any desk, and includes a pair of small riser legs that permits sliding the Apple typing keyboard under the music keyboard, to further conserve desk space. It has an MSRP of $119.99 and is available now from the MacMice web site, or from any MacMice...

MP3 Surround Fraunhofer IIS, Thomson and Agere Systems unveil free MP3 Surround evaluation download. Full versions of MP3 Surround encoder and decoder available from (http://www.mp3surround-format.com)www.mp3surround-format.com. MP3, the world's most popular audio compression format, goes multi-channel. Scientists and engineers from Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, who developed MP3 together with their colleagues from Thomson, the exclusive licensing representative for their MP3 patents, and Agere Systems, have joined to launch MP3 Surround into the consumer and commercial markets. This technology will enable 5.1 channel surround sound for a broad spectrum of applications including web-based music distribution, broadcasting systems, PC-related audiovisual or gaming applications, consumer electronics and automotive systems. MP3 Surround supports high-quality multi-channel sound at bit rates comparable to those currently used to encode stereo MP3 material, resulting in...

Inventive Releases iClip 3.4 Productivity Software for Apple Mac OS X New Version Features Copy/Paste Via Keyboard, Improved International Text Handling NASHUA, New Hampshire, Dec 15, 2004 Inventive, Inc. (http://inventive.us) announces the release of iClip version 3.4, their award winning productivity software for Mac OS X. iClip enables users to quickly store, organize, and access snippets of information without having to save them as entire documents. Newly available in iClip is a way to copy and paste from clipping bins using only the keyboard. Users can now set Hot Keys that make transparent labels appear over the bins, enabling them to quickly choose one to copy or paste with the simple press of a key. Also available in version 3.4 are improvements to non-Unicode, international text handling, which is beneficial to those who use iClip with some older applications. "We've had many requests to provide copy/paste using only the keyboard, and I feel that for iClip 3.4, we've...

INTELLI INNOVATIONS UNVEILS INTELLISCANNER WINE COLLECTOR, FEATURING BLUETOOTH=AE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY Automatically Catalog Wine Collections With Barcodes, AutoFill Capabilities CARY, North Carolina (December 14th, 2004) - Intelli Innovations, Inc. today unveiled IntelliScanner Wine Collector, the Company's integrated hardware/software package for automatically identifying and organizing personal wine collections. By simply scanning the retail bar code found on any wine bottle with the bundled Bluetooth=AE wireless or USB reader, Wine Collector enters the name, varietal, winery, country, type, color, region, and more in seconds with Internet-enabled AutoFill capabilities. "Nearly every bottle of wine has a retail barcode on it. With the new Wine Collector, you can take advantage of these barcodes to automatically organize your wine collection," said Travis J. Hicks, Product Manager. "By bundling an easy-to-use IntelliScanner barcode reader and our comprehensive wine management...

Avenza Announces MAPublisher 6.1 for Illustrator. - Powerful mapmaking software supports Illustrator 10 and CS - Toronto, ON, December 14, 2004 - Avenza Systems Inc. announces the release of MAPublisher 6.1 for Adobe Illustrator. MAPublisher 6.1 is the latest version of this powerful mapmaking software used to produce high quality maps from GIS data. Significant new functionality in MAPublisher 6.1 includes joining points based on attribute values, the ability to copy the coordinates of a known point location and the ability to rotate point symbols based on attribute data. MAPublisher 6.1 for Adobe Illustrator is a full product update that is free to all current MAPublisher Maintenance Program subscribers and replaces the current shipping version of MAPublisher 6.03 for all new customers. "We have responded to the requests of our users and included many new functions and features in this release," said Ted Florence, President of Avenza, "This update is another major step forward for...

