FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Colin Sanford Zero G Software, Inc. (415) 512-7771 x29 colin@ZeroG.com Zero G Software Launches Aggressive Distribution Program Offering InstallAnywhere Now! For Free Availability of Multi-Platform Deployment Tool Provides All Developers With Easy-to-Use Solution For Deploying Java Based Software SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 1999 - Zero G Software, Inc., the leading developer of multi-platform deployment tools, today announced an aggressive distribution program for InstallAnywhere Now!, the entry-level version of the industry's most popular Java application installer, making the product available to all software developers free of charge. The free availability of InstallAnywhere Now! gives every software developer access to award-winning technologies and provides an easy-to-use solution for deploying software to multiple platforms. To kick-off this new distribution program, InstallAnywhere Now! will be available for download from the Java Lobby Web site (...

For Immediate Release SHOCKWAVE GOES MULTIUSER, ENABLING COMMUNITY AND MULTIPLAYER ENTERTAINMENT ON THE WEB Shockwave Multiuser Server Provides Rich Media Solution For Up To 1,000 Simultaneous Users San Francisco, CA - April 12, 1999 - Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR) today announced the availability of its Shockwave Multiuser Server licensing program, so that up to 1,000 users can simultaneously connect to the same engaging, rich media Shockwave experience on the Web. Multiplayer games, multiuser presentations, shared whiteboards, multimedia chat, connected entertainment, auctions, and many other people-to-people applications can now be shared by interactive online communities. "Everyone on the web is interested in community. By adding multimedia, Shockwave player delivers the richest multiuser experience available," said Ron Short, president and creative director of Gizmo Gypsies Inc. "With Macromedia's Shockwave Multiuser Server, users can share those experiences in real-time in a...

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Naomi Pearce Pearce Communications 510/528-0824 mailto:naomi@well.com NET.DREAMS INTRODUCES MAILAGENT PLUS AND RELEASES FREE V.1.2 UPDATE -- International Webmasters Score with New MailAgent Plus; New, Free MailAgent v.1.2 Update Improves Compatibility with ASIP, Extends 8-bit Character Support, and More -- ROHNERT PARK, Calif., April 12, 1999 -- Net.Dreams today announced the immediate availability of a new MailAgent Plus product, and a new MailAgent 1.2 update for MailAgent Lite and MailAgent Pro. The new MailAgent Plus has all of the core MailAgent functionality for reliably sending email from Mac-based Web sites, plus integrated attachment capabilities, making it a good mid-range option, especially for users outside of the U.S. The new MailAgent 1.2 update includes improved 8-bit character support, compatibility improvements with ASIP, QuidProQuo and WebTEN, and a simplified key management system for the integrated PGP capabilities in MailAgent...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Acrux Software announces "Teach! Lite, Pro and Multi-user v1.2". Contact: Mike Thorpe, Acrux Software email: info@acruxsoft.com tel: 31 20 6261899 http://www.acruxsoft.com (Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 12 1999)--Acrux Software, the provider of Macintosh multimedia software and courseware, today announced the release of Teach! Lite, Pro and Multi-user v1.2. "The best things in life are free". Nowadays much of the best software is free: Adobe Acrobat Reader*, Internet Explorer*, Netscape Navigator*, Linux*. Joining this list today is Teach! Lite: a fully fledged multimedia authoring package containing more facilities than many commercial programs. Use it to create multimedia presentations, slide shows and talking books. In addition to releasing Teach! Lite, more than 70 improvements have been made to the Teach! software suite, including: * vastly improved support for QuickTime version 3, with support for movie controllers, interactive "wired sprite" animations,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mainstay 591-A Constitution Ave. Camarillo, CA 93012 www.mstay.com For more information contact: Lance Merker-Mainstay (805) 484-9400 lance@mstay.com Mainstay Releases JustAddress Book(tm) Personal, Web-Based Address Book Java Applet Spring Internet World, Los Angeles, CA, April 14, 1999-Mainstay today began shipping JustAddress Book(tm), a personal web-based address book which is accessible anytime, anywhere, using only a web browser. JustAddress Book gives browser-based web access to a single, full-featured address book of important contacts. It eliminates the need to maintain multiple address books, often with out of date, or out of sync information. JustAddress Book gives anyone the power of a full-featured address book application in any web page, without requiring any server-side applications. JustAddress Book, a Java applet, is compatible with both Microsoft Internet Explorer(tm) and Netscape Navigator(tm), v 4.0 or later. JustAddress Book is a Java applet...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WAVES IN MOTION RELEASES SCRIPT SCHEDULER 1.07 FOR FILEMAKER PRO Plug-in now provides sophisticated script control for Windows and Mac OS developers. PHOENIX. April 8, 1999. As every FileMaker developer already knows, you can trigger a script when you open a file, you can trigger a script when you close a file, and that's just about it. Anything else, and you have to rely on manual control or cumbersome applets that tie up you computer and slow down your applications. With the release of Script Scheduler 1.07, now both Macintosh and Windows developers can quickly do away with these limitations and dramatically improve their FileMaker solutions. You can configure Script Scheduler to trigger any script in any file at a scheduled time or at regular intervals. Or even better, you can instruct Script Scheduler to trigger a script whenever you exit a particular field. All this happens in the background with no restrictions and next to no overhead. You can send doscript...

