MacHack Endorses the Apple Student Developers Program, Announces Student Discounts 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 -- MacHack: The Annual Conference for Leading Edge Developers proudly announces endorsement of the Apple Student Developer Program, Apple Computer's new deeply discounted developer support option for full time students. Student participation is essential to the MacHack conference. The annual Hack contest always draws out the best talent and programming. In fact, at the 1998 conference two of the top five hacks came from student developer who were first time conference attendees. "Students are the ones who still believe that anything is possible. They have the unbridled enthusiasm and determination to overcome conventional obstacles and create the impossible," said Marshall Vale, Conference...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rio Sabadicci Insider Software 760-804-9900 rio@insidersoftware.com INSIDER FONTAGENT 2.7.1 ADDS SUPPORT FOR MACOS 8.5 FONTS Leading Font Utility Now Supports Appearance Manager Fonts December 21, 1998 [Carlsbad, CA] Insider Software today released Insider FontAgent 2.7.1, a new release of the leading Macintosh font maintenance and organization that adds full support for the Appearance Manager fonts found in MacOS 8.5, as well as selected bug fixes. The new version recognizes the fonts used by the Appearance Manager used in MacOS 8.5 and extends other core System Font functions. The bug fixes involve a situation in which users selected a specific combination of execution options that generated fonts with names longer than the 31 characters allowed by MacOS. Without the fix, FontAgent would exit normally without completing the user's request. PRICING AND AVAILABILITY The new release is free to all licensed users of Insider FontAgent. Users can download...

GUY KAWASAKI WILL BE SIGNING HIS LATEST BOOK RULES FOR REVOLUTIONARIES AT DevDepot'S MACWORLD STATION WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- Dec 18, 1998 -- DevDepot, a division of Xplain Corporation, announced it will be hosting Guy Kawasaki, the radical and charismatic CEO of garage.com and former chief evangelist of Apple Computer, at their Macworld station (#3051) on January 5th through 8th. The author of How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Kawasaki has been in the trenches of two revolutions: the development of Macintosh, the computer that changed the world, and the battle for supremacy on the Internet. The same revolutions fought with the tools available from DevDepot--the premiere source of Macintosh development and web development resources. Guy will be releasing his latest book, Rules for Revolutionaries at Macworld San Francisco this January and will be appearing at DevDepot to sign copies of that book each day of the conference expo. Critics and industry experts rave about Rules for...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mainstay 591-A Constitution Ave. Camarillo, CA 93012 http://www.mstay.com For more information contact: Lance Merker-Mainstay (805) 484-9400 lance@mstay.com Mainstay Releases JustEdit(tm) Browser-Based Text Editor Speeds Up Web Page Edits Camarillo, CA, December 16, 1998-Mainstay today began shipping JustEdit(tm), a quick and painless way to edit web pages anytime, anywhere, using only a web browser. JustEdit is a Java applet that need only be included in a single web page of a site. A user simply brings up the JustEdit page, enters the path to any web page to edit and clicks "Open". A text editor window opens--displaying HTML code, ready for editing. After making changes, the user clicks "Save" and their web page is modified. JustEdit works on any website and requires no server-side applications, scripts, CGIs, or plug-ins. JustEdit enables the user to correct a typo, update a headline, price, or date, and even correct a broken or changed link, on the fly, right...

Absoft Corporation announced immediate availability of its new Pro Fortran v6.0 (retail $899), a suite of Fortran 90, FORTRAN 77 and C/C++ compilers. Upgrade and academic pricing is available. IMSL Math and Stat libraries are optional. Visit www.absoft.com for details. Complete F90/F77/C/C++ toolsets for Windows95/98/NT, Mac and Linux Absoft Corporation, 2781 Bond Street, Rochester Hills, MI 48309 USA Voice (248) 853 0050 EST - Fax (248) 853 0108 - http://www.absoft.com

