FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - VR Toolbox, Inc. VR TOOLBOX, INC. ANNOUNCES VERSION 2.0 OF "THE VR WORX", IS NOW SHIPPING. Pittsburgh, PA, July 26, 2000 -- VR Toolbox, Inc. officially announces the shipping of The VR Worx v2.0, effective immediately. The VR Worx is VR Toolbox's award-winning suite of authoring tools for QuickTime VR, and the new version, 2.0, is now available for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. The VR Worx 2.0 has more features and greater functionality than any other QTVR authoring tool on the market. It creates panoramic movies, object movies and multi-node scenes (a.k.a. virtual tours), all in the QuickTime format. The engineers for VR Toolbox have developed new features and built new capabilities into The VR Worx 2.0, based on feedback received from beta testers and users alike. The resulting additions to the product are practical, time saving, efficient and cutting edge in nature. Among the new features found in The VR Worx 2.0 are: Ability to generate an Object...

NEWS -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW MARKET REPORT IS INDUSTRY'S FIRST BASELINE STUDY ON INTERNET DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT Highlights... -- The average Web designer/developer is 30 years old, has a college education, and was hired right out of college (or shortly thereafter); -- While other creative markets are experiencing difficulty attracting qualified employees, this is not the case in the Web design and development markets; -- "Internet Design & Development" is available from TrendWatch. For more information contact Dr. Joe Webb at 401-568-9899 or Mr. Jim Whittington at 415-380-8561, or by e-mail at partners@trendwatch.com. HARRISVILLE, RI -- June 26, 2000 -- With hundreds of business Websites popping up daily, ever wonder who's creating all these sites? Who's behind the Internet design, development and production scenes, paving the way of the information highway? The recently published TrendWatch report, "Internet Design & Development Winter 2000" (the first in a new...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE nAAme.Com Launches $20 Domain Name Registration Service and Free Domain Parking Houston, TX -- June 26, 2000 /Xpress Press/ -- nAAme.com, a service owned by Parava Networks, today announced an ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) accredited Domain name registration service for both businesses and individuals. ICANN is the non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the operational stability of the Internet, by coordinating the assignment of Domain names and IP addresses. A Domain name is the Internet address that all companies need in order to have a professional web site or email address. The primary services that nAAme.com provides are Domain name registration and free Domain parking. "The service that we (Parava Networks through nAAme.com) provide is exactly what Network Solutions and Register.com provide," said Patricio Valdes, President and CEO of Parava Networks. "We cater to the growing needs of webmasters and web hosting...

BE AND GEMPLUS TEAM TO DEFINE AND DELIVER SMART CARD-BASED FOUNDATION FOR NEXT-GENERATION INTERNET APPLIANCES New BeIA Software Platform to Incorporate Gemplus Smart Card Readers; To Deliver Security and Mobility to Today's Internet Appliances REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 26, 2000 - Gemplus, the world's leading provider of smart card solutions, and Be Incorporated (NASDAQ: BEOS), the platform innovator that enables rich media and Web experiences on Internet appliances and personal computers, today announced support for Gemplus' GemCoreTM smart card reader technology for BeIA, Be's software platform for Internet appliances. This implementation of an integrated BeIA commerce solution allows any Internet appliance vendor to easily offer smart card services to their customers. As a result, users of these next-generation devices will be able to seamlessly extend their Internet information or entertainment experiences to include secure shopping. Internet appliances represent the next...

Subject: [ANN] HTML Creator 2.1 From: Aram Kudurshian (aramk@mac.com) JUNE 23, 2000 - HTML Creator 2.1, an advanced but easy to use HTML editor has been released by Aram Kudurshian (aramk@mac.com - http://www.htmlcreator.net/). HTML Creator 2.1, a free update to the widely popular and used HTML editor is aimed at the novice, intermediate, or professional webmaster with it simple to use assistants and powerful editing tools. --- General Description --- HTML Creator 2.1 is a HTML editor with many built in assistants and extras. By using the assistants, clean cut HTML is generated saving you time and hassle of writing it yourself. For the professional webmaster, tools like shortcuts and a powerful find & replace system help you on the way to create beautiful web sites. --- New in version 2.1 --- * An HTML toolbar is available which give you quicker and easier access to the more than 40 assistants available. * A powerful Find & Replace system has been added to help you make those...

