Don't miss out on a great marketing opportunity! (If you are not the
proper person to respond to this opportunity, please forward to the
appropriate individual.) Wednesday, December 16, is the deadline for
your product to be featured on the Macintosh Products Guide CD,
100,000 copies of which will be distributed at MACWORLD Expo. This is
your last chance to take advantage of a free product listing,
cost-effective advertising space, or a high impact ad on the developer
specials page.
You can contact Ed Prasek at 408 974-1907
Tracy Green 408 974-7078
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MAC OS
[1] New Releases: Mac OS 8.5.1, At Ease 5.0.2 Updater, GameSprockets
1.5
[2] Improved Technical Publications Site
[3] Technical Q&As Published This Week
[4] New Mac OS Listings in the Tech Info Library
[5] Mac OS Tool News: StuffIt Deluxe 5.0.1 Updater, Extension
Overload 3, Mac F2C 1.4.2, MachTen 4.1.1, AppMaker CD #11
[6] Call for MacHack Papers and Speakers
JAVA DEVELOPMENT
[7] Java Q&As Published This Week
[8] Java Tool News: CodeWarrior Professional for Java, Hamilton
Open Source, InstallAnywhere 2.5, Java/Perl Lingo Open Source SDK
INTERACTIVE MEDIA
[9] Interactive Media Tool News: iShell, T.A.G. Editor 2.0,
QuickEditor, Electrifier Pro 1.0
INTERNET
[10] Internet Tool News: BOOMA WebForms, WebTen 2.1
HARDWARE
[11] Matsushita Licenses FireWire Technology From Apple
[12] New Macintosh-to-Palm PDA Connectivity Software
COMPANY NEWS
[13] ADC Launches New Student Developer Program
MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
[14] Customer Service Email Management System Discounts from eGain
EVENTS
[15] Jobs's MACWORLD Expo Keynote
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[1] New Releases:
Mac OS 8.5.1, At Ease 5.0.2 Updater, GameSprockets 1.5
Mac
OS 8.5.1 remedies problems associated with CD-ROM installation,
AppleScript, and a rarely seen data-corruption problem, and improves
support for third-party Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) devices. Mac OS 8.5.1
also includes an updated version of Sherlock, which improves communication
through Internet proxy firewalls and adds plug-ins for Internet sites.
This release is now available for free downloading, and localized versions
will be available later this month.
At
Ease 5.0.2 Updater, for use with At Ease for Workgroups 5.0 or 5.0.1,
provides many improvements, including security with Mac OS 8.5 through
Navigation Services.
GameSprockets
1.5 is a set of technologies providing the functionality that games
need on the Mac OS: drawing to the screen, handling input devices, setting
up multiplayer games, and simulating 3D sound sources. This release
includes SoundSprocket 1.0, NetSprocket 1.1.1, InputSprocket 1.4, and
DrawSprocket 1.1.4.
[2] Improved
Technical Publications Site
Apple's new Technical Publications web site features improved access to
Inside Macintosh, WebObjects documentation, hardware notes, and more.
Look for new and updated Mac OS 8 documentation for Navigation Services,
the ColorSync Manager, and the Folder Manager, as well as a brand-new
WebObjects 4 documentation set and updated documentation for Mac OS X
Server and Yellow Box.
[3] Technical
Q&As Published This Week
Technical Q&As include information on new Apple technologies, programming
tips, code snippets, and FAQs written by Apple's technical support engineers.
NEW
DV33: PrepareMemoryForIO
in the NewWorld
QD59: grayishTextOr
and Mac OS 8.5
TB43: Drag Manager:
Promising and Tracking
[4] New
Mac OS Listings in the Tech Info Library
Apple's Technical Information Library (TIL) is a central listing of product
information, technical specifications, and troubleshooting tips for Apple
products.
MAC OS
Mac OS
8.5: Eject and Leave Behind No Longer Available (#24745)
Mac OS
8.5: How to Select the Desktop in Navigation Services (#24743)
Mac OS
8.5: Crash When Using 720K DOS Diskettes (#24742)
Mac OS
8.5: Disabling File Exchange Without Restarting (#24741)
Apple
System Profiler: Reports No L2 Cache for PowerBook 1400 (#30854)
At Ease:
Files Busy During Server Backup (#30857)
Drive
Setup 1.2 Read Me (#26146)
MISCELLANEOUS
Invisible
AWS 95 Fix (elap) (#26126)
GameSprockets
1.5: Read Me (#30856)
ASIP
6.1: At Ease Web Plug-in 5.0.1 Not Supported (#30863)
[5]
Mac OS Tool News: OmniObjectAlloc Beta 4, Shift Key Suite 1.0.1, AutoScript.fm
1.0.2, MADE 1.2
StuffIt
Deluxe 5.0.1 Updater from Aladdin Systems reenables the StuffIt
Browser for Power Macintosh users: Users can now expand and manipulate
(add, move, copy, and delete) StuffIt 5.0 archives. The 5.0.1 update
has been e-mailed directly to StuffIt Deluxe 5.0 users who registered
their copies before December 4, 1998. Users also can download the 5.0.1
update.
Extension Overload 3
is a document with information about the system extensions and control
panels within the Mac OS System Folder. It helps you decide which files
to remove from the System Folder and contains information on Mac OS
error codes, "Easter eggs" (gimmicks hidden in the software), and more.
