FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Nick DeMello Xplain Corporation marketing@xplain.com 805-494-9797 x105 NETPROFESSIONAL AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT MACWORLD EXPO -- Professional Journal for Web Developers and Network Administrators Invites reader contributions with "War Stories," "From the Trenches" NEW YORK CITY -- July 8, 1998 -- Xplain Corporation, publishers of NetProfessional(tm) magazine, here at Macworld Expo/New York released the July/August issue of the magazine, the first since the company acquired publishing rights to the title in March. The print magazine, for web developers and network administrators, is now a technical journal packed with in-depth articles on a variety of current challenges users face, peer-reviewed by experts in the field, and with active participation in the community. The NEW NetProfessional presents high-level, professional, technical, journal-style content. The first issue, as well as those that will follow, features how-to articles, detailed...

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Louise Denton, l.denton@activeconcepts.com Popular Web Analysis Tool Releases New Multilingual Version at MacWorld Active Concepts Announces Funnel Web 2.0 (New York, NY, MacWorld Expo - July 8th, 1998)Active Concepts today announced the release Funnel Web 2.0 the sophisticated web site profiling and analysis software for the Internet. Funnel Web 2.0 utilizes complex analysis and sophisticated data visualization procedures to provide vital information about the effectiveness of a Web site. It is avaliable for Macintosh, Windows 95 and Windows NT platforms and can be downloaded for trial from http://www.activeconcepts.com. Funnel Web 2.0 is a total management solution that delivers clear, extensive graphs and reports, providing a complete Internet management and auditing tool to measure Internet traffic through Web servers, FTP servers and CISCO routers. By identifying the location of users, the search strings used to find a site, the time spent...

PRESS RELEASE -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LIGHTSOFT UPDATES FANTASM TO VERSION 5.2 Grantham, U.K. 7 July 98: Lightsoft today announced the immediate availability of Fantasm 5.20. This latest update adds new linker and improves functionality. This new version adds new features and fixes a few bugs:- A new PEF linker with support for weak linking to shared libraries. The Project Manager makes use of Navigation Services if available (PowerMac only). Rewrite of pop-up labels: now sorts by type (code, data etc.) and makes available a list of included files. General all round improvements such as cleaner interface, file touching, project searching and the most requested feature -- project windows that remember their position. And of course, many bug fixes and tweaks. Version 5.20 fixes an incompatibility with Sound Manager 3.3. Registered Fantasm 5 users who have not received their update should contact Lightsoft. Fantasm is a powerful Macintosh assembly language development environment...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 1998 CONTACT: Karl Bunker KarlBunker@aol.com MultiTimer Pro 3.0 Released; A Powerful, Easy To Use Time-Tracking and Billing Utility for Macintosh-Using Professionals Macintosh software developer Karl Bunker announces the release of "MultiTimer Pro". MultiTimer Pro is a utility for tracking the time spent on projects and jobs performed on a Mac. MultiTimer Pro will be useful to graphic designers, Web designers, content creators of all types, consultants, lawyers, accountants, and anyone who uses a Mac and either bills for their time or needs to keep track of time for any other purpose. The defining characteristic of MultiTimer Pro is ease of use coupled with powerful features. Its clear, clean design makes it "instantly usable", yet it also delivers a range of sophisticated capabilities not found in any competing product. Here are just a few of the features of MultiTimer Pro: * Track time EASILY, with a simple and intuitive interface. * Track expenses as...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS Sandra Wear The docSpace Company, Inc. Tel: 416-410-XDOX (9369) slwear@docspace.com The docSpace Company Offers docSpace Express for Free Consumers docSpace'ing For Secure, Instant Global Delivery of Files Toronto, ON -- The docSpace Company (formerly Intrasect Technologies Inc.) today starts offering the docSpace Express Web courier service for free from its site, http://www.docspace.com. docSpace Express is an instant way to securely deliver and receive multiple files with full delivery tracking using nothing but a Web browser. docSpace Express is a user's very own private Web courier that securely sends & receives files. It lets senders know who has looked at what files and when they did so. Users' secure Web "delivery space" eliminates file pick-up from a...

