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<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82840"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Name Stalker 1.0 for Windows, Macintosh, Mac OS X was released on
01/23/2002.
Name Stalker is a neat little utility that allows you to monitor domains
you own (or domains you want to capture). Name Stalker is multi-threaded,
so you can perform concurrent lookups (you can even set the number of
threads to use as a preference).
http://www.digitalpoint.com/products/namestalker/
A *FREE*, 100% working copy can be downloaded from:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/products/download.php
Some of the major improvements over the beta versions are support for new
domain extensions (.info, .name, .biz, etc.), ability to export domains,
reporting capability, ability to set timeout for whois queries, and some
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82839"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">WiebeTech announces new features and pricing on revolutionary FireWireTM
KeyChainTM : New reduced physical size and User Configurable to 1GB,
starting at $99.95 with delivery scheduled for March.
WICHITA, KS =96 Jan. 23, 2002 =96 WiebeTech LLC announces pricing and new
features for the FireWire KeyChainTM, a high speed, portable FireWire
(IEEE1394) keychain-sized storage device which supports capacities of up to
1GB using nonvolatile CompactFlash storage modules. FireWire KeyChain's
physical dimensions have been reduced, and it is user configurable and will
ship without a storage module installed for a retail price of $99.95.
CompactFlash modules are easy to install to meet desired capacity needs.
The FireWire KeyChain now offers these outstanding features:
In response to customer input at the Macworld Expo show in early January,
James Wiebe, president of WiebeTech, said that significant features have
been added to the revolutionary FireWire KeyChain. WiebeTech
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82834"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Morrison SoftDesign announces the release FontDoctor For Macintosh version 5.0
FontDoctor is the Apple Macintosh industry standard software application
for font problem diagnosis and repair.
Version 5.0 is a major upgrade that includes a host of new and updated
features, including:
- Support for MacOS X
- Support for Apple's new DataFork font (.dfont) format
- Font Conversion feature to convert between font formats
- Up to eight times faster search and diagnosis
Additionally, powerful repair methods for damaged font tables (kerning,
glyph width, etc.), font ID conflicts, duplicate fonts, extra font sizes,
mixed font types (TrueType & PostScript), missing bitmaps & PostScript
fonts, and more, round out the powerful features that FontDoctor offers.
FontDoctor supports TrueType (Macintosh and Windows (.ttf) versions),
PostScript Type 1, PostScript Type 3, Multiple Master fonts, OpenType
fonts, DataFork fonts, and bitmap fonts.
FontDoctor is available for $69.99/copy and can be...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82832"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ANNOUNCEMENT - PDFCat 1.1 LAUNCHED - 22 January 2002 - for Mac and PC
PDFCat is a =A320/$30 utility from Rijdat Software for creating a summary
catalogue of PDF files with title, author, subject, keywords, creation
date, and other information.
Rijdat Software have just released PDFCat 1.1, an update to the utility
that helps you keep track of all those PDF documents you have collected
over the last few years. Select a folder for PDFCat and it will give you
the details of all the PDF files in that folder and any sub-folders. PDF
files contain some or all of the following:
Title
Author
Subject
Keywords
Producer
Creator
Creation Date
Modification Date
You can edit this information for files which are not password protected,
to give them more useful information, and you can save the whole list to an
index file. Version 1.1 lets you save information about your files in one
of three database formats - CSV, tab-separated variables or DBF.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82829"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Subject: Enhanced version of AppleScript scheduler released
Apps & More Software Design, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of
version 1.2 of Script Timer, an AppleScript scheduling application for both
Mac OS 9.2.1 and Mac OS X.
Script Timer lets you schedule the execution of OSA based scripts, such as
those created using AppleScript. It will run your scripts at any time on a
daily, weekly, weekdays only, monthly, or one time basis as well as at
regular intervals ranging from minutes to weeks. Script Timer has an
extremely small memory footprint and is designed to run unobtrusively in
the background. The program comes with several sample scripts that
illustrate the use of the program, including examples of Finder and third
party application scripting, and the use of parameterized scripts.
