MacWEEK articles from July 1997

MacWEEK archives from July 1997

Power and profit in IPO. (Power Computing Corp) (Company Financial Information)
July 7, 1997... Preparing to go public, Power Computing Corp. last week revealed details of the financial performance that put it at the top of the Mac OS systems heap. In a lengthy filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Power also detailed...

OS detente: Apple, licensees near deal. (Mac OS 8.0 licensing talks with clone vendors) (Company Business and Marketing)
July 7, 1997... After months of often rancorous negotiations, Apple and its licensees are on the verge of inking deals for Mac OS 8, sources said. The companies reportedly have tentatively agreed on terms that should smooth the arrival of Common Hardware...

PPC 604e to get small: Mach 5 redesign starts at 250 MHz. (IBM CMOS 6x, Motorola PPC4)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... The PowerPC manufacturers used the new to build on the old last week as they unveiled the first version of a new, low-power PowerPC 604e processor. Code-named Mach 5, the new chip from IBM Microelectronics Division of East Fishkill, N.Y., and...

Developers list their top issues at MacHack '97. (Apple developer conference) (Industry Trend or Event)
July 7, 1997... Dearborn, Mich. - For the third consecutive year, attendees of the 12th annual MacHack developer conference compiled a list of concerns and hopes for Apple and its technologies. Nearly 300 engineers attended MacHack, which ran the last week of...

UMAX profits from cache scheme: Double-speed bus puts PowerPC 603e clone near high end. (UMAX Computer Corp's SuperMac C600x/240, 280) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
July 7, 1997... SuperMac C600x/240, 280 4 (Very good) Choked by system buses and dynamic RAM that can't supply data and instructions fast enough, ever-faster microprocessors waste valuable time simply waiting for something to do. That's why system designers...

Guttman parts ways with MetaCreations. (Product Management VP Steve Guttman) (Company Operations)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... The executive structure of newly formed MetaCreations Corp. is still taking shape. The latest change: Vice President of Product Management Steve Guttman resigned from the Carpinteria, Calif., company last week. The merged entity of MetaTools...

Deadline looms for Greenhouse. (Macworld Expo new company pavilion) (Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... Organizers of the Greenhouse - a pavilion for budding companies to show off their wares at August's Macworld Expo in Boston - said the deadline to apply for a spot is July 10. A spot in the Greenhouse costs $500 and will include booth space,...

SoftArc rolls out intranet server. (FirstClass software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... SoftArc Inc. this week expects to ship FirstClass Intranet Server, the company's cross-platform package targeted at small- and medium-sized businesses. The $999 server provides Web, e-mail and groupware services. It supports SMTP (Simple Mail...

Hot List: MacHack. (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... The annual MacHack conference lets many of the industry's leading engineers hobnob over business and code. Over the years, the get-together has sparked many hardware and software hacks, some of which have become shareware stalwarts or commercial...

Hardware: A tease about the future and a few updates from the past. (Apple's AppleVision 1710AV color monitor, fast Ethernet cards) (The Second Decade) (Product Information)(Column)
July 7, 1997... As a regular reviewer of new Mac and clone hardware, I often get to kick the tires before new models are released. In these cases, I'm sworn to secrecy, but I trust the lawyers won't come after me for saying this much: The rest of this year is...

Fine print in Power SEC filing. (Power Computing Corp's Securities Exchange Commission report) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... Here are some tidbits from Power Computing Corp.'s recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: * Power currently maintains 530 full-time employees, as well as a part-time staff of 160. * R&D expenditures totaled $2.3...

Power launches summer RAM extravaganza. (Power Computing drops RAM prices, boosts stock configurations) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... Power Computing Corp. recently lowered prices and beefed up the RAM for several models. The company said it will drop the price of its PowerTower Pro 250 from $4,495 to $3,995; the system uses a 250-MHz PowerPC 604e processor. The price of a...

