We are proud to announce a new public beta of our MP3 catalogging system mp3voodoo for the Apple Macintosh. mp3voodoo organizes your MP3 collection - "May I *show* you my MP3 collectio= n?" mp3voodoo lets you catalog MP3 files in albums and titles and has the special ability to attach cover pictures to albums. As in real life you are able to browse your collection by eye. All information is stored in a powerful database and can be displayed by albums, covers or titles in a user configurable structures (e.g. show by decade - artist). mp3voodoo uses Quicktime or controls a 3rd party mp3 player (not under OSX) to play titles directly out of collections or previously created playlists. The version published today fixes many bugs and comes much closer to the final version. mp3voodoo is available now as Carbon version for 35 USD - as long as the software is not registered, playing is interrupted sometimes and a splash screen is shown at startup time. Direct download link (3.3 MB) http://www...

June 13, 2002 - BEST Software Design announces the release of BESTCapture Plug-in v1.0. BESTCapture Plug-in enables REALbasic developers to quickly and easily add audio and video features to their applications. Whether you need single image capture, audio recording, or full blown video capture, BESTCapture Plug-in can meet your needs! Compare it to similar products and find out why our customers prefer BESTCapture Plug-in for its features and value. http://www.bestsoftwaredesign.com/bestcapture.html

New WEBmail and WEBcalendar for Mac OS X Santa Barbara, CA, June 13, 2002. Tenon Intersystems announced today that iTools 6.5, its web server package for Apple's Mac OS X, includes a new version of WEBmail and a WEBcalendar. Tenon's iTools anytime, anywhere WEBmail enables users to access email, via POP or IMAP, from any device running a browser. WEBmail 5.1 is fully customizable, for rebranding and localization, and can be hand-tailored with unique logos and banner advertising on a virtual host-by-virtual host basis. Tenon's iTools WEBmail was developed by EMUmail, Inc. (http://www.emumail.com), a widely respected vendor of web-based mail systems. The new WEBmail 5.1 lets users choose between several "skins" to change the look and feel of the product. Other WEBmail features include: multiple attachments, address books with import and export capabilities, user definable folders, outbox for sent messages, real-time SPAM filtering, customizable tag line for site branding, blind...

For Immediate Release Portland, OR - June 12, 2002 Dr. Bott ships iCase12 and iCase12 Plus, the ultimate carry case for iBook. (http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?name=icase12) iCase12 offers unsurpassed safety in transporting Apple's 12" iBook. It takes all your computing on the go needs into account offering storage for AC power, spare battery, iPod, CDs and more. The iCase12 Plus incorporates a carry strap and black side bag that provides room for important papers and extra hardware. iCase 12's Lift-O-matic feet and removable top allow for comfortable use of the iBook without removing it from the case. "We have to admit that the success of TiCase, our high end case for the Titanium PowerBook surprised us. Soon after releasing TiCase the calls started coming in for a similar case for the iBook. iCase12 is exactly what our customers have been demanding." said Eric Prentice, CEO of Dr. Bott LLC. "It provides the ultimate in security while being functional and elegant."...

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE macility PopChar X 1.1 available Hagenberg, June-11-2002, ergonis software today announced the immediate availability of PopChar X 1.1, the Mac OS X sibling of the highly acclaimed PopChar Pro. The update incorporates several new features, as well as fixes for various reported issues. In particular, this version fixes the "Start at Login" problem and makes the "P box" moveable. A detailed list of changes included in this update is available on the company's web site: http://www.macility.com/products/popcharx/history.html PopChar X 1.1 is a recommended update for all PopChar X 1.0 and 1.0.1 customers. The upgrade is free for all registered users of previous versions of PopChar X. The new version can be downloaded from: http://www.macility.com/downloads/ More information on PopChar X is available from: http://www.macility.com/products/popcharx/ About PopChar X PopChar X the Mac OS X sibling of the highly acclaimed PopChar Pro. PopChar X makes "...

FONTAGENT X 10.1 ENHANCES FONT-ACTIVATION SUPPORT FOR CLASSIC APPS New Release Also Strengthens Font Library Functionality June 11, 2002 [Carlsbad, CA] Insider Software today announced FontAgent X 10.1, a new release that adds font-activation support for Classic applications and strengthens the leading font management utility's unique multi-library functionality. NO REASON TO WAIT TO UPGRADE TO MAC OS X In addition to its extensive font organization, management and integrity-assurance power, FontAgent X 10.1 now supports font activation within the Classic environment of Mac OS X. "The Mac world is steadily moving to Mac OS X and Cocoa applications, but there are still a lot of Classic Macintosh titles out there," said Rio Sabadicci, CEO of Insider Software. "This release of FontAgent X lets customers upgrade to Mac OS X without giving up font management or their existing Classic apps. From a font management perspective, there is now no reason to wait to upgrade to Mac OS X." STRONGER...

