DAVE MARK'S "LEARN C ON THE MACINTOSH" UPDATED FOR MAC OS X SpiderWorks Publishes New Mac OS X Edition of the Bestselling Programming Tutorial. ARLINGTON, Virginia (February 9, 2005) - SpiderWorks, LLC today announced the exclusive eBook release of Dave Mark's "Learn C on the Macintosh (Mac OS X Edition)". Considered a classic by an entire generation of Mac programmers, this popular guide has been completely updated for Mac OS X. Don't know anything about programming? No problem! Dave Mark, whose best-selling books have helped educate legions of developers world-wide, starts out with the basics and takes you through a complete course in programming C using Apple's free Xcode Tools. Perfect for beginners learning to program, this new PDF eBook includes all new Xcode examples for Mac OS X and is available from the SpiderWorks.com web site for only $14.95 (USD). "With the advent of Apple's free Xcode tools, there's a new generation of Mac users interested in learning how to program...

For immediate release: Today, GoldfishSoft released SaveMe 1.0, a program to add auto-saving to virtually every Mac OS X program in existence. Compatible with big-name programs like Photoshop, FileMaker Pro, and Keynote, as well as smaller programs like TextEdit and Stickies, SaveMe can save your files at any interval you specify-from once every 30 seconds to once a day. With SaveMe, you never have to remember to save your files again; you can just sit back as SaveMe does it automatically. SaveMe is $25 shareware for Mac OS 10.3 and up. More information is available from http://www.goldfishsoft.com/saveme.html You can download SaveMe directly from http://www.goldfishsoft.com/files/SaveMe.tgz -About GoldfishSoft- GoldfishSoft is a company devoted to creating high-quality software, including games, mathematical tools, and utilities for Mac OS X. Online at http://www.goldfishsoft.com/

PRESS RELEASE ARBORETUM RELEASES HYPERENGINE-AV(TM) UNDER A GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Mac OS X video editing software seamlessly combines video, photo, audio and text files with an interface anyone can master. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA -- Arboretum Systems is pleased to announce the release of HyperEngine-AV v. 1.5, now a free to all to download, use and distribute software program. The software can be downloaded from Arboretum website at: www.arboretum.com. By releasing HyperEngine-AV as a free software, we are very happy to offer our contribution to the worldwide community of digital movie makers. In its present state, HyperEngine-AV is not only a comprehensive video editor already but it also represents a solid code foundation, widely open to further developments in a number of interesting directions. By opening it also to the worldwide community of developers as open source code, we believe it will evolve at a rapid rate into a more and more powerful application, capable of responding to...

ADHOC 2005 Call For Papers Following up on an exciting and successful MacWorld San Francisco, The Advanced Developers Hands On Conference (ADHOC) is announcing the Call For Papers for ADHOC 2005/MacHack 20. ADHOC focuses on, but is not limited to, Macintosh and Unix development issues. Abstracts for papers must be received by February 28, 2005 by the conference papers committee for consideration. Have you done interesting work you would like to tell others about? Many new things are happening in the world of computing, from low cost supercomputing to new OS releases. New programming languages and tools are always showing up and need good discussion. New or expanded techniques used in code development can be shared and expanded on for the good of the software community. Possible topics for this year's ADHOC include: * New development in Apple's Tiger version of Mac OS X. (Slated to ship before ADHOC.) * Game and video techniques * Cross-platform development * AltiVec (aka Velocity...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Seapine Software Completes Integration with Popular JetBrains Java IDE IntelliJ IDEA Now Included in Seapine Surround Source Code Management Tool MASON, Ohio, and PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- February 8, 2005 -- Seapine Software, Inc., a leading provider of adaptable application lifecycle management (AALM) solutions and JetBrains, Inc., creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing tools, today announced the completion of an integration which will simplify source code management for Java programmers working on code stored in Seapine Surround SCM. Integrating Seapine Surround SCM seamlessly with JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 4.5 enables software development teams to easily access their source code, perform various Surround SCM commands such as check in/out, diff/merge, get and share files, and view historical information, all from within the IntelliJ IDEA environment. "Seapine and JetBrains are innovators and technology leaders in Java development tools," said Richard...

