Mac OS X 10.0 (the version released on March 24) is substantially different from the Mac OS X Public Beta. REALbasic 3.0 works fine on the Public Beta but not on version 10.0. If you are using Mac OS X 10.0, you need to be using REALbasic 3.1, currently in beta. REAL Software offers open betas, that is anyone who wants to can download a REALbasic beta and use it. (http://www.realbasic.com/realbasic/prerelease/)

P R E S S R E L E A S E Albuquerque, NM - March. 28, 2001 - Pine Island Software is releasing new 2.7 versions of our "Beehive ftp forms" desktop file transfer client for Macintosh ,Windows and Browsers. We are also releasing and new 2.7 versions of our "Beehive ftp manager" automation utility for Macintosh and windows. New features include, native html forms support, job numbering, scheduled folder polling and auto-send, multiple email notifications, central administration and updating and complete integration with Pine Island's universal file transfer portal SendFile.NET. (BEEHIVE FTP FORMS DEMOS AT http://www.thebeehive.com ) SendFile.NET is the first complete JAVA ftp applet for use with Macintosh browsers with MRJ! Pine island Software has installed over 500 site licenses of the new Browser-based Java ftp client at printing, prepress and Newspaper sites. Unlike other Browser-based file transfer products, SendFile.NET supports true ftp (file transfer protocol) and does NOT...

The PowerPC Edition of Europe's bestseller Linux available in early April Today, SuSE Linux announced the upcoming release of SuSE Linux 7.1 PowerPC Edition in early April. SuSE supplies the latest Linux operating system and more than 1,000 assorted applications for Mac users on 6 CDs. With SuSE's optimized Kernel 2.4.2 SuSE Linux 7.1 PowerPC Edition boasts a greatly enhanced USB support. SuSE Linux 7.1 PowerPC Edition also features the support for the sound system ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) for PowerMacs. SuSE Linux 7.1 PowerPC Edition (6 CDs, 500-page manual, 60 days installation support) will be available in early April directly from the manufacturer as well as from bookstores and software retailers. The recommended retail price is USD 49.95. For more information, please see: www.suse.com About SuSE: http://www.suse.com/us/suse/index.html Linux Expands Its User Market TNS EMNID survey in Germany: one out of four computer owners intends to install Linux operating...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CLASS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS AND CSDC ANNOUNCE MARKETING AND TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE VANCOUVER, BC, TORONTO, ON - MARCH 27, 2001 - Class Software Solutions Ltd. (CSS) and CSDC Systems Inc. (CSDC) announced today an agreement on a Memo of Understanding on a comprehensive Cooperative Development and Joint Marketing Agreement to provide common, on-line, integrated, e-government solutions to local governments in North America. With global e-commerce spending expected to rise from $111 billion this year to $1.3 trillion in 2003 (International Data Corporation), Internet delivery of services will be a growing concern for local and regional governments. The objective of the alliance is to allow local governments to more easily develop citizen-centered service delivery using the Internet. The alliance will provide governments with the ability to: o Eliminate duplicate data entry o Provide the optimum in administrative efficiency o Use a common e-commerce framework o Use a common...

DataShell for Valentina Delivers Object Relational DB for FutureBASIC^3 Users March 27, 2001. MacBrowse is proud to announce the availability of DataShell 1.2, a driver solution that allows FutureBASIC^3 developers to use Valentina XCMD, an object-relational, SQL-powered database engine, in their applications. DataShell 1.2 features an improved parameter cache system and is slightly faster than previous versions. FutureBASIC, from Staz Software (http://www.stazsoftware.com), is an award winning development environment for the Apple Macintosh, based on the popular BASIC language. Thanks to DataShell, the wait for a FutureBASIC-enabled database engine is over. DataShell is very easy to use, no complex project setup or hard to learn syntax. You will be creating database applications from scratch in a very short period of time. "FutureBASIC is a favorite for creating small, extremely fast applications on the Macintosh platform. However no major database vendor has stepped up to the plate...

