New LightWorks Real-time for Macintosh Platform Easy-to-integrate interactive photorealism for Mac application developers! SHEFFIELD, UK (22 July 2003) - LightWork Design, the world's leading supplier of rendering solutions for developers of advanced 3D computer graphics software, has announced a new version of its LightWorks Real-time product for the Macintosh platform. LightWorks Real-time gives application developers easy access to high quality, hardware assisted rendering for increasing user productivity through: * Fast positioning of lights with real-time feedback * Interactive editing of materials * Accurate pre-visualization of final software rendered scenes * Interactive photorealism The new version brings the benefits of LightWorks Real-time to the Mac community, and makes it possible for software developers to integrate high-quality, interactive rendering into their applications without having to become experts in using low-level hardware APIs. "LightWorks Real-time produces...

B&b Software are pleased to announce the release of their suite of three Apple OS X applications that complement and extend the popular database application FileMaker Pro. The three applications, all of which are Made with REALbasic, are - * fmMailmergeX, a personal bulk emailer that supports the merging of data from FileMaker Pro databases with user defined template letters generating output messages that may then be sent via a number of email clients. An invaluable tool for anyone with a database of contacts; whether they be business contacts, family or friends. The applications main features are - * Supports email clients Eudora, Entourage, Powermail and Mailsmith * Sends either plain or HTML messages * Messages may exceed 32k * Output messages may include embedded graphics. (embedded as part of the template letter or merged from a database) * Supports the sending of multiple email file attachments * Allows for the execution of...

Hydra 1.1.1 Released Munich, Germany - July 22th, 2003 TheCodingMonkeys announce the release of Hydra 1.1.1 TheCodingMonkeys are proud to release a new version of Hydra, the award winning Rendezvous based, collaborative text editor with developer support. Hydra 1.1.1 features an industry's first Safari-powered live-updated HTML preview. This together with Base-URI support enables users to edit HTML files YSWYWG ("You see what you will get") style. By eliminating the tedious save-reload-workcycle this makes your website development much faster. This release of Hydra contains localizations for French, German, Japanese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese and Ukrainian. Hydra 1.1.1 requires Mac OS X 10.2 and Safari 1.0. Hydra won the 2003 Apple Design Award for "Best Mac OS X Student Product" honoring outstanding excellence in software design and innovation at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June, 2003. Hydra also received the first-place award in the international category of the O'...

Contact: Joseph Jones Email: jjones@jtechsoftworks.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAC OS X PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRICE/PERFORMANCE LEADER RELEASES NEW VERSION PMX leads the pack in price, performance and aesthetics in under-served Mac OS X shareware market. The Mac OS X market is in sore need of a native, quality, simple to use and inexpensive project management application. To fill this need has been the driving motivation behind the folks at JTech Softworks (http://www.jtechsoftworks.com). In recognition of this, JTech Softworks is proud to announce the availability of PXM 1.80, its flagship project management application for Mac OS X. Some of the features you get with PMX 1.80: Microsoft Project MPX Import/Export. Full schedule modeling, including tracking schedule slippage. Ability to track resource usage and cost. Ability to change starting times, starting days and length of a work day. PMX release 1.80 provides a high quality, stable and aesthetically pleasing user...

For Immediate Release July 21, 2003 For more information, contact: Suzanne Axtell (707) 827-7114 or suzanne@oreilly.com 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention: Community, Creativity, Collaboration Sebastopol, CA--The annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) drew over 1800 programmers, developers, strategists, and technical staff, as well as the open source-curious to vibrant, tech-friendly Portland, OR from July 7-11. For five days, convention-goers delved into a program designed to "embrace and extend proprietary software," reflecting open source technology's long-awaited move into the mainstream. Open source software "has gone from being a question mark to an exclamation point," quipped OSCON program chair and O'Reilly editor Nathan Torkington. "What really distinguishes open source is not just source, but an 'architecture of participation,'" noted O'Reilly & Associates founder and CEO Tim O'Reilly. "This architecture of participation allows for a real free market of ideas,...