NEWS -- For Immediate Release TRENDWATCH 1999 CREATIVE ATLAS GUIDE RELEASED; APPLE TO OUTSELL WINDOWS AND NT BY MORE THAN 3:1 IN CREATIVE MARKETS Highlights -- More than 17,000 creative firms plan purchases of Macintosh and PowerMac workstations in 1999--nearly 3,400 creative firms plan Windows 95/98 workstation purchases and 1,600 firms plan Windows NT workstations purchases; -- The creative markets represent 62,000 sites and 219,000 seats; -- The complete report, which provides demographic analysis of the creative market segmented by state, major metropolitan area and 3-digit zip code, is available now and can be obtained by contacting TrendWatch offices in Rhode Island (401-568-9899) and San Francisco (415-380-8561). HARRISVILLE, RI -- April 8, 1999 -- The release today of the latest TrendWatch demographic analysis of U.S. creative professionals indicates that Apple Computer is still the favorite of creative professionals, yet at an increasing rate. According to TrendWatch, the...

MacHack PR: Technical Sessions Abound MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers c/o Expotech 1264 Bedford Road Grosse Point Park, MI 48230 Contact: Carol Lynn mailto:info@machack.com Tel: (313) 882-1824 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dearborn, MI -- April 9, 1999 -- MacHack, though already a rich experience for its hack contest and networking opportunities, features a wealth of technical sessions to enrich, educate and entertain developers. MacHack 1999, perhaps moreso than previous years, will feature a wealth of technical sessions directed at developers at all levels of technical expertise. The list of sessions to be featured at this year's conference is now available for perusal at the conference web site. Industry notables are in great abundance this year, as are an exciting group of session tracks. Tracks include: -Appliances (Palm OS) -Business/Marketing -Development Tools -Getting Started -Java -Unix/Linux/BSD/MacOS X Server -Techniques -Youth Programmer Topics More...

SFS SOFTWARE Releases Macintosh Friendly SiteEater 2.0 Bingham, United Kingdom - April 8, 1999. Germany based SFS SOFTWARE, makers of enterprise 100% Java solutions for web site management and ecommerce development unveiled their first internet product for the Macintosh, SiteEater 2.0 for the Macintosh. The SFS SOFTWARE product line consists of powerful, enterprise ready 100% Java solutions including the DocFather line of web site full text indexing and search tools and the SITEFORUM line of database driven collaboration and electronic commerce tools. SiteEater 2, which runs under over 30 operating systems, is now available with a Macintosh platform native installer. SiteEater 2 is a powerful, multi-threaded web site download application. It can create an exact duplicate or mirror of a website, complete with subdirectory structure and all required files. Instruct SiteEater to download an entire website or just specific files by extension. SiteEater 2.0 represents a complete rewrite of...

