FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: First 3rd party plug-in to make use of new extended plug-in API of FileMaker 7! Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, March 12th, 2004--Troi Automatisering today announced the availability of its Troi Text Plug-in 2.7, for FileMaker Pro 7. Troi Text Plug-in 2.7 is the first third party plug-in to make use of the new extended plug-in API of FileMaker 7. Calls to the plug-in's functions can now support Unicode and more parameters. At the same time Troi is releasing Troi Text Plug-in 2.1.6. This version makes use of the 'classic' plug-in API. Users that upgrade to FileMaker 7 but don't want to rewrite their scripts calling the Text Plug-in functions can use this version. The 2.1.6 version also runs on FileMaker 6 and 5.x. What is Troi Text Plug-in? Troi Text Plug-in is a very powerful tool for for dealing efficiently with text in your FileMaker Pro database. It adds the following functions to FileMaker Pro: - Combine sets from 2 text fields: * get all lines that...

CodeWarrior Development Studio for Mac OS, v9.2 Update The 9.2 update for CodeWarrior Development Studio for Mac OS Version 9 is a maintenance release of the CodeWarrior Development Studio for Mac OS tools. The 9.2 update includes bug fixes to the C/C++ compiler, IDE, Debugger, MSL, PowerPlant, and PowerPlant X. The release notes contain details for each of these changed components. Complete release notes can be found at (ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/CWMacOS9/9_2_Update_Release_Notes.sit) This update should only be applied to registered users of: CodeWarrior Development Studio for Mac OS Version 9.0 or 9.1 There are two versions of the 9.2 update installer for you to choose from. Option one: You can download the full 9.2 update installer at (ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/CWMacOS9/CW_9_2_Update_Installer.bin). It is a complete, self-contained installer containing a complete set of rebuilt libraries. Option two: You can download the 9.2 web update installer at (ftp://...

News Release (CA-AQUEOUS-SOFTWARE-LLC) ScrapX 1.3 Released. SAN JOSE, Calif.--(AQUEOUS-SOFTWARE-LLC)--March 9, 2004-- Aqueous Software LLC is pleased to announce the release of ScrapX 1.3, an update to the shareware scrapbook utility built for Mac OS X 10.2 or later. ScrapX stores, displays, plays, and dispenses content that can be copied and pasted or drag-and-dropped among Mac OS X and classic Mac OS applications, or that is imported from classic Mac OS scrapbooks including those created with ScrapIt. ("ScrapX" is pronounced "scrap-eks.") New features in ScrapX 1.3 include: * Undo and redo. Essentially an unlimited number of steps is undoable. * Rich text editing. The types HTML, RTF, URL, and plain text can be edited, and new items with these types can be created. * Text selection. A portion of text content in the types HTML, RTFD, RTF, URL, and plain text can be copied and pasted or drag-and-dropped to another app. * Text item creation. A text item can be created within...

CHAPARRAL SOFTWARE SHIPS BRUSHFIRE 2 for Mac OS X Brushfire 2 for Mac OS X is now easier to use, more complete, and just as fast. http://www.chapsoft.com Calabasas, CA - Mar. 4, 2004 - Chaparral Software & Consulting Services, Inc. today released Brushfire 2 for Macintosh OS X. Brushfire 2 is a substantial upgrade to the blazing fast and well-regarded FileMaker Pro analysis package that adds comprehensive field, layout, relationship, and dependency analysis reports to its suite of script analysis capabilities. Brushfire 2 continues to use HTML as a presentation mechanism, retains its fast performance and adds many new error and overview reports. The company reports the Mac OS X version is much easier to set up and run than prior versions, as well as retaining the speed for which Brushfire is known. *** Beta Users Enthusiastic ** Chaparral shared some of its customer's responses to the new version including: "Brushfire 2 is fantastic, it works so well. It's a dream to process the...