Sig Software is proud to announce Email Merge version 2.1 for OS 7/8/9. Email Merge is an intuitive program for creating mailings of individualized email messages. It takes a database and a message template, and merges the two to rapidly create customized emails in Outlook Express, Entourage, Eudora, Emailer, Mailsmith, PowerMail or QuickMail. Email Merge can import databases directly from text files or FileMaker Pro and includes many of its own database features such as sorting and finding duplicates. It supports attachments and allows each message to be sent using a different account in the chosen email program. Version 2.1 adds the ability to send HTML email with Microsoft Entourage or Outlook Express. The upgrade is free for all registered users. More information and the Email Merge download are available at: http://www.sigsoftware.com/emailmerge/ Thank you, Gideon Greenspan Lead Developer Sig Software ggreenspan@sigsoftware.com http://www.sigsoftware.com/

Subject: FoldersSynchronizer 3.0 new Cocoa release From: Softobe (info@softobe.com) Dear Madam/Sir, We are very glad to announce we have just released our shareware FoldersSynchronizer 3.0 (Cocoa - for MacOS X only). FoldersSynchronizer is a nifty application which synchronizes and backs-up files and folders. You can know more about it at the FoldersSynchronizer Product Page: http://www.softobe.com/products/flsy/pp.html You can download it right now from: http://www.softobe.com/download/flsy.sit http://www.softobe.com/download/flsy.hqx http://digilander.iol.it/softobe/flsy.sit Sincerely Yours -- Softobe mailto:info@softobe.com http://www.softobe.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Extensis Releases Free Updates to Popular Photoshop Plug-ins New versions add compatibility with Adobe Photoshop 7 in Mac OS 9 Portland, Ore. - June 10, 2002 - Extensis today made available free updates to their popular Photoshop Plug-ins that add support for Photoshop 7 running on Macintosh OS 9. Registered users of Mask Pro, Intellihance Pro, PhotoTools and PhotoFrame can download free updates from the Extensis website at http://www.extensis.com/support/dl_page.html. Mac OS X versions of these Plug-ins will be released at a later date. "In order to fulfill tremendous user demand, we have made our Photoshop Plug-ins compatible with Photoshop 7 on Mac OS 9," said Michael Wong, Productivity Tools product manager for Extensis. "This is the first stage in our development plan for updating our Plug-in products for Photoshop 7 and Mac OS X compatibility." About Mask Pro Extensis Mask Pro 2.0 provides expert-level tools that dramatically reduce the time necessary for...

Subject: FileXaminer v1.1 Released Gideon Softworks, Inc. announces the release of FileXaminer 1.1, the award-winning File/Folder information utility for Mac OS X. FileXaminer allows you to modify file and folder attributes that the Finder cannot ( ex. Type/Creator Info, UNIX permissions, and much more... ). FileXaminer is powerful and easy to use - making it the best "Get Info" application for Mac OS X. New in this release : This release is a bug fix release that addresses user reported problems. FileXaminer eliminates the need to use Terminal, and makes changing attributes on files/folders a breeze. FileXaminer is free to registered users of Get Info. FileXaminer Home Page ( feature list and download ) : (http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/filexaminer.html) Contact Gideon Softworks, Inc. (feedback@gideonsoftworks.com) for details. (http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/)

News Release eZeScreen 1.0 Plug-in from eZedia Available for Apple's iMovie 2 WINNIPEG, CANADA =96 June 10, 2002 =96 eZedia Inc., a leader in digital medi= a software technology, today released eZeScreen 1.0, the second in a series of plug-ins for iMovie 2, the world's most popular, easy-to-use consumer digital video editing software from Apple. eZedia's eZeScreen plug-in gives iMovie 2 users professional blue screen and green screen video effects. Users can position an additional movie over an iMovie 2 clip and adjust the transparency and fade levels of any selected color to add animated logos, talking heads, or any QuickTime supported movie. eZedia's first iMovie plug-in, eZeMatte 1.0, was released in April 2002 and allows any QuickTime supported image to overlay an iMovie clip. Users can add borders, frames, themes, logos or any customized graphic. "With eZeScreen, iMovie 2 users can include Hollywood-style special effects that were previously only available in professional level...

Subject: [ANN] Picture Play 1.6, major update From: Chris Carruthers (chris@crescendosw.com) Hello, Crescendo Software is pleased to announce the release of Picture Play 1.6, our new update to the premier shareware image composition tool for OS X. Picture Play lets you combine digital photos, scanned images, or any other graphics to create rich and diverse compositions with editable text content, backgrounds, and stylish effects including translucency, transparency, rotation and more. Its powerful multi-layered engine allows you to rearrange and edit individual objects freely until your original artwork is how you want it. You can then print, or export to one of many standard file formats, to share with family and friends, on paper or the web. You can check out the new update by visiting our website at http://www.crescendosw.com, or download Picture Play directly from http://www.crescendosw.com/files/pictureplay.sit.bin (972 kB download). This is a free upgrade for all currently...

