FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Johnny Hsu, SoftWatcher (888) 857-5656 info@softwatcher.com Lawrence W. Lee, Cirrus Arts Corporation (520) 394-2866 lawrence@versions.com SOFTWATCHER AND VERSIONS! JOIN EFFORTS TO TRACK MACINTOSH AND PC SOFTWARE - PROVIDING USERS WITH INSTANT EMAIL NOTIFICATION AND HOURLY UPDATES ON WEBSITE Los Angeles (June 1, 1998) - SoftWatcher and Versions! announce an agreement to join efforts in tracking Macintosh and PC software, and notifying users of new software releases for both platforms. Working together gives users an expanded range of options for keeping track of the latest news and releases in the software industry. Combining their search efforts also improves the likelihood that even relatively obscure releases are identified and announced. Many updates and bug fixes correct problems or boost performance with applications, operating systems, and even hardware peripherals. Nevertheless, keeping up with software and operating system upgrades is an...

From: mennig (mennigmann@KAGI.COM) Hi everybody! Today I released a public beta of the Macintosh security application THE BLOCK v2.0. NEW FEATURES ============ Version 2.0 is a major release with lots of enhancements and new features: Password Keys can use multiple modifiers (command, option, control and shift). Keys like the F-Keys, the Help Key or the Backspace Key can also be used as part of the Password Key. The Setup application is completely rewritten to be compatible with all Macs running System 7.1. There will be no more problems when changing the Password Key on PowerMacs. Further it is completely Appearance manager savvy. You can choose to press the "Esc" key instead of click on "Shutdown" to continue the system startup. Security hole fixed! There was a security hole in former versions. THE BLOCK accepted keyclicks between the command+pass combination and the click on the "Shutdown" button. Now you have to click on "Shutdown" or "Esc" (depending on your preferences)...

Product Release Information ZCurve Software 8206 Rockville Road #280 Indianapolis, IN 46214 http://www.zcurve.com zcurve@zcurve.com Visual MacStandardBasic $ 29.95 special offer extended through August 31st. INDIANAPOLIS, IN, June 1st, 1998 : ZCurve Software has announced that it has extended its special offer of $29.95 for Visual MacStandardBasic through August 31st, 1998. Visual MacStandardBasic normally has a retail price of $ 99. Professional Macintosh applications can be visually created in minutes. Visual MacStandardBasic uses and extends BASIC's easy to learn format to utilize the power of the Macintosh. It is easy for users to integrate sound, speech, color graphics, sprite animation, movies into their applications. Users can purchase and download the complete Visual MacStandardBasic package from the ZCurve Software web site (http://www.zcurve.com). Currently, Macintosh users anywhere in the world can get Visual MacStandardBasic within minutes over the Internet. Visual...

Product Release Information ZCurve Software 8206 Rockville Road #280 Indianapolis, IN 46214 http://www.zcurve.com zcurve@zcurve.com Visual MacStandardBasic $ 29.95 special offer extended through August 31st. INDIANAPOLIS, IN, June 1st, 1998 : ZCurve Software has announced that it has extended its special offer of $29.95 for Visual MacStandardBasic through August 31st, 1998. Visual MacStandardBasic normally has a retail price of $ 99. Professional Macintosh applications can be visually created in minutes. Visual MacStandardBasic uses and extends BASIC's easy to learn format to utilize the power of the Macintosh. It is easy for users to integrate sound, speech, color graphics, sprite animation, movies into their applications. Users can purchase and download the complete Visual MacStandardBasic package from the ZCurve Software web site (http://www.zcurve.com). Currently, Macintosh users anywhere in the world can get Visual MacStandardBasic within minutes over the Internet. Visual...

