SYBASE SHIPS OPEN CLIENT & OPEN SERVER FOR MAC OS X Versatile Programming Tool Kits for Creating Enterprise-Class Database Applications for Mac OS X Now Available SYNOPSIS: Sybase, Inc. releases Open Client(tm) and Open Server(tm) for Mac OS X, versatile programming tool kits designed to enable the creation of enterprise-class database applications from within Apple's revolutionary, UNIX-based operating system. Sybase=AE Open Client for Mac OS X provides Mac OS X client seats with a hig= h performance connection to an installed base of more than 40,000 corporate systems running more than one million databases managed by Sybase Adaptive Server=AE Enterprise Sybase Open Server greatly facilitates the development of multi-user data connections and specialized data storage systems Open Client and Open Server for Mac OS X, Internet-enabled developer tool kits, are available immediately DUBLIN, Calif. - May 6, 2002 - Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading enterprise infrastructure and...

Mac OS X Developers The Omni Group Ship Memory Management Tool, OmniObjectMeter 2.0 Offers OS X application developers a solution to common programming problems Seattle, Washington -- May 6, 2002 -- The Omni Group, developers of Mac OS X applications and game ports, announce OmniObjectMeter 2.0, a tool aimed at Cocoa developers that provides an easy way to track and solve common memory management coding mistakes. Developers need to be certain that memory is not being used by objects that no longer need it. After an object has served its function, it should be disposed of or its memory will be "leaked". When an object is not correctly detached from the application, or "de-allocated", memory space is wasted and the application can become slow or crash. OmniObjectMeter offers an effective way to seek out these memory leaks, multiply deallocated objects, and improve an application's performance. Rather than searching through thousands of objects in a system, developers can use ObjectMeter...

UniHelp 1.2 Module for REALbasic Cross-Platform HELP Engine for Your REALbasic Applications! WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.2? * Win32 support for the (IMG) tag, linked images, video and audio. UniHelp 1.2 Download: http://www.ebutterfly.com/rb/downloads/unihelp.hqx UniHelp 1.2 Info & Screen Shots: http://www.ebutterfly.com/rb/unihelp.asp Free Upgrade for existing UniHelp customers. Your 1.1 Serial Number will work with the new UniHelp 1.2 module. -------------------------------------- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Apple Help Viewer, Microsoft HTML Help, WinHelp.... Why waste your precious development time designing and compiling a different Help system for each platform when you can easily use UniHelp for all of them? NO additional plugins or classes needed. Just drag the UniHelp module and its graphics folder into your REALbasic project, add a few lines of code, create your external help pages, and that's it -- instant online help for your compiled REALbasic applications that looks and...

Mike Murry is pleased to announce the initial release of the SOAP Toolkit. This set of custom classes allows a REALbasic developer to include a SOAP client in their REALbasic projects. At this time only the client version is included. Future versions will contain a class to construct a SOAP server. Eventually, support for the complete SOAP specification will be implemented. This version is based on the Busy Developers Guide for SOAP (http://www.soapware.org/bdg). SOAP Toolkit can be downloaded from (http://www.mikemurry.com/software/). This software and it's source code is released under the GPL. You may use the software or source code for any purpose as long as all code where a major portion is derived from this code, is also released under the GPL. The compiled code is free to use without guilt or persecution. If you would like to contribute to Mike Murry's programming career, however, you can make a contribution to him through Kagi at: (https://order.kagi.com/cgi-bin/r1.cgi?KPU...

