Type of Article: MacTech News Article

WS4D/eCommerce 3.3b4 is now available!

MACROMEDIA FLASH 5 SHIPS

New version of professional authoring standard features approachable
authoring environment and powerful scripting

San Francisco, California — August 24, 2000 — Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:
MACR) today announced the availability of Macromedia Flash 5 software, the
professional standard for producing high-impact Web experiences.

Valentina XCMDb2 Released

ADDS SPEED IMPROVEMENTS AND CROSS PLATFORM FUNCTIONALITY FOR METACARD

August 24, 2000. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software released beta 2 of
its Valentina XCMD database product.

Valentina XCMD beta 2 adds improvements to increase overall stability and
speed for users of the Macintosh database plug-in.

Valentina XCMDb2 Released

ADDS SPEED IMPROVEMENTS AND CROSS PLATFORM FUNCTIONALITY FOR METACARD

August 24, 2000. Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software released beta 2 of
its Valentina XCMD database product.

Valentina XCMD beta 2 adds improvements to increase overall stability and
speed for users of the Macintosh database plug-in.

MACRESQ INDUSTRIES, INC AND MACWORKS, LLC ANNOUNCE MERGER AGREEMENT

Concord, CA and Overland Park, KS — August 23, 2000 — MacResQ Industries,
Inc. and MacWorks, LLC announced today that they have agreed to merge their
companies.