Impression 2.61: Backup Software We're pleased to announce the release Impression 2.61, the backup software for Mac OS X. For release on December 14th, 2004: Impression 2.61 offers a maintenance update to the backup application for OS X. Notably all reported, reproducible bugs have been fixed for this release. Thanks to the community for all of their reporting and help in tracking issues. Full, detailed release notes are available here: (http://babelcompany.com/impression/history.html) Impression is available for immediate download through this address: (http://babelcompany.com/impression/index.html) Impression costs US$25 to register. A free, near-fully unlocked trial version is available for public download and evaluation. This update is free and fully supported for all registered operators (as updates always are, and always will be). It's a nice counterpoint to the current pervasiveness of modern marketing's 'pay-and-pay again' school of thought.

pro Fit 6.0.0 December 13, 2004 -- QuantumSoft today released pro Fit 6.0.0 for Mac OS X. This is a major update of QuantumSoft's popular tool for the analysis and presentation of numerical data and mathematical functions. The update provides numerous new features, such as: * Quartz rendering of drawings and plots, built-in support for PDF, PNG and TIFF formats, improved EPS export, hatching, tranparency, multi-line text labels. * Built-in support for color plots, contour plots and box plots, dynamic updating of plots when the underlying data or function has been changed. * Unicode support. * Multiple Undos. * Text documnents with unlimited size and syntax coloring for functions and programs. * Functions with multiple return values. * Improved fitting algorithms with automatic initial parameter guessing. * Updated plug-in architecture with XCode support. A more detailed list of new features can be found at http://www.quansoft.com/hist.html The update is free for anyone who bought pro...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New ebook puts readers in control of recording with GarageBand Ithaca, NY USA (December 13, 2004)--GarageBand users can learn how to create musical compositions from anything - vocals, guitars, MIDI keyboards, and even the kitchen sink - with the help of "Take Control of Recording with GarageBand," the latest ebook by Seattle musician Jeff Tolbert. Jeff helps readers get the most out of their gear (or buy appropriate new gear) while explaining how to plan a recording session, how to record with Software Instruments or Real Instruments, the best way to rerecord if necessary, and how to apply effects like a pro. The 106-page ebook also includes audio examples, numerous real-world tips and recording studio techniques, and two sample songs that demonstrate the techniques discussed. "Take Control of Recording with GarageBand," the sixteenth ebook in the Take Control series, complements Jeff's earlier ebook, "Take Control of Making Music with GarageBand," which has...

December 13, 2004 DropDV Software Releases DropDV 2.0 This holiday season thousands of Macintosh users will receive video cameras, video recorders, and set top boxes based on the MPEG file format. Many of these otherwise happy Mac users will be frustrated in their attempts to edit video from these devices. Want to make these great gifts even better? Give the gift of DropDV - the software that seamlessly integrates MPEG video into iMovie and the Macintosh platform. DropDV handles any MPEG file, including those from: * TiVo, ReplayTV and EyeTV devices * Sony MicroMV and other MPEG camcorders * Digital Video Recorders * DVD-R Video Recorders * DVD-R Camera Recorders * Digital Still Cameras with MPEG support * Any other MPEG files your may have DropDV is simple and easy to use. Just drop your MPEG files onto DropDV to convert them into DV video streams. After conversion, your video is already imported into an iMovie project and ready for you to edit. After editing with...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOOQ Launches Vyper Laptop Sleeve SIERRA MADRE, CALIF. December 10, 2004---BOOQ, a fast-growing, premium brand of performance-driven laptop carrying cases for creative professionals on the move, announces the introduction of Vyper, a line of semi-rigid laptop sleeves made from ballistic nylon-covered molded foam. Vyper establishes a powerful presence in the ultra-slim laptop sleeve category for BOOQ, a company known for creating tough laptop backpacks and cases, as well as the rugged PowerSleeve line of full-featured laptop sleeves. With four models designed to fit iBooks and PowerBooks like a glove, Vyper is the ideal product for customers who are looking for an extremely slim, well-designed case that will protect a laptop while inside another backpack or briefcase. In typical BOOQ fashion, Vyper is all about rugged elegance and attention to detail, featuring an exterior covered in tough 1682D cross-weave ballistic nylon, a softly lined non-scratch interior, as...