PERTH, Western Australia -- February 1, 2005 -- Pixelglow Software today launched a major new version of their flagship library, macstl 0.2. Available now, macstl is a portable SIMD (single instruction multiple data) toolkit featuring fast transcendental and integer division functions, complex number arithmetic and cross-platform programming, all in an easy-to-use syntax. macstl requires Mac OS X 10.3 or Windows 2000, XP or Server 2003. The library is open-source and free when derived code is reciprocated, otherwise it is $99 for a Personal license and $499 for a Corporate License. Product: http://www.pixelglow.com/macstl/ Download: http://www.pixelglow.com/macstl/download/ Email: macstl at pixelglow dot com. This year may see the SIMD architecture of the PowerPC Altivec achieve widespread adoption. Apple's new low-cost Mac Mini, the IBM/Sony Cell processor and the Microsoft Xbox2 console may all feature the parallel processing power of Altivec. And of course, SIMD features in the...

DANNY GOODMAN'S APPLESCRIPT HANDBOOK UPDATED FOR MAC OS X SpiderWorks Publishes New Mac OS X Edition of the Bestselling AppleScript Reference. ARLINGTON, Virginia (February 4, 2005) - SpiderWorks, LLC today announced the exclusive eBook release of "Danny Goodman's AppleScript Handbook (Mac OS X Edition)". One of the most recommended AppleScript books ever published, this definitive guide has been completely rewritten for Mac OS X by scripting guru Danny Goodman. This super-sized, Third Edition includes all new Mac OS X examples and is available from the SpiderWorks.com web site as a PDF eBook for only $14.95 (USD). With the widespread adoption of Mac OS X, Danny Goodman has received countless requests over the years to update his beloved "AppleScript Handbook." Even though the previous edition was published more than ten years ago, it is still considered one of the most essential AppleScript references ever written, remaining a popular title in the used and out-of-print book market...

Atlanta, GA - February 3, 2005 - Big Nerd Ranch Announces Cocoa Bootcamp March 21-25, 2005 Big Nerd Ranch announces the first Cocoa Bootcamp of 2005, slated for March 21-25. The five day intensive class, revised in the summer of 2004 to include more comprehensive sections on bindings, is one of the most popular Big Nerd Ranch offerings. While labor intensive and chock-full of blocks of instruction matched with intensive hands-on exercises, Cocoa Bootcamp is ideal for any skill level of Cocoa programmer. The flexible nature of the bootcamp, tailored to meet the needs and interests of the students, allows the flow of the class to be dictated by the participants. Cocoa Bootcamp instructor, Aaron Hillegass, said, "One of the things we really stress at the Big Nerd Ranch is individualized attention. That way, initiates to Cocoa programming can get a wealth of information in a short period of time, and experienced programmers can more thoroughly develop their programming skills and get a...

THIRD OF FOUR: DEVONAGENT 1.5 (AND DEVONTHINK 1.9.2) London (UK, European Union), 2nd of February, 2005 -- DEVONtechnologies Ltd. releases version 1.5 of its Internet research tool DEVONagent. Also, it updates DEVONthink Personal Edition to version 1.9.2. DEVONagent 1.5, DEVONthink's research companion, is the first major update for almost a year and so it comes with a huge list of new features, improvements and, of course, some bugfixes. First of all, the user interface has been revamped to make web research much easier than in previous versions, and includes a simplified search window similar to iTunes. The preferences dialog window has been simplified, a pop-up menu gives direct access to search settings and a new search set editor allows to comfortable define and manage sets of all parameters that define where and how to search. Sets can be added, edited, saved and exported. Search sets contain now both, a list of websites to scan and a list of all plug-ins that are queried when...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUMMARY: pagesender 3.3.1 updates SmileOnMyMac's award-winning, full-featured fax software with a number of improvements. pagesender (30-day free demo, $29.95) requires Mac OS X 10.1.3 or later. DOWNLOAD LINK http://www.smileonmymac.com/pagesender/download.html Portland, OR - February 1, 2005 - pagesender, SmileOnMyMac's fax software that really works for Mac OS X has been updated to version 3.3.1, which includes: - Progress bar on Dock icon updates properly - Setup pagesender from print dialog popup works properly - Fixed post-registration problem on Italian systems - Use with Ovolab Phlink for a complete fax and voicemail solution pagesender features: - Send faxes and (PDF) E-mails directly from the print dialog - Receive faxes using your fax modem - Print, E-mail, and even AppleScript received faxes - Use with any popular address book or E-mail client - Live addressing with Address Book (10.2) and Entourage - Attach additional PDF documents when faxing - Use...