New features for version 1.2 include the following:
- the ability to run scripts both synchronously and asynchronously
- the ability of scripts to return data to be saved in the Script...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82835"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MacsDesign Studio Releases Web Help Desk 5.2 Powerful Object Oriented
Software for Technical Support
FREMONT, CA - January 22, 2001 - MacsDesign Studio today released Web Help
Desk 5.2, a powerful web application for technical support designed for
education and small to medium sized business customers. Built with the
industry's most powerful and mature application server, WebObjects 5 from
Apple Computer=AE, Web Help Desk 5.2 offers an intuitive web interface and a=
n
excellent feature set for both end users and support technicians. This
latest update includes support for WebObjects 5.1, an enhanced user
interface, improved asset management options, powerful new search settings,
customizable asset and client fields and optional client self registration.
Next Generation Web Application
Unlike scripted web applications based on technologies such as ASP or PHP,
Web Help Desk uses Java=81 objects to manage your clients, assets and job
tickets. This modular, object-oriented foundation...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82824"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ANNOUNCEMENT - Local Web Synch v2 LAUNCHED - 21 January 2002 - for Mac and P=
C
Local Web Synch is a =A320/$30 utility from Rijdat Software to keep your
local web folders up to date and synchronised.
Local Web Synch is a simple utility which helps you make keep local
websites up-to-date with your master copy. Local Web Synch does two things:
* synchronises your local copy of your website with your master copy. *
changes the type of the index file to that of your favoured browser.
If you are the webmaster for your organisation's internal (and/or external)
website you will have a master copy of the site which you make changes on,
and probably a user folder which has a copy of whole site and which
internal users access. This means you can work on web files without
interrupting others' local access to your site. So when you have made
changes to the site you have to update the local copy. Local Web Synch does
this for you, updating older files and removing items no longer in use (if
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82821"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">A new REALbasic plug-in for your plugging enjoyment!
MacAppProcess is free. It runs with 68k, PPC, and Carbon.
It extends the Application class with three properties and a method:
App.MacCreator: The creator code of your app, as reported by
the Process Manager.
App.MacFolderItem: The FolderItem used to launch your app.
App.MacName: Your app's name, as reported by the Process Manager.
App.MacSendToFront: Makes your app the frontmost.
Where, o where can you get this astonishing plug-in?
(http://www.mile23.com/plugins.html)
To make suggestions and/or join the notification list for future releases:
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82819"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Optigold ISP 2.9.1 for Windows, Macintosh, Mac OS X and Linux was released
on 01/18/2002.
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
2.9.1 adds more web-based functionality, a new invoice format, new
QuickBooks functionality, new asset management functionality, new company
email manager functions, multi-language pre-sale quotes, new .nl domain
registrations and all sorts of other miscellaneous stuff.
All new features in this version are listed in the revision log:
Optigold ISP Revision Log
-------------------------
Completed On 1/17/02
Customer Email can be passed to server events as a variable Web security
slightly changed for ISP management web interface for deleting billing
cycles
Invoices can be exported via ISP management web interface...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82811"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">INTELLI INNOVATIONS RELEASES BARCODE PRODUCER SOFTWARE FOR MAC OS
Intelli Innovations Releases New Barcode Producer Software Bringing
Simplicity To Barcode Generation And Design
RALEIGH, NC, January 17th, 2002 - Intelli Innovations, developers of
innovative business software for the Macintosh platform, today released
Barcode Producer 1.0 for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.
Barcode Producer is a high-resolution, customizable barcode generation and
export tool for the Mac. After creating a barcode in one of 9 formats with
various settings, the finished image can be exported as a picture or an EPS
file for further manipulation or printing.
Barcode Feature 1.0 features:
- Intuitive, form-based interface designed for efficient barcode creation.
- Support for EAN-8, EAN-13, ISBN, UPC-A, UPC-E, ITF Variable, ITF-14, Code
39, and Code 128 symbologies.