Imagina is currently restructuring in order to accomplish a new corporate mission. The company over time has had several identities, one as an Portland-area ISP, one as a software development firm, and another, more subtly, as a software marketing firm. Imagina is now solely focused on the research and development of Internet productivity tools. Imagina continues to develop new products, including the imminent release of a new software utility called "Holmes", that enhances the Sherlock Internet search feature in Mac OS 8.5. Imagina is currently seeking buyers for its two products: NEWSTAND: Our award-winning (4.5 mice from Macworld) Mac OS-based newsgroup server for the Internet and intranet. This easy-to-configure server is Open Transport-based and multi-threading. Helps facilitate workgroup collaboration. Ideal for educational users and small businesses. NOTIFYMAIL: Our cross-platform email notification client. Helps businesses reduce network traffic and reduce drain on network...

Subject: Press Release - Trend Micro Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:56:18 -0000 InterScan VirusWall First Complete Virus Protection Approved For Sun Internet Mail Server Software Trend Micro's award winning virus protection now available for Sun's industry leading messaging platform Cupertino, Calif.- 15 December 1998 - Trend Micro Inc., the leader in centrally managed virus protection, has announced that its Internet gateway virus scanning solution, InterScan(r) VirusWall(r) 2.6 for Sun(tm) Solaris(tm), has been tested and approved by Sun (NASDAQ: SUNW) for use with Sun(tm) Internet Mail Server(tm) software. With this approval, InterScan VirusWall becomes the industry's first interoperable virus scanning solution for Sun's high-powered messaging platform. After rigorous testing, Trend Micro's high performance scanning solution demonstrated its complete interoperability with Sun Internet Mail Server software. InterScan VirusWall provides high performance real-time scanning of both in-bound...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Catara(tm) Software Releases sLog 2.1b1, "Your personal system manager." Contact: Steven Marcotte catara@idir.net Lawrence, KS Dec 15, 1998 Catara(tm) Software today announced the first public beta release of sLog 2.1, a system management utility for the Macintosh and PowerPC. What is sLog 2.1? sLog 2.1 is a handy system management utility that allows you to keep track of your system's stability by recording the time your computer restarted or crashed. sLog, intended to be used by both users and administrators alike, has many potential uses, including: * Logging how much a computer is used (for tax or record keeping purposes) * Finding out how stable a particular computer is * Determining if a new piece of software or hardware is causing subtle problems * Letting you know if a computer is being improperly shutdown * Finding out if someone has been using a computer when they weren't supposed to be * Loads of other things...

FOR RELEASE ON DEC 11, 1998 CYBERCASH NOW AVAILABLE ON MACINTOSH WebTen, WebCatalog, and WebMerchant - A Powerful eCommerce Bundle Santa Barbara, CA, December 11, 1998. Tenon Intersystems is offering new releases of Pacific Coast's highly acclaimed turnkey eCommerce software (WebCatalog & WebMerchant) in a special discounted bundle with WebTen. WebTen is the fastest and most powerful Macintosh web server. WebCatalog and the new CyberCash-savvy WebMerchant are the premier eCommerce solution for Macintosh. On Apple's G3 processors, these combined packages provide unsurpassed secure online commerce capabilities. The new WebCatalog 3.0 includes a built-in database as well as an ODBC/SQL database interface, so you can use WebCatalog's lightening-quick database for your electronic storefront and, at the same time, link directly into an existing inventory database at the time of purchase. The new WebMercant 3.0 includes built-in CyberCash support, so you can link directly to a CyberCash...

OMIKRON BASIC 6 - New Version with Many New Features - Update Free of Charge for Registered Omikron Basic 6 Users Omikron Basic 6, the high-speed programming language for Power Mac is now available as version 6.24. The current version contains many new features, all of which make programming even easier and more effective: - The compiler was improved further so that the generated programs are even more compact and run even faster (it is hardly possible to improve the speed of Omikron Basic programs any further, even with direct assembler programming). - The new release now also offers an integrated Library Maker, which may be used by Omikron Basic programmers to create their own Libraries and even pass them on to others. - Standard accessories are the Extension Library and a limited version of the EasyGem Library to create MAC-specific surfaces as well as various demo programs, the paint program EasyPaint (including the BASIC source codes), and the shareware program EasyFractal. -...