Wozniak dings NeXT purchase. (Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak at 1997 MacHack conference) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... Dearborn, Mich. - Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak began June's MacHack conference here with a jolt, telling attendees that he questions Apple's acquisition of NeXT Software Inc. During his keynote address on the first day of the conference...

StreamLogic enters Chapter 11. (StreamLogic Corp to become Hammer Storage Solutions Inc) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... After filing for bankruptcy protection and being removed from the NASDAQ stock exchange, StreamLogic Corp. last week said it will sell several product lines and change its name to Hammer Storage Solutions Inc. The Newark, Calif., company said...

News: StockWatch 07.02.97. (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... 07.02.97 weekly close change Apple 13.06 -1.63 NASDAQ 1455.61 19.23 MacWEEK Composite* 115.36 -0.22 Adaptec ...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
July 7, 1997... Flakiness no surprise I read your review of Virtual PC with great interest (06.23.97, Page 1). This is indeed one of the hottest products to hit the streets this year. I know that most MacWEEK readers will probably be interested in DOS and...

Fuji preps cameras. (Fuji Photo Film USA's Fujifilm DS-300, DX-5 digital cameras)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Fuji Photo Film USA Inc. in June debuted two new digital cameras at PC Expo in New York. Each device focuses on a different segment of the photography market. Aimed at professional and scientific users, the Fujifilm DS-300, due this month for...

Utilities focus on color calibration. (Binuscan Inc's ColorPro color-calibration, separation software; Southwest Software's Color Encore for Monitors calibration package)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Extending the desktop color spectrum for Mac users, Binuscan Inc. in June unveiled a new client-server version of ColorPro, the company's color-calibration and -separation software, and Southwest Software Inc. shipped Color Encore for Monitors, a...

Graphics apps crossing the line. (integration of vector-based draw programs, pixel-based paint programs) (Technology Information)
July 7, 1997... Ask artists what type of graphics software you need and they will probably respond by asking whether you want a paint or a draw program. Although many graphics projects require both types of work, the two worlds have been separate, largely...

Vertigo warming up new 3-D text plug-in. (Vertigo Technology Inc's Vertigo 3D HotText, Vertigo 3D Dizzy plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Propelling the z axis into the 2-D realms of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Vertigo Technology Inc. in June announced plans to spin out a third Mac plug-in based on Vertigo 3D, the company's 3-D software for Silicon Graphics workstations....

Mask Pro 1.0 plug-in cut out for Photoshop. (Extensis Corp's dtp extension) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 7, 1997... Mask Pro 1.0 4 (Very good) Creating silhouettes and cutouts in Adobe Photoshop is one of the least-pleasant tasks associated with the program, particularly for an image that has finely detailed edges. Extensis Corp.'s new Mask Pro plug-in...

Color matching: In some cases, subjective is better. (Out of Gamut) (Technology Information)(Column)
July 7, 1997... "Match the chrome." Art directors tell scanner operators thousands of times a day to do this. But it's one of the biggest lies in the graphic arts industry. Matching a film transparency with four-color printing is an impossible task. The color...

Sharp debuts camera, flatbed. (Sharp Electronic Corp's VE-LC1 digital camera, JX-350 flatbed color scanner)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Sharp Electronics Corp. in June increased its output of digital input devices when it rolled out its first digital camera and announced a new 36-bit-color flatbed scanner. Named the VE-LC1 and scheduled to ship this month, the $749 camera is...

Version 7 is lucky for Illustrator users. (Adobe Systems' draw software) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
July 7, 1997... Speedy performance, new API boost illustration application Illustrator 7.0 4 (Very good) -- Now shipping With Illustrator 7.0, Adobe Systems Inc.'s common interface now extends to its Big Three: Photoshop, PageMaker and Illustrator. Initial...

Extensis airs preflight tool for Mac XPress publishers. (Extensis Preflight Pro, Preflight Designer dtp extensions)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Extensis Corp. in June launched a preflight application aimed at Mac users of QuarkXPress. The company also unveiled a stripped-down version of the package due to ship later this summer. Extensis Preflight Pro, available now for an estimated...

