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• Roxio Previews Toast 5 Titanium for Macintosh OS X
Roxio Previews Toast 5 Titanium for Macintosh OS X Roxio has announced at MacWorld Conference & Expo in New York the availability of Toast 5 Titanium for Mac OS X, the first version of Toast to support the Mac OS X operating system. Customers who already own Toast 5 Titanium can download this beta version, free of charge, directly from Roxio's website at http://www.roxio.com/toastbeta. Toast 5 Titanium for Mac OS X beta version will enable users to record audio CDs and burn data to CDs or DVDs, although some of advanced features of Toast 5 Titanium software have not yet been incorporated into Mac OS X. This preview version of Toast 5 Titanium for Mac OS X will expire after 90 days. However, Roxio will continue to develop improvements on Toast 5 Titanium for Mac OS X environment. ``Roxio is excited to present the first software application, that will allow users to burn data to CDs and DVDs within the Mac OS X environment,'' said Chris Gorog, President and CEO of Roxio. ``Roxio is committed to the Macintosh community and continues to enhance its product offering to meet the demands of its customers for robust CD recording.'' Pantone Supports OS X Pantone, Inc. is committed to its professional graphics customer and to the new Mac OS X operating system, and are working with Apple to develop the next generation of color selection tools which will take advantage of the features Apple has built into the OS X architecture. The beta release for PANTONE ColorWeb Pro 2.0 is a technology preview of what the future has to hold and is limited to the 147 new colors recently added to the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM - the worldwide standard for color reproduction and communication. ColorWeb Pro 2.0 Beta is designed to work with Web authoring programs, presentation applications or any other application where you need color optimized for the Internet. It provides a convenient means of applying colors to text, objects and backgrounds. This beta is a limited time offering. You can download it here:
Version 5.0 of Accordance Bible Software Released at MacWorld OakTree Software has debuted the latest release of Accordance Bible Software. Developer David Lang says that:
"While Accordance 5.0 may not garner much media attention or win any MacWorld Best-of-Show awards, for those interested in studying the Bible it's about as cutting-edge as anything else you'll see on the show floor of the Javitz center.
"MacWorld Expo is also our opportunity to see people's reactions to all the work we've been doing, and that can be a wonderfully rejuvenating experience. When a die-hard Mac user comes up and tells you he had no idea there was any Bible software for the Mac, and then he sees that he can do things with your software that he never dreamed were possible, it's pretty exciting. When somebody asks you if your software is also available for the PC, and they're pleasantly surprised when you inform them that it's only available for Mac, it's a nice change from the people who think you're crazy for 'ignoring 95% of the market.' When their mouths hang open, or they say 'Wow!' or they just laugh after you show them a cool new feature, it really helps to reenergize you."
Version 5.0 of Accordance Bible Software includes several interface enhancements and cool new features. Highlights: User Tools By far the most significant feature of Accordance 5.0 is the ability to author your own custom Accordance-compatible tools. Accordance User Tools let you create your own Topical Bible or Bible dictionary, develop a database of sermon illustrations and anecdotes, store your class notes and outlines, or download a public domain text from the Internet and add it to your Accordance library. All such user tools are fully searchable and seamlessly integrated with the rest of your Accordance texts and tools. Highlighting Styles Another major new feature is the ability to create color highlighting styles that you can use to mark up the text of the Bible, just as you might do in a print Bible. By combining different colors, levels of intensity, shapes, and patterns, you can create literally hundreds of different styles, and you can assign a name to each style so that you always know why you've highlighted text a certain way. You can choose to display or hide the highlighting at any time, so it never gets in your way. You can even search on your highlighted verses! Reference Tool and User Notes Panes One of the unique features of Accordance since version 1.0 has been its ability to display multiple Bible texts in separate ''panes'' of the same window. With version 5.0, you can now open panes displaying commentaries, translator's notes, cross-references, and even your own user notes. These panes can be oriented horizontally or vertically, and always scroll together with the Bible text panes. It's like being able to set up your own custom study Bible! There's a whole laundry list of additional features, as well as new Bible texts and study aids which are now available, but you get the idea. We've worked hard to pull this new release together in time for MacWorld, and we're working even harder to carbonize Accordance for compatibility with Mac OS X (the OS X version will be offered as a free update to users of version 5.0). In the meantime, though, we'll get to spend a few days showing our stuff to people who are delighted to find Bible software for the Mac, and who actually like the fact that it's Mac only. Ah, to be among kindred spirits, if only for a brief time! For more information, visit:
