FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUMMARY: Page Sender 3.1 updates Smile Software's fax software that works for Mac OS X with scheduled and deferred faxing, manual send, multiple local area code support, and more. Page Sender 3.0 received four mice in Macworld's June 2003 issue (p.47). Page Sender (30-day free demo, $29.95) requires Mac OS X 10.1.3 or later. DOWNLOAD LINK [2.9MB] (English installer) http://www.smilesoftware.com/downloads/Page%20Sender%203.1.dmg.sit Berkeley, CA - September 2, 2003 - Page Sender, Smile Software's fax software that works for Mac OS X has been updated to version 3.1, which includes: - Scheduled & deferred faxing - Manual send - Multiple local area codes & ten digit dialing support - Live addressing support for Palm Desktop 4.1 and later - Share your modem gracefully between Page Sender and AOL or Internet Connect - Choose an alternate fax service directly from the Print dialog - Updated AppleScript support (attachments, dithering, smart dialing, and...

9-2-2003 - Fremont, CA - .com Solutions Inc. Introduces Multi-Platform CGIScripter 1.48 Enterprise Edtion Software - Instantly Writes Perl CGI Scripts for MySQL and Oracle Databases. =2Ecom Solutions Inc., a developer of multi-platform database migration and development applications, has released CGIScripter 1.48 Enterprise Edition for MacOS X, Windows and Linux. CGIScripter speeds web application projects by automating the development of Perl CGI scripts which insert/update/query or delete records within MySQL or Oracle database servers. Features include: =B7 Automated Perl CGI Script Generation - IT departments can save thousands of dollars and weeks of development/debugging effort over creating these scripts manually. =B7 Process Images via the Web With Ease - The Perl CGI scripts generated by CGIScripter automatically provide support for insert/update/view/delete of GIF/JPEG images via a web-based interface. Non-image data (such as .pdf, =2Ewav, Microsoft Word and binary data) can...

Caphyon Ltd. is glad to announce the release of Advanced Web Ranking 2.0. Advanced Web Ranking is a tool that will help you check your web site position on all major search engines. It saves you hours of tedious work while monitoring your web site's search engine position. Advanced Web Ranking generates tabular and graphical reports that will help you check not just the position of your website but the position of your competitors' web sites as well! Advanced Web Ranking can be freely evaluated for 15 days and it costs USD $49. The application can be downloaded from: http://www.advancedwebranking.com/download.html More details about the application can be found at: http://www.advancedwebranking.com New in Advanced Web Ranking 2.0 =============================== Added automatic search engine updates. Added reports that can be printed and exported as: PDF, HTML, Excel, CSV, HTML, and Text. Added swap function for the Query and Search Engine panels. Updated search engine definitions.

Secure.cc is proud to release a monumental upgrade to it's flagship product, eShox. Shaped by customer input, eShox 3 delivers the power of solutions costing thousands of dollars in a package priced for small business. Primarily designed for Mac OS X, eShox 3 enables Mac users to access functionality previously unavailable on their favorite platform. Without the hassles of running non-server applications such as FileMaker Pro (while still enabling the use of such applications), eShox 3 allows administrators to focus on their core business. eShox 3's automated, trouble-free installation brings the power, performance and reliability of PHP and MySQL to the non-programmer. New in eShox 3: - Support for Apache, Tenon iTools and now 4D WebSTAR V web servers. - Multi-user administration with multiple user levels. - Support for manufacturer logins for order processing. - Real-time statistics of store revenue with cost and profit breakdowns as pie and line graphs. - Unlimited pricing and...

MAXTOR LAUNCHES NEXT GENERATION ONETOUCH DRIVE WORLDWIDE Backup and Restore Your Digital World with the Touch of a Button MILPITAS, CA, AUGUST 26, 2003 -- Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO), a worldwide leader in hard disk drives, today announced that the next evolution of its external storage hard drives branded Maxtor OneTouch are now available. Leveraging the successes of the preceding family (Personal Storage 5000 with the OneTouch feature), Maxtor=92s new line of external har= d drives incorporates the award winning OneTouch button, Dantz Retrospect=D2 Express software and introduces a sleek new industrial design. Maxtor OneTouch is the first push button backup and restore hard drive based solution in the market today. "Maxtor simplified external storage for the consumer with OneTouch," stated Dave Reinsel, research manager with IDC. "Consumers today need features like OneTouch backup, that are easy to use and seamless for storing and protecting their digital world." Maxtor OneTouch...

