[MD1] H2C 1.0
Antoine Beyeler proudly annouces the release of the much-awaited H2C 1.0.
H2C is a time saving jewel for C++ programmers. Instead of declaring
each class member functions twice -- once in the header file (.h) and
once in the source file (.cp) -- H2C automatically generates a source
file containing all the class member functions from a given header
file.
H2C features:
++ rapid access with drag and drop of header files
++ plug-in architecture to create personalized output (source files written
with a customized style, or, for example, code documentation template --
anything is possible!).
Requirements:
System 7.5 or later
PowerPC processor
For questions and information, be sure to visit
http://www.poboxes.com/abeyeler
If you decide to use H2C, please register. It's only 15 USD for a single
user license or 400 USD for a site license.
Antoine Beyeler
Geneva, Switzerland
[NPL] Portfolio Web Edition 4.0
Extensis Corporation Announces Availability of Portfolio Web Edition
4.0 Searchable Asset Management Solution For Creative Professionals
Now Brings The Web Within Reach
Portland, OR - March 30, 1999 - Extensis Corporation today announced
the availability of Portfolio Web Edition 4.0. Portfolio Web Edition
includes Portfolio 4.0 digital asset management software and PortWeb
4.0, the Portfolio Web server plug-in tool that enable businesses to
provide digital media including images, logos, photographs,
documents, audio, or animations to users, partners and customers over
the Internet.
Extensis Portfolio lets individuals, workgroups and enterprises
manage digital assets in visual catalogs. Its new client/server
capabilities provide fully scalable digital asset management.
Publishing assets to the Web with Extensis Portfolio Web Edition
allows anyone with access to the Internet and a Web browser to search
a Portfolio digital media catalog-all without the need for additional
hardware,...
[NPL] HP VirtualVault Secures Open Mail
HP ANNOUNCES SECURE, BROWSER-BASED OPENMAIL SOLUTION
Integration with VirtualVault Lowers Costs of Supporting Remote
E-mail Users, Allows Users Secure Access from any Web Browser
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 30, 1999 -- Hewlett-Packard Company today
announced a new program that combines HP OpenMail with the HP
VirtualVault trusted Web platform, enabling organizations to reduce
the costs of supporting remote e-mail users dramatically while
greatly simplifying access.
The program integrates HP's OpenMail enterprise messaging solution
with the HP Praesidium VirtualVault 3.5 trusted Web-server platform,
enabling organizations to provide remote users convenient and direct
access to their e-mail from any device that provides Internet access
via a standard Web browser. This solution is based on the next
version of OpenMail, which is being demonstrated this week at the
Electronic Messaging Association (EMA) conference in Dallas.
The integration of OpenMail and VirtualVault eliminates the need for...
[NPL] iTOOL Announces Direct Reseller Program
For immediate release
iTOOL Announces Direct Reseller Program
iTOOL's Program empowers web companies to retain own label, and
deliver turn-key e-commerce hosting and web development tools.
(March 30, 1999) - Scottsdale, AZ - iTOOL Technologies announced
today its Direct Reseller Program, a private label offering of iTOOL
software that enables web-related businesses to expand their product
offerings. iTOOL is a comprehensive build-it-yourself web
development tool and hosting solution.
With an iTOOL system, any small ISP, developer or web-related
business can offer powerful online web development and hosting tools
from their own site. Customers will benefit from instant setup,
simple site and store creation wizards, online graphic tools, iEDIT
visual page layout tool, and advanced application development tools
including browser based database management, Cold Fusion, and Active
Server Pages.
The private label hosting service is maintained at the iTOOL data
center. This empowers the...
[MD1] Open With Package 2.0
The Open With Package 2.0 is now Available.
The Open With Package lets you easily open documents with any
application that can open them. Simply control-click on a document
and a list of all applications that can open it will pop-up in the
contextual menu. Just choose the one that you want.
Open With Package is a boon for developers and graphics
professionals. For developers, you can control-click on ResEdit
documents to open them with Resourcer or Constructor. Or
control-click on MPW documents to open them with CodeWarrior.
Graphics Pros can open Illustrator documents in Photoshop etc. No
navigating through Open dialogs, the application you want is just a
control-click away.
The Open With Package consists of an application and contextual menu
plugin which work in concert to find your applications, get info on
them so the plugin shows only those applications that can open the
documents selected, and do it quickly.
Requires Mac OS 8.0 or later, Mac OS Easy Open.
The Open With Package...
[NPL] SurfJet Agent 1.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LONG ISLAND, NY March 30, 1999 - Leptonic Systems Inc. has released
version 1.1 of SurfJet Agent, the first Internet search assistant for
the Macintosh that can actually learn from your feedback to improve
its performance.
Version 1.1 integrates Apple's 'Sherlock' technology, allowing it to
access all the search sites that Sherlock can. Since SurfJet Agent
uses the search site files directly, it works even on older systems
that don't have Sherlock installed.
SurfJet Agent differs from other search engine front ends by using
the engines merely to find starting points for its search. It
fetches, reads and intelligently follows links in the web pages,
evaluating them in light of your interests. As you browse the
results, you can correct the Agent's evaluation of your interest by
moving a simple slider. The Agent can learn from this, adjust your
interest profile, and improve its future evaluations.
Features of SurfJet Agent:
* Organizes your interests
* Calls upon...
[NPL] Aladdin Ships DragStrip 3.7
ALADDIN SYSTEMS SHIPS DRAGSTRIP -A POPULAR DESKTOP ORGANIZER FOR
AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCHING, FINDING, ORGANIZING, AND ACCESSING DOCUMENTS
QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY
DragStrip Is The Ultimate Desktop Organizer For Instant Access To
Frequently Used Applications, Files, Folders, And Information
Watsonville, CA- March 29, 1999 - Aladdin Systems, Inc. today
announced that DragStrip(r) 3.7 shareware, the ultimate desktop
organizer, is now available. DragStrip is a full-featured application
that allows users unlimited flexibility in organizing and accessing
frequently used files and applications. It helps to eliminate desktop
clutter and repeated searches in disks, folders, and on the Internet,
by placing drag-and-drop modifiable palettes on the desktop. A
palette can easily handle a user's files, folders, applications, and
URLs all in one location.
