For immediate release. Lightsoft is pleased to announce the release of Fantasm version 5.1. 11 Apr 98 -- Fantasm is a Macintosh assembly language development environment allowing the creation of 68K, PowerPC and FAT applications, code resources and fragments. For the first time ever, Fantasm is native on both PowerMacs and 68K Macintosh's. Version 5.1 is a significant update. This release combines many user suggestions with a host of powerful new features and a tremendous speed boost. Fantasm 5.10 now additionally includes: Universal Mac OS header files providing a uniform system interface for assembly language programmers. Enhanced user interface, to facilitiate a faster and more powerful working environment including pop-up labels and sequential error jumping. LXT - a 68K assembly language to PowerPC fragment cross-translator (also useful as a low level portable language). Instruction and directive replacement (allowing assemblers, compilers and cross assemblers to be written using...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Acrux Software announces "Teach!" version 4. Price reductions and new features added to Mac-only multi-media authoring program. Contact: Mike Thorpe, Acrux Software info@acruxsoft.com tel/fax: 31 20 6261899 http://www.acruxsoft.com (Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 9 1998)--Acrux Software, a provider of Macintosh educational software and courseware, today announced the release of version 4 of "Teach!": a Mac-only multi-media authoring toolkit specifically designed for the education community. Teach! was recently rated as "excellent" in an "About This Particular Mac" review, and earned 4 out of 5 mouse points in a MacUser UK review - and both reviews were based on the previous version of the program! Version 4 includes many improvements to the program's user interface. Most noticable are the "pop-up palettes" (inspired by the pop-up windows in Mac OS 8). These palettes "pop-up" when you click on one of their titles, which the program keeps neatly arranged along the...

Apple To Announce Software Strategy at Worldwide Developer Conference CUPERTINO, California-April 9, 1998-Apple Computer, Inc. today announced that Steve Jobs Interim CEO will outline Apple's software strategy during his opening keynote at Apple's 1998 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in mid-May. The five day developer conference will cover all aspects of Apple's technology and business, including Mac OS, Rhapsody, QuickTime, ColorSync, AppleScript, WebObjects, marketing initiatives and future hardware directions. Apple's WWDC runs from May 11-15 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California. Developers worldwide can register for the conference at www.apple.com/developer/wwdc "At WWDC we are planning to announce Apple's software strategy to the worldwide community of Macintosh developers," said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO. "We think this is a meeting developers won't want to miss." Cost & Registration The cost of the five day conference is U.S. $1,045 per...

Apple Developer Connection Goes Live New Worldwide Program Simplifies and Improves Support for Apple Developers CUPERTINO, California--April 7, 1998--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced the Apple Developer Connection (www.apple.com/developer), a simplified family of support programs that provides the Company's developers with a choice of three levels of participation--Online, Select and Premier--enabling developers worldwide to choose the appropriate level of technical information and support they receive from Apple. "By delivering a global program, we ensure that all of our developers worldwide have access to the latest information on operating system technology, QuickTime, Java, WebObjects, hardware and our strategies for them," said Clent Richardson, Apple's senior director of Worldwide Developer Relations. "With in-depth technical information now easily accessible online, we're also giving anyone with an Internet connection the opportunity to get on the fast track for Apple...

Kodak Contributes to Java 2D API Developers who use Sun's next release of the Java Development Kit (JDK 1.2) can add powerful imaging capabilities to applications, using technology contributed by Eastman Kodak Company. Kodak and Sun demonstrated a new imaging architecture -- part of the Java 2D API -- at Sun's JavaOne Worldwide Developer Conference recently. The innovative software architecture adds a new imaging capability within the Java programming environment that developers can use to give end-users more functionality and control over continuous tone images, with little programming effort. Developers can use the architecture to deliver many of the benefits of FlashPix technology -- including images that burst on screen, powerful zooms and non-destructive edits to images. For a complete news release, or find it on Kodak's Web site (www.kodak.com/go/news).

