FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Consultant 2.5 Fills Gaping Need For Palm Synchronization In Mac PIM Market PROVO, UTAH - September 28, 1998 -- Chronos L.C. today announced the release of Consultant 2.5, the award-winning organizer for MacOS computers. The new 2.5 version sports Palm synchronization capabilities among a slew of new features. Palm Synchronization Consultant 2.5 is a full-featured personal information manager (PIM) that integrates time, contact, and communication management seamlessly in a multi-user package. Consultant is turning heads because of its elegant interface, ease of use, and depth of features. Of particular interest to owners of PalmPilot, Palm III, and other PalmOS connected organizers, is Consultant's new ability to synchronize with the Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, and Memo Pad applications. New Consultant 2.5 Features In addition to Palm synchronization, Consultant 2.5 adds many new features: (a) Consultant now lets users assign unlimited categories to...

METACREATIONS SHIPS PAINTER 5.5 WEB EDITION Painter Upgrade Provides Web Tools for Natural-Media Graphics on the Internet Carpinteria, CA, Sept. 28, 1998 - MetaCreations Corporation (Nasdaq: MCRE) released today Painter 5.5 Web Edition, an upgrade to Painter, MetaCreations' award-winning paint and image-editing program. Designed for graphics professionals who want to create and edit original art for print and the Web, Painter 5.5 Web Edition introduces to the application many of the advanced tools a digital artist needs to develop and edit content for the Web. New features include image slicing, dynamic text, JavaScript rollover support, easy custom button creation and a built-in content library of more than 1,000 Web-ready images for stunning Web site graphics. To read the entire release and see screen shots of Painter 5.5 Web Edition, please go to: http://www.metacreations.com/press/p55_release.shtml For more information on Painter 5.5 Web Edition or other MetaCreations products,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Farallon Ships First & Only 10/100 Card for Comm Slot II ALAMEDA, Calif., September 28, 1998 - Farallon ships the first and only 10/100 Fast Ethernet solution for Macintoshes equipped with Comm Slot II. This new 10/100 Fast Ethernet card works in Macintosh models with Comm Slot II such as Power Macintosh 4400, 6400, 6500, 7220 and 20th Anniversary Macintosh; Performa 6400, 6410, and 6420. "Now customers with Comm Slot II machines do not have to lose their PCI expansion slot when upgrading to Fast Ethernet," states Jeanne Flatland, Education Marketing Manager for Farallon. "This is especially important in Education where schools are trying to leverage their prior investments while improving their networks for maximum throughput." The new Fast EtherTX 10/100 Comm Slot II card features: * 10 times the network bandwidth of 10Mbps Ethernet for maximum throughput * NWay 10/100 auto-negotiation for easy migration to Fast Ethernet * Full-duplex support for network...

For Immediate Release ROCKSTAR SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES NEW INTERNET SERVICE ADMINISTRATION PLATFORM FOR SUPPORTING REMOTE ACCOUNTS AND DELIVERING CONTENT - GearBox Connection Kit simplifies routine account maintenance and delivers services through a distributable client - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., SEPT 28, 1998 - Rockstar Software announced today the GearBox Connection Kit, a new administration platform for supporting Internet accounts. Attendees of ISPCON 98 (Booth# 1601) will see a preview of the software which provides a scalable connectivity solution for administering remote access account support and delivering value-added services within a distributable client. Designed for commercial providers and the enterprise, the GearBox Connection Kit will ship for Windows 95/98 and Mac OS in Q4 with pricing on a site licensed or per-client basis. Windows NT support to be included Q1 1999. More information is available at: www.rockstar.com. The GearBox Connection Kit addresses three key service...