Pine Island Software releases the first browser-based Java ftp client using the MacOS Runtime for Java - MRJ 2.x INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Jun 20, 2000 - Pine Island Software has started shipping the production release of the new Browser-based Java ftp client - SendFile.NET. Unlike many other Browser-based file transfer products, SendFile.NET does NOT require ANY software components to reside on the client's Macintosh desktop! This new ftp client has already been installed at over 100 "early adapter" Beehive site license accounts (mostly printing and prepress) with great success! KEY FEATURES : SendFile.NET has many of the same features as the other Beehive ftp forms desktop clients: * SendFile.NET has html forms support for order forms, job tickets etc.; * SendFile.NET has built-in Beehive "On-the-Fly" file compression; * SendFile.NET supports encrypted ftp site keys for login security; * SendFile.NET can use the Beehive ftp manager to automate file and forms post-processing tasks....

Subject: Classic Menu 2.0 for OS X From: Gideon Greenspan (gdg@sigsoftware.com) Following a huge response to version 1.0, Sig Software is proud to announce the release of Classic Menu 2.0 for Mac OS X. Classic Menu now brings the entire Mac OS menubar back to Mac OS X. It provides both an Apple menu on the left of the menu bar and a Process menu on the right. These menus are available within all programs while the Classic Menu application is running. In version 2.0, the Apple menu also contains icons and multiple dynamic sub-menus to show folder contents up to 5 levels deep. Other new features are detailed on the Classic Menu web site at: (http://www.classicmenu.com/) Classic Menu requires Developer Preview 4 of Mac OS X and is $10 shareware. We are also considering various ways of giving third-party developers the ability to create system-wide menus on Mac OS X using Classic Menu technology. Interested parties should email developer@classicmenu.com with details of their requirements...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Proxim Acquires Farallon, A Leading Developer of Plug-and-Play Networking Solutions for Macs and PCs Acquisition to Strengthen Proxims Position in Home Networking and Education Markets and to Expand Macintosh Compatibility SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 19, 2000 Proxim Inc., (NASDAQ: PROX), the leader in wirefree broadband networking, announced today that it has acquired privately held Farallon Communications, Inc. of San Leandro, California, a leading developer of plug-and-play networking solutions for Macintoshes and PCs. Through this acquisition, Proxim will strengthen its offerings for the home networking, small business, publishing and education markets. Farallons line of networking products for PCs and Macs will complement Proxims PC-based wirefree networking solutions. In addition to extending Proxims overall penetration in key sectors including the home, small office, public and private enterprise and broadband service provider markets, Farallon expands Proxims...

For Immediate Release Raleigh, North Carolina 19 June 2000 MGI 1.6 RELEASED COMPLETE WITH WEB-BASED EMAIL CAPABILITIES PagePlanet Software, Inc. is proud to announce the latest release of its product, Modular Gateway Interface (MGI) version 1.6, now complete with web-based email along with email-to-database-to-web integration. MGI (a plug-in to ACI's award winning web server for the Macintosh, WebSTAR) is a program that adds a host of functionality to any web site. Features include forms processing, E-commerce, math functions, conditionals, database integration, and much more. MGI contains over 70 individual functions which can be combined in any number of ways allowing for tens of thousands of different solutions to back-end integration of its features on a web site. MGI's new feature, mgiPOP, dramatically extends those functions to a whole new level. "Almost every business recently surveyed indicated that email was the most important internet application driving e-commerce...

