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Sonnet Drops Prices by $50 on G3 and G4 Upgrades

Sonnet Technologies has cut prices by as much as $50 on several G3 and G4 processor upgrades for various Power Mac and "Wallstreet" PowerBook models. Prices are now as low as $199.95 MSRP for the Encore/ZIF G4 500 MHz, the first time Sonnet has offered any 500 MHz G4 processor upgrade for under $200. Significant Sonnet price reductions such as these offer customers the best value for leading-edge engineering.

Sonnet's new lower prices are as follows:

Encore/ZIF G4 500 MHz $199.95 (was: $249.95)

The Encore/ZIF G3 and G4 500 MHz speeds are compatible with the following Macintosh models:

- Power Macintosh G3 All-in-one

- Power Macintosh G3 Blue & White

- Power Macintosh G3 Desktop

- Power Macintosh G3 Minitower

- Power Macintosh Server G3

- Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics)

- Macintosh Server G4 (PCI Graphics)

The Encore/ZIF G4 700 MHz and 1.0 GHz are currently compatible with the following Macintosh models:

- Power Macintosh G3 All-in-one

- Power Macintosh G3 Desktop

- Power Macintosh G3 Minitower

- Power Macintosh Server G3

For more information about the Encore/ZIF line of products, visit the Sonnet website at: http://www.sonnettech.com/product/encore.html

Crescendo/PCI G4 800 MHz $349.95 (was $369.95)

The complete line of Crescendo/PCI products is compatible with the following Macintosh models:

- Power Macintosh Series 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8515, 8600, 9500, 9500/180MP, 9515, 9600, 9600/200MP

- Workgroup Server 7350, 8550, 9650

- Daystar Genesis and Millennium Series

- Mactell XB-Pro

- Power Computing PowerCenter†, PowerCenter Pro†, PowerCurve†, PowerTower†, PowerTower Pro, PowerWave

- UMAX J700, S900

† Not compatible with PPCG4-400-1M or PPCG4-450-1M.

For more information about the Crescendo/PCI line of products, please visit the Sonnet website at:
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/crescendo_pci.html

Sonnet's lower prices for WallStreet processor upgrades are as follows:

Crescendo/WS G3 500 MHz $249.95 (was $299.95)

Crescendo/WS G4 500 MHz $349.95 (was $399.95)

The complete line of Crescendo/WS products is compatible with the following Macintosh models:

- Macintosh PowerBook G3 Series 233

- Macintosh PowerBook G3 Series 250

- Macintosh PowerBook G3 Series 266

- Macintosh PowerBook G3 Series 292

- Macintosh PowerBook G3 Series 300

For more information about the Crescendo/WS line of products, visit the Sonnet website at:
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/crescendo_ws.html

For more information, visit:

http://www.sonnettech.com

Prosoft Engineering Announces Panther and G5 Compatibility Data Rescue Recovers Data From Corrupted FireWire Drives

Prosoft Engineering has announced that all of its products, including Data Rescue, Data Recycler, Data Backup and NetWare for Mac OS X, are compatible with Mac OS X Panther and the Power Mac G5. Prosoft has thoroughly tested its products on the Power Mac G5 with no complications. Each product also works smoothly with the new Mac OS X Panther.

Prosoft‚s Data Rescue X works to recover data from FireWire drives that have been corrupted by Panther. Prosoft is currently offering a $10 discount to people needing Data Rescue X for this purpose. To take advantage of this offer, users can go to http://www.prosofteng.com and enter the code PAN911 at checkout.

"Prosoft customers can be assured that every Prosoft product works seamlessly with the very latest offerings from Apple, including Panther and the new G5 workstations" commented Gordon Bell, Prosoft's sales manager. "Over a decade of Mac OS expertise has helped Prosoft stay ahead of the curve and ensure complete compatibility with Apple's cutting-edge technologies."

Data Rescue focuses on data recovery, rather than hard drive repair. Data Rescue analyzes your entire hard drive looking for your data, then it meticulously re-assembles your files and stores them in a safe location, including icons, dates and file hierarchy. Data Rescue recovers this data while leaving the original disk untouched. For emergency use, Data Rescue ships on the latest Mac bootable CD. For a bootable Panther CD, contact Prosoft Engineering.

Data Recycler provides instant undelete that protects the user from accidental file deletion. By protecting drive space being occupied by deleted files, Data Recycler allows the user to recycle the deleted trash and return all (or selected) files back to the user in perfect condition. Data Recycler includes three levels of file shredding.

