Fresh Start 1.1 posted. September 19 1999 -- Murray Yar IT today posted the version 1.1 of Fresh Start, a program designed for shared Macintoshes. Fresh Start restores a Macintosh's configuration -- preferences, PRAM and some system settings -- to a standard state at each restart. Changes from Fresh Start 1.0: * Version 1.1 is a little more flexible in how it deals with preferences: 1. It is now possible to allow some preferences not to be restored each time. This is useful if an application's preference files are used to store ongoing information. For example, in a children's learning program, names and scores are often stored in the preference file. Restoring the file at restart would wipe the information added during the previous session. 2. Now, if new applications are added to the Macintosh after Fresh Start has started functioning, their preferences are no longer erased by Fresh Start -- instead, they are ignored. * Splash screens have been revised slightly. * A few bug fixes,...

For Immediate Release 9-17-99 WILTON, CT--Independent developer and MACTECH contributor Kas Thomas has announced the availability of a free plug-in for BBEdit called PDF-Blit 1.0, which gives BBEdit users the ability to export their work in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The freeware tool is available now at the following sites: http://www.pdfzone.com/products/software/tool_PDFBlit.html http://users.aol.com/acroforms/index.html http://www.acroforms.com "I was shocked when I announced the plug-in on a Thursday afternoon, and by 9:00 the next morning had served 24,000 page hits and 6,000 downloads of the software," Thomas noted after the plug-in's September 16 introduction. "I had no idea it would be this popular. It's turning into a phenomenon." Thomas notes that he developed the plug-in in the process of writing an article on PDF for an upcoming issue of MACTECH. The article will feature source code for a skeleton version of the plug-in. "I use BBEdit myself and...

Sig Software is proud to announce the release of NameCleaner 2.0.0. NameCleaner is an industrial-strength utility for the Macintosh OS to manipulate file names and types. It is specially designed to help move files to and from foreign file systems such as MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows95, Windows NT, NetWare and Unix. The main addition in version 2.0.0 is a contextual menu module which allows files, folders or entire volumes to be cleaned or prepared for cleaning instantly and directly within the Finder. The NameCleaner page is at: http://www.sigsoftware.com/namecleaner/ Gideon Greenspan Sig Software gdg@sigsoftware.com http://www.sigsoftware.com/

AG Group Ships EtherPeek(TM) 4 for Macintosh! WALNUT CREEK, California -September 13, 1999 AG Group, Inc. announced today the release of EtherPeek 4 for Macintosh. This new, completely rewritten release adds many new enhancements to an already robust feature set. EtherPeek is well-known industry wide for its friendly GUI and powerful troubleshooting and debugging capabilities. This new release has been optimized for the latest Mac OS as well as taking advantage of the G3 processor and PCI-based Macs. "As we did 10 years ago with the introduction of EtherPeek, we are once again raising the bar for protocol analyzers. EtherPeek has more power and is easier than ever to use," says Mahboud Zabetian, President, AG Group, Inc. "I no longer need to stop running a capture session in order to monitor another network issue. I can just create a new window with its own filters, and have many independent capture sessions running simultaneously," adds Michael Wise, of Wired Magazine, a long-time...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Troi Automatisering ships Troi Plug-in Power CD-ROM for FileMaker Pro 4. Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands, September 14, 1999--Troi Automatisering today announced it has begun shipment of the Troi Plug-in Power CD-ROM volume 2, for FileMaker Pro 4.0 (or later) on Mac and Windows. The Plug-in Power CD-ROM contains demonstrations of 10 powerful Troi Plug-ins for FileMaker Pro and more than 20 plug-ins from other leading third party developers. You'll find all the plug-in demonstrations neatly organized and the CD-ROM saves you from hunting down the plug-ins from the Internet. Peter Baanen, company president, states that "This CD-ROM was also distributed at the 1999 Developer Conference in San Diego. We got a great response there and we are happy to provide it to the whole FileMaker community". What is this CD-ROM? - A hybrid, cross platform CD-ROM (works on Mac and Windows95/98/NT) - Contains full working demo versions of all Troi Plug-ins - Features plug-ins from...