Apple Launches "Real People" Ad Campaign PC to Mac "Switchers" Tell Their Story CUPERTINO, California-June 10, 2002-Apple=AE today launched a new advertisin= g campaign featuring real people who have switched from PCs to the Macintosh=AE. The campaign will debut today on television with eight different ads, each highlighting a different "switcher" telling their story. The "switchers" featured in the Real People campaign come from diverse backgrounds, including a Windows network administrator, a writer, an illustrator, a small business owner, a programmer, an interactive producer and a DJ. This will be Apple's largest ad campaign since "Think Different" was launched in 1998. "These are not actors-they're real people who have switched from PCs to Macs, telling their story in their own words," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "More people are interested in switching from PCs to Macs than ever before, and we hope that hearing these successful switchers tell their story will help others make...

Blackmagic Design unleashes 6 new real time effects for Kona SD. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - 6rd June 2002 - Today Blackmagic Design Pty. Ltd. in conjunction with AJA Video Inc. announced the immediate availability of the new image control real time effects upgrade for the Kona SD. This upgrade is included in the Blackmagic Kona SD software v1.3.1 available now, and is downloadable at no cost to our hundreds of users. Update notices will be sent to registered users today. Image Control real time effects include Tint, Sepia, Gamma Correction, Brightness Contrast, Proc Amp, and Desaturate. All real time effects update on the Mac monitor in real time, and don't need to be rendered before playout to tape, accelerating the creative process. "These new real time effects are tremendously exciting, and reinforce the Kona SD product theme of the one card that does everything." Says Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design. "The Kona SD features almost a dozen real time effects, 10 bit uncompressed...

WEB CROSSING, INC. ANNOUNCES TEAM CROSSING 2.0 -- Free Upgrade, Now More Customizable with User and Host Interfaces Completely Localizable -- SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 5, 2002 -- Web Crossing, Inc., provider of the world's leading communications software for online collaboration and community, today announced Team Crossing v2.0, now with fully localizable user and host interface, expanded look and feel customization features, and new custom positioning for optional site elements. Team Crossing 2.0 is available today as a free upgrade to all registered Team Crossing 1.x users. For a complete list of Team Crossing features, including new localization features, new customization features and bug fixes, or to download Team Crossing 2.0, see (http://www.webcrossing.com/tc20). "Team Crossing 2.0 takes strong customization to a whole new level," explained Tim Lundeen, president and CEO of Web Crossing, Inc. "Building on the extensive customizability of the underlying Web Crossing engine,...

Extensis is pleased to announce a "preview release" of Portfolio 6 for Mac OS X, available for immediate download. The release marks the first phase of a plan to bring the entire Portfolio product line to Mac OS X over the next several months. Registered owners of Portfolio 6, which began shipping in February, will be eligible to receive a free upgrade to the final Mac OS X version of Portfolio 6 when it becomes available later this summer. Meanwhile, Portfolio 6 Server for Mac OS X, which extends the image-cataloging and file-management power of Portfolio to larger workgroups, will be released next month. The Mac OS X edition of Portfolio Server will be fully compatible with both the currently-shipping version of Portfolio 6, as well as the native Mac OS X version that will ship later. Extensis is making this early (alpha) release of Portfolio for Mac OS X available to the public in response to strong interest from customers who would like to begin using the award-wining digital...

Chaparral Software releases Brushfire 1.5.3 for FileMaker Pro 5.5. Update to blazing fast script analysis utility adds navigation aids, more user forgiveness. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Calabasas, California, June 4, 2002 -- Chaparral Software today announced the immediate availability of Brushfire 1.5.3, an update to its script analysis utility for FileMaker Pro 5 through 5.5. What is Brushfire? Brushfire is the fastest and most comprehensive script analysis program available for FileMaker Pro users, developers, consultants and DBAs. Brushfire analyzes related files, producing in-depth reports that reveal script details, errors, warning, and functional data about your FileMaker Pro solutions. By seeing related scripts in one place at one time, logically and intuitively organized, users can produce higher-quality solutions with less effort than every before. For these reasons and more, top developers and organizations worldwide are turning to Brushfire to conveniently and quickly debug,...

For immediate release! June 4th, 2002 We are proud to announce the release of SQLBoss Developer 1.31 With the help of our customers and members we were able to improve SQLBoss Developer to the most user friendly SQL tool present on the market. SQLBoss Developer and the upcoming SQLBoss Layouter from SQLBoss Inc. provide you with a complete database and content management system for many SQL databases (11 drivers including mySQL, postgreSQL...). SQLBoss Developer is a tool for rapid database development on remote hosts. It helps you to create and change databases, tables and columns and to manage the content within web-enabled databases. More features: supports 8 import/export file formats, dynamically generated data entry layouts, HTML WYSIWYG Editor, database backup server, mySQL Admin. Fastest SQL tool on the market. Some of the major improvements on SQLBoss 1.31 are: - Database error messages show up again - Sometimes Error 1024 showed up, that's now fixed - The Admin Menu is now...

