Casady & Greene is pleased to announce the release of Clone'X, the tool that allows you to Clone, Restore and Copy your system to one or multiple computers. Clone'X, originally developed by TED in France, was the first System duplication and restore tool for Mac OS X. Clone'X supports Mac OS 10.x, as well as Mac OS 8.6-9.x. Casady & Greene has signed a distribution agreement with TED (TRI-EDRE DEVELOPMENTS), developers of software for the French market, to bring Clone'X and the soon-to-be-released Tri-CATALOG to the US and Canadian markets. Thierry Rolland, President of TED said, "We are very excited to have Clone'X distributed and supported by Casady & Greene, enhancing this powerful utility for the Mac community. As a Macintosh utility developer, we are proud to offer software products for the exciting Mac OS X operating system." A clone or copy of your system can restore a damaged or corrupted system. Clone'X is a must-have tool which can be used to: * Easily create and...

Arkeia Enhances Flagship Network Backup Solution; v5.1 Adds Convenient Functions for System Administrators; New Features Extend Leadership in Heterogeneous Network Coverage Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2003--Arkeia Corp. today released a newly updated version of its award-winning enterprise backup solution that incorporates an assortment of innovative features for augmenting the program's inherently powerful heterogeneous network functions. Arkeia v5.1 includes expanded remote access capabilities, embedded supervision functions, and even broader heterogeneous support and compatibility with the latest tape drive technologies. "Version 5.1 consolidates Arkeia's position as the Linux market leader while confirming its position as providing the most extensive platform support among network backup products," Arkeia CEO Phil Roussel asserted. "We're not standing still here. A major part of the reason we are a leader in backup...

Extensis Announces Updates to Suitcase Server and Suitcase for Windows Free updates offer additional access control for Server users Portland, Ore. - March 11, 2003 - Extensis today announced two free updates to the Suitcase Server product line, extending the capabilities of its workgroup font management solution. Suitcase 10.2.1 for Macintosh offers server administrators additional control for their workgroup users, including individual font license management. Additionally, a free update to the Windows version of Suitcase, available in April 2003, will allow users to administer Suitcase Server from a Windows PC. The new Suitcase Server allows administrators to control local font access on a per-user basis, manage font licenses, be alerted of potential license problems, and even administer fonts remotely. These controls can be used to prevent users from adding their own fonts to Suitcase, stopping unlicensed fonts from entering a workflow, and enabling the administrator to monitor...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TypeRecorder X for Macintosh OS X Released PALM BEACH, FL - Mar. 10, 2003 -- Rampell Software, LLC has released TypeRecorder X for Macintosh, the first version of TypeRecorder to work with Apple's new OS X operating system. TypeRecorder X, like its Macintosh Classic cousin, records all keystrokes typed and applications used on a computer. An effective backup tool, TypeRecorder X is a must for users who do a lot of typing. TypeRecorder X automatically saves all work to a daily log file, which can be retrieved in the event of an application or computer crash---or if any sort of work is accidentally deleted or modified. Because TypeRecorder X records all keystrokes along with the applications they were typed in and the time they were typed, it is easy to reconstruct any lost work, or go back to an earlier draft of a document. Even if you forget to save, TypeRecorder will always be recording. TypeRecorder X also provides a comprehensive record of computer use, and...

QUEUESOCKET 1.1 RELEASED 10 MARCH 2003 -- QueueSocket, the first complete open-source Socket solution for REALbasic developers, was updated to version 1.1 today from developer Drew Hamlin of Vizspring Software. QueueSocket is the first and only open-source solution made available to REALbasic developers to improve Internet and network communication using the Socket control. QueueSocket provides a simple introduction program as well as a complex, fully developed Network Tic-Tac-Toe game with accompanying source code and internet tracker application. QueueSocket was created based on the fundamental principal that all data can fit into a queue data type, which in turn can be converted into a string and sent across a local network or the Internet. Version 1.1 adds REALbasic 5.x compatibility and also extends compatibility back to REALbasic 3.x. Users upgrading to QueueSocket 1.1 from a previous version should note that the "In" queue has been renamed to "Incoming" QueueSocket is available...

