For Immediate Release HEURIS Announces New Product Compatibility with Adobe After Effects After Effects 4.1 users can now use HEURIS' software to convert directly to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 St. Louis, MO, September 10, 1999 - HEURIS, makers of the most widely used professional MPEG encoder, MPEG Power Professional*, is pleased to report that the newly released Adobe After Effects 4.1 is now compatible with all products in their award-winning line of MPEG encoding software. HEURIS' software MPEG encoders read Adobe After Effects files via the shared QuickTime* export component and directly convert them into MPEG files. This direct conversion saves time and prevents the potential quality loss associated with rendering the video to a different file format prior to encoding. "What our customers really want is compatibility," said Brian Quandt, president of HEURIS. "Adobe's adoption of the QuickTime* export component allows all of our products to connect directly with After Effects. Now all...

Just in case you were interested in what Guy Kawasaki is up to these days... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Garage.com Receives $12 million Investment from E*TRADE, ATV, Mayfield Fund, and Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group Web-based Firm Raises More Than $60 Million for 20 Technology Startups in 1999 PALO ALTO, Calif., September 13, 1999 -- Garage.com, a Web-based early-stage venture financing firm, today announced it has successfully completed a $12 million round of financing led by E*TRADE Group (NASDAQ: EGRP) with additional investments from Advanced Technology Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group, and other investors. Garage.com will use the funds to continue to expand its operations from Silicon Valley, Boston, and Seattle into high tech centers throughout the United States and around the world. "The private equity market is experiencing explosive growth. Thousands of talented entrepreneurs in garages around the world need seed capital to get...

AUSTIN, Texas, September 13, 1999 -- PowerLogix, a leader in the processor upgrade card market for the Mac and the the first company to demonstrate G4-based upgrades for PowerMacs, today announced plans to bundle LinuxPPC 1999 with all PowerLogix G3 and G4 upgrade cards. LinuxPPC 1999 offers the latest technologies and enhancements to the Linux operating system. It is the fifth release by LinuxPPC Inc. Now Powerlogix customers will be able to use the fastest processors in the world with the world's fastest and most popular web serving platform. Access to all popular Linux applications such as Apache HTTP Server and GIMP is now at their fingertips with an easy-to-use, full release LinuxPPC package. This is not a demo! All the power of MacOS X with a well-established user base, and free! Included in the bundle is the full release LinuxPPC 1999, which includes a two CD-ROM set: the install CD with hundreds of free, professional quality utilities, and a second CD-ROM that contains the...

SGBD Products is pleased to announce the shipment of ScanPlug version 1.0.2 (Mac and Windows). This version fixes some problems reported by users. You can download these versions from our web site at http://www.scanplug.com/ ScanPlug is the fast and easy to use direct-do-disk professional picture acquisition solution for 4D databases. Now you can put pictures in a database 10 times faster ! ScanPlug makes ACIUS 4D's and Adobe's Photoshop plug-in technologies meet in a fast and easy to use plug-in for 4D. Fully compliant with both technologies, ScanPlug allows you to call acquiring plug-ins designed for Photoshop (including twain sources) directly from 4D with no effort. From the pictures in your scanner or camera, ScanPlug produces in one single shot, PICT, compressed PICT or JPEG files, using direct-do-disk technology, together with their thumbnail for quick viewing, which makes ScanPlug the fastest and cheapest solution ever to put pictures in a database. This includes subjects such...

For Immediate Release Adobe Announces New Version of After Effects Performance Enhancements and Extensive New Feature Set Allow Users to Keep Their Focus On Designing Creative Content San Jose, Calif., (September 9, 1999) (Nasdaq:ADBE)-Adobe Systems Incorporated announced today that it has enhanced its award-winning motion graphics and visual effects software with the release of Adobe After Effects 4.1 software. The ultimate tool for motion graphics designers and visual effects artists who want to produce professional quality work for film, video, multimedia and the Web, After Effects 4.1 includes a host of new features including: support for enhanced media exchange, performance enhancements, workflow refinements, and extended creative options and control. This new version of After Effects empowers designers and visual effects artists to focus on design and creation, while minimizing the amount of time spent on production. In addition to an extensive list of features, After Effects 4....