JULY 21,2003 - dot software is pleased to announce the release of Cookie Muncher 1.0.5. Cookie muncher is a cookie manager that deletes all your cookies, but the ones that you want to keep. Cookie Muncher supports 5 browsers: Camino, Internet Explorer, Safari, Mozilla, and OmniWeb. Cookie Muncher can also edit cookie values, delete expired cookies, and delete all your cookies, except for the ones that you want to keep, when you log in to your Mac OS X user account. Key Features: - Support for 5 browsers - Delete all your cookies but the ones that you want - Search for cookies by domain - Set cookies when you login to your Mac OS X user account - Edit and view cookie values What's new in 1.0.5: - Bug Fixes - Fixed crashing problems related to managing cookies with Internet Explorer. -Support for OmniWeb updated. More information about Cookie Muncher can be found at http://www.dotsw.com/cookiemuncher.html and Cookie Muncher can be downloaded directly from http://www.dotsw.com/...

Waterfall Software Releases Wallet 1.1 21/07/03 Waterfall Software has just released an update to it's elegant, and secure data storage solution titled Wallet. Wallet can store passwords, serial numbers, contacts, or whatever you want it to store with a few clicks of the mouse. Wallet version 1.1 adds many new features such as the Inspector window, plain text exporting, and iPod synchronization. The new version also adds new default groups so you can easily store books, movies, and agenda items. Wallet 1.1 has many other additions, and fixes many bugs as well. The new version is a free upgrade to previously registered users. Wallet is only compatible with Mac OS X. You can try it for free with a 15 day trial at: http://www.waterfallsw.com/products/wallet/ Wallet is shareware. It be purchased for only $14.95. After registering, the "Please Register" dialog no longer appears and all features become enabled. You can securely purchase your activation number from http://www.waterfallsw.com...

Mail Forward Release 2.0 Available for Mac OS X July 16, 2003, Annandale, VA -- System Support Products, Inc. announces the availability of Release 2.0 of Mail Forward for Apple Mac OS X. Mail Forward is an award-winning e-mail forwarding application for AOL, Hotmail, MSN, and Yahoo web mail accounts. Standard POP mail accounts can also be forwarded. Enhancements in the new release include the ability to forward America Online (AOL) web mail accounts. Mail Forward for Mac OS X is currently available for a one-time charge of $15. A 30-day free trial is available for download from SSPI's web site at (http://www.sspi-software.com/mailfwd_macx.html). Registered users of prior releases of Mail Forward can obtain an upgrade to Release 2.0 free of charge. Versions of Mail Forward for Mac OS 7/8/9 and Microsoft Windows are also available. Mail Forward for Mac OS X has been awarded a 4 out of 5 stars rating by About.com, a ChezMark "MacPick" (4 out of 5 apples), and a 4 out of 5 cows rating by...

Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0 Release Now Available Pocket PC users can synchronize with iCal, Mac OS X Address Book and AvantGo, as well as transfer music and photos from within iTunes and iPhoto July 16, 2003 - New York City, New York - Mark/Space, Inc., makers of the award winning Missing Sync software, is proud to announce the availability of Missing Sync for Pocket PC version 1.0. Missing Sync for Pocket PC enables Mac(R) users to connect and synchronize information between a Pocket PC handheld and a Mac running Mac OS(R) X. The 1.0 release is available now for electronic software download at the "Early Adopter" price of $29.95 at www.markspace.com/pocketpc.html. "Missing Sync for Pocket PC is another Mark/Space product that enables Mac users to get the most out of their handheld device," said Brian Hall, president and CEO of Mark/Space, Inc. "We view ourselves as the enabler for Mac users who want to seamlessly synchronize their Pocket PC to their Mac. Mark/Space is the first...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 16, 2003 PACE Anti-Piracy Releases InterLok 5.0 for Macintosh Extensive copy protection and anti-tampering toolset for software is the first to natively support Mach-O. New font protection and management system offered. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - July 16, 2003 - PACE Anti-Piracy Inc., a leader in the development and licensing of anti-piracy systems for software publishers, has released version 5.0 of InterLok=AE for Macintosh. This version works seamlessly with all Apple supported versions of the Mac OS. The new release adds the ability to apply comprehensive copy protection to Mac OS X native Mach-O executables without requiring source code modifications - a first in the industry. This significant new feature will help many software publishers in their migration to native Mach-O applications by providing the reliable copy protection and license management tools from PACE. In addition, PACE is now offering a Mac OS X font copy protection system based on the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, Ontario - July 15, 2003 - Rage Software today announced the immediate availability of WebDesign 2.2, An update to the fully featured web-authoring package for the Mac OS and Mac OS X. Combining a drag and drop interface allowing for visual creation of HTML elements with a feature rich text editor. WebDesign offers advanced web site management tools including a built in Site Manager to keep track of web sites locally as well as an FTP client to get your web site up and running on the world wide web. WebDesign's supports a wide variety of web languages including HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, ASP and more. WebDesign 2.2 improves the built in Site Manager and FTP Client, improves the page preview features and extends the plug-in API. It now provides the ability to upload multiple files or folders at once to your FTP server. It also improves the site management features and fixes issues with previous releases. WebDesign can be purchased for $29.95 US...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DANTZ ANNOUNCES RETROSPECT 5.1 FOR MACINTOSH Enhances Leading Macintosh Backup Software for Business and Personal Users ORINDA, CA - July 15, 2003 - Dantz Development Corporation, the leader in backup and restore software for the Macintosh, today announced the immediate availability of Dantz=AE Retrospect=AE 5.1. Highlights of the upgrade includ= e bootable Mac OS X disaster recovery, support for the latest CD/DVD backup devices, and support for Red Hat Linux clients. Retrospect 5.1 protects individual Macintosh computers and small to large networks of Macintosh, Windows, and Red Hat Linux computers. Retrospect's patented automation technology delivers easy administration, fast backups with 100% accurate restores, and complete protection for desktops, notebooks, and servers. "Macintosh users are doing more than ever on their Macintoshes, so Retrospect 5.1 makes it easier than ever to protect the rapidly growing number of photo, music, and movie files as well as...

New series from Peachpit serves as the core curriculum for Apple Pro end-user certification program. BERKELEY, Calif.-July 14, 2003-Macworld CreativePro New York will serve as the launch pad for the Apple Pro Training Series-a new series of digital media training titles certified by Apple Computer and published by Peachpit Press, with help from some of the biggest names working and teaching in the audio and video industries today. Each of the initial titles in the new Apple Pro Training Series focuses on one of Apple's powerhouse digital audio or video apps: Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Logic, and Shake. Whether newly released, newly updated, or newly acquired (as in the case of Logic and Shake), each of these programs represents a crucial component of any serious digital-media toolbox. And because serious tools deserve serious training, Apple is introducing a new certification program centered around these programs that uses the Apple Pro Training Series titles...

XPLAIN ANNOUNCES MACWORLD CREATIVEPRO SPECIAL INTEREST PAVILIONS -- Many companies new to Pavilions, and to Macworld -- Majority of companies expected to announce & show new products WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- July 10, 2003 -- Xplain Corporation, the leader in pavilion management, announced today that the Special Interest Pavilions at IDG World Expo's Macworld CreativePro Conference & Expo, in New York (July 14-18, 2003), have several companies new to Macworld and have many products new to the Macintosh. These special interest pavilions allow exhibitors to target attendees interested in particular technology categories. Macworld CreativePro Conference & Expo is presented by IDG World Expo and Apple. The upcoming Macworld CreativePro Conference & Expo will take place July 14-18, 2003 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Additional information about Macworld CreativePro Conference & Expo is available at (http://www.macworldexpo.com). Special...