PRESS CONTACT: Florent Pillet / PowerGlot Software 12 Bd Desgranges, E.10 92330 Sceaux France phone: +33 1 4683 1447 email: fpillet@powerglot.com PowerGlot Software Releases PowerGlot 1.2 Premier Localization Tool for Macintosh Improves Compatibility For Immediate Release (Paris, France) September 24, 1998 - PowerGlot Software announced today the release of PowerGlot 1.2, a new version of its premier localization tool for Macintosh software. PowerGlot enables developers to make their products available worldwide in the native language of their choice, including 2-byte languages like Japanese, Chinese and Korean. PowerGlot 1.2 extracts text from applications, helps perform the translations and then builds the localized applications, with an easy to use, fast and powerful interface. PowerGlot 1.2 adds support for the just released Metrowerks CodeWarrior Professional 4, the upcoming Mac OS 8.5, as well as new additions for PalmOS developers. PowerGlot 1.2 also improves AppleScript...

Sig Software is proud to announce the release of NameCleaner version 1.9. NameCleaner is a utility for the Macintosh OS to manipulate file names and types. There are three main areas where it is useful : * Preparing files created on a Macintosh for use in DOS, Windows or UNIX. * Applying a general file name filter to many files and folders in one go . * Preparing files created in DOS, Windows, UNIX for use on a Macintosh. Version 1.9 adds Microsoft Office 98 file types, the option to add text or file information before file names, automatic sequence numbering, the option of cleaning and showing invisible files, and more. The Sig Software home page is at : http://www.sigsoftware.com/ The NameCleaner web page is at : http://www.sigsoftware.com/namecleaner/ Thank you, Gideon Greenspan Sig Software gdg@sigsoftware.com http://www.sigsoftware.com/

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Naomi Pearce Pearce Communications 510/528-0824 mailto:naomi@pearce.com STARNINE INCLUDES FREE GOLIVE CYBERSTUDIO PERSONAL EDITION WITH WEBSTAR AND UPGRADES -- Award-Winning Authoring Software Included Free With WebSTAR For a Limited Time; GoLive CyberStudio Professional Edition Now Also Available in Bundle Up Discount Program -- BERKELEY, Calif., September 23, 1998 -- StarNine Technologies, Inc. today announced it will include a free copy of GoLive CyberStudio Personal Edition with WebSTAR and WebSTAR Upgrade packages ordered now through the end of October, or while supplies last. GoLive CyberStudio Personal Edition is an easy-to-use site authoring and management tool that includes visual layout and design, advanced site management, and powerful HTML and JavaScript Source Code Editing. This free offer is in effect through October 31st, or while supplies last, at (http://www.starnine.com/). StarNine also announced that it now offers CyberStudio...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION: Joanne Sperans Hartzell Sun Microsystems, Inc. (650) 786-5404 joanne.hartzell@sun.com Theresa Hanlon Thomas Associates, Inc. for Sun: (650) 596-2700 theresa@thomaspr.com SUN MICROSYSTEMS ISSUES BETA VERSION OF JAVA 3D PROGRAMMING TOOL FOR FREE DOWNLOAD, TESTING 1000s of Developers Already Working with Alpha Code; Beta Code Is Now Available to Everyone for Free Testing PALO ALTO, Calif - September 22, 1998 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that it has made the beta version of its Java 3D (TM) application programming interface (API) available on the Sun (TM) Website (sun.com/desktop/java3d) for free download and evaluation to anyone interested in exploring the new technology. The 3D development tool is based on open standards and is easy to use, making it an ideal choice for developers who want to create 3D content and leverage it across multiple platforms without enduring the steep learning curve of other 3D APIs. The Java 3D API is a...

For Immediate Release NetBeans Bundles Cloudscape with Leading Programming Environment Oakland, CA and Prague, Czech Republic, September 21, 1998-NetBeans, Inc. and Cloudscape(TM) Inc. announced today that NetBeans, Inc. will bundle Cloudscape's embeddable Java-based object relational database with upcoming releases of the NetBeans IDE. Founded on the principle of Java innovation, NetBeans is the first company to offer an all-Java IDE based on Swing/JFC. Cloudscape offers the industry's first embeddable Java database, designed to be invisibly embedded within applications as a local data manager. The Cloudscape database will be bundled with NetBeans Developer 2.0, allowing users of NetBeans Developer 2.0 to create Java applications that integrate a fully functional, yet lightweight object-relational database manager. The integrated product is expected to be available in November 1998. NetBeans Developer 2.0, written entirely in the Java(TM) language and based on Sun's Java Foundation...