Ealier, c|net wrongly reported that Byte Magazine was closing. This is not true. Below is a release from CMP about what is really happening. - MacDev-1 ___________ Manhasset, NY--CMP Media Inc. (Nasdaq: CMPX) has completed its previously announced $28.6 million acquisition of The McGraw-Hill Companies' (NYSE: MHP) technology publications--BYTE, Data Communications, LAN Times and tele.com--and its independent technology testing lab, NSTL, which will continue to run as an independent business. The publication titles will become part of CMP's new Business Computing and Communications Group, which will also include InformationWeek, Network Computing, InternetWeek and Windows Magazine. Together, these publications represent the most comprehensive portfolio reaching the full spectrum of business IT buyers. The company has also announced that it will suspend publication of Byte magazine for several months with a re-launch slated for this fall. Byte's archives will continue to be available...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kernel Productions' Lazarus Keeps Mac Servers Running Newark, DE - May 29, 1998 - Today, Kernel Productions, Inc. announced the release of Lazarus, a hardware/software product that offers crash protection for MacOS-based servers. Lazarus is an Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) device that connects to a MacOS computer and will automatically restart it if the computer crashes. It does this by interrupting the power to the computer, and automatically restarting it after the computer has shut down. The Lazarus software also offers the ability to automatically restart the computer at user-defined intervals, monitor key applications to make sure they stay alive, and output a crash log in HTML format for easy tracking of the computer's crash activity. Lazarus is designed to be easy to install and use. It is targeted at keeping web, ftp, AppleShare, and other servers vital to business operations up and running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Lazarus differs from competing...

CLEARWAY SHIPS NITRO POWERPLUG 1.0, DRAMATICALLY SPEEDS WEBSTAR SERVERS -- ClearWay NITRO PowerPlug Significantly Boosts Speed Of WebSTAR Plug-ins. Nearly Triples WebSTAR SSI Speed; Accelerates Tango, Lasso, and Others -- Boston, May 29, 1998 -- ClearWay Technologies today shipped "ClearWay NITRO PowerPlug 1.0," the completed version of their WebSTAR plug-in that accelerates the execution speed of all other WebSTAR plug-ins up to 200% or more. With NITRO installed, WebSTAR SSI runs at nearly triple its normal speed; WebSTAR Search runs 20% faster. NITRO also accelerates most third-party WebSTAR plug-ins including Lasso, Tango, and WebCatalog. NITRO demos can be downloaded from: (http://www.clearway.com/NITRO/) "Plug-ins are at the very core of what makes WebSTAR great, and NITRO 1.0 really kicks your plug-ins into overdrive." said Mark Kriegsman, president of ClearWay. "No professional Webmaster should run a live Web server without NITRO." "We build the fastest WebSTAR software in...

Web Crossing is the leading software package for Web-based discussions, running at places such as Apple, Excite, the New York Times, CNN, c|net, Salon Internet, and CitiCorp. Web Crossing provides an integrated server-side solution for building Internet communities, managing corporate communications, or helping workgroups be more productive. Web Crossing is developed on the Mac first, and then ported to most platforms. Versions are available for MacOS, Windows 95, NT, Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, and most other Unix platforms. -- 3.0 Features -- * Web-based discussions, as if on a bulletin board * Chat rooms for real-time discussions * Newsgroups * E-mail list mirroring * Document enclosures, upload through Web browser, newsreader, or e-mail, and download through Web or newsreader * Member directory services * High-performance indexed search engine * Access control and user groups * Direct Web service or use your existing Web server * Server-side scripting for complete customization and...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Roundabout Logic, Inc. Contact: Walter Neals, Vice President, Sales & Marketing (407)327-4500 email: walter@roundaboutlogic.com ROUNDABOUT LOGIC, INC.(TM) SHIPS WIDGETIZER 1.0(TM), THE ULTIMATE TOOL FOR THE CREATION OF QTVR(TM) OBJECT MOVIES. Winter Springs, Florida, May 26, 1998 -- Roundabout Logic, Inc. announced today that it is now shipping the final version of Widgetizer 1.0, the ultimate tool for the creation of QuickTime VR(TM) Object Movies. The shipping product features a fresh look, including a new logo and brilliant retail package. Widgetizer 1.0 comes with a printed manual, as well as electronic tutorial and extensive samples of QuickTime VR. As an added bonus, Apple's(TM) new QuickTime(TM) 3.0 PRO is included FREE. Widgetizer(TM) is Roundabout Logic's(TM) peerless rapid object editor for QuickTime VR(TM). Widgetizer generates interactive QTVR(TM) object movies which look in at a central point, simulating the effect of holding an object in...

Bare Bones products are available through the Depot (http://www.devdepot.com), mailto:orders@devdepot.com, Toll free: 800-622-3381, Outside US/Canada: 805-494-9797, Fax: 805-494-9798.

