Irvine, California February 2, 2001 IOGEAR introduces the first Dual Port USB 2.0 PCMCIA CardBus card (GPU202) for Macintosh and IBM compatible notebook computers. IOGEARs USB 2.0 PCMCIA CardBus card auto configures and requires no additional drivers. IOGEAR's USB 2.0 PCMCIA CardBus card will hit store shelves at the breakthrough price of $129.00 (USD) MSRP. IOGEAR brings the cutting edge technology of USB 2.0 to your Macintosh PowerBook or PC Notebook. You will enjoy the convenience and newfound speed that has made USB an industry standard. IOGEARs USB 2.0 PCMCIA CardBus card will allow you to easily add up to 127 simultaneous USB 2.0 and 1.1 devices. This device will fit into any PCMCIA CardBus slot. IOGEAR's USB 2.0 PCMCIA CardBus card will fit the need of any mobile professional who needs the speed and convenience of USB 2.0. IOGEAR USB 2.0 PCMCIA CardBus Card Features: For use with: Apple Macintosh computer running OS 8.6 or greater IBM compatible computers running Windows 98SE...

PagePlanet Software, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MGI 2.0 Beta 2 for the Macintosh. MGI 2.0, a plug-in to 4D's WebStar, adds a host of functionality from counters to form processing to E-commerce and a whole lot more. Over 100 individual functions are now included. To download and try out MGI 2.0 Beta 2, please go to: http://www.pageplanetsoftware.com/mgibeta.html There is no registration required. MGI 2.0 beta is a fully-functioning software package with no timeouts. The beta will simply place a banner on the top and bottom of all HTML pages served. For more information, please feel free to contact us. Steve Crisp PagePlanet Software, Inc. Home of MGI http://www.pageplanetsoftware.com 919-233-1770

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DIGITALCANDLE'S LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD DEVELOPERS Turn Your Code Into Cash (San Diego, Calif.) - January 30, 2001 - Got a knack for writing software? DigitalCandle, the foremost purveyor of online software, is looking for a few good developers to add to its collection of innovative shareware applications available at www.digitalcandle.com. Developers that sign up with DigitalCandle now through April 2, 2001 will receive all of the benefits of DigitalCandle's Payment Processing and Product Marketing services for only 10% of gross sales with a $2 minimum for the first three months. Whether developing software for a hobby or wanting to increases one's cash flow, opportunities exist to profit from innovative shareware products. However, knowing how to write code does not guarantee knowing where or how to market, distribute or sell the resulting product - not to mention how difficult and time-consuming the process can be. Enter DigitalCandle with a solution to meet...

Now available, the latest release of the award-winning FTP client from Vicomsoft. Vicomsoft are pleased to announce that version 3.1.3 of the FTP Client is released today which includes additional functionality and a number of maintenance fixes. New features: - Multiple items can now be selected to edit in BBEdit. - Optional warning alert when transferred items would replace items of the same name. - A "Reveal In Finder" option has been added to the Mac list contextual menu. - The BookMarks menu has returned by popular demand! This latest release is a free upgrade for version 3.0.1 or later users. Upgrades for users of version 3.0 or earlier are just $5. The FTP Client remains a shareware solution for up to 5 simultaneous sessions. The Pro version supports unlimited simultaneous sessions, AppleScript and the full range of supported hosts for only $30. For more information on the FTP Client, see: (http://www.vicomsoft.com/cgi-bin/moreinfo.cgi?ID=8004) A free updater is available for...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE McWare USA ships McSerialnumber v1.3 MacOS Shareware Edition McSerialnumber v1.3 is the first integrated registration, design and administration Database and security works shareware solution for developers and ISV's fully supporting MacOS X. Munich, Germany - Oldsmar, Florida US. -- Jan. 29, 2001 -- McWare USA today announced McSerialnumber v1.3 Shareware Edition, the successor of McSerialnumber v1.2.1 Mac OS Shareware Edition, to fully support Apple's new Mac OS X. McSerialnumber v1.3 Shareware Edition (Power PC only) enables any Mac OS based developer to put a customer registration scheme into its software product and utilises the tracking of sales and registrations in an easy to use integrated database. The registered McSerialnumber 1.3 Shareware Edition software enables the production of a set of custom "Soft-Dongle" type libraries to link into software products running on Mac OS Classic (68k, PPC), Mac OS X (Carbon) as well as Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/Me/...