Data Backup provides the ability to backup, restore and synchronize your valuable data with minimal effort. When an activity, such as a backup, is needed on a regular basis it can be scheduled by using Data Backup's Programmed Actions Mode. Programmed Actions can be created as needed with Data Backup and settings and schedules are saved for each action.

IP Edition NetWare Client for Mac OS X - IP Edition allows users to authenticate and use NetWare natively using the IP protocol, eliminating the need to propagate AppleTalk on your local area network. This client also works without having to install any additional software on existing NetWare 5 and 6 servers.

Data Rescue, Data Recycler, Data Backup are available online at [url=http://www.prosofteng.com]http://www.prosofteng.com[/url] and at Apple Stores, Fry‚s Electronics, ClubMac, MacMall, MacZone, MacConnection, and Amazon.com - Netware for Mac OS is available online at:

http://www.prosofteng.com

PreFab UI Browser 1.2

PreFab Software, Inc. has announced the release of UI Browser 1.2, an update to its utility to help scripters write user interface scripts using Apple's new "GUI Scripting" technology for AppleScript in Mac OS X version 10.3 and higher.

UI Browser 1.2 adds full support for many new features of Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther," which was released on October 24 by Apple Computer, Inc.

A free trial of UI Browser 1.2 is available now at PreFab.com. Normally priced at $55.00, PreFab is offering an introductory price of $39.95 through December 31, 2003. Download the free 30-day trial version at http://www.prefab.com/uibrowser/ .

PreFab UI Browser is the ultimate assistant for GUI Scripting. It helps scripters explore, control and monitor the user interface of most Mac OS X applications, navigating the interface hierarchy then generating useful AppleScript statements with a single click.

UI Browser 1.2 takes advantage of all of the new "accessibility" features introduced in Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther," including support for many additional user interface elements -- including text. New UI Browser features include the ability to highlight any of a target application's user interface elements on screen to make them easier to find. UI Browser 1.2 is a free upgrade to owners of earlier versions of UI Browser.

Scripters can now write and distribute scripts that will run "out of the box" on all Panther-equipped Macintosh computers, because Apple's GUI Scripting support software is automatically included in all installations of Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther." With this new standard feature of Panther, even applications that do not formally support AppleScript are scriptable. AppleScript's power to automate repetitive tasks and workflow solutions has grown by an order of magnitude in Panther, and UI Browser is available now to help you take advantage of it.

UI Browser 1.2 contains several other enhancements, many that work even under Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar." These enhancements include the ability to view and print a formatted report listing the selected element's path and all of its actions, attributes and notifications at once; new generated scripts, including an enhanced "tell block wrapper" that helps users turn on support for GUI Scripting in System Preferences; a greatly enhanced notification log window; improved Path view; new menus; the ability to turn off help tags; a few bug fixes; and many new Preferences settings to customize the way UI Browser works for you.

PreFab Software, Inc. has unrivaled experience in scripting the GUI, shipping PreFab Player since 1994. For this Mac OS X product, PreFab joined forces with well-known AppleScript and Cocoa guru Bill Cheeseman to bring you a utility that makes GUI Scripting easy.

For more information, visit:

http://www.prefab.com/uibrowser/

World Book 7.1.2 Encyclopedia CD

The Mac OS X version of World Book has been developed to take advantage of the power and elegance of Apple's next generation operating system.

The new Macintosh edition features a new Interactive Home Screen which presents a unique way to browse the encyclopedia. Photos, videos and illustrations from the World Book appear along the bottom of the screen for a few seconds each while music from the encyclopedia's music collections plays.

Other new and improved features in the Mac OS X edition:

- Article Updates may be downloaded seamlessly with the enhanced Update Now feature to keep the user's World Book current.

- Expanded multimedia elements which now include thousands of maps, photos, illustrations, videos, animations, music and other sounds, and 3-D interactive "bubble view" panoramas from the World Book Collections.

- Enhanced versions of World Book's acclaimed Homework Wizards.

- A special "Surf the Millennium" section that invites students to visit each century of the past millennium, beginning with the year 1000, on simulated Web sites.

- A completely new World Book Notepad word processor which is fully customizable to account for the level of the user thanks to the power of Mac OS X. Young students will find it to be the easiest word processor to use, while older students and family members may add more advanced tools easily to enhance the formatting of their documents.

