FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Gordy Davies Metrowerks Inc. (512) 873-4797 gdavies@metrowerks.com METROWERKS SHIPS CODEWARRIOR FOR BeOS RELEASE 3 AUSTIN, Texas -July 21, 1997- Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, today announced they are now shipping a new release of CodeWarrior for BeOS, the Be-native version of its award-winning Integrated Development Environment (IDE). CodeWarrior for BeOS Release 3 includes CodeWarrior's BeOS-native IDE and PowerPC compilers used to build software applications for the BeOS, which runs on the BeBox personal computer manufactured by Be Inc. and many other PowerPC-based systems. A significant addition in Release 3 is Java 1.02 support with JIT for developing and running Java projects on the BeOS. Other features include scripting support, multiple concurrent compiles, source level debugging, an editor with syntax coloring and styling, headers and libraries, reference...

We delayed sending this message due to the InterNIC problems yesterday. InterNIC's error caused an estimated 30% of all mail to all .com and .net domains to bounce for users worldwide. We figured we wouldn't add to the problem. :) Lasso 2.0 provides full support for FileMaker Pro features such as repeating fields and related records via portals. What's more, Lasso was the first and remains the only FileMaker Pro Web-enabling solution that contains built-in email forwarding capabilities. Winning Methodology Lasso 2.0 operates on the principle of easily editable HTML files which contain all database integration commands and dynamic page generation instructions alongside standard HTML page elements. This extended HTML mark-up "language" is referred to as the Lasso Dynamic Markup Language (LDML). The LDML method has proven itself superior to thousands of users who quickly outgrow cumbersome and limited "wizard-like" approaches to database integration. Lasso users operate in their HTML...

For Immediate Release Media and Investor Contact: Tom Biddulph SkyWeyr Technologies Inc. 510-237-8349 bid@skyweyr.com SkyWeyr Ships LiveIndex An Interactive Java Navigation Tool for Websites EL CERRITO, Calif. - SkyWeyr Technologies Inc. announced the release of LiveIndex(tm), which enables website visitors to interact with an intuitive and familiar view of a website. Using an interactive file/folder metaphor similar to the one used by the Macintosh Finder and Windows Explorer, users can quickly navigate complex websites and HTML documentation. By default, LiveIndex picks the type of view (Macintosh or Windows) that is most appropriate for the user. Tom Biddulph, founder of SkyWeyr, commented that "No longer do web surfers need to repeatedly click through pages of HTML to find the information they are interested in. LiveIndex allows them to quickly and easily locate exactly what they are looking for." LiveIndex release 1.0 is primarily targeted at content creators and webmasters who...

Apple and CodeFab Enters Web Objects Training Agreement Cupertino, Calif.--July 15, 1997--CodeFab, Inc. and Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) have announced an agreement to deliver training programs on Apple's WebObjects web development platform. As a training provider for WebObjects, CodeFab will create and deliver courses on the WebObjects product line with training rights in the New York City area and the opportunity to conduct private classes in North America. "CodeFab is an Apple Enterprise Alliance Program Member that has been creating and delivering training classes on WebObjects, and providing WebObjects consulting services. Creating a training provider relationship with CodeFab provides Apple's customers in the New York City area with one-stop shopping for their WebObjects software and services," according to Sara Benson, director of WebObjects and OpenStep customer training for Apple. "I'm very excited to be working with Apple," said Alex Cone, president of CodeFab, Inc. "...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stalker Software adds Anti-Spamming features to its mail server products. MILL VALLEY, Calif., July 14, 1997 - Filling yet another need in the world of Internet Email, Stalker Software, Inc. has just released its latest feature, Anti-Spamming, for both the CommuniGate Messaging System and the Stalker Internet Mail Server. The new feature is especially popular for Internet Service Providers as they suffer the most from senders of bulk E-mail (spammers). Not only do Spam offenders fill mailboxes that ISPs maintain for their clients, but they also abuse ISP mail servers, using them as relays to distribute bulk E-mail all over the world. Anti-spam features are included into the both Stalker SMTP products: the commercial CommuniGate SMTP module, and into the freeware Stalker Internet Mail Server (SIMS). The first feature allows the server administrator to put the network addresses of spammer hosts into the server Black List: all connections from those hosts are...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 1997 Press contact: Jeff Hendry EveryWare Development Inc. (905) 819-1173 ext. 262 jhendry@everyware.com Apple Computer bundles EveryWare's Tango Enterprise and Butler SQL Leading-edge Web development tools from EveryWare Development Inc., chosen for the Apple Internet Server Solution Mississauga, Ontario--July 15, 1997--EveryWare Development Inc. (ASE: EVE) has reached a software distribution agreement with Apple Computer Inc. The agreement is to bundle Tango Enterprise and Butler SQL, EveryWare's intranet rapid application development tool and relational database management system with the Apple Internet Server Solution. Apple Computer Inc., of Cupertino, CA (http://www.apple.com/) is focused on providing a complete solution to organizations in business, education, or publishing that want to establish a significant presence on the Web. The Apple Internet Server Solution, which is one of three available software solutions for Apple's Workgroup Server...

