August 22nd, 2006, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands--Troi Automatisering today announced the availability of Troi URL Plug-in 2.0.1 for FileMaker Pro 8.5. What is Troi URL Plug-in? Troi URL Plug-in can help you fill in forms on the Internet, all from FileMaker Pro. It also retrieves data or images from any HTTP URL. You can: - use the POST command to fill in a web form and retrieve the result directly in FileMaker Pro - use the GET command to retrieve data - use a secure connection (HTTPS) using SSL - get access to password protected web pages - encode text into HTTP format - get JPEG, PNG and GIF images directly into a container field - send cookies with a request - show a custom progress dialog during the retrieval (Mac OS only) Suggested Uses Troi URL plug-in allows you to: - fill in forms on web sites or your intranet - get online data like stock quotes, weather reports, etc. - automatically add information to listings and online databases - search the Internet for terms or...

Ergonis Software releases Typinator 1.4, the Typing Automator Component of their Macility Productivity Bundle Hagenberg, Austria: August 22th, 2006 - Ergonis Software today announced the release and immediate availability of Typinator 1.4, their highly acclaimed typing automator tool. Typinator enables users to rapidly insert text or graphics into any type of application. Like PopChar, Ergonis Software's widely used tool for inserting special characters into text, Typinator's intuitive interface and ease-of-use result in immediate productivity gains, even for non-technical users. The new version 1.4 includes maintenance fixes to user-reported issues and minor refinements to the popular boilerplate utility. In particular, it fixes a problem when running on Mac OS X 10.3.9 that was introduced with Typinator 1.3. The update is recommended for all Typinator 1.3 users. To download the new version, visit the Typinator product page at http://www.ergonis.com/products/typinator/. Typinator...

Have a Secure Messaging for Your Office, School or Home Networks August 22, 2006 - Kanex Group Inc. today introduced QuickPopup 4.5. QuickPopup allows users securely exchange popup messages over corporate, school and home networks without connecting to the Internet. QuickPopup is available for Mac OS X, Mac OS Classic, Windows and Linux. The product website located at http://www.quickpopup.com Now QuickPopup 4.5 runs natively on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs. With this release QuickPopup runs natevely on all popular platforms: Mac OS X 10.x (PowerPC and Intel), Mac OS 7.x-9.x (68k and PowerPC), Windows 95/98/ME/2000/2003/XP and Linux. QuickPopup provides better productivity as employees or students will not waste their time in thousands of chat rooms. QuickPopup doesn't connect to the Internet, so your local area network is safely kept from the prying eyes. No complicated installation, setup or special training is required. QuickPopup can be deployed in minutes; its intuitive and...

Chronos Releases SOHO Organizer 5.6 Park City, Utah - August 21, 2006 -- Chronos LC today announced the release of SOHO Organizer 5.6, an update to its personal and business productivity suite. SOHO Organizer is designed for both individual and workgroup use and the latest update represents an important step forward in the complete rewrite of the former Personal and Group Organizer products that it replaces. SOHO Organizer 5.6 is a free update for registered SOHO Organizer 5.x users. NEW FEATURES * New Mini-Months in Day View. The Day View now contains a mini-month region where one or more mini-months can be displayed. A mini-month shows a complete month calendar at a glance so users can quickly view a specific date in the Day View. * Find & Manage Duplicate Contacts. SOHO Organizer can now search for duplicate contacts and gives the user three options when duplicates are found. First, the user can choose to keep just one of the contacts. Second, the user can choose to keep all...

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 24U Software has published new examples for FileMaker Pro in the Tips & Tricks section of its web site. Learn how to add better user interfaces and design more intuitive solutions. "Because even the best database solution with poor user interface will always be less popular than the worst solution with a good user interface..." Go to: http://www.24uSoftware.com/tricks 24U Drag & Drop Example This example demonstrates how to simply perform various actions in FileMaker 8 by the way of Drag & Drop. In three tabs, the following Drag & Drop features are demonstrated: - Color Picker (Changing field or text color from a palette) - List Reorder (Changing row order in a list) - File Move/Copy (Moving or copying files) More info: http://www.24usoftware.com/Files Download: http://www.24usoftware.com/Files#download 24U Commander Example This example demonstrates an implementation of a "file commander" under FileMaker Pro with user interface similar to the...

