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<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78943"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Due a power failure that prevented several news sources from getting this
release, StarNine is re-releasing this announcement.
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For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Naomi Pearce
Pearce Communications
510/528-0824
naomi@well.com
STARNINE TO INCLUDE LIVE SOFTWARE'S JRUN WITH WEBSTAR 3.0
-- Java(tm) Servlet Runner Adds JavaSoft Java Servlet API Support To
WebSTAR Web Server --
BERKELEY, Calif., December 6, 1998 -- StarNine Technologies, Inc., a
subsidiary of Quarterdeck Corporation, today announced that JRun(tm) 2.0,
created by Live Software, Inc., will be bundled with the upcoming WebSTAR
3.0 release scheduled for January. JRun adds support for the Java(tm)
Servlet API to WebSTAR. A beta version of WebSTAR 3.0, including JRun 2.0,
is now available for free download from http://www.starnine.com (see
related press release dated 12.6.98).
"We're excited about including JRun with WebSTAR 3.0," said Eric Zelenka,
product manager for WebSTAR. "Live Software is a leader in server-side...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78939"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MacTech Magazine and Macworld awarded the winners of the coveted Eddy Award
last night. This is just a quick note to list the Joint MacTech/Macworld
Eddy Award winners. The full Eddy Award list is at:
http://macworld.zdnet.com/expo/ecwinners98.html
Congratulations to all of the winners -- and the finalists!
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78937"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">New Design Tool Brings PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Colors to World Wide Web
Pages Pantone Increases Internet Color Control
Macworld Expo (Booth 1947), San Francisco, Calif. - January 5, 1998 -
Pantone, Inc., today began shipping PANTONE ColorWeb Pro, an upgrade to
PANTONE ColorWeb, which provides Web authors with an easy way to select the
216 "Internet-safe" colors for their Web page designs. ColorWeb Pro is a
set of tools for designing and accurately managing solid colors for
publishing and viewing over the Internet. ColorWeb Pro adds the ability to
incorporate PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Colors into popular Web authoring
software applications. In addition to Web page design applications such as
PageMill and Home Page, ColorWeb Pro can be used to add PANTONE Colors for
corporate identity and logos, to any software that takes advantage of
Apple's Extensible Color Picker feature, including presentation software
and HTML editors. Designers now have a simple way to specify color for Web
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78935"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">LightWork Design Introduces New Family of LightWorks Rendering and Utility
Plug-ins for QuickDraw 3D
LightWorks Advanced Photo-Realistic Rendering and QTVR Movies Showing at
MACWORLD Expo
SHEFFIELD, UK -- LightWork Design, the leading supplier of rendering
engines for
3D design applications, is introducing its new family of LightWorks(R)
rendering and utility plug-ins for QuickDraw(TM) 3D at the MACWORLD Expo,
Apple Developer Central, in San Francisco, January 6-9. The six new
LightWorks plug-ins offer a wide range of features, including ray-tracing,
hidden-line drawing, printing and QuickTime VR movie output.
"Apple and LightWork Design have been working together for the past four
years to provide the Apple community with high-quality 3D rendering," said
Gordon Oliver, Managing Director, LightWork Design. "Our flagship product,
the LightWorks rendering toolkit, is available for the Macintosh system,
and these new LightWorks plug-ins extend our commitment to the wider Apple
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78929"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">eCommerce software (WebClerk) worth $6.5 million is being given away free
by James Integrated Technologies (JITCorp).
The first 10,000 users to register at its web site, www.webclerk.com,
receive a no cost license to use WebClerk. WebClerk's regular price is
$649.
WebClerk is a commercial data base, prefabricated web site and server.
Users simply import their data and graphics, and begin taking orders on the
web. An experienced webmaster, Jason Bright, www.brightech.net, notes,
"WebClerk is a straightforward and extensive way to get a commerce site up
and running overnight."