Intuit Announces Quicken 2002 Deluxe For Macintosh To Be Built Natively For Mac OS X Intuit has announced that Quicken 2002 Deluxe for Macintosh will be built natively for Mac OS X, Apple's next generation operating system. Mac OS X's open-source, UNIX-based foundation will provide users of Quicken, one of Macintosh's most popular software applications, with an easier to navigate and more powerful user interface. Quicken 2002 Deluxe for Macintosh is scheduled to be released later this summer. "Quicken 2002 Deluxe for Macintosh utilizes the power and flexibility of Apple's new operating system and delivers a financial software package that gives users additional stability and an improved user interface," said Steve Grey, Quicken general manager. "With the addition of several new and improved features, Quicken 2002 makes it easier for consumers to manage their day-to-day finances more effectively." "Applications built for Mac OS X can maximize their performance potential by taking advantage of the superior power, elegance and stability associated with the world's most technically advanced personal computer operating system," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "We anticipate Quicken 2002 Deluxe for Macintosh will be a leading-edge solution for personal finance management and we are delighted to see Intuit's commitment to Mac OS X." While still compatible with Mac OS 9.0.4 or later versions, Quicken 2002 Deluxe for Macintosh offers users a variety of new timesaving features that will help them more easily update their financial account information and forecast their taxes. Strengthening its investment capabilities and building on its commitment to eliminate tedious data entry, Quicken 2002 for Macintosh enables users to download their most recent transactions from participating brokerages directly from the Web into Quicken via OFX technology. OFX is a leading industry standard for online banking and payment. Additionally, users of Quicken 2002 for Macintosh will be able to update all of their financial account information in one step through online connectivity to over 1,000 financial institutions. This timesaving feature allows users to download bank, credit card, brokerage statements, and stock quotes in a single online session, instead of connecting to each institution individually. Quicken 2002 for Macintosh will also introduce a new Capital Gains Estimator, enabling consumers to more easily forecast their year-round tax situation. The Capital Gains Estimator will help Quicken users minimize their taxes by evaluating the tax implications of selling different stocks and mutual funds before they conduct a transaction. Quicken 2002 Deluxe for Macintosh has many other new features in store for consumers, which will make managing their finances easier. To pre-order Quicken 2002 Deluxe for Macintosh, please call 800-952-2558 or log onto the Web site: ISI ResearchSoft Ships EndNote Version 5 for Macintosh ISI ResearchSoft today released a major upgrade to EndNote, the world's most popular bibliographic software that searches Internet libraries, organizes data and produces bibliographies. EndNote 5 achieves a new level of integration with Microsoft Word, adding Cite While You Write technology to locate citations and instantly format bibliographies. A traveling reference library makes collaboration between colleagues as simple as sharing a Microsoft Word document. These new tools along with a spell checker, a direct link to the ISI Web of Science and over 700 output styles, make EndNote 5 the easy bibliography writer. With Cite While You Write, users focus on writing the paper -- letting EndNote locate and insert citations as well as produce bibliographies. EndNote 5's new instant formatting delivers a finished bibliography as users cite references in the document, further streamlining the writing process. Sharing documents for collaborative writing has never been easier. With EndNote's new traveling library, documents contain complete reference data for all citations. Other New Features: Researchers can now search the ISI Web of Science from EndNote 5 and drag and drop selected references into an EndNote library. A new spell checker automates spelling corrections and includes multi-language and discipline- specific dictionaries. The addition of new output styles to format bibliographies brings the total to over 700. EndNote 5 is designed for Macintosh OS 8.6 and 9.x (Classic Mode in OSX). The list price of EndNote is $329.95 USD. Students in North America can purchase EndNote for $109.95 USD with a valid student I.D. A list of international distributors is available at http://www.endnote.com. Special upgrade prices are available to previous users. EndNote 5 is available from ISI ResearchSoft, college and university bookstores, and authorized resellers worldwide. Eskape Labs Ships MyTV2GO Low Cost USB TV Tuner for Macintosh Eskape Labs, a division of Hauppauge Digital Inc., and the leading supplier of USB