WEBCATALOG SUPPORTS AUTHORIZE.NET PAYMENT PROCESSING San Diego (Calif.) June 16, 1999 - WebCatalog, Pacific Coast Software's popular eCommerce package, has been updated to include integrated support for Authorize.Net payment verification. Online product catalogs and digital storefronts using WebCatalog's automated payment processing module, WebMerchant, have the option of processing customer shopping carts with credit card and checking account information sent through Authorize.Net's secure, encrypted transaction processing system. Authorization occurs online, in a few seconds, so customers receive instant feedback regarding their purchase. Merchants have the flexibility of accepting credit cards and electronic checks for payment. In addition to Authorize.Net, WebMerchant supports credit card verification and payment processing using MacAuthorize, ICVerify, CyberCash, and CyberGold. "We have designed WebCatalog and WebMerchant so that new payment processing modules can be added to the...

Blue World Announces InDesign Talk Email Discussion Forum June 16, 1999 - Blue World is pleased to announce the launch of the new InDesign Talk email discussion forum. InDesign Talk is an interactive email discussion forum providing a venue for sharing tips, techniques and user-to-user support for Adobe's forthcoming InDesign page layout software product. The new service will provide the InDesign community with the latest information pertaining to Adobe InDesign and companion products. All posts to InDesign Talk are automatically archived in a Lasso Web Data Engine powered database searchable via the Web at http://listsearch.blueworld.com/InDesignTalkSearch.lasso. As archives for other Blue World hosted email lists have proven themselves invaluable for users of many leading sofware products, the new InDesign Talk archives are destined to provide one of the most exhaustive and frequently utilized resources for information on the Adobe InDesign product. Blue World cordially invites...

From: tom (tom@ultralab.anglia.ac.uk) Subject: Spinalot 3.4 -- A tool to build web sites that support virtual communities Spinalot is CGI software to support building Online Learning Communities. Features include... web-based page authoring site newspaper conferencing messaging resource sharing multimedia file-upload, such as asynchronous QuickTime Discussions. ...and for the webmaster, because Spinalot uses HTML templates, embedded SQL queries and AppleScript triggers both the design AND functionality are completely editable. http://www.ultralab.anglia.ac.uk/Spinalot/ tom smith http://www.ultralab.anglia.ac.uk/pages/ultralab/team/tom/ phone (+44) 1245 252009 fax (+44) 1245 252047 ICQ: 36369526 ULTRALAB, North Block, Anglia Polytechnic University, Victoria Road South, Chelmsford, UK, CM1 1LL

For Immediate Release "Savants Only" Stay Up-to-Date on the Web Chicago, IL -- Savant Interactive has added yet another reason to try their highly-acclaimed software product, webSavant. When you purchase a copy of webSavant and send in your registration card, you now have access to a special section of their Web site called "Savants Only." Savants Only keeps registered users of webSavant up-to-date with the latest in Web development news, online tutorials of new topics, a place to post Web design questions, and much more. Until July 1st, you can take a peek at the Savants Only section without being a registered owner of webSavant. Simply visit the Web site at http://www.websavant.com, click on "Savants Only" and enter the Login Name "sneak" and the password "peek". About webSavant webSavant is a revolutionary way of learning Web design and development. On a set of four CD-ROMs, it uses QuickTime movies to teach everything from the basics to the most sophisticated elements of Web site...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LiquiMedia Inc. Demonstrates Realtime Multimedia Capabilities for Java(tm) Technology SAN FRANCISCO, CA - June 15, 1999 * LiquiMedia Inc. today announced at JavaOne(tm) that it has completed development of its breakthrough realtime multimedia operating system technology, and demonstrated an integration of realtime scheduling with the Java(tm) platform. The LiquiMedia(tm) technology enables multiple independently-authored hard realtime applications -- such as digital video decoders, audio/video recording and mixing, games, and Internet telephony -- to run smoothly and concurrently. "Because the LiquiMedia technology operates correctly even in the face of malicious applications, we think it is the ideal underpinning for a realtime Java virtual machine aimed at media applications in both the embedded and desktop markets," said Robert Kroeger, the company's founder and Chief Technology Officer. "LiquiMedia's admission control mechanism is a necessary component of the...