PRESS RELEASE For more information, contact: http://www.strategicfocus.com Jay Prakash (jay@strategicfocus.com) Ph: 408-942-1500 STRATEGIC FOCUS, INC. SAYS, WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT TOOL EXPENDITURES TO GROW BY 33.2% in USA Versus 43.6% in Europe in 1998 July 7th, Milpitas, CA ... Strategic Focus, Inc. a market research and software evaluation firm based in Milpitas, California, said today that the US market for Web application development tools in 1998 will grow by 33.2% over 1997 . The European market is forecasted to grow by 43.6% during the same period. These results are the outcome of a recently published, demand based, two volume study called "TRENDS IN WEB & JAVA APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT MARKETS" in USA and Europe. Published in June 1998, the study is based on a survey of Application Developers and MIS managers. The US study is based on a mail survey and has a base of 200 respondents. The European study is based on a phone interviews in three countries UK, Germany and...

Menominee, Michigan (July 7, 1998) -- Strider Software announces the debut of TypeStyler III, the anxiously awaited update to the popular Macintosh design software. Strider will be showcasing the new product in Apple Computer's Digital Media pavilion, at the MacWorld Expo July 8-10th at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. "TypeStyler III is the ultimate typographical design environment," said Dave Stillman, Strider's Director of Operations. "TypeStyler's quick access to high end image processing effects, combined with its built in type distortion and path editing tools, allow even complex jobs to be done quickly and easily -- solely within TypeStyler III." Professional quality designs are just a few clicks away with TypeStyler III, providing virtually instant access to distortions, path editing, glows, soft shadows, texture fills, transparency, lighting and much more. TypeStyler III delivers dazzling, professional output on both QuickDraw and PostScript printers. Users can...

FOR RELEASE ON JULY 6, 1998 Phone: 805-963-6983 888-2-WebTen FAX: 805-962-8202 Contact: Anita Holmgren Internet: anita@tenon.com http://www.tenon.com/products/webten Ultimate Web Monitoring Tool for the Ultimate Web Server Tenon and Neuron Data Systems Partner to Give WebTen Automatic Server Restart Capability Santa Barbara, CA, July 6, 1998. Tenon Intersystems today announced the availability of Neuron Data Systems' MacCoach 2.0, a compact, micro-processor-based ADB device that restarts a Mac after a stall or crash. The MacCoach Automatic Server Restart device has the ability to catch failures from any application, without the need for plug-in support by the application being monitored. MacCoach 2.0 is being introduced at Macworld in New York on July 8th by Neuron Data Systems. The retail price of MacCoach is US$99. For a limited time only, WebTen customers can purchase MacCoach directly from Tenon at the special price of $55. MacCoach's automatic restart capability...

FOR RELEASE ON JULY 6, 1998 Phone: 805-963-6983 888-2-WebTen FAX: 805-962-8202 Contact: Anita Holmgren Internet: anita@tenon.com http://www.tenon.com/products/webten Search Engine Now Available for WebTen WebTen SDK Provides the Framework for Extending Tenon's Apache-Based Web Server Santa Barbara, CA, July 6, 1998. Tenon Intersystems today announced the availability of ht://Dig, a high-performance, full-featured search engine for WebTen. The popular ht://Dig search engine was developed at San Diego State University. Using WebTen's SDK toolsuite, this UNIX-based search engine was easily incorporated into Tenon's Apache-based web server for Power Mac. "We needed a high-performance crawler type search engine with specific characteristics for our purposes", said Neil Ticktin, CEO of Xplain Corporation and publisher of both NetProfessional and MacTech magazines. "Upon looking around, ht://Dig looked to be a great solution that was in use by some very high volume sites. Tenon was able...