NETOPIA ENHANCES NETOCTOPUS ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT PLATFORM netOctopus 4.2 Provides Comprehensive Software Deployment Tools Emeryville, CA, March 10, 2003 - Netopia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTPA), a market leader in broadband equipment, software and services, today announced the release of netOctopus Enterprise Systems Manager, version 4.2. Netopia's award-winning netOctopus Enterprise Systems Manager is used by IT staff to inventory, track and remotely manage all of the computers and software on a corporate network. With this release, netOctopus has added enhanced software deployment tools, and new early-warning systems to alert managers about impending equipment failure. In partnership with Mindvision, netOctopus now includes a special version of Installer VISE for Windows and Macintosh, along with a new netOctopus application, File Scripter Pro. Using these tools, network administrators can take a snapshot of a computer hard drive before and after installing new software, compare them...

Committed Software Ships 4DVersion 1.0 -- New Version Control Tool Gives 4th Dimension Developers Greater Flexibility and Control in Application Development -- HAMDEN, Conn., March 6, 2003 - Committed Software, creators of software tools to enhance the 4th Dimension development experience, today announced the immediate availability of 4DVersion 1.0. a version control system for 4D project methods. 4D Version is available immediately, starting at $399 directly from (http://www.committedsoftware.com/). Designed to give 4D developers greater control over code revisions, 4DVersion tracks modifications made to project methods over the lifetime of projects, with version history and viewable differences. Developers can revert to older versions, code share amongst projects and code share between programmers on the same project. "4D is used by developers worldwide for rapid application development and deployment, from small-and medium-sized projects to large enterprise solutions," said Brendan...

OpenLink Releases Open Source ODBC and JDBC Driver Benchmark Utilities OpenLink Simplifies Data Access Driver and Database Engine Benchmarking Burlington, MA, March 3, 2003 - OpenLink Software, Inc., a leading provider of Universal Data Access and Enterprise Information Integration middleware, announces the release of OpenLink ODBC Bench and OpenLink JDBC Bench under the GPL Open Source license. These cross platform, Open Source benchmarking utilities enable users to produce their own local empirical data for objective comparison and analysis of the performance and scalability of ODBC and JDBC Drivers, underlying database engines, and host operating systems. Each utility enables concurrent single- and multi-threaded benchmarks across chosen Drivers, with a real-time visualization of the entire benchmark run. All benchmark results can be saved to an ODBC or JDBC compliant database of choice and/or an XML file. In addition, thanks to the Open Source release, Benchmark methods may be...

4D, Inc. Announces Three New Deployment Options for 4D Engine 2003 -- New Editions of 4D Engine Give Developers Even Greater Flexibility for Application Distribution -- SAN JOSE, Calif., March 5, 2003 - 4D, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS environment and 4D WebSTAR Server Suite, today announced three new deployment options that offer developers even greater flexibility for application distribution. 4D Engine 2003 is a professional deployment tool for fast and secure application distribution, and will be available in 4D Engine Light Edition, 4D Engine Sponsored Edition, and 4D Engine Professional Edition, when 4th Dimension 2003 is released. "4D Engine is the ultimate way to distribute 4th Dimension applications with speed and security, and our new deployment options give developers a greater number of customizable, affordable choices," said Brendan Coveney, president and CEO of 4D, Inc. "Our new 4D Engine licenses open-up deployment options for distribution of anything...

FileMaker Enhances Program for Corporate and Commercial Developers SANTA CLARA, CA - March 3, 2003 - Keeping pace with the evolution of its database software line, FileMaker announced enhancements to its FileMaker Solutions Alliance (FSA) program for professional developers, consultants, trainers and publishers worldwide. Among the new program changes, FSA members will receive new products, including FileMaker Developer, product updates, technical information, and -- in some instances - volume licensing pricing discounts. The company also announced new pricing to reflect these enhancements. "FileMaker developers -whether corporate developers or independent database consultants -- are creating the leading workgroup solutions in enterprises, small businesses and education throughout the world," said FileMaker president Dominique Goupil. "As the needs of our customers and developers evolve, the FSA program must also evolve to ensure FileMaker strengthens its leadership position in...