For immediate release For more information, a review copy, cover art or an interview with the author, contact: Kathryn Barrett (707) 829-0515 ext 387 or kathrynb@oreilly.com IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO LEARN WEB DESIGN SAYS O'REILLY AUTHOR Sebastopol, CA--Confronted with the increasing complexity and sophistication of today's web pages, would-be designers may feel that they have arrived too late to make their mark in the world of web design. Best-selling web design author Jennifer Niederst assures budding designers that this is not the case in her new book, "Learning Web Design, A Beginner's Guide to HTML, Graphics, and Beyond" (O'Reilly, US $34.95). "Although it may seem that the whole world has a personal web page, or that your colleagues are all light years ahead of you in web experience, I can assure you that you're not too late," says Niederst. "Furthermore, there is plenty of room for you in the business. The industry is thirsty for folks who know how to make web pages (even at an...

PowerLogix Announces Mac OS X Compatibility AUSTIN, TEXAS -- March 27, 2001 -- PowerLogix has tested and now confirmed Mac OS X compatibility with some of their most popular G3 processor upgrades. Testing with Apple's new Mac operating system has confirmed that the iForce G3 processor upgrades for the iMac rev. A-C machines are already fully compatible and require no updates. Equally compatible are the BlueChip and BlueChip LS processor upgrades for the Wall Street and Lombard PowerBook G3's respectively. Owners of PowerForce G4 and G3 ZIF cards will need a new version of the G3/G4 Cache Profiler utility in order to enable the high speed backside cache on these processor upgrades. This revised system Extension is expected within two weeks and will be posted on the PowerLogix site when testing is completed. "For those who were waiting for the release of Mac OS X before they considered investing in a compatible upgrade, the time is now," said Robin Sharp-Howdershelt, Marketing Director...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Troi Automatisering releases OSErrrs database 2.0 FileMaker Pro database explains over 4000 Operating System error codes for both Mac OS and Windows! Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, March 26th, 2001-- Troi Automatisering today released Troi OSErrrs 2.0, a FileMaker Pro database which lists Operating System error codes for both Mac OS and Windows. What is the OSErrrs database? The Troi OSErrrs database lists over 4000 error codes and their explanation. All current Mac OS and Windows error codes known by Troi are listed in this database. Some of these errors might be returned by one of the Troi plug-ins (but of course not all!). Troi OSErrrs can be searched for a particular error code and also contains the name, category and a short description of the error, which makes it a useful tool for (database) developers. Version 2.0 adds 735 Mac OS errors and 1659 Windows errors, making a total of 4300 error codes. We also cleaned up the interface. We now offer the...

Press Release Press Contact: Louisa Ireland Tel: +44 (0) 1262 673591 For Immediate Release: Fed up of being bound by Filemakers enter key? Then you need "Return For Filemaker!" Have you had enough of being bound by Filemakers enter key? Are you tired of hitting the return key by accident? Then "Return For Filemaker" is definitely for you! Peninsula's "Return For Filemaker" is a brand new revolutionary plug in which enables you to press the return key rather than the enter key when doing loops. It really is amazingly helpful because "Return For Filemaker" is something that has been longed for for a very long time. It's extremely easy to use, all you do is install the plug in and away you go! Needing to save time? then this plug in is excellent because rather than wasting time accidently pressing the return key, you'll be able to press the return key at your leisure and save it! It's available for either Mac or PC, so whatever you've got - it isn't a problem. The best thing about this...

Whisper is a free, open source, general purpose Mac/Win32 C++ application framework. It's the successor to the Mac framework Raven. Like Raven Whisper is a modern framework that takes advantage of templates, multiple inheritance, STL, and exceptions. It's also designed around the notion of Design by Contract and includes numerous debugging tools. Whisper 2.0 and a complete change history can be found at (http://www.halcyon.com/www3/jesjones/Whisper/Home.html). This is a big release with numerous bug fixes and changes, but there are three main changes: 1) Instead of one monolithic framework Whisper is now divided into nine framelets. This should make it a lot easier to pull in just what you want from the framework. 2) I've added a COM-like object model. This is similar to Microsoft's COM but plugins are required to be written in C++, exceptions are used instead of return codes, strings instead of GUID's, and reference counting is automated. This makes it possible to create very...