Tuesday, August 26th, 2003 The Iconfactory Releases "Wild West" icon set from Kate England "New Icon Tuesdays" continue as the Iconfactory proudly presents the latest icon creation from resident artist Kate England. This new set of freeware icons conjures up images of tumbleweeds, ghost towns and tall tales and includes icons that any fan of the old west will love. Wild West comes as either Mac or Windows icons as well as a handy iContainer for use with Pixadex . So hop on your horse and mosey over to the Iconfactory to download Wild West, you won't regret it pardner! Related Links: Wild West: http://www.iconfactory.com/Preview.asp?type=show&id=171 Pixadex Homepage: http://www.iconfactory.com/px_home.asp CandyBar Homepage: http://www.iconfactory.com/cb_home.asp The Iconfactory: http://www.iconfactory.com

The X Lab (http://www.thexlab.com) has published Troubleshooting Mac=AE OS X= , a new e-book dedicated to preventing or resolving common problems with Mac OS X. Troubleshooting Mac=AE OS X is the result of the work of The X Lab's founder= , Gregory Swain, in his role as "Dr. Smoke" -- a Helper on the Apple Discussions, primarily the "Using Mac OS X" Discussion. During his work as a Helper, Dr. Smoke compiled a database of answers he developed in response to questions posted on the Discussions. He has distilled the over 800 items in this database into the 300 pages of Troubleshooting Mac=AE OS X. Detailed information about the book can be found here . The e-book format enables the reader to quickly find the solution to any of the numerous Mac OS X problems addressed in Troubleshooting Mac=AE OS X . Th= e book is extensively hyperlinked and cross-referenced, both within the book itself and to some of the best Mac OS X troubleshooting information on the Internet. The FAQs available on...

Brushfire 2, EZxslt 1.5 CHAPARRAL SOFTWARE RELEASES EZxslt 1.5, BRUSHFIRE 2 AT FILEMAKER DEVELOPER CONFERENCE Upgraded applications from Chaparral Software makes it fast and easy to document FileMaker Pro solutions and create Microsoft Word documents using data from FileMaker Pro 6 databases using XML and XSLT. http://www.chapsoft.com FileMaker Developer Conference, Phoenix, AZ - Aug. 25 - Chaparral Software & Consulting Services, Inc. today released new versions of their highly acclaimed developer tools at the FileMaker Developer's Conference. EZxslt 1.5 is an upgrade to its application that simplifies the generation of Microsoft Word documents using data stored in FileMaker Pro 6 databases. EZxslt 1.5 adds powerful capabilities that support tables, headers, footers, and finer control over the generated output. "Users have been creating documents such as contracts, report cards, and project status reports with EZxslt since its release", according to Chaparral President Russell...

Our PHP script which parses iTunes Music Library files (XML) into web page (HTML). phptunest is a script written in PHP , which converts your iTunes Music library from XML format to nice HTML table. It allows you to customize the resulting HTML page in many ways and has few nice features: - Use your own CSS styles to change the look of HTML page - Sort your song library with any visible column(s) - Include only those columns you want - Supports gzip compression of HTML data - Works with or without MySQL backend. Using MySQL saves a lot of memory and makes phptunest more efficient - Supports low-memory non-sorting parsing - Can write output data into static HTML file - Works with PHP 4.1 or later - Completely free and open source Changes in version 1.0 - Low-memory non-sorting ram-parser added. If sorting is disabled and there's no MySQL backend, this method saves huge amounts of RAM, and should be used if sorting is not needed. Tracks are printed in the same order as they are at...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chronos Releases F10 Launch Studio 1.5 Park City, Utah - August 25, 2003 -- Chronos LC today announced the release of F10 Launch Studio version 1.5, the premier launch management utility for Mac OS X computers. Version 1.5 is a free update for existing F10 Launch Studio registered customers. NEW FEATURES F10 Launch Studio 1.5 adds four significant new features. First, "Auto-Discovery II" addresses the most common user request: to reduce the number of non-essential applications shown in the program. It accomplishes this by offering three new types of filtering: a) intelligent filtering; b) category filtering; and c) user-defined filtering. Intelligent filtering automatically recognizes and excludes many common registration programs, helper applications, droplets, etc. Category filtering offers the user the ability to exclude broad groups of applications such as Classic applications, scripts, installers, updaters, self-extracting archives, etc. User-defined...

Empower Pro Phone 2.0 for Mac OS Now use your Macintosh to make crystal clear calls around the world with no long distance charges August 22, 2003..... Empower Pro today announced Empower Pro Phone 2.0, an innovative application for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X to connect Macintosh users around the world with real-time voice communication over the Internet. The newest version uses email addresses to connect callers. All you need to call someone is their email address. Just create a free account on the Empower Pro Phone web site and download the software to receive calls. The Empower Pro Phone offers Mac users the opportunity to talk with friends, family and co-workers over the Internet, from one Macintosh computer to another. Empower Pro Phone 2.0 includes these new features: * Log In to make calls from anywhere * Use an email address to place a call * Enhanced web site lookup integration * Manage your account on the web site * Aqua Metal appearance in Mac OS X * Increased ease...

