MacWEEK articles from May 1997

MacWEEK archives from May 1997

Amelio talks Rhapsody. (Apple CEO Gilbert F. Amelio discusses NeXT-generation operating system) (Company Business and Marketing)(Interview)
May 5, 1997... In an exclusive interview last week, Apple CEO Gilbert Amelio forcefully outlined the company's positions in two key areas of current confusion: operating systems and licensing. Speaking to the editors of MacWEEK and MacUser, Amelio revealed a...

form*Z RenderZone: Model of 3-D excellence. (Autodessys' 3-D modeling and rendering software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
May 5, 1997... Autodessys Inc. calls its latest release of form*Z RenderZone an incremental upgrade, but Version 2.9 has enough new capabilities to fill a 173-page addendum manual to overflowing. This is no surprise, considering that the $1,995 3-D modeling and...

New scanner technology key to color PaperPort. (Visioneer's PaperPort Strobe sheet-fed scanner)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Visioneer Inc. this week will unveil a 24-bit-color successor to the PaperPort Vx, its popular sheet-fed scanner. The PaperPort Strobe is based on new sensor technology that analysts said could set an industry trend. The Strobe, due to ship at...

Digital Darwinism: competition is tough, but key to Mac's future. (The Second Decade) (Company Business and Marketing)(Editorial)
May 5, 1997... Digital Darwinism: Competition is tough, but key to Mac's future "We want the clones to succeed, but the whole purpose of licensing was to extend the market, not just share it. We want to see them going into different geographies and different...

Apple unveils high-end displays. (AppleVision 850 20-inch color monitor)\(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Apple this week will take the wraps off a pair of high-end, 20-inch color monitors. Aimed at graphics professionals and desktop publishers, the $1,849 AppleVision 850 will ship this week. It is capable of displaying two pages side by side and...

Radius hones custom color. (ColorMatch Separation Lab color processing software)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Radius Inc. has taken another step in its color-management crusade with the introduction of its ColorMatch Separation Lab software. The $349 application, due to ship by late May, combines prescanned color data with Radius' ColorMatch engine. It...

LaserMaster inkjet eyes 60-inch mark. (DisplayMaker XL60 color inkjet printer)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 5, 1997... LaserMaster Corp. this month will widen the range of its color inkjet offerings with a 60-inch-wide version of the DisplayMaker printer. The $26,995 DisplayMaker XL60 joins the company's 36-inch-wide DisplayMaker Pro. LaserMaster said the...

New Mirage flatbed offers twice the res. (UMAX Technologies' Mirage II large-format scanner)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 5, 1997... UMAX Technologies Inc. at Seybold Seminars New York 97 announced a large-format scanner that offers nearly twice the resolution of its predecessor. The $7,995 Mirage II replaces the Mirage D-16L (see 10.16.95, Page 14). Like the D-16L, the...

MetaTools and Fractal name their merger. (Fractal Design Corp) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 5, 1997... MetaTools Inc. of Carpinteria, Calif., and Fractal Design Corp. of Scotts Valley, Calif., last week christened the offspring of their forthcoming merger. The newly formed company will be named MetaCreations Corp. and will carry the NASDAQ...

Notice to Microsoft: color management is still no easy task. (Out of Gamut) (Technology Information)(Column)
May 5, 1997... In a move with deep significance for dozens of people, Linotype-Hell Co. and Microsoft Corp. jointly announced the adoption of LinoColor color management for future versions of Windows at April's Seybold Seminars New York 97. To say the news fell...

Iris preps color printers. (Iris Graphics' 3047G, RealistFX 5015, RealistFX 5030)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 5, 1997... Iris Graphics Inc. in April took the wraps off three high-end inkjet printers aimed at the graphic arts market. The Iris 3047G, available now for $85,000, and the RealistFX 5015 and 5030, slated to ship this month for $35,000 and $55,000, are...

