Year: 2000

5/2/00

iView Multimedia 3.8 has several improvements like the ability to read
Alias Pix format, AGD4 (Freehand 8), and drw7 (Canvas 7). Also iView
Multimedia has added a Chinese plug-in so its menus and dialogs can be read
in Chinese.

Even more significant is the addition of a new module called iUpload which
allows uploading images direct to photo upload sites on the web. iUpload
can upload directly from and iView catalog directly to the Photopoint and
Zing photo web sites.

Cross-compile Valentina for REALbasic Professional 1.8 released

UPGRADE SUPPORTS REALBASIC 2.1 CROSS COMPILATION, IMPROVED DEBUGGING WITH
DCON

May 1, 2000. Beaverton, Oregon.

Apple Offers iMovie as Free Download for PowerBook and Power Mac G4 Users

Apple Continues to Lead Desktop Movie Making Revolution

CUPERTINO, California-April 28, 2000-Reinforcing its lead in the desktop
video revolution, Apple today announced that iMovie, its groundbreaking
video editing software, is now available as a free download for its
PowerBook and Power Mac G4 users.

“In seven months, iMovie has become the most popular video editing software
in the world,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.

April 27, 2000. Berkeley, CA.

4D Inc Announces First Annual WebSTAR Summit

StarNine Technologies, Inc. publishers of the WebSTAR Server Suite and 4D,
Inc. publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS Environment, announced today
that they will host the first annual WebSTAR Summit Conference to be held
October 4-8 in San Diego, California.

WebSTAR Summit 2000 will have sessions and programs highlighting technical
issues concerning WebSTAR users of all levels and backgrounds presented by
StarNine employees and members of WebSTAR’s Third-Party community.

From: Murray Yar IT (MurrayYarIT@eircom.net)

Contact: Mike Hayes, mailto:Murray_Yar_IT@kagi.com

Fresh Start 2 Beta posted.

April 28, 2000 — Murray Yar IT today posted a beta of Fresh Start version
2 to complement the Multiple Users facility in Mac OS 9.

“Basically, as well as restoring the Mac OS and application preferences to
a standard state at startup, Version 2 now restores a user’s environment at
login” said Mike Hayes, speaking for Murray Yar IT.