Cityview Software Announces the Release of AppBeat=81 1.2 Company Sets Sights on Apple's WWDC with the Latest Version of Its Mac Developer Tool FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DALY CITY, Calif., May 3, 2002 -- Cityview Software announces version 1.2 of AppBeat=81. This version of AppBeat includes many new UI and usability features. Cityview Software is also pleased to announce the opening of its online Company Store. Cityview Software will be showing AppBeat at the WWDC Expo, May 6th through May 8th. AppBeat 1.2 is a powerful and innovative utility for Macintosh developers. It enables programmers to examine exactly what is going on inside their application as it executes. Using AppBeat's real-time profiler, programmers can see the profile results as the application runs. This lets programmers interact with the application to locate exactly where performance bottlenecks are located. In addition, AppBeat provides a real-time memory monitoring utility that allows programmers to visually inspect...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EXHIBIT FAIR OPENS NEXT WEEK AT APPLE'S WWDC 2002 - WWDC Exhibit Fair will have vendors of all types and sizes showing off the best the Mac has to offer. WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- May 3, 2002 -- Xplain Custom Services, the leader in pavilion management, today announced the official "WWDC Exhibit Fair" will be held next week during Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose CA. The Exhibit Fair "grand opening" starts at 5 p.m., Monday, May 6th. Exhibitor Hours: Monday, May 6th -- 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 7th -- 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 8th -- 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. A complete WWDC 2002 "Exhibit Fair" participating company list is available at (http://www.xplain.com/pavilions/wwdc2002/wwdc2002_ex_list.html). In the exhibit area, companies will showcase their newest products which support Mac OS X and other Apple technologies. If you're just beginning as a programmer, developing web content,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DEVDEPOT NAMED PRODUCER OF OFFICIAL STORE FOR MACWORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO -- All Exhibitors Invited to Sell Through DevDepot -- One-Stop Shop for All Attendees WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA and FRAMINGHAM, MA -- May 2, 2002 -- DevDepot(r), the leader in Macintosh related and technical product sales, and IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for IT markets around the globe, announced today that DevDepot has been named producer of the Official Retail Store at IDG World Expo's Macworld Conference & Expo, in both New York 2002, and in San Francisco 2003. Macworld Conference & Expo attendees will now benefit from the combination of DevDepot's world renowned customer service and competitive pricing, and the scope of products seen at the Macworld events. Macworld Conference & Expo is the world's most comprehensive Macintosh OS event. The upcoming Macworld Conference & Expo will take place July 15-19, 2002 at...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Terje Norderhaug; terje@in-progress.com; 619-437-6721 MEDIA DESIGN IN*PROGRESS RELEASES INTERACTION 4.0 FOR MAC SAN DIEGO CA, May 2, 2002: Media Design in*Progress releases the Interaction 4.0 XML/XSL BASED WEB APPLICATION SERVER FOR MACINTOSH. The new release adds support for WebStar V on MacOSX, Mac Web Sharing, Apache and other web servers on UNIX and Windows, dramatically expanding the number of sites that can take advantage of Interaction. A 30 day trial version is available from: http://interaction.in-progress.com Interaction generates standard HTML and WAP pages from server-side XML and XSL or CSS2 style sheets. Legacy HTML documents can be used as is or enhanced with XML constructs, facilitating a smooth transition from HTML to Extensible HTML and XML. Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) is a standard from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) used to build templates and transformations for the layout of web pages. Cascading Stylesheets Level 2 (...

JAW software ships MPEG2Splitter 1.4 for MacOS 9 and MacOS X GENOA, April 29, 2002 JAW software announced today the availability of the release 1.4 of MPEG2Splitter, an utility for MPEG-2 movies. JAW MPEG2Splitter splits MPEG-2 files in smaller user-defined segments, manually or automatically, from any size source (even over the usual 2Gb limit). This comes in handy when you need to re-encode video using programs unable to manage files bigger than 2Gb, or just to split encoding tasks. User interface is in typical Mac style, user friendly; help is available via balloon help and with the embedded manual. New features in 1.4: - MacOS X 10.1.4 compatibility - Subtle rare "Error 1 (2)" fixed - Enhanced compatibility with some MPEG-2 "dialects" - Added online registration - Email and Web page links updated Requirements: - PPC processor - MacOS 9.x, MacOS 10.0.4 or later - CarbonLib 1.4 or later - 3.5Mb available memory You can download it from the JAW software web site: http://www.jaw.it...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PR: Scientific study helps webmasters to obtain better rankings on search engines Cologne, Germany. April 30, 2002 - Most Internet surfers use search engines to locate web sites but only a minority of them look beyond the top 10 search results. Therefore, obtaining a high position on search engine result pages is essential for every online business. But how do search engines rank a web site? The "Search Engine Ranking" study, released today, endeavors to answer this question for all the major search engines, Google, Altavista, iWon/Inktomi, AllTheWeb, Wisenut and Teoma. 144 attributes of 103,260 top 10 web pages were examined in the study, making it the most comprehensive search engine ranking study available today. "Until now, there was no tenable information on how search engines rank web sites available. Internet marketing professionals depended on speculation and meager pieces of information that the search engines were willing to give away." explained...