Minolta readies a free upgrade for CF900 copier.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Minolta Corp. in June will offer a free firmware upgrade for its CF900 color copier. The company said it will also offer two new color RIP servers for the CF900 from Electronics for Imaging Inc. of San Mateo, Calif. The $24,995 CF900,...

Painter 5.0 brushes up with array of new tools. (Fractal Design Corp's paint software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
May 5, 1997... Powerful, practical features in latest Fractal update With an assortment of new brushes and painting tools, the forthcoming Painter 5.0 from Fractal Design Corp. builds on the application's core strengths better than any previous version. But...

Steinberg updates visual MIDI app. (X<>Pose 1.1 visual sampler program)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Steinberg North America Inc. this month will release XPose 1.1, a new version of its "visual sampler" program that plays back QuickTime and PICT files using MIDI commands. The program will let users trigger playback of up to 88 QuickTime or...

ICEfx engine accelerates video effects. (Integrated Computing Engines' rendering engine)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Users of Integrated Computing Engines Inc.'s ICEfx rendering engine can apply some serious hardware to their video work in Adobe Systems Inc.'s After Effects. Version 3.0 of ICEfx, priced at $11,900, uses the 16 processors on the company's...

Vendors rev media DBs. (Archetype's MediaBank 2.0, Dalexy's Image-Base-Pro, Alaras Corp's Alaras Tropix Archiver database packages)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... A trio of media-database vendors recently announced updates to their packages. * Archetype Inc. at April's Seybold Seminars New York 97 released a new version of its MediaBank software that adds speed and flexibility to the tool, priced at...

Still playing: Game Sprockets back from dead. (Apple game technology) (Company Business and Marketing)
May 5, 1997... Life has been a mixed bag for Mac games developers. Financial times have hardly been fun with precipitous drops in product sales, yet there's still some good news out there. Despite earlier reports to the contrary, Apple will continue to support...

Yonowat remodels Amapi 3-D. (Amapi 3-D 3.0 navigation tool)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 5, 1997... Yonowat Inc. in April delivered the latest model of its Amapi 3-D software at Seybold Seminars New York 97. Version 3.0 of the $498 modeling package offers a new interface for real-time navigation, Yonowat said, and it includes a new Phong...

Studio Vision Pro hits Version 3.5. (Opcode Systems' MIDI sequencing and digital audio package)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Opcode Systems Inc. in April shipped Version 3.5 of Studio Vision Pro, the company's professional MIDI sequencing and digital audio package. Studio Vision Pro 3.5 features complete support for Digidesign Inc.'s Pro Tools TDM (Time Division...

Minerva prepares DVD encoder. (Minerva Systems' Minerva Publisher-DVD encoder) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
May 5, 1997... Minerva Systems Inc. this summer will move its encoding technology up a peg with the Minerva Publisher-DVD. Due in July, the $31,995 Digital Video Disc system will be based on the company's $19,995 MPEG-2 Publisher hardware (see 01.20.97, Page...

iNet directs Web creation. (Pictorius' Web authoring, management tool)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Pictorius Inc. in April unveiled a tool for creating and managing internal Web sites. Set to ship this month for the Mac OS as well as Windows 95 and NT, iNet Developer will apply a team approach to Web-site development, enabling content...

CE updates client, plans Mac server. (CE Software's QuickMail Pro 1.5 e-mail client)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 5, 1997... CE Software Inc. last week unveiled an upgrade to its Internet e-mail client and said it is developing a Mac mail server. QuickMail Pro 1.5, available now in public beta form, adds setup wizards that ease the installation process, the company...

Web audio techniques: log on with your patience. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
May 5, 1997... For those looking to create a complete multimedia experience on a Web site by adding audio and video, the good news is that the available technology really can let you become a broadcaster. The bad news is that, like the famous dancing bear, the...

Cascading style sheets editor due. (Media Design in-Progress' Interaction Cascading Style Sheets Editor Web authoring software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 5, 1997... Media Design in*Progress this month will ship a tool that lets Webmasters use cascading style sheets in their sites. One of the first Macintosh applications to offer that capability, the Interaction Cascading Style Sheets Editor will be an...