"Our objective is to increase our customer's profitable sales," says JIT
Corp President Bill James. "In the near future, eCommerce will replace
FAXing, just as FAXing replaced telex. We have removed the technical
complexities of commercial web site implementation, made it powerful enough
for big business, and priced WebClerk so that even the smallest business
can afford to safely provide service and sales on the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78926"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">INTERACTION 1.6: INTRODUCING DYNAMIC ACCESS RESTRICTIONS FOR MAC WEB SERVERS
San Diego, CA: Media Design in*Progress has released the 1.6 version of
Interaction, the powerful web server companion for dynamic social websites
that adapt to the visitor. The new version introduces Dynamic Access
Restrictions, a flexible means to make pages and sections of websites
conditionally available. A 60 day trial copy of Interaction can be
dowloaded from:
http://interaction.in-progress.com
Dynamic Restrictions allow or deny access to parts of a website depending
on the context of the request. Using a dialog on the Mac, the webmaster can
tailor an access restriction that for example only allows access outside
working hours, or that requires the visitor has been on one or more other
pages first.
Interaction 1.6 goes beyond realm-based access restrictions by allowing the
webmaster to use dynamic restrictions not only on page level, but also to
restrict access to XML Entities as well as to sections...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78914"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">This is a resend which corrects a slight error we made in the previous
version -- a slip of the mouse which edited out one digit in one of the
tables. Sorry for the confusion.
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A recent analysis of the worldwide Macintosh installed base and the
Macintosh user base for fiscal year 1997 (ending September 30), revealed a
number of interesting highlights, including the following:
* 27.6 million Macintosh computers have been shipped worldwide since 1984.
* 79 percent of all Macintosh computers shipped are still in use. (That's
21.8 million active Macintosh computers.)
* There are an average of 3.2 users per active installed Macintosh, which
means there are 69.3 million Macintosh users worldwide.
(http://devworld.apple.com/stats.html) text copied here:
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FY1997 Macintosh Installed Base and User Statistics
"How many Macintosh computers have been sold? How many people use Macintosh
today? Where are they, and what do they use the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78913"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Software by Tim Kelly and Friends (www.madison-web.com/tkelly)
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78910"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Toronto, Canada - CircleDream Software (CDS) is proud to announce the
release of InternetMemory2 (IM2), a complete update to our popular URL
manager for the MacOS. This release is a complete rewrite and ads a wealth
of new features that are sure to make IM2 a hit on anyone's wish list. IM2
features the unique IMPalette, which offers full, OS-level integration of
your Internet Addresses.
What is InternetMemory?
InternetMemory is a best-of-class URL manager for the MacOS. It is used to
collect, organize, manage and use Internet addresses of all types. Through
our unique IMPalette and IMMenu interfaces, InternetMemory provides system
level integration of your Internet addresses, making them available to you
no matter what you are currently using your Mac for. Address Books can be
shared between users like any other file, and built-in security features
stop people from snooping through your precious data.
IM2 Features
* A Familiar Face: IM uses a MacOS8 compatible user interface...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78909"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Digital Alchemy is pleased to announce the release of the Mercutio MDEF
version 1.5. The Mercutio MDEF is a Menu DEFinition resource that allow
developers to easily and elegantly extend the power of their application
menus. Mercutio allow menu items to have multiple-modifier key-equivalents
(e.g. shift-command-C), custom icons, item callbacks, and other goodies.
Mercutio menus may also contain "dynamic menu items" that allow a single
menu item to change depending on what modifiers are held down. This keeps
menus shorter while allowing the flexibility of keyboard shortcuts.
Mercutio can be downloaded from the Digital Alchemy web site:
http://www.digitalalchemy.com/mercutio/
Version 1.5 improves compatibility with Mac OS 8, the Apperance Manager 1.0
(including Platinum Theme), and fixes a number of bugs. In particular,
Mercutio 1.5 fixes a bug that would unlock GDevice handles when Mercutio
was used to display popup menus, which could cause a crash later on at
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78908"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CREATIVE LABS, LTD. FORCES GOO SOFTWARE TO CLOSE ITS DOORS
San Jose, CA - December 18th, 1997 - Goo Software, makers of the
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78907"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MiscKit for Rhapsody available for free download
(Las Vegas, NV - Dec 16th, 1997) - Ensuing Technologies announced today
they are now mirroring the complete and official archives of the MiscKit
Effort. The MiscKit is a free to use framework of classes and example code
for Rhapsody, Apple's next generation operating system.
Previously, only small portions of the MiscKit were available on various
FTP servers located throughout the world. Now, the entire MiscKit,
documentation and archives are now available in a single location.
