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<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79344"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple Reports Third Quarter Profit of $101 Million
CUPERTINO, California--July 15, 1998--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
a profit of $101 million, or $.65 per diluted share, for the Company's
fiscal 1998 third quarter ended June 26, 1998. These results compare to a
profit of $55 million, or $.38 per diluted share, achieved in the March
1998 quarter. Revenues for the quarter were $1.4 billion, equal to revenues
of the prior quarter, and gross margins were 25.7 percent, up from 24.8
percent in the prior quarter. International sales accounted for 43 percent
of the quarter's revenues.
The current quarter's results included a $26 million net favorable impact
from non-recurring items, including an after-tax gain of $33 million
related to the initial public offering of ARM Holdings plc., in which the
Company is a shareholder, and a $7 million charge for purchased in-process
research and development related to the acquisition of technology from
Macromedia, Inc. Without these non-...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79343"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple Reports Third Quarter Profit of $101 Million
CUPERTINO, California--July 15, 1998--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
a profit of $101 million, or $.65 per diluted share, for the Company's
fiscal 1998 third quarter ended June 26, 1998. These results compare to a
profit of $55 million, or $.38 per diluted share, achieved in the March
1998 quarter. Revenues for the quarter were $1.4 billion, equal to revenues
of the prior quarter, and gross margins were 25.7 percent, up from 24.8
percent in the prior quarter. International sales accounted for 43 percent
of the quarter's revenues.
The current quarter's results included a $26 million net favorable impact
from non-recurring items, including an after-tax gain of $33 million
related to the initial public offering of ARM Holdings plc., in which the
Company is a shareholder, and a $7 million charge for purchased in-process
research and development related to the acquisition of technology from
Macromedia, Inc. Without these non-...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79304"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">UMAX Drops Price on Mirage II Professional Scanner by $800
Now Shipping with MagicScan 4.0 Scanning Control and Image Enhancement
Software
Fremont, Calif., June 30, 1998 UMAX Technologies, Inc., the U.S. scanner
market leader and supplier of imaging and computer technologies, today
announced that it reduced the price of the Mirage II professional quality
scanner by $800. Originally available for a suggested retail price of
$7,295, the Mirage II is now available for $6,495. In addition to new
pricing, UMAX has upgraded its software bundle to include MagicScan 4.0,
the latest version of its image enhancement and control software.
The Mirage II is a large format (A3 size) scanner based on a patented
dual-lens design which allows users to choose between two resolution ranges
for the flexibility to scan images as small as 35 mm and up to ll.4" x 17".
The single-pass, 36-bit scanner increases in-house productivity by
providing batch scanning and pre-press capabilities intended for...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79302"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">DevDepot'S 4TH OF JULY BLOW OUT SALE: JULY 3 - JULY 5
DevDepot is your online source for programming and
developer tools. To celebrate the 4th of July, we're knocking an
extra 10% off of our already low prices--this weekend only!
To qualify for the 10% off you need to order via e-mail, fax, or
on our convenient web site. That's it--any order you place via
any of these ways AUTOMATICALLY qualifies you.
(Due to the overwhelming response expected, we cannot take phone
orders at the discount price. If you need to speak to us by
phone, send us an e-mail with your phone number and we will call
you--and you will still qualify for the discount).
on the Web at: http://www.devdepot.com
via e-mail at: orders@devdepot.com
or via fax to: 805/494-9798
Hurry and pay us a visit at (http://www.devdepot.com) and take
advantage of our 4th of July sale, it's a limited time offer!
(Orders must be received by midnight, July 5, 1998 to qualify)
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79301"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">IDG's MACWORLD Expo - the Creative World to Offer Professionals In-Depth
Technical Training Through Macworld/Pro Seminar
Tailored to the 56 percent of attendees from creative sector
NEW YORK -- Creative professionals attending next week's MACWORLD Expo -
the Creative World will get the chance to attend the acclaimed Macworld/Pro
conference, a technologically intensive professional development seminar
series lead by creative professionals for creative professionals.