For immediate Release RADicode(TM) 1.1 CONTINUES TO ENHANCE POWERPLANT DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY Somerville, MA 02144; March 4, 2003 - Solidwave Software, Inc. has just released RADicodeTM 1.1, a new version of its rapid application development tool for Macintosh programmers. RADicode leverages REALbasic's graphical layout environment to provide a powerful resource editor. Programmers can build and test interfaces quickly and intuitively in REALbasic, then drag and drop REALbasic project files on the RADicode icon to generate PowerPlant source code. The code can then be customized for additional functionality. The new version features improved code generation and support for Mach-O PowerPlant targets and REALbasic 4.5 and 5.0. It can generate Mac OS X and Classic icons and multiple document types from REALbasic, and CodeWarrior stationaries are provided to facilitate project configuration. RADicode streamlines the time-consuming process of writing, debugging, and testing GUI code by...

Core Mac OS X and Unix Programming Class Returns to the Big Nerd Ranch Atlanta, GA - March 4, 2003 - The Big Nerd Ranch announces the return of Core Mac OS X and Unix Programming. Core Mac OS X Programming will allow programmers to harness the power of Mac OS X's Unix foundation. For the week of March 31 - April 4, 2003, Core Instructor Mark Dalrymple (http://www.bignerdranch.com/Company/Who.html) will return to the Big Nerd Ranch. After a successful Core Class in November 2002, the Big Nerd Ranch has edited and improved the instruction materials to enhance the Core learning experience. This class is the only Core offering currently scheduled for 2003. As with Cocoa classes, the Big Nerd Ranch intensive training methods will guide students' progress. Class topics include: * Multi-threading * Daemons * Distributed objects * Network programming * Rendezvous * Performance tuning * Advanced debugging techniques * The security framework * Exception handling For a complete course listing,...

DiamondSoft Ships Font Reserve Server 1.6 Version 1.6 debuts Mac OS X client software, system font handling and system-wide automatic font activation. San Francisco, CA - March 4, 2003 - DiamondSoft Inc. today announced the availability of a significant update to Font Reserve Server, the company's award-winning font management system for workgroups. Font Reserve Server 1.6 introduces client software for Mac OS X, while continuing to provide font management for Mac OS 9 and Classic environments. To help administrators address the challenges of managing fonts in users' many System Fonts folders - especially in Mac OS X - the update provides sophisticated system font handling. Version 1.6 also adds system-wide automatic font activation and allows administrators to activate fonts on client systems. Font Reserve Server 1.6 is available today and free to all customers who purchased it within the last six months (since Macworld New York, July 2002). For more information about upgrade pricing...

MACTECH MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES NEW COLUMN BY SCOTT KNASTER -- Scott Knaster joins the magazine as columnist -- Acclaimed writer returns to the Macintosh fold Westlake Village, CA -- March 3, 2003 -- MacTech Magazine is proud to announce that renowned book author and technical writer Scott Knaster is joining the magazine as a columnist. The new column for MacTech is called "Mac OS X Programming Secrets", and starts in the April 2003 issue. Scott is best known for his classic books "How to Write Macintosh Software" and "Macintosh Programming Secrets", which helped teach a generation of Macintosh programmers their craft. Now Scott brings his informative and humorous style to the heart of the Mac programming community with his new column for MacTech. "Scott not only has an incredible writing style, but he understands the issues that concern many Mac programmers out there." says Neil Ticktin, Publisher of MacTech Magazine. "An icon in the community, a long time supporter of the magazine, and a...