Nombas has developed a JavaScript compatible interpreter that you can include in your application or embedded system. This interpreter developer's kit is called the ScriptEase:Integration SDK. Using an interpreter in your application means you get: Faster Application Development More Flexible Applications Easier Portability Improved Code Reuse The ScriptEase:Integration SDK allows you to embed into your C/C++ application a fully functional, JavaScript compatible, script language interpreter. You get the full power of an interpreter engine without the time, engineering and hardware resources normally required when developing your own macro language interpreter. The ScriptEase Interpreter offers all the flow control operators: if, else, while, do/while, for switch, and goto. Also included are the pre-processor directives, #include, #if, #ifdef, #else #ifel, #endif, #define. With The ScriptEase:Integration SDK you can allow access to your applications' functions and...

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Subject: [ANN] MSL C++ Reference Errata CodeWarriors, There is a release of the MSL C++ Reference errata available now for downloading from http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/documentation/updates.html or ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/ ftp://ftp2.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/ If you are connecting from europe, you may want to try the mirror at: (ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/Metrowerks/mirror/updates/) *(7/9/97) Guides and examples for adapting the various template container classes, where CodeWarrior MSL 2.1.2 deviates from the standard methodology.

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Susan Marlett ClearWay Technologies 617-973-5024 marlett@clearway.com CLEARWAY TECHNOLOGIES SHIPS FIRESITE WEB SITE ACCELERATOR 2.1 OPTIMIZED FOR ISDN-BASED WEB SERVERS -- FireSite Now Also Optimized for 56K-128K ISDN-Based Web Servers -- Boston, MA., July 11, 1997 -- ClearWay Technologies, Inc. today announced an updated version of its FireSite(tm) Web Site Accelerator, which contains special optimizations for ISDN-based Web servers. When used with ISDN lines running at speeds from 56Kbps to 128Kbps, FireSite 2.1 can sustain page delivery speeds exceeding 500Kbps, and can increase Web site "traffic capacity" by 400-800%. FireSite 2.1 also can now operated in conjunction with "virtual ISDN connections". Free Demos are available from (http://www.clearway.com/pages/demos.html) "We've received a huge amount of interest from Webmasters using ISDN lines. They're looking for higher performance and higher traffic capacity, without the immediate cost...

Astrobyte Releases BeyondPress 3.0 New product provides WYSIWYG Web page creation in QuarkXPress For Immediate Release -- July 11, 1997 Denver - Astrobyte today announced the release of BeyondPress 3.0 for MacOS, the latest version of its Web authoring XTension for QuarkXPress. The 3.0 version includes all the document-conversion features of its predecessor, and adds powerful Web page authoring and management tools. Previously unannounced features of the new release include integrated online help, an evaluation version of Netscape Communicator, and a reduced price, to US$495 worldwide. WYSIWYG Authoring for Quark Users With BeyondPress 3.0, designers can create Web pages with the familiar tools of QuarkXPress, the world's leading page design software. Using the Cascading Style Sheet support of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator, plus Bitstream's TrueDoc font technology, BeyondPress converts stylized text in a QuarkXPress document to formatted HTML, retaining the...