VideoShop nears 4. (Strata Inc's VideoShop 3D 4.0 video editing software) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... Strata Inc.'s video-editing plans continue to take shape. The company in June filled in some new details about the next version of VideoShop, the desktop video-editing package Strata purchased from Avid Technology Inc. in April 1996. Version...

Infini-D 4.0 shoots for digital video. (MetaCreations' 3D software) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... Newly minted graphics powerhouse MetaCreations Corp. in June delivered Version 4.0 of its Infini-D 3-D package. The upgrade to the $899 program focuses on digital video animation, leaving the general 3-D space to MetaCreations' Ray Dream...

Electric Image caught up in Rhapsody. (Apple operating system) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... The third-party bandwagon for Apple's next-generation Rhapsody OS may be taking a while to leave the gate, but it reportedly has gained an important supporter: 3-D developer Electric Image Inc. In a memo leaked onto the Web in June, Electric...

App minds motion. (Channel D Corp's DeltaVideo security camera software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Keeping a close eye on slow-moving subjects, Channel D Corp. this month released DeltaVideo, software that records time-lapse video and saves frames that differ from the rest. Designed for security and laboratory-monitoring uses, the $59.95...

ATI Xclaim 3D packs big features for its small price. (ATI Technologies Inc's 3D graphics card) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
July 7, 1997... Xclaim 3D 4 (Very good) While ATI Technologies Inc. is targeting professionals with its Xclaim 3D card, the $299 price tag qualifies it as a consumer-class product. Features and performance straddle the two levels. Although the 7-inch PCI...

Imagine 128 is a top 2-D card. (Number Nine Visual Technolog Corp's Imagine 128 Series 2 for Power Mac full-motion video board) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
July 7, 1997... Imagine 128 Series 2 for Power Mac 4 1/2 Numerous video resolutions and color bit depths come together with QuickDraw, QuickTime, MPEG and QuickDraw 3D acceleration in Number Nine Visual Technology Corp.'s $799 Imagine 128 Series 2 for Power...

mBED untangles multimedia on Web: Interactor tool aims at novices. (mBED Software Inc's Web-based multimedia authoring tool)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... For users wanting to synchronize animation with sound on a Web page, mBED Software Inc. this week will ship Interactor 1.0, a Web-based multimedia authoring tool. Designed to provide high-end, low-bandwidth interactivity, Interactor lets users...

StarNine has fix for Apple server glitch. (WebStar Internet/Web server software bundled with Apple Internet Server Solution 3.0) (Product Information)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... A problem with software bundled with Apple's newly shipping Workgroup Server line may prevent users from initializing their copies of StarNine WebStar, Apple said last week. The wrong serial number was provided with WebStar 2.0, the Web-server...

Geo apps fire up Java audio, video. (Geo Interactive Publishing Inc's Emblaze Video, Emblaze Audio file format convervion software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Streaming video and audio on the Web can require a maze of plug-ins, platforms and file types. With its new Emblaze Video and Emblaze Audio utilities, due in mid-July, Geo Interactive Publishing Inc. aims to simplify the process. Webmasters...

Stairways grinds out RumorMill 1.0 server. (Starways Software Pty. Ltd's Usenet server)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Stairways Software Pty. Ltd. in June released RumorMill 1.0, a Usenet server designed to make managing and creating newsgroups simple. The $35 shareware, which uses the Network News Transfer Protocol, can mix Usenet newsgroups with locally...

Web boom spawns demand for site tools. (Web site management software) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
July 7, 1997... The typical Web site has evolved from one long scrolling page to scores of intertwined and often obscure links. Whether they are promoting a new line of cars or displaying family photos, some sites have ballooned out of control. Along with...