Intelli Innovations, Inc. releases REAL Control Strip 1.0 - dynamic control strip module creation for REALbasic developers. Raleigh, NC - June 17th, 2000 - Intelli Innovations, Inc. today announced the initial release of REAL Control Strip, a tool that allows REALbasic developers to create dynamic control strip modules for bundling with their applications. Using Apple Events, customized control strip modules can work with REALbasic applications to perform specific tasks. Using the included developer classes, an application can dynamically modify the contents of it's control strip while running to enhance the user experience. Several applications already use REAL Control Strip with their applications. Intelli Innovations uses REAL Control Strip modules in it's business software line, including Package Tracker, PowerPrompter, eMail Alert!, and Server Sentinel. MacDICT 1.3.9 also currently ships with a REAL Control Strip module. "REAL Control Strip's easy configuration process made...

From: "Aaron L. Bratcher" (aaronbratcher@mac.com) Subject: [ANN] Report Writer 2.0 Preview Available Formerly called the REALbasic Report Writer, the Report Writer is a general report writing tool that supports a wide variety of databases. REALbasic developers will be able to print reports from their projects. A preview is available: http://homepage.mac.com/aaronbratcher/realbasic Cost will be $US 129.95 Highlights: Supports a wide variety of databases Password protection to keep others from editing your reports Data Grouping supported Live Preview - make a change in the template and once the preview window is brought to the front, it will reflect changes made in the edit window -- Aaron

Smith Micro Introduces a New Mac Retail Product That Allows Small Business to Begin Selling Online Today The Next Generation eCommerce Solution for The Macintosh San Francisco Smith Micro Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMSI), a developer and marketer of Internet and communications software, today announced the introduction of WebCatalog Builder for the Mac, a new retail eCommerce software program that allows small business users to easily design and establish an online store. "WebCatalog Builder was developed to help small businesses accommodate the increasing demands required to build Internet storefronts," said Chris Lippincott, General Manager of Smith Micro Softwares Internet Solutions Division. "We understand that small businesses want to focus on building their business, and may not have the time or ability to become webmaster, so we designed WebCatalog Builder to be an easy-to-use solution to quickly and accurately get their products to market". WebCatalog Builder offers everything...

HELIOS ships EtherShare 2.6 loaded with new, performance-enhancing features Hannover, Germany- June 15, 2000- Supporting more AppleShare servers worldwide than any other UNIX-based server software, HELIOS Software GmbH (Nexpo Booth #1339), a leading provider of network and prepress software, announced it is now shipping EtherShare 2.6. Major features of EtherShare 2.6 include high performance UNIX implementation of AppleTalk networking including support for routing, AppleShare IP, advanced spooling and print support, and PostScript Type 1 & 3 font server for all printers and UNIX Text to PostScript printing. Significant new features to EtherShare 2.6 include: Unicode/UTF-8 volumes that enable different clients to see the same file names; remote EtherShare Admin over TCP and AppleTalk; non-blocking EtherShare Admin; fast Print Preview over TCP/IP using Fast Ethernet; Desktop Tools including Unicode support for: UNIX "cp, mv, rmdir, mkdir, touch, chmod, chown, chgrp and ls. Also new...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Automated Solutions Group Announces 4D 6.5 Companion Book/CD Huntington Beach, CA - June 13, 2000: Automated Solutions Group today announced the release of 4D 6.5 Companion. The 4D 6.5 Companion is the long awaited second volume in a series of books for 4D programmers. The first book, the popular Programming 4th Dimension: The Ultimate Guide, is a complete guide to 4D programming, discussing program features through 4D v6. The 4D 6.5 Companion complements Programming 4th Dimension enhancing the reader's knowledge of the newest version of 4D. The new 4D 6.5 Companion includes sections on: - Design Environment and Development Process Improvements - Language Improvements - Improved User Interface Tools - Improved Performance - New and Improved Set and Selection Tools - New and Improved Web and Internet Tools For a complete listing of the table of contents, please visit our website at http://www.asgsoft.com/html/products/4dcompanion.htm The cross platform CD...