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2001 For Information Contact: Bill Martin VP Sales & Marketing APCON, Inc. 17938 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd. Portland, OR 97224 - USA PH: 503-639-6700 FAX: 503-639-6740 E-Mail: billm@apcon.com URL: www.apcon.com APCONS IntellaPatch Electronic Fiber Optic Patch Panel Now Supports Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP), 32 Ports, and 2 Gbd Portland, OR -- APCON, a leading manufacturer of network hardware and software solutions, has announced two new versions of their industry leading Intelligent Electronic Fiber Optic Patch Panel or IntellaPatch panels. The new products, Model ACI-2048 and ACI-2049 offer up to 32 ports with fixed or Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers in 1 and 2 Gbd formats. These systems offer new and previously unavailable flexibility in management of fibre channel connections for test and compatibility labs, Storage Area Networks (SAN), and high value cable management. APCONs IntellaPatch panel is the...

News Flash! SONNET HAS BIG PLANS FOR OS X As the Macintosh industry is well aware, Apple will release OS X this Saturday, March 24, 2001. Sonnet remains committed to providing broad support for this final release, and wants you to have the latest information on our plans for this exciting new arrival. While Apple has officially dropped support for pre-G3 systems, Sonnet is preparing to deliver the future to many of these loyal users. In the coming weeks, Sonnet will provide an OS X upgrade path for users of popular PCI platforms like the Power Mac 7500, 8600 and the 9600. We also have plans to expand this reach to other PowerMac and Performa users. Only Sonnet has made this commitment and invested the engineering resources to make it possible. For Sonnet's latest OS X compatibility statement, and a Mac OS compatibility matrix, please visit: http://www.sonnettech.com/news/macosx_update.html.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For: GLUON, Inc., 443 Greenwich Street, Suite 2E, New York, NY 10013 Contact: Seth Elgart, 212-343-1755, selgart@gluon.com GLUON Slugger XTension upgrade changes the way QuarkXPress documents are looked at Multiple slugs, barcodes, color chips and inter-XTension communication are among new features March 2001, New York City. Software developer GLUON is releasing a major upgrade to Slugger, its slug-making XTension for all types of publishers. It has been evolving for ten years and is now an integral part of the workflow in the top ad agencies of the world. Among the many new features in Slugger 5 are multiple slug layouts, special postscript slugs, cover page slugs, bar codes and Cropster/Slugger inter-XTension communication. Slugger is the preeminent software for creating slugs on documents. Slugs are printed on every page and contain pertinent trafficking information about all sorts of things, from who worked on the document, and when, to what fonts and images...

Mathematica to Be Fully Native for Mac OS X Champaign, Illinois--March 23, 2001--Wolfram Research, makers of the world's leading technical computing system, announced today that Mathematica for Mac OS X will be commercially available in July. Customers who buy Mathematica for Macintosh now will get the final Mac OS X version free when it is released. Wolfram Research plans to start shipping a preview beta version of Mathematica OS X to its Premier Service customers by early April. "We have been running Mathematica for Mac OS X internally for over two years and have worked closely with Apple to optimize its performance," said Theodore Gray, cofounder of Wolfram Research and chief architect of the Mathematica user interface. "Mathematica 4.1 running on Mac OS X has the makings of a remarkable environment for scientific computing. It is a no-compromise combination of speed, stability, capability, and ease." "The supercomputing speed of Apple's Power Mac G4 provides an incredible...

