Press/Analyst Contact: David Parkinson Adobe Systems Incorporated 408.536.3421 dparkins@adobe.com http://www.adobe.com/ Adobe ImageStyler 1.0 Now Shipping New Graphics Tool Instantly Adds Style to Your Web Site San Jose, Calif., (October 12, 1998) (Nasdaq:ADBE) - Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the immediate availability of Adobe ImageStyler 1.0 software for Windows and Macintosh. Adobe ImageStyler 1.0 is a powerful Web graphics software application for the creative business user who needs to create professional-looking Web graphics. In just four weeks since its introduction, over 60,000 users have previewed and responded enthusiastically to Adobe ImageStyler software's productivity and creativity Web graphic tools that enable them to achieve extraordinary results. Customers in the United States and Canada can purchase Adobe ImageStyler 1.0 for Windows 95 and 98, Windows NT 4.0, and Power Macintosh from Adobe Authorized Resellers and retail outlets for an estimated street...

MacCoach 2.0.1 mandatory update Deventer the Netherlands -- Neuron Data Systems today published MacCoach 2.0.1, a mandatory update to all previous versions. All those currently using MacCoach 1.0.1, MacCoach 2.0 or a prerelease of MacCoach 2.0 must obtain this update. Please download the new release from our web site at: (http://www.neuronsys.com/download/index.html) MacCoach 2.0.1 contains the following bug fixes since MacCoach 2.0: * Under rare circumstances, the software could inadvertently disable the device, resulting in MacCoach not restarting the machine upon a freeze. While this only occurred under very rare circumstances, it did occur. * Under MacOS 8.5 the check box "Enable system crash detection" in the MacCoach "System" panel would be disabled. As a result of this the state of the check box could not be changed. Best regards, Neuron Data Systems Chris Niemeijer chris.niemeijer@neuronsys.com http://www.neuronsys.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE digital.forest Announces RECOVER-iT! Internet Backup Service for Dantz Development's Retrospect 4.1 BOTHELL, WASHINGTON, October 6, 1998 -- digital.forest, Inc.(tm), the world's premier provider of Macintosh Internet colocation and hosting services today announced its RECOVER-iT!(tm) Internet Backup Service. "RECOVER-iT! Internet Backup Service will provide individuals and network managers the ability to safely store their critical data off-site. In conjunction with Retrospect 4.1 from Dantz Development, RECOVER-iT! Internet Backup Service fills a vital need in any backup strategy," said Chris Kilbourn, president of digital.forest. "Automating your backups via Retrospect and FTP provides access 24/7 to the critical function of off-site storage." "Plus, if you need to do a restore, your Retrospect archives are available at any time via FTP; no waiting for the bank's vaults to open! Retrospect 4.1 with RECOVER-iT! provides you with an easy, fast and secure way to...

CONTACT: Press only: Sjofn Agustsdottir, Men & Mice +354-520-5306 or mailto:sjofn@menandmice.com DNS Expert 1.2 from Men & Mice Released: DNS Problem-solving for ISPs and DNS Administrators Greatly Extended with Intranet Compatibility and Other Enhancements Reykjavik, Iceland October 8/-- Men & Mice today released version 1.2 of DNS Expert and DNS Expert Lite with enhancements that allow ISPs and corporate DNS administrators to enjoy more functionality and flexibility in DNS analysis and problem-solving using DNS Expert. DNS Expert now allows for testing of Intranet domains, where administrators can use their own customized root servers for domain checking. "Many corporations have their own domain structure isolated from the Internet, most often through the use of a firewall," says Sigurdur Ragnarsson, DNS Expert product manager. "Those Intranet domains use their own customized root servers. DNS Expert 1.2 allows users to specify their own root servers, providing the...

Contact: Craig Osterloh Scott Corfield BOOMASoft or Politis Communications 801-495-3200 801-523-3730 craig@boomasoft.com 801-949-7002 (mobile) scorfield@politis.com For Immediate Release BOOMASoft Ships BOOMA WebForms SANDY, Utah (Oct. 7, 1998) - BOOMASoft today announced it has begun shipping BOOMA WebForms, an easy-to-use and cost-effective program designed to help Web-site developers create and manage forms on their Web sites. According to Craig Osterloh, BOOMASoft's president, BOOMA WebForms is perfect for small and medium-sized businesses trying to level the Internet-commerce playing field to compete with larger companies. "Let's face it, for small to medium-sized businesses forms, are hard," Osterloh said. "They don't know how to create them, so they don't use them. And they can't afford the time, money and resources required to have them created. But their Web sites need forms to be more than online brochures. "BOOMA WebForms changes that. Using BOOMA WebForms, anyone can...