THE WORLD'S MOST AFFORDABLE MAC WITH THE WORLD'S EASIEST APACHE Macminicolo.net & Tenon team up to offer iTools on the Mac mini Austin & Santa Barbara, CA, February 1, 2005. Tenon, the developer of iTools, a popular web server configuration and management tool, and Macminicolo.net, a high-speed Mac mini collocation service, announce a partnership to offer the easiest and least expensive Apache web services on the planet. Combining Apple's new Mac mini ("the most affordable Mac ever") with Tenon's Apache toolsuite (known for its simplicity and power) provides an inexpensive way to host Apache web services, domain name service (DNS), file transfer (FTP), and WebDAV (for collaborative content creation). iTools includes a full complement of open source packages: PHP (for scripting), MySQL (database), Tomcat (Java), Gallery (for displaying photos), phpBB2 (for bulletin boards), b2++ (for blogging), PHP-Nuke (creating web portals for community sharing), as well as built-in web...

Alias Announces Maya 6.5 Dedicated to Addressing the Needs of Next-Generation Productions Maya 6.5 Now Available to Download for Customers on Platinum Membership Prog= ram Toronto, Canada - January 31, 2005 - Alias revealed today the latest version of its award-winning Maya software package, focused on meeting the demands of the most challenging next-generation productions. Maya 6.5 is a performance-driven release optimized to meet the needs of games, film, broadcast and digital publishing professionals seeking dramatic performance enhancements while working with massive datasets. By re-architecting the software to boost performance across the package, Alias has prepared Maya to provide the power and reliability to work with the heaviest models, scenes and animation data. Customers on the Maya Platinum Membership Program can download the software today at (http://www.alias.com/maya/support). Maya 6.5 will begin shipping worldwide in February 2005. "This latest version of Maya proves...

WEB CROSSING NOW SUPPORTS PODCASTING Leading, Scalable Message Board and Collaboration Tools Now Powers Podcasting Via Weblog and RSS Plug-ins SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., January 31, 2005 -- Web Crossing, Inc., the leader in scalable message board and collaboration tools, today announced new standards-based support for Podcasting. Now for the first time, Web Crossing users can publish podcasts for distribution from a Weblog or over a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed. "Web Crossing regularly adds standards-based collaboration tools to its legendary message board platform," said Tim Lundeen, president and CEO of Web Crossing, Inc. "Podcasting MP3 audio files is an exciting supplement to our wide range of collaboration capabilities. Whether providing audio format educational tools, complete tutorials, workgroup reports, or simply entertainment, podcasting support nicely extends Web Crossing's weblog and RSS capabilities." Podcasting from Web Crossing Boards or Blogs Podcasting is a hot,...

HairerSoft releases Amadeus II v3.8 For Immediate Release Kenilworth, United Kingdom, January 27, 2005 -- HairerSoft today announces the release of Amadeus II v3.8, their premiere disk-based, Mp3 supporting, visual waveform audio file editing and analyzing application for the MacOS and MacOS X. Amadeus II lets you use your Macintosh computer for many sound-related applications, such as live audio recording, digitizing tapes and records, sampling from any external source and for editing and analyzing Mp3, Ogg Vorbis, AIFF, FLAC, SoundDesigner II, QuickTime or WAVE files. Thanks to its powerful direct-to-disk abilities, one can easily and rapidly edit arbitrarily large sounds (even with sizes beyond the 2GB limit). The handling of large sounds is facilitated by the extensive support of markers. Its outstanding sound repairing and denoising abilities make Amadeus II particularly suitable for transferring vinyl records on CD. New features of version 3.8 include: - Completely redesigned...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Inventive Releases iClip 3.5 Productivity Software for Apple Mac OS X New Version Features New Menu System, Persistent Clipboard Recorder, Improved Help NASHUA, New Hampshire, Jan 26, 2005 Inventive, Inc. (http://inventive.us) announces the release of iClip version 3.5, their award winning productivity software for Mac OS X. iClip enables users to quickly store, organize, and access snippets of information without having to save them as entire documents. Now available in iClip is a new menu system that moves the main iClip functions from the global menu to a set of menus directly within the iClip window, making it much more intuitive to use. The contents of the Clipboard Recorder are now automatically preserved through iClip relaunches and restarts, eliminating the need for users to explicitly store it before quitting. Also new in version 3.5 are significant improvements to iClip documentation, in that it now uses Apple's Help Viewer application, making it easy...