HELIOS ImageServer 2.5 server Garbsen, Germany--- July 15, 2003--- HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading provider of network and prepress server software, announced that its ImageServer 2.5 server software now creates preview files of QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign documents. Utilizing these previews, local and remote users can preview and control InDesign and QuarkXPress documents from creation to final output, without needing access to the applications, documents, fonts, or images. This new capability is enabled by HELIOS ImageServer Plug-ins for Adobe InDesign 2.0.2 or newer for Windows, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, and by ImageServer XTensions for the Windows and Mac OS 9 versions of QuarkXPress 4 and 5. Support for Adobe and Quark documents underscores the powerful, server-based image transformation, document conversion and repurposing capabilities of HELIOS ImageServer 2.5, which delivers full, automated conversion of image file format, resolution, color space, and compression for web and...

NICHENICH, Germany (June 13, 2003) -- Monkeybread Software Releases Timed Screenshot v1.0, a simple background utility to save screenshots to a folder every few seconds. Requires Mac OS X; source code is included. This application shows REALbasic developers how to use the screenshot functions from the MBS Plugin. Also you can see how to make a background only application (no dock icon). The application is freeware, but contributions are accepted through PayPal. All freeware applications: (http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/) The Timed Screenshot website: (http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/TimedScreenshot.html) To unsubscribe, the SUBJECT line should read "UNSUBSCRIBE MACDEV-1". MacTech, Developer Depot, RadGad, and Xplain Corporation are not responsible for any errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies in this message. News may be propagated freely, but please attribute your source as MacTech Magazine, (http://www.mactech.com). --

Server Sentinel Goes EOL RALEIGH, NC, July 13th, 2003 -- Intelli Innovations, Inc. today released Server Sentinel 2.3, an update to its server monitoring software for Mac OS 9, locking the software in "registered" mode. "End-Of-Life" status has been declared for this product. Intelli Innovations has therefore converted the software to freeware. This is the final update to this software. No future updates are currently planned. Mac OS X is not natively supported. Home Page: http://www.intellisw.com/sentinel/ Download: http://www.intellisw.com/downloads/sentinel.sit About Intelli Innovations: Intelli Innovations, Inc. is a Mac-based software development group based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Specializing in business tools, media deployment solutions and database/communications software, Intelli Innovations also maintains a commercial product line of specialized industry solutions for Macintosh and Windows computer systems.

MACWEB.NET 7/11/2003 Palo Alto, CA ANNOUNCING THE 'WEBSTAR ON XSERVE' INTERNET COLOCATION BUNDLE PALO ALTO, CA -- July 11, 2003 -- MACWEB.NET today announced the 'WebSTAR on Xserve' Internet colocation bundle that combines the 4D WebSTAR V Server Suite on a brand new dual processor 1.33GHz Apple Xserve Cluster Node with Gigabit Fiber Internet colocation services. This special colocation bundle dramatically lowers total cost of entry for serious Mac webmasters needing to deploy 4D WebSTAR V on the ultimate Apple server hardware with the fastest and most reliable gigabit fiber Internet connectivity. The 'WebSTAR on Xserve' Internet Colocation Bundle includes: -- Gigabit Fiber Internet Colocation in Palo Alto -- Dual 1.33 GHz Xserve Cluster Node (60GB/512MB) -- Mac OS X Server 10.2 "Jaguar" -- 4D WebSTAR V Server Suite 5.3 -- Netopia Timbuktu 6.0.3 At just $400/month, MACWEB.NET makes Gigabit Fiber Internet colocation of a new Apple...

PowerFile, Inc. Launches One-Terabyte Optical Storage Library for MAC OS X New PowerFile MFX products, priced from $2,799, offer high capacity DVD/CD read and read-write network storage library solutions Los Gatos, Calif. =96 July 10, 2003 - PowerFile Inc, the leading provider of optical storage library solutions, announced today the immediate availability of the only optical storage libraries available for Mac OS X: the C200 MFX and R200 MFX. The new MFX products are priced between $2,799 - $4,799 (MSRP). They will make their debut at the MacWorld CreativePro Expo taking place at the Javits Center in New York City July 16 - 18, 2003 in booth # 560. "By being the first optical library to support Mac OS X, PowerFile has demonstrated its continuing commitment to the Macintosh market," said Matt Ridenour, CEO of PowerFile. "With support for OS X and with a cost below most hard drive and tape storage technologies, our libraries are now available to a much larger set of customers."...