Ranchero Software releases MarsEdit 1.0, new weblog editor for Mac OS X Seattle, WA, USA -- December 9, 2004 -- Ranchero Software, creators of the RSS newsreader NetNewsWire, today released MarsEdit 1.0, a new weblog editor for Mac OS X. MarsEdit makes weblog writing like writing email, with each post edited in its own window, the ability to save posts as drafts, spell-checking, and a familiar Mac OS X interface. While designed to be easy to use for new webloggers, MarsEdit also includes features power-bloggers need: support for categories, text filters, trackbacks, custom templates, AppleScript, and more. "MarsEdit is simple, intuitive, flexible, and customizable. It's a very comfortable and efficient tool for writing," said John Gruber of Daring Fireball. Other MarsEdit features include image and file uploading, a bookmarklet that lets you send a page from your Web browser to MarsEdit, and custom tags. "Our company uses blogs to track technical projects as well as business and...

Ipodmyphoto.com wants to put you in a custom iPod ad ipodmyphoto.com announces the launch of a service that will transform any photo into an image identical to the iPod silhouette ads for $19.95. These are done by professional artists and the results are amazing. Put yourself or someone you love into an iPod ad - makes a great gift! http://ipodmyphoto.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bare Bones Software Releases BBEdit 8.0.3 Update BEDFORD, Mass. - Dec. 8, 2004 - Bare Bones Software today announced the release and immediate availability of BBEdit(R) 8.0.3, the latest version of the award-winning HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. BBEdit 8.0.3 is a maintenance release to fix reported issues and add minor interface refinements and enhancements. The BBEdit 8.0.3 update is available free of charge to all registered BBEdit 8.0 customers. An update package is available for download from the Bare Bones Software web site: (http://www.barebones.com/support/updates.shtml) About BBEdit ------------ BBEdit is the leading professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of professional Web authors and software developers, this award-winning product provides a plethora of features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text. BBEdit reliably transforms text with high performance. An intelligent...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAXUM RELEASES RUMPUS FTP 4.0 Rumpus 4.0 combines the best of Mac OS and Unix to create a professional, easy-to-use file transfer server. December 9, 2004 - Rumpus FTP, the premier Internet file transfer server for Macintosh, is now even better. Rumpus 4.0, released today by Maxum Development, continues to offer the rock solid FTP services Mac administrators have relied on for years, but has been redesigned to take full advantage of Mac OS X. Administrators will first notice the completely new interface, rewritten specifically for Mac OS X and reworked to provide clean, simplified and responsive server management. The new Rumpus application also includes: * Fast context-sensitive help * An expanded setup assistant * Integrated self-diagnosis of common problems * Quicker, easier access to controls and server reports While the top-level interface is all new, the biggest changes are underneath, resulting in a server engine that is faster, more efficient and...