- Support for instant high-resolution graphical exports of any finished
barcode.
- Integrated EPS export for printing or use within Adobe...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82810"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple Reports First Quarter Profit of $38 Million
CUPERTINO, California-January 16, 2002-Apple=AE today announced financial
results for its fiscal 2002 first quarter ended December 29, 2001. For the
quarter, the Company posted a net profit of $38 million, or $.11 per
diluted share. These results compare to a net loss of $195 million, or $.58
per diluted share, in the year ago quarter. Revenues for the quarter were
$1.38 billion, up 37 percent from the year ago quarter, and gross margins
were 30.7 percent, compared to -2.1 percent in the year ago quarter.
International sales accounted for 48 percent of the quarter's revenues.
The quarter's results included a $24 million restructuring charge related
to targeted reductions in the Company's operations, information systems and
administrative functions, and a $23 million realized gain from equity
investments. These non-recurring items had a net neutral impact on reported
earnings per share.
Apple shipped 746 thousand Macintosh=AE units...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82807"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Having trouble keeping track of staff? Given up on in/out boards?
Then you might want to try APT (Automated People Tracker), a
lightweight client/server application for Macs and PCs featuring a
unique call-back facility written in REALbasic.
Available from http://homepage.mac.com/robinmh
Clients are available for both the Mac and PC with the server
component having been tested on the Mac. It features an easy set up
process (local customisation is in a file that accompanies the
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82802"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">THE PANDAWARE COMPANY UPDATES TIMECACHE TO VERSION 4.1.5
Macintosh time and expense tracking application receives minor bug fixes in
free maintenance update. Trial version available at
(http://www.pandaware.com/).
The PandaWare Company has released an update to TimeCache, its popular time
and expense tracking application for Macintosh users who bill clients for
project work. PandaWare(r) TimeCache(tm) 4.1.5 includes minor bug fixes.
This TimeCache update addresses a handful of rare bugs affecting the
creation of new project listings, using online Help, and previewing
printouts.
TimeCache 4.1.5 runs on Power Macintosh (PPC) machines, under Mac OS 8.0 or
higher. A separate version, TimeCache X, is designed specifically for use
with Mac OS X 10.1 or higher.
Fully feature-enabled trial versions of TimeCache 4.1.5 are available for
download at The PandaWare Company's web site: (http://www.pandaware.com/).
Users of the trial version can save up to 20 days' worth of data. For
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82800"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">"The Web's Typewriter" -- UserLand Software Introduces a New Publishing and
Knowledge Management Tool to Desktop Users
MILLBRAE, Calif, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Publishing websites and weblogs
just got easier thanks to UserLand Software's introduction of Radio
UserLand 8.0 -- a new desktop Web publishing product for use in personal
publishing and corporate knowledge management. With Radio UserLand 8.0
users on computers with Macintosh OS X, Macintosh, or Microsoft Windows
operating systems can build a full-featured personal website within minutes
of downloading the free trial version. It's so empowering that new users
are calling it "the Web's typewriter."
The $39.95 software package comes with everything you need to build and
publish websites including hosting, your own URL, a news reader that
gathers news from top news sites and weblogs, browser-based editing that's
super easy, a complete development environment, and one-button
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82798"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Vicomsoft releases Mac OS X Secure Internet Gateway 8.01
Secure Internet Gateway 8 is a powerful Internet connection and management
tool for MacOS X. This 8.0.1 release includes a number of improvements:
- Improved support for QuickTime streaming.
- User interface improvements.
- Corrected a possible problem with the location of the RapidCache logs.
Secure Internet Gateway is the first fully integrated suite of network
management tools with Internet Content filtering capabilities to be made
available on the MacOS X platform. Prices start from just $149 for up to 10
users.
Boxed versions of the Secure Internet Gateway are now available from
MacMall (http://www.macmall.com)
Check the Vicomsoft web site for the latest upgrade pricing.