Press Release 1/25/05 Copypaste the one and only award winning multiple clipboard editor/archival utility was released today with a major new feature called yType. yType adds typing acceleration, instantaneous spell checking, word prediction, typing logger, inline equation solving that works in any application. Now with yType, CopyPaste has become a whole new breed of application that allows you to do less and accomplish more. CopyPaste is the digital hub for clipboard material and now in addition to the clipboard manangement it has yType for typing acceleration. CopyPaste by itself is incredibly useful but with yType it becomes essential (see yType features below). It is easy to use, saves time and allows you to do less and accomplish more. That is why along with iKey and iClock, Copypaste is one of the 3 essential utilities for every person using Mac OS X. For more information and to download and try out the new version go to: http://www.scriptsoftware.com http://www.scriptsoftware....

MenuStrip 3.0.2: Take Control of Your Mac OS X Menu Bar Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) January 21, 2005 -- MacPowerUser Software is proud to announce a significant update to MenuStrip 3, our popular menu bar enhancement and control strip utility for Mac OS X. New features and improvements in MenuStrip 3.0.2: - Easily create new shortcuts to applications or documents by simple drag and drop - Create new custom drop-down menus quickly by simply dragging a folder or group of files - Further substantial improvements in memory and CPU usage - Quick Launcher tool now has more added intelligence so that searches list only the most relevant items - Added significantly more date and time display options to the menu clock - Many various bug fixes Along with these new built-in features and improvements, MenuStrip 3.0.2 also adds support for two new plugins. These new plugins, along with our first MenuStrip 3 plugin, TunesControl, are now packaged together as a free 'MenuStrip PluginPack'. The three...

APPLESCRIPT PRO SESSIONS OFFERED IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA Five-day training event features in-depth coverage of major scripting applications Atlanta, Georgia--A unique opportunity to learn more about AppleScript is coming to Monterey, California, May 2-6, 2005. Shane Stanley of Myriad Communications of Melbourne, Australia, and Ray Robertson of Scripting Matters of Atlanta are again teaming up to offer five days of AppleScript Pro Sessions. "This will be our seventh Pro Sessions, and we are looking forward to returning to Monterey," said Robertson. "It is a beautiful place, and students find it the perfect place to learn and relax." AppleScript is a unique automation technology bundled with the Macintosh operating system. "AppleScript is one of Apple's best kept secrets, and it's saving smart businesses millions of dollars," said Stanley. "It can literally change your working life--you can finally make computers do all the tedious things they're supposed to do." Suited for both new and...

Syncro Soft Announces New Release of (oXygen/) XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Debugger. Release date: January 18, 2005 Syncro Soft Ltd, the producer of (oXygen/) XML Editor, has announced the immediate availability of Version 5.1 of its XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Debugger. Version 5.1 of the XML Editor adds as main features folding, code templates, better Relax NG support, Schematron validation and the possibility to use MSXML and XSLTProc as XSLT transformers. New in version 5.1: (oXygen/) XML Editor adds a new source folding feature that allows collapsing and expanding elements leaving in the focus only the ones you need to edit. The folds are persistent: the next time you will open the document the folds are restored to the last state so you can continue to work from where you left. The Model View has now support for Relax NG. The content completion based on a Relax NG schema has been reimplemented to offer a similar support with the one based on XML Schema or DTD. Now...

