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WinZip Computing Releases Final Version of WinZip 9.0 Zip Utility With AES Encryption
QuickerTek's New Wireless Antenna Offers Five Times the Standard Range For Apple Cube computers
AppleWorks 6.2.9 (OS X) 6.2.8 (Classic) Updates Posted
Smith Micro Extends Power of FAXstf to the Mac Office Via New FAXstf Server
Hangman Pro v1.05 - The Classic Word Game for Macintosh
IBM Adds More Muscle to World's Most Powerful UNIX Server[/url]
WinZip Computing Releases Final Version of WinZip 9.0 Zip Utility With AES Encryption
WinZip Computing, Inc., the maker of the world's most popular Zip utility for Windows, today released the final versions of WinZip 9.0 and the new WinZip Command Line Support Add-On. These new releases offer powerful encryption capabilities and other improvements.
All licensed users of earlier English-language versions of WinZip may download a FREE upgrade to WinZip 9.0. First-time users can download a fully functional evaluation version of WinZip. Individual licenses of WinZip are US$29, and attractive volume licensing discounts are available. Download links and ordering information can be found on the WinZip web site at http://www.winzip.com
WinZip is the data-compression utility of choice for thousands of organizations, government agencies and Fortune 500 companies, as well as millions of home users. More than 110 million copies have been downloaded from CNET's download.com web site alone. Combining power and flexibility with ease of use, WinZip appeals to the entire spectrum of data-compression users. First-time users are comfortable with the intuitive WinZip Wizard, while power users appreciate WinZip's seamless Windows Explorer interface and choose the award-winning WinZip Classic interface for their most sophisticated compression needs.
WinZip's encryption capabilities, included at no extra charge, support 128- and 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption for state-of-the-art data security. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selected AES as the standard for both U.S. government and private data encryption. WinZip's implementation of AES encryption is FIPS-197 certified by NIST. Additionally, WinZip 9.0 supports decryption of AES password-encrypted files that were encrypted by PKZIP for Windows Professional Edition.
Other enhancements in WinZip 9.0 include support for 64-bit extensions to the Zip file format, which eliminate all practical restrictions on Zip file capacity, and support for the "enhanced deflate" compression method, which compresses data better than ever.
The WinZip Command Line Support Add-On is a free download for registered users of WinZip, and now also offers AES encryption. The add-on is ideal for quick zipping and unzipping from the command line, and for automating repetitive tasks using batch files or scripts.
For more information on WinZip 9.0, go to the WinZip web site at: http://www.winzip.com/prodpagewz.htm
QuickerTek's New Wireless Antenna Offers Five Times the Standard Range For Apple Cube computers
QuickerTek, has developed a 5 Dbi omni-directional antenna for the classically-styled Apple Cube desktops. This new antenna extends the wireless range and reception pattern up to five times that of the original Apple stock antenna.
The new Cube antenna includes all cables, tools and installation instructions. QuickerTek also includes a software CD for measuring wireless system performance – before and after the new antenna installation.
The Cube, like other Apple PowerBook models, has a limited wireless range due to the small case size, and older wireless technology. QuickerTek has incorporated the latest wireless technology to bring extended performance to these Mac users.
"The technology of wireless networking has been made easily accessible by Apple. QuickerTek is assisting Mac wireless users get the most from their existing hardware investment. We have always had a special fondness for the Cube and it is great feeling to be able to share this product with thousands of other Cube fans," said Rick Estes, president, QuickerTek.
This new Cube antenna has a retail price of $130, and like other QuickerTek products, can be purchased from dealers such as MacAnywhere http://www.macanywhere.com , TechnoWarehouse http://www.technowarehousellc.com and Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com . All QuickerTek wireless antennas work with Mac OS 9 and all OS X versions as well as all Apple Airport and Airport Extreme products.
QuickerTek is the recognized leading innovator of RF upgrade products for Apple Titanium PowerBooks as well as for Apple Airport Graphite, Snow and Airport Extreme Base Stations.