Telestream Flip4Mac Brings Windows Media Encoding to the Mac Available now - Industry's first component to enable QuickTime-based applications to export Windows Media files Nevada City, Calif., December 6, 2004 - Telestream, the world's leading provider of universal media encoding solutions, today announced availability of its Flip4Mac Windows Media Export Component for Apple's Mac OS X platform. The Flip4Mac Export Component is the first product to provide encoding in Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series SD and HD on the Macintosh. It is the premier product in a series of major new digital media tools for the Mac to be offered by Telestream for immediate worldwide purchase at www.flip4mac.com. Prices start under US$100. "Mac users have long lacked a good way to get to the Windows Media format from their video authoring tools," said Ben Waggoner, compression expert and principal of Interframe Media. "Telestream's Flip4Mac finally makes it possible for any app supporting QuickTime Export...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Peachpit Announces The iPod Playlist Book Book offers playlists for nearly every mood and occasion Berkeley, CA-Dec. 6-Today Peachpit Press announced The iPod Playlist Book (ISBN: 0-321-30469-1), chock full of playlist ideas for every imaginable occasion. Available now from online booksellers and at local bookstores for just $14.99, this book is an ideal companion for iPod owners or a great gift for those iPod-loving friends. Many consumers find it overwhelming having to sort through a massive collection of music to find the right tunes to make a perfect playlist. The iPod Playlist Book makes it simple by featuring more than 150 playlists organized by genre (punk, blues, roots, and more) and activity (road trips, cocktail parties, weddings, luaus, etc.). Each page includes a playlist and interesting tidbits about that list. Some examples of playlists include: * Road Trippin' * Not Your Typical Wedding Songs * Cryin' in Your Beer: Songs for Soaking in Cheap Suds...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OMNIPILOT SOFTWARE, INC. INTRODUCES LASSO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER 8 Driven by Customer Demand, this Limited IP Developer Edition is Now Available Fort Lauderdale, FL - December 6, 2004 - OmniPilot Software, Inc., global provider of integrated management software, introduces Lasso Professional Developer 8, a fully robust edition available to developers at a low price. Lasso 8 represents the next generation of building data-driven Web sites, supporting multiple databases simultaneously and easing the sequential migration of databases. The Developer Edition is specifically tailored to meet the needs of advanced Web developers by easily installing on any platform and by allowing development and testing on one machine, as well as remote testing from another machine. "There is nothing like Lasso Professional Developer 8 for building data-driven Web sites," said, Chad Roll, chief operating officer, OmniPilot. "It supports multiple databases simultaneously while easing...

The Omni Group Announces OmniOutliner 3.0 and OmniOutliner 3.0 Professional, Ships Public Beta Seattle, WA --December 3, 2004 -- The Omni Group has announced a major new upgrade to their outlining and organizational application, OmniOutliner. Targeted for early 2005, The Omni Group plans to ship OmniOutliner 3.0, as well as a new "pro" version, OmniOutliner 3.0 Professional. New to OmniOutliner 3.0 are many new options for styling and editing documents, as well as support for attachments, new export options, inline notes, improved AppleScript support, a batch find feature, and much more. "I think it's amazing what our team has done with OmniOutliner 3," said Ken Case, CEO of The Omni Group. "They've worked hard to deliver the features most requested by our current customers: support for inline images, links to external URLs, more flexible options for searching and navigating, and rich formatting options for presentation on screen and in print. But they didn't stop there - they've also...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Share Your Tunes in Style with XtremeMac's Audio Splitter for iPod Fort Lauderdale, Florida - December 3, 2004 - XtremeMac, the premier accessory manufacturer for Apple Computer's iPod, is proud to announce the best way to share music from one iPod with two listeners. XtremeMac's new Audio Splitter for iPod is the first splitter designed specifically for the 3G iPod, Click Wheel iPod, iPod photo and iPod mini. The new XtremeMac Audio Splitter for iPod converts the single earbud connection on your iPod into two earbud connectors, splitting the audio signal from the iPod into 2 pairs of headphones while maintaining all of the high quality crystal-clear audio the iPod is famous for. The sleek new XtremeMac Audio Splitter for iPod is exquisitely designed, precision molded to match perfectly in iPod white, and sculpted to sit flush on the iPod along the symmetrically curved side of the iPod mini. The splitter is only half as wide as an iPod mini, so it allows free...

December 2, 2004 Mendocino, CA. SoftRAID, LLC today released version 3.1.1 of their software RAID application, SoftRAID 3. Version 3.1.1 adds the capability of creating Bootable SoftRAID DVDs and fixes several bugs related to the manipulation of Mirror volumes. "Fixing bugs is an integral part of product development, and we place the highest priority on providing software suitable for mission critical storage solutions", said Tim Standing, VP of Engineering. SoftRAID, LLC will be in Booth 1347 at the Macworld Expo and Conference in San Francisco, January 11-14, 2005. SoftRAID 3.1.1 is available for $129.00 and may be purchased through SoftRAID's website, www.softraid.com. All registered users will receive a free upgrade via email. For more information about SoftRAID 3, contact us at sales@softraid.com. Demo version download URL: http://www.softraid.com/demo.html Press Release URL: http://www.softraid.com/news.html User Testimonials: http://www.softraid.com/testimonials.html About...