MacZoop version 2.5 has reached final candidate status. This popular and free C++ framework for Mac development has undergone some major changes in the last six months to keep it relevant to developers as we move forward to OS X and Carbon. MacZoop 2.5 includes - * Full Carbon compatibility * A wholly new, easy to use optional views architecture (fully theme aware) * Greater scalability - still ideal for small projects and beginners, but now far more capable at the high end. * New specialised user-interface objects * Comprehensive drag and drop support MacZoop general features: * Easy to learn, holistic, high-level approach to standard application programming problems - most standard behaviours "just work" * Simple, high level classes for common toolbox objects such as windows, dialogs, files, GWorlds, etc. * Command-based menu handling via classic "command chain" design * Simple abstract internal messaging system * Multiple Undo built in * Small, efficient container classes * Fully...

WIBU-KEY: Ready for Mac OS X! Karlsruhe, 01-08-2001. WIBU-SYSTEMS, one of the worldwide leading manufacturers in the copy protection and license management for software industry, announced the new Macintosh Driver v3.0 to support Mac OS X, Apple's next generation operating system. "Mac OS X's advanced technologies and incredible stability will make it very popular with professionals, who will use WIBU-KEY's universal copy protection and license management tool because of its new drivers for Mac OS X," said Oliver Winzenried, C.E.O of WIBU-SYSTEMS AG. "We will show WIBU-KEY with the latest drivers at CeBIT 2001 in hall 13 booth E66." "Mac OS X is the best operating system we've ever created, with advanced Internet and graphics technologies, a new user interface named Aqua, and an open-source UNIX-like foundation," said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "We are thrilled that companies like WIBU-SYSTEMS are developing innovative products for Mac...

From: "Lynn Fredricks" (fci@europa.com) Subject: Macworld Expo Tokyo 2001 - Notes from a Henna Gaijin Dear Editor, I wanted to point you towards some articles I am writing called Notes from a Henna Gaijin. This is a series of articles about traveling to and making the most out of MacWorld Expo Tokyo 2001, from the perspective of someone who regularly travels there. http://www.japanware.com/macworldjapan.htm These articles will be practical in nature, getting to the show, seeing the Mac in Japan and enjoying your trip. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks President Proactive International, LLC www.proactive-intl.com Global high-tech channel expansion + business development + acquisitions ph 503-520-0191 fx 503-643-9877

For Immediate Release DDH SOFTWARE, INC. LAUNCHES MACINTOSH DESKTOP COMPANION FOR HanDBase PALM DATABASE APPLICATION Fully functional HanDBase Desktop for the Mac simplifies data management and syncing with Palm devices. LAKE WORTH, FL (January 23, 2001)...DDH Software's HanDBase database applicatio n has been one of the most successful commercial applications for handheld computers based on the Palm OS(TM), enabling users to collect, edit and read information while they are away from their personal computers. Today, DDH announces the release of HanDBase Desktop for Macintosh computers, a companion application to the Palm OS version that will allow users more flexibility to manage data between their Palm and Macintosh computers. The new HanDBase Desktop for the Macintosh works similarly to the Windows desktop version released in late October 2000, and will also be available to registered HanDBase users for free. The new Desktop version allows users to import HanDBase databases from...

INTELLI INNOVATIONS INC. RELEASES P.O. TOOLBOX 1.0 FOR MACINTOSH - ADVANCED U.S. POSTAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT SUITE NOW AVAILABLE Intelli Innovations Releases New Desktop Package Management Software for Mac OS and Mac OS X for Package Shipping, Tracking, Barcode Generation, and Rate Calculation. Raleigh, NC - January 23rd, 2001 - Intelli Innovations, Inc., developers of innovative Internet and productivity software for the Macintosh platform, today announced the initial release of P.O. Toolbox for Mac OS, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows, advanced package management utility software for shipping via the United States Postal Service. P.O. Toolbox is shipping ahead of schedule from it's originally announced February release date. P.O. Toolbox Features and Benefits: * Domestic Rate Calculator gets rates, zones, and shipping regulations * International Rate Calculator queries for rates, restrictions, and forms * Complete support for Express Mail, Priority Mail, Parcel Post, Global...