"Aladdin is known for its helpful and easy-to-use organizational and
access utilities," said Christopher Evans, president of Poppybank
Software. "...
[NPL] Lasso 3.5 Web Data Engine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 29, 1999
BLUE WORLD ANNOUNCES LASSO 3.5 WEB DATA ENGINE
New version supports JavaScript and XML standards and advanced
functions for Web application developers. Available in full-featured
Application Server editions along with specially priced Developer
editions.
BELLEVUE, WA -- March 29, 1999 -- Blue World Communications, Inc.
today announced the Lasso 3.5 Web Data Engine, a significant upgrade
to Blue World's popular award-winning tool for building and serving
powerful database-driven Web applications. Key new features include
support for Server-Side JavaScript, XML, syntax errors notification,
data interaction with other CGIs, fault recovery, advanced security
and enhanced credit card validation among others. In addition, Lasso
3.5 introduces support for Web servers from Netscape Communications
and support for Windows 95/98. What's more, Lasso 3.5 introduces
exclusive protection against service affecting issues associated with
Web hosting FileMaker Pro...
[MD1] Metrowerks Announces CodeWarrior for Red Hat Linux
Red Hat and Metrowerks Deliver Mainstream Development Tools for Linux
Red Hat Linux Positioned for Next Wave of Growth
Research Triangle Park, N.C, and Austin, Texas--March 29, 1999- Red
Hat(r) Software, Inc., the leading provider of Linux software and
expertise, and Metrowerks, Inc., (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE:MWK), a leading
supplier of software development tools for telecom, desktop, embedded
systems, and consumer electronics announced today that CodeWarrior(r)
software development tools have been ported to the Red Hat Linux
operating system. This agreement to bring commercial development
tools to Linux is the latest in a series of applications that enhance
the viability of the Linux OS.
"Our work with Metrowerks helps to accelerate the adoption of Linux
in the enterprise market," said Bob Young, CEO, Red Hat Software. "By
making CodeWarrior's user-friendly development tools available, we
will attract a broad base of software developers writing applications
for the Red Hat platform."
An...
[NPL] StarNine/BlueWorld collaborate on WebSTAR Lasso Publisher
For Immediate Release
STARNINE AND BLUE WORLD EMBARK ON NEW STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP
--Companies Collaborate to Create WebSTAR Lasso Publisher for Easy
FileMaker Pro and ODBC Database Publishing in Upcoming Major WebSTAR
Server Suite 4.0 Upgrade--
BERKELEY, Calif., March 29, 1999 -- StarNine Technologies, Inc. and
Blue World Communications, Inc. today announced their new strategic
relationship, marked by the inclusion of the new WebSTAR Lasso
Publisher(tm) component within StarNine's upcoming WebSTAR(R) Server
Suite 4.0, allowing organizations to easily deliver FileMaker Pro(R)
and ODBC database content via the Web. The new WebSTAR Lasso
Publisher plug-in, developed by Blue World and licensed and supported
by StarNine, is based on Blue World's award-winning Lasso Web Data
Engine(tm), the popular add-on for WebSTAR users. WebSTAR Server
Suite 4.0, now in testing, is scheduled to be released in June of
this year (see related release dated 3/29/99). Beyond continued
development of WebSTAR...
[NPL] WebSTAR Server Suite 4.0
For Immediate Release
STARNINE ANNOUNCES WEBSTAR SERVER SUITE 4.0
--New Version Doubles Performance; Adds Next Generation Email Server,
Lasso Publishing of FileMaker Pro and ODBC Databases, and Integrated
SSL Encryption with Multiple Certificate Support--
BERKELEY, Calif., March 29, 1999 -- StarNine Technologies, Inc. today
announced its next generation of WebSTAR(R), the highly acclaimed and
widely-used Internet server software for the Mac(tm) OS, delivering
performance improvements and new technology which transforms WebSTAR
into a powerful, complete Internet Server Suite. Currently in
testing, the newly renamed WebSTAR Server Suite 4.0, is due for
release in June of this year. Beyond a dramatic two-fold increase in
Web server performance, WebSTAR Server Suite 4.0 includes a new
SMTP/POP/IMAP email server with LDAP and remote Web-based email
access capabilities, newly incorporated Lasso(tm)-based FileMaker
Pro(tm) and ODBC database publishing from Blue World
Communications(tm) (see...
[NPL] KnowledgeMiner Datamining Technology
Breakthrough Datamining Technology Announced
KnowledgeMiner is in use by NASA, Boeing, MIT, Columbia, Notre Dame,
University of Hamburg, Mobil Oil, Pfizer Inc., Dean & Company and
many other corporations, universities, research institutions and
individuals around the world in many fields of human enquiry.
KnowledgeMiner Gold is the first choice in datamining because it
provides the most objective, easiest, fastest and least expensive
data mining technologies in the world. Also as it learns about a new
dataset it generates equations, rules or patterns on the fly that
model that data. It is knowledge extraction in its most advanced
form. Mining data and striking gold is much more probable with a
datamining tool like KnowledgeMiner then with neural nets,
statistical programs or simple spreadsheets.
KnowledgeMiner can be downloaded from: http://www.scriptsoftware.com
Included datasets and examples range from prediction of global
temperature, stock market trends, medical diagnosis,...
[MD1] GameCode Available in Open Source
Copenhagen, March 27, 1999
Announcing GameCode
Sren Grnbech [Sodan] in cooperation with Metrowerks, Inc., (NASDAQ:
MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK) a leading supplier of software development tools
for desktop and embedded systems, announced GameCode the cross
platform multimedia library and toolbox. GameCode is available for
Windows and Mac OS, with a Linux version in development.