From: Eric Weidl (weidl@INTERSITES.COM) Subject: URGENT: Serious Security Hole affecting Tango in NT/IIS Hello, We have just become aware of a serious security hole in Microsoft's Internet Information Server product. This bug can seriously compromise the security of any web server running IIS including Tango application files. As a developer of web-based applications, Intersites takes this matter very seriously. We have already notified our clients of the problem and taken corrective action to protect TAFs on our servers. In essence, the bug will allow anyone to view the source of any script (i.e. any TAF) running on a web server. As you are probably aware it is easy to view the source code of any static HTML page with a web browser, but it was not possible to view the source code of an application which runs on the server. At least it wasn't believed to be possible. The bug in IIS makes it possible. Because web-based applications typically have passwords embedded in them, having...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Editorial Contacts Sue Nail CE Software, Inc. (515) 221-1801 ext. 3025 or (605) 235-1991 sue.nail@cesoft.com Available: August, 1998 $99.95 for a 10-user license For more information: http://www.cesoft.com CE Software Announces New Directory System for Mac Internet E-mail Server Brings Convenient Central Directory for Contact Information to AppleShare IP and Eudora Internet Mail Server Users West Des Moines, Iowa, July 6, 1998CE Software, Inc., makers of QuickMail, today enhanced the functionality and convenience of Mac OS E-mail systems with a new central directory that stores and updates contact information for an entire organization. Designed to work with AppleShare IP or the Eudora Internet Mail System (EIMS), CE Software's new Mail Directory System for Mac OS maintains up-to-date phone numbers, E-mail addresses and other information about staff, partners and customers. Users can search this data from any directory-enabled E-mail program, including QuickMail...

PRESS RELEASE -- For Immediate Release For more information, contact: press@mindvision.com (402) 477-3269 product info and screen shots at (http://www.mindvision.com) If you do not wish to receive press releases from us, or if you prefer to receive them at a different address, please let us know at (mailto:press@mindvision.com). MINDVISION SHIPS INSTALLER VISE 5.5 Takes software delivery solutions to the next level MindVision today announces the immediate availability of Installer VISE 5.5, a major upgrade to the industry standard Macintosh installer solution. "Not only are our thousands of customers our #1 marketing resource, they are our best source of ideas for new features. Every feature in Installer VISE 5.5 is a result of ideas from our customers," said Steve Kiene, CEO of MindVision. "We are a customer-driven company. With the renewed developer interest in the Macintosh platform, MindVision continues to work harder than ever to produce the best...

UMAX Drops Price on Mirage II Professional Scanner by $800 Now Shipping with MagicScan 4.0 Scanning Control and Image Enhancement Software Fremont, Calif., June 30, 1998 UMAX Technologies, Inc., the U.S. scanner market leader and supplier of imaging and computer technologies, today announced that it reduced the price of the Mirage II professional quality scanner by $800. Originally available for a suggested retail price of $7,295, the Mirage II is now available for $6,495. In addition to new pricing, UMAX has upgraded its software bundle to include MagicScan 4.0, the latest version of its image enhancement and control software. The Mirage II is a large format (A3 size) scanner based on a patented dual-lens design which allows users to choose between two resolution ranges for the flexibility to scan images as small as 35 mm and up to ll.4" x 17". The single-pass, 36-bit scanner increases in-house productivity by providing batch scanning and pre-press capabilities intended for...

DevDepot'S 4TH OF JULY BLOW OUT SALE: JULY 3 - JULY 5 DevDepot is your online source for programming and developer tools. To celebrate the 4th of July, we're knocking an extra 10% off of our already low prices--this weekend only! To qualify for the 10% off you need to order via e-mail, fax, or on our convenient web site. That's it--any order you place via any of these ways AUTOMATICALLY qualifies you. (Due to the overwhelming response expected, we cannot take phone orders at the discount price. If you need to speak to us by phone, send us an e-mail with your phone number and we will call you--and you will still qualify for the discount). on the Web at: http://www.devdepot.com via e-mail at: orders@devdepot.com or via fax to: 805/494-9798 Hurry and pay us a visit at (http://www.devdepot.com) and take advantage of our 4th of July sale, it's a limited time offer! (Orders must be received by midnight, July 5, 1998 to qualify) MEDIA CONTACT: Nick DeMello (...

IDG's MACWORLD Expo - the Creative World to Offer Professionals In-Depth Technical Training Through Macworld/Pro Seminar Tailored to the 56 percent of attendees from creative sector NEW YORK -- Creative professionals attending next week's MACWORLD Expo - the Creative World will get the chance to attend the acclaimed Macworld/Pro conference, a technologically intensive professional development seminar series lead by creative professionals for creative professionals. In addition to Macworld/Pro, MACWORLD Expo - the Creative World will offer a pre-show day-long conference focusing on very specific topics such as digital creativity and networking. Both the Macworld/Pro and the pre-show conference are designed specifically for creative professionals from the new media, advertising, design, arts, entertainment and publishing industries who derive benefit from in-depth training courses in which they learn new techniques and tricks applicable to their everyday jobs. A pre-show survey by IDG...

