MINDVISION SHIPS INSTALLER VISE 6.5 FOR MACINTOSH Simply powerful installers for OS 9 MindVision Software announces Installer VISE 6.5, an update to the highly popular Macintosh installer solution. This version takes advantage of the latest Macintosh technologies and is available for download at http://www.mindvision.com/ivisemac. "MindVision has been committed to the Macintosh platform since day one," said MindVision CEO Steve Kiene. "Installer VISE 6.5 shows our continued commitment with support for OS 9. Developers can trust Installer VISE to deliver their software on the latest Mac OS releases." WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 6.5? Installer VISE 6.5 brings powerful new features for delivering software on Mac OS 9. Version 6.5 offers: Support for OS 9 Application Packages Application packages keep an application and all its required support files together. Because they appear in a single folder, application packages also simplify the user's experience. Installer VISE makes it easy to create...

BLUE WORLD SHIPS LASSO WEB DATA ENGINE 3.6 Free upgrade for Lasso 3.x customers includes new documentation, new functions, enhanced security, and new database support. Bellevue, WA--January 5, 2000--Blue World Communications, Inc.--pioneers of the Web Data Engine--today announced the immediate availability of Lasso Web Data Engine 3.6, a free upgrade to Lasso 3.x providing new documentation, new functions, enhanced security and error handling, support for FileMaker Pro 5.0v2* and FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited, and more. Blue World also announced revisions to the Lasso Product Line. "Lasso Web Data Engine 3.6 represents vast improvements to documentation and functionality which will dramatically increase the productivity of developers in the thriving Lasso community," said Bill Doerrfeld, president and CEO of Blue World Communications, Inc. "The new Lasso Product Line positions Blue World for continued long-term success in the rapidly growing Web application server arena." Lasso Web Data...

For Immediate Release STARNINE WEBSTAR SERVER SUITE NOW OPTIMIZED FOR POWER MAC G4 COMPUTERS -- Free Version 4.2 Update, Accelerated for G4 with Velocity Engine, Speeds Web Server Processing and Downloads -- BERKELEY, Calif., January 5, 2000 -- StarNine Technologies, Inc. today released WebSTAR Server Suite 4.2. Now the leading suite of Internet server software for the Mac OS is optimized for the PowerPC(tm) G4, with processor-intensive web serving components accelerated for the G4 Velocity Engine(tm). Together WebSTAR Server Suite and the PowerPC G4 with Velocity Engine allow WebSTAR to be respond faster to requests, especially for dynamically generated pages. Available today directly from StarNine at (http://www.starnine.com/), WebSTAR Server Suite 4.2 is available for free to current WebSTAR Server Suite 4.0 and 4.1 users from (http://www.starnine.com/), with upgrades and educational discounts available. Consistent with StarNine's goal of keeping up with the latest technology...

Purity Software, Inc. PO Box 151385 Austin, TX 78715-1385 +1.512.349.7772 FAX +1.512.349.7762 http://www.purity.com/ info@purity.com PURITY SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES WEBSIPHON v2.0 UPGRADE; DEMOS WEB DEVELOPMENT TOOL AT MACWORLD EXPO 2000 (January 5, 2000; San Francisco, CA) -- Purity Software is pleased to reveal the long-awaited version 2.0 upgrade of the WebSiphon web application development environment at MacWorld Expo 2000 this week in San Francisco, CA. Purity Software is exhibiting in the Net Innovators Pavilion (#3458) in the North Hall of the Moscone Convention Center. "This new version further establishes WebSiphon as a must-have tool for web application developers and Application Service Provider environments," said Nathan Nunn, President and CEO of Purity Software. "New features like built-in support for HTTP file upload and the network libraries offer great utility and ease of implementation. With third-party products like the Valentina database engine and Pickle dynamic...