Television receivers and capture solutions for Macintosh computers, has announced that MyTV2GO USB TV began to ship in late June to select CompUSA stores. MyTV2GO allows Macintosh users to watch TV is a resizable window on their desktops, or full screen; available at an expected street price of $99.99 U.S. MyTV2GO is an entry-level addition to Eskape Labs' very popular ``MY'' line of USB Television & Video Capture devices. Breaking previous price barriers, MyTV2GO is the first sub $100 TV solution with universal Macintosh compatibility. The product delivers across the board Mac compatibility by being a `Plug & Play USB device - all Macs are USB equipped. Equipped with a 125 cable ready TV tuner, MyTV2GO is able to deliver TV broadcasts into a scaleable window or full screen on any USB equipped Mac. Mac users now have an easy to install, `plug-and-play' solution for turning their Macs into virtual TV sets. With its very small size and USB bus-powered architecture, MyTV2GO is the ideal complement to iBooks and PowerBooks, making for the perfect mobile TV and/or TV replacement in space limited environments. The devices also support video capture (still and movie) and are equipped with composite and S-video inputs for connectivity of external video devices like VCRs, camcorders and DVD players. Support for NTSC, SECAM and a full range of PAL video formats is scheduled. ``We are pleased to offer a Macintosh compatible USB TV that breaks the $100 price point.'' said Christopher Knight, Eskape Labs Executive Vice President. ``We now have a `consumer friendly' price point to match the product's `consumer friendly' operation and installation.'' ``Hauppauge Computer Works is the worlds leading supplier of computer television receivers. MyTV2GO is delivered as a result of our purchase of Eskape Labs last year and Hauppauge's desire to extend our extensive line of PC technology to the Macintosh platform,'' said Ken Plotkin, CEO, Hauppauge Computer Works. ``To this end MyTV2GO is the first of many products Eskape/Hauppauge will be introducing. We are very please at the culmination of this combined Eskape/Hauppauge effort." Backbone Network Announces Streaming Internet Radio Production and Automation Application for Mac OS X Backbone Networks Corporation announces that its Backbone Radio streaming Internet production and station automation application is now available for Mac OS X, Apple's next generation operating system. The Backbone Radio software package, which debuted in April at NAB 2001, uses QuickTime Streaming Server on Mac OS X to easily organize, schedule and broadcast all types of audio directly onto the Internet for worldwide streaming. Backbone Radio helps new and established radio stations assemble, automate and stream their content onto the Internet with intuitive, easy-to-use tools for the professional broadcast environment. Backbone Radio is a complete radio station application, consisting of a control unit for Mac OS X and an RTP/RTSP standards-compliant server, which stores and transmits the program onto the Internet. Operators may simultaneously function as on-air talent, scheduler and/or engineer. ``Mac OS X is the perfect interface for jock-friendly radio production,'' claims George Capalbo, Backbone Vice President and chief designer of the product. ``Mac OS X not only gives us a beautiful, robust interface, but it provides us the multitasking features necessary to simultaneously control, monitor and stream to hundreds of cross-platform listeners, using a single Macintosh computer.'' ``With QuickTime, the highest quality format for audio and video on the Internet, and QuickTime Streaming Server, Mac OS X offers incredible opportunities for developers to innovate on the Mac,'' said Frank Casanova, Apple's director of QuickTime Product Marketing. ``Backbone Radio is an innovative application for Internet radio production, and we are thrilled to see developers like Backbone Networks bringing great tools for audio to Mac OS X.'' Backbone Radio allows operators to combine a fluid mix of live and cross-faded recorded material on the air. Playlists are created by simple drag and drop from CD tracks, MP3s or WAV files, and stored in the server for future play. Program output options include MP3, analog audio and QuickTime compressed audio streaming. Other features include SMIL graphical advertising with audio. The operator may go ``Live'' to analog input at any time by pressing a button. A real-time Studio Monitor assures close coordination of digitally stored material in live broadcasts. Remote event streaming is possible by broadcasting with a portable Apple PowerBook, as a control unit, connected via telephone line from the event location to a second computer, which functions as the server. Backbone Networks Corporation focuses on software solutions for television and radio broadcasting. For more information, readers may contact: info@backboneaudio.com or visit http://www.backbone.com Dantz Announces Retrospect 5.0 for MAC OS X Dantz Development Corporation has announced a new version of their award-winning backup software, Retrospect Backup 5.0, for the Macintosh. Scheduled for release this fall, Retrospect 5.0 will run natively under both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9, protecting computers running all current Apple