Analyzer 3.6 is up to twice as fast and has many new enhancements. PHOENIX, AZ - March 4, 2004 -- What's in your database? Waves in Motion today released Analyzer 3.6, a database analysis tool designed to take the guesswork out of building and documenting FileMaker Pro solutions. This new version is up to twice as fast as Analyzer 3.5 at importing large solution DDRs. In addition to the speed improvement, Analyzer 3.6 sports five major new features: -- We added dependency records for all references to Relationships. -- We extended support for Sort Fields into Problem Dots, Reports, and Search attributes. -- We added a new Search attribute called "depended-on count", so you can find elements based on how many elements depend upon them. -- We restored support for Searching Global Notes and Analysis Notes, and added 15 other new Search attributes. -- We eliminated duplicate dependency records, reducing the size of your Analyzer databases. In addition to these advanced new features, we...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Thursday, March 4, 2004 Free 30-day trial version available: www.quickeys.com WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, March 4, 2004 - CE Software, Inc. (OTC Symbol: CESF), today announced the release of QuicKeys X2 version 2.1, an update to its award winning automation utility software for Apple's Mac OS X. This update, free to registered users of version 2.0 or later, includes improved typing, recording and sequence tools making QuicKeys the best choice for automating your Macintosh. Pricing & Availability Available immediately, QuicKeys X2 2.1 is a free download for registered users of version 2.0 or later. New copies of QuicKeys X2 are available for $99.95 for a single user. An upgrade from QuicKeys X version 1.5 is $19.95 and an upgrade from QuicKeys X version 1.0 is $34.95. Special "migration" pricing for registered Macintosh and Windows QuicKeys customers is available for $69.95. Multi-pack licenses are also available. QuicKeys X2 can be purchased directly from CE...

For Immediate Release Contact: Leigh Sacks, No Starch Press (nostarchpr@oreilly.com or leigh@nostarch.com, 415-863-9900) GETTING STARTED WITH LEGO TRAINS Inspirational Ideas and Instructions in Full Color San Francisco, CA - Building and running model trains has been a popular hobby for decades. From small oval tracks running a simple locomotive to tracks that take over entire basements, model train enthusiasts come in all types. A subset of model train enthusiasts use an alternative medium for their creations; instead of building trains out of model wood and plastic, LEGO(r) train builders create their locomotives and rail cars out of LEGO bricks, using official LEGO train sets or a collection of their own bricks. Until now LEGO trains builders have exchanged ideas for models and connected with each other through an active online community and user group network. Now well-known LEGO trains community member and LEGO employee Jacob H. McKee has written the first book dedicated to LEGO...

For Immediate Release Release date: March 2, 2004 Caphyon LLC is pleased to announce the release of Advanced Web Ranking 2.5, a tool that helps check your web site position on all major search engines. Advanced Web Ranking runs on Mac OS X, Windows 98/2000/XP, Linux and Solaris. Checking your web site position is a very time consuming task. For example, if you have 10 keywords that you want to monitor, and you want to check the top 20 positions for 10 search engines, you need to perform about 200 (10 keywords * 10 engines * first 2 pages) individual searches to get the results. Then you need to compare the results one by one to find where your site is positioned. It may take you days to complete this task if you do this manually. That's where Advanced Web Ranking comes to help. Advanced Web Ranking is able to query over 130 search engines and quickly find out if you're moving up or down in the rankings, or if your site is listed at all. It will track the progress of your rankings over...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW FIREWIRE EXTENDER FROM GEFEN TRANSMITS COMPUTER ELECTRONICS LONG RANGES WOODLAND HILLS, CA [March 1, 2004] Gefen Inc., a manufacturer of third party support solutions for computer and electronic systems, announced the release of its ex-tend-it FireWire Extender, a new addition to its ex-tend-it Professional Series product line. IEEE 1394 FireWire is a popular interface used on Apple computers and electronic video devices such as digital cameras and displays. With Gefen's new FireWire Extender, any device with a FireWire port can be extended great distances from the computer or source, effectively operating anywhere within a 1640-feet (500-meter) distance. The FireWire Extender uses a sender and receiver system to transmit data at an average rate of 350 to 400mbps. Installation takes minutes and requires the sender to be connected to the source and the receiver to be connected to the remote device via FireWire. Data is sent along multimode, LC-terminated fiber...