RBulk Builder is a Batch Building companion for REALbasic. With it, you can automatically launch differents builds, changing the name, the platform, the language and even constant values for each one. It is designed for people that need to build many different binaries (different platforms, localized, demo/light versions...) from a single source project file. version 1.2.8 fix a bug on Classic launching RBulk with REALbasic already opened, and adds Code debugging features (borrowed from Project Cuisinart, by courtesy of Virtual1) You can get it at: http://www.liane.net/rb/rbulk RBulk is free and open source.

Apple To Offer Popular eMac to Consumers 17-Inch Flat CRT eMac Most Affordable G4 System Ever CUPERTINO, California-June 4, 2002-Due to strong consumer demand, Apple=AE today announced the immediate availability of its new eMac=81 to consumers. Originally offered to just education customers, the eMac was launched in April to rave reviews and has since generated tremendous interest from consumers. Apple is offering a new CD-RW and modem configuration eMac through all of its retail channels. The eMac features a stunning 17-inch flat CRT and a powerful 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor in a remarkably compact design that is 8 mm less deep than the original 15-inch iMac=AE. Priced for retail at just $1,099 (US), the eMac is the most affordable PowerPC G4 system ever. "Consumers have pounded on the table demanding to buy the eMac, and we agree," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "The eMac's production ramp is ahead of schedule, so we'll have enough eMacs this quarter to satisfy both our education and...

ksoft is pleased to announce the release of FontCat 2.0 and FontCat 2.0 Deluxe. This version is an update to the previous version of FontCat. FontCat is designed to make it easier on you to view what fonts you have o= n your hard drive, or CD collections, and view them on-line or print out samples for future reference. FEATURES: * Find all fonts contained in a folder. * List all fonts in a folder (in its actual face) without having to first install them. * View the list of fonts in a slide show format so you can see and choose which fonts you want to use. * Click on a font and bring up more detailed views * Grid view - display all characters in the font at 1 time so you can see what characters are contained in that font. * Print out a listing of your fonts in there actual face, without having to first install them. * Print Preview. * Save subsection of fonts as a group. * Use the built-in layout editor to design your own custom type reference pages. * Import your own or company logo...

Hamburg, Germany, June 3rd 2002 Dear Editor Xnet announces new version Captain FTP 1.3 for Mac OS X Xnet Communication GmbH, the independent software vendor with core business in data communication high-end solutions announces the release Captain FTP version 1.3. This absolutely new FTP client designed from scratch for Mac OS X released the very first time at the end of December 2001 already became one of the fastest developed software available in the net. With this new release we focused the development on both of our main customer groups. The private end user will benefit from major changes in handling the GUI. The commercial user will be fond of every day tasks like changing attributes and keep-alives sessions as well as BBEdit integration. "We've collected all the feedback and requirements of our customers during the past 6 month and improved Captain FTP in the easy-to-use tradition with the most important and desired features", said Mariusz Roznowski - CTO of Xnet. Please have a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Troi Automatisering releases Troi File Plug-in 2.5 for FileMaker Pro 5.5 New plug-in lets you manipulate your files and folders and use file and folder information directly from your FileMaker Pro databases. Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, June 3rd, 2002--Troi Automatisering today announced the availability of its Troi File Plug-in 2.5, for FileMaker Pro 5 through 5.5. What is Troi File Plug-in? Troi File Plug-in is a very powerful tool for getting access to information outside the FileMaker Pro database. Any files or folders stored on the computer can be accessed through the functions of the plug-in. All from within FileMaker you can: - get data out of files that are on the disk of the computer - (batch) import pictures, sounds etc. and optionally store only a reference to them in FileMaker Pro - create files anywhere on the hard disk and put data from FileMaker fields into it - manipulate files and folders on the disk: this includes creation, deletion,...

ZegsRuler 1.05 FracturedSoftware is pleased to announce the release of ZegsRuler 1.05. ZegsRuler is a set of classes that enable you to easily add all sorts of rulers and scales to your REALBasic project. ZegsRuler supports the common requirements of scaling (zooming), scrolling and changing of the origin as well as lots of control over line length, width and color, background color, text etc. It comes with 5 easily modified built in styles to get you started as well as extensive documentation and example projects. This new version has improved Windows compatability, protection against low memory situations, updated examples and some small internal changes to make it easier to draw the ruler into any graphics object. A fully functional demo of ZegsRuler is available at www.fracturedsoftware.com. ZegsRuler costs US$15 or US$25 for the source code with free unlimited upgrades. thanks! Peter Zegelin www.fracturedsoftware.com email: support@fracturedsoftware.com

POINT IN SPACE ANNOUNCES LASSO PROFESSIONAL 5 DEVELOPER EDITION SPECIAL OFFER GT. BARRINGTON, MA, May 30, 2002 - Point In Space Web Hosting today announced a special offer for new customers purchasing Blue World's Lasso Professional 5 Developer Edition in conjunction with any Filemaker or MySQL hosting account. "Lasso Professional 5 is a major leap forward for the Lasso programming environment. The Developer Edition is an essential tool for any developer, including full documentation for the Lasso language, as well as the ability to test solutions locally before deploying on production servers," says John May, Point In Space's President. For a limited time, Point In Space is offering Lasso Professional 5 Developer Edition for $299* ($50 off the regular retail price of $349) when purchased in conjunction with a new Filemaker or MySQL Hosting Account. For details, see (http://www.pointinspace.com/lassodeveloper/). About Point In Space Web Hosting Point In Space Web Hosting is a...

