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immediate availability of Insider UpdateAgent 3.0, the five-mouse-rated<br />
Macintosh software-update utility formerly known as Insider Updates. The<br />
new release adds many unique features and sports a new interface that<br />
delivers unrivaled control of the updater selection and downloading process.</p>
<p>NEW, UNPARALLELED FILE SELECTION</p>
<p>After UpdateAgent 3.0 automatically scans a system's drives, it displays a<br />
list of programs that it can update. Standard Macintosh disclosure<br />
triangles provide users with the date the updater was created and a precise<br />
summary of each updater's features. For each application, users can specify<br />
which files are to be downloaded. Users can also block the downloading of<br />
all files or any specific file for a selected application, or even tell<br />
UpdateAgent to avoid listing the application or specific update file in the<br />
future.</p>
<p>FLEXIBLE, POWERFUL CONTROL OF THE DOWNLOADING PROCESS</p>
<p>The new 3.0 version gives users unrivaled control of the downloading<br />
process. They can specify that the downloads should occur in the background<br />
or foreground, even skip the current file once it had begun downloading All<br />
the while, UpdateAgent 3.0 estimates throughput and download time<br />
remaining. As it downloads files, UpdateAgent organizes them into<br />
categories named Updates, Upgrades and Skipped so users can find updaters<br />
easily.</p>
<p>CLEARER, EASIER INTERFACE PROVIDES WEB LINKS AND BETTER FILE MANAGEMENT</p>
<p>Insider UpdateAgent 3.0 add several user interface improvements that<br />
include clearer, reorganized menus; date stamps for the download of each<br />
updater and the last UpdateAgent session; and direct web links to<br />
developer's home pages and to each updater's information page.</p>
<p>ABOUT INSIDER UPDATEAGENT</p>
<p>Insider UpdateAgent brings every application and operating system program<br />
on a Macintosh system current with the latest updates released by over<br />
2,000 software vendors. After determining precisely which updaters are<br />
required to bring a system up-to-date, UpdateAgent downloads the updaters<br />
over the Internet or copies them from CDs. The program can run<br />
automatically at regular intervals, maintains the confidentiality of users'<br />
hard drive contents, and provides a hot web links to vendors' web sites.<br />
Insider UpdateAgent's advanced capabilities earned it a coveted five-mouse<br />
rating from ZDnet in July 1998.</p>
<p>PRICING AND AVAILABILITY</p>
<p>The Standard Edition of Insider UpdateAgent provides a year of Internet<br />
access to Insider's extensive database of software updaters and costs<br />
$49.95 US. The CD Version costs $89.95 per CD or $249.95 for four CD sets<br />
delivered every three months and makes Insider's complete collection of<br />
updater's available via online access. The Limited Edition updates all the<br />
software on a Macintosh one time for $12.95 via the Internet. Previously<br />
licensed users of Insider UpdateAgent and Insider Updates can download and<br />
use the new 3.0 version for free.</p>
<p>Insider UpdateAgent 3.0 is available immediately from Insider Software, and<br />
can be ordered by visiting Insider's web site at <a href="http://www.insidersoftware.com" title="www.insidersoftware.com">www.insidersoftware.com</a>,<br />
or by calling 1-800-700-6340 or +1-760-804-9900.</p>
<p>SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS</p>
<p>Insider Updates requires only two megabytes of memory to run on the<br />
Macintosh system being updated, as well as whatever disk space is required<br />
to store any relevant updaters. The CD Version also needs a local CD drive<br />
or access to a networked CD drive.</p>
<p>ABOUT INSIDER SOFTWARE</p>
<p>Insider Software, founded in 1993 and based in Carlsbad, California,<br />
develops and markets software products that make Macintosh computers run<br />
better. In addition to Insider UpdateAgent, Insider also produces Insider<br />
FontAgent, the leading font maintenance and repair utility, and HyperBox, a<br />
hypertext-based document launcher.</p>
<p>If you wish to review this product, please contact Joe Murgia at 760-804-3773<br />
or by email at <a href="mailto:jmurgia@insidersoftware.com">jmurgia@insidersoftware.com</a></p>
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