Contact: Marty Hoag, Public Relations Manager Sage U.S. Inc. Phone 972-818-3900, ext. 2724 Fax 972-248-0850 mhoag@sageus.com SAGE U.S., INC. TO DEMONSTRATE TIMESLIPS DELUXE FOR THE MAC V5 AT MACWORLD '98-TEMPLATES INCLUDED FOR AD AGENCIES, LEGAL AND OTHER SERVICE PROFESSIONALS DALLAS, TX - Sage U.S., Inc. will demonstrate Timeslips Deluxe For The Mac Version 5.0 in the Sage U.S., Inc. booth #1547 at MacWorld, being held July 6-10 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. Timeslips is the best-selling and most award-winning time and billing software for service professionals who track and bill their time. Released in November 1997, Timeslips Deluxe For The Mac Version 5 is a comprehensive time and billing program designed to help small and medium sized companies account for professional time and expenses, produce customized billing and generate vital management reports that support budgeting and accounting processes. Upon start-up, Timeslips Deluxe For The Macintosh Version 5...

For Immediate Release Newtown, Connecticut July 1, 1998 SnapMail Returns to Original Authors Glass Bead Software today announced the re-acquisition of their SnapMail e-mail package from Casady and Greene, Inc., and the immediate release of SnapMail 2.5, which increases stability and introduces drag-and-drop text and the ability to send and receive styled and colored text. Glass Bead will provide technical support via their web site at http://www.glassbead.com/snapmail/, and will continue to release compelling upgrades to SnapMail that support core Mac OS technologies. The software will now be sold as shareware. Until September 1, SnapMail is available for the introductory price of $15 per user ($10 per user for educational institutions and charitable non-profits). A 100-user, 21-day demo is available on the SnapMail web site. About SnapMail: SnapMail is a popular peer-to-peer distributed e-mail and chat application for the Macintosh and Power Macintosh. It was created in 1991 by Glass...

Macworld Expo, NY - July 8, 1998 - Keyspan, the leading supplier of PCI communications cards for Mac OS today announced its Keyspan IR card. The Keyspan IR Card is a "first-of-its-kind" PCI card that enables a Macintosh to communicate via infrared with televisions, VCRs, DVD players, CD changers and other home theater components. The Keyspan IR card opens the door to an entire new use for the home-based Macintosh. To retail for under $300, the Keyspan IR card will be on display at Keyspan's booth (#1724) during Macworld Expo. Evaluation units will be available in mid-July with product release set for mid-August 1998. The Keyspan IR Card will at first be sold through OEM channels to manufacturers and custom designers in the home theater industry. The Keyspan IR Card will also be available to consumers who are interested in constructing their own Macintosh-controlled home theater and home automation solutions. Controllable via Applescript, C and C++, users can write their own programs...