PINNACLE SYSTEMS SHIPS CIN=C9WAVE CLASSIC AND CIN=C9ACQUIRE New Products Deliver Low-Cost Uncompressed Video Quality for Motion Graphics Artists and QuickTime Applications MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, May 30, 2002 - Pinnacle Systems, a leader in digital video content creation tools, today announced the immediate availability of Cin=E9Wave Classic, a new low-cost uncompressed video system created for motion graphic artists and video editors who already own Final Cut Pro. Pinnacle Systems also commenced shipment of Cin=E9Acquire, a comprehensive video capture and device control application and plug-in for both Adobe After Effects and Pinnacle Systems Commotion Pro. Justin R. Allen, President of Katana Interactive said, "We have been eagerly awaiting both Cin=E9Wave Classic and Cin=E9Acquire since they were unveiled at NAB. These two products represent the perfect upgrades for both our graphic and video departments. Now these departments and our promo staff can easily bring the highest-quality...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SubRosaSoft Ships the first volume of SubRosa Utilities -Easy-to-use encryption and shredding software utility protects user data against unauthorized access- Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, (May 29th, 2002)--- SubRosaSoft,Ltd., a newly formed company based in New Zealand focused in security and privacy software, today announced the immediate availability of SubRosa Volume 1-File Utilities. Previously licensed to FWB Software, SubRosa Vol. 1 is the first of many new security software developed exclusively by SubRosaSoft. Volume 1 of SubRosa comes with a trio of easy-to-use security utilities. SubRosa Encryptor allows a user to take files and folders and encrypt them into a secure format. Subrosa Shredder securely erases files or folders from your computer and SubRosa Decryptor is used to convert files made by Encryptor back into their original format. "Most early adopters of SubRosa Vol. 1 found it amazingly easy to use," explained Marko Kostryko--SubRosa Volume 1's...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WestCiv releases Style Master 2.2, upgrading their CSS editor. May 29, 2002 - Bondi Beach, Australia - WestCiv announced today the release and immediate availability of Style Master 2.2, the cascading style sheet development environment for the MacOS. http://www.westciv.com/style_master/ CSS is the only acceptable standards-based approach to creating web page appearance. Style Master enables both WYSIWYG and hand-coded development of valid style sheets. With built-in browser support and reference information Style Master has helped developers overcome their reluctance to adopt this standard by * helping them to learn about the technology as they go * allowing them to rapidly create, test and deploy style sheets to control text, body and positioning appearance across entire sites This latest update includes * attractive and innovative style sheet templates * automated creation of style sheets from legacy, appearance based HTML: a great aid in transitioning to CSS...

May 29th, 2002 Drop Script Backgrounder turns an applescript compiled as an application into a background only application. Dragging the application onto the program again turns it back into a normal app. This is particularly useful if you are running many scripts as acgi programs, or just don't want a script you keep open to take up space in your dock. Drop Script Backgrounder is for Mac OS X only. It is released as freeware and was made with REALbasic. You can download it today from: http://www.sentman.com/software.htm Thank you, James Sentman (james@sentman.com) http://www.sentman.com Enterprise server monitoring for Mac OS X: http://whistleblower.sentman.com

For Immediate Release Mac OS X Developers The Omni Group Increase OmniGraffle Diagramming Capability Maps, Periodic Table Palettes Added to OmniGraffle Seattle, Washington -- May 28, 2002 -- The Omni Group, developers of Mac OS X applications OmniWeb, OmniOutliner, and OmniGraffle, announce new diagramming palettes available for OmniGraffle 2.0. OmniGraffle is a conceptual drawing tool designed to help business, technical and consumer users organize ideas and data. Now available to OmniGraffle users are the Periodic Table and Maps palettes. The Periodic Table object palette contains elements 1 through 118, each with identifying colors. Each element in the table has a magnet count equivalent to its valence so you can easily create bonds between elements. The Maps palette contains road signs, landmarks, and other symbols useful for producing clear, easy to read maps. OmniGraffle palettes are available free of charge from the Omni website: http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/...

ALADDIN SYSTEMS SHIPS iCLEAN 5.0, INTERNET CLUTTER CLEANER PROTECTS ONLINE PRIVACY BY CLEARING COOKIES, CACHE AND HISTORY TRACKS iClean Eliminates Internet Clutter Ensuring Net Privacy Watsonville, CA- MAY 28, 2002 - Aladdin Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: ALHI), today shipped iClean(tm) 5.0 for Macintosh, making it even easier to achieve a sense of security using the Internet. iClean helps quickly remove Internet build-up and clutter that is accumulated from surfing and downloading files. To learn more or download iClean, go to: (http://www.aladdinsys.com/iclean/index.html). Why use iClean? Website servers automatically download identification cookies onto Internet user's computers. As the user goes from site to site, a cookie trail is created showing where the user has been on the Internet. Some cookies make it easy to re-enter sites for everyday activities, like remembering passwords. But the rest just create a trail of evidence...