POWERLOGIX ANNOUNCES WORLD'S FIRST DUAL G4 PROCESSOR CARD FOR MACINTOSH MACWORLD EXPO, Booth #1929, San Francisco, CA -- January 5, 2000 --PowerLogix R&D, manufacturers of the hot-selling PowerForce G3 and PowerForce G4 processor upgrades, today announced the PowerForce Dual G4, the world's first dual G4 processor card for Power Macintosh and clones, once again affirming PowerLogix's position as the premier upgrade card manufacturer in the Mac industry. The PowerForce Dual G4 offers true symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) using twin PowerPC G4 microprocessors, each with embedded Altivec vector processors, for truly phenomenal performance. PowerForce Dual G4 includes all the same features and functionality as the award-winning PowerForce G3 and G4 processor cards, including independently variable bus speed and bus ratio, accelerated bus speed, and reduced form factor. Also included is software for controlling backside cache, speculative addressing, Altivec support, and MP support....

For more information, contact Deeje Cooley 415-244-0828 mailto:deeje@puppettime.com http://www.puppettime.com/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PUPPETTIME RELEASES PUPPETTIME PRODUCER 1.0 AIMED AT EDUCATION, B2B, AND PREVISUALIZATION CUSTOMERS 3D Internet Company Leads Animation Revolution With User-Friendly Storytelling Technology SAN FRANCISCO (January 5, 2000) - At Macworld Expo 2000, PuppetTime, Inc. today announced that PuppetTime Producer 1.0 is now available for download from the company's website at (http://www.puppettime.com). PuppetTime Producer is an easy-to-use 3D character animation program that implements the concept of digital actors. Users can create compelling 3D animations in minutes simply by selecting characters, typing dialog, recording sounds and voice-overs, and choosing actions. 3D modeling or animation experience is not required because the digital actors, or puppets, are predefined and know how to draw and animate themselves. Puppets can have many animations, costumes,...

Salinas, CA: Casady & Greene announced today that a new and improved version of Speed Startup has been released. Speed Startup is a program that can immediately decrease the time it takes to start up your Mac. Version 1.0.2 features improved compatibility with Microsoft Excel and is Mac OS 9 friendly. With Speed Startup, the more memory and startup files you have the more time you will save. Speed Startup v1.0.2 builds on the past success of Speed Startup to offer continued and increased time savings. Speed Startup is available as an electronic download from Casady & Greene at (http://www.SpeedStartup.com). A full version of the product can be purchased direct from Casady & Greene and Online resellers for only $19.95. If seconds are important, Speed Startup is a necessity!

PRODUCT NEWS RELEASE LaCie Unveils the Ultimate in Storage Convenience with 6GB & 18GB PocketDrive World's Smallest Drives are First to Include Both FireWire and USB Support LaCie brings back popular PocketDrive Fast, plug and play storage expansion--no rebooting required Unprecedented flexibilityU&I connects to FireWire and USB-equipped personal computers SAN FRANCISCO (January 5, 2000) For content developers, illustrators, audio/video professionals or just people on the go, the new 6GB and 18GB PocketDrive hard drives unveiled by LaCie at MACWORLD/Expo San Francisco today will easily be the most exciting announcement of the show. Measuring only 3.5" x 5.75" and weighing less than a pound, LaCie's new drives are not only some of the world's smallest hard drives, they're the first peripherals to offer both Universal Serial Bus (USB) and FireWire (IEEE 1394) support, or "U&I" (LaCie's acronym and trademark for the dual-support capability). With the unique combination...

For Immediate Release Press Release Kaidan and PictureWorks Announce New Photographic VR Object Solutions for Consumers Kaidan and PictureWorks announce the PiXi Photographic VR Object Starter Kit for E-Commerce and the PiXi Manual Turntable. Consumers can now easily and affordably create their own QuickTime VR object movies for use on eBay, Amazon.com and other commercial and personal web sites. San Francisco, CA - Macworld Expo - January 5, 2000: The leading manufacturer of Photographic VR hardware; Kaidan Incorporated, announced today with PictureWorks Technology, Inc. two new products targeted at photographic VR object imaging for the Internet. The Kaidan PiXi Manual Turntable and the PiXi Photographic VR Object Starter Kit are the ideal ways for consumers to photographically capture collectibles, products, toys, sculptures and other objects in a 3-D form. With these new products consumers can quickly and easily create stunning VR objects for inclusion in documents, e-mail...