GameCode which was formerly found on the Metrowerks CodeWarrior CD,
now has it's own web-site. GameCode is now Open Source and available
on the net under an open MWPL "Mozilla style" license. GameCode may
also be distributed on the CodeWarrior CD.
What is GameCode
GameCode is an Open Source cross platform multimedia development
library. GameCode consists of three primary parts:
1) An easy-to-use programmers API which does basic setup. For example
to set up a game or a multimedia application.
2) A number of functions to display graphics, play sounds, display text, etc.
3) A converter-tool which uses a simple script-...
[NPL] IncWell NetAnimation Contest
Win a Web Design Tool Chest with IncWell NetAnimator!
March 26, 1999 Beaverton, Oregon. IncWell DMG, Ltd and Proactive
International, LLC present the first IncWell NetAnimation Contest,
celebrating the release of IncWell NetAnimator, a powerful web
animation utility that anyone can use to build interesting
interactive web sites.
Create fun and interesting content and deploy it using IncWell
NetAnimator on one of the Internet's many free web page hosting
services, such as Tripod, Xoom, MacRules or any other. You can enter
in any of three categories (but only submit one entry per category)-
Games. IncWell NetAnimator creates fun and fast online games. Using
NetAnimator powerful interactivity functions such as animation loops,
markers and member morphing, create fun web based games.
Web Design. Create web banners, navigation bars or some other web
interface. Make use of IncWell NetAnimator's ability to jump within
animations or launch URLs!
Screen Saver. NetAnimator builds great native...
[NPL] Spinalot 2.2 Alpha
Spinalot is a CGI tool for building a dynamic web-site that supports
a community working together. It lets your members talk to each other
in conferences, share image, sound and movie files, publish URLs and
create, organize, annotate and structure content.
Download a fully functional trial version from
http://www.ultralab.anglia.ac.uk/spinalot/
This release is a "work-in-progress" version for people who want to
experiment with Spinalot's features before some of the final "rough
edges" are smoothed out.
tom smith
http://www.ultralab.anglia.ac.uk/pages/ultralab/team/tom/
phone (+44) 1245 252009 fax (+44) 1245 252047
ULTRALAB, North Block, Anglia Polytechnic University,
Victoria Road South, Chelmsford, UK, CM1 1LL
[NPL] Abstrakt announces aliasManager 1.0 for FileMaker
Abstrakt announces aliasManager 1.0
Madrid, 03/22/99 - For Inmediate Release.
Abstrakt has made available today aliasManager 1.0, a set of
FileMaker Pro External Functions that allow users to create, store
and handle alias from inside FileMaker Pro databases.
With aliasManager 1.0 users can store alias to their favourite files
in standard container fields. They simply need to pass the icon on
the container field back to the aliasManager 1.0 functions to open
the original file, get its complete path or simply reveal it on the
Finder.
Specially interesting for developers of multilingual products is the
ability of aliasManager for changing the language used to show error
messages with just a function call. Languages available right now are
english, spanish and catalonian, with more languages coming soon.
Price and availability
aliasManager 1.0 is priced at 25$, with a developer license available
for just 150$. aliasManager 1.0 can be registered online and put into
production inmediatly,...
[NPL] Abstrakt Utilix for FileMaker
Madrid, 03/25/99 - For Inmediate Release.
Abstrakt has released today a new version of Utilix. With more than
350 downloads since its first version, one month ago, this popular
Filemaker Pro plug-in contains a set of free miscellaneous External
Functions that complement the functionality of FileMaker Pro for
Macintosh.
Utilix 0.4 includes four new functions designed to help FileMaker Pro
developers to create more integrated solutions.
The functions Alerta and Request provide developers with two
different dialogs. The first one shows a message to the user. Instead
of using a fixed message like the built-in function, Alerta lets
developer use any string, even the content of a field. The other one,
Request, implements a simple data entry modal dialog, useful to ask
user for specific values.
The other two new additions to Utilix deal with the clipboard.
Sometimes a developer uses a function of FileMaker Pro, such Copy or
any External Function that changes the clipboard without the user...
[MD1] AppGuard Pro version 3.0.2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Automated Solutions Group Releases AppGuard Pro version 3.0.2
Application Trialware and Registration Code Plug-In
Huntington Beach, CA - March 25, 1999: Automated Solutions Group
today announced the release of AppGuard Professional version 3.0.2, a
4th Dimension plug-in for creating Trialware and Registration
interfaces for custom applications.
AppGuard Professional is a standard 4th Dimension plug-in, which
provides tools for easily integrating Trialware and Registration
functionality into your custom
application, which can be distributed on the web or other
distribution services.
Using AppGuard Professional, you can now easily distribute Trialware
versions of any application by adding just a few lines of code. When
a user receives your application, they will be presented with a
greeting message and a unique product code. When the user is ready to
purchase your product, they simply provide you with the product code
and in turn receive and unlock code to register...
[MD1] SpotCheck 1.2
GenieWorks, LLC announces the release of SpotCheck 1.2, the Java code
editor / browser made exclusively for the Macintosh. SpotCheck is the
Java editor that really knows the Java language, analyzing your code
as you work, providing ongoing feedback about "compiler" errors, and
maintaining full-time, "live" cross-reference links for all
identifiers.
At $20, SpotCheck is by far the most value for your money in the
arena of Mac Java development tools. It is the perfect companion to
the free MRJ SDK -- together they form a complete, low-cost, yet
remarkably effective Java development environment for the Macintosh.
Version 1.2 contains many improvements. Most important is support for
ANY 3rd party class libraries... now your code can be "SpotChecked"
against any JAR or ZIP archive in your MRJClasses folder. This means
that SpotCheck 1.2 can grow with you, as new releases of MRJ, JDK,
Swing, etc. appear. Furthermore, the contents of MRJClasses are
quickly indexed at startup, allowing you to...