OpenOSX Ships Gimp 1.2.5 Accelerated for G5 Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(OPENOSX-COM)--August 21st, 2003-- OpenOSX today announced the immediate availability of their Gimp 1.2.5 product, now accelerated for the Apple Power Macintosh G5 processor that is an easy-to-use solution for quickly installing and utilizing the popular, open source "The GIMP" software, offering users sophisticated photo manipulation and graphic tools. The new edition brings: updated software, additional features, enhanced stability and has been compiled to utilize G5 processor capabilities. This is the first version of the OpenOSX Gimp product built specifically for the Power Macintosh G5, offering a new level of performance, and it will still operate on older Mac OS X 10.2.x systems. The product features a customizable single-click installer that will install the long list of requisite software libraries required to run The Gimp on Mac OS X effortlessly, along with complete...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, Ontario - August 20, 2003 - Rage Software announced today, the immediate availability of WebDesign Plugin Maker 1.0b1. An update to the visual development environment for creating and maintaining plug-ins compatible with Rage Software's WebDesign. The WebDesign Plug-in Maker provides a visual approach to creating plug-ins for WebDesign (http://www.ragesw.com/webdesign.php). Even users with no programming experience can easily add features to WebDesign using the free plug-in development application. WebDesign is the professional web authoring software from Rage Software. This new release fixes issues with earlier development releases and can now create plug-ins that take advantage of the new features introduced in WebDesign 2.x. It also offers a redesigned interface and improved support for Mac OS X. WebDesign Plugin Maker is free to use for all users of WebDesign. It can be downloaded from http://www.ragesw.com/wdplugins.php. Other free WebDesign plug-...

WEB HELP DESK INTEGRATES ICAL INTO LATEST VERSION Mac-focused help-desk software adds iCal compatibility to v6.4 and Apple Computer to its client list FREMONT, CA, August 20, 2003 - MacsDesign Studio today released an update to its highly successful Web Help Desk technical support software. Designed for education and enterprise customers, version 6.4 introduces iCal integration, which allows for scheduling and viewing problem ticket work and due dates. "The integration of Apple's iCal software demonstrates our desire to be the premier technical support solution for the Mac community," said Jonathan Lew, President of MacsDesign Studio. "Web Help Desk v6.4 boasts functionality not available with other help-desk software solutions." New Features Include: - ICal integration - Saved queries for tickets and assets - Improved search options for tickets and assets - Enhanced PDF invoicing - New date and time selection widgets - New filtering options for technician ticket list - Expanded...

VVI Updates Graphing Software August 15, 2003 VVI today announced the version 8.5.8 update to its Vvidget graphing system. John Brilhart, Chief Technical Officer of VVI, made this statement: "Vvidget is the premier graphing system for Mac OS X and implements many advanced and unique features not available in other systems. Vvidget Pro is used to make unparalleled real-time enterprise-level visualization, process control and analysis systems. Vvidget Builder is used to layout graphs with point-and-click methods. Vvidget Palette is used to drag-and-drop graphs into developer's custom applications, and the Peer Visual Server is used by corporate developers to generate dynamic graphs and reports for print and web media. Our real-time network package is used on Windows, Mac OS X, or any flavor of Unix or Linux to gather data for display, analysis and real-time account, process or instrument control. The newest version implements semi-log and log-log graphs, both full-cycle and sub-cycle...

4D WebMail Lite and Source Code Released -- Free, Easy Web-based Mail Handling Application for any standards based Mail Server; Integrated iCal Calendaring and IMAP Support -- San Jose, CA, August 13, 2003 - 4D, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS Environment and 4D WebSTAR Server Suite, today announced the immediate availability of 4D WebMail Lite 2.0 and its source code. "Built entirely in 4D, 4D WebMail Lite 2.0 showcases the power and flexibility of 4th Dimension," said Brendan Coveney, president and CEO, 4D, Inc. "4D WebMail Lite 2.0 adds cross platform iCal calendaring as well as dozens of other new features." Cross-platform, 4D WebMail Lite 2.0 allows end-users to read, reply, forward, send and file email within any browser. 4D WebMail Lite 2.0 is compatible with SMTP, IMAP and POP3 email servers, and supports virtual hosts. Users can send and receive attachments, tailor mail formatting, append signatures, manage contact information with a built-in address...

United Online Introduces Mac OS 9 Version of Value-Priced Internet Access For Its NetZero and Juno Brands New Services Give Mac Consumers Nationwide Value-Priced Internet Access Choice WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., August 13, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:UNTD), a leading provider of value-priced Internet services, today announced the company is extending the availability of NetZero Platinum for Mac and Juno Platinum for Mac Internet access services by offering the services for the Mac OS 9 platform. By creating a product line for the Mac OS 9 platform, the majority of Mac users now have access to the company's value-priced Internet access services. NetZero and Juno launched Internet access for Mac OS X users earlier this year. Both versions of the service were developed based on strong demand and feedback from the Mac user community. NetZero Platinum for Mac and Juno Platinum for Mac offer both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X users easy-to-use, reliable Internet service with...

Today, the Win32 Blaster Worm is wreaking havoc on the net. You might think that this only affects Windows networks, but that appears now to not be the case. Reports are still coming in, but it does look like the Win32 Blaster Worm *can* affect Mac networks as well. Macs do appear to be unaffected, but if even if you have only a single Windows machine on your network, it can affect not only the Internet connection ... but also your LAN. Even machines that are on private IPs on the net will have connectivity problems, and the worm appears to be able to permeate through routers which would normally act as a gatekeeper. The solution: Unplug the Windows machines from your network, update with the appropriate security patch, and then run the removal tool. More details can be seen at SlashDot.org: (http://slashdot.org/articles/03/08/12/1326237.shtml?tid=185&tid=190&tid=201) Patches can be downloaded from the Microsoft web site at: (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/...