AutoShare is a robust and speedy list server and auto-responder and may be used with EIMS or SIMS. Available for both 68K and Power Macs, requiring little memory and tested with Mac OS 8.1, AutoShare can handle hundreds of mailing lists and thousands of subscribers for each list. Full scriptability is supported, and an Admin application with balloon help makes it easy to configure the richly featured server application. The AutoShare archive comes complete with script samples and documentation covering features such as multiple preference sets, fully automated web archives, remote administration by email, subscriber and administrator web forms and advanced mail-back confirmations. AutoShare is the only Macintosh list server offering a built-in automated bounce and unsubscribe module, supporting both hard and soft bounces. It can be used to launch external applications and includes built-in Cron support. Process extenders, often small AppleScript applications, allow the administrator...

Subject: BCL's Acrobat plug-ins beta releases October 5, 1998 BETA TESTER NEEDED We have developed a new assortment of PDF extraction tools that can enhance your productivity, and we are now looking for beta testers. Our PDF extraction and conversion products have gone through rigorous internal testing. Now, we open an opportunity for you to try them out for free before they are released for sale. BETA Products 1. PDF to HTML conversion tool 2. PDF to TIFF conversion tool 3. PDF to RTF conversion tool 1. PDF to HTML conversion tool No more lengthy download time. Your PDF documents can now be published just like any other HTML documents, ready to be indexed by major search engines. Your PDF documents won't be lost in the sea of information anymore. See the extraction result and then download the Beta version at: www.bcl-computers.com/html/magellan.html 2. PDF to TIFF conversion tool Convert your PDF file archives to TIFF archive (convertible to other graphical formats). Excellent for...

Shareware Update: Color Picker Pro 2.5.0 Color Picker Pro has recently been updated from version 2.0.3 to version 2.5.0. Enhancements include the addition of drag and drop functionality and most notably the ability for Color Picker Pro to detect paste and drags containing hex values and Netscape defined colors. All users are advised to download the most recent release of Color Picker Pro at: http://www.rootworks.com/cpp/download.html Color Picker Pro 2.5.0 has also been submitted to info-mac and should appear on info-mac mirrors and related sites sometime within the next 2 weeks. ********** Announcing Color Picker Pro 2.5.0! *** What does it do? Color Picker Pro is a small drag and drop savvy application that aids in finding color hex values for use with HTML production. Color Picker Pro is more than just a RGB to hex converter however! It can literally pull colors out of windows, icons and Desktop backgrounds. If you can't find a color that you're interested in using the former...

From: Web Team (wum@iname.com) Hi, I would like to let you and your readers know that we have just released version 4.0 of OneApp CineSlider. OneApp CineSlider is a projector for movies, sounds and images. It's fast and easy to use. OneApp CineSlider lets you personalize the projection to adapt it to the most varied needs. You can create projections that are controlled manually or automatically. You can personalize the projection environment with colored backgrounds or patterns, use a soundtrack during projection, and display the names of the images and movies that are projected. OneApp CineSlider can handle a wide range of graphic and multimedia formats: QuickTime Movies, QuickTime VR Movies, AIFF audio files, and all the main graphic formats such as JPEG, TIFF, Pict, Photoshop, PNG, MacPaint, GIF, animated GIF, Windows Bitmap BMP and SGI. Using OneApp CineSlider you can create projections that can be distributed as standalone applications. These are so easy to use that anyone...