[NPL] Style Master 1.2 Cascading Style Sheets Editor
Style Master, the acclaimed cascading style sheet editor for the
Macintosh available just got better.
Bondi Beach, Australia, March 26 1999. Western Civilisation
(http://www.westciv.com/style_master/)
announces the release and immediate availability of Style Master 1.2
, an important upgrade to the cascading style sheet editor that makes
this new web standard accessible to all web developers.
Now web masters of all levels of expertise can create and edit
cascading style sheets that will work every time in targeted
browsers, and easily integrate them with their sites. But most
importantly, Style Master uses innovative online help to guide users
through the pitfalls of style sheets, particularly selectors, and the
problem of developing for different browsers that support style
sheets only partially.
TUCOWS said "It's a must for anyone who wants to work with style
sheets". Web Review said: "Creating style sheets just got easier for
designers working on the Mac, as Western Civilisation's...
[NPL] KVM switch units for PC-Sun-Mac
March 16, 1999
Brookfield, CT: Magenta Research is pleased to announce the latest
product in our extraordinary line of KVM switch units.
'Works-in-a-Draw' is our multi-platform (PC-Sun-Mac) 1x8 KVM switch
together with a high-quality 14" LCD Display and Keyboard / Mouse,
all in a heavy-duty roller-bearinged 2U high 19" rack-mount draw.
Perfect for Server Rooms. Any mix of PC, Sun or Mac CPUs can be
installed, in any order, in any port, without any external adapters
or the need to swap cards. Magenta Research offers the highest
quality, performance and reliability KVM units available anywhere. If
your system is critical, you can not afford a failure and you want
the best, please call us at 203-740-0592 (fax-0596) for more
information or view our web site at www.magenta-research.com.
Traditionally in the business of providing hardware and software
solutions exclusively to the International Financial Trading Floor
Industry, Magenta Research LTD has now become a significant presence
in...
[NPL] QPS Introduces Que! DVD-RAM Drive
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
QPS INTRODUCES QUE! DVD-RAM DRIVE
FOR APPLE G3 AND PC DESKTOP COMPUTERS
Yorba Linda, CA - March 24, 1999 - QPS, Inc. (www.qps-inc.com) is
announcing its latest product launch...the Que! DVD-RAM drive for
Apple G3 and PC desktop computers. This new drive is ideal for
desktop publishing, archiving and presentations. With Que! DVD-RAM,
MPEG-2 and DVD movies can be recorded and played back on television
sets or computer monitors in full screen.
According to Pierre Abboud, QPS vice president, "The Que! DVD-RAM
brings all of the excitement of the new DVD format to personal
computers with 5.2 GB of double-sided data storage space. It has
limitless possibilities at a very affordable price."
The drive provides enhanced caching for read/write throughput and a
maximum transfer rate of 16.6 MB/sec without leaving the digital
domain. It is backward-read-compatible with CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and
DVD-ROM media.
The product will have immediate use as a replacement for DAT tape...
[NPL] Source for ISP, IS, IT News for Network Managers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New portal educates ISPs and IS managers by focusing on hot
networking technologies.
Walnet Creek, Calif. -- March 24, 1999 (Xpress Press) - ISPortal.com The
objective source for news and resources announced today that it has
officially been opened to the public to dispense news and resources
focused
on hot internetworking technologies.
The concept behind the ISPortal.com is to deliver news stories, press
releases, white papers, and competitive information pertaining to
only the top 'hot networking technologies' all in one place. This
saves internetworking professionals the time of locating news and
product information on multitudes of sites. ISPortal.com currently
houses a wide range of information on VPN's, CLEC, Outsourcing,
Caching. XDSL, Anti-Spam and Security.
Instead of evaluating products by visiting individual vendor web
sites, ISPortal.com maintains buyers guides that allow people the
opportunity to truly comparison shop and find the perfect solution...
[NPL] Farallon Reduces Cost of Networking
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Farallon Reduces Cost of Ethernet and Fast Ethernet Networking
Announcing new economical 10Mb Starlet mini-hubs, daisy-chainable
EtherWave for the price of regular Ethernet, and the affordable
10/100 Starlet Dual-Speed Hub.
San Leandro, CA, March 24, 1999 - Farallon Communications, Inc.,
developer of reliable, plug-and-play networking solutions for both
Macs and PCs, today announced great prices on some of their most
popular Ethernet and Fast Ethernet solutions. Farallons new 10Base-T
Starlet mini-hubs provide an economical way to network in the home,
small office or school classroom. EtherWave, with models priced the
same as regular Ethernet, gives customers two 10Base-T ports for the
price of one. Additionally, Farallons 8-port Starlet Dual-Speed Hub
offers affordable 10/100 integration of 10Mb and 100Mb devices.
Farallons 10/100 Starlet Dual-Speed Hub Only $176.00
Equipped with 8 auto-negotiating 10/100 ports, Farallon's affordable,
compact, plug-and-play dual...
[MD1] PuppetTime Director Preview Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PUPPETTIME, INC. ANNOUNCES PREVIEW RELEASE OF PUPPETTIME DIRECTOR
New Internet Company Demonstrates Easy-To-Use 3D Storytelling
Technology, Invites Potential Customers To Make Requests
SAN FRANCISCO (March 25th, 1999) - PuppetTime, Inc. announced today
that it has released a preview of its revolutionary 3D storytelling
application, PuppetTime(R) Director, on its web site
http://www.puppettime.com/. PuppetTime Director allows users to
manipulate 3D puppets using PuppetTime's patent-pending 3D digital
actor plug-in architecture, which is built on top of Apple's
QuickTime. Downloading the free preview will allow Mac users with
QuickTime to create and view 3D movies. Playback for Windows users is
also available.