New Web suite opening the door to virtual domains. (Open Door Networks' Multi-domain Webmaster Suite Internet/Web server software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
May 5, 1997... Multi-domain Webmaster Suite uuu The Mac OS can't inherently respond to multiple Internet Protocol addresses, so serving more than one Internet domain from a single Mac server poses a challenge. Although there are various work-arounds for...

GearBox shifts modem settings. (Rockstar Studios' Internet software settings utility)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Rockstar Studios Inc. next week will debut a beta version of GearBox, its utility that unites a user's Internet configurations and software settings. GearBox is designed to let modem users switch between multiple Internet configurations, such...

BackWeb's 'push' client makes its way to the Mac. (BackWeb Technologies)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... BackWeb Technologies Inc. this week debuted the Mac beta version of its free, namesake push-technology client. The software lets users choose channels and have publishers' content pushed to them via scrolling messages, graphics, pop-up notes,...

Color DocuPrint to link laser, Net. (Xerox Electronics' DocuPrint C55mp color laser printer)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Xerox Electronics Corp. plans to launch at the end of May a color laser printer with a compact footprint and a built-in Web server. The $4,500 DocuPrint C55mp will ship in large quantities by mid-June, Xerox said. It will have a footprint...

MeetingPlace 97: Multiparty Mac calls. (Latitude Communications' cross-platform tele-conference system)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Latitude Communications Inc. closed out April by shipping MeetingPlace 97, its high-end, cross-platform teleconferencing system. MeetingPlace 97 lets companies schedule, host and manage teleconferences using in-house analog or digital phone...

PowerSecretary hears what's said. (Dragon Systems' PowerSecretary 2.0.7 speech-recognition software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Dragon Systems Inc. in late April shipped Version 2.0.7 of PowerSecretary, its speech-recognition software. As with earlier versions, PowerSecretary learns by adapting its acoustic model to users' speech patterns and dialects. The company said...

ACI bundles tie together 4D utilities. (ACI US' 4D Desktop database toolkit)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... ACI US Inc. in April wrapped up some loose ends in its 4th Dimension line with a tidy bundle of database tools. Called 4D Desktop, the tool kit includes the just-released 4th Dimension 6.0 relational database (see 03.31.97, Page 1), as well as...

Eye-Q Dispatch Pro to prompt operators. (Eye-Q Software LLC's Dispatch Pro emergency response call center management package)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Eye-Q Software LLC said it plans to release this summer Dispatch Pro, call-center management software for emergency-response centers. Dispatch Pro, which will be priced at $1,000 for a three-user license, will let dispatchers prioritize, record...

CrystalMaker gets update. (Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd's CrystalMaker 2.1.1 crystal generation/manipulation software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd. recently released Version 2.1.1 of CrystalMaker, its package for generating and manipulating crystals. Aimed at researchers and educators, CrystalMaker creates 3-D molecular structures from text...

These are a few of my favorite things Only Apple can do. (The Mac Manager)(Column)(Editorial)
May 5, 1997... Do you feel it? I do. It's the comeback of Apple. Neither the company's continued financial losses nor the unfair ripping it receives from the fourth estate - or even the unwanted advances from the Larry Ellisons of the world - can change the...

Iomega recalling faulty Jaz cartridges. (1GB cartridges made Mar 13-Apr 20, 1997) (Product Information)
May 5, 1997... Iomega Corp. announced in late April that it is recalling about 75,000 Jaz cartridges. The company said the recall affects a batch of disks manufactured March 13 to April 20 of this year in Iomega's Penang, Malaysia, factory. The disks are...

Panasonic, Pioneer unveil 24x CD-ROMs. (Panasonic LK-MC606BP)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... Panasonic Computer Peripheral Co. and Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc. announced in April two 24x CD-ROM drive mechanisms. Panasonic's LK-MC606BP is slated to be released in June for $209. The drive is SCSI-based, but Panasonic has not...