From: mwron@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Subject: [ANN] 4.1 IDE Factory Update for CodeWarrior Pro 5 CodeWarriors, The CodeWarrior Pro 5.1 Factory Update for Macintosh and Windows is a maintenance release of the Pro 5 tools. This factory update includes the CodeWarrior IDE 4.0.1. IDE 4.0.1 is a bugfix release which is recommended for all Pro 5 users. A complete list of fixes can be found in the release notes within the installer. http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/software/updates/

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September, 1999 Network Technologies New Universal ST-nU-13W3 KVM Switch Offers Users the Choice of a Sun or VGA Monitor Aurora, OH: Network Technologies Inc announces the availability of the new ST-nU-13W3 Universal KVM Switch. The ST-nU-13w3 is the only universal kvm switch on the market allowing users to control 2, 4, or 8 computers (MAC, PC or SUN) with one keyboard, mouse and the option of either a SUN or VGA multi-sync monitor. The monitor outputs are 13W3 and 15pin HD females, for connecting to either a SUN or PS/2 monitor. The Sun monitor must be PC compatible or multi-sync (refer to your owners manual). All CPU video ports are 15HD female. Proprietary keyboard interface cables are necessary for proper operation between the computers and the universal switch box. NTIs website at http://www.networktechinc.com/srvsw-stu.html contains additional information regarding compatible SUN monitors. Pricing for the ST-nU-13W3 Universal KVM Switch is $...

Sep 7, 1999: Startup Doubler 2.1 is now available for downloading from www.marcmoini.com Startup Doubler makes for quicker startups: Its software acceleration compensates for sub-optimal disk performance to make extensions, control panel, the Finder and startup applications load faster. Save time each time you startup your Mac! Those seconds spent waiting while your Mac starts add up to a lot of time. Startup Doubler usually makes startups 20% to 50% faster, depending on the performance of your startup disk and the number of Extensions, Control Panels and Startup Items in your System. Version 2.1, released today, fixes an obscure crash bug during startup and has other minor improvements. Startup Doubler runs on Mac OS 8.6 and previous versions (going back to System 7.0), and supports multiple extension sets. It is shareware, so you can try it for free then buy only if you like it. The shareware fee is $20, registered users of previous versions may upgrade for free. You may download...

POLsoft is proud to announce the release of QuickTexter v1.0, a powerful clone to the text processors we have grown to love, like SimpleText, TeachText, and BBEdit. QuickTexter v1.0 features all the format tools for regular text and HTML. Very useful for web editors (no-wysiwyg) who edit pages every day and want to cut a little time off the task, or for anyone needing a quick and easy text editor. You can get QuickTexter v1.0 at http://polsoft.8m.com. If you want to report a bug, go to http://polsoft.8m.com/feedback.html, or email us at bugs@polsoft.8m.com. Matt Hunter POLsoft

We're proud to present a new, dramatically improved public beta of "mp3voodoo"! What is it? mp3voodoo lets you organize, browse, select and play your valuable mp3 files. As mp3 files get more popular, the increasing number of files have to be organized to find and play them easily. mp3voodoo collects the data from your mp3 files including id3 information as title, artist, album, year, genre and lets you add cover images for every album. The new version handles multiple media types and allows you to transfer playlists directly to SoundApp and MacAMP - many new features help you to organize and handle your files. Features: MP3 Collection handling: - Create multiple collection databases - Add files from various sources as CDRs and HD - Add cover images to album folders - Two views available: List view and cover view (mosaic of cover images) - User customizable columns that display all id3 information - Quicksearch for both views lets you find a title in a snap - Additional search window...