August 21, 2006 - BOSTON, Massachusetts - Software entrepreneur Phill Ryu announced "My Dream App" (http://mydreamapp.com) today, a new competition that invites participants to submit their best ideas for a killer app. Contestants will compete for a chance to have their idea realized as a Macintosh shareware application and earn royalties on software sales, as well as take home one of many Macs and iPods available as prizes for finalists. Forty popular Mac developers, well-known bloggers, established members of the tech media, top-notch UI designers and even Apple alumni have signed on to My Dream App as guest judges to offer expert critique during the event. Judges include Digg.com founder Kevin Rose, New York Times columnist and best-selling author David Pogue, former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. "It's always fun when someone innovates in the computer world. My Dream App is doing that by turning software design and development on its head. It's...

Black Cat Systems Releases MultiMode OSX version 5.8.0 WESTMINSTER, MD (August 17, 2006) - Black Cat Systems has announced that version 5.8.0 of MultiMode OSX has been released and is now available for immediate download. This update to MultiMode includes enhancements to macros for transmitting text, the addition of tuning indicators for several modes, improvements to SSTV mode, and several bug fixes. Complete information about MultiMode OSX and downloads may be obtained from http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/multimodeOSX.html MultiMode is an application which allows your Macintosh to decode and transmit several different modes of non-voice communication often heard on shortwave and ham radio. It is the only program of its kind for the Macintosh,rivaling commercial packages for the PC platform costing hundreds of dollars. It is ideal for amateur (ham) radio operators, shortwave radio listeners, and other radio enthusiasts. MultiMode allows you to decode and display morse code,...

Osaka, Japan, August 17, 2006 - Recosoft Corporation the developer of cross platform Macintosh and Windows file format conversion solutions and PDF document conversion tools announces PDF2Office Personal v3.0 for Mac OS X. The company will be shipping PDF2Office Personal v3.0 for the Macintosh platform in September 2006. PDF2Office Personal v3.0 is a major upgrade to PDF2Office Personal v2.0 for Mac OS X - the PDF to Word conversion plug-in. PDF2Office Personal v3.0 sports over 250+ new features and enhancements and is based on a new technology infrastructure in converting PDF files to Microsoft Word X/2004 formats. PDF2Office Personal v3.0 utilizes modern client-server technology providing enhanced stability and operational capabilities. Additionally, PDF2Office Personal v3.0 will be shipping as a Universal Binary providing native PDF to Word conversions on Macintosh's with the Intel processor. PDF2Office recreates the original construction and layout of the document - forming...

SECOND GEAR LLC LAUNCHES PORCHLIGHT BUG TRACKER FOR SMALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS EVANSVILLE, IN - Second Gear LLC, a Macintosh desktop software and Web development firm in Evansville, Indiana announces the immediate release of Porchlight, a bug tracker for small teams of software developers. Porchlight provides a Web based interface that easily allows developers to keep track of feature requests and bugs in their software. The program is user friendly and supports multiple projects, multiple users and has a developer API that will be released in the next 30 days to allow even more extensibility. Porchlight's dashboard makes it easy for members of development teams to track recent activity in their projects. They can get an overview of the upcoming milestones in all of their projects from the milestones screen. Users can also subscribe to their activities calendar via an RSS feed. "Porchlight addresses the issues we have had with all the other bug trackers we have tried. It's...

Introducing Applepeelz: An Apple without a Peel can Look Pretty Gross applepeelz uses a totally proven, optically clear, 8 mil, self-healing Scotchgard Protection Film to guard against life and keep your mobile Mac looking good. The film was developed by 3M to protect the leading edges of military helicopter rotor blades. Along with that, nlow the film is used extensively by the auto and motorcycle industries to protect expensive headlights and the most vulnerable parts of very expensive paint jobs. Woodland Hills, California (PRWEB) August 17, 2006 -- Everyone loves their mobile Mac. And no wonder. It's a pleasure to use and it's beautiful. It's why everyone takes them almost everywhere. And "everywhere" is where they pick up the scuffs, scratches and stainsthat life deals out to mobile Macs. Enter applepeelz. applepeelz uses a totally proven, optically clear, 8 mil, self-healing Scotchgard Protection Film to guard against life and keep your mobile Mac looking good. The film was...