Conflict Catcher 8 to 8.0.2 Update October 5, 1998 Casady & Greene is please to announce that version 8.0.2 of Conflict Catcher has been released in conjunction with Mac OS 8.5. It is available at no cost to you over the internet at www.casadyg.com. The previous version of Conflict Catcher, v8.0.1 was released with preliminary information for Clean-Install System Merging into Mac OS 8.5. Conflict Catcher 8.0.2 includes the final information needed to merge into Mac OS 8.5. Conflict Catcher 8.0.2 now supports a larger selection of monitor including portrait displays by changing the monitor requirements from 640 x 400 to 624 x 400. The new Reference Library now contains descriptions for over 3,600 files. Conflict Catcher 8.0.2 will tell you what each one does, so that you can turn off the ones you don't need. Conflict Catcher can be registered over the Internet by selecting Register Online from the Apple menu.

CONTACT: MacConnect Drew Linsalata 516-754-3020 Fax: 516-754-5772 dlinsalata@macconnect.com FOR RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 23:59 EASTERN FREE MACINTOSH WEBMASTER RESOURCE GOES LIVE NORTHPORT, NEW YORK--September 30, 1998--MacConnect - the first and largest Internet Services Provider exclusively for users of the Macintosh Operating System - announced today that it has opened its free Macintosh Webmaster Resource web site at http://www.macwebsite.com. Designed as the premiere online source of information on server hardware, software, networking and management issues, macwebsite.com is destined to become the one stop information and education stop for Macintosh website operators. macwebsite.com officially goes live on October 1, and will initially include: * A searchable database of Mac server software * Online documentation for the most popular Mac server software packages * Tutorials, link collections and articles covering Macintosh server...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Mr. Sandrace Samuel, Marketing Executive Ruksun Software Technologies, India Email: sandrace@ruksun.com http://www.ruksun.com MTG-Ruksun Launches Easy Diary Calendaring & Scheduling Service Pushing the Boundaries of Scheduling and Collaboration from LANs and Intranets onto the World Wide Web PUNE, INDIA - October 1st, 1998 (MMG) -- Messaging Technologies Group, a division of Ruksun Software Technologies of India, today announced the launch of Easy Diary (located at: http://www.easydiary.com ), a free web-based calendar and scheduling service. This new service provides an efficient and dependable tool for day planning, making and confirming appointments and meetings, as well as sending or receiving event reminders. For high profile consultants, time management has become critical. To be able to get in touch with clients and business associates through email or phone-tag has become frustrating. Easy Diary makes life easier by sidestepping these time-...

From: Jason Vance (jason@conceptkitchen.com) Subject: TrafficReport b29 is here! We're pleased to announce beta 29 of TrafficReport. Advanced Reality Communications is pleased to announce Beta 29 of TrafficReport. TrafficReport is a comprehensive log analysis program for your web server. New Features in This Version Traffic Report is now threaded. This means that your computer will be more responsive while TR is creating a report, particularly an HTML report series. This addition requires that you have the Thread Manager installed on your computer. The Thread Manager is built into Mac OS 7.5 and later. Mac OS versions earlier than 7.5 require the Thread Manager extension. In addition to your computers increased responsiveness, you may find that TR produces reports significantly faster. You may now open log files via the File menus Open command. TR will automatically create a settings document and add the log you opened to it. TR Beta 29 *is* compatible with files created with Beta 20...

From: bill.m.catambay@die.spammers-lmco.com (Bill M. Catambay) Subject: [Ann] Pascal Source Code and Articles To all Macintosh Pascal programmers: The following is a summary of the current contents available at Pascal Central. For any of you who may not know about Pascal Central, Pascal Central provides the pascal community one place to obtain Pascal technical information, Pascal source code, and Pascal-related internet links. The home page is at http://pascal-central. Pascal Central is broken up into the following sections: FEATURED ARTICLES: These are the latest articles contributed to Pascal Central. See the end of this note for a summary of these articles. FORUMS & LINKS: This pages provides information on Pascal forums (such as the MacPascal mailing list, and the Pascal newsgroups), and several links to Pascal related web sites (for PC and Mac). To join the MacPascal mailing list, go to http://www.stairways.com/mailinglists/macpascal.html. NOTHING BUT MACINTOSH SOURCE CODE:...