For Release: September 15, 1999 For More Information, please contact: Joy Hsu 949-261-2800 joy.hsu@sonnettech.com Sonnet Announces 500 MHz G3 Upgrades for G3, PCI, and "Upgrade-challenged" Power Macs PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 15, 1999 - Sonnet Technologies, the leading manufacturer of performance upgrade products for Apple Macintosh computers, announces for immediate shipment the 500 MHz G3 upgrade cards for the PCI and G3 Power Macintoshes. This new speed tops the robust Sonnet line of Encore G3, Crescendo G3/PCI, and Crescendo G3/L2 upgrade cards. All the new cards are configured with 1MB 2:1 ratio backside cache, and earn impressive MacBench 4.0 processor scores of 1700 to 1800. Encore G3 500 MHz The Encore G3 500 MHz for G3 Power Macs is designed with unique auto-configuration hardware. . This exclusive design adjusts the bus speed multiplier to run the card at 500 MHz without requiring jumpers, switches, or control panels. Whether upgrading a 66 MHz bus speed platinum G3 or a 100...

Antoine Beyeler proudly annouces the release of the much-awaited H2C 1.5. H2C is a time saving jewel for C++ programmers. Instead of declaring each class member functions twice -- once in the header file (.h) and once in the source file (.cp) -- H2C automatically generates a source file containing all the class member functions from a given header file. H2C features: ++ rapid access with drag and drop of header files ++ plug-in architecture to create personalized output (source files written with a customized style, or, for example, code documentation template generation or object database filling) ++ now ships with Template 1.0, a plug-in based on template text file that provide an even easier way to personalize H2C Changes in version 1.5: ++ C++ parser completely rewritten ++ support for many C++ features added ++ API strongly modified and improved to take advantage of the new parser ++ AppleScriptable ++ new Template plug-in ++ Appearance Manager aware (but still compatible with...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 14, 1999 For more information contact: Empower Pro Sales (408) 879-7900 or (mailto:sales@empowerpro.com) Empower Pro Announces iEmpower, Security Software for Mac OS 9.0 Campbell, CA, September 14, 1999..... Empower Pro, the Internet-based software company offering protection and access control software for the Macintosh family of computers announced plans today to offer a special version of their Empower Pro security software specifically designed for Mac OS 9.0 employing Apple's newest operating system technology. iEmpower promises to revolutionize Macintosh security. "We see significant interest from the business and aerospace community in Apple Computer's new line of supercomputers," stated Aaron Pihlman, Manager of Empower Pro Corporate Sales. "So we will be offering a completely redesigned version of Empower Pro software taking advantage of Apple's new operating system. This new technology blended with our proven technology and backed by our 24 X...

For Immediate Release HEURIS Announces New Product Compatibility with Adobe After Effects After Effects 4.1 users can now use HEURIS' software to convert directly to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 St. Louis, MO, September 10, 1999 - HEURIS, makers of the most widely used professional MPEG encoder, MPEG Power Professional*, is pleased to report that the newly released Adobe After Effects 4.1 is now compatible with all products in their award-winning line of MPEG encoding software. HEURIS' software MPEG encoders read Adobe After Effects files via the shared QuickTime* export component and directly convert them into MPEG files. This direct conversion saves time and prevents the potential quality loss associated with rendering the video to a different file format prior to encoding. "What our customers really want is compatibility," said Brian Quandt, president of HEURIS. "Adobe's adoption of the QuickTime* export component allows all of our products to connect directly with After Effects. Now all...