Big Nerd Ranch Announces March 2004 Training Atlanta, GA - February 27, 2004 - Batter Up for Spring Training: Big Nerd Ranch Announces Cocoa Bootcamp on Panther/XCode in March 2004. Big Nerd Ranch announces the return of its popular Cocoa Bootcamp training class for March 22-26, 2004. This course, one of the most well attended classes offered by the Big Nerd Ranch, was revised in the fall of November 2003 to incorporate XCode IDE and the new bindings mechanism featured in the Panther release of Mac OS X. The enhanced course, instructed by Big Nerd Ranch founder Aaron Hillegass, is targeted to provide Mac programmers with the skills they need to master the emerging technology of XCode. "I spent a week at Big Nerd Ranch. An amazing amount of material, crammed into way too little time. Yet somehow it all worked. I came away remembering much of what was taught, but more importantly, I had enough resource material to recreate anything." - Dave Mark Editor-in-Chief MacTech Magazine...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WiebeTech Introduces New Versions of FireWire 800 Forensic Field Kit WICHITA, KS - February 25, 2004 - WiebeTech has introduced two new versions of its Forensic Field KitTM. Included in these kits are high-speed write-blocked FireWire 400/800/USB2 forensic readers. The complete kits allow forensic professionals to image 3.5" IDE and SATA drives in the field through high-speed FireWire 400 and 800 ports. Of key importance to Forensic professionals is the speed at which drives may be hashed or verified. The write-blocked FireWire 800 hardware within these kits allows drive data processing at a rate of nearly 50MB/sec. This represents an approximate real world two-fold improvement, or reduction in time, over other forensic write-blocked devices using older FireWire 400 technology. In Law Enforcement search warrant situations, this time can be critical to successful seizure of digital evidence, since time on site is substantially reduced. In addition, a key...

2004 Feb 25, 17:00 PST Dear MacTech: I would like to take this opportunity to announce version 1.2.0 of SimplyProjects (developed using REALbasic 4.5.3). This version now allows users to add log text files to their bug records. It is also the first one localised in French. SimplyProjects is a project management system for small-scale and shareware software development. You can use SimplyProjects to enter and track feature requests, to-do tasks and bug reports on a per-project basis. You can also export project information either as plain text (ASCII) or HTML files. Another feature of SimplyProjects is the ability to generate report documents such as Read-Me's and Version Histories which you can bundle with their finished software products. These documents can also be generated as either plain text (ASCII) or HTML files. A copy of SimplyProjects 1.2.0 can be dowloaded at the following URL: http://members.shaw.ca/anarakisware/releases/simplyProjects_120.sit More information about...

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 The long time expected version 2.0 of the 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In finally available! Today, 24U Software released the new version 2.0 of 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In. The new version of this most flexible and featured cross-platform dialog plug-in brings more than 10 features still unique to this product! "We have listened to our customers carefully, and we are now delivering what they have been asking for - more simplicity, more flexibility, and more features", said HOnza Koudelka, Quality Manager at 24U Software. "We have also prepared for the future by making 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In 2.0 fully Unicode savvy ..." 20 new features of the version 2.0: - Completely rewritten dialog showing engine - Improved dynamic sizing and positioning of dialog items - Dialogs can display longer text than ever before - Text in dialogs respect system settings for message box on Windows - Unlimited number of pop-up menu items - Value lists can be easily inserted in...

iMsafe 2: Backup for Mac OS X Belgium, February 23, 2004. SweetCocoa today announced the public beta of iMsafe 2, the popular backup tool for Mac OS X. iMsafe 2 is completely rewritten from the ground up to take advantage of the advanced functionality in Mac OS X 10.3. "We want iMsafe to become the best backup tool for Mac OS X", said Catheleyne D'hondt, PR manager at SweetCocoa. "Therefore, we are releasing iMsafe 2 as a fully functional public beta to get as much feedback as possible from the Mac OS X community." iMsafe can backup to USB and FireWire HDs, iPods, Pendrives and to remote Macs on the network. With iMsafe you can run incremental backups, featuring the possibility to transfer only the differences in the files at both sides, while file permissions, modification dates and all other file attributes are preserved. When scheduling a backup to another Mac on the network, iMsafe can automatically connect to that Mac before starting the backup. The dock icon will inform you...