SiteCam 1.0 tool eyes streaming Web video. (Rearden Technology's live Web video development software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Rearden Technology in June shipped SiteCam 1.0, software for delivering live video over the Internet. SiteCam succeeds the company's MacWebCam shareware program. SiteCam lets Webmasters flow time-lapse QuickTime video over the Internet at...

Network traffic. (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... * AFP Engage! beta arrives * WebCollage moves to 1.0.1 Open Door Networks Inc. of Ashland, Ore., has released a public beta version of AFP Engage!, a tool for helping Web browsers understand URLs for AFP (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) servers....

SurfWatch expands filtering. (SurfWatch Software's SurfWatch 3.0 Internet access software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Hot on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned the Communications Decency Act, SurfWatch Software in June released SurfWatch 3.0, the latest version of its cross-platform Internet filtering utility. Version 3.0 of the $49...

Two-party politics meets Web: It's not pretty, but it works. (Designing the Web) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Column)
July 7, 1997... Every new release of a browser sends shivers of fear through the Web-design community. Each version supports some new tag or technology that the developer - Netscape Communications Corp. or Microsoft Corp. - trumpets as the definitive method of...

Color laser printers due for fall release. (Konic'as KL-3015, Sharp's JX-8200)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Two printer manufacturers in the fall plan to launch new color devices into the crowded network-printing pool. Longtime print-engine manufacturer Konica Business Machines U.S.A. Inc. will launch a new printer that will feature a next-generation...

HPS to remodel Ithink simulator. (High Performance Systems Inc's Ithink 5.0 business-modeling, simulation software)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Businesses trying to predict the future will get a new forecasting tool later this month when High Performance Systems Inc. delivers Version 5.0 of its Ithink business-modeling and simulation software. According to HPS, Ithink 5.0 will include...

Access Accounts app reaches U.S. shores. (UK-based Technologies Plus' modular client-server accounting system)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Technologies Plus Inc. in June shipped Access Accounts, a modular client-server accounting system. The product had previously been available only in the United Kingdom, from Access Accounting Ltd. of Colchester, England. Now at Version 1.4,...

Epson preps impact printer. (Epson America's LQ-670) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... Epson America Inc. is hoping to make an impression in the forms-printing market next week when it ships an impact printer that prints on cut sheets as well as continuous rolls of paper. With LocalTalk and Mac drivers, the Epson LQ-670...

PCI Ethernet card prices fall: Ethernet costs dip 30 percent. (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... Suppliers of Mac networking devices in June slashed the prices of 10Base T Ethernet PCI cards. Asante Technologies Inc., Dayna Communications Inc. and Farallon Communications Inc. lowered costs by as much as 30 percent. First out of the block,...

Executives talk up Apple's OS futures. (Senior VP Avadis Tevanian, software engineering; Senior VP Jon Rubinstein, hardware engineering) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... Plans for Rhapsody, Apple's next-generation operating system, are on track, according to Apple executives. In a meeting with MacWEEK editors, Jon Rubinstein, senior vice president for hardware engineering, and Avadis Tevanian, senior vice...

DayStar lowers prices, spins off software unit. (DayStar Digital Inc) (Company Operations)(Brief Article)
July 7, 1997... DayStar Digital Inc. last week spun off its software group and said it will lay off some employees. In addition, the company lowered prices of its multiple-processor Genesis line. Gary Dailey, DayStar vice president of marketing and business...

Keyboard goes distance. (Big Electronics Inc's wireless Apple Desktop Bus keyboard)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 7, 1997... Big Electronics Inc. recently released a wireless ADB keyboard that the company said can operate up to 30 feet from a Mac. The $229 package comprises a keyboard manufactured by Acer Peripherals Inc. of Taipei, Taiwan, and an external receiver...

Photoshop face-off: MMX takes on PowerPC: 604e holds its own despite Adobe's Windows tweaks. (Intel Pentium II, Motorola PowerPC 604e microprocessors) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
July 7, 1997... You've undoubtedly seen the ads for MMX-enabled Intel chips, with space-suited refugees from Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks engaged in "adding fun" to the Pentium processor. But just what does MMX get you in terms of speed? Based on our...