Canadian Developer Releases 'Wired Sprite' Tool for Embedding Directional Stereo Sound in QTVR Squamish, British Columbia, Canada, September 21, 1998 - Squamish Media Group, Inc., today announced the release of its newest product, soundsaVR, a tool designed to allow content creators to accurately place directional stereo sounds into QTVR panoramic movies. soundsaVR is a fast and inexpensive way to add sound to photographic or rendered single node and multi node QTVR movies. soundsaVR can import sampled music, voice-overs, sound effects, MIDI tracks, or any file in sound formats supported by QT3.0, to enhance the immersive experience of QTVR with realistic directional stereo sound. Using Apple's 'wired sprite' technology and proprietary directional sound enhancements developed by Squamish Media Group, soundsaVR allows the embedding of directional stereo sounds directly into 1.0 or 2.0 QTVR movies. The user can then assign multiple sounds to each node, set the direction and volume of...

Press Release - BugLink v1.0.2 Upgrade Released For Immediate Release Glendale, California, September 21, 1998 -- The PandaWave announced today the release of version 1.0.2 of BugLink, a free upgrade for existing customers. What is BugLink? BugLink is a bug tracking system for both the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows 95/NT. BugLink consists of a central bug database and server application, and clients which allow software developers and testers download the bugs they are interested in. What's New In This Release This update, which is free for all existing customers, fixes a number of problems, including a potentially fatal memory leak in the BugLink Client application. This release also fixes a few user interface glitches and a printing problem which causes the wrong date to show up on reports. A problem with the Server has also been fixed which can, under rare circumstances, cause the bug tracking database to become corrupted. This upgrade is highly recommended for all users, and can...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 21, 1998 LEPTONIC SYSTEMS INC. RELEASES SURFJET AGENT 1.0 FINDS INTERNET ARTICLES; LEARNS VIA NEURAL NET TECHNIQUES Leptonic Systems Inc. has announced that SurfJet Agent 1.0 has been released and is available for purchase. SurfJet Agent is an intelligent assistant that automatically searches the Internet for you. It locates candidate articles (usually Web pages) using Internet search engines, then pre-reads the article text, evaluating it according to an "interest profile" you create, predicting your interest level. Then it prioritizing the results to show you only the most interesting articles it found. As you browse through the results, you can correct its predicted interest level by moving a slider. Using neural network techniques, SurfJet Agent can learn from this feedback to improve its future performance. SurfJet Agent requires a Macintosh computer with Internet access, Mac OS 7.1.5 or above and any popular Internet browser. SurfJet Agent 1.0 has...

From: Michael Krivoruchko (misha@elegantsoft.com) Loafer version 1.2 release information September 18, 1998: ElegantSoft announced it's next release of Loafer, a shareware for Macintosh. Loafer is software developer macro tool. It's main features are: - C/C++, PowerPlant, Java and HTML sets of macros; - access to macros by contextual menu (Mac OS 8.0+); - a macro can simulate typing or be pasted; - file and class names available in macro; - date and time values available in macro; - set of macros can be changed on a fly. System requirements: PowerPC CPU System 7.5+ More details about Loafer can be found at: http://www.elegantsoft.com/Products/Loafer/

ProJPEG 3.1 for Mac available - now with full actions support. BoxTop Software, Inc. http://www.boxtopsoft.com "BoxTop's ProJPEG 3.0 is fast, feature laden and stable. It's spacious side by side image preview window allows you to compare images before and after compression. ProJPEG 3.0 is what Photoshop's own JPEG compressor should be." - Richard Vallon "BoxTop Software's ProJPEG plug-in consistently produces JPEG files that are routinely 50% smaller than Photoshop." - Jon Warren Lentz in a review of Photoshop 5 for Mac Art & Design #23 That says a lot about ProJPEG. It is the very best of the best and in side by side tests makes the smallest, fastest JPEG files in the least amount of time - now you can save Web ready JPEGs in even less time because ProJPEG 3.1 has full actions support and can be fully scripted in Photoshop 4 and 5 for automatic processing. That is just one of many improvements in 3.1. You can downloaded ProJPEG 3.1 for Mac and ProJPEG 3.0 for Win from the BoxTop...