Subject: [Intelli PR] Server Sentinel 1.0.2. June 13th, 2000 Intelli Innovations, Inc. today released Server Sentinel 1.0.2. This update is free for all users. Server Sentinel 1.0.2 now includes Sentinel MicroServer, a new server agent designed for keeping client machines up and running (as opposed to only keeping server computers running). The update also adds a new easy access control strip module, and includes enhanced visual alerts of task failures in the Observation Deck window. The update is available on our website at http://www.intellisw.com/sentinel/ Intelli Innovations, Inc. support@intellisw.com (919) 468-0340

For Immediate Release June 12, 2000 SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIF. -- Stone Table Software is pleased to announce the release of Z-Write 1.1 for Macintosh, a free update to its revolutionary writing tool for creative writers and researchers. In addition to bugs fixes, Z-Write 1.1 offers dozens of significant new features and enhancements. New is the ability to include hypertextual links between Sections, a method for inserting one Section into another during export or printing, auto-expansion of glossary items, more keyboard navigational commands, the ability to hide the Section List for an expanded typing area, an import folder command which translates an entire folder of text files into a single Z-Write document, new text conversion features, and more preference settings. Many existing features of Z-Write have been enhanced, such as the revamped Rearrange Sections dialog, which now allows users to move more than one Section at a time, and HTML Export, which is now five times faster, offers...

From: Jay Van Vark (jvanvark@talk.smithmicro.com) Subject: WebCatalog 4.0 has been released! We are proud to announce the release WebCatalog 4.0. We are very excited about the power and flexibility that this release brings! WebCatalog 4.0 has lots of new features including: ~ Build an unlimited number of sophisticated eCommerce web sites right from your browser. ~ Integrated order management that includes support for major payment authorization systems. ~ Free extensions for Dreamweaver ease custom WebDNA development. ~ Upload product graphics and more right from your browser. ~ Automatically indexes your web site for maximum search engine exposure. ~ Open integration including support for Java and other technologies. ~ High speed internal database included as well as industry standard SQL connections. ~ True multi-platform support including Windows, Mac, Solaris, Linux and others. WebCatalog 4.0 has lots of new contexts including: [If] [Then] [Else] [Switch] [Case] [ReplaceFoundItems...

ALADDIN SHIPS INSTALLERMAKER 6.5.2 FOR PUBLIC RELEASE, INSTALLATION AND DATA DISTRIBUTION SOFTWARE OFFERS NEW USB SOFTWARE LOCATOR SUPPORT StuffIt InstallerMaker 6.5.2 Supports The Installation Of USB Drivers On Mac OS 9 Through Apple Software Locator Watsonville, CA - June 7, 2000 - Aladdin Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC NQB: ALHI) today announced that the private release of StuffIt InstallerMaker(tm), version 6.5.2, is now available as golden master to the public at large. The latest version of InstallerMaker takes advantage of the USB Software Locator in Mac OS(9) 9 which provides for automatic installation of USB drivers. Aladdin continues to work closely with Apple to ensure complete compatibility with the much-anticipated Mac OS X. InstallerMaker will support the creation of Mac OS X installers. A free, one-year license of InstallerMare 6.5.2 is available to USB developers, as announced at Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference...

PARK CITY, UTAH - June 7, 2000 -- Chronos L.C. today announced the release of Personal Organizer 3.04 and Group Organizer 3.04. These two products are the official successors to the award-winning Consultant and Office Consultant personal information managers, respectively. PALM SYNCHRONIZATION Personal & Group Organizer 3.0.4 expand their industry-leading Palm Synchronization features by adding support for the popular DateBk4 program from Pimlico Software. DateBk4 replaces the standard DateBook application that comes on every PalmOS device. Unlike the standard program, DateBk4 allows users to enter a category for each appointment they create on their PalmPilot or Visor. Only in Personal & Group Organizer 3.0.4 can one find all of these cutting-edge features: * Full synchronization of all built-in Palm applications-including the Memo Pad. * The ability to select individual Organizer categories to synchronize. Users no longer have to transfer EVERYTHING from their desktop...