Press Release - Mouseki 2.2 Release date: 29/4/2002 Black Cat Software is pleased to announce Mouseki 2.2, a major update to its onscreen keyboard for Mac OS X. New features in 2.2 include: - Modifier keys now operate globally - Multiple keyboard sizes Mouseki 2.2 now supports modifier keys that work globally. This means you will now be able to shift-click multiple files, or make complex listbox selections. In addition, Mouseki now offers three keyboard sizes from very small to very big, so you can choose the size that best suits you. Owners of Mouseki 2.x can download version 2.2 for free from the full version download link. For new users Mouseki 2.2 is still ONLY $15! ABOUT MOUSEKI Mouseki allows text input in situations where it isn't possible to use a keyboard - be they physical impairments such as RSI or disabilities or kiosk applications. The design goal of Mouseki was to Keep It Simple! So there are no special files you need, no special software to install and no special...

For Immediate Release Contact: Jim Matthews, 603-619-0397, matthews@fetchsoftworks.com FETCH 4.0.2 SHIPS Popular Mac FTP Client Updated HANOVER, N.H.--Fetch Softworks today announces the release of Fetch 4.0.2, a free upgrade to the award-winning File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client for the Macintosh. Fetch 4.0, released in May, 2001, was among the first FTP clients for Mac OS X, and quickly became one of the most downloaded Mac applications. Version 4.0.2 offers dozens of improvements in performance, compatibility, and features, such as support for long file names on OS X and the ability to duplicate remote files. This update illustrates Fetch Softworks' commitment to its customers, and further cements Fetch's position as an indispensable file transfer tool for web authors, publishers, and researchers. Single user licenses for Fetch 4.0.2 are available for only $25, and multi-user licenses are available at a per-user discount. Free licenses are available for educational and charitable...

Group Logic Releases ExtremeZ-IP Version 2.1 Best-Selling Windows-to-Macintosh File and Print Sharing Product Boosts Administrative Functions and Performance Arlington, VA - April 30, 2002 - Group Logic, developer of best-selling Macintosh-to-Windows interoperability software, announced today the immediate availability of version 2.1 of the company's ExtremeZ-IP file and print server product. ExtremeZ-IP uses the TCP/IP protocol to increase throughput as much as six fold between Macintosh clients and Microsoft Windows servers. With version 2.1 of ExtremeZ-IP, administrators gain additional control and ease-of-use through enhancements to the ExtremeZ-IP Administrator application. System status information is now immediately available from the application's primary interface, and administrators gain detailed information and control over users, files, volumes, print queues and individual print jobs under management by clicking a few buttons. The product also offers performance gains from...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE XPLAIN TO MANAGE ALL SPECIAL INTEREST PAVILIONS FOR MACWORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO -- MacTech Central, and Other Special Interest Areas Make Their Return -- Several New Market Segments Being Added WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA and FRAMINGHAM, MA -- May 1, 2002 -- Xplain Corporation, the leader in pavilion management, and IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for IT markets around the globe, announced today that Xplain will manage all of the pavilions at IDG World Expo's Macworld Conference & Expo, in both New York (July 15-19, 2002), and in San Francisco (January 6-10, 2003). Special interest areas and pavilions allow exhibitors to target attendees interested in particular technology categories. Macworld Conference & Expo is the world's most comprehensive Macintosh OS event. The upcoming Macworld Conference & Expo will take place July 15-19, 2002 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The...