For immediate release London and Berlin - August 12th, 2003 metaobject announces the immediate availability of version 4.2 of the popular PDF compression tool for Mac OS X. Version 4.2 of PdfCompress makes the smallest possible text-only PDF files by optionally allowing all embedded fonts to be removed. This version also retains PDF meta data such as the Creator when squeezing files. PdfCompress has received rave reviews from users and a 4.7 star rating (of 5 possible) from pdfworker, better than any other PDF compression utility. PdfCompress still costs just US $27 per copy to license, and version 4.2 is a free upgrade for existing users of previous versions. PdfCompress is a fully native Cocoa application. For more information, downloads and purchasing, see our Products page at: (http://www.metaobject.com/Products.html#PdfCompress) or contact marcel@metaobject.com Berlin: +49 / 171 958 6433 London: +44 / 7792 757917 About metaobject With offices in near Berlin's Olympic Stadium...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COMM-UNITY NETWORKING SYSTEMS RELEASES FTPIT 1.5, A CROSS PLATFORM FILEMAKER PRO PLUG-IN. Fort Worth, TX, August 7, 2003 -- Comm-Unity Networking Systems, creators of the excellent SMTPit and POP3it email plug-ins, announces the release of FTPit 1.5, for FileMaker Pro 4.x and above for both Macintosh and Windows Platforms. This release adds new user-requested features and functions, as well as several bug fixes. FTPit uses the File Transfer Protocol to allow you to transfer files to and from any FTP site. It also allows you to upload text from a FileMaker field directly to a file on an FTP site. This version adds a new feature that allows you to download a text file from an FTP site directly into a field in your database. FTPit works directly with FileMaker and is the only application you need to transfer files. You can easily integrate FTPit into your existing solutions. However, a basic knowledge of FileMaker Pro Scripting and working with plug-ins is needed....

PremiumSoft is glad to announce the release of MySQL Studio 4.2.4.   What's new in this version: MySQL Studio is a MySQL Database GUI Admin Tool for administrating and monitoring MySQL server on Mac OS X platform. The new version improves support for MySQL 4.x, enhances MySQL Connection settings and backup, and fix the evaluation expiry problem.   An evaluation version of PremiumSoft MySQL Studio is available for download at (a href="http://www.mysqlstudio.com/shareware.php3" )www.mysqlstudio.com/shareware.php3(/a). To use the product, you'll need Mac OS X 10.1 or later.   Brief product description: MySQL Studio is a set of MySQL GUI database management, import/export, backup and monitoring tools for MySQL database systems that offers full control over any MySQL database server as well as displays various administrative information. It includes a full featured graphical manager for users and access privileges and data transfer from one MySQL server to another, backup...

Hello everyone, The Darwin team at Apple is pleased to announce that version 2.0 of the Apple Public Source License, which includes numerous changes to make it even easier for Open Source developers to use and comply with, has been certified as conforming to the definition of a "Free Software License" [1]. To access source code under the terms of APSL 2.0, you can now use your new or existing "Apple ID", rather than needing a separate Darwin account [2]. Additional information about APSL 2.0 and changes to source code access are below, with full details available at (http://www.opensource.apple.com/news/2.0-announce.html). If you have any questions, please contact us at admin@opensource.apple.com. Sincerely, The Darwin Team at Apple [1] Apple Public Source License 2.0 now a "Free Software License" Apple is pleased to announce the 2.0 version of the Apple Public Source License. It improves upon the OSI-approved APSL 1.2 by conforming to the definition of Free Software Licenses (www.gnu...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Auto Reply 1.2 for EIMS Released Nanuet, NY - Aug. 3, 2002 -- MCF Software, LLC has released version 1.2 of its Auto Reply plug-in for EIMS (Eudora Internet Mail Server). The Auto Reply plug-in allows you to easily specify users for whom an auto-reply email message is to be sent, with the plug-in maintaining a list of those addresses to which it has sent a message. This ensures that the sender of the original message will only receive one copy of the auto-reply message, preventing the infamous auto-reply loop that is all too common with most auto-reply solutions. Version 1.2 correctly handles the case where the Mail Folder is an alias, supports writing to its own log file, and fixes a couple of bugs. A trial version can be downloaded from the MCF Software web site at http://www.mcfsoftware.com/ar/. The trial version will only handle 2 users. Once it is registered, the same version will become fully functional. The Auto Reply plug-in is $50 US. MCF Software, LLC...

iDevGames Kicks off uDevGame 2003 Mac Game Development Contest Takamatsu City, Japan, August 4, 2003 - iDevGames, the leading website for Macintosh game development, announced the start of uDevGame 2003, the 3rd annual Macintosh game development contest today. The uDevGame Contest gives programmers, designers, artists, and musicians the chance to both improve the state of gaming on the Macintosh platform, and to contribute to the independent development community. More than $16,000 of prizes are offered as incentives this year! "iDevGames has received an immense amount of support in our efforts to make a difference at the grassroots level through the uDevGame Contest, and we are dedicated to highlighting the tremendous talent of independent game developers," said Carlos Camacho, Editor-in-Chief of iDevGames. "The uDevGame Contest provides developers with a unique opportunity to utilize their skills as well as improve Mac gaming." iDevGames established the uDevGame Contest in 2001 to...