Valentina for REALbasic 1.5 Released VALENTINA PRODUCT LINE UPGRADED, POWERFUL DATABASE ENVIRONMENT FOR REALBASIC AVAILABLE September 3, 1999. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software made available an across the board upgrade to its database product line, in addition to introducing Valentina for REALbasic, a powerful database solution for REALbasic developers. The update added significant SQL programmatic functionality and performance improvements through the enhancement of the Valentina database kernel. Paradigma Software released a new product, Valentina for REALbasic, allowing developers using REAL Software's REALbasic rapid application development environment to create powerful, database-oriented applications for the MacOS. Valentina for REALbasic allows creation of smaller applications that can handle very large amounts of data in multiple, open databases, and perform search and sort queries using SQL. Valentina for REALbasic is available immediately at an introductory price of $99...

MEDIA CLEANER COMPRESSION SUITE NOW AVAILABLE FROM TERRAN INTERACTIVE Los Gatos, CA (September 2, 1999) Terran Interactive, a subsidiary of Media 100 (NASDAQ: MDEA), announced today the release of the Media Cleaner Compression Suite which includes the essential tools for preparing high quality Internet video and audio. The Suite includes Media Cleaner Pro 4, Sorenson Video 2 Developer Edition, QDesign Music Codec 2 Professional Edition and the "How to Produce High-Quality QuickTime" booklet, all for $1299.00. The Media Cleaner Compression Suite contains everything media producers need to quickly and easily produce the highest quality video and audio for the web, broadband networks, and more. Available for both Mac OS and Windows 95/98/NT, this set of products are currently being used by top industry professionals worldwide to deliver excellent online results. "This powerful set of award-winning tools provides web developers a simple solution for putting the best looking video on the...

CelView (TM) the new Mac RUMBA Version 2.0 Features Cel Corporation continually works to provide industry leading terminal emulation solutions for Macintosh users worldwide and is pleased to announce the features that will be available with the latest release of CelView the new Mac RUMBA. Set to release in late Fall of 1999, Version 2.0 will offer IP printing Session Device Naming and improved SNA Gateway functionality. IP Printing allows Macintosh users to print over TCP/IP using TN3270e/TN5250e connections to Mainframes and AS/400s respectively. CelView will then be able to support printing capabilities for all connection methods such as NetWare, Gateway Client, AppleTalk and TCP/IP. CelView the new Mac RUMBA Version 2.0 will also include Session Device Naming, which allows each user running CelView to connect to a specific device assigned by the AS/400. Cel Corporation is also building support for running SNA Gateway on Macintosh machines using Madge PCI Token Ring cards. This...

For Immediate Release: September 2, 1999 Albany, California - iYaron Software today announced Buy It! Pro, a software solution that allows developers to create a "Registration Client", which makes the process of registering their products extremely easy. Buy It! Pro outclasses every similar Mac OS software registration product. It allows developers to very easily create a "Registration Client" that can be bundled with any product. When a user wishes to register the product, all he or she needs to do is double click the "Registration Client" and follow the simple onscreen instructions. Buy It! Pro has the following key features: - Extremely low priced. Buy It! Pro both includes more features and is much lower priced that its competitors. In fact, it is two-thirds the cost of its closest competitor! - The Buy It! Registration Client is extremely easy to use, making the process of registering your product much, much simpler. - Supports Internet, postal mail, phone, and fax payment...