For more information on the Secure Internet Gateway, see:
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82796"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">GROUND-BREAKING NEW PRODUCTS, FEVER-PITCH EXCITEMENT AT MACWORLD SAN FRANCIS=
CO
Nearly 90,000 tech enthusiasts pack the Moscone Center for world's largest
Mac event
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., January 15, 2002 - IDG World Expo, the leading producer
of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for IT markets around the
globe, today announced that attendance numbers and business indicators for
last week's Macworld Conference & Expo demonstrate an extremely positive
outlook for the Mac and tradeshow industries. Featuring innovative products
from nearly 350 exhibiting companies and top-notch educational content,
Macworld attracted 87,890 tech enthusiasts from nearly 100 countries to San
Francisco's Moscone Center January 7-11, 2002. The strong attendance at
Macworld is in sharp contrast to other recent IT trade shows which have
reported significant declines in attendance.
"The tradeshow industry at large was watching Macworld in San Francisco
closely for indicators of the business coming...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82793"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Bud Tribble Joins Apple as Vice President of Software Technology
CUPERTINO, California-January 9, 2002-Apple=AE today announced that Dr. Guy
(Bud) Tribble has joined Apple as vice president of Software Technology
reporting to Avie Tevanian. Tribble will be responsible for helping define
the software engineering group's technical direction. Tribble began his
career at Apple where, as manager of the original Macintosh=AE Software team=
,
he helped to design the Mac=AE OS and user interface.
"Bud is one of the industry's top experts in software design and
object-oriented programming," said Avie Tevanian, Apple's senior vice
president of Software Engineering. "We're thrilled he's returned to Apple
to bring his unique expertise to our ongoing commitment to make Mac OS X,
already the world's most advanced operating system, even better."
Tribble joins Apple from Eazel Inc. where he was vice president of
Engineering leading development of next generation user interface software
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82792"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">We are proud to announce an update of our shareware (15 USD) ID3 editor
"ID3X" for the Apple Macintosh (Carbon):
ID3X is an editor for easy manipulation of ID3 tags in mp3 music files. ID3
tags are used to store title, artist and other information in mp3 files
which can then be displayed in your favorite mp3 player application.
The new version of ID3X offers more batch renaming features, easier folder
navigation with a Back-Button and access to the important OSX folders
"Computer", "Home" and "Music". ID3X is now more compatible and faster in
reading tags from MP3 files. Minor changes include cosmetical improvements
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82786"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SUSTAINABLE SOFTWORKS RELEASES BETA OF IPNETMONITOR FOR OS X
CUMBERLAND, R.I.- Sustainable Softworks, developers of award-winning
Internet and security software, has released a public beta and announced
pricing of IPNetMonitorX, its popular set of network diagnostic tools, now
native for Mac OS X.
Peter Sichel, the company's president and chief engineer, unveiled the beta
version of IPNetMonitorX at MacWorld Expo Tuesday morning. IPNetMonitorX
provides a set of seven commonly used Internet tools, such as Ping,
Traceroute, Whois, NSLookup and more which allow Macintosh users to monitor
and debug their connections to the Internet. The tools are designed to help
users quickly identify problems, locate where the problem is, and gather
data which can be used to solve the problem, either directly or through
their Internet Service Provider.
The tools include:
=85 Ping, which tests IP connectivity to a designated IP address
=85 Trace Route, which shows the IP addresses and names of all the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82776"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Canto Announces Cumulus 5.5 - a Major Upgrade to its Award-Winning Digital
Asset Management System
Canto is proud to announce an all-new version of Cumulus with its
soon-to-be-shipped Cumulus 5.5
January 8, 2002, San Francisco, CA. Today at the Macworld Expo, Canto
announced that Cumulus 5, the award-winning Digital Asset Management
system, has received a major upgrade to version 5.5. New features include a
Palette View Mode, improved IPTC support, so called Server/Client Asset
Transfer, as well as numerous other features that customers have requested.
"Canto has produced 10 minor updates to Cumulus 5 since its release - all
of which have been free of charge to customers," says Jennifer Neumann, CEO
of Canto. "With the release of Cumulus 5.5, Canto is now delivering
additional features and even more power and value to its customers without
raising the price on any of the three Editions: Enterprise, Workgroup, or
Single User."