RunShare Pro speeds printing by 50 percent. (Run, Inc's RunShare Pro Graphic Server Accelerator 3.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... File copying and printing chores will become a bit easier this month when Run Inc. updates its LAN booster software, RunShare. Version 3.0 of RunShare Pro Graphic Server Accelerator and its client will print 50 percent faster than Version 2.1,...

MicroNet disk, MO, tape give Gbytes of space. (MicroNet Technology's MicroNet 23 23GB drive, Advanced Intelligent Tape 50GB tape drive, MicroNet 24000 DAT digital Data Storage-3 tape drive, MicroNet Apex 4.6GB removable MO drive)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 5, 1997... MicroNet Technology Inc. in April began shipping four new storage devices, including its most capacious hard drive to date. The $6,250 MicroNet 23 holds 23 Gbytes of data on a single drive. The 5.25-inch mechanism comes as a removable module...

Ntrigue uses little overhead to run Windows. (Insignia Solutions' Ntrigue Global, Ntrigue Net Client for Macintosh 2.0 terminal emulation software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
May 5, 1997... Ntrigue 3 (Good) When companies seek to homogenize their computing environment on Windows, Mac users risk losing their machines or running Windows through internal DOS cards or a software emulator. Insignia Solutions Inc. offers another...

Rhapsody presents risks in a future based on networks. (Apple operating system) (MacInTouch) (Product Development)(Column)
May 5, 1997... Mac OS 8 is looking good from testers' reports, and it should enjoy a long life as a refinement of the original Macintosh platform. Apple expects to deliver Mac OS 8 this summer; it should bring performance improvements in addition to new...

AppleScript moves into OS group. (Apple's scripting language folded into operating system development group) (Company Operations)
May 5, 1997... AppleScript is alive and well and living in the Mac OS. So says Sal Soghoian, AppleScript product manager. The scripting environment was moved during Apple's recent reorganization from its own group into the core OS group, Soghoian said (see...

Asante, Global up; Farallon down. (Asante Technologies, Global Village Communication, Farallon Communications post financial results) (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
May 5, 1997... and Joanna Pearlstein Mac networking and telecommunications vendors posted mixed financial results in their latest quarterly earnings. * Asante Technologies Inc. in April reported strong results for its second fiscal quarter ended March 29....

Seven days in May. (Mac the Knife) (News Briefs)(Column)
May 5, 1997... Now that Larry Ellison has agreed to remove his missiles from Santa Clara and return several downed pilots from Apple's strategic air command, the Cupertino Blowhard Crisis of '97 seems to be a thing of the past. And not a moment too soon!...

Tools free at WWDC. (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference) (Company Business and Marketing)
May 5, 1997... Programmers attending the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference next week will take home a free sample of the company's NeXT-generation OS technologies. For many, however, the first taste may be slightly bitter: The free tools will run only on...

Fredlabs nixes plan for BeOS Mac emulator. (VirtualMac) (Product Information)
May 5, 1997... Fredlabs Inc. last week said it has pulled the plug on VirtualMac, the company's Macintosh emulator for BeOS. "We can't make a living from VirtualMac," said Fred Huxham, co-founder of the San Francisco start-up. Huxham said several...

Editor's view: Changes accent key Mac areas.(Editorial)
May 5, 1997... Commencing with this issue, we've made a number of changes to the structure and form of MacWEEK. Our focus on the Macintosh platform's main strengths -- publishing, prepress, imaging, multimedia authoring and video -- remains unchanged. This...

Ellison drops Apple bid. (Oracle CEO Larry Ellison) (Company Business and Marketing)
May 5, 1997... Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison last week officially called a halt to his personal campaign for ownership of Apple. A news release from the executive-said that "for the time being, [Ellison] has decided not to pursue any transaction,...