Sig Software is proud to announce the release of NameCleaner 2.1.2, available in both a Classic version for Mac OS 7/8/9 and a brand new Carbon version for running natively on Mac OS X. NameCleaner is an industrial-strength utility for the Macintosh OS to manipulate file names and types. It is specially designed to help move files to and from foreign file systems such as MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98, Windows NT/2000, NetWare and Unix. NameCleaner includes mappings for over 100 PC Extensions and 100 Macintosh file types as well as allowing system file mappings to be used. All cleaning operations can be previewed before they are performed and NameCleaner also produces a full report of all cleaning operations. The NameCleaner page and downloads are at: http://www.sigsoftware.com/namecleaner/ Thank you, Gideon Greenspan Sig Software gdg@sigsoftware.com http://www.sigsoftware.com/

FILTERiT4 Adobe Illustrator Plug-ins Press release FILTERiT4 for Mac is ready to ship today(March 22nd)! (Windows version will be available in May) CValley, Inc. announced that their latest version of Adobe Illustrator plug-ins, FILTERiT4 is ready to ship as of today. The company expects to release the Windows version in May. We received many favorable comments/evaluations from Illustrator users, desktop publishers, and designers. It has been almost a year after the release of FILTERiT3 and now the latest version of FILTERiT is completed. Some of the new features include the "Trace" feature added on the FILTERiT Tools, 3D Transform and Fractalize and more. FILTERiT4 provides a wide variety of options, from simple distortion to 3D Transform. With 3D Transform filters, your objects can be transformed into spheres, spirals, donuts, or cylinders with just a click of the mouse. Preparing images for Web animation is made simple with the Trace option. This option also lets you produce...

Be Announces Licensing and Distribution Agreement with Sony MENLO PARK, Calif. -- March 22, 2001 -- Be Incorporated (Nasdaq: BEOS) today announced it has signed an OEM license and distribution agreement with Sony Electronics Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Sony is granted a license to include the BeIA Client Platform in the Sony eVilla Network Entertainment Center. Since March 2000, Be has been working with Sony under a previously announced non-binding memorandum of understanding. Under the terms of a Professional Services Agreement that supplements the OEM license and distribution agreement, Be has been providing BeIA Integration Services to Sony. "Working with Sony has been an incredibly productive learning experience for Be because it has allowed us to work directly with a world-renowned consumer products company dedicated to delivering great customer experiences," said Lamar Potts, vice president of sales and marketing for Be. "Sony's eVilla Network Entertainment Center...

Keyspan releases beta Serial to USB drivers for Mac OS X Richmond, Calif- March 22, 2001- Keyspan, America's top selling brand of USB connectivity products, announced the release of its beta USB drivers for Mac OS X. The drivers are available now for download from Keyspan's website at: http://www.keyspan.com/support/macosx/. Keyspan's drivers enable its USB Twin Serial Adapter (USA-28X), USB PDA Adapter (USA-19), and USB High Speed Serial Adapter (USA-19W) to be used with Mac OS X. The drivers are an update of the Developer Seed that Keyspan released in September of 2000 and are feature complete--- including support for PPP under Mac OS X using serial modems---and include an installer. The ability to use Keyspan's adapters with popular serial peripherals (i.e. printers, Palm Pilots) under Mac OS X will often depend upon the availability of Mac OS X drivers for the peripheral device. Users should check with the peripheral manufacturer for information on this topic. As beta software,...

PRESS RELEASE: Tri-CATALOG 4.04 and READER available Tri-CATALOG 4.04: ================= Version 4.04 of our CD and images cataloger now recognizes comments in Photoshop files. The new version of Tri-CATALOG is available on our web site (link is unchanged). Upgrade is free for registered users. Tri-CATALOG READER : ==================== There is now a solution for Tri-CATALOG users desiring distribute their data base as well as their pictures, for both Mac and Windows platforms. We propose a "Tri-CATALOG Distribution Pack", including 2 versions of Tri-CATALOG (Mac and Windows) and 2 versions of Tri-CATALOG READER (Mac and Windows). The Pack includes a licence agreement allowing an unlimited distribution of the READER version accompanying a Tri-CATALOG data base. "Tri-CATALOG Distribution Pack" price is US$ 290. For further information, please contact: mailto:info@tri-edre.com