"Cumulus 5.5 has been in development and quality assurance...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82782"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Cronotask new release 1.2 is available for download at www.TensionSoftware.com
Cronotask is like the Unix cron utility, but natively written on Mac and
with a true Mac interface.
This program allows to specify an unlimited number of programs to launch
when your Mac server is unattended, with a very easy and fast to use
interface.
All the tasks to launch are listed in a table, with a double click on a row
you can define in details how many times and when to launch the referred
task (program, document, applet) selecting it from the HD, and using for
the schedule a daily, weekly, monthly and even yearly plan.
Using Cronotask you can assign the tasks your Mac can perform for a whole
year. Interface of Cronotask is simply amazing.
It was realized taking full advantage of the new elements of apparence
Manager available under System 8 and 9 (works also under Sys 7 using the
appearance control panel and extension).
Using Cronotask is absolutely easy and fast, in few minutes you can setup
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82780"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Omni Group Announces the First Plug-In for Apple's New iPhoto.
January 8, 2002 -- Seattle, Washington -- The Omni Group today announced
that they have written and released, for free, the first plug-in for
Apple's new iPhoto application. This plug-in allows users to export iPhoto
albums to Omni Group's 'OmniGraffle' diagramming application. Apple
unveiled iPhoto yesterday at Steve Jobs' keynote for MacWorld Expo 2002.
Wil Shipley, President of The Omni Group, commented, "Greg Titus, one of
our engineers on OmniGraffle, was so excited by the release of iPhoto
yesterday that he decided to write a PlugIn for it. Since we've been using
Cocoa technologies for 13 years, it was easy to write our first one in a
couple of hours. This plug-in was originally intended to be a
proof-of-concept, but we decided to release it because it came out so well."
Greg Titus added, "The iPhoto plug-in API is very well architected, and I
am pleased that Omni and other third-parties are going to be able to make...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82778"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">OpenLink Software Unleashes New High-Performance Data Access Drivers for
Mac OS X
OpenLink Extends ODBC & JDBC Data Access Middleware Leadership
BURLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenLink Software, Inc., industry
and technology leaders in the development and deployment of secure,
high-performance database connectivity drivers for ODBC(TM) and JDBC(TM),
announces the commercial release of version 4.2 of its Universal Data
Access Drivers Suite(TM) for Mac(R) OS X.
The new products release includes performance and functionality
enhancements across the entire portfolio of OpenLink's high-performance
database connectivity drivers for ODBC and JDBC. Support is provided for;
Oracle(R), Microsoft(R) SQL Server(TM), IBM(R), DB2(R) and
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82759"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">FileMaker Previews FileMaker Mobile 2 Companion for Palm OS=AE with new Ma=
c
OS X support at MacWorld EXPO
Company demonstrates entire line of database software running on Mac OS X
San Francisco, CA (MacWorld EXPO) -- Jan. 7, 2002 -- FileMaker, Inc.
announced it will publicly preview FileMaker Mobile 2 Companion for Palm OS
running on Mac OS X, using Palm, Inc.'s upcoming desktop software for Mac
OS X, for the first time at MacWorld EXPO, January 8-11 at San Francisco's
Moscone Center (Booth #717).
Currently scheduled to ship in the first half of 2002, FileMaker Mobile 2,
designed to be the first integrated database for the new Mac OS X platform,
as well as Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Palm OS, is an easy-to-use
companion to FileMaker Pro 5.5 that allows a single user to transfer and
synchronize data between FileMaker Pro databases on Windows and Mac OS X
systems, and Palm Powered=D4 devices.