Apple Board Announces the Resignation of Chairman and CEO Gil Amelio CUPERTINO, Calif.--July 9, 1997--Apple today announced that Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio, after consultation with Apple's board of directors, has resigned his positions as chairman of the board and chief executive officer, and that the Company is initiating a search for a new CEO. Until a new CEO is hired, Fred Anderson, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will assume additional responsibilities for the Company's day-to-day operations, working closely with the board and the executive management team, which includes: Fred Anderson - executive vice president and chief financial officer Guerrino De Luca - executive vice president, Marketing Dave Manovich - executive vice president, Worldwide Sales and Service Jack Douglas - senior vice president, General Counsel and Secretary Jim McCluney - senior vice president, Operations Jon Rubinstein - senior vice president, Hardware Engineering Avie Tevanian - senior...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No Wonder, Inc. Contact: Scott William, President/CEO scottw@nowonder.com Telephone: 913-696-0179, Fax: 913-696-0431 http://www.nowonder.com Free Computer Support Online for MacOS, Windows, Be, Solaris, and OS/2 Users (Overland Park, KS--July 8, 1997)--No Wonder, Inc. announces Free Computer Support for users of MacOS, Windows 95/NT, Windows 3.x, Be, OS/2 and Solaris. No Wonder has been providing free support to the MacOS community for over 8 months. During this time it has been 100% volunteer based, computer users helping computer users. No Wonder is made up of volunteers from all over the world including Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, Sweden and the US. Free Computer Support is available to all Internet users. What sets No Wonder apart from individual company web support sites, is the personal relationship they provide to its users. Scott William, Founder/President/CEO said, "It is our goal to keep users from spending hours on-line searching for answers...

Tools Plus Assists Mac OS 8/System 7 Developers OAKVILLE, Ontario--July 7, 1997--Macintosh developers creating applications or plug-ins for Mac OS 8 and System 7 have a new ally, now that Water's Edge Software has upgraded their Tools Plus libraries and framework to version 3.3. The latest version includes new routines to facilitate writing applications and plug-ins that can take advantage of Mac OS 8's new Appearance Manager while retaining compatibility with System 7. As in the past, Tools Plus libraries continue to shield developers from the multitude of intricacies and complexities of Macintosh programming. They allow developers to easily create professional quality applications and plug-ins, often reducing effort by as much as 85% and dramatically reducing the volume and complexity of source code. Tools Plus libraries can be used with or without the application framework that is included in the software developer kit. Developers using Tools Plus 3.3 can program for a specific...

VIVISTAR CONSULTING SHIPS VTEXT LIBRARY UPDATE FOR METROWERKS' POWERPLANT DEVELOPMENT 1 July 1997 -- ViviStar Consulting announced the immediate availability of an update for its VText library for Macintosh developers. The update includes full compatibility with and sample project files for CodeWarrior Pro 1. VText is a C++ add-on library for Metrowerks' PowerPlant application framework. VText provides complete Macintosh text support including: greater than 32kb text, tabs, rulersets, undo, drag and drop editing, AppleEvent scripting and recordability, full support for multibyte characters and inline input methods including Japanese and Chinese text, and full support for bidirectional script systems including Arabic and Hebrew. "VText is a definite buy from its WorldScript features alone," said Jonathan Hess, product manager at ViviStar Consulting. The multilingual features support drag and drop, OSA scripting systems, tabs, and rulers. Hess added "developers don't have to do any...