The archives are being hosted on an FTP server supplied by Ensuing
Technologies, a premier Rhapsody developer. FTP services are available 24
hours a day, seven days a week. A quick index of the FTP server can be
found at http://www.ensuing.com/freebies/misckit/. Users wishing more
direct access can check out ftp://misckit.ensuing.com/ or
ftp://ftp2.misckit.com/ .
MiscKit was originally released in 1993 by Don Yacktman, now the founder
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78905"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">VSE ANIMATION MAKER 3.0 - WE WANT YOU TO BE PRODUCTIVE
(Bonn, Germany, December 17th, 1997). Today, Voget Selbach Entertainment
announced the highly awaited major revision of their animation software
"VSE Animation Maker" for Apple Macintosh computers. With this new version,
you can create impressive animations even more effectively.
VSE Animation Maker 3.0 is still very easy to use and quick to learn. It
offers many new useful features, so it is ideal for web designers,
online-agencies, multimedia authors, computer game designers, teachers,
pupils and anyone who likes to have fun with animated pictures.
"VSE Animation Maker 3.0 is easily the biggest leap forward in
functionality since we released Multimedia Animation Maker 2.0 almost one
year ago", said Andre Voget, President of Voget Selbach Entertainment. "The
focus of VSE Animation Maker is still on ease-of-use, and with Animation
Maker 3.0, we are bringing new powerful and useful features into the hands
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78901"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">WWW SURVEY ASSISTANT REINFORCES ITS POSITION AS THE LEADING WEB SURVEY/TEST
SOFTWARE
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Canada, December 11, 1997: S-Ware introduces an
exciting new Java-based tool to complement its web survey package, World
Wide Web Survey Assistant. The new Java editor and updated website at
http://www.surveyassistant.com make WWW Survey Assistant easier to use than
ever.
The new editor runs as an applet through any Java-enabled web browser. As
no download or installation is required, users will be able to immediately
take advantage of software enhancements as they are added. The Java editor
can also be downloaded and run as an application independent of the user's
web browser. S-Ware will continue to support its CGI-based editors for
users who are not yet using a Java-enabled browser.
WWW Survey Assistant is the most versatile, full-featured and economical
software for creating web surveys and tests. The survey/test administrator
needs only to supply the questions. WWW Survey...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78899"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Allegiant Technologies is pleased to announce an unbelievable holiday
season offer on SuperCard 3.0, the "Best Multimedia Authoring Tool of 1997."
For a limited time, you can buy SuperCard 3.0 for just $69.95 + shipping &
handling. How's that for holiday spirit -- an incredible $260 off the
normal street price!
In picking it as the "Best Multimedia Authoring Tool of 1997," Macuser UK
said SuperCard 3.0 was "a multimedia authoring package for ordinary people,
but with an extraordinary feature set" and called it "...a serious
authoring application" while giving it top honors over Macromedia Director
6.0.
While we don't think any of our customers are "ordinary," SuperCard 3.0 is
unquestionably a breakthrough for ease of learning and ease of use. But
that's only our most recent award. In the past two years SuperCard has
swept just about every major honor from the Mac press. SuperCard has been
used around the world to develop stunning multimedia CD-ROMs, compelling
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78895"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">NeoLogic's Object Database Management System Adopted by Connectix to Aid in
Accelerating Web Browsing - NeoAccess-enabled Surf Express(tm) Loads Pages
Up to 36 Times Faster Than Stand Alone Browsers
Berkeley, CA - December 15, 1997 - Reinforcing its position as the leading
provider of object databases for the desktop, NeoLogic today announced that
NeoAccess was chosen by Connectix Corporation as the database foundation
for the recently released Surf Express(tm). Surf Express is a performance
optimizing application which accelerates the web browsing experience by
loading pages up to 36 times faster than stand alone web browsers.
"NeoAccess gave us the back-end infrastructure we needed to meet our
performance objectives," said Connectix lead engineer Jim Gochee. "Its fast
access speeds, highly efficient caching mechanism and cross-platform
support for multithreaded applications all contributed to the speed of Surf
Express. Beyond our appreciation for the product itself, we're extremely...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78892"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Macworld Magazine and MacTech magazine have just made the below
announcement. As a developer, you'll want to take special note of the new
developer part of these awards. There are four developer categories.