Mac Psych 101: Profusion of OS personalities. (operating system options for Macintosh computers) (MacInTouch) (Product Information)(Column)
July 7, 1997... The rapidly shifting ground of the Macintosh platform is opening up some new and very different computing paths. Creating a complete Windows environment within the Macintosh using Connectix Corp.'s Virtual PC, for example, is at once empowering...

It's the beginning of a new age. (Mac the Knife) (Humor)
July 7, 1997... While the petty and small-minded might accuse him of self-absorption, Mac the Knife prefers to regard his habit of relating current events (both within and beyond the high-tech realm) to his own personal neuroses as a sign of a pleasingly...

For the record.(Correction Notice)
July 7, 1997... In a June 16 story on new clones from UMAX Computer Corp. (Page 8), the article should have stated that the C500e/180 and C500i/180 models are equipped, respectively, with a built-in Ethernet adapter and a built-in modem. In the article, these...

Spotlight shifts to CFO Anderson, Jobs. (Apple's Fred Anderson, NeXT CEO Steve Jobs) (Company Operations)
July 14, 1997... Spotlight shifts to CFO Anderson, Jobs Having failed to jump-start Apple, Gilbert Amelio last week resigned as the company's chairman and CEO. Following him out the door was Ellen Hancock, executive vice president of advanced technology. The...

Exit Amelio, Hancock: third parties hail CEO's departure. (Company Operations)
July 14, 1997... Few members of the Mac community expressed sadness or surprise at the resignation of Apple CEO Gilbert Amelio last week. However, developers and analysts alike said they were sorry to see Executive Vice President of Advanced Technology Ellen...

Hancock speaks. (Exit Amelio, Hancock) (Hancock speaks) (Company Operations)(Interview)
July 14, 1997... Ellen Hancock says that, given the opportunity, she would serve as Apple CEO. In an exclusive interview last week from her home in Connecticut, Apple's former technology chief also stressed that the company will need both a customer- and...

Newer taps Arthur chip for upgrades. (Newer Technology's microprocessor upgrades based on Motorola Arthur, G3 PowerPC CPU) (Product Development)
July 14, 1997... Users of the current crop of Mac OS machines won't have to miss out on next-generation performance if Newer Technology Inc. has anything to do with it. The company is preparing for a late-August release of desktop CPU upgrade cards based on the...

SoftPress takes Freeway to Web. (SoftPress Systems' WYSIWYG Web authoring software) (Product Development)
July 14, 1997... SoftPress Systems Ltd. last week introduced a new route to WYSIWYG Web authoring: Freeway, a Mac-only tool geared toward graphic designers and professional Webmasters. The software, due in late August for $299, is available now in public beta...

AppleShare IP 5.0 well-tuned for Internet. (Apple's networking software for Mac OS) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 14, 1997... AppleShare IP 5.0 3 1/2 With the recent release of AppleShare IP 5.0, Apple has significantly expanded the scope of its venerable Mac OS file server. In addition to AppleTalk-based file and print services that are easy to implement, AppleShare...

PB 1400c line gains speed, bigger drive. (Apple Macintosh PowerBook 1400c notebook computer)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... Apple this week will refresh its entry-level PowerBook 1400c line with faster processors, standard Level 2 cache and larger hard drives. The new models will hit the streets by the end of the month, the company said. The new top-of-the-line...

Spider Island ceases operations. (Spider Island Software) (Company Operations)(Brief Article)
July 14, 1997... Spider Island Software last week announced it is shutting down Aug. 31. The maker of the TeleFinder bulletin board, e-mail and Web server is closing because it "couldn't find enough of a market for what we're doing," said Spider Island...

Apple preps pack of Web-site tools. (The Web Page Construction Kit Web authoring software for the educational market)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... Apple this week will unveil a Web-authoring tool kit aimed at the education market. Expected to carry an estimated street price of $79.95, the Web Page Construction Kit will include a collection of Web-authoring and multimedia packages as well as...