Metrowerks to Ship Standalone Java Tools for Macintosh and Windows Academic Version to Ship as a Feature of Apple Developer Connection Student Program Seattle, WA-December 9, 1998-Metrowerks, Inc., (NASDAQ:MTWKF,SE/ME:MWK) a leading provider of software development tools for desktop and embedded systems, today announced at CAUSE 98 that CodeWarrior Professional for Java and CodeWarrior Academic for Java will ship in January 1999. These products will be Java-only versions of the award-winning CodeWarrior integrated development tools that support development for C, C++, Java and Pascal. The academic version of the Macintosh-hosted Java tools will be included on the Apple Developer Connection (ADC) Student Program CD as part of an agreement with Apple Computer, Inc. The Spring 1999 release of these tools will include easy-to-use rapid application development (RAD) tools for building graphical user interfaces (GUIs). CodeWarrior Professional for Java and CodeWarrior Academic for Java...

For Immediate Release Apple Launches New Student Developer Program Worldwide Push to Attract Next-Generation Macintosh Developers Rolled Out at CAUSE CAUSE, SEATTLE, Washington--Dec. 9, 1998--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced a new program aimed at attracting more students to develop Macintosh software, hardware, add-on devices, and Internet-savvy applications. The Apple Developer Connection (ADC) Student Program gives higher education students around the world affordable access to the tools and technical resources they need to begin developing the next-generation of Macintosh products. "This is the first time Apple has reached out to the next wave of software and hardware pioneers who are currently learning their craft in colleges and universities around the world," said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice president of worldwide developer relations. "Bringing students into the Macintosh development community today spurs continued innovation on the Mac platform." As part of the program...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FLUID3D FROM OZ.COM DELIVERS BROADCAST-QUALITY STREAMING 3D ANIMATION OVER THE INTERNET WITH REALNETWORKS REALPLAYER G2 3D Web Animation Can Be Created in the Most Popular 3D Authoring Tools; Fluid3D Player to be Distributed through RealSystem G2 SAN FRANCISCO, CA - December 8, 1998 - OZ.COM (formerly OZ Interactive), a pioneering provider of visual and interactive real-time communication products, today announced Fluid3D(TM) -- a visual communications system for the development and deployment of broadcast-quality, streaming 3D animation across the Internet. Fluid3D is integrated with RealNetworks (NASDAQ:RNWK) RealPlayer(TM) G2 and is the first new media type that enables streaming broadcast of 3D computer animation over the Web within RealPlayer. Professional digital artists and publishers can now deliver real-time 3D animation to millions of RealPlayer-enabled Websurfers at connection speeds as low as 28.8 Kbps -- with the quality and performance typically...

For Immediate Release Aladdin Knowledge Systems Acquires eSafe Technologies, a Leader in Internet Security Innovation Aladdin's New Internet Security Unit to Provide Market-Leading Internet Security Solutions New York; Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 8th, 1998 -- Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALDNF), a global leader in the field of software information security, today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the assets of EliaShim Ltd. and its subsidiaries, US-based eSafe Technologies Inc. and eSafe Europe (together "eSafe"). eSafe is the producer of the award-winning eSafe Protect suite of Internet security products. As a result of the acquisition, Aladdin will form an Internet Security Unit with eSafe at the core focused on developing integrated "desktop-to-gateway" Internet security solutions. eSafe will be issued 1,240,000 Aladdin shares and will receive an additional $6.5 million in cash. Additional amounts not exceeding $5 million may become payable based on eSafe...