Vancouver, BC - PhotoSphere Images, provider of high quality, royalty-free stock images, is pleased to announce their second annual giveaway extravaganza, appropriately titled "Fertilize My Mind II." Contestants are eligible for a random draw of many great prizes. Not only will PhotoSphere be giving away some of it's royalty free collections, but other sponsors include: software manufactures (Alien Skin, Intense Software, Auto F/X, MetaCreations, Scream Design, Xara, Vertigo 3D, Ultimatte, Right Hemisphere, Hot Door, Cerious Software, Extensis, Infowave) and publishers (Delmar Publishers Desktop Cafe, Rockport Publishers, Peachpit Press). The contest will run from now until July 31, 1999. More information regarding the products, and the sponsors can be found at http://www.photosphere.com/contest . Contestants may also visit this URL to immediately register for the opportunity to win one of these fabulous prizes. This contest follows the mission statement of PhotoSphere's Creative...

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, June 14, 1999 --- Excel Software is pleased to announce WinA&D 3.0 for system analysis, requirements specification, software design and code generation. Version 3.0 adds Java code generation, design namespaces, UML enhancements, dictionary enhancements, document templates and productivity features. WinA&D has diagram editors for process models, data models, class models, state models, object models, structure models and task models. Each model shows a different view of a software system that is integrated through a global data dictionary. In addition to integrated modeling, the tool provides requirements specification and traceability, design verification reports, scriptable HTML reports and complete text import/export features. WinA&D for Windows 95/98/NT and the document compatible MacA&D for Macintosh are used by thousands of system analysts and software designers in over 30 countries. WinA&D 3.0 generates Java, Delphi or C++ code from a...

From: Ken (ken@ksoft.net) Ken Stahlman (www.ksoft.net) is pleased to announce the availability of RAD (rapid application development) for CPLAT. Now you can enjoy the benefits of RAD development with the power of C++ cross-platform development. Combined with the CPLAT C++ cross-platform framework you can now enjoy the power of RAD to develop applications that run on the MacOS and/or Windows while enjoying the benefits of the C++ language. Full details on the CPLAT cross-platform framework and its RAD tool, along with copies of the user documentation can be found at: (http://www.ksoft.net) Creator of: FontCat - Macintosh font viewer / cataloger CPLAT - Cross-platform application framework http://www.ksoft.net e-mail: ken@ksoft.net