Roxen Platform 2.1 for Mac OS X shipping in 30 days Roxen Platform is the first Web Content Management software to ship on Mac OS X. There is a perfect match between Roxen Platform's high-end features and the high ground that Mac OS X servers cover. Stockholm, March 22, 2001 - Roxen Internet Software today announced Roxen Platform 2.1 for Mac OS X, the production version of the first Web Content Management system available on Mac OS X. Availability is approximately 30 days after Apple's release of Mac OS X, scheduled for 24 March. Roxen Platform is a high-end Web Content Management product that perfectly matches Apple's Mac OS X and the high ground it coves in the server market. "We are proud to be able to ship our Web Content Management product this close to the release of Mac OS X. We see Apple creating a new class of Internet servers, and Roxen Internet Software is part of the action. Roxen Platform and Mac OS X is simply a perfect match for demanding Web sites," said Henning...

FileMaker Demonstrates FileMaker Pro 5 on Mac OS X SANTA CLARA, CA - March 21, 2001 - Signaling its support for Apple's next-generation operating system, FileMaker is previewing FileMaker Pro 5 on Mac OS X at Apple launch events today and during the next few days. "Mac OS X represents a leap forward, enabling a new generation of phenomenal Macintosh applications," said Dominique Goupil, FileMaker president. "FileMaker is very excited about the user experience we will deliver based on the vivid Aqua interface and other Mac OS X features." The preview of FileMaker Pro 5 database software running on Mac OS X is to be demonstrated at Apple launch events in Cupertino, Germany and the United Kingdom. "With state-of-the-art technology throughout, including an elegant user interface called 'Aqua' and a UNIX-based foundation, Mac OS X opens a world of possibilities for developers wishing to innovate on the Mac," said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "...

Stone Design Ships Stone Studio(tm) for Mac OS X San Francisco, March 21, 2001 - Stone Design today announced availability of Stone Studio(tm) - seven applications built to support Mac OS X, Apple's next generation operating system. The suite features Create(r) and PhotoToWeb(r). According to Stone Design's CEO, Andrew Stone, these applications come with free licenses valid through May 15th, 2001. "These last few months have allowed us to really polish our applications with the Aqua look and feel. We've lowered our prices and our applications are freely accessible to Mac OS X early adopters. Download them today and give them a trial, and you'll experience the 100% pure OS X and Stoneware advantage! If you like the apps, you can buy them online at the Stone Store at our attractively low introductory prices." "With state-of-the-art technology throughout, including a new Quartz 2D graphics engine and open GL for spectacular 3D graphics, Mac OS X is an ideal platform for the creative...

Folks: Dartware, LLC has a version of InterMapper available for testing with MacOS X. InterMapper for MacOS X 3.1a2 is now available from this page: http://www.intermapper.com/osx/ Please post this to your relevant pages about MacOS X. For more information about InterMapper, please check its web site at http://www.intermapper.com/ Feel free to get back to me if you have further questions. Thanks! Rich Brown richard.e.brown@dartware.com Dartware, LLC http://www.dartware.com 25 S. Main St, PO Box 130 Telephone: 603-643-2268 Hanover, NH 03755-0130 USA Fax: 603-643-2289

Wednesday 21st March 2001, Bondi Beach, Australia. WestCiv Webware announces the launch of their series of free self-paced courses in standards-based web development, available online in weekly installments. (http://www.westciv.com/courses/free/index.html) Standards-based web development, using HTML 4.0 and XHTML, with CSS for appearance * streamlines the web development process * future-proofs your projects for all standards-based browsers, platforms and devices * promotes the development of faster loading pages * is committed to accessibility and usability By returning to the site weekly developers will be able to work their way through the whole course, developing an entire web site in structural, validating XHTML, and later giving it their own appearance with CSS. Broader concepts and issues are fully explained for each technique, giving a solid foundation in the future of web development. Most importantly, accessibility and usability are emphasized right from the beginning of the...