- Accommodation for Multiple Users in Mac OS X so that each user will see only their own highlights and "sticky note" bookmarks. There are now four colors of highlighters so that students can mark different kinds of content in different colors (yellow, pink, blue and green).

New in this version:

Fix for OS X 10.3, Panther

System requirements:

• Mac OS X

For more information, visit:

http://www.mackiev.com/worldbook2/index.html

CE QuicKeys X 2.0.2b6 Macro Software

[OS 10.2.3 up]

Revisions for version QuicKeys X 2.0.2b6

• Addressed an issue where Camino would crash on launch when QuicKeys is running.

• Addressed an issue where the "Show QuicKeys icon in Dock" preference was not working correctly.

• Addressed an issue where QuicKeys would crash when selecting the Text button on a newly created AppleScript shortcut.

• Addressed an issue where Play Shortcut AppleScript command for QuicKeys was not working correctly. User may need to recompile their scripts for the scripts to work again.

• Addressed an issue where Hot Help was not appearing on toolbar buttons.

• Worked around an issue in Mac OS 10.3 where QuicKeys application menus would disappear if you launch QuicKeys as a hidden application and select the QuicKeys Menu in the menu bar before selecting any other menus to the QuicKeys Editor.

New in this version:

• Improved compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.

• Improved handling typing of text.

• Improved handling of sheet and drawers during recording.

• Added support for F16 key on Apple White Keyboards.

• As of Mac OS X 10.3, Apple has addressed a problem where the window ordering was reported incorrectly to QuicKeys.

• Fixed several issues in the Clips Plugin related to keyboard navigation in the Clips list. This navigation would cause QuicKeys to appear crashed or frozen.

System requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.2.3 or higher

For more information, visit:

http://www.cesoft.com/downloads/qkx2/panther.html

PowerQuote 10.05 For Mac OS X Released

PowerQuote Software has released PowerQuote 10.05 printing estimating and management software which is “Built for Macintosh OS X“ (and also compatible with Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2.2.)

This new release adds support for Panther (Mac OS 10.3) and adds support for Canadian printers and others who would like to show 2 separate taxes on their invoices (such as GST and PST). Along with the new tax capability, several reports have been updated and options to select your tax preferences have been added.



PowerQuote 10 is the first printing estimating software "Built for Mac OS X" from the ground up and not a template over an existing database. The use of the new technology gives PowerQuote superior performance and avoids the problems of outdated operating systems.

PowerQuote handles offset, copy and brokered jobs. The system has written quotes, job tickets, invoicing, easy recall of jobs for reorders, and more. User friendly – accurate cost based calculations are easy. Price Genius™ makes it easy to adjust built-in rates. Accurate makeready/spoilage calculation increases profit. Both a Standard and Lite version have been released. The Lite version can be upgraded to the Standard version to gain production schedule, invoicing, account receivables and network capability. Download a free demo at [url=http://www.macestimating.com]http://www.macestimating.com[/url]

PowerQuote Software of Manassas, Virginia is the developer of PowerQuote printing estimating and management software. PowerQuote is known for it's superior performance and ease of use. PowerQuote Software is the only developer of estimating and management software who is exclusively devoted to the Macintosh platform.

For more information, visit:

http://www.macestimating.com

Mergemill 2.6 Brings Many Improvements and a Smooth Work Flow with FileMaker Pro

Cross Culture Limited has announced the immediate release of Mergemill 2.6, which is a tool for publishing database on the web or CD-ROM. The software merges templates with content source files to create the desired output. It enables users to quickly and easily generate web pages from a database, or reformat database data into readable form for publishing.

The upgrade brings many improvements. The graphics processing output limit for trial users is removed, problems caused by hidden files are fixed, and a tutorial is added to the software package. The tutorial guides the user from planning the web pages, setting up and scripting a FileMaker Pro database, preparing format and source files, to finally working with Mergemill to generate the static html files. Mergemill now accepts source data files that have no column header row.

System Requirements, Pricing and Availability Mergemill 2.6 supports any PC running at least Windows 98SE. On the Mac it requires at least OS 9.2 or OSX 10.2. Its graphics processing features require Apple QuickTime. Customers can purchase Mergemill from the company's web site (http://www.crossculture.com.hk) for USD 59 with the single user license, or USD 295 with the site license. Upgrade is free for registered users of earlier versions.

Cross Culture Limited provides high-quality database solutions since 1995, and is committed to bringing the best software tools to users around the world.