QuickTime 3 Momentum Grows Leading Developers Launch QuickTime 3 Products NAB, LAS VEGAS--April 6, 1998--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced that more than 25 of the biggest names in multimedia and broadcast have developed products, tools and solutions for QuickTime 3, the latest release of Apple's award-winning, industry standard software for creating and publishing digital media for Mac OS, Java and Windows. "The companies supporting QuickTime 3, many of which are at NAB, are leaders in digital media and breaking new ground in their respective markets," said Avie Tevanian, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering. "Also, with QuickTime 3 integrating SMPTE-approved video effects and transitions, and the QuickTime file format now the starting point for the ISO's MPEG-4 specification, the industry is standardizing on this shipping technology--rather than waiting for new, unproven technology initiatives to come to market." Leading companies announcing support for QuickTime...

ServletExec 1.1 (final) for Solaris, Windows, and Mac OS is now available for download: http://www.newatlanta.com/downloads.html ServletExec 1.1 implements the complete Java Servlet API as defined by JDK 1.2 and implements many of the features of the Java Web Server 1.1 including: - User Session Tracking - SingleThreadModel - Dynamic Page Compilation - Presentation Templates - File Upload Servlet - support for compressed zip/jar archives (local and remote) - configurable VM settings (Windows and Solaris) - support for the Windows Performance Pack (JITC) ServletExec 1.1 adds support for the Java Servlet API to the following web servers: - Microsoft IIS 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 ( Windows NT) - Microsoft PWS 1.0 and 4.0 (Windows 95) - Netscape FastTrack & Enterprise 3.0 and 3.5.1 (SPARC Solaris & Windows NT) - WebSTAR 2.1 and 3.0 (Mac OS) - WebTen 1.1.1 and 2.0 (Mac OS) - AppleShare IP 5.0.3 (Mac OS) - Quid Pro Quo 2.1 (Mac OS) ServletExec 1.1 for Windows and Mac OS...

Contact: Mathew Caughron Director of Marketing 816.765.4983 x 628 press@proteron.com PROTERON RELEASES GOMAC 1.5: A QUANTUM LEAP Kansas City, MO. April 7, 1998 - Proteron, L.L.C. today announced the release of GoMac 1.5. Targeted at users who perform multiple tasks on the Mac as well as those migrating from the Windows environment, GoMac is Proteron's popular system utility which implements a program bar, start menu and keyboard switcher for the Mac OS. The program is available for immediate download at www.proteron.com. Subscribers to MacAddict, MacConnect and Metrowerks Code Warrior will also be receiving GoMac in future distributions. New features abound in GoMac 1.5. Following closely on the heels of Microsoft's release of Office 98 for the Mac, GoMac offers Office 98 Integration. Users with Office 98 installed will see a Microsoft Office 98 item in their Start Menu for easy access to Word, PowerPoint and Excel. GoMac 1.5 also supports Apple's Control Strip technology and has a...

Press Contact: John Geyer Phone: (408) 356-7373 x227 email: jgeyer@terran.com web site: http://www.terran.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Developer Edition of the Sorenson Video Codec Now Available from Terran Interactive San Jose, CA, Terran Interactive (April 3, 1998) Terran Interactive announced today that it is now fulfilling orders for the Developer Edition of the Sorenson Video Codec. One of the major advances of QuickTime 3, the new Sorenson Video codec is included as a standard component of the QuickTime installation. The Sorenson Video codec delivers the highest quality low-bandwidth QuickTime movies. A Basic Edition of the codec is included with QuickTime 3. However, for best results content producers will need to upgrade to the Developer Edition of the Sorenson Video Codec. Used with Media Cleaner Pro 3.0's advanced features such as variable bitrate encoding, the Developer Edition can provide a dramatic improvement in image quality and/or filesize. For...

For Immediate Release from Pine Island Software: Beehive ftp forms - The fastest, most secure, way to send forms and files across the Internet. NEW YORK, NY, March 17, 1998 - Pine Island Software breathes new life into the time honored ftp standard with the release of Beehive ftp forms v2.0. Beehive ftp forms has merged the html forms standard with drag and drop ftp (Internet File transfer Protocol) to create a workflow suite suitable for handling repetitive forms and file transfers such as those found in the prepress industry. With this release, Pine Island has also resolved the long standing security problems with ftp by implementing a "secure key" system that encrypts the ftp site, path and access information so that multiple senders may send to the same site without security risk. According to Mark Bennett, President, Pine Island Software, "Beehive ftp forms has been designed "from the ground up" to accommodate Internet forms and file transactions; it has an architecture that...