Fog City Software is pleased to announce the release of LetterRip Pro 3.0.6. LetterRip Pro 3.0.6 improves the handing of non-ASCII characters (like accented letters) in both MIME and non-MIME digests. We recommend that all owners of LetterRip Pro upgrade to 3.0.6. You can download the full installer from: http://fogcity.got.net/files/LetterRip/program/LetterRipPro3.0.6.hqx Or, you can download just the server: http://fogcity.got.net/files/LetterRip/program/LetterRipProServer3.0.6.hqx

SEYBOLD EXPO, Booth #444, San Francisco, CA -- August 31, 1999 -- PowerLogix R&D, designer of the best-selling PowerForce G3 line of processor upgrades, today announced plans to produce PowerForce G4 upgrades for PowerMacs. The PowerForce G4 brings the power of Motorola's AltiVec Technology (called "Velocity Engine" by Apple) to earlier PowerMacs and clones. The PowerForce G4 will be available in 350, 400, 450, and 500 MHz versions with 1 Mb or 2Mb of backside cache. The G4 processor is a derivative of the PowerPC 750 ("G3") design. The Motorola G4 design changed from the 750 only where required to gain "compelling multimedia performance," to quote the Motorola hardware specification. These changes include: - AltiVec instruction set - Improvements in memory bandwidth - Hardware based multiprocessing capability - Copper process technology - Improved floating point performance - Additional bus ratio options - Additional backside cache ratio options For full benefit of G4 technology...

TERRAN'S MEDIA CLEANER PRO BEING OPTIMIZED FOR APPLE'S NEW POWERMAC G4 New Version of Media Cleaner Pro Provides Developers Faster Compression of Content for Web, CD-ROM and DVD Applications Los Gatos, CA (August 31, 1999) Terran Interactive, a subsidiary of Media 100 (NASDAQ: MDEA), announced today that Media Cleaner Pro, the company's award-winning audio and video compression application will be optimized for Apple's new PowerMac G4. Preliminary tests of Media Cleaner Pro with the Sorenson Video Codec on PowerMac G4 are showing up to twice the performance of current PowerPC and Pentium systems. "Measuring the performance of computers by megahertz alone is like measuring the performance of cars in RPM's," said Darren Giles, technical director, Terran Interactive. "The ability of a PowerMac G4 machine to beat a 600 MHz Pentium III by a factor of two-to-one demonstrates this situation. With this new technology, a PowerMac G4 is effectively the first GigaHertz Macintosh available." "...

Apple Unveils Power Mac G4 and Cinema Display - The Ultimate System for Publishing Professionals QuickTimeTV Adds New Channels from Rhino and Warner Bros. Records iBook Pre-orders Top 140,000 in 40 days SEYBOLD SAN FRANCISCO-August 31, 1999-During the kick-off keynote today, Apple introduced the Power Mac G4, its new line of professional desktop computers which deliver supercomputer-level performance on a desktop, and the Apple Cinema Display, a spectacular 22-inch LCD flat panel that is the largest LCD display ever brought to market. Together, they create the ultimate system for publishing professionals. The Power Mac G4 is the first personal computer in history to deliver supercomputer-level performance of over one billion floating-point operations per second (gigaflops). The Power Mac G4 is powered by the revolutionary new PowerPC G4 chip architected by Apple, Motorola and IBM, which incorporates a new execution unit named the Velocity Engine-the heart of a supercomputer...

Netopia's Timbuktu Division Releases netOctopus 3.5, the First Comprehensive Systems Management Solution to Overcome Platform Limitations netOctopus' New Platform Independent Architecture Enables Seamless Desktop Administration in Multi-Platform Environments ALAMEDA, Calif., August 30, 1999 - Netopia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTPA) announces the immediate availability of netOctopus 3.5, the only systems management and desktop administration solution to overcome the cross-platform limitations inherent in enterprise environments. netOctopus 3.5 is based on Netopia's new platform independent architecture that provides integrated Windows and Mac OS systems management, allowing organizations to increase the yield of their IT investments from a single systems management solution. As part of Netopia's Timbuktu family of Intranet and Extranet management solutions, netOctopus 3.5 enables cross-platform administration of Windows or Mac OS-based systems from either a Windows or Macintosh administration...