"The core philosophy at PuppetTime, Inc. is to bring the power of
storytelling to the rest of us," says Deeje Cooley, PuppetTime's
founder and CTO, "Everyone has a story to tell. Children are natural
storytellers, while executives and professionals...
[MD1] Valentina 1.1.1 update
Update Valentina 1.1.1 fixes the next bugs:
a) "security bug" like in Microsoft Word 98
(files of database contain information of deleted disk files);
b) fixed crash when a selection of more than 300'000
records is sorted.
About Valentina:
Valentina is a database engine which works hundreds and sometimes a
thousand times as fast as others MacOS DBMS (4th Dimension, FileMaker
Pro, NeoAccess), see benchmarks at (http://www.kagi.com/paradigma).
In particular: indexing 100-200 times faster;
searching 100-500+ times faster;
sorting )1000 times faster.
Benchmark:
1) It takes Valentina 68k on the Macintosh LC/68020
31 seconds to perform the particular search.
2) It takes FileMaker PPC on the G3/233
71 seconds to perform the same test.
3) It takes Valentina PPC on the G3/233
about 0.4 of second to performs the same test.
Valentina is available for Apple Script lovers,
as scriptable standalone application....
[MD1] Joy ships with OS X Server
For immediate release.
OS X SERVER SHIPS WITH JOY!
===========================
Vienna, March 24, 1999. Joy, the development environment from AAA+,
is now shipping on the 3rd party CD delivered with Mac OS X Server
from Apple. Joy supports developers from the creation of prototypes
right through to development of final shipping applications.
AAA+ Software supplies its clients with custom solutions based on its
Joy Enterprise technology. This has been available for many years.
The Joy tools available to the public represent a shrink-wrapped
subset, and are available at very low cost.
The Joy Explorer and Joy Developer products allow the user to use the
same tool, and the same paradigm, from initial prototyping through to
final deployment of the full-scale working system. This is achieved
through the Joy scripting engine.
The Joy Scripting Engine allows you to write Objective-C code, C
code, JavaScript code, and call Java code, all from one language. Tcl
is also supported. This provides...
[NPL] Netopia Site Server v3.0
For Immediate Release
Netopia Announces Version 3.0 Of Its Web Site Platform
for Vertical Portals and Online Industry Associations
Company to Expand Strategic Alliances in Key Vertical Markets
by Helping Partners Increase "Portal Stickiness"
and Community Development
ALAMEDA, Calif., March 23, 1999 - Netopia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTPA), a
market leader in helping small businesses establish their Internet
presence, today announced a major strategic initiative to generate
new alliances and licensing agreements with vertical portals and
industry associations utilizing the new 3.0 Netopia Site Server
platform.
Netopia Site Server 3.0 (NSS) is the core technology for "No Assembly
Required" Web Site building services, the easiest way to create
powerful, feature-rich web sites. Aligning with Netopia, partners can
offer professionally designed web sites to their members, visitors
and constituents, significantly augmenting their Internet service
offerings by integrating portal content with member web...
[NPL] MindSpring Upgrades Mac OS Suite
NEWS RELEASE
Release Dates: Immediate
Media Contact: Ed Hansen, (404) 287-0893
edhansen@mindspring.net
Investor Contact: Debbie Isbitts
(404) 815-0770 ext. 22845, investor@mindspring.net
MINDSPRING INTRODUCES NEW INTERNET SOFTWARE SUITE FOR MACINTOSH
ATLANTA (March 23, 1999) - MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSPG)
today announced it has released MindSpring version 4.0 Internet
Software for the Mac OS. This is MindSpring's first major upgrade of
its Macintosh software since June 1996.
The suite includes the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser,
Microsoft Outlook Express for e-mail and news, and Fetch for file
transfers. The access panel is a customized version of Gearbox by
Rockstar Software, which provides a single starting point for
Internet access. GearBox integrates into a single interface the tools
used to connect the customer's modem to the Internet, report the
status of their email, manage configuration settings and diagnose
technical problems. It also displays...
[MD1] McSerialnumber 1.2 Cross-platform Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PALM HARBOR, FL March 23, 1999 - McWare USA, today released
McSerialnumber 1.2 for Windows and Macintosh, the first
cross-platform developer serialization scheme library generating
simple-database application.
Version 1.2 is the unified cross-platform release of the successful
McSerialnumber 1.0 for the Macintosh.
McSerialnumber supports both Microsoft Visual C++ and Metrowerks
CodeWarrior Pro development environments. Dedicated McSerialnumber
applications run on Windows 95/98 and NT as well Mac OS 7.x, 8.x .
Features of McSerialnumber:
- The registered application enables you to build your company-own
unique custom serial number library
- McSerialnumber helps your software engineer to easy-custom-build a
serial number scheme into any of your professional applications
- McSerialnumber offers billions of master key combinations with a
encoding/decoding library to secure your development investment
- McSerialnumber database helps to track all of your registered...
[MD1] MacHack: Register and Win, Hacking Not Required
MacHack PR: Register and Win, Hacking Not Required.
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 -- March 22, 1999 -- MacHack, The Annual Conference For
Leading Edge Developers, is proud to announce that all attendees who
register for the conference by April 15, will be entered to win a
Palm III connected organizer from Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com
company.
Three of the Macintosh friendly organizers will be given away. One
student attendee and two regular attendees will be the lucky winners.
These users will receive their Palm III units connected organizer
prior to the June, 1999, MacHack conference.
These lucky hackers are encouraged, though not required, to enter
this year's Best Hack Contest using their Palm Computing organizer
as a platform for clever hacks. Palm Computing (http://www.palm.com/)
has also...
[NPL] Blue World Lasso Web to Support Apache on Mac OS X
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 22, 1999
BLUE WORLD LASSO WEB DATA ENGINE TO SUPPORT APACHE ON MAC OS X SERVER
New Configuration to Provide Unrivaled Performance and Power to
Further Lasso's Lead as the Dominant Force in Mac OS-Based Web
Database Publishing
BELLEVUE, WA - March 22, 1999 - Blue World Communications, Inc. today
announced its plan to bring the award-winning Lasso Web Data Engine
to industry leading Apache Web servers for the recently released Mac
OS X Server operating system from Apple Computer.