Apple Announces Fourth Annual Design Awards for Mac OS Software New Power Macintosh G3 is Top Prize in Software Innovation, User Experience, Adoption of Apple Technologies and Best New Product Categories CUPERTINO, California--April 7, 1999--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced its fourth annual software design contest for Mac OS developers, the Apple Design Awards. The awards celebrate the creativity of the Mac OS developer community and recognize superior software in the areas of innovation, user experience, and adoption of Apple technologies. With iMac and new Power Macintosh G3 computers inspiring developers to release new Macintosh software, this year Apple has also added an award for best new product. Winners in each category will receive a top of the line Power Macintosh G3 with Apple Studio Display. The Apple Design Award winners will be announced during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on May 12, 1999 and the deadline for entries is May 1. WWDC takes place May...

From: Rafe Smith (rsmith@pdgsoft.com) Subject: PDG Shopping Cart 1.50 Release We are pleased to announce the release of PDG Shopping Cart Version 1.50. In keeping with our development initiatives announced in November 1998, this is the second in a series of updates and enhancements to PDG Shopping Cart. Already known for its ease of use and flexibility, version 1.50 of the Cart upholds our commitment to the development of Internet commerce tools that help on-line merchants emulate a traditional, in-store shopping environment. What's new in version 1.50? Feedback from merchants and Web developers generated a lot of new ideas and enhancements that we tied into our overall plans for 1.50. Consider: * Affiliate tracking * Customization of layout and display of cart information * Integration of four additional Internet payment services * Ability to copy options from one product to another reducing product input time * Unique SKU numbers for options making inventory tracking more...

IMAC RESET BUTTONS ARE FINALLY AVAILABLE VIENNA, VA - April 6, 1999 - Macs Only! announced today that iMac Buttons(tm) are now shipping outside Japan. Available exclusively from Macs Only!, iMac Buttons(tm) press both the restart and programmer's switches on all iMac models. Tired of straightening paper clips or pulling your iMac's power plug after a crash or freeze to restart it? Then don't! Use iMac Buttons(tm) instead! What is (are?) iMac Buttons? iMac Buttons, imported from Japan, has two functions: it presses the iMac's restart switch after a freeze or crash and it presses the programmers switch when the iMac's firmware needs updating. Two essential buttons in one simple device for all iMacs (Rev.a-c). iMac Buttons (a.k.a. OST Switch) is precision-crafted in Japan from high-strength polycarbonate, the same tough material used for the iMac's case. Installation? Installation is very simple. Just peel off the adhesive strip's backing and stick the iMac Buttons to the plate in the...

QuickCRC Software Design Tool Promotion MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, April 6, 1999 --- Excel Software is offering a $150 discount on QuickCRC 1.1 for Macintosh or Windows 95/98/NT. Normally priced at $395, QuickCRC will be available for $245 between April 6th and June 30th. QuickCRC is a design tool for discovering objects and related information for an object-oriented software development project. It automates the CRC card concept of identifying classes, responsibilities and collaborations between objects. Software designers fill in information about each object class on a separate CRC card. Design scenarios involving a group of communicating objects can be identified and simulated. CRC cards are often used during the design phase of small software development projects or as a front-end to larger projects that use a more comprehensive design method and notation such as the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The use of CRC cards for software design has been popularized by several books including...

PRESS RELEASE USERLAND SHIPS FRONTIER 6.0, THE FIRST WORKGROUP WEB SERVER BURLINGAME, CA (April 4, 1999): UserLand Software announced today that it had shipped version 6.0 of UserLand Frontier, the market-leading content management system for Windows and Macintosh OS. "When you add up all the new features, UserLand Frontier 6.0 is the first Workgroup Web Server," said Dave Winer, 43, president of UserLand Software. "It brings powerful high-end features such as membership, preferences, per-user storage, discussion groups, searching, calendars, news sites, subscriptions and XML-based distributed computing to popular user-oriented operating systems." "Our goal with UserLand Frontier 6.0 was to complete the workgroup web server vision we re-launched the company with in 1996. That's now accomplished. Our next goal, for 6.0.x, and 6.1, is to build out Frontier as the ideal network-based writing environment. Our team's experience with structured writing environments, such as MORE and...

