Year: 2002

FireWire brand adopted for IEEE 1394

The 1394 Trade Association and Apple today announced that Apple’s FireWire trademark, logo, and symbol have been adopted as a brand identity for the IEEE 1394 connection standard. The no-fee license agreement includes a new version of the FireWire logo specifically designed for the Trade Association’s compliance program, which Apple has granted the exclusive right to sub-license to other vendors.

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FileMaker Mobile 2 begins shipping

FileMaker, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Mobile 2, its Palm OS companion software that allows users to view and manipulate databases on the go. FileMaker Mobile 2 allows users to transfer up to 50 fields per record from their FIleMaker 5.5 database to their Palm, supports six new ways to enter data, offers columnar list viewing, and more. The software sells for US$49 and is avaialble as a free upgrade to owners of version 1.

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Drop Script Backgrounder for Mac OS X

May 29th, 2002

Drop Script Backgrounder turns an applescript compiled as an application
into a background only application. Dragging the application onto the
program again turns it back into a normal app.

This is particularly useful if you are running many scripts as acgi
programs, or just don’t want a script you keep open to take up space in
your dock.

Drop Script Backgrounder is for Mac OS X only. It is released as freeware
and was made with REALbasic.

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