"As the leading Web Database Engine for Mac OS, support for Apple's
new industrial-strength Mac OS X Server operating system furthers
Lasso's dominant position within the growing Mac OS Internet server
tool market," said Blue World president and CEO Bill Doerrfeld. "With
support for Apache, trend-setting Lasso technology will enhance the
most popular Web server used on the Internet, continuing Lasso's
rapid acceptance and recognition as the price/performance leader
among Web...
[NPL] Extensis Suitcase 8
Extensis Suitcase 8 Font Management Packs Advanced Features and Solid
Compatibility
Extensis Suitcase Makes its Mark as Solid Font Management For Future
and Present Needs
Portland, OR - March 22, 1999 - Extensis Corporation today announced
the long-awaited Extensis Suitcase 8, its new complete font
management software for all Macintosh users. In addition to bringing
full Macintosh OS 8.5 compatibility to the newly branded package,
Extensis Suitcase 8 will maintain its ease of use while adding new
indispensable tools for anyone needing to manage fonts.
"Fonts are like children. They're messy, they leave stuff laying
around everywhere, but they give color to your life," said Mark
Niemann-Ross, senior product marketing manager, Extensis Corporation.
"Extensis lets Macintosh users focus on creativity and the job at
hand while cleaning up the mess with its easy-to-use Suitcase font
management tool."
Full Featured Font Management
Extensis has updated Suitcase 8 for full stability with...
[NPL] Text Cleaner Lite 1.51
Text Cleaner Lite 1.51, an update to the popular freeware utility is
available for immediate download. The update includes documentation
that was missing in 1.5 and an updated Panorama application (3.15).
Please direct questions to (405ware@studio405.com).
Text below describes Text Cleaner Lite
Text Cleaner Lite 1.51
by Studio 405, Inc.
Text Cleaner Lite is the freeware version of the commercial package
Text Cleaner. Text Cleaner Lite provides correct typesetting marks
and input error correction in one pass, eliminating the need for
common search and replace routines. The 1.5 upgrade adds text
preparation for the World-Wide Web by changing common text characters
with no direct HTML conversion to their web-safe counterparts.
Summary of features:
Removes multiple spaces, returns and tabs
Creates curly or straight quotes
Corrects foot and inch measurement marks
Corrects apostrophes for year abbreviations
Creates or removes en and em dashes
Removes spaces before and after tabs, returns,...
[NPL] SMTPit for FileMaker
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMM-UNITY NETWORKING SYSTEMS RELEASES SMTPIT 1.0, A FILEMAKER
PLUG-IN FOR WINDOWS
Fort Worth, TX, March 22, 1999 -- Comm-Unity Networking Systems
announced the release of SMTPit 1.0, for FileMaker Pro 4.x for
Windows, a Macintosh version to follow.
This is the premiere release of the SMTPit plug-in which allows you
to send email directly from FileMaker Pro 4.x without the aide of any
helper programs.
Jesse Traynham, company owner, states that "To help break the
learning curve of SMTPit, we decided to create an example solution
that demonstrates the ease of use and the extremely flexibility of
SMTPit."
Possible Uses of SMTPit
Because SMTPit enables you to send email directly from FileMaker, the
possibilities are countless. You can use SMTPit to send personalized
email newsletters, respond to inquiries from the web, or even
integrate it into POS solutions.
Features of SMTPit
- SMTPit supports normal email fields such as To, CC, BCC, From, Subject,
and body.
-...
[MD1] VOODOO Server 1.0
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UNI SOFTWARE PLUS GmbH
Softwarepark Hagenberg
A-4323 Hagenberg
AUSTRIA
phone: +43 (7236) 3338-82
fax: +43 (7236) 3338-30
email: voodoo@unisoft.co.at
www: http://www.unisoft.co.at/products/voodooserver.html
VOODOO Server 1.0 Released -
Robust and Easy-To-Use Version Control for CodeWarrior Developers
Hagenberg, AUSTRIA, March-22-1999, UNI SOFTWARE PLUS GmbH is pleased
to announce the immediate availability of their new flagship version
control tool VOODOO Server 1.0.
VOODOO Server is a version control system for software developers
using Metrowerks CodeWarrior under Mac OS. VOODOO Server and the
corresponding CodeWarrior plug-in provide reliable and robust version
control without adding the administrative overhead that usually
accompanies version control.
VOODOO Server is the successor to the company's award-winning
stand-alone version control application VOODOO. The new client/server
system was designed to combine the experience from the...
[NPL] FontAgent 2.7.5
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INSIDER FONTAGENT 2.7.5 NOW MORE COMPATIBLE
Award Winning Font Utility Supports Diverse Environments
CARLSBAD, CA - March 22, 1999 - Insider Software, Inc., today
released FontAgent 2.7.5, an update of the leading Macintosh font
repair and maintenance utility that extends the functionality of font
management solutions including Suitcase, ATM Deluxe, and Font Reserve
through it's ability to optimize corrupt, duplicate, and disorganized
fonts.
NEW FEATURES
FontAgent 2.7.5 boasts improved compatibility with a wider range of
computers and font libraries; a new, user-friendly installer; and an
improved interface with new graphics and enhanced Internet links. The
update also incorporates several bug fixes including superior memory
management, compatibility with non-standard volume names, and
improved handling of font repair options.
"Our goal with FontAgent is to elevate the technology available for
optimizing and maintaining font libraries," said Rio Sabadicci,...
[MD1] Script Runner 1.0
Elegant Chaos is pleased to announce the release of Script Runner 1.0.
Script Runner is a post-linker plugin for Metrowerks CodeWarrior.