MEDIA CONTACTS: Jennifer Lyng and Nicole Rowland email: pr@aladdinsys.com (408) 761-6200 ALADDIN SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES THE JUST STUFFIT DEVELOPERS PROGRAM FOR SHAREWARE AND FREEWARE DEVELOPERS Aladdin Supports Shareware And Freeware Developers With Special Marketing Opportunities Watsonville, CA - June 30 1998- Aladdin Systems announced today the "Just StuffIt(tm) Developers Program" for shareware and freeware developers. The Just StuffIt Developers Program is a unique marketing opportunity designed to provide added exposure, broaden software distribution, and ease the financial burden of product development for shareware and freeware developers. "The Just StuffIt Developers Program is founded on Aladdin's commitment to the shareware and freeware philosophy of software development," said Jonathan Kahn, vice president of sales and business development. "This program supports dynamic and integral players in the software industry by offering new marketing opportunities to help build...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jody Kramer (650) 937-3989 kramer@netscape.com NETSCAPE NETCENTER 2.0 PORTAL SITE LIVE TODAY FOR MILLIONS OF INTERNET USERS Expanded Site Provides Essential Consumer Portal Services, Receives Excellent User Feedback In Beta Testing MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (June 30, 1998) -- Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:NSCP) today announced the availability of its redesigned and expanded Netscape Netcenter portal site. "Netscape Netcenter 2.0" will include seventeen content channels, a set of leading-edge services including new Netscape-branded Search, SmartUpdate, Software Download, WebMail (scheduled for release in beta later this week) and Member Directory. Netcenter 2.0 also includes an innovative, new integrated navigation scheme that brings together Netcenter content and services to make the site very easy to use. Also scheduled for roll-out soon for Netscape Netcenter and Netscape Communicator client software are Netscape Smart Browsing, a new way...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Larry Kettler Insider Software 760-804-9900 LKettler@InsiderSoftware.com INSIDER UPDATEAGENT 2.6 SHIPS WITH NEW NAME, ONE-TIME EDITION AND LOWER PRICES Leading Macintosh Software Updater Now Has Three Flexibly-Priced Editions June 30, 1998 [Carlsbad, CA] Insider Software today announced the availability of Insider UpdateAgent 2.6, the product formerly known as Insider Updates, a new version that includes performance enhancements, interface improvements, and tight integration with Insider's web site In addition to its existing Standard and CD Editions, the new release includes a new Limited Edition that updates all the applications on a Macintosh system one time for only $12.95 US. LIMITED EDITION UPDATES ALL SOFTWARE ON A MACINTOSH FOR $12.95 The new, Limited Edition offers the full functionality of Insider UpdateAgent, scanning a Macintosh system's hard drives for all application and operating system files, then retrieving new versions of outdated files...

29 June 1998 -- Macintosh software developer Alco Blom announced the introduction today of Web Confidential, his latest offering of Macintosh software. Web Confidential is an intuitive, easy-to-use program for managing user IDs, passwords, registration numbers, and the like. Thanks to the use of a number of advanced features of the Mac operating system, Web Confidential can be used in close conjunction with popular Mac Internet software, such as Netscape Navigator, Explorer and Eudora. While Web Confidential is suitable for a wide variety of personal data, from creditcard numbers to serial numbers, Alco Blom designed Web Confidential particularly for the World Wide Web in mind. "Increasing numbers of Web sites maintain some form of user registration," points out Blom. "You may not realize it, but in the course of time you may registered at a couple of dozen sites. Do you remember the passwords you entered for all of them?" Web Confidential allows Web surfers to store URLs, user IDs,...

Media Contact: Naomi Pearce Pearce Communications 510/528-0824 mailto:naomi@well.com SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS ANNOUNCES REBOUND! NOW AVAILABLE TO GENERAL PUBLIC -- Auto-Restart ADB Device Ensures Server Reliability, Automatically -- BOTHELL, Wash., June 29, 1998 -- Sophisticated Circuits today announced Rebound!(tm) is now available to the general public. Previously available exclusively with WebSTAR 3.0, the leading Web server on the Macintosh platform, Rebound! is the newest member of the PowerKey family of products which continuously monitors an active server for failures and, when necessary, automatically reboots the system by sending the keyboard restart key sequence. A highly integrated hardware/software solution, Rebound! provides a fully automated system for ensuring reliability and optimal up-time for Mac OS-based servers worldwide. Rebound! is now available to the general public for a street price of $99 at (http://www.sophisticated.com/). "Every well-designed web site or...

June 26, 1998 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lynn Macias, (650) 583-4923 NEW COURSES START JULY 20TH AT DIGITAL UNIVERSITY Registration is currently being accepted for professional courses on Multimedia, Graphic Design, and Business & Management. Digital University uses an approach designed to help busy professionals enhance their abilities anywhere, anytime and on-demand. All you need is a computer and an Internet connection with a web browser. The University's four-week courses, which begin July 20, start at $50 each and are taught by professionals with classroom and university teaching experience, as well as strong backgrounds in the new media industry. Course offerings include Photoshop, JavaScript, HTML, VRML, Internet Security, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office and more. Courses repeat every five weeks. View our course catalog on our site (www.digitaledu.com) and choose one or several classes to enhance your career or personal development. Courses are available...