Year: 2003

PandaWare DiskWrangler 1.0

PandaWare DiskWrangler 1.0 Enhances Productivity With Keyboard Control

New Mac OS X Application Brings Keyboard Control to File Launching and Browsing

SEATTLE, Washington (April 10, 2003) — The PandaWare Company introduced a
new file launching and browsing application for Mac OS X today. PandaWare
DiskWrangler 1.0 enhances productivity in OS X by giving users extensive
keyboard control.

DiskWrangler enables users to launch specific applications, files and web
and mail URLs, all from the keyboard.

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Apple Releases New WWDC Video

Just a quick heads-up to let you know that Apple has just posted a new WWDC
video narrated by Apple’s Scott Forstall. It’s a good general overview
of what WWDC is all about.

If you’d like to check it out, the video
is at the following URL:

(http://stream.qtv.apple.com/qtv/WWDC/03/wwdc_forstall_ref.mov)

To register for WWDC today, go to:

(http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/)

And, to take part in the Exhibitor Fair at WWDC, see:

(http://www.xplain.com/pavilions/wwdc2003/)

This is the one WWDC you don’t want to miss!

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The Open Media Toolkit goes open source

The Open Media Toolkit goes open source

The Open Media Toolkit is a powerful C++ framework for MacOS X and Windows
destined to the development of real time 2D/3D multimedia applications.

Several commercial applications have been developed using OMT, including
games from Disney, Hasbro, Mattel, Scitex, HumanCode, Pacific Media Works,
etc.

OMT includes classes for 2D/3D rendering and animation (through DirectX,
OpenGL or its own software renderer), sound, files, database, windowing,
user-interface, media importer (3D and 2D), input control, etc.

It just went open source and can

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Virtuoso 3.0

Virtual Database Integrates Disparate
SQL, XML, and Web Services Data Sources

OpenLink Software, Inc., a leading provider of universal data access and
enterprise information integration middleware, announces the commercial
release of Virtuoso 3.0 – the latest edition of its cross platform Virtual
Database for SQL, XML, and Web Services.

The new release enables transparent and concurrent access in real-time to
heterogeneous data sources that include ODBC/JDBC/OLE DB/.NET-accessible
databases, XML documents, and data-set oriented Web Services.

Virtuoso provides access to heterogen

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