Hendrickson Software Components Announces SpamX Available Now For Windows, Macintosh and Linux Spam Tracing and Reporting Solution Reduces Spam to Nearly Zero; Ideal for Heterogeneous Computing Environments Arlington, Virginia (December 01, 2004) -- Hendrickson Software Components (hsc) announced today that SpamX, the company's popular software for spam source tracing and reporting, is available cross-platform for Windows, and now Macintosh and Linux. "SpamX is the ideal solution for spam-weary customers. Because it automatically traces the source of spam and then reports spam offenders to their ISPs, we help to eliminate the problem at the source," stated Jeff Hendrickson, creator of SpamX. "In addition, we offer SpamX for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, so everyone can get relief from spam, regardless of the computer operating system they use." SpamX enables everyone from end users to IT professionals working in complex networked environments to effectively reduce spam in their e-...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Reduplicator v1.0.0 Released by Deep Sky Technologies, Inc. EIMS Filter for Archiving Email Using Custom Rules Vero Beach, FL - Tuesday, November 30th, 2004: Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., today announced the release of Reduplicator v1.0.0 for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. Reduplicator is an EIMS filter for archiving email using custom rules and criteria. This first full release of Reduplicator follows on the very successful beta testing of the new EIMS filter during the month of November, 2004. Reduplicator allows EIMS administrators to archive email based on criteria they control. Email can be archived based on who it is coming from, who it is going to, what IP address it is coming from, and the use of authentication. Archiving location can also be customized to organize archived email by domain, username, and current date values. Reduplicator provides functionality vital to companies and hosting providers that must fulfill HIPAA guidelines, publicly traded or health...

DLO BEGINS SHIPPING iBOOM iPOD BOOMBOX Portable Stylish iPod Boombox is the Perfect Way to Add Fun to Upcoming Family Gatherings, Holiday Parties, Vacations and More CHARLESTON, SC -November 24, 2004. Just in time for the holiday shopping rush, (http://e2ma.net/redirect/50037865/48306/1526539/goto:http://dlodirect.com)Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) announced it is shipping the much-anticipated DLO iBoom - Boombox for the iPod. The DLO iBoom lets users connect their iPod and share their music anywhere. The DLO iBoom fits all iPods and iPod minis (does not fit iPod photo), and features a fully digital FM stereo with 4 station presets and a bright amber backlit display. Running on 6 D batteries or plugged in, the DLO iBoom is the portable iPod Boombox customers have been waiting for. It is available immediately for $149.99 from (http://e2ma.net/redirect/50037865/48306/1526540/goto:http://dlodirect.com)DLODirect.com and at CompUSA stores everywhere. The DLO iBoom features a 20-watt...

Mark/Space is pleased to announce the immediate availability of The Missing Sync for Palm OS v4.0.2. This release adds support for palmOne's Treo 650 and Tungsten T5, speeds up synchronization operations and better supports many conduits, including Now Up-to-Date, Photos/Media Conduit, NotePad and airline schedule conduits. Version 4.0.2 also improves iTunes integration and better detects conduit conflicts. Mark/Space recommends that all users of version 4.0 download and install this free update. The installer and complete release notes are available from (http://www.markspace.com/downloads.html).