For more information visit:
http://www.quickertek.com
AppleWorks 6.2.9 (OS X) 6.2.8 (Classic) Updates Posted
Apple has posted information for AppleWorks 6.2.9 (Mac OS X) and AppleWorks 6.2.8 (Classic) and a link to the software download.
This update to AppleWorks 6.0 and later supports mice with scroll wheels and improves the performance and reliability of AppleWorks' presentation and spreadsheet environments.
AppleWorks 6.2.9 also offers improved printing and resolves issues using web based templates and clip-art on networks using proxy servers.
AppleWorks 6.2.8 for Mac OS 8.1-9.x
This update to AppleWorks 6.0 and later enhances the reliability of AppleWorks' spreadsheet environment and resolves issues with web based templates and clip-art on networks using proxy servers.
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Important Information About the AppleWorks 6.2.7 Updater
This update replaces any North American English version of AppleWorks for Macintosh 6.0 or later with the North American English version of AppleWorks 6.2.7 for Mac OS X 10.1 or later and AppleWorks 6.2.5 for Mac OS 8.1 through 9.x. (AppleWorks 6.2.7 for Mac OS X 10.1 or later and AppleWorks 6.2.5 for Mac OS 8.1 through 9.x have a common feature set but are optimized for the appropriate operating system).
If you previously installed AppleWorks 6 on your computer using the custom installation option, choosing only the "AppleWorks 6 application" and omitted the writing tools, re-run the installer, choose Custom Install once again, and choose to install the writing tools. This will ensure the AppleWorks 6.2.7 updater will perform properly.
AppleWorks 6.2.5 (for Mac OS 8.1 through 9.x) offers improved stabilty for spreadsheets and databases.
AppleWorks 6.2.7 (for Mac OS 10.1 or later) offers improved stability for spreadsheets, databases, web clipping searches, and printing.
System requirements
To use the AppleWorks Z-6.2.7 Updater, you must have
Mac OS 8.1 or later.
AppleWorks 6.0 or greater for Macintosh installed.
You cannot update AppleWorks 5.0.4 or earlier (or any version of ClarisWorks) with this updater.
For more information, visit:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120213
Smith Micro Extends Power of FAXstf to the Mac Office Via New FAXstf Server
Smith Micro Software has announced the release of FAXstf Server, a complete solution that cost effectively allows multiple Mac's to fax through a single network server solution. Users can have one or more fax servers on their network and FAXstf Server can be configured to support a single dedicated fax phone line or multiple phone lines for sending and receiving faxes in a LAN or WAN environment.
Designed with the focus on reducing a company's or department's internal communication costs such as providing analog phone lines to every computer, FAXstf Server simplifies fax management for Mac offices everywhere.
You can route, send, receive, view and delete your faxes via the server and you can have any faxes forwarded to any email address in PDF format. It is easy to check for faxes on the FAXstf Server while traveling via the Internet using a broadband or a dial up connection-making your fax server available anywhere you have Internet access. You can even search for faxes by name, sender, station message and date.
FAXstf Server is a network fax solution developed specifically for Mac OS X, enabling you to send or receive faxes over a LAN or WAN with total administrative control available from any web browser, anywhere on the Internet.
FAXstf Server not only includes the features of Smith Micro's leading standalone fax solution, FAXstf X Pro, but also includes the benefits of shared capabilities such as a network address book and network cover pages and page headers to improved office efficiency while expanding fax access to any Mac workstation on the network.