Dear Developer, DevDepot already offers developer tools and books at the lowest prices in the market - guaranteed! We have hundreds of products available for you all year round. DevDepot has a special blow out this 4th of July! Act now and you'll get an additional 10% off our already low prices. Description In celebration of Independence Day, here's a limited time only sale (until midnight July 6th), we've lowered our already guaranteed super-low prices an additional 10%! You'll find incredible deals, plus a dazzeling selection -- everything from the latest OPENSTEP and Java books to brand new offerings from Apple, Metrowerks, Prime Time Freeware, BeatWare, Lakewood Software, AG Group, Bungie, Arboretum, Capilano Computing, Purity Software, Terran Interactive, Conix Graphics, Roaster Technologies, MacTech(r) and many more. To top it all off, we've made ordering a cinch! What's the catch? There isn't one. To qualify for the 10% discount you only need to order by e-mail, fax, or on our...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Natural Intelligence Meets Technology Industry Hiring Challenge June 30, 1997. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Beginning on July 7, five successful candidates will begin their apprenticeship in Natural Intelligence's Developer Apprentice Program (DAP)Qan unusual and innovative mentoring program which has yielded the company some of its most successful hires. Created in 1994 in response to competition in the technology industry for highly qualified software developers, the program continues to prove an invaluable resource. The company regularly receives well over 100 applications for five positions. Shari Agatstein, Vice President of Operations, noted that the DAP program was quite unusual. "The 'DAPers' are not only trained in the technologies and development methodologies employed by Natural Intelligence, but considerable attention is also focused upon providing apprentices with those skills that transform a programmer into a highly skilled consultant." Agatstein...

Dear MacTech Magazine, We are the hosts of an internet resource for web developers and individuals who want to track visitors to their web pages. It is called the 'Museum of Counter Art'. The museum contains nearly 500 sets of TOTALLY FREE counter artwork for anyone to use. The counter sets can be used with most any counter CGI, across all platforms. We just completed a major redesign of the museum and would like to get the word out to as many people as possible. Although our site is not Macintosh specific, it is a resource any Mac web developer will want to know about and use. We would really appreciate a mention in your daily news section, and a link placed in your 'net reference area would be fantastic. Please stop by at the Museum for a tour. Here is a brief description that you can use: The Museum of Counter Art The museum is a showcase for digit artwork used with web page hit counters. Counter Art is displayed in the various exhibit rooms of the museum based on its particular...

From: hsoi@eden.NO-TREET.com (John C. Daub) Subject: [ANN]: PowerPlant Classes from Hsoi's Shop released Hsoi's Shop is pleased to announce the release of 5 contributed classes for Metrowerks' PowerPlant - some updates, some new! * CURLPushButton 2.2 Helps make your PowerPlant applications more Internet-savvy by adding clickable buttons that look and behave like URL links in web browsers. Just click and go! Great for listing web pages, email addresses, and ftp sites in About boxes and the like. * CVersCaption 1.3 A caption that automatically displays version information based upon the 'vers' #1 resource. Simple and seemless, just drop and go! * HCmdButtonAttachment 1.1 An attachment that gives controls command key equivalents to allow for more and easier keyboard navigation through your application. You can specify the key to be the first letter of the control's title or almost any character of your own choice. Furthermore, the title of the control can change on the fly to display the...

From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin) Subject: [Ann] TextureFnoob 0.5 (freeware) TextureFnoob is a graphics tool. Or a texture programming language. Or a mathematical graphing package. Or... no, I'll start over. TextureFnoob is a graphics tool which can do *anything*. Okay -- a good approximation of anything. It allows you to construct functions out of basic mathematical elements: numbers, addition, subtraction, colors, color-blending, color maps, rotations, translations, Perlin noise and turbulence functions, and dozens of other operations. And then it dynamically generates the result. Computer graphics are made of mathematics. TextureFnoob does not give you a preprogrammed set of special effects; it gives you a set of mathematical functions and lets you construct whatever image you want. There are functions to render marble and wood textures; you've probably seen those before. There are functions for ripples, bevels, bumps, spirals, wiggles, wobbles, color composites, and all...