December 7, 1998 -- South Lake Tahoe, CA -- Today Cache Computing announced that it is now shipping DCon 1.0. DCon is a system extension that adds a console window and file logging services to the Mac OS. It can be used to record and display status and debugging information during the development process. DCon can be called from virtually any code, any where at any time. DCon does not allocate memory or otherwise rely on the Mac OS ToolBox. It can be called from interrupt handlers, I/O completion routines, VBL tasks, deferred tasks, etc., just to name a few of the places where DCon really shines. DCon is also ideal for developers who miss "debugging via printf", a technique which is very common on other CLI driven operating systems, but is not readily available on the Mac OS. More information, a downloadable demo version, and online ordering is available at http://www.cache-computing.com For further information, please contact: Cache Computing info@cache-computing.com

For Immediate Release Apple Releases Mac OS 8.5.1 Update Fixes Bugs and Adds New Sherlock Features CUPERTINO, California--Dec. 7, 1998--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced Mac OS 8.5.1, an update to the popular Mac OS 8.5 released in October, which fixes several bugs and adds new Sherlock plug-ins for popular Internet sites. The Mac OS 8.5.1 update is available immediately for download from Apple's website (www.apple.com/macos) free of charge. Localized versions of the update will be available later this month. Mac OS 8.5.1 remedies problems associated with CD-ROM installation, AppleScript, and a rarely-seen data corruption problem. There is also improved support for third party ADB devices, such as joysticks. Mac OS 8.5.1 also includes an updated version of Sherlock, which improves communication through Internet proxy firewalls, and adds plug-ins for Internet sites such as Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, CNN Interactive, Direct Hit, GoTo.com, and LookSmart. These plug-ins are also...

Warp 10 Technologies Inc. Announces the Release of the Java-Based Digital Toolkit V1.0 for Digital Asset Management Offers Java Development Tools for Media Asset Management Applications to Web Developers, Brand Managers, System Integrators, and Value-Added Resellers Toronto - December 7, 1998 - (Java Business Expo - Booth #1166) -- The Digital Toolkit v1.0 developed by Warp 10 Technologies (NASDAQ: WARPF; CDN: WARP) is now available for system integrators, web developers, brand managers, and resellers who manage media assets. The Digital Toolkit (TDT) offers system developers a Java-based, web-enabled, three-tiered software system, that can be completely designed and customized to manage digital assets, incorporate the functionality of a digital multimedia repository into host applications, or to develop Web-based solutions. "As the web continues to grow as the central medium for communication and collaboration and as the consumer demand for compelling media-driven experience...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOOMASoft Unveils BOOMA WebForms for NetObjects Fusion 4.0 SANDY, Utah (Dec. 7, 1998) - BOOMASoft, a leading developer of Internet tools, today introduced BOOMA WebForms for NetObjects Fusion, a component for the latest version of NetObjects' award-winning Web-authoring product, NetObjects Fusion 4.0. BOOMASoft has teamed up with NetObjects to develop this component to provide NetObjects Fusion users with an easy-to-use and cost-effective solution for creating and managing forms on Web sites built with NetObjects Fusion 4.0. "NetObjects Fusion is one of the best Web site authoring products on the market today," said Craig Osterloh, president of BOOMASoft. "Our partnership with NetObjects enables Web-site developers to use NetObjects' powerful front-end authoring product while seamlessly integrating into the easy-to-use and robust capabilities of BOOMA WebForms." According to Bernard Desarnauts, vice president of product marketing and management for NetObjects,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Donna Sokolsky, (650) 937-3858 sokolsky@netscape.com NETSCAPE DELIVERS "GECKO" BROWSING ENGINE INCORPORATING ADVANCED FEATURES FOR INTERNET BROWSING ANYWHERE Small, Fast Browsing Engine For Virtually Any Application, Computing Platform, Device Or Developer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (December 7, 1998) -- Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) today delivered the first version of "Netscape Gecko," its next-generation browsing engine, to thousands of Internet developers. Netscape Gecko -- formally code-named "Raptor " reaches a new milestone for browser technology in speed, smaller size and full standards support. The revolutionary technology is designed to Internet-enable virtually any application, operating system or device. Netscape Gecko is the first software product from Netscape based on contributions from mozilla.org, the organization chartered with managing Netscape's open source initiative among thousands of Internet developers and Netscape...