Aestiva Press Release. April 5, 1999 For Immediate Release Macintosh-based Web designers get advanced on-the-fly capabilities with the release of Aestiva HTML/OS for the Mac. Torrance, Calif. (April 5, 1999)-- Aestiva, LLC announced the immediate availability of Aestiva HTML/OS for the Macintosh. Aestiva HTML/OS is a powerful Web-based product for developing and hosting advanced, dynamic Web sites. It eliminates the need for CGI programming. The product is popular on UNIX and Windows platforms. The Mac version targets Macintosh users wishing to deploy high-access dynamic Web sites or develop dynamic sites on the Mac and deploy elsewhere. Macintosh designers are expected to welcome HTML/OS. The product can be installed on in-house Macs or in virtual accounts at new Mac-based hosting providers. In the past users used HTML/OS on Mac browsers connected to non-Macintosh servers. Like other users, Mac users of HTML/OS will enjoy the fact that developing advanced features is a matter of...

MacHack PR: MacHack Announces Keynote: Andy Ihnatko MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers c/o Expotech 1264 Bedford Road Grosse Point Park, MI 48230 Contact: Carol Lynn mailto:info@machack.com Tel: (313) 882-1824 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dearborn, MI -- April 5, 1999 -- MacHack: The Annual Conference For Leading Edge Developers is pleased to announce the keynote speaker for the 1999 conference. This year's keynote will join the ranks of others that have opened the developer proceedings such as Andy Hertzfeld, Chris Espinosa, and Steve Wozniak. All eyes will be on Dearborn at Midnight between June 23 and 24 as Andy Ihnatko takes the podium to herald the official start of the conference. Self described as "America's 42nd most-beloved industry personality," Mr. Ihnatko's credits include a lengthy stint at MacUser Magazine. and shorter tenures at MacWorld, MacWEEK, and Yahoo! Internet Life. He has also penned three books and The Original Macquarium, a detailed guide to...

Subject: Desktop Database information released (free) From: Thomas Tempelmann (tt@tempel.org) Would you please post the following information in your next MacTech issue. It is very valuable stuff to some Macintosh programmers and it is available all for free: Thomas Tempelmann has dug deeply into the Mac OS Desktop Database and came up with the following information free to the public: * Two html pages with everything you need to know about the format of the DTDB and how apps like the Finder use it. * The application "Desktop DB Diver" that allows you to browse all contents of your Desktop Databases. * Some source code dealing with finding the correct creator application for a document just as the Finder does it. All this available at his web site: http://www.tempel.org/macdev Thomas Tempelmann E-mail: tt@tempel.org (private); tempel@corp.adaptec.com (work) Personal web site: (http://www.tempel.org/)

Keyspan ships USB Adapter for Palm PDAs April 5, 1999- Richmond, California - Keyspan announced it is now shipping its new USB serial adapter specifically designed for Macintosh-based users of Palm connected organizers and other personal digital assistants (PDA). The Keyspan USB PDA Adapter is available now through leading catalogs and specialty retailers at a suggested retail price of $39. USB connections for Palm and other PDAs Keyspan's USB PDA Adapter provides the easiest, least expensive way to connect the Palm Computing platform to Apple Computer's iMac and to Apple's new "Blue G3" PowerMacs. The new adapter features a single DB9 port that connects directly to a Palm cradle or HotSync cable. The adapter is compatible with all Palm organizers and all versions of the Palm Desktop software for Mac OS. About Keyspan Keyspan products provide "Connections for Your Computer." The company's first products provided serial ports for connecting to traditional computer peripherals such as...

Mailsmith 1.1.3 Now Available from Bare Bones Software Bedford, MA -- April 2, 1999 -- Bare Bones Software is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of an update to Mailsmith, the company's Internet email client. Mailsmith 1.1.3 features significant enhancements, and addresses an assortment of customer-reported problems. This update is available free of charge to all Mailsmith customers. "Users of previous versions should be pleased by this update," says Rich Siegel, president and CEO. "We feel that Mailsmith 1.1.3 represents a significant step forward for the product, and we hope that our customers will appreciate the improvements in this release." Mailsmith 1.1.3 features a new "POP Monitor" window, which enables users to manually download or remove selected messages from their POP server. In addition, the ground-breaking "Rewrap Quoted Text" tool, introduced as a plug-in in Mailsmith 1.1.2, has been integrated into the application, along with several new...