Many of the new interface enhancements within FileMaker Mobile 2 Companion
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82771"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CMS Introduces Industry's First Line of Automatic Backup Solutions for
Mac Users at MacWorld
Portable ABS Supports Mac OS X and FireWire
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 8, 2002) -- From booth 3426 at this week's
MacWorld Expo, CMS Peripherals( will debut the industry's first complete
line of portable notebook and desktop Automatic Backup Systems( (ABS) for
Macintosh(r) users. Providing hands-free backup and external storage in
capacities ranging from 10GB to 100GB, the Mac ABS offers FireWire
connectivity for up to 408 Mbits/sec. data transfer. Supporting OS 8.6, 9.x
and X, the ABS is designed to be quickly and easily integrated into the
storage routines of Macintosh( iBook(, PowerBook(, iMac( and Power Mac(
users while providing the additional security of a total system backup and
pain-free methods of data recovery.
The ABSplus for iBook and PowerBook users fits conveniently in a shirt
pocket for instant backup, recovery, external file storage or instant file
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82772"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Meet Men & Mice at Macworld Expo/San Francisco Jan 8-11
Men & Mice will be exhibiting at the Macworld Conference & Expo, January
8-11 in San Francisco, CA.
Men & Mice welcomes visitors to their stand in MacTech Central (booth
#3426). Men & Mice's representative Brad Schrick will have primary presence
in the stand in the afternoons all week.
At the Macworld Expo, Men & Mice will be introducing a new online DNS
Health Care service. This is a 7x24 DNS monitoring service that provides
immediate notifications of DNS security vulnerabilities and configuration
problems.
Men & Mice's renowned products, QuickDNS, the DNS management system for Mac
OS X and DNS Expert, Men & Mice's leading DNS diagnostic tool, will also be
showcased at the Macworld Expo.
Men & Mice also invites you to attend the special Pro2Pro event at Macworld
on Wednesday night. Brad Schrick will showcase our products and services.
If you would like to attend the special event, you need to...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82767"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Microsoft Announces Immediate Availability of Windows Media Player For Mac OS X
- New Player Optimized for Mac OS X, Giving Mac Users More Content to Play;
- Now Available for Download
SAN FRANCISCO - Jan. 8, 2002 - Today at Macworld Conference & Expo,
Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate availability of Microsoft Windows
Media Player for Mac OS X. The new player has been Carbonized to run
natively on Mac OS X and displays the operating system's new Aqua interface.
Windows Media Player for Mac OS X allows Mac users to easily enjoy playback
of high-quality Windows Media Audio and Video content. The new release
supports the latest industry-leading Windows Media Audio 8 and Windows
Media Video 8, as well as Windows Media Digital Rights Management, and is
available in six languages worldwide.
"We designed the new Windows Media Player to be a great player for Mac OS X
users," said Dave Fester, general manager of the Windows Digital Media
Division at Microsoft. "Mac OS X users can...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82765"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">EQUILIBRIUM LAUNCHES DEBABELIZER PRO 5 FOR MAC OS X TO AUTOMATICALLY
PREPARE DIGITAL ASSETS FOR CROSS-MEDIA DELIVERY
DeBabelizer Pro 5 is the First Automated Graphics Processor for Apple's
Next Generation Operating System
MACWORLD 2002, SAN FRANCISCO, CA., JANUARY 7, 2002--Equilibrium, a leader
in automated imaging solutions and majority-owned operating company of
CMGI, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMGI), today announced the availability of DeBabelizer
Pro 5 for Mac OS X. DeBabelizer Pro 5 is the professional software for
automatically preparing images, animations, and digital video for delivery
in virtually any medium. DeBabelizer Pro 5 includes powerful batch
processing capabilities such as automated Web catalog publishing.
As a native Mac OS X application, DeBabelizer Pro 5 leverages the strengths
of Apple's next generation operating system to process, optimize and
convert still images and QuickTime movies faster than ever before," said
Chris Samaniego, chief technology officer at Equilibrium. "...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82766"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">HELIOS network and prepress servers for Mac OS X now shipping
Garbsen, Germany--- January 7, 2002 --- HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading
provider of high performance networking and client/server software
products, today announced that it is now shipping its network and prepress
servers for Mac OS X. Supporting more AppleShare servers worldwide than any
other UNIX-based server software, HELIOS also delivers cutting edge OPI,
color management and PDF workflow solutions.