Latest Release of Dartware's InterMapper Integrates Custom Programs Supports Nagios, Big Brother Plugins, Host Resources MIB and Strip Charts Hanover, NH, August 4, 2003 -- Dartware LLC, a provider of cross-platform network monitoring products that help customers maximize network uptime, today announced the latest release of its flagship InterMapper program, which now allows a network administrator to monitor many new kinds of network servers and infrastructure using custom plugin programs. InterMapper provides a real-time view of a network, showing the health of servers as well as the traffic flows through and between critical wired and wireless network devices. With its visually powerful yet simple graphical user interface, InterMapper accurately and easily identifies current and potential issues that would otherwise compromise the performance of a network. Unlike more complex enterprise network management systems, InterMapper offers rapid time-to-value, with its ease of setup, fast...

XPLAIN OFFERS U.S. COMPANIES TURNKEY PAVILION PACKAGES AT APPLE EXPO PARIS -- Both Xplain pavilions return to Apple Expo Paris 2003 -- MacTech Central: The Technical Products Showcase -- "International Pavilion" to help developers expand in European market WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- August 4, 2003 -- Xplain Corporation, the leader in pavilion management, announced today they'll offer turnkey station packages to U.S. based companies, in market-focused pavilions at Apple Expo, in Paris (16-20 September, 2003). MacTech Central and the International Pavilion will bring to the Paris show both technical tools as well as help introduce many international publishers to the European market. Apple Expo, Europe's premier Macintosh event, celebrating it's 20th year, takes place from September 16 - 20, 2003, and will be held at the Porte De Versailles in Paris. See (http://www.apple-expo.com/) for more information on attending. Special Interest Pavilions, including Xplain's long running MacTech...

Press Release: UpdateGenie - New FileMaker development tool. Hi-Voltage has announced today, July 30th 2003, as the release date for the much-needed UpdateGenie. It is a unique development tool designed for FileMaker developers to create and distribute update packages quickly and easily. For over 2 years the Australian company has been developing and personally using UpdateGenie within their client's solutions. UpdateGenie's features include: Cross-version capabilities allowing any previous version to be updated with a single package; the option to update specific files in order to save time; updates plug-ins both directly, and for FileMaker Server via the AutoUpdate plug-in; works with runtime solutions; full cross-platform capabilities; a restore function that reverts the solution back to it pre-update condition and can easily be integrated with existing solutions. It does all this in an attractive user-friendly interface. "As FileMaker developers, for years we have needed an...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2003 - Today Kuwan.net (www.kuwan.net) is pleased to announce Defaults Manager Beta 4 for Mac OS X. Defaults Manager Beta 4 adds preliminary support for copy and paste as well as preliminary Drag and Drop support. The following items are new for Beta 4: * Added copy support (cut & paste support coming). * Added drag support, only from the outline view currently (drop support coming). Defaults Manager is the premier editor for the User Defaults (Preferences) database on Mac OS X. It allows you to easily view, edit, delete, and backup preferences that are stored in the User Defaults database. Defaults Manager is the fastest and easiest way to manage your preferences on Mac OS X. Defaults Manager Features: * Simple and intuitive interface. * Easy access to your User Defaults database. * Ability to backup and restore your defaults. * Unlimited Undo and Redo support. * Search for any property. * Add and delete domains. * Add and delete properties. * Edit...

News For Immediate Release Apago's new Pheon conversion software for Mac OS X lowers price barrier for digital ad delivery and cross-media publishing software -- Quickly and accurately converts between file formats commonly used for digital ad delivery -- PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, TIFF/IT-P1, Brisque, copydot and more. -- Advanced options include batch processing; setting bleed, trim and art boxes in PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 files; cropping; image scaling, rotation and compression; and ICC color matching. Alpharetta, GA; July 24, 2003 -- Apago's new Pheon software for Mac OS X provides advertisers, prepress professionals and publishers with a cost effective tool for preparing high quality files for digital advertising delivery and cross-media publishing. Pheon software from Apago, a leading developer of workflow software for the prepress and printing industries, is priced at only $999 - a fraction of other competing file conversion packages. Pheon users can create highly efficient target files...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aladdin Knowledge Systems Offers Mac Developers New HASP Security Implementation Tools CHICAGO, July 28, 2003 ? Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALDN) today announced the availability of new Envelope and Remote Update System (RUS) tools for Mac software developers implementing HASP, the company's proven USB key-based cross platform software security and license management solution. The HASP Envelope Tool allows developers to protect applications in minutes and provides useful features that complement API protection including automatic implementation of anti-debugging and anti-hacking measures, File encryption that secures code from prying eyes, and flexible licensing models designed to meet the needs of Mac software developers. For managing licenses and upgrading applications in the field, Aladdin's RUS offers Mac developers flexibility and convenience. HASP RUS for Mac gives software users 24/7 license updates, software upgrades and add-ons via phone, fax...