For the record.(Correction Notice)
May 5, 1997... For our April 14 comparative review of 3-D graphics accelerators (Page 21), we produced test results for Newer Technology Inc.'s single-chip RenderPIX PCI/500 by disabling the second chip in the company's dual-chip RenderPIX PCI/502 with special...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
May 5, 1997... Thanks for your article in MacWEEK questioning the Software Publishers Association's figures (04.28.97, Page 1). However, I don't think you've gone far enough. There are major problems with their figures. Every quarter, the SPA releases...

Skeptical developers await Apple message. (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference) (Industry Trend or Event)
May 12, 1997... The annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference has traditionally been a crucible for the Mac community. This week's gathering should be hotter than ever: After a dispiriting period, many long-suffering developers said they are nearing the end...

Mach 5 chips to fuel next Power Macs. (Motorola Mach 5 PowerPC microprocessor) (Product Development)
May 12, 1997... Not content to cool its heels this summer, Apple reportedly plans to boost the speed of its high-end Power Mac line with the introduction of two systems using the upcoming Mach 5 PowerPC chip. Sources said Apple is preparing a pair of new...

WWDC to host latest OS tools. (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference) (Industry Trend or Event)
May 12, 1997... As Mac developers cultivate wait-and-see attitudes, tool vendors will woo them with new programming environments, APIs and technologies at this week's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif. Apple will give attendees a taste...

Terror of tinytown: PB 2400c due in July. (Apple PowerBook 2400c subnotebook)(Product Announcement)
May 12, 1997... In a return to the subnotebook orbit abandoned with its Duo line, Apple last week announced plans to ship the PowerBook 2400c. The diminutive laptop should reach U.S. markets in late July after debuting this month in Japan. Apple said the...

Epson to raise six-color standard with new inkjet. (Epson Stylus Photo printer)(Product Announcement)
May 12, 1997... Epson America Inc. this week will dynamically expand the range of its product line with a six-color inkjet printer designed for photographic output. The 720-dpi Epson Stylus Photo has an estimated street price of $499. It goes beyond most...

PowerCenter Pro: A potent mix of high-speed parts. (Power Computing PowerCenter Pro 210, PowerCenter Pro 180) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
May 12, 1997... PowerCenter Pro 210 5 (Excellent) $2,395 PowerCenter Pro 180 5 (Excellent) $2,095 Power Computing Corp. Hits: Excellent all-around performance; well-balanced system design that combines fast 604e processors with 60-MHz system bus, 1 Mbyte...

New UMAX clone comes in under $1K; other prices lowered. (UMAX Computer's SuperMac C500/140, C500/180 PowerPC-based systems) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 12, 1997... UMAX Computer Corp. last week unwrapped a new entry-level Mac clone with a price tag of $999. It also released a new configuration of its SuperMac C500/180 and lowered prices by about $300 on many of its models. The SuperMac C500/140 Lite is...

Microsoft acquires Dimension X, extends Java reach. (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 12, 1997... In an attempt to raise its Java profile, Microsoft Corp. last week acquired Dimension X of San Francisco, a maker of Java-based multimedia tools. Dimension X said more than half of its 40 employees, including founders Karl Jacob, Chris Laurel...

Agfa cuts price of ePhoto 307 camera to $299. (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 12, 1997... Bayer Corp.'s Agfa division last week cut the price of its ePhoto 307 digital camera (see 09.23.96, Page 4). Originally $599, the ePhoto 307 is now $299. The consumer-market camera comes bundled with Agfa's PhotoWise and Adobe Systems Inc.'s...

Hot List: Interface. (News Briefs)(Brief Article)
May 12, 1997... Mac developers will be honored for graphical user interface prowess at this week's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., when the company hands out its second-annual Human Interface Design Excellence awards. Finalists for...

Splitting Apple could benefit company as well as customers. (The Second Decade) (Company Business and Marketing)(Column)
May 12, 1997... Last week's fleeting suggestion that the answer to some of Apple's problems might lie in greater separation between its hardware and operating-system businesses evidently struck a chord: A slew of readers wrote to endorse the idea or ask for...