"HELIOS EtherShare and PCShare for Mac OS X provide enterprise grade
cross-platform networking and advanced file and print server services for
business and education sites," said Helmut Tschemernjak, president of
HELIOS Software. "HELIOS then adds server-based OPI, color management,
proof printing, and PDF workflow applications, making Mac OS X an excellent
pre-press server. Mac OS X offers the best price/performance value in an
easy to use server."
"By combining the power and stability of UNIX with advanced networking...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82763"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Belle Nuit releases a new tool to process textfiles
Lausanne 7.1.02. Belle Nuit Montage is pleased to release with Textfilter a
new approach to convert textfiles of any kind. Textfilter is
project-oriented and works like an image-filtering programs.
Over 30 built in filters include text-oriented filters like Character
Mapping, HTML tags Replace using regular expressions, Remove Duplicate
Lines, Skip comments, Sort.
Parser filters convert texts to lists and back to texts using tab, comma or
custom separators, fixed column widths or HTML tables. A Binary parser
helps you to inspect any type of file.
Special filters for the moving pictures industry deal with timecode like
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82760"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">BEN BIRD ANNOUNCES UPDATE TO MACINTOSH VIDEO SOFTWARE
Web site address:
http://www.bensoftware.com/
Ben Bird announced today that version 5.3 of his popular Macintosh video
software BTV Pro has been released.
BTV Pro is software for video capture, editing, and stop-motion animation.
It also has advanced features such as timelapse capture, motion detection,
and DV video input and output. It works with any Macintosh compatible video
input source such as video input cards, TV cards, built-in video, USB, DV,
and FireWire video sources.
In addition to a Classic version that runs on Mac OS 8 and later, BTV Pro
has been fully Carbonized to run natively under Mac OS X. It is available
in English and German.
BTV Pro costs $40, but can be downloaded and used free of charge for a 15
day evaluation period before purchasing. Information and downloads are
available from:
http://www.bensoftware.com/
The improvements of BTV Pro 5.3 over the previous version are:
- DV device control (QuickTime 5 or...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82740"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">NEW APPLE FEATURE PRESENTATION ADDED TO LINE-UP AT MACWORLD SAN FRANCISCO 2002
Framingham, Mass. - January 3, 2002 - IDG World Expo, the leading producer
of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for IT markets, today
announced the addition of a special Apple feature presentation at the
upcoming Macworld Conference & Expo/San Francisco 2002. Avie Tevanian,
Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering, and Philip Schiller,
Apple's vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing will present a
feature presentation entitled "Power of X" at Macworld Conference & Expo on
Tuesday, January 8, 2002 from noon until 1 p.m. Macworld will be held at
San Francisco's Moscone Center, January 7-11, 2002.
Open to all Macworld conference attendees, the feature presentation will
focus on Apple's revolutionary operating system. The presentation will
serve as a follow-up to the opening keynote, which will be presented by
Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday, January 7, 2002 at 9 a.m.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-82745"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Casady & Greene releases Conflict Catcher 9, a major upgrade to their #1
Startup Manager!
Conflict Catcher 9 sports a new look, new name and new features requested
by loyal users.
Powerful new Conflict Catcher 9 now features:
*Faster, easier and simpler Conflict testing
*Logging of intermittent problems
*Enhanced USB and FireWire reporting
*Many more group links such as AOL and MS Office
*More Reference Library file definitions as well as quick hot links to all
your startup files
Registered users of Conflict Catcher 8 may upgrade for only $29.95. As an
added bonus, a full version of InfoGenie 2 is included free (a $49.95
value)! To upgrade, please visit:
(http://www.conflictcatcher.com/upgrade.html) The upgrade is available as
an electronic download (the physical product will be shipping soon).
Conflict Catcher 9 has a suggested retail price of $79.95. Free with the
purchase is a full version of InfoGenie 2 (a $49.95 value)! To purchase
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