EveryWare Development to be acquired by Pervasive Software Pervasive Software Offers to Purchase Award-winning Internet Technology for New Generation of Zero-administration, Web-enabled Data Management Solutions Mississauga, Ontario--October 1, 1998--EveryWare Development Inc. (ASE: EVE), the leading developer of cross-platform software for the construction and analysis of dynamic Web applications, today announced that it has signed a definitive support agreement with Pervasive Software Inc. (NASDAQ: PVSW) of Austin, Texas. Pervasive has agreed to commence an offer to purchase for cash all of the outstanding Common Shares of EveryWare Development Inc. at a price of Canadian $1.20 per share. In addition, Pervasive has entered into a Lock-Up Agreement with certain shareholders of EveryWare, representing more than 50% of EveryWares outstanding shares. Such shareholders have irrevocably agreed to tender their shares into the Pervasive offer. If all the Common Shares are tendered into the...

Men & Mice has released a beta version of QuickDNS Pro 2.1.1 which updates the QuickDNS server. The update protects the QuickDNS server against DNS spoofing (see more about DNS spoofing at: http://www.menandmice.com/dnsplace/dns_spoofing.html) The final version of QuickDNS Pro 2.1.1 is expected to be released within few weeks. The update is free for current users of QuickDNS Pro 2.0 and 2.1 As for further QuickDNS development, we expect to release QuickDNS Pro 2.2 in November. Among its benefits is increased security, allowing administrators to control which name servers are allowed to perform zone transfers from their servers. QuickDNS Pro 2.2 will also be available free of charge to QuickDNS 2.0 and 2.1 users. Any questions or comments can be sent to support@menandmice.com You can download the beta version of QuickDNS Pro 2.1.1 at: http://www.menandmice.com/products/quickdnspro/qdns211b.html Happy DNSing, The Men & Mice Staff

Subject: Autostart Hunter 1.1 released From: Yukos World (yukoswrd@parkcity.ne.jp) Yukos World is proud to announce the release of Autostart Hunter 1.1. 'Autostart Hunter' is a tiny anti virus software designed for exclusively for the worm named 'Autostart-9805'. The worm was first found in HongKong in May 1998. It infects only PowerPC based Macintosh via strage media like CD-ROM, MO, zip, jaz etc. including hard disks, by using the feature QuickTime 2.0 (or higher) povides. It then destroys some files stored in hard disk. Especially, since it attacks to PostScript composite font files (for Adobe Type Manager), many damages are reported in Japan. Autostart Hunter is a freeware, can be downloaded from our web site. Both English and Japanese version are available. Now, Postcard-style manual is included. English version is at: http://www.nettaxi.com/yukoswrd/ Japanese version is at: http://www.parkcity.ne.jp/~yukoswrd/index.html Thank you, Akira Nagata Yukos World Co., Ltd. mailto:...

News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kristen Moriarty Phone: 203-268-0030x3066 e-mail: kmoriarty@dataviz.com DataViz Ships Version 2.0 of Web Buddy Enhanced to Support Password Protected Sites, Proxy Servers and More -A free upgrade to all Web Buddy customers Trumbull, CT- September 30 1998- Today DataViz(R) began shipping Web Buddy(R) 2.0 for Macintosh and Windows 95, a package of Internet utilities focused on increasing the productivity and organization of web browsing, teaching and research. Along with other new features, version 2.0 of Web Buddy now handles password protected sites and supports proxy servers. Web Buddy 2.0 also incorporates "Intelligent web downloading" which includes some of the following new features: "stay in directory" while downloading and content filtering by extension or file type. Version 2.0 has also been updated to support the latest Internet protocols and can download sites faster than earlier versions of the product. Web Buddy is a free...

GenieWorks would like to announce SpotCheck 1.1.2. Finally, there is a java editor with a REAL difference. This is not just about color-coded syntax and code indentation... this is much more. Are you interested in setting up an inexpensive environment for Java development on the Mac? Check out SpotCheck, http://www.genieworks.com. It's not an IDE... just a VERY smart editor with automatic integration with the MRJ tools. And now it only costs $20. SpotCheck is designed to help a Java programmer produce correct code without relying on confusing and untimely feedback from a compiler. Specifically, SpotCheck identifies syntax errors and semantic errors (undefined names, type mismatches, etc.) -- those errors normally returned by a compiler. This analysis is performed after each edit, giving the programmer immediate feedback on errors. Now, you only need to compile to produce executable code. What's new in v1.1.2? * interface for compiling with Symantec's Visual Cafe * Metrowerks'...