For immediate release: InterMapper Monitors Wireless Access Points Hanover, NH - April 25, 2002--InterMapper(R) 3.6.1 allows a network manager to monitor the status of their Apple and Cisco wireless access points. InterMapper now displays the number of clients associated with a base station, along with the client name or MAC address and the signal strength for each client. This benefits managers who need to know how many clients are using an access point, or why particular client computers may be seeing poor performance. Because InterMapper monitors this information continually, there is no need to invoke a specialized tool to get this information. In addition to the wireless enhancements, Dartware has added several other features that extend InterMapper's utility. These include: * Authenticated E-mail Notifications. InterMapper can send notifications to SMTP servers that require authentication. * Improved Log File. You can now control the interval at which data are written to chart...

COMPUTER USERS CAN CONNECT AN ANALOG MONITOR TO A DIGITAL PORT USING GEFEN'S EX-TEND-IT DVI TO VGA CONVERSION BOX WOODLAND HILLS, CA [April 29, 2002] While new technologies are often heralded far and wide, it's good to know that some companies, like Gefen, are catering to both the old technologies as well as the new. Gefen's ex-tend-it DVI to VGA Conversion Box connects a computer's digital (DVI) port to an analog (VGA) monitor, allowing users to take full advantage of the two monitor ports available on most computers. Users can now create a dual-screen workstation using the computer's digital port to connect a second analog monitor. Within the Box, which comes equipped with its own power supply and cables, the analog/digital conversion takes place, enabling the two traditionally incompatible ports to communication with one another. Specifications: DVI Amplifier Bandwidth: 1.65 GHz VGA Bandwidth: 350 MHz Input Video Signal: 1.2 volts p-p Input DDC Signal: 5 volts p-p (TTL) DVI...

Apple Unveils New Titanium PowerBook G4 Features High-Res 15.2-inch Mega-Wide Display, Increased Performance & Pur= e Digital DVI Connection to Apple Flat-Panel Displays CUPERTINO, California-April 29, 2002-Apple=AE today introduced the new Titanium PowerBook=AE G4 line featuring an all-new, high-resolution display, faster PowerPC G4 processors, the industry's first integrated Digital Visual Interface (DVI) port and the industry's only integrated Gigabit Ethernet in a notebook. The new 15.2-inch mega-wide display features an enhanced resolution of 1280-by-854 pixels, 23 percent more than previous models, along with higher brightness and better color saturation. Faster PowerPC G4 processors up to 800 MHz and the addition of a 1MB of level 3 cache boost performance for demanding applications like Final Cut Pro=81 and Photoshop. And, the new integrated Digital Visual Interface (DVI) port for analog and digital video output enables a pure digital connection to Apple's award-winning...

WindowSplitter 4.0 is out. WindowSplitter is a REALbasic Plugin Control to create split views in a Window. The WindowSplitter Control is supported on PPC, Carbon and Win32 Targets. New in 4.0: * Added a Paint event to do Custom Rendering of the WindowSplitter. * Added a HitTest event to set a custom "Hot Point" for the WindowSplitter. WindowSplitter DEMO's and Full versions are available at http://www.einhugur.com. Bj=F6rn Eir=EDksson bjorn@einhugur.com Einhugur Software einhugur@kagi.com http://www.einhugur.com Einhugur Software has sold its products in 38 countries world wide. For support: support@einhugur.com For bug reports: bugs@einhugur.com To post on the maillist: einhugur@yahoogroups.com

Monday, April 29th, 2002 Iconfactory Press Release - IconBuilder 3.5 for Mac OS X Released The Iconfactory is proud to announce that IconBuilder Pro, the professional tool of choice for Macintosh & Windows icon construction, has been updated to version 3.5 for use with Mac OS X. IconBuilder Pro 3.5 was re-engineered to work specifically with Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and Mac OS 10.1.3 (and above). The filter includes a revised, Aqua user interface along with all of the features and controls IB users have come to know and depend on. These features include: * True 32-bit icon formats for Mac OS X & Win XP * Create resources instantly with QuickBuild * Convert from Mac to Win and back again * Extract any icon into Photoshop for editing * Mac icon formats (7.5, 8.5, 9.x, 10.x) * Win .ico formats (95, 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP) * Updated tutorial and user's guide for OS X * 128x128 pixel icon format in Mac OS X * "BuilderTips" for novice & advanced users * View icons against multiple...