Pervasive Software Announces Tango(tm) 2000 Open Web Development Solution First Visual Interface for Object Support Provides No-coding Drag-and-drop Environment for Faster, More Cost-effective Web Development AUSTIN, TEXAS*June 14, 1999*Pervasive Software Inc. (NASDAQ:PVSW), a pioneer in developing software for powerful yet radically simplified Web and packaged application development, deployment and information management, today announced the new Pervasive Tango(tm) 2000 Web development solution. The new Tango 2000 visual development environment includes full COM object and JavaBean support, so developers can simply drag and drop objects (with business code already included) directly into their application files without having to know the underlying syntax. Used by organizations ranging from theglobe.com and Chase Manhattan Bank to Mary Kay Cosmetics and the Chicago Board of Trade, Tango provides the speed of deployment, power, flexibility, security and ease-of-use crucial to the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tools Plus Pro 5 Makes Mac Programming Fast and Easy OAKVILLE, ONTARIO--June 14, 1999--Water's Edge Software has announced immediate availability of Tools Plus Pro 5, the award-winning libraries and framework for Macintosh developers. The new release is updated for Mac OS 8.6 and includes new Apple Event and Help Manager support. Tools Plus Pro, the premium Macintosh rapid-development tool for novice to expert level developers, is now updated to take advantage of Apple Computer, Inc.'s latest operating system, Mac OS 8.6. New additions include extended support for "themes," and automatic response to a user's real-time changes to theme and appearance settings. For the first time, Tools Plus includes built-in Apple Event support which early reviewers have called "brilliantly simple." Out of the box, Tools Plus libraries include default behaviors for all core Apple Events. The implementation lets a developer integrate Apple Event support into his application with...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE StartPlace Launches ISP-Q Quote Service for Finding the Best Price for Web Site Hosting Plain English Guides and Tutorials Help Novice Users Learn Basics of Web Building Allentown, PA -- June 10, 1999 (Xpress Press) -- AT Media, an Allentown, Pennsylvania-based web design company, this week launches web host locator StartPlace and ISP-Q, a service enabling users to obtain quotes from web hosting companies by e-mail. ISP-Q (ISP Quote)users fill out an online form that is sent automatically to a list of web hosting companies offering services 'matched' to those requested on their form including: FTP, Telnet, MS FrontPage, streaming audio and video, SSL encryption, shopping carts and database support and web log statistics. The sender receives a reply quote by e-mail within 24 to 48 hours. In addition to ISP-Q, StartPlace publishes a Top 25 list of web hosts. Hosts are graded on server speed, service offerings, price, and support response times. Currently the top...

Catara Software, former publisher of sLog System Monitoring and Logging software and MiniCalendar. Public Access Software is committed to furthering development of these innovative products and will begin with minor updates to rebrand the software as well as address any outstanding issues in the coming weeks. Public Access Software is now solely responsible for the support and distribution of sLog and MiniCalendar and asks that all email be directed to the following addresses: * General info, comments or questions: (pasoft@pasoftware.com) * Support issues, bug or conflict reporting: (support@pasoftware.com) * Sales, licensing questions: (sales@pasoftware.com) In addition sLog and MiniCalendar are being distributed via the Public Access Software web site: sLog: (http://www.pasoftware.com/products/slog/) MiniCalendar: (http://www.pasoftware.com/products/minicalendar/) All existing customer's purchases will be honored by Public Access Software as well as new users who purchase...

Apple's QuickTime 4 Goes Primetime More Than Five Million Copies Downloaded In First 50 Days FOX News Online, FOX Sports Online and The Weather Channel Join QuickTime Content Providers CUPERTINO, Calif. - June 8, 1999 - Apple today released the final shipping version of QuickTime 4, its industry-leading multimedia software for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. QuickTime 4 features "streaming" of live and stored video and audio over the Internet and is the first Internet streaming solution to use non-proprietary industry-standard RTP and RTSP protocols. More than five million copies of QuickTime 4 public beta software have been downloaded from Apple's web site during the first 50 days since its release in April. Apple today also announced that FOX News Online and FOX Sports Online have joined the growing lineup of QuickTime content providers offering live programming, which also include BBC WORLD, Bloomberg, HBO, NPR (R) and WGBH Boston. The Weather Channel(R) joins the QuickTime...

CONTACT: Ellen Pinto Pantone, Inc. 201/935-5500 ellen_pinto@pantone.com Pantone Releases HexVector; Provides Hexachrome Support for Adobe Illustrator Allows Illustrator Users to Design in Hexachrome and Create Six-Color Separations Within Workflow Carlstadt, NJ, June 7, 1999 Pantone, Inc. today announced the availability of PANTONE HexVector, the first cross-platform Hexachrome plug-in for Adobe Illustrator. HexVector allows graphic designers, packaging designers, prepress and service bureaus to take advantage of the expanded color gamut of Hexachrome with the ability to design in Hexachrome and create six-color separations from within Illustrator. Hexachrome is an ultra high fidelity process printing technology that renders almost twice the number of colors than is possible with traditional four color process printing. The new plug-in enables designers to seamlessly integrate Hexachrome capabilities into an Illustrator-based design workflow, allowing image separations to be output...