REAL SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES CUBIES WINNERS REALbasic users in 8 categories recognized for excellence by REAL Software. January 22, 2001. Austin, TX - REAL Software today announced the winners of its Cubie awards, adding a category in the process. Choosing the winners was difficult because so many developers submitted entries. The categories are; Advocate of the Year, Cross-Platform, Developer Tool, Game, Internet, Mac OS X, Utility, Overall, and Business. (http://www.realbasic.com/mwrb/cubies/) Advocate of the Year -- Matt Neuburg (http://tidbits.com/matt/). Cross-Platform application (works on both Macintosh and Windows) -- Package Tracker, from Intelli Innovations by Paul Scandariato (http://intellisw.com/packagetracker/index.shtml). Developer Tool (makes the lives of REALbasic users easier) -- TBFinder by Fabian Lidman (http://homepage.mac.com/fabianl/development/) Game -- Ricochet3D by Robert Urschel (http://www.ricochet3d.com/) Internet -- ICamMaster by Catalunya Disseny (http://www....

PRESS RELEASE: CD Folder Partitioner 1.0 available A new commercial TRI-EDRE's software utility is available for download and purchase on our web site. How boring it is when a folder is too big to be directly copied into a CD-R (or a Zip), and you need to reorganize its content into folders no bigger than 650 (or 100) Mb. CD Folder Partitioner automatically does that for you in a wink. Description (short): Split a folder too big to be copied into CD-R, Zip, etc., into folders of the desired size. Description (long): When a folder content is too big to be directly copied into a CD-R or a Zip, CD Folder Partitioner is the easiest way to automatically split and reorganize the folder content into multiple sub-folders, each one of a maximum given size (set from 2 Mb up to 2 Tb). CD Folder Partitioner preserves the original folder organization, and has a regrouping feature to go back to the original folder. The trial version is fully functionnal, but allows partition size from 20 Mb to 25...

SHREDIT 4.8 RELEASED Vancouver, British Columbia, January 20, 2001 - The Mireth Technology Corporation has release version 4.8 of the Macintosh eDocument shredder ShredIt. ShredIt provides an easy, permanent way to destroy personal and confidential information. It can be used to shred a file, a folder, or even the free space on a disk. ShredIt overwrites the file contents, file name, creator and type. It is permanent so be careful - there is no way for you, us, or anyone else to recover shredded items. ShredIt is different than just putting documents in the trash since trashed items, and their contents, can be recovered while shredded the contents of shredded items cannot be recovered. Prior to version 4.8 file contents would be overwritten multiple times (as configured by the user) but the file name was only overwritten one time. Version 4.8 adds support for multiple overwrites of file names so that the file name is protected to the same degree as the file contents. ShredIt is...

Bruce Martin's Illuminator Software PO Box 644 Delaware Water Gap, PA 18327 Phone (570)-421-0670 Illuminator Software's News Release Illuminator Software is proud to announce iMapp. Imapp is the most complete image map editing tool ever created! Delaware Water Gap, PA January 22, 2001: Illuminator Software , a cutting edge software development company specializing in tools and automation for the Macintosh platform, today has released iMapp. What is iMapp? iMapp is a comprehensive image map creator tool. It was designed from the ground up to replace all other image map tools. We have added advance features such as export to 4 major image map formats, The ability to use any image supported by QuickTime. The ability to export the image as a JPEG with compression control, most of all, our favorite feature is the freeHand tool. Now you can trace an object with ease using one of 4 tools. Also included in iMapp our exclusive Browse Mode. Don't worry at publish time if the links work. By...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CDFINDER 3.0.2 RELEASED January 19, 2001, Moerfelden, Germany The author today announced the immediate availability of version 3.0.2 of CDFinder, the popular shareware disk catalog tool for the Macintosh. Together with CDWinder 1.0.1 for Windows, (http://www.cdwinder.de/) this is the first cross platform, network solution to catalog disks and CD-ROMs on a Macintosh and a PC. The new version can be obtained from the CDFinder Homepage (http://www.cdfinder.de/). A single user license of CDFinder is $20, multi user licenses are available. CDFinder is a very fast and powerful tool to create catalog files of your hard disks, floppies, ZIP's and anything else that spins. It has a great user interface and very useful search functions. CDFinder supports drag&drop and requires at least a 68020 or PowerPC CPU. While System 7 is required, CDFinder is also fully compatible to MacOS 9. A special feature is the multi-lingual user interface (German/French/English/Italian/...