July 25, 2003--Blue Line Studios today announced an update of their CD labeler JewelCaseIllustrator to version 2.0.0. Additions: New are many image manipulation filters like RGB balance, HSL balance, brightness and contrast, color sync, alpha gain, blur, sharpen, edge detection, emboss, general convolution (user defined), color style, color tint, and lens flare. Quick Summary: JewelCaseIllustrator is a drawing program for creating labels, tray liners, and booklets for CDs and DVDs. A useful feature is the automatic indexing of Finder-like directory lists to index entire volumes. The trial version prints 12 pages before it expires. The product homepage is at http://www.blueline-studios.com/jcMain.html A detailed list of its features is available at http://www.blueline-studios.com/jcFeat.html Tutorial how to make jewel case labels at http://www.blueline-studios.com/jcTutor.html Download and registering at http://www.blueline-studios.com/jcDown.html The support page http://www.blueline-...

For Immediate Release For more information, a review copy, cover art, or an interview with the authors, contact: Kathryn Barrett (707) 827-7094 or kathrynb@oreilly.com Security Begins with Well-Written Code O'Reilly Releases "Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++" Sebastopol, CA--Over the next three years, private organizations and government agencies will spend an estimated $21 billion on network security to fight off password sniffing, spoofing, buffer overflows, denials of service, viruses, worms, and other attacks. Despite this tremendous effort, experts including John Viega, coauthor of the "Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++" (O'Reilly, US $49.95), assert that many security problems boil down to one fundamental cause: poorly written, poorly tested, and insecure code underlying applications that run the very systems everyone is trying so hard to secure. That's not something system administrators can fix at the network level, Viega explains, but depends on programmers...

ARCANEWARE INTRODUCES THE ARCANEREADER USB BARCODE SCANNER FOR OS X Easy-To-Use, Affordable Barcode Scanner Built For ArcaneWare's "Library" ENGLISHTOWN, NJ -- JULY 8, 2003 -- ArcaneWare today released its ArcaneReader USB Barcode Scanner, designed for Library, the company's personal book cataloging utility "for the rest of us." The new handheld reader is an easy-to-use solution for scanning Bookland EAN ("ISBN") barcodes into Library. All users need to use the new ArcaneReader is a copy of ArcaneWare's Library 1.1 or later, along with a free powered USB port. Plug it in, scan a barcode, and Library does the rest. "With control over both the hardware and software experience, we have created a seamless solution to manage book collections," said Andrew Kazmierski, President of ArcaneWare. "In just a few minutes, our users can scan the books on their shelf, see them on the screen, sort and rate each book, then export the list to the web to share with friends." The new ArcaneReader...

Griffin Announces the iTrip Station Finder application Free software helps locate available iTrip frequencies in over 200 US cities NASHVILLE, TN - July 24, 2003. Griffin Technology Inc, innovator of exciting hardware and software products for the Mac market, today announced the iTrip Station Finder. This small free application assists iTrip owners in finding clear frequencies in over 200 cities and towns in the United States. The iTrip FM Transmitter is of the hottest iPod accessories in the world because it allows iPod owners to play their iPod's music in their cars or over their stereo through the FM radio. One of iTrip's most unique features is its ability to broadcast to any FM frequency on the dial. The new iTrip Station Finder application makes this process much easier and faster by suggesting the frequencies that have the least interference near them. The iTrip Station Finder is available immediately and can be downloaded at http://www.griffintechnology.com. The iTrip Station...

For Immediate Release: July 24, 2003 Contact: Debbie Rowland, Director of Marketing Sybex Inc. (510) 523-8233 ext. 434 drowland@sybex.com Sybex Steps Up a Notch with Updated Award-Winning iMovie=99 Book: iMovie 3 Solutions=99: Tips, Tricks, and Special Effects San Francisco, CA, July 24, 2003=97Sybex Inc., the world's largest independent computer book publisher, announces the release of iMovie=99 3 Solutions=99: Tips, Tricks, and Special Effects. Developed from the prior critically acclaimed title, this newly enhanced full-color book reveals inspiring techniques that help readers get the most out of the latest version of Apple's powerful yet accessible digital video editing software, iMovie 3. MyMac.com's book reviewer David Weeks said this about Sybex's previous award-winning iMovie 2 Solutions title: "This is an outstanding book for those who want to move beyond iMovie's easy, built-in effects and learn techniques to give your videos a more...

I'm pleased to announce the 1.67 release of Impression, backup software for Mac OS X. For immediate release: Impression 1.67 brings the ability to store archives on AES-128 encrypted disk images to the backup application for Mac OS X. Passwords for encrypted disk images have the additional option of being stored in the logged on user's keychain. This release also offers improved internationalized date treatments, as well as a host of bug fixes and UI improvements. Full release notes and speed comparison charts are available at this URL: (http://www.babelcompany.com/impression/history.html) Impression costs US$25 to register. A free, fully unlocked trial version is available for download and evaluation. Impression is available for download immediately, directly through this address: (http://www.babelcompany.com/impression/Impression.sit) Thanks for your time, Steve Elliott Babel Company