FAXstf Server's new high-efficiency features include:
-- Remote Administration -- Enables administrators to control routing and
distribution of faxes from anywhere via a web browser;
-- Multiple Modems -- Utilizes multiple lines and multiple USB modems on
server machines running Mac OS X Jaguar;
-- Network Address Book -- Network clients have access to a network
address book on the server, in addition to their own address book;
-- Network Cover Pages -- Network clients can also access cover pages and
page headers on the server, in addition to their own;
-- Client Restrictions -- Allows administrators to control the faxing
capabilities of all FAXstf clients;
-- Easy Connection -- FAXstf Server supports Rendezvous as well as
static IP addresses, making it easy for clients to connect to LAN or
Internet based FAXstf Servers; and
-- Multiple Administrators -- Create as many administrative accounts as
necessary, including route-only accounts.
FAXstf Server also supports AirPort and AirPort Extreme wireless protocols, as well as conventional Ethernet configurations and utilizes PHP scripting language, Apache server software for legendary UNIX style reliability.
"While providing enhanced features to make faxing as easy as sending an email, FAXstf Server can reduce a company's internal faxing communication costs," said Robert E. Elliott, Vice President of Marketing for Smith Micro Software, Inc. "And one of the great new benefits to FAXstf Server is the ability to use our new FAXstf X Pro v 10.5 standalone product as a net client on the server. This advanced functionality allows our customers to send and receive faxes via network or send and receive faxes via analog modem from home or while traveling."
FAXstf X Pro Capabilities
In addition to the release of FAXstf Server, SmithMicro is announcing an update that brings feature enhancements and improvements to their standalone fax solution FAXstf X Pro v10.5.
The following are just some of the FAXstf X Pro user features and functionality:
-- Auto Print, enabling users to automatically print received faxes;
-- Auto Email, a new way for traveling employees and others to forward
their received faxes to any email address;
-- Full AppleScript Support including auto execution of AppleScripts,
allowing users to create customized features such as incoming email
alerts;
-- Address Book Support for Apple AddressBook, Microsoft Entourage and
Palm Desktop;
-- Cover Page/Page Header Editor, adds new templates for cover pages;
-- Email Fax, making receiving fax a simple one-click process;
-- QuickFax Preview, enabling fast preview of faxes before sending; and
-- Auto Update, a new way to automatically receive the latest FAXstf
updates;
-- FAXstf X Pro Server Client, can be a client for the FAXstf Server
product.
FAXstf Server is priced at $399.95 for five client licenses, with add-ons priced in volume increments. FAXstf X Pro is available for $89.95. For more information or to purchase either the new FAXstf Server or Pro, call 1-800-700-1299 or visit:
http://www.smithmicro.com
Hangman Pro v1.05 - The Classic Word Game for Macintosh
Ken Winograd and Space-Time Associates are very pleased to announce the release of a new Macintosh word game called Hangman Pro.
Hangman Pro (the successor to Hang3000) is a colorful, educational, non-violent word-guessing game, with dozens of built-in categories of words, unlimited custom word lists, hinting, digitized sounds, speech, timed games, a new photo feature, and much more.
Hangman Pro now features 66 categories of words including Anatomy, Animals, Artists, Astronauts, Astronomy, Authors, Baseball Teams, Basketball Teams, Best Actors, Best Actresses, Best Pictures, Birds, Books, Canada, Cars, Cartoons and Comics, Chess, Christmas, Cities, Clothing, Colors, Composers, Computer Buzzwords, Constellations, Cosmetics Aisle, Cosmology, Countries, Country Music, Desserts, Dinosaurs, Elements, First Ladies, Football Teams, Fruits, Hard Words, Hockey Teams, Insects, Islands, Jazz, Jewelry, Jobs, Magazines, Monsters, Musical Instruments, Mythology, Olympic Events, Operas, Planets, Presidents, Religion, Rock and Roll, Rocks and Minerals, Scientists, Shakespeare, Star Trek, States, State Capitals, Street Signs, Television Shows, Tools, Toys and Games, Trees, Vegetables, Vice Presidents, Weather, and Women in History. Truly something for everyone!
Note to International Users: Hangman Pro supports the entry and display of words in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish.
Version 1.05 - Added a new Cosmology category, and improved the existing Astronomy category.