WEB CROSSING OFFERS NEW ENTERPRISE SERVER HOSTING PACKAGE New Server Hosting Packages for Online Communities Make it Easy to Choose The Best Solution SAN FRANCISCO, January 18, 2001 -- Web Crossing, Inc. today announced a new, more robust Enterprise Server Hosting Package for its high-end server hosted community solution. Now for the first time Enterprise Server Hosting customers will automatically enjoy a dedicated server with a hot redundant slave backup server and lower pricing for higher traffic. Two other solution packages were also outlined making it easier to choose the appropriate level of support for any organization's complete, server hosted community or collaboration group solution. Available today, complete details on the new server hosting pricing structure can be found at (http://webcrossing.com/40/html/host.html). "We now have a simple server hosting package for everyone" said Tim Lundeen, founder and CEO of Web Crossing. "We're most proud of our Enterprise Server...

Ekim Software releases MailCall 1.7 - e-mail notification software to keep you informed of the status of your mailboxes Ekim Software - 1/18/2001 - Ekim Software announces an update of their popular e-mail notification software, MailCall. MailCall is an e-mail notification application. While running, MailCall preforms periodic checks of your account(s) and notifies you when new mail has arrived or when you have mail in your box. MailCall has many options that allow you to customize its behavior so it fits your needs. MailCall can be especially useful for people who use e-mail a lot and don't want to keep a large application, such as Outlook Express, open in the background hogging your RAM and CPU time. MailCall will notify you when mail has arrived in any of your accounts and then you can launch your favorite e-mail application with the click of a button and go fetch that new mail. Both POP3 and IMAP4 protocols are supported in MailCall. Version 1.7 drastically reduces the amount of...

Valentina 1.8.7 Introduces Java, Shockwave and MacOS X TECHNOLOGY RELEASE 1.8.7 INCLUDES NEW PRODUCT, STRATEGIC IMPROVEMENTS TO DIRECTOR, REALBASIC AND MAC OS X VERSIONS January 18, 2001. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software announced the availability of technology release 1.8.7, including powerful new functionality to most SDKs and MacOS X support. It introduces the release version of Valentina for Java (VJSDK), Shockwave safe and Authorware friendly Valentina for Director, and MacOS X ready versions of Valentina application and Valentina for REALbasic. Valentina for Java is the first of Paradigma Software's line of database tools for development of client side pure Java applications. VJSDK includes implementations for Macintosh and Windows development and includes the Valentina application (VAPP) for rapid creation and modification of object-relational databases. VJSDK is available for $299. Valentina for Director release 1.8.7 is now Shockwave safe, meaning the Valentina runtime...

For Immediate Release MovieWorks & MovieWorks Deluxe 5.0 Now Available for Macintosh and Windows [1] QuickTime Transitions & Scrolling Text Supported in Mac Version [2] MovieWorks Interactive Renamed to MovieWorks Deluxe [3] Now Distributed by Ingram Micro and Available in Retail [4] Version 5.0 to be Demoed at Macworld Expo in Booth # 3953 January 18, 2001 - Pleasanton, California - Interactive Solutions, Inc. today announced the availability of MovieWorks and MovieWorks Deluxe 5.0 for the Macintosh, and for the first time ever, Windows platforms. Included in the Macintosh versions of MovieWorks and MovieWorks Deluxe 5.0, is support for the extensive library of QuickTime transitions, including unrendered dissolves/fades and scrolling text. MovieWorks is a suite of applications that work together to create short to medium length multimedia productions, including web movies, personal and corporate videos, dynamic slide shows, and multimedia presentations....