New research report measures Mac advantage in dollars and sense. (Gistics Inc's analysis of Macintosh cost of ownership and return on investment) (The Second Decade) (Industry Trend or Event)(Column)
July 14, 1997... Amidst the turmoil engulfing Apple, it's all too easy to forget why we remain committed to the Mac. A new research report from Gistics Inc. documents some of the reasons, and it does so in plain, hard dollars-and-cents terms. The study, titled...

Analysts predict big Q3 loss. (Apple Computer 3rd qtr 1997 losses) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
July 14, 1997... The resignation of Apple CEO Gilbert Amelio and his deputy Ellen Hancock augurs poor third-quarter financial results and further restructuring of the company, analysts said. Estimated losses for the quarter, which will be announced Wednesday,...

Pinnacle drops MO prices. (Pinnacle Micro Inc's Apex, Vertex magneto-optical drives) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
July 14, 1997... Pinnacle Micro Inc. last week announced price reductions onits Vertex and Apex 5.25-inch magneto-optical drives. The high-capacity Apex drive, which uses 4.6-Gbyte cartridges, is now priced at $1,195 for an internal version or $1,345 for an...

StockWatch 07.10.97. (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
July 14, 1997... 07.10.97 weekly close change Apple stock 13.31 0.25 NASDAQ 1490.93 35.32 MacWEEK Composite* 117.70 2.34 Adaptec ...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
July 14, 1997... Lessons learned Steve Wozniak's comments regarding Apple's purchase of NeXT Software Inc. (07.07.97, Page 7) and the importance of the K-12 education market to Apple's future seem a bit misplaced. I participated briefly in a school program...

Flatbeds gear up. (Polaroid's CS-600LE, CS-300LE, PFU Ltd's X-finity Pro compact flatbed color scanners)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... Industry stalwart Polaroid Corp. and U.S. newcomer PFU Ltd. are rounding out their flatbed scanner lines with new compact models. PFU Ltd. of Tokyo in September will ship the 42-bit, 1,200-dpi X-finity Pro. Aimed at the prepress industry, the...

XTensions span the globe. (Distribution Media-Network offers ten QuarkXPress XTensions for Web use)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... Taking a global view of Mac desktop publishing, start-up QuarkXTension distributor Media-Network is offering 10 new software plug-ins from a roster of five international developers. Media-Network offers all the XTensions via its Web site. *...

UMAX flatbed offers large format, low price. (UMAX Technologies' Mirage IIse, A3 color scanner)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... UMAX Technologies Inc. last week repackaged its large-format Mirage II flatbed scanner with half the resolution for half the price. Analysts said the new Mirage IIse leads the pack of low-cost A3 flatbeds due this year. The $3,695 Mirage IIse...

MicroStation: top-flight CAD. (Bentley Systems Inc's $3,995 MicroStation 95 CAD software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 14, 1997... MicroStation 95 5 (Excellent) To all Mac AutoCAD users who were dumped by Autodesk Inc. in 1995: You're not alone. AutoCAD Release 14 will run only on Windows 95 and Windows NT Pentium machines, leaving Unix users holding the bag. Suddenly,...

Avid revs video tool. (Avid Technology Inc's Elastic Reality 3.0 image manipulation and special-effects video software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... After a drawn-out development cycle, Avid Technology Inc. shipped Elastic Reality 3.0 earlier this month. Demonstrated more than a year ago at the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas, this new version of the $1,299 image...

Projectors pick up steam. (ten multimedia projectors) (Product Information)
July 14, 1997... The latest crop of Mac-compatible multimedia projectors includes a passel of portable models for presenters on the go. * Lightware Inc. of Beaverton, Ore., in June delivered the MVP800, a $6,495 projector that weighs less than 10 pounds. The...