2-19-2004 - Fremont, CA - .com Solutions Inc. updates CGIScripter 1.73 Enterprise Edition software - with support for Sybase and DB2 databases. ..com Solutions Inc., a developer of multi-platform database migration, replication and development applications, has released CGIScripter 1.73 Enterprise Edition for MacOS X, Windows, Solaris and Linux. CGIScripter 1.73 adds support for Sybase and DB2 database servers in addition to the four databases which were already supported with previous CGIScripter versions. Developers can quickly develop web applications for DB2 or Sybase just as easily as any of the other supported database servers. CGIScripter now supports generating Perl CGI scripts for 6 database servers, including MySQL, Oracle, Access, SQL Server, Sybase and DB2. CGIScripter dramatically enhances developer productivity for heterogeneous database installations. Corporate IT departments, students and individuals can quickly and easily test the performance and stability of web...

TimeSlice 2.7 Modesitt Software announces TimeSlice 2.7 (for Mac OS 9 through OS 10.1) and TimeSliceX 2.7 (for Mac OS 10.2 and greater), an upgrade* to their easy-to-use time-tracking and billing application. TimeSlice is used every day by small and large businesses, consultants, and contractors to track billable time spent on clients, business projects, specific jobs and more! For more information or to download a demo, visit (http://timeslice.us). New features for v2.7 include - Tracking Requires TimeSliceX. Add which documents and applications you want TimeSlice to track. TimeSlice then starts and stops tracking time for you, automatically and in the background. - Graphs Create Graphs of your time records. Requires TimeSliceX and OS 10.3 or greater. - New "Window" menu Shows all open windows. Selecting a window from the menu brings that window to the front. - New Quick Search field Available on the top right portion of the main window. Select from the popup menu which column to...

WEB CROSSING, INC. SHIPS TEAM CROSSING 3.0 -- Integrated Tool Suite for Virtual Teams Now With New Easy Customization and Plug-ins Architecture -- SAN FRANCISCO, February 17, 2004 - Web Crossing, Inc. today shipped Team Crossing version 3.0, now more flexible than ever. Team Crossing 3.0 makes full use of the latest Web Crossing customization themes and plugins for easy extensibility without programming. Team Crossing upgrades are free for current registered users of Team Crossing (see pricing section below). Available immediately as a software license or server hosted solution, Team Crossing 3.0 is priced on a per-seat or traffic-based sliding scale model from (http://www.webcrossing.com/tc3). "Team Crossing 3.0 facilitates effective workgroup collaboration, whether used in one physical office or offices spanning the globe," explained Tim Lundeen, president and CEO of Web Crossing, Inc. "Based on our new Web Crossing 5.0 platform, Team Crossing 3.0 is now much more flexible. The...

3D Stereoscopic Pop-Out Graphs VVI today announced version 9.2.10 of its Vvidget User graphing system. John Brilhart, Chief Technical Officer of VVI, made this statement: "With Vvidget User 9.2.10 VVI adds 3D stereoscopic pop-out graphs. Using inexpensive viewers customers can now view their 3-dimensional data and recover more information than what is normally presented on a screen. Using this stereoscopic technique information such as projectile trajectory is much easier to figure out. Peaks and valleys of surface data and clumps of 3-dimensional scatter plots are much easier to detect. The most attractive feature of this implementation is the fact that it requires no other special computer hardware, doesn't have flicker effects of more expensive equipment, can be used without going into a special full-screen mode, is portable, easy to use and printed results can be viewed in the same way. It is also just plain fun to see real 3D pop-out graphs on a computer screen. And for a limited...

For Immediate Release SubRosaSoft Ships Version 2.0 of CDRestore The new version of the software includes CD/DVD burning capability and Audio CD Support. Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, (February 13th, 2004) -- SubRosaSoft.com Ltd., a software company based in New Zealand focusing on system utility and privacy software, today announced the immediate availability of CDRestore version 2.0. The latest version of the software includes Audio CD support, CD burning capability, and a new and streamlined interface. "The biggest improvement to the latest version of CDRestore is the CD burning support." states Marko Kostyrko, SubRosSoft.com's CEO. "Unlike the previous version, there is no need to use CD burning utilities such as Roxio's Toast or Apple's Disc Burner to complete the restoration task. The new version of CDRestore features an easy-to-use "One-Click" interface. With just one click, your scratched or surface damaged CD will be restored to a fresh disc." "Audio CD restoration was the most...