operating systems. ``Providing reliable backups and restores for users of Mac OS X is absolutely paramount for Dantz,'' remarked Craig Isaacs, Dantz's vice president of sales and marketing. ``After years of development, we're thrilled to announce Retrospect 5.0 for Macintosh including Mac OS X. Long-time Mac users will be happy to find a familiar, yet improved interface, while users experienced with UNIX backup applications will be pleasantly surprised at Retrospect's ability to do precise, single-pass restores from incremental backups.'' ``Dantz has been working hand-in-hand with Apple engineers to bring our award-winning Retrospect Backup software to Mac OS X,'' said Richard Zulch, chief technical officer at Dantz. ``Apple is adding a powerful architecture for advanced storage management to Mac OS X that will allow Retrospect to support a vast array of storage peripherals for reliable backup and perfect restores. Thanks to Apple's commitment to ongoing improvements to Mac OS X, we will deliver Retrospect Backup for Mac OS X this fall.'' Beginning with version 5.0, four products will make up the Retrospect Backup software family for the Macintosh. Customers who purchase Retrospect Backup 4.3 on or after July 18, 2001 will receive free upgrades to version 5.0. Customers may also upgrade to a higher level product for a discounted fee. (All prices listed below are estimated street prices for retail product. Upgrade pricing will be announced at product release.) Retrospect Express Backup
Retrospect Desktop Backup
Retrospect Workgroup Backup
Retrospect Server Backup
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Microsoft Offers a First Look at 'Office 10' for Mac OS X Attendees at MacWorld Conference & Expo today got a first look at the newest productivity suite from Microsoft Corp., code-named ``Office 10 for Mac OS X,'' developed exclusively for Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X operating system. ``Office 10'' was developed from the ground up as a native productivity suite able to take full advantage of the modern technologies and architecture in Mac OS X, such as Aqua, Carbon Events, Sheets and Quartz, while offering new features. ``Office 10'' is a native Mac OS X application, with a new Aqua user interface (UI) incorporated into all applications in the suite. More than 1,000 dialog boxes, toolbar icons and alerts in ``Office 10'' have been changed to match the bold and classy appearance of Mac OS X's liquid UI. Subtle user interface improvements have been made in each application as well. With 700 new Aquified icons that use Anti-Aliased graphics, additional colors and mouse-overs, ``Office 10'' gives users a first-class visual experience. Microsoft ``Office 10'' is a Carbon application that has been designed to take advantage of Mac OS X's modern system architecture. First, because the Carbon Events framework is incorporated into ``Office 10,'' users get maximum responsiveness out of their Office applications and a longer battery life when running on a laptop. By incorporating Carbon Events into ``Office 10,'' Microsoft was able to add another key Mac OS X feature, called Sheets, which replaces select alerts and dialog boxes. Since a Sheet only immediately affects the document in which it appears, users can open other documents within the application and continue working on other projects, even if the Sheet has not been dealt with. In developing ``Office 10,'' Microsoft has also worked closely with Apple to incorporate the Quartz Drawing Layer into its code. Through Quartz, the great drawing tools shared by all Office applications enable users to use Anti-Aliased lines to give graphics a finished appearance. In addition, true transparency allows users to layer objects and reveals items that are underneath. ``'Office 10' for Mac OS X is the ultimate example of what a native Mac OS X application interface should be like,'' said Kevin Browne, general manager of the Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft. ``In just one year's time, we have been able to design 'Office 10' to take full advantage of the Mac OS X architecture, incorporate its new user interface across all 'Office 10' applications and add some new features as well.'' Microsoft is continuing to demonstrate its support for the Mac community by providing ``Office 10'' users with both brand-new and improved features. Multiple Selection and Clear Formatting in Word enables users to select several stretches of text in the document and apply customized formatting to all of them at once. In Excel, there are new Customizable Keyboard Short Cuts and a new AutoRecover feature that eases the recovery of work in case of a computer crash. Enhancements to animation effects in the PowerPoint® presentation graphics program support richer QuickTime Movies and improved Collected Linked Files. Finally, users can access the new ``Getting Started with Microsoft 'Office 10''' product guide, which will be available in PDF format on the CD-ROM. MSN Messenger 2.0 for Macintosh Released Microsoft also announced the release of MSN Messenger 2.0 for Mac, a true Mac OS X Carbon application with an Aqua user interface. Designed to natively support Mac OS X, MSN Messenger 2.0 also runs natively on Mac OS 8.6 and 9.x, adopting the individual user interface benefits of the