CodeFutures Launches Mac OS X Version of FireStorm/DAO Java Code Generator [Denver, CO, November 24, 2004] CodeFutures has shipped a Mac OS X version with Release 2.3 of its FireStorm/DAO code generation product for data persistence. Dan Froelich, CodeFutures VP Sales, explains the reason for adding OS X support: "CodeFutures had many requests for an OS X version of FireStorm/DAO. The decision to support OS X was purely commercial. We have already signed up our first paying Mac customers just by providing a preview of Release 2.3." The award-winning FireStorm/DAO makes Java software developers more productive by generating the business logic for accessing databases. The benefits provided by CodeFutures' code generation approach are higher developer productivity, better software quality, and lower maintenance costs. FireStorm/DAO is available in Standard, Enterprise, and Architect editions. FireStorm/DAO Architect Edition allows new custom code generation templates to be developed and...

For Immediate Release November 17, 2004 Arlington TX Thursby Software Systems today announced the release of DAVE 5.1, the leading PC file and print sharing solution for Macintosh computers. DAVE 5.1 enhancements include: * Support for latest Microsoft and Apple OS Releases * Support for user drop boxes * Support for Symbolic Links * Improved client write performance DAVE 5.1 is free to existing DAVE 5.x customers and for all customers under an Annual Upgrade Agreement. Upgrades can be obtained electronically from Thursby's web site www.thursby.com. Customers with special Volume License Agreements will obtain a new CD distribution shipped to them free of charge. Thursby Software Systems has been developing network software solutions since 1986. Thursby products include DAVE, ADmitMac, TSStalk and MacNFS. For additional information, visit the web site www.thursby.com.

Cross Culture Updates Mergemill to 3.8.3 Mergemill Delivered with Updated Database Engine HONG KONG -- November 16, 2004 -- Cross Culture Limited today announced the immediate release of Mergemill 3.8.3. The database engine of this release is updated to 4D 2003.5, which delivers a number of important bug fixes. Mergemill is a versatile website development and database tool. It serves well in multiple parts of the web publishing workflow, especially when users need to web publish text-based contents. It may be used to quickly create thousands of static web pages from simple text files, spreadsheets or databases, to be published on the web or CD-ROM. Users can easily set up FTP accounts, and instruct Mergemill to automatically upload generated web pages to specified server directories. Source contents may come from any text editor, FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Access, 4th Dimension, Microsoft Excel, AppleWorks, or any database that can export data in XML, Merge or tab-separated text format...

Formac introduces dual-layer 16X DVD burner Devideon(tm) 16x DL featuring 16X DVD burning speeds and dual-layer technology with up to 8.5GB data capacity for $199. BERKELEY, CA - November 16th 2004 - Formac Electronic Inc., a leading manufacturer of performance enhancing peripherals and advanced visualization solutions, today announced its next generation DVD burner, Devideon(tm) 16x DL. The new drive features the latest DVD/CD combination drive with speeds of up to 16X for DVD-R and DVD+R media. The Devideon(tm) 16x DL also takes advantage of a new dual-layer technology, allowing Macintosh users to store up to 8.5GB* of data or video on one single media. Bundled with Formac's proprietary DVD authoring software the new Devideon(tm) 16x DL provides a complete and easy-to-use solution to create professional looking DVDs. The FireWire drive is compatible with Macintosh running OSX. "The introduction of the new Devideon brings a promising new DVD technology to the Apple Macintosh."...