SuSE To Offer Award-Winning SuSE Linux On PowerPC Beta version announced at MacWorld SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (INTERNET WIRE) -- 01/04/00 -- SuSE, one of the leading Linux specialists worldwide, is announcing the availability of a beta-quality version of SuSE Linux 6.3 for the Macintosh PowerPC at MacWorld in San Francisco. The sales release of SuSE Linux for Power PC is planned for this spring. Offering SuSE Linux on PowerPC supports SuSE's strategy of cross-platform availability. Based on the current version of SuSE Linux, the version for PowerPC "is built from the same sources as all other versions of SuSE Linux, includes all of the Open Source software found in the Intel version, and is identical to use and administer to other SuSE Linux versions," says Dirk H. Hondel, CTO of SuSE AG. A free test CD with the Linux operating system and a selection of free application programs can be obtained by contacting SuSE. A version will also be available on SuSE's ftp server (ftp.suse.com). Like...

FOR RELEASE ON JANUARY 4, 2000 Contact: Anita Holmgren Phone: 805-963-6983 888-2-WebTen FAX: 805-962-8202 Internet: anita@tenon.com http://www.tenon.com/products/webten WebTen 3.0 - Award Winning Web Server for Mac Adds WEBmail New release includes enhanced security, compatibility, robustness, and extensibility Santa Barbara, CA, January 4, 2000. Tenon Intersystems is shipping WebTen 3.0, an upgrade to its industrial-strength, high-performance Apache-based Web server for Power Macs. The new WebTen now supports configurable web-based email, secure remote administration, enhanced SSL certificate support, dynamically loadable Apache modules, and a Sherlock-compatible high-performance search engine. The new release also includes many additional enhancements and modifications for improved robustness and ease-of-use. Apache is well known as stable, full-strength, feature-rich web server software used on over three million web sites worldwide. Tenon has taken this mature, integrated,...

OPEN DOOR NETWORKS SHIPS DOORSTOP PERSONAL FIREWALL 1.1 SAN FRANCISCO, CA. -- January 4, 2000 -- In concert with the MacWorld trade show, Open Door Networks Inc. today announced that it was shipping version 1.1 of its DoorStop Firewall, Personal Edition. DoorStop Personal is an easy to use, end-user version of Open Door's powerful server firewall software, specifically focused on protecting Mac OS 9's new Internet services. Version 1.1 adds a much-requested notification feature along with other improvements, and is on display in Open Door's booth, number 3458. DoorStop Personal Edition, which runs on Macs back to Mac OS 8.1, is an important security enhancement for any Mac that is connected to the Internet for long periods of time, for instance through a cable or DSL modem or an intranet. DoorStop was originally developed by Open Door for use on servers such as AppleShare IP and Open Door's ShareWay IP Professional. DoorStop Personal Edition is a greatly simplified version of the...

Valentina for WebSiphon to Appear at MacWorld with Special Offers PARADIGMA SOFTWARE TO INTRODUCE WEB-DATABASE PRODUCT, EXTEND OFFERS ON VALENTINA FOR DIRECTOR December 31, 1999. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software and Purity Software announced the availability of Valentina for WebSiphon at MacWorld Expo 2000 in San Francisco. Paradigma Software also extends special offers through the end of MacWorld Expo. Paradigma Software's Valentina for WebSiphon is a powerful add-on for the WebSiphon web development environment. Valentina for WebSiphon will allow users of Purity Software's WebSiphon to interact with and deploy Valentina databases on WebSiphon powered web sites. "Valentina for WebSiphon uses the native WebSiphon API, providing a great speed boost over solutions that only use Apple Events. Combining this with WebSiphon's easy to use scripting language, Mac web masters can rapidly create and deploy object-relational database driven solutions, " said Ruslan Zasukhin, founder of...

PROVO, UTAH - December 28, 1999 -- Chronos will debut two new products at the upcoming Macworld Expo 2000 in San Francisco. Consultant 3.0 and Office Consultant 3.0 are both based on Consultant 2.5, the personal information manager that won an Eddy award as the "Best Data Management Software" at last year's Macworld Expo. Chronos calls the popular Consultant the "Swiss Army knife" of productivity software. It integrates a calendar, address book, word processor, memo taker, personal journal, phone dialer and alarm clock into a single easy-to-use application. To top it off, it synchronizes with both the PalmPilot and the new Handspring Visor handheld organizer. Consultant 3.0 adds a wealth of new features including keywords, more powerful filtering of activities and contacts, flexible list views and improved PalmPilot synchronization. PalmPilot and Visor users no longer have to transfer EVERYTHING to their handheld organizer -- Consultant lets them choose individual categories to...