For Immediate Release Press Release Kaidan Announces Accessory Kit for the Apple iSight Video Camera FEASTERVILLE, Pennsylvania - USA - Thursday July 10, 2003 - Kaidan Incorporated, the leading manufacturer of Photographic VR hardware, announced today the Kaidan Accessory Kit for the Apple iSight Video Camera. The kit includes a 37mm threaded lens adapter ring/lens shade, a tripod 1/4-20 mounting adapter and a small desktop tripod with extendable legs. According to Kaidan President, Jim Anders, "The iSight is a great video camera at a great price. It's only natural to want to attach it to a tripod as well as use a variety of wide-angle, close-up and zoom lenses. iSight owners can now position their cameras at eye-level without resorting to permanently sticking mounts to their monitors or computers. The adapter ring makes it easy to screw on standard 37mm lenses and/or filters. Thus, the kit is ideal for those who wish to attach a wide-angle lens to get two...

July 8, 2003 LAJ Design today announced the release of eOrdering Professional version 2.0. Eordering Professional is a cross-platform application that creates online eCommerce stores allowing photographers or small businesses to put their products online easily. (Designed especially for event photographers to allow clients to order at events). Overview eOrdering Professional allows small businesses, photographers, and artists to put their products online and take orders online. It allows for categories for making larger eCommerce sites. It is ideal for event photographers to let customers order their pictures while at the event or let them order later on the internet or for businesses to put their products online for customers to order from (for smaller sites use eOrdering Gold). New or Changes [new] Added discounts (which can be set to give discounts based on the total order cost or quantity) [new] Added 6 individual cost options that are unique for each product (so you have 30...

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE macility PopChar Pro 1.6 adds support for Adobe InDesign Hagenberg, July-7-2003, ergonis software today announced the immediate availability of PopChar Pro 1.6, the highly acclaimed tool for "typing" unusual characters easily without having to remember keyboard combinations. "It's now about a year since we introduced PopChar X as the Mac OS X version of PopChar Pro and we are overwhelmed how many customes have already switched to the new operating system." said Christoph Reichenberger, founder and CEO of ergonis software. "But we have not forgotten our customers, who are still using Mac OS 9. We are happy to announce PopChar Pro 1.6 today, which offers a frequently requested new feature: automatic font detection for Adobe InDesign." Besides that, the new version adds some small fixes and minor improvements. PopChar Pro 1.6 is a recommended update for all users of earlier versions of PopChar Pro. The update is free for all users who have purchased...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FairCom releases new version of c-tree Plus V7.12 for Mac OS X, with new database API, additional interface technology, more Columbia, MO July 3, 2003 =96 FairCom Corporation announced the latest release of their popular c-tree Plus embedded database development system for Mac OS X. This new release introduces a new database API, c-treeDB, which is more convenient and simpler to use than the traditional ISAM Interface. The release also includes significant new interface technology to expose a new audience of developers to the proven core of c-tree Plus. =93FairCom has always been committed to giving developers complete control over the data management requirements of their application. This release of c-tree Plus extends this flexibility in the form of new robust C and C++ APIs,=94 states to Randal Hoff, FairCom=92s Director of Business Development= =2E The c-treeDB interface implements concepts commonly associated with database technology such as sessions,...

Trolltech Introduces Qt Script for Applications, (QSA) Version 1.0 Provides tightly integrated scripting interface for the multiplatform Qt application framework 07, 02 2003--Oslo, Norway--Trolltech, a leader in multiplatform software development tools, today announced that Qt applications are now scriptable with the release of Qt Script for Applications (QSA). Leveraging the powerful Qt API, QSA takes static Qt/C++ applications, and makes them dynamic. "QSA was designed to tightly integrate with Qt, ensuring that developers don't have to worry about binding layers or subset functionality," said Eirik Eng, Trolltech president. "All developers need to do is add a few lines of code to their Qt applications, and then the apps are enabled for scripting and extending." QSA enables developers to: Prototype changes in already-compiled applications; write test scripts; customize applications to individual customer's business requirements; script-enable applications so that power-users can...