Optigold ISP 2.9.8 for Windows, Macintosh, Mac OS X and Linux was released on 04/26/2002. 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 2.9.8 adds new provisioning functionality, credit card processing through BluePay, credit card and ACH processing through ACH Direct, package (multiple products/services) support and some other miscellaneous items. All new features in this version are listed in the revision log: Optigold ISP Revision Log ------------------------- Completed On 4/25/02 Hold and restore held server events can be triggered manually for emails and domains Completed On 4/23/02 Packages (groups of products/services) can be defined under Edit Products Packages can be added to invoices manually Packages can be added to customer's...

Griffin releases iMate Software Developer Kit for Mac OS X Nashville, TN - April 25, 2002. Just in time for Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference - WWDC 2002, Griffin Technology, Inc. has released the iMate SDK for OS X. The package includes a pre-release of the Griffin iMate driver 1.5, "Communicating with ADB Devices" White Paper and the ADB Parser OS X Application. These tools will open up the door for aggressive development of drivers for many popular ADB devices and peripherals under OS X. "The SDK allows developers to easily support the hundreds of legacy ADB devices, including trackballs, hardware protection dongles, tablets, calibrators, and numerous specialty devices. The sample code allows developers to instantly port their ADB drivers and applications to OS X." said Paul Griffin of Griffin Technology. Developers are invited to download the iMate SDK at http://www.griffintechnology.com/imate/imate_driver.html. The current iMate driver for Mac OS 9 is 2.6.1. The current...

The La Jolla Underground is pleased to announce XEALbc 1.1, the second release of the wildly popular math utility. This version adds support for the most widely requested features from our user base. These include: * Optionally saves window state in resource fork (placement, size, selection, scroll location and pane height) * Saves popup (input/output bases) and checkbox (math lib/preprocessor) states * Default include files (files automatically included before a calculation) * Better preprocessor support (calls cc -E instead of cpp, unless cc is not available) * Contact info in the about box * Help tags for the various controls * Better path support (default include files and paths) * Floating help windows for basic bc help XEALbc is a calculator utility for Mac OS X that goes beyond simple emulation of a pocket calculator. Sporting a text-editor type interface with multiple, savable document windows, you can type in whatever complex equations you desire, and quickly edit what you...

Press 3=81 offers Third Party Mac Certifications Overland Park, KS - Press 3=81 - for tech support, has announced a certification program targeted toward experienced Mac technical individuals. The certifications are designed to meet a lack of available third party certification programs for Mac techs. The site's founder, Scott William, states "Press 3 Certifications have been a success during the program's examination period over the last 6 months when it was introduced. The response has been overwhelmingly positive; we look forward to expanding our offerings for the Mac technical community." William has a long history in the Mac community and in addition to Press 3, operates MacOSX.com. Press 3 Certifications are marketed as a alternative to Apple Certifications and do not directly compete with anything Apple provides. By remaining independent, Press 3 is allowed to set their own certification criteria. Press 3 offers three certifications with a possibility of earning a fourth. This...

VIZSPRING SOFTWARE RELEASES TYPESET 1.1 23 APRIL 2002 -- Vizspring Software, a leader in quality shareware products for the Macintosh, released a major update their flagship font manager application, Typeset, today. Typeset is a full-featured font viewing utility. It was designed for the creative professional. Typeset's intended use is to view a collection of installed fonts searching for a good font for a particular project or logo. Typeset can also be used to view the contents of a font, or to preview text within a particular font. Typeset's many features, quick display speeds, multiple Favorites sets, and intuitive user interface make selecting the perfect font easy as ever. There simply isn't a better solution on the market. Version 1.1 features the following changes: New font storage and font array parameter call implementation; font list added; multiple favorites sets and accompanying features added; styled text identified added; more info window replaces advanced window; "Go To...