In addition to Macworld/Pro, MACWORLD Expo - the Creative World will offer
a pre-show day-long conference focusing on very specific topics such as
digital creativity and networking.
Both the Macworld/Pro and the pre-show conference are designed specifically
for creative professionals from the new media, advertising, design, arts,
entertainment and publishing industries who derive benefit from in-depth
training courses in which they learn new techniques and tricks applicable
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79300"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">IDG's MACWORLD Expo - the Creative World to Offer Professionals In-Depth
Technical Training Through Macworld/Pro Seminar
Tailored to the 56 percent of attendees from creative sector
NEW YORK -- Creative professionals attending next week's MACWORLD Expo -
the Creative World will get the chance to attend the acclaimed Macworld/Pro
conference, a technologically intensive professional development seminar
series lead by creative professionals for creative professionals.
In addition to Macworld/Pro, MACWORLD Expo - the Creative World will offer
a pre-show day-long conference focusing on very specific topics such as
digital creativity and networking.
Both the Macworld/Pro and the pre-show conference are designed specifically
for creative professionals from the new media, advertising, design, arts,
entertainment and publishing industries who derive benefit from in-depth
training courses in which they learn new techniques and tricks applicable
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79294"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Macworld Expo, NY - July 8, 1998 - Keyspan, the leading supplier of PCI
communications cards for Mac OS today announced its Keyspan IR card. The
Keyspan IR Card is a "first-of-its-kind" PCI card that enables a Macintosh
to communicate via infrared with televisions, VCRs, DVD players, CD
changers and other home theater components. The Keyspan IR card opens the
door to an entire new use for the home-based Macintosh.
To retail for under $300, the Keyspan IR card will be on display at
Keyspan's booth (#1724) during Macworld Expo. Evaluation units will be
available in mid-July with product release set for mid-August 1998. The
Keyspan IR Card will at first be sold through OEM channels to manufacturers
and custom designers in the home theater industry. The Keyspan IR Card will
also be available to consumers who are interested in constructing their own
Macintosh-controlled home theater and home automation solutions.
Controllable via Applescript, C and C++, users can write their own programs...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79291"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CTM Development is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
PowerMail 2.0.2. Your are receiving this message because you once expressed
some interest in our new email application for Macintosh.
All pending orders have been already been shipped electronically. If you
need immediate access to the commercial release of PowerMail in order to
continue working, you can now purchase it for US$49, directly from:
http://www.ctmdev.com/pm_order.shtml
// Demo version now available:
If you just want to try out PowerMail ("kicking the tires") we now have a
demonstration version which is NOT time-limited: you may use it as long as
you wish. Download it from:
http://www.ctmdev.com/
The only restriction is that whenever a PowerMail database contains more
than 200 items, PowerMail Demo will not allow you to add new messages to
the database; you will at that point need to empty some messages from the
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79286"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">29 June 1998 -- Macintosh software developer Alco Blom announced the
introduction today of Web Confidential, his latest offering of Macintosh
software. Web Confidential is an intuitive, easy-to-use program for
managing user IDs, passwords, registration numbers, and the like. Thanks to
the use of a number of advanced features of the Mac operating system, Web
Confidential can be used in close conjunction with popular Mac Internet
software, such as Netscape Navigator, Explorer and Eudora.
While Web Confidential is suitable for a wide variety of personal data,
from creditcard numbers to serial numbers, Alco Blom designed Web
Confidential particularly for the World Wide Web in mind. "Increasing
numbers of Web sites maintain some form of user registration," points out
Blom. "You may not realize it, but in the course of time you may registered
at a couple of dozen sites. Do you remember the passwords you entered for
all of them?"
Web Confidential allows Web surfers to store URLs, user IDs,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79276"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">From: Darren Williams (d.williams@activeconcepts.com)
Subject: Funnel Web 2.0 preview release
Active Concepts today released the first preview release of Funnel Web 2.0
the complete Web analysis solution. Funnel Web 2.0 will be officially
launched at MacWorld on July 8 and will offer significant new features to
extend the power of web analysis beyond current standards.