With the release of WebSTAR 3.0 comes an update to the W*API SDK for building W*API Plug-Ins. The current version of the W*API is now 1.3. Changes include: - Support for multihoming. - Several previously read-only parameters are now settable. - New parameters for finer awareness of the server environment. - Several new error messages. - Support for receiving of HTTP 1.1 chunked data. The W*API SDK 1.3 archive can be found at: (ftp://ftp.starnine.com/pub/webstar_dev/wsapisdk.sea.hqx) Previous W*API SDK versions and additional W*API info can be found at: (ftp://ftp.starnine.com/pub/webstar_dev/) Questions about developing W*API plug-ins should be directed to the WebSTAR-Dev mailing list (subscribe at (http://www.starnine.com/address-list-editor.html)).

From: Eric Zelenka (eric@starnine.com) ANNOUNCE: Free WebSTAR SSI-WebInclude Release StarNine is proud to announce the availability of WebSTAR SSI-WebInclude, a free Plug-In for use with WebSTAR 3.0, enabling you to dynamically include parts of remote web pages in the content being served. WebSTAR SSI-WebInclude works by taking advantage of the new Tag Registry capabilities of WebSTAR 3.0 to add even more functionality to the server-side-includes (SSI) processing capabilities of the newly released WebSTAR 3.0. With WebSTAR SSI-WebInclude installed, you now have access to two new HTML-like SSI tags, (WEBINCLUDE) for retrieving HTML pages from remote web sites, and (TAGEXTRACT) for extracting images, tables, etc. Users of WebSTAR 3.0 are invited to download this free Plug-In at (ftp://ftp.starnine.com/pub/extending_webstar/webstarssi-webinclude30.sea...). To find out more information regarding WebSTAR 3.0 or to obtain an evaluation copy of the server, visit our web site at (http://www....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Shannon Gillikin Live Software, Inc. (619) 643-1919 sg@livesoftware.com Brett Smith Borland International, Inc. (408) 431-1341 bsmith@corp.borland.com LIVE SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR BORLAND'S JBUILDER 2 -- Live Software Java Servlet Products to Support JBuilder 2 -- SAN FRANCISCO -- March 24, 1998 -- Live Software, Inc. today announced ServletDebugger 2.0, an enhanced version of its acclaimed servlet support tool, for Borland International, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:BORL) JBuilder 2, the new version of Borland's award-winning family of visual development tools for building corporate and enterprise software applications with the Java programming language. Both announcements were made as a part of Sun Microsystem's JavaOne developer conference being held here this week (booth #527.) ServletDebugger 2.0 allows for the testing and debugging of Java Servlet code from within the JBuilder development environment. ServletDebugger 2 has an integrated server and servlet...

Lemke Software has released Graphic Converter 3.2. Graphic Converter can be downloaded at Lemke at(http://www.lemkesoft.de/us_gcdownload.html). Lemke's server is very over loaded so Insanely Great Mac maintains a mirror for GV at (http://www.insanely-great.com/software.html). Some key features/fixes of GraphicConverter 3.2: * import of QuickTime qtif added (requires QuickTime 3.0 or later) * storyboard window added: * fill tool supports now a tolerance (double click on the tool) and requires less memory * trim option supports now a tolerance (new menu item) * trim batch function allows now to specify the color and a tolerance * tolerance to find and replace added * trim can now be limited to a special direction * import and export plug-ins will appear in the apple menu * support for import of GIF animations with zero loop added * possible crash during save of MacPaint files fixed * redraw bug of clipboard window fixed * possible hang during use of lasso tool fixed * bug in saving of...

Apple Announces Third Annual Software Design Awards for Mac OS Developers Apple Design Awards Recognize Innovation, Advanced Look and Feel, and Use of Apple Technologies CUPERTINO, California--Apple Computer, Inc. announces its third annual software design contest for Mac OS developers. Formerly known as the Human Interface Design Excellence (HIDE) Awards, the Apple Design Awards illustrate the Company's continued support for the Mac OS developer community and recognize superior software in the areas of innovation, look and feel, and use of Apple technologies. The Apple Design Award winners will be announced during Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) on May 13, 1998 in a ceremony at the Company's corporate headquarters. Deadline forentries is April 15. WWDC takes place May 11-15 in San Jose, California. More information on the conference is available on Apple's website at: (http://www.apple.com/developer/wwdc/) "Mac OS developers are an all-important Apple community whose...