Beaufort, SC - August 30, 1999 - Always Thinking, Inc. proudly announces the release of Thinking Home 1.0! Imagine writing an AppleScript that turns on the coffee maker -- something like: tell application "Thinking Home" turn on the "coffee maker" end tell Or just talk to your Mac: "Turn on the coffee maker". You can do it today! Thinking Home is nothing less than the best application for working with inexpensive X-10 (home automation) computer interfaces, including the new FireCracker. Designed by user interface professionals, Thinking Home presents the information and options in the clearest possible manner while providing the most complete set of features. And, as usual, software of this caliber is only available for Macintosh users. While there's no need to be a "power user", Thinking Home boasts numerous, powerful features that set it apart from other X-10 applications: - Downloads Events and Macros - Voice Commands - Spoken announcements - Runs AppleScripts and is scriptable...

Elgrande.com The New Face of E-commerce Story Elements: The First "Disintermediator" Elgrande.com (http://www.elgrande.com) is the first of a new e-commerce category, the first true "disintermediator". Disintermediation is the bypassing of the middle layers (distributors, brokers, warehousers and retailers) of the traditional retail supply chain and eliminating the retail markup. Creating the New Model for E-commerce Information technology research firms, such as Gartner Group, Jupiter, and Forrester Research, predict that the face of e-commerce will give way to a new model based on disintermediation. They also predict the emergence of independent consumer information corporations (much like Elgrande) which will offer consumers unbiased and extensive information on products they are planning to purchase. The Gartner Group has predicted that the highest growth potential in e-commerce lies in boutique or specialty sites, which Elgrande is ideally suited to service. Elgrande can take the...

After an extensive public beta phase involving hundreds of Mac users, Sig Software is proud to announce version 1.0 of Drop Drawers. -------------- Some genuine comments received from testers -------------- "Got to tell you, this is one of the best new programs I have seen come from the shareware sector in a long time. Something we all could use and that should be part of the OS system anyway. Great job." "Whew: 22 years in this computer business. Been thru almost every similar product. DD is the best." "By far the most elegant implementation of a dock I have seen on any platform." "This is a program which needs to be implemented into the Mac OS system." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drop Drawers is a revolutionary user-interface enhancement which provides floating pull-out, snap-shut drawers on the sides of your screen to store text, URLs, aliases, pictures, sounds, movies and anything else. Information in a drawer can also be worked with....

Canon Introduces Powershot S10, World's Smallest and Lightest 2.1 Megapixel Digital Camera With A Zoom Lens - USB Interface and Type II CompactFlash Compatibility - - New CD-300 Digital Printer Offers 300dpi, full-Bleed 4x6-inch Prints - LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in optical and imaging technology, today announced the PowerShot S10, a 2.1 megapixel digital camera that combines the benefits of digital imaging with features and functions traditionally found only in conventional 35mm cameras. This latest addition to Canon's line of PowerShot digital cameras enters the market as the smallest and lightest 2.1 megapixel camera with a zoom lens(As of July, 1999). Canon also announced a new digital printer for output of high-resolution, borderless, 4x6-inch prints. The PowerShot S10 incorporates a host of innovative features that improve operation ease of use and image quality, including an Image Selector button; a dual interface that allows users...

Press Release 8/25/99 iView Multimedia 3.7 has a host of improvements like the ability to play sounds in the background of a slideshow, an applescript menu, support for JacqCAD format, improved EPS support and more. Also iView Multimedia now comes in German, French and Italian flavors. The newest version of iView Multimedia is available for download from: http://www.iview-multimedia.com http://www.scriptsoftware.com A very sucessful iView Multimedia user makes these comments. I've always preferred bits to atoms. But my Mac started looking like my photo shoebox - stuff everywhere. I don't need overkill. I simply need an easy-to-use, powerful, "shoebox" organizer for my photorealistic renderings, hi-res textures, and even digital photos of my family vacation. iView Multimedia is my solution. Rand Miller Co-creator of MYST and RIVEN What is iView Multimedia? iView Multimedia is a professional digital asset management system. iView...