Band-in-a-Box tuneup gains Soloist feature. (PG Music Inc's Band-in-a-Box 7.0 MIDI-based accompaniment program)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... PG Music Inc. recently shipped Band-in-a-Box 7.0, the latest version of its MIDI-based accompaniment program. The new version includes a Soloist feature that automatically generates lead lines over background music. The new version's...

Amapi Studio: Strong modeling, weak interface. (Yonowat Inc's Amapi Studio 3.0 animation software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 14, 1997... Amapi Studio 3.0 2 1/2 Yonowat Inc.'s Amapi Studio 3.0 packs powerful new modeling tools, rendering and a bit of animation into an application that still looks and feels like something from another platform. However, the $499 program fits...

Avid, Lightworks still leading nonlinear pack. (Avid Technology Inc's Avid Media Composer, Lightworks Tektronix Inc's Lightworks turn-key Intel-based image editing system) (Key Frame) (Product Information)(Column)
July 14, 1997... Digital years are beginning to feel like dog years. It was only five years ago that the first feature film was edited with an Avid Technology Inc. nonlinear-editing system. With dozens of nonlinear-editing applications and turnkey systems now on...

SoftArc ships FCIS. (FirstClass Intranet Server)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... SoftArc Inc. is targeting intranets with a new server combining Web, e-mail and groupware capabilities. Available now, FirstClass Intranet Server (FCIS) is a client-server package for Mac OS and Windows 3.1, 95 and NT. SoftArc said FCIS...

BoxTop Software advances GIFmation. (GIFmation 2.1 image utility)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... Creating animated GIFs got easier in June with the latest revision of GIFmation from BoxTop Software Inc. Version 2.1 of the tool for creating animated GIFs lets users better control a GIF's file size, according to Travis Anton, BoxTop...

Progressive's RealPlayer streams to 4.0. (Progressive Networks' streaming audio browser plug-in)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... Progressive Networks has consolidated its player utilities for streaming Web audio and video into a single tool, RealPlayer 4.0. Progressive said Version 4.0 offers better video quality over dial-up connections than previous versions. It can be...

WebPainter 2.0 due. (Totally Hip Software's Web graphics tool) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
July 14, 1997... Totally Hip Software Inc. plans to ship a new version of its WebPainter software at August's Macworld Expo in Boston. Version 2.0 of the $169.95 Web graphics tool will sport a number of new features and come bundled with GIF-format clip...

Fusion 2 offers finesse for a price. (NetObjects Fusion for Macintosh 2.0) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
July 14, 1997... NetObjects Fusion 1.0 was the first product to let Web designers place page elements anywhere they wanted, right down to a single pixel. It also offered powerful features for management and design that significantly shortened the time needed to...

'Push' comes to shove: Just let me do my work. (Working the Net) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Column)
July 14, 1997... You know, I really do work on the Internet. I rely on quick delivery of e-mail, and I have a Web browser running constantly. That's why I'm upset about the lack of respect for productivity that has become part and parcel of the Internet. Push...

TimeClock turns 9.01: FlexWare 9.0 interface added. (Systems Optima Inc's time-tracking software works with FlexWare International LLC's integrated accounting package)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... Systems Optima Inc. recently upgraded MacTimeClock, its time-tracking program, to work with a popular accounting package. Now at Version 9.01, MacTimeClock lets users export and import data with FlexWare 9.0, the modular accounting package from...

FastTrack Schedule 5.0 gains HTML capabilities. (AEC Software Inc's project scheduling software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... Companies keeping tabs on deadlines recently got another weapon in their arsenal when AEC Software Inc. shipped FastTrack Schedule 5.0. The new version of AEC's project-scheduling software now has the capability to export schedules in HTML for...

Storeys 3-D spreadsheet ships. (Profunda's Storeys 1.0.2)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 14, 1997... Profunda last month released Storeys 1.0.2, a 3-D spreadsheet designed to help users add depth to their data. While the $90 Storeys works like a traditional spreadsheet, it also lets users manipulate data as a 3-D block of cells, the company...