Richmond, California--- July 23, 2003--- Keyspan, America's #1 brand of USB connectivity products*, is now shipping retractable charging cables for most popular cell phones. The cables allow a cell phone to be charged from the USB port of a PC or Macintosh and are designed for use with Nokia, Motorola, Ericcson, Siemens, Sony, Samsung, LG Mobile, Sanyo, and Kyocera cell phones. Keyspan has also released AC and DC adapters that allow cell phones to be charged from a power outlet in a building, car or boat. "Almost every laptop user carries a cell phone when traveling," noted Mike Ridenhour, president of Keyspan. "Charging the cell phone from the USB port of the laptop makes it possible to leave bulky cell phone chargers at home. Keyspan's ZIP-LINQ retractable cables are easy to carry and convenient to use." Keyspan's ZIP-LINQ cables are available to resellers via Ingram Micro and to consumers through leading catalogs and online resellers. Pricing for the retractable cell phone...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steven W. Schuldt Rainjul L.L.C. Telephone: 916-752-5534 Fax: 916-405-3379 Email: swschuldt@rainjul.com www.rainjul.com/aizai/ Rainjul Announces Aizai 1.4 with WebKit Engine and Ninety-Nine Cent Summer Special SACRAMENTO, CA, USA, July 24, 2003 - Today, Rainjul released version 1.4 of Aizai , the first technology to allow individuals and groups to view, create and distribute digital photos, movies, music, web pages, documents and folders via virtual television channels. Rainjul also announced their ninety-nine cent Summer Special offer. Aizai runs on Apple Computer's Mac OS X Jaguar. "Aizai 1.4 has fully integrated support for the WebKit, the same engine that powers Apple's Safari browser. This is the most powerful and exciting release of Aizai yet", said Steven W. Schuldt creator of Aizai, "our ninety-nine cent Summer Special offer means that now every Mac user can afford to own the world's premiere video blogging software." Version 1.4 also includes...

JULY 23,2003 - dot software is pleased to announce the release of its batch manipulating utility, QuickConvert. This is the first release of QuickConvert that is available for Mac OS X. QuickConvert is a program that allows one to batch process your files using Entourage/Mail-like rules. QuickConvert's conditions can save one hours of sorting while QuickConvert's actions can save one hours of modifying. QuickConvert can do everything from change mac creator and type codes to modify file names and move files. QuickConvert can save one hours of work and is highly customizable. QuickConvert 2.0 is completely rewritten from the ground up and its features include: - Batch Processing - Folder Scanning - Rules - Over 20 Conditions - Over 10 Actions - Unlimited Rules - Speed More information about QuickConvert can be found at http://www.dotsw.com/quickconvert.html and QuickConvert for Mac OS X can be downloaded directly from http://www.dotsw.com/quickconvert2x.sit

Trolltech Releases Qt 3.2 The new release includes two new widgets, additional database support, Indic and Syriac script support, and many other improvements. OSLO, Norway - July 23, 2003 - Trolltech today announced the release of Qt, version 3.2. Qt, Trolltech's C++ multiplatform application framework, is the industry-leading C++ tool used to create applications that run natively on Windows, Linux/Unix and Mac OS X, all from the same codebase. "The core design goal of Qt is to ensure that the development platform is stable and robust," said Eirik Aavitsland, Qt product manager. "When developing Qt 3.2, we wanted to ensure that the base platform was rock solid, then we focused on new features. We have added a few very important features, such as DB2 drivers and support for Indic writing systems, but Qt 3.2 is mostly about stability and performance." The release of Qt 3.2 includes hundreds of enhancements and features that enable developers to build high-performance, low maintenance...

LightWork Design Announces Cross-Platform Support for RPC Content RPC functionality integrated within world's leading rendering engine! SHEFFIELD, UK (22 July 2003) - LightWork Design, the world's leading supplier of rendering solutions for developers of advanced 3D computer graphics software, announces cross-platform support for RPC Content within LightWorks. The LightWorks implementation of RPC, supporting RPC people, trees and other objects, runs on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. Andy Chapman, CEO of LightWork Design said, "This new functionality is closely integrated into the standard LightWorks API, providing customers with the quickest and most cost-effective way to add RPC support to their applications." The implementation of RPC in LightWorks is intelligent, extremely efficient and supports the rendering of RPC objects in both software and interactive rendering modes. It allows users to enhance the realism of their images by easily adding the RPC content...

46OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PNY ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF THE NVIDIA QUADRO FX 3000 SERIES WITH GENLOCK/FRAMELOCK AND POWERWALL CAPABILITIES Designed For Full-Scale Models, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000G and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 By PNY Deliver Advanced Features for High-Resolution Visualization PARSIPPANY, NJ - (July 22, 2003) PNY Technologies=AE announces the availability of the Quadro FX 3000 series, featuring one of the highest performing graphics memory available in professional workstation graphics boards. Debuting at Siggraph 2003 (Booth 2522), the NVIDIA Quadro=AE FX 3000 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000G by PNY improve overall performance with 27.2 GB/sec memory bandwidth and powerwall capabilities. For the highest visual resolutions, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000G offers the benefits of genlock and framelock. "Availability of the Quadro FX 3000 series is testimony that PNY consistently supplies the most sophisticated workstation graphics hardware," said Tony Gomez, vice president of sales...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 22,2003 - dot software is pleased to announce the release of Link Checker 1.1.6. Link Checker quickly goes through your web site and finds any broken links or images. It also displays any redirected links it comes across so the links on your web site are not outdated. If the web site you are checking is stored locally, you can fix the broken links right inside Link Checker! Link Checker is great for anyone with a web site because broken or outdated links and missing images don't look good. Key Features: - Multiple web sites - Custom parse modules - Fix broken links - Find outdated links - Blazing speed - HTML reports - Also checks images, files, and more What's new in 1.1.6: - Auto filling for creating new web sites - Bug fixes - Link Checker now works with multiple index file name web sites - Report format improved and the generated HTML is easier to read More information about Link Checker can be found at http://www.dotsw.com/linkchecker.html and Link...