(CA-OPENOSX-COM) OpenOSX WinTel 1.0.0 Available Now Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CROWLEY LAKE, Calif.--(OPENOSX-COM)--Feb. 28th, 2003-- OpenOSX today announced the immediate availability of WinTel 1.0.0 for Mac OS X Jaguar that is a easy-to-use solution for configuring and utilizing the proven open source "Bochs" software that allows x86/Pentium(R)-based operating systems on Macintosh computers. This newest edition delivers increased performance and is over 200% faster than previous versions of the WinTel product, bringing updated software, additional features and enhancements and was entirely rebuilt for Jaguar bringing enhanced performance and stability. The new product also features a customizable single-click installer with separate disk images of 10 ready-to-use, popular open source x86 operating systems pre-installed, including RedHat Linux, FreeDos and FreeBSD. WinTel has successfully been tested Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2K, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows XP...

iScreensaver Designer 3.0 LOS ANGELES, February 26, 2003 - Multimedia software producer Xochi Media Inc (http://xochi.com/) announces the Release of iScreensaver Designer version 3.0, the world's only cross-platform screensaver editor. First released in 1998, this third major release in the iScreensaver series has enough power for professional use in high-volume marketing and promotional campaigns, while its visual editor makes it easy to use for smaller projects. 3.0 - A Major New Release: iScreensaver Designer 3.0 includes full support for Mac OS X and Windows XP, as well as a brand new Slide Show editor with features not found in any other product. The editor software is available for Windows and Macintosh, and either version will build a screensaver for both platforms. The software and license codes are available for download immediately. The iScreensaver download is free and all features can tested with no time limit before purchase. iScreensaver Designer will convert all...

Objective Development announces Little Snitch for Mac OS X Vienna, Austria - February 25, 2003 -- Objective Development, makers of the popular LaunchBar utility, today announced the availability of Little Snitch for Mac OS X, the company's new must have security application that monitors outgoing network connections. Little Snitch hooks into the operating system and monitors all applications, system utilities and other Unix processes for outgoing network connections. It intercepts the connection and brings up an alert panel with connection details including the name of the application which initiated the connection. The user has the choice to allow the connection, deny it or to add a permanent rule for similar connections. Due to the application centric design, Little Snitch is much more than a simple firewall. It is an efficient weapon against applications which phone home, internet worms, trojans and other network parasites, not affecting normal operation. By adding rules...

Bare Bones Software Ships TextWrangler 1.0 New General Purpose Text Editing Product for Writers, Programmers and System Administrators BEDFORD, Mass. - February 25, 2003 - Bare Bones Software, Inc. today shipped TextWrangler(tm), a new product for general purpose text editing and processing of data. TextWrangler runs only on the Mac(R) OS (including Mac OS X) and is available immediately for electronic delivery from (http://www.barebones.com/) for an affordable introductory price of US$49. Efficient and low-overhead, TextWrangler serves as an editor for composing and modifying plain text and text-oriented data, including Unicode (UTF-8 and UTF-16) files and most non-Roman single-byte files. To aid in its use for composition, TextWrangler includes an integrated spell checker and an assortment of character formatting commands. TextWrangler is a powerful tool for system administrators, able to transparently read and write text files originating on a variety of platforms, and on...

Max Programming, LLC - eMail Verifier-X v1.1.2 February, 24 2003 Max Programming is proud to present a new release of Mail Verifier, the very first tool available on the Macintosh platform for batch e-mail validity checking. (Classic and Mac OS X) Product Home Page: http://www.maxprog.com/EmailVerifier.html )Overview If your database contains incorrect e-mail addresses, this disadvantages you in two ways. First, you have to put up with annoying 'undeliverable' messages. And second, you lose the ability to communicate by e-mail with your contacts. Email Verifier checks the validity of your e-mail addresses without actually sending e-mails. You can use the list of failed addresses to build a list for a 'please update' campaign. Email Verifier is a very effective piece of software that can verify over 10 e-mails per second . It can verify single e-mails or huge lists. (eMail Verifier is multithreaded, providing high speed verifying) eMail Verifier is your powerful solution for the...