CDFINDER 4.3.1 RELEASED January 18, 2005, Langenhahn, Germany West-Forest-Systems today announced the immediate availability of CDFinder 4.3.1. CDFinder is the perfect software solution to organize your disk and data archive, and to keep track of digital media assets. In essence, it is a powerful disk cataloging utility for the Apple Macintosh that catalogs any data disk, CD-ROM, DVD, iPod, network volume, floppy, ZIP, Audio-CD, and more. CDFinder can also share the catalog data in a network, and supports a wife variety of audio data, including MP3 and AAC files, and even Audio-CDs. Contents of archive files can be cataloged as well, including StuffIt (up to version 6.5.1), Compact Pro, ZIP (used by Panther), TAR, and Apple Installer (Tome) files. The CDFinder application contains the user interface translated into several languages: German, French, English, Italian, Swedish, Chinese, Spanish, and Dutch. Together with CDWinder 1.9.1 for Windows, (http://www.cdwinder.de/) this is a...

Plug-And-Play Data Acquisition For Mac OS X January 18, 2005 VVI today announced the release of DAQ Plot version 9.7.1, which adds plug-and-play low-cost and high-precision data acquisition hardware in addition to many advanced processing features. John Brilhart, Chief Technical Officer of VVI, made this statement: "DAQ Plot is the quickest and easiest way to view data from sensors and laboratory equipment with voltage connectors. Simply plug the accompanying data acquisition hardware into your computer's USB connector and DAQ Plot is ready to use it. With DAQ Plot, engineers better understand their process and manufacturing systems, scientists gain easy access to their research data and educators and students demonstrate and learn about voltage and electrical concepts. Because of its ease of use, power and versatility DAQ Plot is applied to many situations to give immediate and highly interpretable output. Now with both low-cost and high-precision hardware it is even more applicable...

NetStores announces MacCommerce Designer and MacCommerce Server Upgrades. Major Upgrade Features of MacCommerce Designer and MacCommerce Server NetStores today announced MacCommerce Designer and MacCommerce Server version 1.03. The upgraded features are among the first to add Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC), International Merchant Account acceptance, and additional international Gateway Support. Related features include Plug n=92 Pay Gateway, which supports DCC by locking in point-of-purchase currency conversion for international customers, PSiGate, offering online payment solutions for Canadian merchants, and Optimal Payments, a cost-effective credit card processor that works with European and Canadian currencies. MacCommerce Tools exclusive new feature-Quickform Tool-enables multiple purchases using a single, customizable button, and our easy-to-use US Postal Service Shipping feature shows real-time cost by weight. MacCommerce is built to deliver Ecommerce Applications on Apple's...

Equilibrium Announces DeBabelizer Pro/Server 6 for Mac OS X and Ships MediaRich Server 3.5 for Xserve New products automate media workflow from the desktop to the enterprise MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO-January 11, 2005 - Equilibrium, the leader in automated media processing solutions, today announced the availability of DeBabelizer Pro/Server 6 for Mac OS X and server-ready for the new dynamic Equilibrium MediaRich Server for Apple Xserve. Equilibrium's desktop and server-side imaging software leverages the Mac OS X next-generation operating environment to increase business productivity, accelerate time-to-market and reduce costs associated with digital asset production and management. "Equilibrium is committed to serving the automated media workflow needs of the Mac community," said Sean Barger, CEO of Equilibrium. "We have pioneered real-time media processing with our MediaRich Server platform and are now pleased to announce a long-overdue revamping of our Macintosh product line....

UpdateGenie 2.0.2 (FileMaker Developer Tool) Hi-Voltage has announced the release of UpdateGenie 2.0.2. UpdateGenie is a popular FileMaker developer tool, allowing developers to build custom update packages for their solutions. "Developers can easily issue update packages for their solutions and bring all their clients up-to-date by automating the update process. UpdateGenie makes life so much easier for both developers and their clients. It's no wonder why UpdateGenie is fast becoming a 'must have' tool for developers around the world." says Tony Tanevski, Managing Director of Hi-Voltage. Version 2.0.2 corrects a workability issue in regards to runtime solutions, has greater logging capabilities, and updated documentation. Developers around the world are finding UpdateGenie a breeze: First let me say that UpdateGenie is really great. THANK you for building it. I now feel that I have a chance of doing upgrades reliably and professionally. Chris Van Buren, Director, Timebox Solutions...