For the record.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
May 12, 1997... Contrary to our May 5 review of Open Door Networks Inc.'s Multi-domain Webmaster Suite (Page 31), HomeDoor Lite supports unlimited virtual domains via host-field mapping. Its limit of eight domains is for virtual domains configured through...

Mac's market share slips. (relative to clone-makers, Wintel platform) (Company Business and Marketing)
May 12, 1997... Clones keeping Mac OS afloat The Mac's share of several hardware markets continues to shrink, analysts reported last week. Their latest figures show Apple to be the big loser as cloners turned up the pressure. According to Computer...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)(Brief Article)
May 12, 1997... Bolder OS strategy I agree completely with Henry Norr's sentiments about Apple's OS licensing strategy (see 05.05.97, Page 3). However, I would take it one step further. The Mac OS, Rhapsody, development tools and associated software...

CAD app gets team spirit. (Graphisoft U.S. Inc's ArchiCAD for TeamWork) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
May 12, 1997... In a move that may smooth the cooperative efforts of building designers, Graphisoft U.S. Inc. this month announced that the next version of its architectural CAD package will be equipped for teamwork. According to Graphisoft, ArchiCAD for...

New plug-ins hone graphics software. (The Human Software Company's The Repro Collection, Auto F/X's Photo/Graphic Patterns plug-ins for Photoshop)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 12, 1997... Two vendors recently announced new plug-ins that promise to give popular graphics applications a charge. The Human Software Company Inc. this month released The Repro Collection, a $329 set of prepress productivity tools. The collection...

Scitex ships new high-end flatbed duo. (Scitex America's EverSmart, EverSmart Pro scanners)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 12, 1997... Scitex America Corp. at the end of April added two new models to its Smart line of high-end, high-resolution flatbed scanners. Due to ship in May, the $29,950 EverSmart and $39,950 EverSmart Pro can scan at resolutions of up to 2,540 dpi and...

Kodak retouches camera software. (software for Kodak DCS 400, EOS-DCS series cameras)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 12, 1997... Eastman Kodak Co.'s Kodak Professional division is retouching its professional digital-camera software with a free upgrade due this month. Version 4.0 of the software will work with Kodak's DCS 400 and EOS-DCS series cameras. The application...

Interface revamp makes Illustrator 7.0 a big winner. (Adobe Systems' graphics software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
May 12, 1997... Major gains offset only by color picker, weak text features Illustrator 7.0 Due: Mid-May Adobe Systems Inc. Introductory price: $595* Hits: New interface; bit-map image performance; Reshape tool, ColorSync support; multiple-master controls....

Baseview raises IQue. (Baseview Product's IQue 3.0 document management database system)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 12, 1997... Baseview Products Inc. this month will deliver a new version of IQue, Baseview's document-management database system. Version 3.0 will update the IQue server and the company's NewsEditPro front-end software. Besides support for AppleScript and...

CorelDraw 6.0.2 offers minor fixes. (Corel Corp's illustration software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 12, 1997... Despite update, other illustration packages still hold the edge Corel Corp.'s upgrade to CorelDraw 6.0 fixes several problems in the company's first Mac release of its vector-based illustration package (see 11.11.96, Page 42). There are no...

Quark's Gill talks up mFactory purchase. (CTO Tim Gill) (Company Business and Marketing)(Interview)
May 12, 1997... Shareholders' approval due Desktop publishing heavyweight Quark Inc. last week pressed its claim on multimedia authoring with news of an agreement to purchase mFactory Inc. Quark Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Tim Gill said the deal...

Sonic DVD Studio handles MPEG-2. (Sonic Solutions' DVD Studio 4.0 video-encoding system)(Product Announcement)
May 12, 1997... It's a chicken-and-egg situation: Before Digital Video Disc equipment can hit the mainstream, someone has to create some discs themselves. Addressing the conundrum, Sonic Solutions last week shipped Version 4.0 of its $75,000 DVD Studio MPEG...