Just in case you were interested in what Guy Kawasaki is up to these days... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Garage.com Receives $12 million Investment from E*TRADE, ATV, Mayfield Fund, and Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group Web-based Firm Raises More Than $60 Million for 20 Technology Startups in 1999 PALO ALTO, Calif., September 13, 1999 -- Garage.com, a Web-based early-stage venture financing firm, today announced it has successfully completed a $12 million round of financing led by E*TRADE Group (NASDAQ: EGRP) with additional investments from Advanced Technology Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group, and other investors. Garage.com will use the funds to continue to expand its operations from Silicon Valley, Boston, and Seattle into high tech centers throughout the United States and around the world. "The private equity market is experiencing explosive growth. Thousands of talented entrepreneurs in garages around the world need seed capital to get...

AUSTIN, Texas, September 13, 1999 -- PowerLogix, a leader in the processor upgrade card market for the Mac and the the first company to demonstrate G4-based upgrades for PowerMacs, today announced plans to bundle LinuxPPC 1999 with all PowerLogix G3 and G4 upgrade cards. LinuxPPC 1999 offers the latest technologies and enhancements to the Linux operating system. It is the fifth release by LinuxPPC Inc. Now Powerlogix customers will be able to use the fastest processors in the world with the world's fastest and most popular web serving platform. Access to all popular Linux applications such as Apache HTTP Server and GIMP is now at their fingertips with an easy-to-use, full release LinuxPPC package. This is not a demo! All the power of MacOS X with a well-established user base, and free! Included in the bundle is the full release LinuxPPC 1999, which includes a two CD-ROM set: the install CD with hundreds of free, professional quality utilities, and a second CD-ROM that contains the...

SGBD Products is pleased to announce the shipment of ScanPlug version 1.0.2 (Mac and Windows). This version fixes some problems reported by users. You can download these versions from our web site at http://www.scanplug.com/ ScanPlug is the fast and easy to use direct-do-disk professional picture acquisition solution for 4D databases. Now you can put pictures in a database 10 times faster ! ScanPlug makes ACIUS 4D's and Adobe's Photoshop plug-in technologies meet in a fast and easy to use plug-in for 4D. Fully compliant with both technologies, ScanPlug allows you to call acquiring plug-ins designed for Photoshop (including twain sources) directly from 4D with no effort. From the pictures in your scanner or camera, ScanPlug produces in one single shot, PICT, compressed PICT or JPEG files, using direct-do-disk technology, together with their thumbnail for quick viewing, which makes ScanPlug the fastest and cheapest solution ever to put pictures in a database. This includes subjects such...

For Immediate Release Adobe Announces New Version of After Effects Performance Enhancements and Extensive New Feature Set Allow Users to Keep Their Focus On Designing Creative Content San Jose, Calif., (September 9, 1999) (Nasdaq:ADBE)-Adobe Systems Incorporated announced today that it has enhanced its award-winning motion graphics and visual effects software with the release of Adobe After Effects 4.1 software. The ultimate tool for motion graphics designers and visual effects artists who want to produce professional quality work for film, video, multimedia and the Web, After Effects 4.1 includes a host of new features including: support for enhanced media exchange, performance enhancements, workflow refinements, and extended creative options and control. This new version of After Effects empowers designers and visual effects artists to focus on design and creation, while minimizing the amount of time spent on production. In addition to an extensive list of features, After Effects 4....

From: mwron@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Subject: [ANN] 4.1 IDE Factory Update for CodeWarrior Pro 5 CodeWarriors, The CodeWarrior Pro 5.1 Factory Update for Macintosh and Windows is a maintenance release of the Pro 5 tools. This factory update includes the CodeWarrior IDE 4.0.1. IDE 4.0.1 is a bugfix release which is recommended for all Pro 5 users. A complete list of fixes can be found in the release notes within the installer. http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/software/updates/