For Immediate Release Contacts: Pearce Communications 4D, Inc. Marketing 4D, Inc. Engineering Naomi Pearce Debbie Brewer Luke van der Westhuyzen naomi@pearce.com dbrewer@4D.com luke@4D.com 510.528.0824 408.557.4606 408.557.4619 4D Summit 2003 Announced for Santa Fe, NM -- 4D Developer Community Gathering to Learn, Share, and See the Future of 4D - Register by July 31 for Significant Savings -- SAN JOSE, Calif., July 22, 2003 - 4D, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS environment, 4D Business Kit and 4D WebSTAR Server Suite, today announced details of the upcoming 4D Summit Conference 2003. Scheduled for October 15-19 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the 4D Summit is a place for developers to discuss driving technology topics with other developers and with the 4D engineers. Early-bird registration discounts are available to all registrations submitted by July 31, 2003. The 4D Summit covers many current...

For Immediate Release For more information, a review copy, cover art, or an interview with the author, contact: Kathryn Barrett (707) 827-7094 or kathrynb@oreilly.com Learning to Communicate Software Design Graphically O'Reilly Releases "Learning UML" Sebastopol, CA--The world of technology is replete with languages; programming languages alone are described as high-level, low-level, object-oriented, procedural, scripting, markup, and so on. The Unified Modeling Language, or UML, is none of these, but rather a standard notation--a visual language--used for modeling and communicating about systems. Using diagrams and supporting text as a means of communication, the UML makes it possible for team members to collaborate to successfully develop systems. Seemingly simple, UML is a rich and expressive language, and is quickly becoming an industry standard for specifying and documenting software systems, endorsed by almost every maker of software development products. "Learning UML" (O'...

The Authors of The Backup Book endorse BackJack for Internet Backup The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, ISBN 0-9729039-0-9 BackJack by Synectics Business Solutions, Inc., www.backjack.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 18, 2003 - CONTACT: Lynn Heiberger (email lheiberger@netfrontiers.com) and Julie Hetherington (email julieh@backjack.com) When Network Frontiers needed a place to store their most valuable asset, The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center, they chose BackJack. "Both BackJack and Apple have reliable Internet backup solutions for the Macintosh," stated Dorian Cougias, author of The Backup Book and CEO of Network Frontiers. "We chose BackJack because they could support our total data requirements of 3 Gig. Apple's iDisc solution is restricted to 300 MB and really isn't geared toward the organizational user." Network Frontiers is definitely eating their own dog food. The book features an...

..com Solutions Inc. has released FmPro Migrator 1.46 Enterprise Edition ($50) for MacOS X with support for generating Perl CGI scripts for FileMaker databases migrated to MySQL and Oracle. Perl CGI scripts are generated for each FileMaker layout within the database and can include customized data entry and data validation for each layout field. FmPro Migrator Enterprise Edition also adds support for migrating FileMaker to Access, SQL Server, Sybase and DB2. Existing customers of FmPro Migrator STD Edition can upgrade for the difference in price between versions, $20. product page: http://www.dotcomsolutionsinc.net/products/fmpro_migrator/index.html full press release page: http://www.dotcomsolutionsinc.net/news/fmpro_migrator/07172003fmpro_migr... 146.html David Simpson www.dotcomsolutionsinc.net

JPEG 2000 Dropper v1.1 NICHENICH, Germany (July 16, 2003) -- Monkeybread Software Releases JPEG 2000 Dropper v1.1, a simple utility to use the QuickTime Importer and Exporter classes to convert any picture file to a JPEG 2000 picture file. New in version 1.1: * Added a drop window. * Fixed the string handling to work with unicode file names. Requires Mac OS X with installed QuickTime 6; source code is included. This application shows REALbasic developers how to use the QTGraphicsImporterMBS class together with the QTGraphicsExporterMBS class to convert pictures. The application is freeware, but contributions are accepted through PayPal. All freeware applications: (http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/) The JPEG 2000 Dropper website: (http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/JPEG2000Dropper.html)

Runtime Revolution 2.1 Premieres at MacWorld Creative Pro NY New Editions, New Features, and Revolutionary Special Offers Edinburgh, Scotland, July 16th 2003 Runtime Revolution today announced Revolution 2.1, the latest update to its user-centric, multi-platform software development environment. Revolution developers can look forward to new capabilities and new features. There are three new editions to choose from - including the entry-level Revolution Express - and a limited-time 50% discount. Revolution 2.1, now in beta test, contains dozens of improvements that make building full-featured applications for every platform easier than ever before. OS X developers will benefit from the addition of "metal" appearance, drawers, and other improvements to make their applications even more Aqua-friendly. New improvements to the Unicode architecture make Revolution an even stronger tool for creating international applications for Asian markets. Building database front ends is simpler than...