Polaroid preparing a pair of projectors. (Polaview 222 DLP Projector, Polaview 201 LCD Projector)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 12, 1997... Polaroid Corp. recently announced two additions to its line of multimedia projectors. The $9,495 Polaview 222 DLP Projector and the $6,795 Polaview 201 LCD Projector are both available now. The Polaview 222 DLP outputs 410 lumens to project...

3Dlabs posts big gains for quarter. (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
May 12, 1997... Asserting the vitality of the 3-D accelerator market, 3Dlabs Inc. Ltd. posted strong first-quarter results in its second quarterly report since going public last November. The San Jose, Calif., company reported revenue of $15.76 million for...

Steinberg mimics old-style synths. (Steinberg North America's ReBirth music software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 12, 1997... Steinberg North America Inc. is reaching back to the halcyon days of early synthesizers with ReBirth, a software version of classic analog music devices. Expected to ship in late June, ReBirth will use sophisticated physical modeling...

Macromedia reports $15 million loss in Q4. (Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
May 12, 1997... Macromedia Inc. this month posted a $15 million quarterly loss and blamed its bad results on delayed shipment of its Director 6 multimedia authoring tool. The San Francisco company posted revenue of $13.23 million for its fourth quarter ended...

Digital Video comes to market one frame at a time. (Key Frame) (Technology Information)(Column)
May 12, 1997... A funny thing happened on the way to implementing the new Digital Video format: It turned out to be a boon for still photography. Although the primary function of Digital Video (DV) is to deliver better-than-Beta-quality video, the first...

Apache to hit Mac. (Tenon Intersystems' WebTen Unix virtual machine for Apache Web server)(Product Announcement)
May 12, 1997... WebTen uses a Unix VM Webmasters will soon be able to run the most popular Unix server on their Mac systems, thanks to new emulation software from Tenon Intersystems. Scheduled to ship this week, WebTen uses the company's Unix virtual...

TeleFinder gains WebStar plug-ins. (Spider Island Software's TeleFinder Internet server software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 12, 1997... Spider Island Software last week spun out a new version of its TeleFinder Internet server package. The company said TeleFinder 5.5 is twice as fast as StarNine WebStar. The upgrade to Spider Island's Web, conferencing and e-mail server is now...

DC&R gives AIMS multiple personalities. (Apple Internet Mail Server) (Dantowitz Consulting & Research's DC&R Util 5 2.0 Mac Internet server utility)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 12, 1997... Dantowitz Consulting & Research Inc. this month debuted an upgrade to its tool for juggling multiple domains on Mac mail servers. Available as a public beta, DC&R Util 5 Version 2.0 works with the free Apple Internet Mail Server or Eudora...

Mirror utility syncs Web, FTP site files. (Progmatics Pty. Ltd's Mirror gile management and replication utility)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 12, 1997... Managing files got easier in April when Progmatics Pty. Ltd. released Mirror, a utility that replicates and organizes groups of files over a network or the Internet using FTP. The Mac-only tool is aimed at Webmasters and system administrators...

CyberStudio: Precision controls for layout, sites. (GoLive Systems' GoLive Web authoring software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
May 12, 1997... Unified program satisfies but has some rough edges GoLive CyberStudio 1.0.1 4 (Very good) GoLive Systems Inc. List price: $349 Hits: Fast; places page elements with single-pixel precision; excellent access to HTML; integrated site...

The Mac platform still rests on a wealth of free software. (Working the Net) (Industry Trend or Event)(Column)
May 12, 1997... I'm intrigued by the news that Qualcomm Inc. of San Diego acquired development and distribution rights to Apple's Internet Mail Server, now renamed the Eudora Internet Mail Server and updated to Version 1.1.2. Although Qualcomm said it plans a...

Norton Utilities fends off crashes. (Symantec's Norton Utilities for Macintosh 3.5 system tools)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
May 12, 1997... Symantec Corp. is trying to take the sting out of crashes with the release this week of Norton Utilities for Macintosh 3.5. The utilities suite now features CrashGuard, which the company said stops most application crashes from freezing the...