For Immediate Release Press Contact Tabitha Ethridge Metrowerks Inc. (512) 873-6549 tabitha@metrowerks.com (http://www.metrowerks.com/)http://www.metrowerks.com Metrowerks Ships CodeWarrior Professional 4 For Windows(r)95/98, Windows NT(r), and Mac(r) OS AUSTIN, Texas - September 16, 1998 - Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK) announces the company will begin shipping CodeWarrior Professional 4 this week. Professional 4 is the latest release of CodeWarrior software development tools for the Windows and Macintosh platforms. This release includes an improved version of Metrowerks' Integrated Development Environment (IDE), added processor-specific code generation support for PowerPC and Pentium-class processors, enhanced support for C++ programming and updated support for Java development. Updated IDE The updated CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment provides developers key benefits including: * New support for "Multiple Document Interface", providing developers with the...

From: Marco Bambini (marco@spiderlink.it) Subject: ANNOUNCE: OpenScript 1.1 What is OpenScript? OpenScript is a plugin for every HTTP server compatible with W*API 1.1, it allows you to include AppleScript and Frontier commands in your HTML pages. Version 1.1 add PIXO support. For more information, or to download a free, fully-functional demo of OpenScript 1.1, visit http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/7185 (software section). Thank you for your time, Marco Bambini

EveryWare Ships Upgrade to Tango Enterprise Version 3.5 of Leading Web Development Studio Caters to Group Development Mississauga, Ontario, Canada - September 17, 1998 - EveryWare Development Inc. (ASE:EVE), the leading developer of cross platform software for the construction and analysis of dynamic web applications, today announced the release of a major upgrade to its flagship Web development environment, Tango Enterprise. Version 3.5 includes 11 new features including functionality that allows groups of developers to more easily complete projects in a team environment with source code control. The free upgrade to current Tango Enterprise 3.x customers is now shipping, and can be downloaded from EveryWare's Web site at (http://www.everyware.com/)http://www.everyware.com/. To continue to be the easiest and fastest Web development environment, we have integrated features that enhance team development in Version 3.5, said Tango Product Manager Henry Lach. We've given developers that...

SOLECT AND DYNAMICSOFT PARTNER TO PROVIDE BILLING COMPONENT FOR JAVA-BASED VoIP Solect's IAF Provides Comprehensive Solution to Manage Billing for Voice/Fax Over IP Applications Washington, D.C. September 14, 1998 -- Solect Technology Group, the leading provider of infrastructure solutions for service providers, announced today a technology partnership with dynamicsoft, the world's leading supplier of Java-based voice and fax over IP software solutions, to integrate Solect's Internet Administration Framework (IAF) solution with dynamicsoft's jVoIP Framework. The dynamicsoft jVoIP Framework is a set of Java-based software modules that give communications equipment manufacturers and service providers the ability to build services for transmitting voice/fax over IP networks. By integrating the major components of the service provider's business cycle - such as service management, billing and customer care -- IAF will enable dynamicsoft to rapidly deploy a comprehensive billing solution...