Apple, Mac, Mac OS and QuickTime are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Media 100 Announces Power Mac G5 and Mac OS X Panther Support

Media 100 Inc., a leading developer of advanced media systems, has announced Media 100 i Version 8.2.1 software featuring support for the new Power Mac G5 platform from Apple, as well as the new Panther release of Mac OS X, also known as Mac OS X version 10.3. Media 100 systems with the new Media 100 i Version 8.2.1 software are planned to begin shipping in November.

Recently Media 100 began shipments of the OS X-native Media 100 i Version 8.2 software, expanding the Media 100 i toolsets for editing, effects design, audio design, and media management. In addition, Version 8.2 gives Media 100 i editors tighter integration with 844/X, the Company's award-winning, real-time, online vertical editing system.

"The Apple Power Mac G5 systems represent a leap ahead in performance for our editors," said Mike Savello, vice president of dual stream systems at Media 100. "We are pleased that again Media 100 i will be among the first, if not the first, to adopt and exploit Apple's latest CPU and OS advances."

The Version 8.2.1 software release is expected to be available by the end of November 2003. All current customers that own Version 8.2 software will be able to download Version 8.2.1 from the Media 100 web site for free.

For more information, visit:

http://www.media100.com

Mindwrap Releases Optix for Mac OS X Server "Panther''

Mindwrap (http://www.mindwrap.com) has announced the release of Optix version 6 for Apple Computer's Mac OS X Server version 10.3 "Panther", available for use on Apple's new Power Mac G5 and rack-mountable Xserve. Optix works in concert with Sybase's Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5 to provide rock solid indexing and management of all types of enterprise documents. Mindwrap's existing native Mac OS X client works perfectly with the new server, allowing a 100% Apple system implementation at the workgroup, department, or enterprise level.

"The combination of Mac OS X Server, the powerful rack-mounted Xserve, and Xserve RAID with terabytes of storage makes Apple a natural platform choice for document management and workflow. We're very excited to be able to offer an all-Mac solution to our customers", states Jim Small, Mindwrap's President.

Delivered as a fully functional and highly integrated solution, Optix is typically much faster to deploy than complicated "toolkits" that require extensive and costly development. Installation and training times are usually measured in days instead of months. Optix empowers system administrators and end users with a rich set of easy-to-use tools to quickly create and deploy new, secure applications, document repositories, and automated business processes. Optional modules support web-based query, viewing, and workflow operations.

"Panther Server integrates leading open source and open standards software with easy-to-use management tools that make it easy to deploy popular open source solutions for Mac, Windows and Linux clients," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "Our powerful and secure line of server and storage solutions combined with Mindwrap's Optix version 6 create an ideal and easy to use document management and workflow solution."

All Optix systems are fully cross-platform with support for the full line of Fujitsu high-speed document scanners at any Macintosh or Windows client. Optix workstations also feature image enhancement, form design and processing, barcode recognition, patch cards, and a full set of interactive tools for designing GUI-based indexing and query screens as well as complex workflow routes. In addition to images, the client can store and index any document or file found on the desktop. The Optix Mac client is fully scriptable using AppleScript, allowing users to easily customize its operation and integrate it with third party applications such as OCR.

eTask 1.1 Business Software For Creating Task Schedules

[OS 10.2.6 up]

eTask is a brand new software for the construction of effective taskplans (network-schedules, network-timeplans).

The construction of net-schedules will be really easy with the cooperation of the seamless integration in MaxOSX and intuitive, professional functions.

With eTask you are able to perform strongly in best time without long periods of vocational adjustment.

eTask captivates with

- Easy operating (nearly everything can be done with Drag & Drop)

- Individual opportunities of adjustment

- Flexible calendar-settings

- Consideration of leisure times

- Personalisation of printouts (logos, addresses...)

- MacOSX adressbook integration

- Optimal price-performance ratio

New in this version:

• Date formats now load correct from the System Preferences. (Please activate "Leading zero for day" and Leading zero for month" under System Preferences > International > Date!)

• Fixed english localization bugs

• New caption options for tasks in the Gantt View

• Built with GCC 3.3 for performance increases

• Fixed some minor bugs

System requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2.6 or higher

For more information, visit:

http://www.techno-grafik.at/software/

For more information about the latest Mac software releases and updates, you'll find it on the Applelinks Search Engine here:

http://www.applelinks.com/pages/search.shtml

Charles W. Moore

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