Buy now, receive free upgrade to REALbasic 3! REAL Software announced on November 13, 2000 that any purchase of or upgrade to REALbasic 2 occurring on or after November 1, 2000 will be eligible for a free upgrade when REALbasic 3 ships. January 17, 2001 REALbasic is the powerful, easy-to-use tool for creating your own software for Macintosh, Mac OS X, and Windows. People who have never programmed before who just need to solve a problem, experienced programmers who need to enhance their productivity -- and everyone in between -- will benefit from using REALbasic. REALbasic 3 continues REAL Software's quest to deliver outstanding tools to the Macintosh user community. This release provides exciting new functionality in addition to the ability to run on and compile for Mac OS X. These new features include an all new animation engine, revamped database features, enhancements to the Code editor and debugger, Crash recovery, searchable online reference, build (compiling process)...

PINEHILL PRODUCTS RELEASES CREATIVEPAGE 2.5 - POWERFUL WEB SITE CREATION Rochester, NY - January 17, 2001 - PineHill Products is proud to announce the update to their powerful web page creation software, CreativePage 2.5. About CreativePage CreativePage 2.5 is a professional web site design suite for the Macintosh, fitting anybody's need to create a professional, high end web site using HTML. If you do not know HTML, do not worry, since CreativePage handles HTML easily enough for anybody to read and understand, while professional enough to fit the high business demands of today. With CreativePage, you can be creating a professional web site in minutes with all of the built in assistants, formatting tools, and other features. Even with the high demands of today, CreativePage is definitely the tool of choice for anyone dealing with HTML or web site authoring. Plus, at only $25, no one can live without it! Key features of CreativePage 2.5: * Complete, fast syntax coloring * Over 25 HTML...

QBeo Creates Mac OS X Versions of Popular Photo and Video Enhancement Technology PhotoGenetics2.0, VideoGenetics 1.0 for Mac OS X shown at Macworld NORTH BEND, Wash. (January 3, 2001) - QBeo Inc., an innovator of digital image enhancement technology, today announced that the company has applied its ImageOp technology to Mac OS X, the next-generation operating system by Apple. QBeo's new versions of software include PhotoGenetics 2.0 for Mac OS X and VideoGenetics 1.0 for Mac OS X, both to be demonstrated at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco January 9-12. QBeo will be featured in Macworld's new "Special Interest Boulevard" in the Moscone Convention Center, which showcases 100 of the most innovative technologies from up-and-coming companies in the Mac industry. QBeo's powerful imaging technology, ImageOp , makes it easy for anyone to improve digital pictures or video. ImageOp automatically alters 12 characteristics such as hue, gradient, color balance, saturation and...

ROXEN INTERNET SOFTWARE RELEASES ROXEN WEBSERVER FOR MAC OS X PUBLIC BETA Open source, enterprise-strength web server now available for immediate download San Francsisco, CA., January 9, 2001 - Roxen Internet Software today announced the immediate availability of Roxen WebServer 2.1 Beta for Mac OS X Public Beta. Roxen WebServer is an open source web server with the capacity to power even the world's most popular web sites on Macintosh computers. "Roxen WebServer has specific advantages for Mac users since it has an intuitive and appealing 100% web based interface," said Lars Hgberg, CEO of Roxen Internet Software. "Roxen WebServer is uniquely capable of performing heavy-duty server-side image manipulations in real-time, which can be used to automate tasks web designers find particularly cumbersome and time-consuming today." "Built on an open-source UNIX-based foundation and offering advanced Internet and graphics technologies, Mac OS X is the most technically advanced personal...

For Immediate Release Bleu Rose Ltd. Announces Black & Bleu(tm) and Black & Bleu/PRO Version 3.0 Hacienda Heights, California (January 15, 2001) - Bleu Rose Ltd. announces the release of Black & Bleu(tm) and Black & Bleu/PRO v3.0 Black and Bleu(tm) is an application that lists 5,045 Macintosh OS error codes with Apple's cryptic explanation of each. Black & Bleu enhances Apple's explanation of these Mac OS error codes by providing less cryptic and more useful detailed explanations and remedies for many of these errors. It takes the mystery out of error codes with explanations in plain English. This is the most comprehensive list of Mac OS errors currently available anywhere. v3.0 adds the following features: * 661 new error codes * 31 more error groups (for a total of 185) * Many more detailed explanations * Search your Annotations as a separate option * Error names can be copied to the clipboard * Detailed explanations can be viewed using the full...