PRESS RELEASE - CTM ships PowerMail 2.3 December 6th, 1998 - CTM announces the immediate release of PowerMail 2.3, its flagship e-mail client for Mac OS. PowerMail uses the same high-speed search engine as Apple's new Sherlock to search through its mail databases, offers access to multiple POP3 and IMAP4 mail accounts and supports e-mail correspondence in over 71 simple and complex languages, including English, Japanese, Swedish and French. The new 2.3 release features Automatic Emailer Database Import to help former Emailer users to move their archived mail (without using AppleScript) and enjoy the benefits of using a supported, actively developed mail client. PowerMail also supports importing of messages in Outlook Express databases as well as importing and exporting in Eudora and Netscape Communicator formats. PowerMail was the runner-up of the 1998 Apple Design Awards in the category "Best Apple technology adoption", and Mac Central called it "a viable Emailer replacement". The...

FOR RELEASE DEC 4, 1998 Contact: Anita Holmgren Phone: 805-963-6983 FAX: 805-962-8202 E-mail: anita@tenon.com http://www.tenon.com/ DRAMATIC PRICE REDUCTION FOR MACHTEN Power MachTen 4.1.1: Now faster, easier, more compatible, & less expensive Santa Barbara, CA, December 4, 1998. An enhanced version of Tenon's award-winning UNIX for Power Macs is now available with a dramatically lower price. Power MachTen 4.1.1 has improved performance & robustness, improved software development tools, and hundreds of updated applications. Power MachTen is a complete Mach/BSD UNIX that runs with MacOS, including MacOS 8.5. MachTen includes an advanced UNIX and X software development environment. It support C, C++, Objective-C, Ada95, Java, Fortran77. The software development tools in MachTen are based on the latest GNU 2.8.2 compiler. The next-generation GNU compiler, EGCS, has been included as an alternative development environment. And CVS - the upcoming MacOS X Server source control...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Ilene Hoffman, MS Macintosh/ Internet Consultant and Writer, Boston area Please reply to: ileneh@aol.com Macintosh/Internet Consultant and Writer, Ilene Hoffman is pleased to announce that the Hess Memorial Macworld Events/ Party list web site is online! A new year-round site has been added for your reading pleasure also - The People Who Think Different - People of the Mac at: http://www.xensei.com/users/ileneh/td/macpeople.html The Macworld events site will contain every party and press function scheduled during MacWorld week in San Francisoco, Jan 4th through Jan 8th. The page will be updated almost daily until the show. If your preferred email address was not used in this mailing, please fill out the form on the Registration page and send the corrected email address. This is one of two emails you will get, if you have filled out the registration form: http://www.xensei.com/users/ileneh/partyregis.html Please email any scheduled events or press...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 4, 1998. ClearWay Technologies, Inc. has decided to terminate their new "AdScreen" system, just two days after its first public beta release. The software had allowed users to surf the Web without loading any graphic ad banners. Upon reflection, ClearWay has recognized the long-term harm that software like AdScreen can do to the on-line community of independent, advertiser-supported Web sites that are open and free to all visitors. ClearWay has removed the software from their Web site, and has terminated the product. An open letter from ClearWay president Mark Kriegsman to all Web surfers and Webmasters has been posted at: http://www.clearway.com/AdScreen/ Media Contact: Susan Marlett ClearWay Technologies 617-262-4006 marlett@clearway.com

Grantham, NH - December 2, 1998 - Bowers Development announced that it is now shipping AppMaker CD #11. It is in the mail to all current subscribers, domestic and international. "Thanks to user feedback, we think this is an exciting release," said Spec Bowers, President of Bowers Development. "Working with real-world applications we found ways to make it easier for you to add your functional code and ways for AppMaker to do more of the programming job for you." About AppMaker - AppMaker is a programming tool that makes it faster and easier to make a Macintosh application - not just the user interface, but also the functional code. With AppMaker you create the menus, windows, dialogs and their contents by clicking and dragging to arrange what you want on-screen. You also point and click to declare data structures and to connect UI items to data items. AppMaker creates resources to describe your design, and generates "human, professional quality code" in your choice of either procedural...