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September, 1999 Network Technologies New Universal ST-nU-13W3 KVM Switch Offers Users the Choice of a Sun or VGA Monitor Aurora, OH: Network Technologies Inc announces the availability of the new ST-nU-13W3 Universal KVM Switch. The ST-nU-13w3 is the only universal kvm switch on the market allowing users to control 2, 4, or 8 computers (MAC, PC or SUN) with one keyboard, mouse and the option of either a SUN or VGA multi-sync monitor. The monitor outputs are 13W3 and 15pin HD females, for connecting to either a SUN or PS/2 monitor. The Sun monitor must be PC compatible or multi-sync (refer to your owners manual). All CPU video ports are 15HD female. Proprietary keyboard interface cables are necessary for proper operation between the computers and the universal switch box. NTIs website at http://www.networktechinc.com/srvsw-stu.html contains additional information regarding compatible SUN monitors. Pricing for the ST-nU-13W3 Universal KVM Switch is $...

Sep 7, 1999: Startup Doubler 2.1 is now available for downloading from www.marcmoini.com Startup Doubler makes for quicker startups: Its software acceleration compensates for sub-optimal disk performance to make extensions, control panel, the Finder and startup applications load faster. Save time each time you startup your Mac! Those seconds spent waiting while your Mac starts add up to a lot of time. Startup Doubler usually makes startups 20% to 50% faster, depending on the performance of your startup disk and the number of Extensions, Control Panels and Startup Items in your System. Version 2.1, released today, fixes an obscure crash bug during startup and has other minor improvements. Startup Doubler runs on Mac OS 8.6 and previous versions (going back to System 7.0), and supports multiple extension sets. It is shareware, so you can try it for free then buy only if you like it. The shareware fee is $20, registered users of previous versions may upgrade for free. You may download...

POLsoft is proud to announce the release of QuickTexter v1.0, a powerful clone to the text processors we have grown to love, like SimpleText, TeachText, and BBEdit. QuickTexter v1.0 features all the format tools for regular text and HTML. Very useful for web editors (no-wysiwyg) who edit pages every day and want to cut a little time off the task, or for anyone needing a quick and easy text editor. You can get QuickTexter v1.0 at http://polsoft.8m.com. If you want to report a bug, go to http://polsoft.8m.com/feedback.html, or email us at bugs@polsoft.8m.com. Matt Hunter POLsoft

We're proud to present a new, dramatically improved public beta of "mp3voodoo"! What is it? mp3voodoo lets you organize, browse, select and play your valuable mp3 files. As mp3 files get more popular, the increasing number of files have to be organized to find and play them easily. mp3voodoo collects the data from your mp3 files including id3 information as title, artist, album, year, genre and lets you add cover images for every album. The new version handles multiple media types and allows you to transfer playlists directly to SoundApp and MacAMP - many new features help you to organize and handle your files. Features: MP3 Collection handling: - Create multiple collection databases - Add files from various sources as CDRs and HD - Add cover images to album folders - Two views available: List view and cover view (mosaic of cover images) - User customizable columns that display all id3 information - Quicksearch for both views lets you find a title in a snap - Additional search window...

Valentina for REALbasic 1.5 Released VALENTINA PRODUCT LINE UPGRADED, POWERFUL DATABASE ENVIRONMENT FOR REALBASIC AVAILABLE September 3, 1999. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software made available an across the board upgrade to its database product line, in addition to introducing Valentina for REALbasic, a powerful database solution for REALbasic developers. The update added significant SQL programmatic functionality and performance improvements through the enhancement of the Valentina database kernel. Paradigma Software released a new product, Valentina for REALbasic, allowing developers using REAL Software's REALbasic rapid application development environment to create powerful, database-oriented applications for the MacOS. Valentina for REALbasic allows creation of smaller applications that can handle very large amounts of data in multiple, open databases, and perform search and sort queries using SQL. Valentina for REALbasic is available immediately at an introductory price of $99...