INTELLI INNOVATIONS RELEASES BARCODE AUTOMATOR SOFTWARE FOR MAC OS RALEIGH, NC, May 28th, 2002 -- Intelli Innovations Inc., developers of innovative business software for the Macintosh platform, today released Barcode Automator 1.0 for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. Barcode Automator is barcode generation software specially designed for bulk barcode creation and automation. A powerful, easy-to-use interface, coupled with AppleScript support allows users to create thousands of barcodes quickly and efficiently. Barcode Automator 1.0 features: - Complete support for EAN-8, EAN-13, ISBN (Bookland EAN), ITF Variable (I2of5), ITF-14, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, and Code 128 symbologies. - Integrated values editor with text import and automatic serialization capabilities (including high-range numeric values and step-repeat options). - Full AppleScript support (examples included) with format, factor, content/addendum, truncation, and symbology-specific support options. - Interactive, anti-...

MacHack 2002: CmdrTaco to Speak at MacHack MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers http://www.machack.com/ Contact: Carol Lynn mailto:info@machack.com c/o Expotech 1264 Bedford Road Grosse Point Park, MI 48230 May 28, 2002-Dearborn, MI-MacHack, The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers, has become famous for various reasons. The MacHax Group hosted Best Hack contest is one, but the outstanding lineup of conference speakers is another. This year, Rob Malda, the infamous CmdrTaco, best known for his work founding Slashdot the nearly ubiquitous website of "news for nerds" will join MacHack 2002. In this rare public appearance, he'll join MacHack's crowd of developers for a lively discussion that will range from his adventures building the online community that Slashdot has become to open source issues and where ever else the freeform gathering might lead. Malda's achievements have spanned a variety of fields from computer programming to nuclear physics. He was...

Optigold ISP 3.0 for Windows, Macintosh, Mac OS X and Linux was released on 05/24/2002. Optigold ISP is a cross-platform business software package to run all aspects of an internet service provider (from billing to server management). http://www.digitalpoint.com/products/isp/ A *FREE*, 100% working copy can be downloaded from: http://www.digitalpoint.com/products/download.php 3.0 adds slave package functionality, mail server IP address assignments and a few other feature requests. All new features in this version are listed in the revision log: Optigold ISP Revision Log ------------------------- Completed On 5/23/02 Packages can be used on slave accounts Slave account types show on receive payments screen Auto-assign/release functions for email server IP addresses added New online signup web interface preference - Trigger Server Events For Virtual Check Customers Completed On 5/22/02 Changed how employee name is stamped on new payments Completed On 5/18/02 Fixed false error when...

Carnation Software announces MacWise, version 10 MacWise emulates ADDS Viewpoint, Wyse 50, Wyse 60, Wyse 370, Televideo TV 925, DEC VT100 and Prism terminals. Esprit III color is also supported in Wyse 370 mode. MacWise allows a Macintosh to be used as a terminal -- connected to a host computer directly, by modem, or over the Internet. The emulators support video attributes such as dim, reverse, underline, 132-column modes, and graphic characters sent from the host computer, as well as enhanced Viewpoint mode. Features include phone list and dialer for Hayes-compatible modems, on-screen programmable function keys and more. Further Information: http://www.carnationsoftware.com/carnation/MacWise_X_Info.html

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Announcing Learning Mac OS X, A New Training Course from Lynda.com Ojai, CA - May 20, 2002 - Lynda.com has released "Learning Mac OS X", an online and CD-ROM based training course for beginning users of the latest Macintosh operating system. "Learning Mac OS X" contains over 2 hours of movie tutorials, and includes exercise files so viewers can follow along. This self-paced training course uses creative examples to guide users through one of the world's most advanced operating system, covering everything from using the Internet and email, to applications like iMovie and iPhoto. Bonus tips and tricks are also included to help users get the most out of OS X. Featured topics include: - Introduction to Mac OS X - Installing Mac OS X - The Finder and Desktop - File Management - System Preferences - Printing - Connecting to the Internet Availability "Learning Mac OS X" is available as a cross-platform CD-ROM for US$29.95 or as part of Lynda.com's new Online Training...

eOrdering Complete 1.1.5 is an application that allows you to create web forms specifically to order products online. eOrdering Complete uses shopping cart technology to allow the user to store a users order, so they can move around your site and place their order when they want. eOrdering Complete will creates the main order page, view cart page, checkout page and individual product pages. eOrdering Complete creates the server side code (.asp or .php) or use PayPal to process the order this product. In the end, you have a product where the user selects what they need, they can see the cost, they submit the order, and then you get an email detailing the order. This fully functional 20-day demo version is available for Windows and Macintosh (both classic and carbon). New in Version 1.1.5 [new] Added better support for the euro and other currencies [new] Added the ablilty to change product names after they are entered [change] Moved the individual pages to a pages folder [bug] Fixed a...