Fusion Plugins TCPdirect plugin for FileMaker Pro allows your database to interact directly with a huge variety of internet-based services. The updated TCPdirect 2.0.0 adds secure communications support with SSL, and easy loading of web pages and other data with powerful options for power users. CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- April 7, 2006 -- Fusion Plugins is proud to announce a new version of our TCPdirect Plugin for FileMaker Pro. TCPdirect 2.0.0 now supports secure communications using SSL, and adds a new function for easy one-step loading of web pages and other data via HTTP, including powerful options like cookies and POST support. The Mac version of TCPdirect is also now a universal binary for use with both PowerPC and Intel Macs. TCPdirect is a plugin that allows you to create a TCP/IP connection and exchange data with any local or remote TCP-based service. TCPdirect can be used to communicate with web servers, mail servers, SOAP servers -- basically anything that can be...

RSS DreamFeeder v 1.5 Updates Linking and File Formats for RSS Feed Creation in Dreamweaver Arlington, VA, Aug 16, 2006 -- RNSoft President & CEO Ronald Northrip today announced the immediate availability of RSS DreamFeeder version 1.5, a free update to the popular Dreamweaver extension for creating RSS feeds from existing Dreamweaver-based content. The new version of RSS DreamFeeder now has improved control for connecting pages to feeds using LINK tags. And for ATOM afficionados, version 1.5 introduces support for ATM and ATOM file formats/extensions. Most people build their website with Dreamweaver. They spend all their time updating pages and posting content that will never make it into portal or news sites like Yahoo and Google News. They have no way to reach out to new audiences that use aggregators like NetNewsWire and RadioUserLand instead of web browsers. To do all this these web authors need to publish an RSS feed. RSS is a mechanism for sharing content intended for...

MGE Releases First Mac OS X Universal Power Management Software New Release Now Supports Intel Models with Monitoring and Graceful Shutdown COSTA MESA, Calif. -- August 16, 2006 -- MGE UPS SYSTEMS (www.mgeups.com/us), a world class technology leader in providing unsurpassed power protection solutions for PCs, networks, data centers, telecommunications, medical and industrial operations, has introduced the industry's first universal support for Macintosh OS X with the latest release of their Solution-Pac Power Management Software. For Intel-based and legacy Mac hardware protected by an MGE UPS, the software assures added security for connected systems by verifying the UPS connections and, in the event of a prolonged power outage, initiating a graceful shutdown when the UPS battery level is low. Although the Mac OS is very stable in many ways, any Unix-based OS can be especially susceptible to system corruption resulting from any hard shutdown such as those that occur when power fails....

SMALL TREE ANNOUNCES HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKING SUPPORT FOR APPLE'S NEW INTEL-BASED MAC PRO Cost-effective RoHS-Compliant Solutions for Higher Performance from Apple Mac Pro CHIPPEWA VALLEY, WI, August 15, 2006--(http://www.small-tree.com/)Small Tree Communications, designers and manufacturers of high-performance networking and storage solutions for Mac OS X, announced today that it is ready to ship and support its multi-port (http://www.small-tree.com/mp_copper_pcie.htm)copper Gigabit Ethernet and (http://www.small-tree.com/mp_optical_pcie.htm)optical Gigabit Ethernet cards on the newly announced Apple Mac Pro. Ideal for small workgroup, data center and enterprise installations, Small Tree's Ethernet cards and drivers provide the I/O performance required by the Intel Xeon 5100 based systems. "We have been anticipating for some time that Apple would introduce the new Mac Pro based on Intel's new 'Woodcrest' Xeon dual-core processors and are ready with our full featured cards...