MEDIA CLEANER COMPRESSION SUITE NOW AVAILABLE FROM TERRAN INTERACTIVE Los Gatos, CA (September 2, 1999) Terran Interactive, a subsidiary of Media 100 (NASDAQ: MDEA), announced today the release of the Media Cleaner Compression Suite which includes the essential tools for preparing high quality Internet video and audio. The Suite includes Media Cleaner Pro 4, Sorenson Video 2 Developer Edition, QDesign Music Codec 2 Professional Edition and the "How to Produce High-Quality QuickTime" booklet, all for $1299.00. The Media Cleaner Compression Suite contains everything media producers need to quickly and easily produce the highest quality video and audio for the web, broadband networks, and more. Available for both Mac OS and Windows 95/98/NT, this set of products are currently being used by top industry professionals worldwide to deliver excellent online results. "This powerful set of award-winning tools provides web developers a simple solution for putting the best looking video on the...

CelView (TM) the new Mac RUMBA Version 2.0 Features Cel Corporation continually works to provide industry leading terminal emulation solutions for Macintosh users worldwide and is pleased to announce the features that will be available with the latest release of CelView the new Mac RUMBA. Set to release in late Fall of 1999, Version 2.0 will offer IP printing Session Device Naming and improved SNA Gateway functionality. IP Printing allows Macintosh users to print over TCP/IP using TN3270e/TN5250e connections to Mainframes and AS/400s respectively. CelView will then be able to support printing capabilities for all connection methods such as NetWare, Gateway Client, AppleTalk and TCP/IP. CelView the new Mac RUMBA Version 2.0 will also include Session Device Naming, which allows each user running CelView to connect to a specific device assigned by the AS/400. Cel Corporation is also building support for running SNA Gateway on Macintosh machines using Madge PCI Token Ring cards. This...

For Immediate Release: September 2, 1999 Albany, California - iYaron Software today announced Buy It! Pro, a software solution that allows developers to create a "Registration Client", which makes the process of registering their products extremely easy. Buy It! Pro outclasses every similar Mac OS software registration product. It allows developers to very easily create a "Registration Client" that can be bundled with any product. When a user wishes to register the product, all he or she needs to do is double click the "Registration Client" and follow the simple onscreen instructions. Buy It! Pro has the following key features: - Extremely low priced. Buy It! Pro both includes more features and is much lower priced that its competitors. In fact, it is two-thirds the cost of its closest competitor! - The Buy It! Registration Client is extremely easy to use, making the process of registering your product much, much simpler. - Supports Internet, postal mail, phone, and fax payment...

Fog City Software is pleased to announce the release of LetterRip Pro 3.0.6. LetterRip Pro 3.0.6 improves the handing of non-ASCII characters (like accented letters) in both MIME and non-MIME digests. We recommend that all owners of LetterRip Pro upgrade to 3.0.6. You can download the full installer from: http://fogcity.got.net/files/LetterRip/program/LetterRipPro3.0.6.hqx Or, you can download just the server: http://fogcity.got.net/files/LetterRip/program/LetterRipProServer3.0.6.hqx

SEYBOLD EXPO, Booth #444, San Francisco, CA -- August 31, 1999 -- PowerLogix R&D, designer of the best-selling PowerForce G3 line of processor upgrades, today announced plans to produce PowerForce G4 upgrades for PowerMacs. The PowerForce G4 brings the power of Motorola's AltiVec Technology (called "Velocity Engine" by Apple) to earlier PowerMacs and clones. The PowerForce G4 will be available in 350, 400, 450, and 500 MHz versions with 1 Mb or 2Mb of backside cache. The G4 processor is a derivative of the PowerPC 750 ("G3") design. The Motorola G4 design changed from the 750 only where required to gain "compelling multimedia performance," to quote the Motorola hardware specification. These changes include: - AltiVec instruction set - Improvements in memory bandwidth - Hardware based multiprocessing capability - Copper process technology - Improved floating point performance - Additional bus ratio options - Additional backside cache ratio options For full benefit of G4 technology...