An enhanced version of the Vicomsoft Internet Gateway is now available, offering increased performance, redesigned and improved interface, simplified setup and further administrator options. In addition, prices have been reduced. The Vicomsoft Internet Gateway with its Host Access Controls and CyberNOT filter lists continues to provide unique security for those, like schools, requiring control and management over LAN client access to the Internet. A system administrator can easily set the Gateway to block access to inappropriate or dangerous web sites and newsgroups. Users not requiring CyberNOT functionality should see our new SoftRouter Plus product. Feature list comparison with SoftRouter Plus: (http://www.vicomsoft.com/solutions/comparison.html) The Vicomsoft Internet Gateway is also now available cross-platform with a consistent interface for Mac OS, Windows and NT. For further information and demo software see: (http://www.vicomsoft.com/vig/vig.main.html)

From: Jim Murphy, Apple Heya, I'm pleased to announce that MacsBug 6.5.4a6, the coolest MacsBug thus far, is now available for your Mac OS debugging pleasure. 6.5.4a6 includes numerous bug fixes and cool new features you may not have known you needed, but will soon be unable to live without. Highlights include basic support for the new PowerPC AltiVec vector unit, initial mouse-based control (yes, MacsBug now has a cursor!), newly rewritten Watch Points support, and more robust Transition Vector commands. MacsBug is available from its new home on the web at: (http://developer.apple.com/dev/tools/debuggers/MacsBug/) Complete release notes are available online so you can preview the new version before downloading. Jim Murphy Mac OS Release Engineering/MacsBug murph@apple Apple Computer, Inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ONEWORLD SYSTEMS SHIPS LANDMARK ALL-IN-ONE COMMUNICATIONS SERVER FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES OneWorld 5000 Communications Server drives convergence of Internet, fax, data and remote access communications technologies SUNNYVALE, Calif., September 29, 1998 OneWorld Systems*, Inc. (NASDAQ: OWLD) announced today that it has shipped a landmark product, the OneWorld* 5000 communications server, that integrates Internet access, fax, data and remote access communications technologies in a way never before implemented for the small and medium office. For the first time, these critical communications functions have been integrated into a single server platform to provide, for small business, the same telecommunications efficiencies that previously had only been available to telecommunications carriers and large enterprise companies. "Choosing effectively from the smorgasbord of communications products is often a challenge for small businesses," said Raymond Boggs,...

Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands, September 29, 1998, Troi Automatisering announces the availability of the beta version of Troi Graphic Plug-in, for FileMaker Pro 4.0 both on Macintosh and Windows. Troi Graphic Plug-in 1.0b1 This plug-in adds powerful graphics functions to FileMaker Pro 4.0: RGB Colors: With this function you can fill container fields in any RGB (red, green, blue combination) color you want. Screen Capture: Capture the state of the screen into a container field: You can capture the complete screen or specify which part of the screen you want. This is great for customer support. Make Thumbnails: If you have large images already in a FileMaker database there is no easy way to make small preview images. But with the Graphic plug-in you now can create small thumbnails, all within FileMaker! Ideal for speedy images in Web Publishing Peter Baanen, company president, states that "This plug-in is great news for all web publishers that use FileMaker for publishing images on...

ODBC/SQL Plugin for FileMaker Pro 4.x now available Summary: Professional Data Management and Rumora Automatisering en Advies have released a plugin for Filemaker Pro 4.x, that allows users to transparently connect their Filemaker Pro database to an ODBC datasource. The ODBC/SQL plugin (available for Windows and MacOS) supports all standard SQL-92 commands and allows users to enjoy the total benefits of the ease of use of Filemaker Pro with its scripting and layout possibilities, without the need of advanced programming techniques or knowledge of programming languages. A Filemaker Pro database can now be turned into a client to many widely used ODBC datasources, such as Oracle, Informix, Sybase, Butler and others. The ODBC/SQL plugin is available for download on a try-before-you buy basis at http://www.profdata.nl/. Prices vary from US$ 75 for a one user license to US$ 3,000 for a cross platform site license. (end of summary) -o- Professional Data Management and Rumora Automatisering...