MICRONET ROLLS OUT PLATINUMNAS 3.0 WITH BEST-IN-CLASS CAPACITY FOR SMB CUSTOMERS 3 Terabyte NAS Server Combines Performance & Availability for Data Intensive SMB Applications TORRANCE, CA -- August 15, 2006 --MicroNet Technology, an innovator in disk-based storage solutions, today announced the PlatinumNAS 3.0, providing the highest capacity in its class with 3 terabytes of network storage capacity for Small and Medium Sized Business customers. The PlatinumNAS 3.0 is a compact, high-performance network storage solution that combines the latest SATA drive technology and high-availability hardware architecture with plug-and-play simplicity for data-intensive SMB applications. MicroNet's latest NAS solution is smaller and lighter than competitive products and provides 50 percent higher capacity while consuming 35 percent less energy. "SMB customers face the same storage challenges as larger users with fast-growing capacity requirements but they also require storage solutions that are...

Nexus today began conducting hands-on demonstrations of Dragon Web Surveys, allowing Web developers to build surveys into their Web-based solutions. Dragon Web Surveys is not yet available to the general public and is being previewed exclusively for attendees of the FileMaker(R) Developers Conference 2006. Dragon Web Surveys is designed to provide the most flexible, easy way for any Web developer to achieve an organization's data collection goals. Dragon Web Survey provides unlimited surveys, questions and responses. Dragon Web Survey makes extensive use of cascading style sheets, allowing designers to show the survey in their choice of style and even switch languages and designs on the fly. Dragon Web Surveys helps build surveys with multiple data validation options, in one or multiple languages. Numerous people can take surveys at once, with complex branching logic that appears simple to each end-user. Authentication features only allow once response to be submitted per person....

FILEMAKER DEVELOPER CONFERENCE - Orlando, Fla. - (August 13 - 17, 2006) - This year marks the 10-year anniversary of Lasso, OmniPilot Software, Inc.'s professional Web programming language. Ten years ago, Lasso was developed to tie FileMaker databases to the Web. FileMaker is famous for its ease-of-use when building timesaving databases for desktop use. Lasso allowed developers to create a custom Web site, which displayed data from their FileMaker database. Lasso was developed to excel in ease-of-use, performance, security and power. "We are happy to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of our Lasso product line at this year's FileMaker DevCon," said Brett Circe, president of OmniPilot Software, Inc. "Lasso continues to be the best way to tie FileMaker to the Web, and we will continue to prove it in the next 10 years." Today Lasso offers a large toolset of advanced programming features to build complete Web-based applications. OmniPilot has dedicated a section on its Web site to serve...

Intelli Innovations, Inc. Unveils Barcode Producer 4.0 For Mac OS X Major Upgrade Offers Coupon Barcodes, ISBN Dual Numbering, New User Interface, Background Grids, Bar Width Reduction (BWR), and more RALEIGH, North Carolina (August 14th, 2006) -- Intelli Innovations, Inc. today unveiled Barcode Producer 4.0, its next-generation barcode creation software suite for Mac OS X. The new release offers major new functionality covering 100% of the company's top 10 feature requests, including GS1-128 coupon barcodes, ISBN dual numbering, background grids, Bar Width Reduction (BWR), dynamic height adjustment, and on-screen dimensional indicators. "We've taken the best bar code software available for Mac OS X and rewritten it from scratch," said Paul Scandariato, CTO, Intelli Innovations, Inc. "We're thrilled to deliver smart new functionality, while maintaining Barcode Producer's legendary ease of use and robust feature set. It's built so anyone can create a bar code for products, packaging,...

WESTMINSTER, MD (August 14, 2006) - Black Cat Systems (http://www.blackcatsystems.com) announces that it has released version 3.3.0 of iUnit, a measurement unit conversion program. The latest version of iUnit adds a calculator for converting between basis weight and thickness, accounting for density, as well as conversions for angular acceleration. iUnit converts between 1580 different units of measurements in 51 categories, including distance, mass, volume, velocity, density, currency, and other types of measurements. iUnit is perfect for students, engineers, scientists, and other professionals who need to quickly, easily, and accurately convert between various units of measurement. iUnit also contains 80 commonly used constants. iUnit is available for both Mac OS X as well as Mac OS 8/9, Windows, and Linux. The iUnit web page is located at: http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/iunit.html iUnit is shareware, with a $19.99 registration fee. The download version is a fully...

(Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - Agile Web Solutions Inc. today announced an update to its popular password manager for Mac OS X, 1Passwd. Version 1.4 added several important new features and addressed some stability issues. 1Passwd is a Password Manager that leverages the built-in Mac OS X Keychain for maximum security. Web Browser extensions allow users to access their passwords from directly from within their favorite browsers for maximum convenience. 1Passwd also offers automatic form filler capabilities and and protects users' data from keyloggers and phishing attacks. Of significant note, 1Passwd 1.4 added a new sophisticated automatic form filler (aka AutoFill) logic which allows 1Passwd to automatically fill the vast majority of web forms with a single click. "We're happy to announce the new form filler algorithm is incredibly effective at filling web forms. Our users hardly ever need to use their keyboard anymore." said Agile Web Solutions CTO David Teare. What's New in 1Passwd...

Copenhagen and San Francisco, August 11th 2006 - Unity has just been awarded a runner-up Apple Design Award for "Best Use of Mac OS X Graphics" at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference. This is the first time that a game development tool has reached the level of quality and ease of use required to win this prestigious award. "We're happy that game development has finally reached this level of usability technical excellence. And proud that it is Unity that is setting this new standard," said David Helgason, CEO of OTEE. The Apple Design Awards were handed out by old-time Apple interface design guru John Geleynse on stage at the Moscone center in San Francisco, complete with thumping music and smoke-machines. ABOUT UNITY Unity is the only Mac-based high-end game development tool sporting a stylish pro-app GUI, no-friction workflow and top-of-the-line technical features such as extensible graphics and full-screen effects, great particles, a highly optimized scripting engine supporting...

VIADANA, Italy (August 11, 2006) - SQLabs today announced the availability of SQLiteManager 2.1.4, their new SQLite database manager tool for Mac OS X and Windows. SQLiteManager is a "next generation" GUI database manager for sqlite databases, it combines an incredible easy to use interface with blazing speed and advanced features. SQLiteManager allows you to open and work with sqlite 2.x, sqlite 3.x, in memory databases and REALSQL Server databases. It allows you to create and browse tables, views, triggers and indexes. It enables you to insert, delete and updates records in a very intuitive way and it supports you arbitrary SQL commands. Some features include: - New InstantQuery technology for blazing speed queries. - Full SQLite2 and SQLite3 support. - Full REALSQL Server support. - Browse tables, views, and indexes. - Rename tables and add columns to existing tables. - Create new tables, views, indexes and triggers. - Drop tables, views, indexes, triggers. - Manage tables by...

WWDC 2006, San Francisco, CA, August 10, 2006 -=20 CRYPTOCard (www.cryptocard.com), a Mac=20 authentication technology developer, today=20 announced a Universal version of its=20 CRYPTO-Server 6.4 for two-factor authentication=20 solution. This provides seamless integration with=20 Apple's Power PC- and Intel-based Macintosh=20 computers and enables full optimization on both=20 platforms. CRYPTO-Server 6.4 makes it simple to=20 protect LAN, VPN, web-based (Apache and II S),=20 and desktop access for Mac OS X version 10.4=20 "Tiger." "Strong security is the number one priority for=20 most organizations and companies understand that=20 this is not possible if each individual user=20 cannot be positively authenticated," said Jason=20 Hart, CEO, CRYPTOCard. "Using Apple's developer=20 tools, CRYPTOCard has created a Universal=20 application that makes it simple for=20 organizations utilizing Power PC or Intel-based=20 Macs to provide true One-PIN-and-You=92re-In=92=20 enterprise-class...

Clunk Click Introduces Online Mac Backup Service An online data backup service for Mac OS X users is being launched by data backup provider Clunk Click ( http://www.clunkclick.net ), giving a simple, safe and affordable method of protecting the precious contents of hard drives. OnLine Pro for Macintosh OS X automatically backs up data to secure offsite data centres via the internet each day, meaning Mac OS X, users can recover lost data at any time from any internet connected computer. The lack of choice in backing up data held on Macs has been a headache for some time. Users have frequently been forced to back up to external hard drives, CDs or tape systems. These methods have left Mac users vulnerable to data loss through hard drive failure, fire, theft or damage to the backup medium itself. They also present problems with data encryption and offsite storage. With Clunk Click, Mac users never need worry about losing their data again. Clunk Click managing director, Paul Roberts,...