Dear BBEdit Bunch, We wanted to let you know about a new plug-in (CometPage For BBEdit) and a related special price offer on the plug-in for registered BBEdit users. CometPage For BBEdit is a plug-in tool which adds dynamic web page creation and site management to BBEdit's feature set. The graphical organizer in CometPage For BBEdit allows drag and drop of templates, site-wide macros/stylesheets and over 75 dynamic Comet commands into any BBEdit window, enabling BBEdit users to start building dynamic web pages immediately. For more information on the plug-in itself, refer to Digital Comet's web site (http://www.digitalcomet.com). A separate, stand-alone personal web server (called CometSite available for $129 directly from Digital Comet) lets you test dynamic pages on a local machine before the pages are loaded onto any Mac, UNIX, or NT based web server. This is a very nifty tool. It is available at a special discount price of $49 from our site (http://www.barebones.com/order-form....

Apple Announces Advertising Agency Review CUPERTINO, Calif.-June 26, 1997-Apple Computer, Inc. today announced a reassessment of general advertising needs in the U.S. consistent with Apple's restructuring of their marketing operations and strategy. As a result, Apple is inviting a number of advertising agencies, including BBDO, Apple's current advertising agency, to participate in an account review. "We have gone through the process of reconsidering all of our other existing business practices in the past several months and now we are doing the same thing with our advertising plans and resources," said David Roman, Apple's vice president of Advertising & Brand Communications . "1997 has been an opportunity to review the way Apple does business based on new goals and resources. We have chosen this time to explore other resources to meet our current and future advertising needs." Apple's renewed focus on its users and key markets necessitates a significant change in...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEAPINE SOFTWARE SHIPS TESTTRACK 1.5 FOR WINDOWS AND MACINTOSH TestTrack 1.5 Offers Comprehensive Cross-Platform Bug Tracking, Automated Bug Reporting, and Unparalled Ease Of Use CINCINNATI, Ohio--June 25, 1997--Seapine Software, Inc., an innovative developer of cross-platform bug tracking tools, is now shipping TestTrack 1.5, a full-featured bug tracking solution at an affordable price. The most popular bug tracking solution for the Macintosh, TestTrack 1.5 adds versions for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. TestTrack offers complete feature parity and a virtually identical user interface across platform versions, so users can work on their platform of choice and retain full database compatibility between Windows and Macintosh systems. "Finally, a single bug tracking application that covers both Macintosh and Windows developers! As someone who tests both Macintosh and Windows products daily, this is wonderful!" said Rick Shields of Quality Assurance at Ann Arbor-...

To all, If you want to help spread the word for developer resources -- vote for the MacTech web site in the below survey. Then again, just vote for your favorite news regardless of your reason. As a MacDev-1 subscriber, you may not realize that the news distributed over MacDev-1 is also mirrored as web content on the home page of http://www.mactech.com -- check it out. Thanks, Neil Ticktin MacTech Magazine publisher@mactech.com ------------------- From: JM Pierce (jason@mactimes.com) Organization: Unofficial Macintosh PR Department Subject: Vote For Your Favorite Mac News Site! Hi, The Unofficial Macintosh PR Department is running a contest to determine the Mac community's favorite Mac news related site. Titled, "Vote For Your Favorite Mac News Site" and located at http://www.mactimes.com/archive/62497vote.html, the contest features appr. fourty nominee sites. We will be accepting votes from readers until the end of June at which point we will post the results of the contest. In...

For Immediate Release REARDEN SHIPS SITECAM 1.0 -- PROFESSIONAL STRENGTH UPGRADE TO MacWebCam -- Adding QuickTime Time-lapse Movies to Web Sites is Easier with New Streaming Video Management Tools; Now Only Application to Provide Automated Image Archiving -- SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 23, 1997 -- Rearden Technology, the leader in webcam software on the Mac(tm)OS, announces SiteCam 1.0, easily the most feature-rich webcam program on any platform, with more robust management tools for streaming video and now the only webcam application with Automated Image Archiving. SiteCam 1.0 is the fully supported commercial successor to Rearden Technology's popular shareware program, MacWebCam, already known for its high-performance, reliable streaming technology and QuickTime time-lapse movie generation. SiteCam 1.0 has been dramatically enhanced over MacWebCam to include faster streaming, several new display modes, all new and SiteCam-only image archiving capabilities by time stamp, a new status...