Tonight, Apple has released a patch and tech note at: http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n11559 to avoid rumored problems of a Denial of Service attack from the Middle East on New Years. This DoS attack takes advantage of a feature in Mac OS 9 (for any machine), and Mac OS 8.6 for iBooks, iMacs, and G4s. If you have a high speed net connection, we encourage you to install the patch on any machine that sits on the net. You can read more about this at: http://people.atl.mediaone.net/jacopeland/ Happy New Year, MacTech Magazine

Kickstand Software has released FoldedCat 1.1, and update to the drag & drop categorization/sorting tool for files and folders. FoldedCat has two main functions: maintaining a text file in a folder containing user defined categories (this purposefully lo-tech mechanism facilitates searching with Sherlock or other utility) and aids in creating multiple folders from a user defined set of names. Very handy for sorting and categorizing large collections of graphics, source code, etc. If you have lots of files to sort and categorize, this utility can help. Version 1.1 adds: - Scrollbars that actually work (sound of hand smacking forehead) - Better handling of category files - Options to control handling of category files FoldedCat 1.1 is free. FoldedCat is PPC only and requires system software that supports Appearance Manager. Download FoldedCat at http://www.kickstandsoft.com

REALbasic International Versions Bundled with Power Pack NEW AND UPGRADE CUSTOMERS TO RECEIVE FIVE POWERFUL, FREE ADD-ONS TO REALBASIC December 23, 1999 - REAL Software of Austin, Texas, announced the availability of the REALbasic Power Pack bundled for a limited time with new purchases of the full versions REALbasic version 2 products, and also with upgrade versions to REALbasic Professional through its international authorized distributors. The REALbasic Power Pack includes five powerful plug ins and REALbasic classes developed by third party REALbasic developer partners, including : RCX-LINK. Control LEGO MindStorms from within your REALbasic application. RCX-LINK is the only way to control LEGO Mindstorms from your Mac. TDMC Utilities Light. Adds new file management abilities to REALbasic applications. PrintIt. Adds greater control and new features for printing complex graphics and text from within REALbasic applications. SuperSocket 5-Connection. Support up to five simultaneous...

[ANN] Macintosh Documentation Update CodeWarriors, Macintosh Documentation Update is ready for downloading from (http://www.metrowerks.com/download/) A CD for this Update will be available for free at the Mac World Exhibition or you can purchase it for shipping and handling costs as well. Description Updated CodeWarrior Documentation is now available in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf). The update includes the C Compilers Reference, IDE User Guide, MSL C Reference, QuickStart Professional, and Targeting Mac OS manuals. There is no installer for this update. Unstuff the archive and move the files to the Documentation folder. This archive was submitted on 12/17/1999 and occupies 6034k of disk space. ===== [ANN] MetroNub for Java Debugging only CodeWarriors, MetroNub for Java Debugging only is ready for downloading from (http://www.metrowerks.com/download/) A CD for this Update will be available for free at the Mac World Exhibition or you can purchase it for shipping and handling costs as...

From: Brian Bergstrand (brian@classicalguitar.net) Subject: [ANNC]NWClient Auto Logout Friday December 17th - Macnn (http://www.macnn.com/) Bugnet yesterday reported on a security issue with Mac OS 9 Multiple Users, noting that when NetWare users log out from Mac OS 9, all of their NetWare NDS connections remain active and open to subsequent users. (This may be identical to an issue reported where "NDS client for Mac OS 9 fails to log the user out of the NDS tree when s/he logs out of the MacOS 9 system.) "the problem stems from Mac OS 9's use of a closed security database. When users log out from the OS, it checks for and closes all active AppleShare mounted drives, but it doesn't check for any mounted NetWare volumes, nor does it provide any sort of Application Programming Interface (API) for third-party developers like Prosoft. " NWClient Auto Logout (NWAL) addresses the problem stated above. NWAL is a background application that hooks into Mac OS 9's Multiple User support, and...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Troi Automatisering releases Troi Coding Plug-in 1.5 for FileMaker 5 New Encryption Plug-in lets you transfer information securely over the Internet. Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, December 21, 1999--Troi Automatisering today announced the release of Troi Coding Plug-in 1.5, for FileMaker Pro 4 and 5 on both on Mac OS and Windows. This version of our DES Encryption and coding plug-in adds powerful new features: Text Compression, ASCIISafe functions and more. Peter Baanen, company president, states that "I particularly like the new, generic "Code" function, which makes it possible to Encrypt a field with the key as a parameter. This function has a lot of power in it, as it makes Encryption and Decryption possible without the need of a script!" List of new features Troi Coding Plug-in 1.5 has the following new features: - Compression and Decompression of fields - Encode to and Decode from ASCIISafe text - New "Troi-Code" function for Encryption/Decryption...