REALbasic 2.0.2 is now available at http://www.realsoftware.com/release.html or ftp://ftp.realsoftware.com/current_release/ This free update improves reliability. Geoff Perlman REAL Software, Inc. http://www.realsoftware.com mailto:geoff@realsoftware.com

Startup Doubler 2.0 is now available for downloading from www.marcmoini.com. The new startup acceleration technology in this major update makes startups about 20% to 50% faster, and adds the following main features: Fastest startup acceleration available today. Speeds loading startup applications in addition to extensions, control panels and Finder. Actively supports multiple Extension Sets. Supports Mac OS 8.6. Startup Doubler 2.0 has a free trial period of 15 days. The shareware fee is $20, registered users of previous versions may upgrade for free. www.marcmoini.com Cheers, Marc

Wilmington DE - June 3, 1999. Highwinds Trading Company re-releases DataProtector(tm), and announces new pricing of $50 per platform (Macintosh or Windows). A demo is available via FTP at ftp://ftp.highwinds.com, and as an email attachment via autoresponder at Macintosh: mailto://1001-DataProtectorMac.sit@ar.highwinds.com Windows: mailto://1001-DataProWindemo.exe@ar.highwinds.com DataProtector is a modern data security package that brings data access protection and data validation functions to the 4th Dimension environment in the form of a standard 4D plug-in. Available on both Macintosh and Windows platforms, it uses industry standards to provide both a one-way hash function and a public key digital signature for text and string values. DataProtector's one-way hash function can be used to provide context specific password features such as requiring management validation for large orders or checks; password verification for access to sensitive data; and any other function where a...

Wilmington, DE June 3, 1999. Highwinds Trading Company (http://www.highwinds.com) is pleased to introduce FreeBees(tm), a suite of freeware security tools for Macintosh based cryptographers who work in apple-scriptable environments. The Freebees suite performs the indispensable tasks of: * "Hashing" (creating a one-way hash of any text) * "Hexing" (translating text to/from its hexadecimal equivalent). The hashing routine in FreeBees is based on the "SHA-1" algorithim, the choice of many of today's most widely used security systems. Hashing produces a "fingerprint" of any text. Use it for verifying passwords or for creating digital signatures. The hexing routine converts ascii strings which include potentially unprintable characters into hexadecimal strings. Use it for transporting binary characters via email. FreeBees is one in a series of software products for both developer and consumer which concentrate on the functional area of security. It is available via FTP at ftp://...

NetBeans announces integrated EJB, CORBA and XML support in Java 2 Technology Development Suite. Partners with leading EJB vendor, Gemstone. Prague, Czech Republic, June 3, 1999 - NetBeans announced a roadmap for the next generation of its cross-platform Java(tm)technology Integrated Development Environments (IDEs). Written in the Java language, NetBeans Developer Enterprise 3.0 is one of the first tools to merge the power of a cross-platform development environment with enterprise middleware based on Enterprise Java Beans(tm) (EJBs), CORBA, Remote Method Invocation (RMI) and XML standards. The IDEs' modular, open architecture gives developers and partners the power to extend their development environment with plug-in modules from NetBeans as well as a wide variety of third parties. A Beta version of Developer 3.0 is available from www.netbeans.com "With the Developer 3.0 suite, NetBeans is putting the power in the hands of the Java technology developer by not only providing support...

Setauket, NY, June 1999 - Limit Point Software is proud to announce the public beta for the ambidextrous Blue Crab 1.0 for Mac OS -- a high-performance crawler for intranet and the internet. Blue Crab crawls in two modes... 1) Download Mode. Mirror remote sites or volumes, downloading sites to disk. 2) Bookmark Mode. Crawl a remote site, creating a hierarchical bookmarks library which is indexable and searchable by LPS' Boolean Search engine. Crawl from any Mac on your TCP/IP network independent of, or as a complement to a web server. Crawling sessions schedules are highly configurable. Page Controller's drag-and-drop interface makes session config a snap -- custom configs may be saved, edited and applied to individual crawls. Blue Crab can even crawl multiple sites simultaneously, schedule unattended content delivery and control directory and path depths. Specify exactly what you want, exclude what you don't. A rich three-level filter system allows you to filter precisely what Blue...