For Immediate Release Wednesday, May 22, 2002 Prague, Czech Republic Today, 24U s.r.o. is introducing a new upgrade of the popular scripting addition 24U Appearance OSAX to a version 2.0 for Mac OS X! Still as easy to use as "display dialog" but much more powerful! Extend the abilities of your AppleScript by the functions you have missed so far. Now also under the system Mac OS X! 24U Appearance OSAX 2.0 for Mac OS X adds the useful functions for the communication with a user that you would expect as a matter of fact. It is equally simple but much more efficient than "display dialog" supplied in a standard mode. When writing your scripts, this extension will enable you to: - display dialog boxes for user data input, including text fields, password fields, checkboxes, and radio buttons - create pop-up menus in your "better dialogs" - generate modern Appearance savvy alerts with explanation text, help button, non-blocking, movable, switchable to background - create floating progress...

[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] News Release May 21, 2002 Headline: Constrictor 2.1 released by Stick Software Summary: Version 2.1 of Constrictor, a screen snapshot utility by Stick Software, has been released. It adds many new features, fixes several bugs, and still costs only $10. Constrictor's home page is at http://www.sticksoftware.com/software/Constrictor.html. Body: Today, Stick Software released version 2.1 of Constrictor, their acclaimed screen snapshot utility native for OS X. Constrictor is a powerful and flexible screenshot tool that supports border effects, backdrops, scaling and other customizations, and then lets you save in a variety of formats. Version 2.1 adds support for saving as PDF and EPS, generation of thumbnail icons for snaps, keyboard control over the snapped area's position & size, and much more. Constrictor is fully scriptable, and comes with several sample AppleScripts. It is localized to 11 languages including English and Japanese (Italian is new with...

[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] Gela, Italy - May 20, 2002 XCHAR 2.0 FOR MAC OS X RELEASED Today, I released XChar 2.0, a new version of the OS X utility that allows you to use uncommon characters even if you don't remember the correct key combination. This new version adds compatibility for applications which do not support Drag and Drop and also allows to copy the font and style along with the character. Moreover, lots of bugs were fixed and interface was improved. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION XChar allows you to quickly use uncommon characters even if you don't remember the key combination you need to use a certain character. How? XChar displays a window containing all the characters that your Mac can display. When you need one of it, simply drag and drop it on the place where you need it. And when you don't need XChar, you can reduce its window to a small icon and place it where you want on your screen. When you'll need it again, simply click on it and it will zoom again. Moreover, XChar is a...

(CA-OPENOSX) OpenOSX Ships Office 1.0 v2 SWALL MEADOWS, Calif. -- (OPENOSX-INC) -- May 20, 2002 -- OpenOSX, Inc., a leading provider of easy-to-use, world-class open-source software, today began shipping their Office 1.0 v2 CD to the budding Mac OS X community. The new version of the CD fixes a potential localization bug with AbiWord, that would prevent AbiWord from launching under certain conditions. OpenOSX has also made a free downloadable package available to update "Office 1.0" to "Office 1.0 v2" at: (http://OpenOSX.com/support/) AbiWord is an award-winning open source alternative to Microsoft Word. Gnumeric is a world-class spreadsheet with 95 percent of the functions of Microsoft Excel built-in. Guppi is a dynamic charting, drawing and graphing application integrated into Gnumeric spreadsheets. SodiPodi is a vector based image manipulation program, a popular graphics editor often compared to Adobe Illustrator. TeXShop is a typesetting editor and previewer for semi- automating...

Recently there's been a rash of questions that could all be solved with Carbon Declare Library. So I'm just posting this email to tell everyone that if you haven't already done it, you should check out Carbon Declare Library. It contains no less than 96 methods all having to do with declares for Carbon, most of which work on Classic as well. It's a very useful tool, and has been contributed to by multiple developers here. Oh, and I just updated it to a new version. It now contains 2 new functions provided by Mr. Weasel Willits: GetUserName(useShortName As Boolean) and GetMachineName(). (http://kevin.sb.org/Files/CarbonDeclareLibrary.sit) Kevin Ballard kevin@sb.org Email from Korea or China must go to (kevin.nb@sb.org) http://kevin.sb.org/

News Release May 20, 2002 Headline: JobOrder updates Business Management Software for Macintosh, Windows, and Internet Summary: JobOrder Release 10.1 provides advertising agencies, architects, consulting companies, design firms, and engineering firms with unprecedented control over their scheduling, estimating, job costing, project management and accounting operations. Body: JobOrder(tm) 10.1 with SmartScheduler(tm) includes major enhancements to our unique analysis and display tools with many significant improvements to JobOrder Internet and other areas including: Activity Efficiencies for Architecture Expense Distribution and Credit Card Distribution Invoice Analysis Report enhancements Notification Rules for email reminders to Clients PERT Charts Prebill Balance by Client Report Professional Versions for Architecture, Advertising, Consulting, and Engineering Road Map "footprints" to guide new users through concepts of JobOrder Scheduled nightly datafile checking...

