Year: 2001

States to reject antitrust settlement

Most of the 18 states suing Microsoft are set to reject the antitrust settlement reached this past Friday by Microsoft and the U.S. Justice Department. Among the states that oppose the settlement are California and Massachusetts. Critics call the settlement rife with loopholes and say it also enables Microsoft to remain tight-lipped on the details of its anti-piracy, security, anti-virus or encryption technology.

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Troi ASCII Plug-in 1.0.2 open source

Open source plug-in can do ASCII conversions as an external function.

Alphen a/d Rijn, The Netherlands, November 6, 2001–Troi
Automatisering today announced the availability of Troi ASCII Plug-in
1.0.2 for FileMaker Pro.

What is the ASCII Plug-in?

Troi ASCII Plug-in adds the external function “Asci-LowSafe” to FileMaker
Pro. This function converts higher ASCII characters to lower ASCII
characters, while trying to retain as much information as possible.

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Macworld San Franciso’s “My Show Planner” Lets You Plan Ahead

IDG WORLD EXPO INTRODUCES ONLINE CONFERENCE PLANNER FOR MACWORLD SAN
FRANCISCO 2002

“My Show Planner” Lets Site Visitors Plan Ahead, Save Time

Framingham, Mass. – November 6, 2001 – IDG World Expo, the leading producer
of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for IT markets, announced
today that attendees can now personalize their conference schedules and
social engagements at Macworld Conference & Expo with the Macworld online
conference planner.

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Group Organizer 4.0 for Mac OS 8, 9, X announced

Chronos LC today announced Group Organizer 4.0, a network organizer for Mac OS 8, 9, and X. According to Jerry Halls, V.P. of Sales at Chronos, “Group Organizer 4.0 is a dream come true for those who want to quickly and easily get their business organized. The new setup wizard literally makes it as easy as one, two, three.” Chronos calls its product the “Swiss Army Knife” of productivity software. A 30-day trial version of Group Organizer 4.0 can be downloaded from the Chronos Web site.

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