PRESS RELEASE: OpenGraph Extends Word Processing Capabilities Of OpenStep, Yellow Box and Rhapsody VVI Data Control Specialists 311 Adams Avenue State College, PA 16803 USA 814-234-9613 or 888-DCS-OPEN (888-327-6736) 814-234-9614 (FAX) info@vvi.com; http://www.vvi.com State College, PA USA, 26 May 1998: VVI-DCS announced today that the upcoming version of OpenGraph and GraphBuilder integrates graphic-oriented processing into the OpenStep, Yellow Box, Rhapsody [, and future MacOS X] word processing system. With this extension, figures stored in text documents are immediately accessible for editing. This eliminates the need to make and store figures separately and then import them into a text document as, for example, EPS or gif files. This streamlines and reduces the cost of making and maintaining documents which have figures. In addition, a typical figure's file size is four to six times smaller and loads and images faster than corresponding EPS or gif files. Any application based on...

FOR RELEASE May 26, 1998 Contact: Charles McHenry 541-772-2382 cmchenry@opendoor.com OPEN DOOR NETWORKS ANNOUNCES AFP LOGGER BRINGS MUCH-NEEDED LOGGING TO APPLESHARE FILE SERVERS ASHLAND, OR. -- May 26, 1998 -- Open Door Networks Inc. today announced availability of a beta version of a signficant new product for AppleShare file servers. AFP Logger (TM) works with any AppleShare IP file server to provide a detailed log of accesses to the server, plus a real-time display of the server's operation. Logging both user and file access detail, AFP Logger provides AppleShare administrators with much-needed information on how their Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) server is being used, which files are being accessed the most, and potential security and other problems with the server. "AppleShare IP has always been a great file server," said Alan Oppenheimer, president of Open Door Networks. "It's just been missing the critical ability to monitor and audit both local and Internet-based...

PVCS Version Manager(tm) for Macintosh Now Integrates Fully With Metrowerks CodeWarrior Sacramento, CA -Synergex announces PVCS Version Manager for the Macintosh 5.2.10, enabling Mac developers to control versions of their software with PVCS by INTERSOLV from within Metrowerks CodeWarrior, their preferred development environment. Ported to the Macintosh by Synergex, which has brought PVCS products to more than 20 other leading platforms, PVCS Version Manager for the Macintosh supports any type of file-source code, graphics, documentation, binary, and text. And it's ideal for tracking changes to HTML. Equally usable as a standalone application or for team development projects, this product enables developers to track revisions and customized versions of software in Mac OS and non-Mac environments-even across system boundaries. Developers can make and track changes to Mac OS and non-Mac files alike, across Macintosh, Windows, OpenVMS, and leading versions of UNIX. Highlights * Preserves...

PRESS RELEASE Houston, TX, May 21, 1998. BIAP Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of BIAP Chat and BIAP Chat Pro, the first full-featured, native server for hosting real time interactive chat sessions on the Macintosh. BIAP Chat is designed to be extremely easy to install and administer, yet provides a feature set rivaling chat products on other platforms costing hundreds or thousands of dollars more. BIAP Chat is designed to integrate and work seamlessly with W*API 1.2 compliant Web servers on the Mac, including Quid Pro Quo from Social Engineering and WebSTAR from StarNine. BIAP Chat's extensive list of features includes: - Single file installation - Integrated Java chat client with configurable appearance - Client support for full international character sets - 68k and PPC native code support for the chat server engine - Support for telnet users - BIAP Chat Pro supports 100* different chat rooms (20 for BIAP Chat) - 200* simultaneous chat...

VOGET SELBACH ENTERTAINMENT: NEW WEB SITE, NEW VERSIONS, NEW LOCALIZATIONS - New Web site: (http://vse-online.com) - New versions: VSE Animation Maker 3.1 and Kids Animation Maker 1.0.1 - New languages: Both now available in English, French and German (Bonn, Germany, May 25th, 1998). The popular Mac OS based GIF animation tool VSE Animation Maker and Kids Animation Maker, the creativity tool for children, are now available in English, French and German. "Due to the immense success of our animation tools we felt bound to localize our products for French and German customers," said Johannes Selbach, marketing director of Voget Selbach Entertainment. "The new localized versions are another proof of our aim to provide any user with the easiest-to-use software available." VSE Animation Maker is a GIF animation tool that has anything you need to create impressive animations for Internet sites. It allows absolute precise timing of any animation frame, direct support of Netscape Navigator and...