REALbasic 5 for Macintosh now available with enhanced Jaguar support REALbasic 5 makes creating software fun and easy, builds smaller applications, improves support for Jaguar, adds powerful new Internet capabilities, comprehensive Unicode support and powerful new server development option. February 24th, 2003. Austin, Texas - REAL Software announces the availability of REALbasic 5 for Macintosh, the powerful, easy-to-use tool for creating your own software for Macintosh and Windows. This new version of the award-winning software includes enhanced support for Mac OS X version 10.2 "Jaguar" including drawers, brushed-metal windows and toolbars. "REALbasic 5 is the most significant release in several years," said Geoff Perlman, President and CEO of REAL Software. "REALbasic is still the fastest, easiest way to create Macintosh applications and now those applications look and feel more at home on Mac OS X than ever before." REALbasic 5 sports powerful new Internet communications...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EXHIBIT FAIR SHOWCASE RETURNS TO APPLE'S WWDC 2003 - Exhibit Fair Expands To Include QuickTime & Enterprise Markets! - Turnkey Station Packages Now Available For Under $2500! - Exhibit space is limited and expected to sell out! WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- February 21, 2003 -- Xplain Custom Services today announced the return of the popular "WWDC Exhibit Fair" to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, May 19-23, at the San Jose Convention Center. Vendors in the WWDC Exhibit Fair have a unique opportunity to showcase their latest technical products to the thousands of Mac OS X developers who attend this annual event. In 2003, the WWDC Exhibit Fair has expanded to include products and services for Enterprise IT organizations as well as QuickTime content creators. "The WWDC Exhibit Fair is always the focal point for seeing the latest technical wares on the Mac," said Neil Ticktin, CEO of Xplain Corporation and Publisher of MacTech Magazine. "With its expanded focus...

4D, Inc. Ships 4D WebSTAR V v5.2.4 Update -- Now with Built-in Support for Web Services, New Administration Options, Advanced 4D WebMail Pro and More -- SAN JOSE, Calif., February 20, 2003 - 4D, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS environment and 4D WebSTAR Server Suite, today announced the immediate availability of 4D WebSTAR V v5.2.4, now with built-in support for Web Services, new administration options, significantly updated 4D WebMail Pro, and more. The new 4D WebSTAR V v5.2.4 update is a free update for all registered users of 4D WebSTAR Server Suite V for Mac(R) OS X and available immediately, directly from (http://www.4D.com/). "4D WebSTAR V is the easiest to administer Internet server suite on Mac OS X, and proven faster than Apache," said Brendan Coveney, president and CEO of 4D, Inc. "Now 4D WebSTAR V can integrate with applications by connecting via Web Services in 4th Dimension 2003 and other Web Services. 4D WebSTAR V v5.2.4 demonstrates our commitment to...

Today, 24U Software introduced a new 24U Transcoding Table Utility for creating and working with transcoding tables. What is 24U Transcoding Table Utility? 24U Transcoding Plug-In Utility is a new support file for 24U Transcoding Plug-In. It contains several utility functions for working with transcoding tables, witch you can use to translate text between text encodings. You can use it to create, combine, analyze, and test transcoding tables before implementing them in your solutions. More info and download: http://www.24usoftware.com/info.php?ID=114 What is 24U Transcoding Plug-In? 24U Transcoding Plug-In is a powerful FileMaker Pro plug-in, that allows your databases to transcode and convert text and numbers in several ways. More info and download: http://www.24usoftware.com/info.php?ID=114 About 24U Software Since 2000, 24U company has been committed to software development, modifications and distribution, creating custom software solutions for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Windows users....

Intelli Innovations, Inc. is pleased to deliver IntelliMerge SQL 1.1, a new functionality update to its high-end, database-enabled business communication software. IntelliMerge SQL 1.1 adds: - Automatic Duplicate Skipping. For databases with multiple e-mail address matches in a single table (such as, for example, our transaction-based order database), IntelliMerge SQL can keep a local cache of which e-mail addresses have already received a specific message, and optionally skip over duplicates within a scope of a single campaign. - IntelliMergeStatus Code Conversion in the SQL Console: Database operations in IntelliMerge SQL work in both directions. Customer information is downloaded from the database, and an IntelliMergeStatus integer field is updated in exchange. This new addition to the SQL Console allows the software to automatically convert this number to its text equivalent. IntelliMerge's other included SQL Tools include an automatic POP3 bounce...