For the first time Funnel Web will support a host of new features such as
multilingual reporting, full archiving and compression using Stuffit and
Gzip and support a number of post processing features such as FTP transfers
and email notification. A full announcement and detailed specifications
will be released at MacWorld.
All current users will receive a free upgrade to 2.0 and until July 8.
After July 8 Funnel Web will be priced at $249 and $499 for the standard
and professional versions.
A preview release is now available for download from
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79274"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">EveryWare Introduces Automated XML in Tango Enterprise Demonstrates SQL to
XML Intranet Publishing with Microsoft Internet Explorer
Toronto, Canada--June 25, 1998--EveryWare Development Inc. (ASE:EVE) the
leading developer of cross platform software for the construction and
analysis of dynamic Web applications, today introduced automated XML
functionality, code-named Generation X, in its industry leading Web
application development environment, Tango Enterprise 3.1.
Tango Generation X, currently available in Tango Enterprise 3.1, allows
developers to visually build Web applications that generate XML on the fly
from business logic and data values in corporate databases. EveryWare has
created an Intranet publishing application built with Tango Generation X
that automatically generates custom XML information channels which conform
to Microsoft's Channel Definition Format (CDF), an XML application in
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79273"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Garage.com's Web site is now open -- (http://www.garage.com)
While you're there, you can sign up for one or more of their free mailing
lists:
Garage.com News -- news about us and our press releases
Geoff's Gems -- high tech investor & entrepreneur news
Bozosity of the Day -- examples of bozosity all around us
Stories from Hell -- lessons learned from those who've been there
Accounting & Consulting -- articles and Q&A from Coopers & Lybrand
Commercial Banking -- articles and Q&A from Silicon Valley Bank
Investment Banking -- articles and Q&A from DMG Technology Group
Law -- articles and Q&A from Venture Law Group
Venture Capital -- articles and Q&A from Advanced Technology Ventures
Soapbox -- articles and Q&A from me and Rich Karlgaard
You can sign up for these lists here:
(http://www.garage.com/mailingLists.shtml)
And don't forget your garage.com soft-wear (hats & T-shirts):
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79271"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">FileMaker Pro Database Software Is Windows 98 Ready
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- June 25, 1998 -- FileMaker, Inc., today
announced that its customers can enjoy the benefits of Windows 98 with its
award-winning database application, FileMaker Pro 4.0. In addition,
FileMaker Pro 4.0 Developer Edition, an essential toolkit for rapid
development and deployment of FileMaker Pro solutions, which recently began
shipping, also bears the "Designed for Windows 98 and Windows NT logo."
FileMaker products are compatible with Windows 98 so customers wishing to
upgrade or that buy new PCs with Windows 98 can still use or purchase
FileMaker products and have compatibility with the Windows 98 operating
system.
"We're pleased that FileMaker Pro users are able to take advantage
of the benefits of Windows 98 and are pleased to have worked with FileMaker
to ensure the compatibility of their award winning software with Windows
98," said Rob Bennett, group product manager at Microsoft Corp.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-79245"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">GoLive Offers Free Personal Edition to All Attendees With Competitive Packages
Next week at the Web Design and Development '98 show, GoLive Systems will
give away FREE copies of their $99 CyberStudio Personal Edition to all
attendees who bring in their packages of competitive Web authoring tools.
Users simply bring the packages to booth #802 in the North Hall to receive
their free Personal Edition.
GoLive CyberStudio Personal Edition offers professional full layout control
and site management functionality. Its an intuitive program that provides
everything users need to turn their design skills loose on a single Web
page or an entire site.
Competitive packages included in the promotion are: Adobe PageMill, BBEdit,
Claris Home Page, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Front Page, NetObjects Fusion, and
Symantec Visual Page.
GoLive will offer the same promotion at Macworld/New York in July. For more
information, visit the GoLive Web site at www.golive.com or call
800-554-6638.</div></div></span>
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