Thought you'd like to see it!
Thanks,
Neil Ticktin
Publisher, MacTech MagazineacTech magazine, the leading developer journal in the industry.
"Obviously, recognizing the developer community is essential to fostering
growth and identifying emerging technologies which will become the future
standards and building blocks for the Macintosh platform," said Neil
Ticktin, publisher of MacTech magazine. "We're delighted to be part of the
most prestigious award program in the industry and that Macworld is
honoring these important contributions in the development arena."
The Eddy Awards, traditionally held the eve before Macworld Expo opens in
San Francisco, will be presented at an industry gala on January 5 at
Bimbo's 365 Club, one of The City's landmarks as well as a San Francisco
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78891"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Stepwise and P & L Systems announce availability of OpenUp.app for Rhapsody
Waterloo, Ontario, Dec 10 1997 -- Scott Anguish of the Stepwise
Rhapsody/OpenStep Information Server today announced the immediate
availability of OpenUp.app for Apple's new Rhapsody operating system.
OpenUp allows a user to double-click on compressed and archived files and
have them open in the Workspace without having to resort to the
command-line tools gnutar and gunzip. It also supports opening the many
other common and uncommon formats.
"OpenUp allows normal users access to files compressed by many different
Unix and non-unix commandline tools without having to know the magic
incantations required," commented Scott Anguish, Stepwise creator and
OpenUp author, "Further, it's expandable, so if it doesn't handle handle
the compression and/or archiving formats you use now, additional scripted
bridges can be written."
The first release of OpenUp for Rhapsody will contain the following new
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78889"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">I hope you will all find the following information of use. Iceni are a UK
company, specializing in PDF tools, and we have announced the "GENUS" range
of Adobe Plug-In's for Exchange 3.0 that will allow you to generate HTML
)from PDF documents, automatically...
XMAS OFFER......IF I MANAGE TO GET THESE BLOODY REINDEER OUT OF THE
OFFICE............
We would like to extend a special early Xmas offer to all the readers of
MacDev. If you purchase the products before the 31st of December we would
like to offer you a 20% discount. Normal purchase price of the Text tool is
$100.00 - XMAS price $80.00. And the normal price for the 'Photo' tool is
$125.00 - XMAS price $100. Just mention MacDev when ordering to claim your
discount.
Demo's can be downloaded from (www.iceni.com), and sales can be contacted
at (sales@iceni.com). The following press release gives more details, but
please do not hesitate to contact us directly if you require further
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78888"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">VRML Consortium and 3D Design Magazine Organize VRML Contest
San Ramon, CA -- December 10, 1997 -- The VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling
Language) Consortium today announced that it is sponsoring a VRML contest
in collaboration with 3D Design Magazine, an industry recognized source for
3D graphics news and information. The contest will encourage and showcase
the latest Web content using VRML to bring interactive 3D graphics to the
Web.
"Thanks to the combined efforts of the consortium members, the use of VRML
is proliferating among businesses and individuals," said Neil Trevett,
President of The VRML Consortium. "VRML is finding its way into the
corporate world and is being used by companies such as Pepsi and Verifone
for practical business applications -- including Web advertising,
e-commerce and data visualization. We believe the VRML contest will alert a
wide audience to the advantages of using VRML and will encourage further
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78885"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple On-Line Store Orders Top 12 Million Dollars in First Month
Apple Store Becomes Third Largest e-commerce Site in Under 30 Days
CUPERTINO, California--Dec. 10, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today reported
that The Apple Store, its new online store (http://www.apple.com/store),
received over $12 million dollars of orders in its first 30 days of
operation. The Apple Store opened its e-doors on Nov. 10, 1997.
"The Apple Store is now one of the top e-commerce sites on the Internet,"
said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO. "We are thrilled by the customer
acceptance of both the store and our new build-to-order program."
The Apple Store is one element of Apple's new distribution strategy, which
also includes a broad new relationship with CompUSA, one of the nation's
largest computer resellers. CompUSA is opening an Apple "store within a
store" in every one of their over 140 stores in the US. Each "store within
a store" features the complete Apple computer line, a large selection of...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78879"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">AutoShare 2.0, a freeware list server and auto-responder
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78878"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">This is a special Christmas offer for all European MacDev subscribers from
Maxum Development.