Hangman Pro requires a PPC Macintosh and a screen resolution of 800x600 (or more). Hangman Pro runs natively in both OS9 and OSX. (A Windows version is also available.)
For more information, or to download or securely register the program, visit:
Information:
http://www.winograd.com
Quick Download:
http://www.winograd.com/HangmanPro.sit.hqx
IBM Adds More Muscle to World's Most Powerful UNIX Server
IBM has announced significant upgrades to the world's most powerful UNIX server, the IBM eServer p690, increasing memory, performance and lowering costs on many configurations. The enhancements follow last week's record-breaking performance by the p690 on the TPC-C benchmark, as a 32-way p690 outperformed an HP Itanium 2 processor-based Integrity Superdome system with 64 processors, soaring past the million mark to process 1,025,486 transactions per minute at a price/performance of $5.43/tpmC (1).
Today's enhancements to the IBM p690 deliver up to 20% more performance than previous versions, and include:
-- Increased CPU performance utilizing the newest POWER4+ processor at
1.9 GHz
-- Support for up to 1TB of memory capacity with the introduction of the
128GB memory card, twice the capacity of previous p690 servers
-- An upgrade path for customers using p670 and p690 systems to the new
p690 1.9GHz system
-- Lower list prices for many pSeries p670 and p690 configurations
-- The ability for customers to place orders with IBM for selected Linux
operating system distributions with initial orders of any pSeries POWER4+
system
IBM is taking orders now on the new 1.9 GHz p690 and plans to begin shipping on March 5.
The IBM eServer p690 is the most popular high-end UNIX server on the market. According to independent research firm IDC, over the last eight quarters, IBM has shipped more high-end eServer p690 systems than either HP's high-end Superdome UNIX systems or Sun's high-end UNIX systems (2). With more than 4,000 systems sold since its introduction, the POWER processor-based IBM eServer p690 is the foundation of on demand computing infrastructures in industries around the globe.
The IBM eServer p690 is also one of the most decorated UNIX servers in the history of performance benchmarks. The IBM eServer p690 system delivers outstanding performance while delivering world-class reliability features and helping to save electricity, maintenance, operating and administrative costs. The p690 is equipped with the ability to run AIX 5L(TM) and Linux operating systems simultaneously on a single server, and the capability to add, remove, or deploy system resources dynamically through logical partitioning and Capacity on Demand technologies.
Having been termed the first 'server on a chip,' IBM's POWER microprocessor architecture is a leading industry solution for 64-bit applications. IBM's POWER architecture offers customers open, innovative technology solutions through either the AIX 5L, OS/400(R) or Linux operating systems that complement the growing demand for 64-bit applications. In addition to being at the core of the powerful, industry leading IBM eServer systems, the POWER microprocessor technology can be found in Nintendo game consoles, Apple computers, and some of the world's most powerful supercomputers and storage systems.
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. For more information about IBM, visit:
http://www.ibm.com
(1) Results current as of 2/17/04. 32-way 1.9 GHz POWER4+ IBM p690 delivered 1,025,486 tpmC @ $5.43/tpmC, configuration planned to be available 8/16/04. 64-way 1.5 GHz Itanium 2 HP Superdome with Oracle 10G result is 1,008,144 tpmC @ $8.33/tpmC, planned to be available 4/14/04.
(2) All information according to IDC quarterly tracking of UNIX system units shipped. Over the last eight quarters, the IBM eServer p690 has shipped 3,498 total units during that time. Over the last eight quarters, the HP Superdome has shipped 3,136 units. Over the last eight quarters, the SunFire 15K has shipped 1,545 total while the SunFire 12K has shipped 704 units during that time. IDC 3Q'03 Quarterly Tracker, Units Shipped.
More information on IBM eServer pSeries systems is available at:
http://www.ibm.com/eserver
The latest TPC-C results are available at
http://www.tpc.org
Charles W. Moore
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