For Immediate Release Global Communications are now Free, Live, and On-Demand Huntington Beach, CA (December 20, 1999) - Imagine clicking a button and instantly being connected live over the internet for FREE to anyone you wish through high-speed broadband, secure connections. No more telephone charges, no more dropped or slow dial up internet connections. Our vision has been to unite the world live over the internet and this is our first step. We created a communications solution that will satisfy both the individual and the corporate user, said Lazaros Bountour, CEO of Ariston Technologies, a Huntington Beach based high-tech company focused on USB and FireWire video-conferencing and multimedia solutions. An all in one solution, Aristons iSee-U2 consists of two high quality, color, digital video cameras, two microphones, Aristons Privateline communications software for Windows 98, White Pines CU-SeeMe communications software for MacOS 8.6, plus free DSL set up. Aristons video...

UserLand Releases Manila and Frontier 6.1, Turning Any Web Browser Into a Powerful Web Content Workstation BURLINGAME, CA, Dec. 17 -- UserLand Software announced the release of Manila, an Internet server application that allows groups of writers, designers and graphics people to manage full-featured, high performance web sites thru an easy-to-use browser interface. Manila is included with UserLand Frontier 6.1. "As the Macintosh made desktop computing easy, Manila makes web content management accessible to non-technical people," said David M. Winer, UserLand's CEO. "Manila turns any web browser into a powerful web content workstation. Think of Manila as Content Management 'For the Rest of Us.'" Key Manila features include: * 100-percent browser-based editing. * Quick easy setup, in most cases, five minutes from download to a working web site. * Simple publishing model, managing editor, contributing editors, members. * Integrated site membership database, with customizable...

ACI US PRESS RELEASE ACI US news for immediate release December 17, 1999. San Jose, CA. ACI US Supports Trailing Version -------------------------------- ACI US, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension (4D) RAD/RDBMS Environment, announced today the release of 4D version 6.0.6 r8. This is a routine maintenance fix designed to address some minor issues. ACI recognizes developers need time to test and take advantage of new software and will continue to offer a minimum 90-day notice before discontinuing any version. "We want the development community to know that we are dedicated to them and their businesses," said Brendan Coveney, President, ACI US. "We want to continue to honor our commitment to developers by providing support for two versions." For more information and a copy of 4D v.6.0.6 r8 visit ACI US's web site at: http://www.acius.com/downloads/aciprod.html About ACI US ------------ ACI US, Inc. is the US publisher of 4th Dimension and the 4D product line, which has set the...

REAL Software is pleased to announce the latest development release of REALbasic: 2.1a24. These alpha releases are for testing purposes only and are not considered the current release of REALbasic. Projects saved in alpha releases of 2.1 cannot be opened in REALbasic 2.0.2. You should not use alpha releases for mission-critical development. There is a specific mailing list hosted at REAL Software for discussing the alpha testing releases: Subscribe to this list by sending an email containing "subscribe realbasic-dr" (without the quotes) to: requests@lists.realsoftware.com. Key:[Opt] = Optimization [Bug] = Bug Fix [New] = New Feature [Chg] = Changes Previous Functionality [Kis] = Known Issue [Wrk] = WorkAround 2.1a24 * [Bug] Win32 Styled text printer now works. (BugBase #524) * [Bug] Fixed SQL 'OR' Operator in REAL DB. (BugBase #551) * [Bug] Win32 plugin classes now operational - event instances not implemented yet * [Bug] Using balloon help in menu bars no longer...