Until the end of December 97, Maxum in Europe are happy to announce that we
will be offering Rumpus, the leading FTP server for MacOS, for $165.00, and
Rumpus Pro for $335.00, which represents a 15% discount on retail prices.
This offer is only available in Europe.
To claim your special Xmas discount, fax your order along with payment
details to Maxum Europe on +33 (0) 5 62 64 10 34, or eMail: Paul@Maxum.com.
Further information about Rumpus and Rumpus Pro can be found at
(www.maxum.com), where demo's are also available.
Please do not hesitate to contact me personally if I can be of further
assistance,
Maxum in Europe would like to wish everyone a happy Xmas and a prosperous
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78875"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Macintosh users can get new Visual MacStandardBasic 3.1 just $29.95
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, December 4th, 1997: ZCurve Software has announced Visual
MacStandardBasic 3.1 has been released and that, for a limit time,
Macintosh users can get their own copy for just $29.95. Visual
MacStandardBasic normally has a retail price of $99.
Professional Macintosh applications can be visually created in
minutes.Visual MacStandardBasic uses and extends BASIC's easy to learn
format to utilize the power of the Macintosh. It is easy for users to
integrate sound, speech, color graphics, sprite animation, movies into
their applications.
Users can purchase and download the complete Visual MacStandardBasic
package from the ZCurve Software website (www.zcurve.com). Currently,
Macintosh users anywhere in the world can get Visual MacStandardBasic
within minutes over the Internet.
Visual MacStandardBasic is also available from DevDepot. Developer
Depot is a leader in providing software products to Macintosh users...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78872"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">METROWERKS ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 1998 REVENUES OF US$6.2 MILLION
Company Records Profit of US$237,000, or $0.02 per Share, for Quarter
AUSTIN, Texas-December 1, 1997- Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF,
TSE/ME:MWK), a provider of software development tools, today announced its
results of operations for the first quarter of its fiscal year ending July
31, 1998 (Q1FYJuly98).
Revenues for Q1FYJuly98 totaled US$6.15 million, an increase of 65% over
revenues of US$3.77 million for the corresponding Q1FYJuly97. Revenues for
Q4FYJuly97 totaled US$6.23 million. As in previous years, revenues for
Q1FYJuly98 were approximately the same as revenues for Q4FYJuly 97.
In Q1 FYJuly98, the Company reported a net profit of US$237,000 (US$0.02
per share on a fully diluted basis), compared to a net loss of US$135,000
(US$0.01 per share) for the corresponding Q1FYJuly97, and compared to net
income of US$155,000 for the previous quarter, Q4FYJuly97.
The Company completed a financing during the quarter,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78857"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple Extends Rhapsody Developer Release with Mac OS Compatibility
Environment, Code-Named "Blue Box"
Blue Box Enhances Investments in Mac OS by Enabling Rhapsody Support for
Current Mac OS Applications
CUPERTINO, California--Nov. 19, 1997--At its European Developer Forum
(EDF), Apple Computer, Inc. today announced it is extending the
capabilities of its recently introduced Rhapsody Developer Release for
Power Macintosh by providing developers with the Mac OS compatibility
environment, code-named "Blue Box". Rhapsody is the code-name for Apple's
next-generation operating system. The Blue Box is a version of the Mac OS
running under Rhapsody in native mode, providing excellent speed and
responsiveness. The availability of the Blue Box enhances software
developer investments in the Mac OS by allowing existing Mac OS
applications to work with Rhapsody for Power Macintosh.
In October, as planned, Apple shipped the Rhapsody Developer Release for
Power Macintosh to more than 10,000 software...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-78844"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MacPerl 5.1.5 has been released. This version fixes some bugs and improves
the reliability over 5.1.4. MacPerl users still running 5.1.3 should
consider upgrading to take advantage of a significant speed improvement.
<span class="field-content"><a href="http://forums.applecentral.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/537782/Analyst_sees_iPad_killers_less#Post537782" target="_blank"> Analyst sees iPad killers le...</a></span>
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