MoreFiles 1.4.8 Released Version 1.4.8 of MoreFiles is now available. If you downloaded version 1.4.7 in the last month, you'll need to get version 1.4.8 -- the conditionals in FSpCompat.c produced bad code. You can download it today from from : (ftp://members.aol.com/JumpLong/MoreFiles_1.4.8.sit.hqx) It will also submitted for release through the following channels (and may be available today or in the near future): Apple's Developer CD Apple Developer World web/ftp site America Online's Macintosh Developers Forum library (keyword: MDV) CompuServe's Macintosh Developers Forum library (GO MACDEV) Metrowerks (for inclusion with their next CD) - Jim Luther, Apple Computer, Inc. ---------- v1.4.8 3/24/98 Bugs fixed: - Fixed conditional errors introduced in v1.4.7 in FSpCompat.c. - Initialized realResult to noErr in FSpGetFullPath. - Changed comment in IterateDirectory.p for MyIterateFilterProc - the CInfoPBRec parameter should be {CONST} VAR.

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Naomi Pearce Pearce Communications 510/528-0824 Email: naomi@well.com STARNINE SHIPS MAJOR UPGRADE TO WEBSTAR -- WebSTAR 3.0 Now Includes IP Multi-homing, FTP and Proxy Servers, New Administrative Interface, Java(tm) Servlet Support, Search, and More -- BERKELEY, Calif., March 26, 1998 -- StarNine Technologies, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of WebSTAR 3.0. This major upgrade to the award-winning Mac OS(tm) Web server software includes new FTP and Proxy servers, Search capabilities, IP Multi-homing, a revamped WebSTAR Administrative interface and support for the latest Internet standards including HTTP 1.1, JavaSoft's Java(tm) Servlet API and WebObjects(tm). Available immediately WebSTAR 3.0 can now be downloaded from (http://www.starnine.com/). The upgrade is priced at $199 for current users of version 2.x, or $299 for users upgrading from version 1.x. New copies of WebSTAR are priced at $499, and include WebSTAR/SSL. Today...

Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 12:09:01 -0500 From: Michael D Flaminio (flaminio@insanely-great.com) Subject: [NEWS] Apple Brings QuickTime to Java Reply-To: Mac News Wire (MacNews@insanely-great.com) Sender: (MacNews@insanely-great.com) (http://www.insanely-great.com/news/98/3/news24.html#qtjava) It's been rumored for a while, and now Apple has announced the availability of QuickTime for Java. QT for Java is a developer framework for easily adding multimedia playback, authoring and publishing capabilities to Java software. QuickTime for Java will significantly increase Java's acceptance in new media markets and enable delivery of compelling interactive content to Java customers. QuickTime for Java allows developers to write Java programs that incorporate QuickTime content and functionality. Java developers will now have unlimited access to QuickTime's rich support for digital media, including graphics, sound, video, text, music, VR and 3D. Additionally, they will be able to deliver high-...

Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 10:54:48 +0100 From: Ingemar Ragnemalm (ingemar@lysator.liu.se) Reply-To: ingemar@lysator.liu.se Organization: Lysator computer club Subject: Released: Sprite Animation Toolkit 2.5.0 Released: Sprite Animation Toolkit 2.5.0. Sprite Animation Toolkit (SAT) is a popular game programming library for Macintosh. It is free of charge as long as credits are given and I get a free copy of released products. SAT can be used from Think Pascal, Think C or CodeWarrior (Pascal or C). SAT has been used to develop dozens of released Mac games and applications, from simple freeware games to commercial software. Some of the more known ones include Missions Of The Reliant, BOOM, Asterax, Escape Velocity, Bub&Bob and Harry The Handsome Executive, and of course many of my own games, Bachman, Slime Invaders, Bert, Ingemar's Skiing Game, HeartQuest, Smack a Skunk and a few upcoming titles. For more information and downloading, go to the SAT web page: www.lysator.liu.se/~ingemar/...

Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 12:35:23 -0500 To: Mac News Wire (MacNews@insanely-great.com) From: Michael D Flaminio (flaminio@pilot.msu.edu) Subject: [NEWS] Jobs to be asked for CEO decision this week Status: Reply-To: Mac News Wire (MacNews@insanely-great.com) Sender: (MacNews@insanely-great.com) Precedence: Bulk =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Todays News Wire Sponsor is: Small Dog Electronics... High Technology for Low Prices! Factory refurbished Apple Macintosh and UMAX SuperMac PowerPC Mac OS compatibles. For great Macintosh bargains surf over to (http://www.smalldog.com/) Check our our daily specials! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= (http://www.insanely-great.com/news/98/3/news23.html#appleceo) In this week's Apple board meeting, Steve Jobs is expected to be confronted with a CEO decision for Apple. Apple's board may soon force Jobs to decide his role with Apple computer. Will...

Press Contact: For Release March 23, 1998 Gordon Davies Metrowerks Inc. (512) 873-4797 gdavies@metrowerks.com (http://www.metrowerks.com/)http://www.metrowerks.com Metrowerks to Ship CodeWarrior Professional 3, the Latest Version of Software Development Tools for Windows(R) 95, Windows NT(R), and Mac(R) OS New CodeWarrior Debugger is Now Seamlessly Integrated With New IDE 3.0. Also Featured is a New Java-to-Native Compiler AUSTIN, Texas - March 23, 1998 - Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK) announced today the company will, in the last week of March, begin shipping CodeWarrior Professional 3, the latest release of CodeWarrior software development tools that combines Windows-hosted and Mac-hosted desktop tools into a single unified package. CodeWarrior Professional 3 includes IDE 3.0, the latest version of Metrowerks award winning integrated development environment, which includes a fully integrated debugger and a new Java-to-native compiler. The new IDE also allows...

RELEASED March 19, 1998 For more information contact Be: In the U.S. and Pacific: Alex Osadzinski, alex@be.com (650) 462-4126 In Europe: Jean Calmon, jcalmon@beeurope.com (33) 1 49 06 73 75 Metrowerks, Inc.: Gordy Davies, gdavies@metrowerks.com (512) 873-4797 BE AND METROWERKS ANNOUNCE CLOSER DEVELOPMENT RELATIONSHIP FOR BEOS TOOLS MENLO PARK, California (March 19, 1998) -- Be, Inc. and Metrowerks, Inc. announced today that they have renewed their existing development relationship for a further five years and have broadened it to include tools for the BeOS for Intel product also announced today. The new agreement covers both PowerPC and Intel Architecture development tools for the BeOS. Under the agreement, Be will manage the strategic direction of the CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the BeOS and Metrowerks will concentrate on delivering the best compiler, linker and library technology for Be Developers. Marketing, sales and support of the CodeWarrior for BeOS...

BoxTop Software, Inc. http://www.boxtopsoft.com 1: PhotoGIF Lite 1.1 for Macintosh released 2: ImageVice 1.1 for Windows released There are two items of interest in update news today from BoxTop. I am keeping the length of this note to a minimum, though. There will be another separate announcement shortly about the public release of PhotoGIF Illustrator, which is bigger and longer awaited news. - Travis Anton, travis@boxtopsoft.com 1: PhotoGIF Lite 1.1 for Macintosh released PhotoGIF Lite 1.1 is a significant bug fix to the shareware version of PhotoGIF. It corrects problems present in the 1.0 version reading all files without comments, and is a free update. If you're using PhotoGIF Lite, this is a definite download you need to make. If you aren't using PhotoGIF Lite, kick yourself. You should be. Download it. PhotoGIF Lite gives you a lot more punch for your Web graphics production in Photoshop and it's shareware. You can use it even if you can't justify purchasing it. No guilt from...

Internet Developer Community Launches Grassroots Initiative To Educate Surfers About Mac OS On The Web Streamwood, IL -- John O'Fallon, founder of Maxum Development Corp., announced today the "Serve different" campaign, an initiative intended to demonstrate to World Wide Web users that the Mac OS plays a key roll in powering the Internet. The "Serve different" campaign is being supported by a cross section of the Mac OS Internet development community, including such companies as: StarNine Technologies, NetProfessional Magazine, ClearWay Technologies, digital.forest, catalogue.com, Web Broadcasting, brad.net, Purity Software, Open Door Networks, and Imagina. The group is asking Web developers to post a small "Serve different" icon in a "discreet but prominent" position on their Web sites, and to then link the icon to the "Serve different" home page. A choice of 2 icons is currently available, so that Web developers can select an image that integrates with the rest of their...