Script Runner allows you to execute any AppleScript or application in
the post-link phase of your compilation. Sample AppleScripts are
included to do such things as: add a custom icon, compress the linked
file, copy the linked file to another folder.
download from: (http://www.elegantchaos.com/cgi-local/download.cgi?runner)
read more at: (http://www.elegantchaos.com/software/runner.html)
Sam Deane / Elegant Chaos / sam@elegantchaos.com / March 1999
www.elegantchaos.com
[NPL] MacStat
MESA, Arizona, -- March 19 -- Public Access Software today announces
its first ever hardware and software product called "MacStat"
(http://www.pasoftware.com/products/macstat/).
MacStat will allow you to view a variety of information about your
Macintosh computer including CPU load, computer uptime (length of
time since booting), total amount of free memory, the number of
currently running processes and a computer efficiency rating.
Using a small Mac OS application running in the background various
data is constantly and unobtrusively collected and displayed on an
external LCD display unit. The MacStat LCD display unit interfaces
through an unused serial port on your Macintosh and is controlled
entirely via the MacStat application.
MacStat Display Features:
* AppleScriptable MacStat application allowing the user to
display customized information as needed instead of using the default
features of the software.
* Continuous Macintosh Status updates via the external LCD screen.
* Easy to...
[MD1] Valentina 1.1 - the scriptable database
Subject: Valentina 1.1 - the scriptable database.
From: Ruslan Zasuhin (sunshine@public.kherson.ua)
Welcome to Valentina.
Valentina is a database engine which works hundred and thousand times
as fast as other MacOS DBMS (4th Dimension, FileMaker Pro,
NeoAccess), see benchmarks at (http://www.kagi.com/paradigma).
In particular: indexing 100-200 times faster;
searching 100-500+ times faster;
sorting )1000 times faster.
Benchmark:
1) It takes Valentina 68k on the Macintosh LC/68020
31 seconds to perform the particular search.
2) It takes FileMaker PPC on the G3/233
71 seconds to perform the same test.
3) It takes Valentina PPC on the G3/233
about 0.4 of second to performs the same test.
Now Valentina is available for Apple Script lovers, as scriptable
standalone application.
FEATURES:
- up to 65'000 Tables in the database;
- up to 65'000 fields per Table;
- types of fields: bool, byte, short, ushort...
[NPL] WebCatalog for UNIX / Mac OS X
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Pacific Coast Software's turnkey eCommerce
product, WebCatalog, will soon be available for UNIX users, according
to John A. Hill, VP of Marketing. WebCatalog currently supports all
major web servers on Windows and Macintosh.
Adding support for UNIX makes WebCatalog uniquely qualified as a
truly cross platform product. "Few products offer the convenience of
site development on either Macintosh or Windows that can be sent to a
UNIX server without re-compiling or modifying in any way. Considering
WebCatalog's rich feature set, long honor-roll of successful web
sites, and unbeatable price, it is in a league of its own," says Hill.
Although WebCatalog will initially be available as an Apache module
on Sun Solaris, Pacific Coast plans to offer WebCatalog on other
platforms including Linux and MacOS X Server from Apple. "We've found
that WebCatalog moves very easily to new platforms," says Grant
Hulbert, VP of Engineering. "With our Apache module we have a product
that...
[NPL] Vicomsoft FTP Client/Client Pro Update
Vicomsoft have now released a major upgrade to their FTP Client and
FTP Client Pro. FTP Client has all the Vicomsoft hallmarks of
ease-of-use, reliability, flexibility and performance.
There are over 35 new features which include:
- File and directory synchronization
- Persistent downloads
- MacBinary III support
- Additional server support for AppleShare IP 6.x, Serv-U FTP and NetWare
4.11 among others
The shareware version of FTP Client may be downloaded free of charge.
Pricing of FTP Client Pro is $30. Quantity and site discounts are
available.
For further information on FTP Client, see:
http://www.vicomsoft.com/ftp.software.html
The full list of new features may be found at
http://www.vicomsoft.com/support/appnotes/ftp.readme.html
[NPL] CanOpener Goes Cross-Platform
For Immediate Release
CanOpener goes cross-platform
Pleasantville, NY -- March 18, 1999
Abbott Systems (http://www.abbottsys.com) said today it is now
shipping a Windows version of CanOpener, its popular universal file
opener currently celebrating its 10th year on the Mac.
CanOpener 1.0 for Windows lets users search and retrieve text from
just about any PC file, including damaged files, using a variety of
special text filters.
Special text filters allow users to..
- Extract Names, Phone Numbers, URLs, Email, Web and IP Addresses.
- Strip HTML Coding.
- Remove extra Carriage Returns and blank spaces from email and Web
text.
- Extract important sentences such as questions or anything
containing $'s and numbers.
- Rapidly find clean text in files that contain huge amounts of 'garbage'
Abbott said many CanOpener users work in a mixed environment of Macs
and PCs. Until now, the only way for a user to open a PC file with
CanOpener was to move the file over to their...
[NPL] RPK Security SDK - Encryption for Streaming Media
RPK SECURITY'S ENCRYPTONITE SOFTWARE TOOLKIT PROVIDES STRONG AND FAST
ENCRYPTION FOR STREAMING MEDIA
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, MARCH 9, 1999 - RPK Security, Inc. (www.rpk.com),
a technology leader in strong and fast public key encryption,
announced today a breakthrough re-engineering of its RPK
Encryptonite(tm) Software Toolkit that provides a significant
increase in engine performance. Combined with new Indexed Encryption
for high-data-flow applications like streaming multimedia, the RPK
Encryptonite Software Toolkit v3.1 enables developers to add strong
security to Internet, software, hardware and communications
applications without performance degradation.
The RPK Encryptonite Toolkit offers a five-fold performance increase
on initialization and key creation. It accommodates out-of-order,
missing or corrupted/garbled data, without any noticeable performance
degradation or reduction in security. The new version also adds
additional sources of randomness for use in a variety of
applications...