For immediate release Berlin and London - February 12th 2004 metaobject releases version 1.2 of BookLightning, the lightweight imposition program for booklets and simple magazines Version 1.2 features support for most encrypted files using an updated EGOS engine, as well as some fixes relating to direct print and better compatibility with some PDF files. It retains the lightning fast processing times introduced with the 1.1 version. BookLightning is a fully native Cocoa application and requires a duplex printer for direct print support. For more information, downloads and purchasing, see our Products page at: (http://www.metaobject.com/Products.html#BookLightning) or contact marcel@metaobject.com Berlin: +49 / 171 958 6433 London: +44 / 7792 757917 About metaobject With offices in near Berlin's Olympic Stadium and London's Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, metaobject creates publishing software solutions and technologies that help you perform like a champion. The...

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 Today, 24U Software announces the release of a new version 3.0 of 24U Email OSAX! This Scripting Addition allows you to automate your e-mail communication directly using scripts. Now with the ability to attach files to your e-mail! What is new in version 3.0 - ability to send attachments - support for Apple Single, Apple Double, BinHex and Base-64 encodings - ability to authenticate with a POP3 server before connecting to SMTP server More info: http://www.24uSoftware.com/EmailOSAX Download: http://www.24uSoftware.com/EmailOSAX#download What is 24U Email OSAX? This Scripting Addition extends your AppleScript by an ability to send electronic mail directly, without need of any additional application. You can e-mail quickly and easily from your scripts (i.e. CGI, Folder Action, database). 24U Email OSAX simply automates your e-mail communication with AppleScript and your computer can do all the boring e-mail work for you. Primary functions, useful especially for...

Hello, We are glad to announce the release of the (oXygen/) XML Editor, version 3.1. This release improves the outliner, updates the DocBook stylesheets and fixes a number of problems. The new version can be downloaded from http://www.oxygenxml.com/download.html. New in (oXygen/) XML Editor 3.1 ================================= * The Outliner shows more information. * DocBook XSL stylesheets 1.64.1. * Solved a Xerces conflict of the Eclipse plugin. * File association on Mac OS X. * WebDAV tries to recover from non fatal HTTP errors. * Oxygen Eclipse Plugin options redesign. * Fixed a bug concerning the storage into options of the URLs. Details... * The Outliner shows more information. The outliner presents a short text that describes each element from the tree. The description is composed from the value of the first attribute and the first words from the text content of the rendered element. The new buttons from the outliner toolbar allow you to filter out the attribute...

Small Tree Communications Announces the First Dual and Quad Port Gigabit Ethernet Cards for the Power Mac G5 and G5 Xserve January 22, 2004 - Small Tree Communications announces the immediate availability of the first dual and quad port gigabit Ethernet cards for the Apple Power Mac G5 and Apple G5 Xserve computers. These cards, first demonstrated at the MacWorld trade show in early January, allow increased network connectivity by providing two or four independent gigabit Ethernet ports on each card, conserving PCI slots for other uses. The cards provide an immediate performance gain over the Power Mac G5's internal Ethernet port through the use of jumbo frames. The multiport cards utilize Category 5 UTP copper wiring which preserves the customer's existing investment in cabling. These cards are fully compatibility with existing 10/100 megabit Ethernet products to provide complete connectivity. They also work seamlessly with Small Tree Communications' IEEE 802.3ad Link...

For Immediate Release Prosoft Engineering Announces Availability of Data Rescue X v10.4 Pleasanton, CA =F1 February 4, 2004 =F1 Prosoft Engineering, makers of easy-to-use, professional quality, software, announces the availability of Data Rescue X v10.4 for Mac OS X. Prosoft=EDs award-winning Data Rescue X, an emergency file recovery program, is now shipping version 10.4, a major new release, with a new look, and a significant new capability called \"Content Based Recovery\" which improves Data Rescue\'s already outstanding file recovery capability. With the addition of Content Based Recovery, Data Rescue X v10.4 supports flash media cards from digital cameras and MP3 players. Data Rescue X v10.4 will even recover deleted pictures from media cards or recover from re-formatted media cards. The new user interface improves the user experience while remaining very easy to use. =ECProsoft is proud to stay current with industry trends by supporting flash media cards with Content Based...