From: Andy Marken (marken@CERF.NET) Subject: LaCie Unveils Complete CD Write/Rewrite Freedom The leader in Mac, Win 95 and Win NT storage solutions, LaCie this week announced a family of three new CD-RW drives that will meet the needs of professional digital content developers as well as business and home computer users. The LaCie USB Ultra Controller drivesdelivers transfer rates of 1 MB/s. All of the versatile drives come with a complete selection of CD write/rewrite software for recording data, audio and mixed mode CDs. Use the drive to prepare, edit, modify and store documents, data, images, multimedia presentations, photos and video. They're also excellent for backing up your hard drive and archiving documents, data and images. * LaCie CDRW 4416 - A full 2MB of buffer to handle your high-speed write and rewrite needs. The SCSI-2 interface passes data to the drive/media as fast as your computer can move it. The CDRW 4416 is attractively priced with an MSRP of $499 * LaCie CDRW...

For Immediate Release Team ASA Distributes MacServerIP for Windows-NT in U.S. San Diego, CA -- Team ASA Inc., manufacturer of high-performance networking products for professional PrePress and Multimedia users, today began U.S. distribution of Cyan Software's MacServerIP to the prepress and digital media markets. MacServerIP is the first AppleShare type server for Windows-NT to support the Apple File Protocol over TCP/IP. MacServerIP is 2 to 4 times faster than Windows-NT Services For Macintosh (SFM). MacServerIP users access the NT server via the standard AppleShare IP interface. The MacServerIP product represents a significant advance in AppleShare-type (AFP) file servers for the Windows NT platform, offering a number of features not found in other products, including support for AFP-over-IP, excellent support of CD-ROMs and removable media, supports CD-ROM changes (SFM does not), sharing of non-NTFS volumes, and remote administration. "This is a win win situation for Windows and...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Eslit.com -- Ultimate Resource for High Quality Java Applets, Java Banners, Java logos and Java Applications Champaign, Ill. -- April 1, 1999 (Software Wire) -- Eslit.com (http://eslit.com), a Web site for high quality Java applets, Java banners, Java logos and Java applications, has been launched by Eslit Creations. This exclusive site has 66 high performance and multi-functional Java applets and Java banners designed for webmasters and Web site owners to enhance their web sites and to bring more traffic to their Web sites. It also has a showcase of 5 custom designed Java logos. All of the Java applets and Java banners at http://eslit.com are highly configurable and user friendly. Users can create unique appearance for their Web sites by specifying applet parameters such as texts, images, colors and sounds. The applets are designed to create eye-catching animations and visually pleasing special effects for text and image presentations. Some complex and...

FOR RELEASE ON MARCH 31, 1999 Phone: 805-963-6983 888-2-WebTen FAX: 805-962-8202 Contact: Anita Holmgren Internet: anita@tenon.com http://www.tenon.com/products/webten WEBTEN UPDATE FEATURES DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS IN PERFORMANCE AND PLUG-IN OPERATIONS Santa Barbara, CA, March 31. Tenon Intersystems today announced WebTen 2.1.10, a free upgrade to its industrial-strength, high-performance Apache-based Web server for Mac OS Power Macs. The new WebTen features improved robustness, improved performance, and improved WebSTAR-plug-in compatibility. WebTen policy changes in handling WebSTAR-style plug-ins have resulted in improved memory utilization and improved plug-in operation. Because many WebSTAR-style plug-ins are ill-equipped for dynamic unloading and loading, WebTen now no longer reloads W*API plug-ins during WebTen re-configurations. In addition, a memory corruption problem caused by W*API plug-ins that use the Mac OS thread manger, such as Lasso and WebCatalog, has been...

Soundz(sm) is an application for Mac OS 8.5 to create/modify sound sets to be used with Appearance. It comes with a few sample sounds and you can record your own right from within Soundz itself. This is donationware. There are no restrictions on its usage. If you would like to pay me, you can use the included Register program to send payments to Kagi. This will allow me to at least cover my development costs on programming tools! As this is my first program that I am releasing to the public I would very much like all your feedback. You can enter your remarks in the guestbook on my site. Requires Mac OS 8.5 or later Availability: http://www.nettaxi.com/citizens/shashwat Contact: shashwat@kagi.com About CrossRoads Solutions: CrossRoads Solutions is a company dedicated to the creation of innovative software for the Macintosh.