Mega-Faxing for the Masses Naperville, IL For Immediate Release Not just another pretty fax, Copia's FaxFacts Fax Server now brings the power of T1 and PRI digital communications to network faxing. Large corporations, call centers, and service bureaus will appreciate the ease of high- volume, production faxing that FaxFacts provides. FaxFacts uses Copia International's patented mail merge to fax technology combined with digital transmission to offer reliable, high-performance delivery of thousands of personalized faxes per broadcast. Copia also provides easy-to-use software to help manage fax broad- cast jobs. Each job is assigned an owner, an identifier, and a type such as marketing pieces, product announcements, or whatever you prefer. The job can then be assigned a priority, a recipient list, and delivery time and date. The job administrator can monitor jobs, cancel or pause a job, archive a job, and change job priority. Upon job completion, job owners may be notified by e-mail,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 15, 1998 BLUE WORLD 12th FASTEST GROWING TECHNOLOGY COMPANY IN WASHINGTON Industry Awards Blue World as One of Washington State's Top 50 Technology Companies BELLEVUE, WA - September 15, 1998 - Blue World Communications, Inc. last week received the coveted Fast 50 award for its outstanding revenue growth over the last five years. Presented by Deloitte & Touche with co-sponsors Piper Jaffray and NASDAQ, the Washington Technology Fast 50 competition honors the leading high-growth technology companies in Washington. Past recipients include Microsoft, Visio Corp. and virtually all leading software companies with headquarters in the state of Washington. With five year growth in revenue at over 1500%, Blue World was cited as the 12th fastest growing technology company in the state of Washington. "We attribute our success to our market-leading Web database middleware technology, targeted online and print-based marketing, rapid development, rapid response...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World Language Resources Teaching the World to Tango WLR Customers Can Search the Web in Languages Other than English with Alis Technologies' Browser LOS ANGELES, CA (September 14, 1998) -- World Language Resources, Inc. (WLR), the online provider of the largest selection of language-related products in the industry, announced today that it now offers Alis Technologies' Tango Browser V.3.1 on its Web site at www.worldlanguage.com. Tango is a high-performance, multilingual Internet browser that makes Web pages that have been developed in any of more than 90 languages readable in the user's preferred language. Languages supported include left-to-right languages such as English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, and right-to-left read languages such as Hebrew and Arabic, as well as Ideographic languages such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean. With the flexibility of a 19-language interface, users can view menus, messages, and on-line help in their native language....

For Immediate Release Contact: Sharon Doi Neon Software, Inc. 3685 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Suite 253 Lafayette, CA 94549 Phone: 925-283-9771 Fax: 925-283-6507 Internet: doi@neon.com Neon Software Announces Side-Grade Program for NetOctopus Users LAFAYETTE, CA - September 14th, 1998 -- Neon Software is pleased to extend NetOctopus users a special 50% off side-grade offer to LANsurveyor 4.0, the MacOS network mapping and reporting application. NetOctopus is now added to the list of products eligible for a LANsurveyor side-grade program. This list includes GraceLAN, Status*Mac and Radar. LANsurveyor logically maps Mac OS networks and displays network objects (computers, printers, routers, and other nodes) and the relationship between them. In addition, LANsurveyor also features: * Up/Down Polling with Email and Pager Alert * Generate Hardware and Software Inventory Reports for Asset Management * Query for Software Profiles (INITs, Extensions, Fonts, Version Numbers and more) * Query for...

Prague, Czech Republic, September 14, 1998 - NetBeans, Inc. today announced the release of the Beta 3 version of NetBeans Developer 2.0. It is the last beta prior to the full release, which is due near the beginning of Q4. Beta 3 is available for free download from the NetBeans web site, http://www.netbeans.com. NetBeans IDE is a full-featured Java IDE based completely on Swing/JFC. NetBeans is both written in Java and it generates Java code. It is an object oriented, visual programming environment based on JavaBeans components without relying on any third-party components. The IDE is easily extensible, and it runs on any platform that supports JDK 1.1.x, including Win95/98/NT, Apple Mac, Linux, OS/2, Solaris, HP-UX, Irix, and others. Since the June release of Beta 1, over 18,000 new registered users have downloaded the tool. "You're really on the bleeding edge here," said Brian Burton of Burton Computer Corporation. "NetBeans is definitely the most sophisticated GUI I've seen built...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Power On Software Ships ACTION Files Version 1.1 New version of #1 File Utility Adds Default Folders And User Definable Keyboard Commands Minneapolis -- September 14, 1998 -- Power On Software announced that it will begin shipping version 1.1 of ACTION Files(r) today. Winner of the MacHome Magazine Choice Award for "Utility of the Year" for 1998, ACTION Files offers an elegant simple, fast, and convenient way to manage and organize files. It replaces the limited functionality and small fixed size of the standard Macintosh Open and Save windows. ACTION Files allows users to find, save, delete, rename, alias and open files directly in the standard Macintosh open and save windows. By adding the most frequently requested features, the latest version adds even greater functionality to every application's Open and Save Windows and improves upon the original version's elegant interface. In addition to providing an array of options and speed enhancements that make...