Adobe Announces Availability of the Adobe SVG Viewer Scalable Vector Graphics Viewer Enables SVG Rendering on the Web,Viewer Shipping with Adobe Illustrator 9.0 and Available on Adobe.com San Jose, Calif., (June 6, 2000) (Nasdaq:ADBE)-Building on its commitment to support the next generation of web design and development, Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the immediate availability of the Adobe Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Viewer, a browser extension that enables current versions of popular web browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator to render SVG. The Adobe SVG Viewer is included with Adobe Illustrator 9.0 software, which began shipping June 2, and is also available for download from Adobe's web site at: www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/. SVG is the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) emerging, open language for describing two-dimensional graphics in Extensible Markup Language (XML). Because it expresses vector graphics in XML and is compatible...

OPEN DOOR NETWORKS SHIPS DOORSTOP PERSONAL FIREWALL 2.0 NEW RELEASE FEATURES DETAILED ACCESS ANALYSIS AND ADVICE ASHLAND, OR. -- June 6, 2000 -- Open Door Networks Inc. today announced that it was shipping version 2.0 of its DoorStop Firewall, Personal Edition. This major new release of Open Door's personal firewall for Macintosh provides users with detailed information and advice about access attempts to their Macs while continuing to advance the ease of use for which the product is known. DoorStop 2.0 also provides advanced features such as a Control Strip module, self-test window and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) protection. The DoorStop personal firewall helps users increase the security of their Internet-connected system by letting them block, either selectively or globally, access attempts to their machines from the Internet. DoorStop Personal is specifically designed for Macintosh users on cable modem, DSL and other full-time Internet connections. DoorStop Personal 2.0, a free...

Essence Software is proud to annonce the release of InputWidget 1.0 and DrawWidget 1.0! InputWidget is a plugin for REALbasic that allows developers to receive input in their applications from devices such as joysticks and gamepads. (http://www.essencesw/Plugins/inputwidget.html) DrawWidget is a plugin for REALbasic that allows developers control over the monitor's display & bit depth, as well as support for effects such as gamma fades. (http://www.essencesw/Plugins/drawwidget.html) Both plugins are priced at $50 for a standard license, and $30 for an academic license. -- Essence Software is proud to announce the release of QD3DViewer 3.0 for REALbasic 2! QD3DViewer 3.0 is a plugin for REALbasic 2 that enables developers to provide an interactive 3D view of 3DMF geometry in their applications. QD3DViewer 3.0 is a major upgrade over the previous version of QD3DViewer for REALbasic. It provides complete programmatic control over the camera & rendering parameters, support for...

For Immediate Release ALTAVISTA TO BRING FREE INTERNET ACCESS TO MACINTOSH USERS IN NORTH AMERICA Popular Free Internet Service Now Available to 2.3 Million Macintosh Households Source: Odyssey HomeFront January 2000 survey PALO ALTO, Calif., June 5, 2000?AltaVista Company, the premier knowledge resource on the Internet and a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMGI), today expanded its Free Internet Access program to include support for Macintosh computers. Beginning today, Macintosh users in the United States and Canada can begin saving money with AltaVista's Free Access service, which currently has more than 2.5 million registered users. AltaVista Free Access is a high-quality dial-up service available for download in North America at: www.microav.com. "This new service will continue to put pressure on the obsolete practice of paying for dial-up access and introduces AltaVista Free Access to the Macintosh community as the leading Internet brand to offer such a...

ksoft is pleased to announce the release of CP_IconEdit 2.1. CP_IconEdit is a visual image editor for editing MacOS icons (icon suites, cicn, icns with 32bit and huge 48x48 icons), and Windows .ICO icons. In addition CP_IconEdit enables the conversion between MacOS and Windows .ICO icons. In addition to icons, CP_IconEdit will import / create and edit MacOS pictures and Windows .bmp files along with other file types that QuickTime can import/export. CP_IconEdit is available as shareware for $20. Full details on CP_IconEdit can be found at: http://www.ksoft.net