respective operating system a user is running in. It features improved Microsoft Passport authentication, which enables users to log on with the same sign-in name and password they use for MSN sites as well as a variety of other sites that support Microsoft Passport. Improved integration of the Hotmail® Web-based e-mail service in MSN Messenger 2.0 gives users easier one-click access to Hotmail accounts as well as an up-to-date count of unread e-mail messages. MSN Messenger 2.0 is also powered by Microsoft .NET Messenger Service. Other new features include message formatting, which enables users to customize message fonts, colors and styles, and a host of new emoticons. Usability improvements include updated buddy lists and status notifications as well as significant enhancements to the instant messaging experience. Finally, MSN Messenger 2.0 supports Microsoft .NET Alerts, a forthcoming service that will allow users to receive the information they want where they want it, including on their computer, mobile device or e-mail inbox. MSN Messenger 2.0 is available now as a free* download at http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ . For more information about Microsoft's Macintosh products, visit: Halcyon Software, Inc. Announces a .NET Implementation for Mac OS X Halcyon Software, Inc. http://www.halcyonsoft.com has announced that it will be demonstrating an implementation of the Microsoft .NET framework that runs on the Apple Macintosh OS X operating system. Microsoft has designed the .NET framework to be operating system independent, and Halcyon Software has been developing its .NET implementation on several platforms. However, instead of developing language compilers and the Common Language Runtime (CRL), Halcyon converts the Microsoft Intermediate Language (IL) to either Java .class files or Java source code that can then be run on any Java-enabled OS. ``The advantages of the Microsoft .NET development and deployment model are compelling,'' said Don Hsi, Halcyon's president and CEO, ``and Halcyon's implementation of .NET for the Apple OS X operating system provides the Macintosh platform with an excellent solution for the Enterprise Server environment.'' The initial release scheduled for later this year will fully support the deployment of ASP.NET applications (including ADO.NET, and WebForms) on OS X systems. Support for the complete .NET functionality will be available in 2002. Halcyon is currently working with selected customers on deploying ASP.NET projects to the OS X environment. It expects to move into a formal Beta in October 2001. For more information, visit Halcyon's Web site at: Microsoft Announces Windows Media Player for Mac OS X Microsoft Corp. has announced Microsoft Windows Media Player for Mac OS X and demonstrated a prerelease version of the player at the Macworld Conference & Expo in New York. The new player is being designed and ``Carbonized'' for OS X and will feature the new Aqua interface. Windows Media Player for Mac OS X will be available as a free download this fall, providing users of Mac with the best Windows Media experience on the new OS X operating system. The new media player is being developed to meet demand for Windows Media content on the Mac OS X platform with an easy-to-use player for both audio and video. It will support Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) and the latest industry-leading Windows Media audio and video technology. This will enable users of Mac to enjoy audio and video content with Windows Media and ensure that content providers can encode their content once to reach the broadest possible audience. ``Windows Media Player for Mac OS X brings together the excitement of the new Aqua interface with the high quality of Windows Media,'' said Dave Fester, general manager of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft. ``This new player demonstrates Microsoft's commitment to providing the highest-quality digital media playback for users of Mac.'' Because Windows Media Player for Mac OS X is being built on Apple's new Carbon APIs, it will run natively in the OS X environment and will take advantage of Mac OS X features like multiprocessing and the Aqua interface, which provides a look consistent with other new Mac applications. The player will come with two additional skins, including a miniplayer skin for simple audio playback. Windows Media Player for Mac OS X will support playback of streamed or downloaded files using the latest Windows Media Audio and Video 8 codecs, which provide the highest possible video quality at all bandwidths, CD-quality audio at 64 Kbps and near-CD-quality sound at 48 Kbps. Because Windows Media Audio is twice as efficient as MP3, music fans enjoy shorter download times and can store twice as much music on their hard drives using Windows Media Audio as they can using MP3. Built-in support for digital rights management means users of Mac will be able to download music and movies protected with Windows Media DRM for purchase or promotion. Content from thousands of providers is featured at WindowsMedia.com ( http://WindowsMedia.com/ ). Windows Media Player for Mac OS X will run on most popular Macintosh models, including the Apple iMac, Cube and G4 as well as the iBook and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