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ergonis software Softwarepark Hagenberg A-4323 Hagenberg, AUSTRIA fax: +43 (7236) 3343-300 email: office@macility.com www: http://www.macility.com Subject: macility(tm) - new source for high-quality easy-to-use Macintosh software Hagenberg, May-17-2002, ergonis software announced macility(TM), a new brand for high-quality easy-to-use Macintosh software. ergonis software was founded in March 2002 by Christoph Reichenberger, the author of the award-winning version organizer VOODOO Personal and former product manager of UNI SOFTWARE PLUS' Macintosh product line, in cooperation with G=FCnther Blaschek, the author of PopChar Pro and easy beat= =2E The mission of ergonis software is to promote easy-to-use, yet powerful software. "I believe many of today's software systems are too complicated for the users' needs. With the user in mind, it is our goal to build software that solves problems in a user-friendly, ergonomic way, instead of burying the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2002 BLUE WORLD ANNOUNCES NEW LISTSEARCH SERVICE Significant re-design and re-implementation transforms Blue World ListSearch into a leading service for searching data in archives from popular email lists. Bellevue, WA--May 16, 2002--Blue World Communications, Inc.--pioneers of the Web Data Engine(tm)--today announced the immediate availability of the new Blue World ListSearch service. The Blue World ListSearch service archives messages posted to popular email discussion forums and provides a powerful search engine allowing users to quickly find answers to their technical and business related questions. In continuous operation since 1995, Blue World ListSearch provides a free service regularly used by tens of thousands of people. "For over six years, Blue World has dedicated itself toward maintaining searchable archives of many important email lists in an effort to help support the burgeoning Internet community," said Bill Doerrfeld, CEO of Blue World. "...

[For immediate release] May 16, 2002--Blue Line Studios today released their brand-new Mac application "JewelCaseIllustrator". JewelCaseIllustrator is a drawing program for creating labels, tray liners, and booklets for CDs and DVDs. According to Blue Line Studios, its most interesting feature is the Finder-like directory list it typesets by simply dropping a volume onto one of its prefab layout windows. "What makes a CD great is not just its content," Dan Kueng, president of Blue Line Studios, said, "but the presentation too. JewelCaseIllustrator will make less CDs look homemade." True enough for music CDs, but the program is also well suited for creating professional-looking layouts of data CDs, as it allows to place company logos and images. The free trial version of JewelCaseIllustrator can be downloaded from Blue Line Studios' web site. The application will print 12 pages before it expires. The registration fee for the full version is US$25.00. System requirements are any...

NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 14, 2002 POINT IN SPACE ANNOUNCES LASSO PROFESSIONAL 5 WITH MYSQL AND FILEMAKER HOSTING GT. BARRINGTON, MA, May 14, 2002 - Point In Space Web Hosting today announced immediate availability of Lasso Professional 5 hosting in combination with MySQL or FileMaker databases. MySQL is the world's most popular open source database, designed for speed, power and precision in mission critical, heavy load use. Combined with Blue World's new Lasso Professional 5 Web Data Engine, the pair provide powerful new features. And, as with past Lasso versions, Lasso Professional 5 can continue be integrated with FileMaker Pro, allowing for more advanced graphical user interfaces and support for legacy solutions. "Lasso Professional 5 and MySQL represent the future of database integration and web programming. Based on the new Mac OS X operating system, these products offer better-than-ever stability, features and scalability," says John May, Point In Space's President....

"James Sentman announces CD Session Burner for Mac OS X" 5/14/2002 - CD Session Burner for Mac OS X lets you burn multiple "sessions" to a CDR until all the space is used up. While disk burning is built into Mac OS X, it burns the entire disk, even if you have only used a small portion of it. CD Session Burner uses Apples Disk Burner technology so any CD/DVD writer that Disk Burner supports is also supported by CD Session Burner. Simply drag and drop files or folders into CD Session Burner and click the Burn button. When you use a multi-session CDR each session is mounted as a separate volume. CD Session Burner requires Mac OS X 10.1.4 and the optional "BSD Subsystem" installed from your OSX install CD. You can download the first beta version today from: http://www.sentman.com/burner/ Thank you, James Sentman

FONTAGENT X BECOMES TOTAL FONT MANAGER, TAKES ON SUITCASE AND FONTRESERVE Font Optimization and Organization Leader Adds Font Activation and Management May 14, 2002 [Carlsbad, CA] Insider Software today announced the immediate availability of Insider FontAgent X for Mac OS X, a groundbreaking Cocoa release that adds font activation, set management, and support for any number of font libraries to the industry's leading font optimization product. The new FontAgent X is so functionally complete that it is the only font utility that Macintosh users need to organize, activate, preview, repair and manage their font collections. "Other font management vendors have recommended FontAgent to their users for years for its font integrity and organization power, and the users have told us that they want just one comprehensive font product," said Rio Sabadicci, CEO of Insider Software. "Our new release starts with FontAgent's unique font organization and repair powers, and adds features that go...