DevDepot's Memorial Day Sale May 23 through May 25 Kick off the summer season with DevDepot! We are knocking an extra 10% off of our already low prices. You can always count on the Depot to have the season's hottest products at the prices you want. To qualify for the 10% off you need to order via e-mail, fax, or on our convenient web site. That's it --any order you place via any of these ways AUTOMATICALLY qualifies you. (Due to the overwhelming response expected, we cannot take phone orders at the discount price. If you need to speak to us by phone, send us an e-mail with your phone number and we will call you -- and you will still qualify for the discount). on the Web at http://www.devdepot.com via e-mail at orders@devdepot.com via fax to 805/494-9798 Hurry and pay us a visit at (http://www.devdepot.com) and take advantage of our Memorial Day Sale, it's a limited time offer! (Orders must be received by midnight, May 25, 1998 to qualify)

The Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ) 2.1 Early Access 1 is now available for download via the Apple web page at: http://developer.apple.com/java/text/prerelease.html This is the first early access release for MRJ 2.1 and a few thing should be noted about it: 1. It is PowerPC only 2. You must install QuickTime 3.0 to use this release 3. Many of the optimizations in AWT graphics, etc. that Apple demoed at WWDC are not in this particular release, but are slated for subsequent early access releases. 4. The Symantec just-in-time compiler that Apple has licensed (announced May 11) is not included in this release. We have also posted a EA1 known bug list, accessible from the same web page mentioned above. Please check it out.

From: Guy Kawasaki (Kawasaki@garage.com) We opened up the public area of the garage.com Web site today. Please check it out. We're trying to create a valuble resource area for high-tech entrepreneurs and investors. The site is located at: (http://www.garage.com/) Some highlights: 1) (http://www.garage.com/newsAgents.shtml) Here we use software agents to search 600 data feeds to monitor companies, people, and topics. Nothing will get past you if you use this area. 2) (http://www.garage.com/geoffsGems.shtml) Geoff Baum, our director of Web content, searches the Internet on a daily basis to find relevant stories for high-tech entrepreneurs and investors. 3) (http://www.garage.com/soapbox.shtml) This is where the bulk of my writing will go. I'll do columns and Q and A. 4) (http://www.garage.com/store/) Buy a garage.com Tshirt or hat. There's a kid's version to which says, "I am a little entrepreneur. My favorite letters are I, P, and O" on the back. Please link your site to ours to help...

Press Contact: For IMMEDIATE Release Gordon Davies Metrowerks Inc. (512) 873-4797 gdavies@metrowerks.com Metrowerks To Support Apple's OS Strategy and Motorola's AltiVec(TM) Technology Metrowerks to Support Mac(R) OS X Hosted Development, Carbon API, and Next Generation PowerPC(TM) Architecture SAN JOSE, California - May 13, 1998 - Metrowerks, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK) announced yesterday in a keynote session at the Apple Computer, Inc. World Wide Developer Conference its support for, and endorsement of, Apple's operating system strategy and next generation PowerPC architecture. Following on Monday's announcement of Apple's operating system strategy by Steve Jobs, interim CEO of Apple Computer, Metrowerks outlined how it plans to support developers in their transition to Mac OS X (Ten) using the Carbon API. "As we did for the Power Macintosh transition, Metrowerks will provide the tools that software developers need to make the transition to the next generation of Macintosh. We...

AAA+ SOFTWARE PRESENTS JAVASCRIPT-ENABLED JOY 2.0 FOR RHAPSODY AND MACOS X --Integrates all Carbon, Yellow Box, and Java API's into JavaScript San Jose, 12 May 1998 (WWDC). AAA+ Software is showing a preview of version 2.0 of its developer productivity and rapid application development tool, Joy, at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California. Joy 2.0 integrates language features of C, Objective-C, and Java into JavaScript, allowing developers to use all MacOS X API's (Carbon, Yellow Box, and Java) from one interpreted language. Developers' and third-party libraries are accessible too, with no "glue code" required. Joy 2.0 will fit perfectly into Apple's WebObjects framework, providing a more powerful alternative to WebScript. "At WWDC we are showing for the first time how you can use Macintosh Toolbox calls and Yellow Box API simultaneously from Joy on Rhapsody DR2. Joy allows you to integrate heterogeneous software components into one application, without changing...

PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNI SOFTWARE PLUS GmbH Softwarepark Hagenberg A-4323 Hagenberg AUSTRIA phone: +43 (7236) 3338-82 fax: +43 (7236) 3338-30 email: voodoo@unisoft.co.at, popchar_sales@unisoft.co.at www: http://www.unisoft.co.at/products/voodoo.html http://www.unisoft.co.at/products/popchar.html VOODOO and PopChar Pro Demonstration and Special Offer at WWDC San Jose, CA (Worldwide Developers Conference), May 11-1998, UNI SOFTWARE PLUS GmbH, announced today, that they will demonstrate the just released new version 1.8.1 of their award-winning version control tool VOODOO as well as their highly acclaimed Control Panel PopChar Pro at WWDC/Developer Central. Come and see at booth #43 how pleasant version control can be, regardless whether you use VOODOO as a stand-alone tool or smoothly integrated with CodeWarrior, BBEdit and other applications. Besides getting a thorough impression of our products, visitors can also benefit from a special offer for VOODOO that...

PRESS RELEASE: OpenGraph and GraphBuilder On Rhapsody DR2 VVI Data Control Specialists 311 Adams Avenue State College, PA 16803 USA 814-234-9613 or 888-DCS-OPEN (888-327-6736) 814-234-9614 (FAX) info@vvi.com; http://www.vvi.com State College, PA USA, 11 May 1998: In lockstep motion with Apple Computer, VVI Data Control Specialists (VVI-DCS) today announced a complete port of OpenGraph and GraphBuilder for Apple's just-released Rhapsody DR2 version. John Brilhart, CTO of VVI-DCS, remarks: "We've always been at the forefront of Rhapsody and Yellow Box technology and this time is no exception. We've made several hundred improvements to the upcoming OpenGraph and GraphBuilder. Those upcoming versions solidify our position as the premier provider of data reporting solutions for Rhapsody- and Yellow Box- based systems. We will be announcing availability, upgrade benefits and other specifics regarding the new versions in the near future." About VVI-DCS: VVI Data Control Specialists (VVI-DCS...

QuickTime 3 Hits the Million Mark WWDC, SAN JOSE, California--May 11, 1998--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced that, since its March 30 introduction, over one million Macintosh and Windows users are now using QuickTime 3 or QuickTime 3 Pro. Windows users accounted for more than two thirds of the total QuickTime downloads from Apple's website (www.apple.com/quicktime), demonstrating QuickTime's unique multi-platform appeal for capturing, editing and playing back a wide variety of digital video and audio content. "With over one million new users, QuickTime 3's huge success is establishing the technology as the industry standard for digital video," said Avie Tevanian, senior vice president of Software Engineering at Apple. "Both Macintosh and Windows customers are recognizing that if you want to easily view or edit high quality video on your computer--from home videos to blockbuster interactive software titles--QuickTime 3 Pro is a must-have." "QuickTime 3 has become the de facto...

FILEMAKER OFFERS DICTIONARIES FOR 15 LANGUAGES ON ONE CONVENIENT CD Accurate spell-checking in foreign languages for FileMaker Pro users SANTA CLARA, CA -- May 11, 1998 -- FileMaker, Inc. announced today the availability of the new Language Dictionary CD, a cross-platform CD containing dictionaries for 15 languages. The dictionaries provide spell-checking assistance for users of FileMaker Pro database software, as well as spell-checking, thesaurus, and hyphenation assistance for users of other software products. The Language Dictionary CD allows accurate spell-checking of foreign language text within databases, graphics, presentations, project management, publishing and correspondence. Each dictionary contains more than 200,000 words. The CD includes the following dictionaries which work with FileMaker Pro 4.0 and newer versions, and with Home Page 3.0 web authoring software: Afrikaans, Catalan, US English, US English Medical, UK English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German,...