Sig Software is proud to announce the release of Cross Platform 1.1, with a file format database updated for June 1999. Cross Platform provides information about how the files on a Macintosh can be used with Windows-based computers. It also functions as an excellent disk-cataloging tool. Version 1.1 of Cross Platform has a vastly improved interface and information on over 400 file formats, listed on our web site. The Cross Platform page is at : http://www.sigsoftware.com/crossplatform/ Thank you, Gideon Greenspan Sig Software gdg@sigsoftware.com http://www.sigsoftware.com/

Media Contacts: Francesca Koe, 415/243-3677 francesca_koe@macworld.com Laura Beraut, 650/261-9250 laura@beraut.com For Immediate Release Macworld Online Expands Internet Reach Via Acquisition of MacCentral Online --Acquisition Creates One of the Largest Mac Specific Sites-- SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 1999--Mac Publishing, L.L.C. the publisher of Macworld magazine, Macworld Online, iMacworld, MacBuy.com and MacWEEK.com, announced today the acquisition of MacCentral Online. The combination of Macworld Online and MacCentral Online will create the largest independent Mac site in the world. "The combination of Macworld Online and MacCentral Online not only creates a world-class Macintosh information, news, and reviews site, but presents broad and expanded opportunities to reach a variety Macintosh users: from professionals to aficionados," said Colin Crawford, President and CEO of Mac Publishing, L.L.C. Each publication brings a different corner of the Mac community to form a comprehensive...

FOR RELEASE: May 27, 1999, Melville, NY Company Contact: Olympus America Inc. Digital & Imaging Systems Group Ken Barone Product Manager 516) 844-5181 baronk@olympus.com Agency contact: Karen Thomas Thomas PR (516) 549-7575 kthomas@thomas-pr.com OLYMPUS SHIPS WORLDS FIRST ZOOM LENS 2.1 MEGAPIXEL FILMLESS DIGITAL CAMERA C-2000 Zoom Features 2.1 Megapixel, 3X Optical Zoom, Infrared Remote Control, Aluminum Point & Shoot Body Olympus America Inc., Digital & Imaging Systems Group, the leading consumer camera manufacturer, today announced that it has begun shipping the worlds first 2.1 megapixel zoom lens filmless digital camera, the C-2000 Zoom. The latest addition to the award-winning Olympus filmless digital camera line, the C-2000 Zoom boasts a 2.1 megapixel resolution (1600 x 1200), 3X optical zoom lens, infrared remote with fully automatic controls for novice users and powerful manual controls any photo enthusiast would appreciate. All this is packaged in a compact...

Press Release Press/Analyst Contact: Charleen Rice Bleu Rose Ltd. crice@bleurose.com http://www.bleurose.com For Immediate Release Bleu Rose Ltd. Announces New Version 1.1 Release - Black & Bleu(tm) Hacienda Heights, California, (June 1, 1999) - Bleu Rose Ltd. today announced the release of Black & Bleu(tm) Version 1.1, an application that shows Apple's explanation of all of the common and most of the unusual Macintosh OS error codes. Black & Bleu(tm) now contains about 3000 error codes. Many have detailed explanations and remedies available. This update provides: * Enhancement of all "User Oriented" detailed explanations with additional information. * Addition of a way to distinguish between error codes that use the same number. * Addition of the name of the system component that is associated with the error (such as QuickTime). * Addition of a way to list only those errors that are associated with a specific system component. * Over 400 new error codes. * Many more...