[NPL] Flash & Shockwave Players Available w/IE 5
MACROMEDIA FLASH AND SHOCKWAVE PLAYERS AVAILABLE WITH MICROSOFT
INTERNET EXPLORER 5
Internet Explorer Users Enjoy Rich, Interactive and Engaging Online Experience
San Francisco, CA-March 18, 1999-Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR)
today announced that its award-winning Flash(TM) and Shockwave(TM)
players are included with Microsoft Internet Explorer(TM) 5. As a
result, Internet Explorer 5 users can experience distinctive Web
sites featuring animated user interfaces, interactive demos,
vector-based Web graphics, games, cartoons and more. Now, Macromedia
Flash and/or Shockwave players are delivered with every major Web
browser, operating system, online service and Web television service.
Macromedia recently reported that Flash currently has a reach of more
than 100 million Web users. Innovative Web sites such as Pepsi Cola,
Volkswagen, CNN Financial Network, E*Trade, Absolut Vodka, Reebok and
more use Flash and Shockwave to attract, engage and retain new and
current customers. Internet...
[MD1] Whisper 1.0 - a new open source Mac/Win32 C++ app framework
Subject: [ANN] Whisper 1.0 - a new open source Mac/Win32 C++ app framework
From: Jesse Jones (jesjones@halcyon.com)
Whisper is a free general purpose Mac/Win32 C++ application
framework. It's the successor to the Mac framework Raven. Like Raven
Whisper is a modern framework that takes advantage of templates,
multiple inheritance, STL, and exceptions. It's also designed around
the notion of Design by Contract and includes numerous debugging
tools.
Whisper is divided into four layers: Foundation, Core, High Level,
and Esoterica. The lower layers are independant of the higher layers.
Foundation includes a framework for unit tests, debugging functions,
a cross platform stack crawl class, geometry classes, a date class,
mixins for lockable and reference counted classes, classes for
converting between Unicode, US-ASCII, Win Latin-1, and Mac Roman, a
Unicode string class modeled after std::string, a templatized version
of the Observer pattern, and a number of STL-compatible containers
(these...
[MD1] Objective-Everything for Mac OS X Server Available
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
---------------------
Objective-Everything for Mac OS X Server is Available
=====================================================
Bethesda, Maryland. March 16, 1999. TipTop Software, Inc. welcomed the
arrival of the Apple's Mac OS X Server operating system. Mac OS X Server
is a powerful, high-performance, scalable server solution. "The
sophistication of Mac OS X Server development environment is
unparalleled" said Pedja Bogdanovich, TipTop President. "Our
Objective-Everything leverages this powerful development environment to
further provide a truly language-independent rapid application
prototyping, development, and scripting environment. It facilitates
building robust applications in record time. We are excited to make
Objective-Everything available to all Mac OS X Server developers on the
third-party CD."
Objective-Everything is a *MUST-HAVE* development environment for anyone
who develops under YellowBox (Mac OS X and Windows), including
programmers who just...
[MD1] Mac OS X Server Now Shipping
Mac OS X Server Now Shipping
Apple's Macintosh Server G3 Fastest Web Server for Under $5000
CUPERTINO, California-March 16, 1999-Apple Computer, Inc. today
announced the availability of Mac OS X Server, the Company's new
server operating system, which combines the proven strength of UNIX
with the simplicity of Macintosh. Customers can order Mac OS X Server
from Apple Authorized Resellers and The Apple Store (www.apple.com)
for U.S. $499-with an unlimited client license. Mac OS X Server, when
coupled with a new Macintosh Server G3, is the fastest platform for
running Apache for under U.S. $5000-outperforming Linux, Solaris and
Windows NT Server.*
"Our customers are excited about Mac OS X Server, Apple's first
modern server operating system," said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim
CEO. "Mac OS X Server is an incredibly powerful web server and by
introducing it at an aggressive price of $499, we're putting power
into the hands of millions of Macintosh customers in education and
business."
Mac...
[NPL] Mac OS X Server Now Shipping
Mac OS X Server Now Shipping
Apple's Macintosh Server G3 Fastest Web Server for Under $5000
CUPERTINO, California-March 16, 1999-Apple Computer, Inc. today
announced the availability of Mac OS X Server, the Company's new
server operating system, which combines the proven strength of UNIX
with the simplicity of Macintosh. Customers can order Mac OS X Server
from Apple Authorized Resellers and The Apple Store (www.apple.com)
for U.S. $499-with an unlimited client license. Mac OS X Server, when
coupled with a new Macintosh Server G3, is the fastest platform for
running Apache for under U.S. $5000-outperforming Linux, Solaris and
Windows NT Server.*
"Our customers are excited about Mac OS X Server, Apple's first
modern server operating system," said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim
CEO. "Mac OS X Server is an incredibly powerful web server and by
introducing it at an aggressive price of $499, we're putting power
into the hands of millions of Macintosh customers in education and
business."
Mac...
[MD1] Mac OS X Server Embraces Open Source With Launch of Darwin
Mac OS X Server Embraces Open Source With Launch of Darwin
Apple Becomes First Mainstream OS Company to Make its System Software
Available to Open Source Community
CUPERTINO, California-March 16, 1999-Apple Computer, Inc. today
announced the launch of Darwin-the Open Source release of the Mac OS
X Server operating system foundation. Mac OS X Server is the
Company's new server operating system which combines the proven
strength of UNIX with the simplicity of Macintosh. Darwin will be
available free to developers in the next few weeks at
(www.apple.com/darwin). With this announcement, Apple becomes the
first mainstream operating system provider to release its source code
to the public and base its system software strategy on Open Source
technologies.
"The Open Source movement is revolutionizing the way operating
systems evolve and Apple is leading the industry by becoming the
first major OS provider to make it's core operating system available
to Open Source developers," said Avie...