FIRST MAJOR UPDATE! T-SQUARED SOFTWARE RELEASES FOOTTRACK 2.0 November 14, 2004 - T-Squared Software today released Version 2 of FootTrack, the first major update to their digital video cataloging application. FootTrack is a Mac OS X application that allows you to capture, catalog an= d easily search all your digital video tape footage. You can think of it as iPhoto for your digital video. Why it is more than worth checking out: * Searching your clips is vastly improved. It is now real time while also allowing searching across all your tapes without needing to select them first. * Burn your cataloged tapes to CD/DVDs to free up disk space, do a backup or to view on another computer with FootTrack installed. When you insert the CD/DVD the tapes are added to your catalog. * Anamorphic (widescreen) support has been added. Video clips marked as anamorphic now play back in widescreen format. When they are compressed to create preview copies they retain their widescreen aspect ratio. *...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Denes v1.0.0b06 Released by Deep Sky Technologies, Inc. EIMS Filter for DNS Lookups Using Custom Rules Vero Beach, FL - Monday, November 15th, 2004: Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., today announced the release of Denes v1.0.0b06 for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. Denes is an EIMS filter for performing DNS lookups using custom rules and criteria. This first fully public beta release of Denes is open to all owners of EIMS and EIMS X and is available for use through the month of November, 2004. Denes is an EIMS filter for taking actions on email based on DNS lookups using custom rules and criteria. Denes allows email to be accepted or denied based on DNS lookups, making full support for DNS based blacks list and white lists available in a single filter; there is even a simple test mode to log DNS lookups without actually denying or accepting email. The most convenient feature of the Denes rules document is that it dynamically reloads after any changes made in it. This means,...

Audio Hijack 2.2 Princeton, NJ - Audio Hijack is constantly growing and improving, and Rogue Amoeba has just released Audio Hijack 2.2. This new version adds several new features, including a new AIFF Sample Rate selector, a "Stop Recording After" setting, and two new post-processing scripts to "Add To iPod" and "Encode To Wav". Several other features have also been added, and minor bugs have been fixed. Audio Hijack is the perfect tool to record any audio on your computer. With Audio Hijack, you can quickly and easily save audio from almost any application to an AIFF file. This file can then be burned to a CD, or played in any software audio player like iTunes or any hardware audio player like an iPod. New Features * AIFF Sample Rate selector * "Stop Recording After" option * New "Add to iPod" and "Encode to Wav" scripts * Scroll-wheel support for knobs * Many hijacking and AppleScript reliability improvements Bug Fixes * Better handling of RealPlayer-related files and mal-formed...

Gideon Softworks, Inc. announces the immediate availability of version 1.0 of its FTP/SFTP client GSFTP. If you have any comments/suggestions or problems, please feel free to email us at feedback@gideonsoftworks.com. GSFTP can be downloaded from our home page at: http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/gsftp.html

SyBrowser: A Macintosh application that can query Sybase, Oracle, PostgreSQL and MS SQL databases hosted on OSX, UNIX, Linux, and Windows servers. SyBrowser v6.1 features include: - Pressing the Command key and the down arrow moves forward though the history of executed statements. - A new preference was added. "Show Results In SQL panel" - All databases available to Sybase users are now displayed in the Database popup menu. - Relationships, when selected via a mouse click on any horizontal or vertical arm, now show drag handles. - Oracle, ODBC and PostgreSQL databases should now be able to be queried from MacOS X and Windows. - Added "Marching Ant" ERD selection - Improved the auto-completion of columns names after adding a period to the table name in the SQL statement field - Added a 'Dump Tran with no_log" button on the Index panel for native Sybase connections. SyBrowser Overview SyBrowser is a table browser and alternative "isql" client for Sybase databases. It facilitates SQL...

Atlanta, GA - November 8, 2004 - Mark Lutz to Teach Python Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch February 21-25, 2005 Since its creation in the late 1980s by Guido van Rossum, interest in Python has exploded as more companies and programmers begin to capitalize on it elegance, portability and scalability across a number of platforms. Python has suddenly become ubiquitous, appearing in a variety of applications used by organizations such as Hewlett Packard, NOAA, Google, NASA and Pixar. Always working to provide the most relevant and current technology to its students, The Big Nerd Ranch is pleased to announce the upcoming Python Bootcamp February 21-25, 2005. Class instructor Mark Lutz is one of the foremost experts in Python programming. In addition to being a full-time trainer, writer and software developer, he is the author of the O'Reilly books "Programming Python" and "Python Pocket Reference" and is the author of "Learning Python." Mark has been involved with Python since 1992 and...