Mac
F2C 1.4.2 is a freeware Fortran-to-C translator for the Mac OS that
is compatible with CodeWarrior Pro versions 2 through 4. Mac F2C takes
Fortran source files and generates corresponding C source code.
MachTen
4.1.1 from Tenon Intersystems, a complete UNIX OS for Power Macintosh
computers, is now available for only US$ 249. An OpenGL option lets
Mac OS users create and remotely run OpenGL applications.
AppMaker CD #11 from
Bowers Development is a programming tool that helps you build Mac OS
applications and graphical user interfaces (GUIs). This release features
more facilities to help you with application logic, such as file I/O
code and interface-control elements.
[6]
Call for MacHack Papers
and Speakers
MacHack, the annual conference for leading-edge Mac OS
developers, has issued a call for speakers, sponsors, and technical papers.
This conference will be held in Dearborn, Michigan, on June 23-25, 1999.
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Java Development |
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[7] Java Q&As Published
This Week
These technical Q&As include Java programming tips, code snippets, and
FAQs written by Apple's technical support engineers.
MAC OS
Java 01: Simulated
Click on AWT Button
Java 02: Using
stdin on the Macintosh
[8]
Java Tool News: CodeWarrior Professional for Java, Hamilton
Open Source, InstallAnywhere 2.5, Java/Perl Lingo Open Source SDK
Metrowerks has announced that
CodeWarrior Professional for Java and CodeWarrior Academic for Java
will ship in January 1999. These products will be Java-only versions
of the award-winning CodeWarrior integrated development tools. The academic
version will be included on the Apple Developer Connection (ADC) Student
Program CD as part of an agreement with Apple. The Spring 1999 release
of these tools will include easy-to-use rapid application development
(RAD) tools for building graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
Microstate's Hamilton 2.0.7,
a thin-client, cross-platform web application server based on Java technology,
is now available as open-source software. This tool is optimized for
developing online services that draw data from a variety of diverse
sources such as databases and wire feeds.
InstallAnywhere 2.5 from Zero G
Software is an update to the popular multiplatform, Java-application
installer tool. This new version can handle thousands of files, with
significantly improved performance through its new SpeedFolders technology.
It can automatically install the appropriate Java Virtual Machine for
a target platform, and fully supports JDK 1.2 and MRJ 2.1.
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Interactive Media |
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[9] Interactive
Media Tool News: iShell, T.A.G. Editor 2.0, QuickEditor, Electrifier Pro
1.0
iShell beta
from TribalWorks is a media creation and delivery software suite that
gives media creators a fast way to assemble, manage, deploy, share and
reuse media elements. It leverages the infrastructure of the Internet
and QuickTime 3. (The founders of this company were the original creators
of Apple Media Tool.)
T.A.G. Editor 2.0
from Digital Renaissance is an interactive QuickTime 3 authoring program
that allows you to embed interactive elements and JavaScript commands.
It also supports QuickTime and QuickTime VR plug-in settings.
QuickEditor is a QuickTime
video editor designed to perform common editing operations in the quickest
and easiest ways. Its intuitive and simple interface makes it a great
tool for creating small movies for web pages.
Electrifier
Pro 1.0 from Electrifier is a professional authoring tool for fast-downloading
web multimedia using bitmap and vector animation, digitized audio, synthesized
music (MIDI), video, 3-D graphics, VR panoramas, and "No-Bandwidth"
media. It is the first product developed specifically to take advantage
of QuickTime 3's new space-saving formats.
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Internet |
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[10] Internet Tool News: BOOMA WebForms, WebTen 2.1
BOOMA WebForms from BOOMASoft
is a plug-in for use with the NetObjects Fusion 4.0 site-authoring tool
that helps you create and manage web forms.
WebTen 2.1 from
Tenon Intersystems, the Apache-on-the-Mac web server, has just been
updated. The new version improves plug-in operations and enhances sendmail
support.
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| Hardware |
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[11] Matsushita
Licenses FireWire Technology From Apple
Apple has announced that the world's largest consumer electronics
company, Matsushita Electric Industrial, and its subsidiary, Matsushita
Electronics Corporation, have licensed Apple's patented FireWire
technology for use in their semiconductors, consumer products, and
other applications.
[12]
New Macintosh-to-Palm
PDA Connectivity Software
3Com has just released the beta version of its Palm
MacPac 2 software, which turns your Palm OS-based organizer into a
natural extension of your Mac OS computer. Clent Richardson, Apple's vice
president of Worldwide Developer Relations, is spearheading the drive
to support Palm developers' efforts through the Apple Developer Connection.
DataViz also announced Documents
To Go, a new synchronization product that brings important files from
office suite applications, such as Word, Excel, and others, to the Palm
Computing platform. Documents To Go uses 3Com's HotSync technology to
provide a complete solution for viewing up-to-date versions of everyday
documents on any Palm organizer (running Palm OS 2.0 or higher). It will
be released in the first quarter of 1999 for both Mac OS and Windows.
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News |
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[13] ADC Launches New Student Developer Program
Apple has announced a new program aimed at attracting more students
to develop Macintosh software, hardware, add-on devices, and Internet-savvy
applications. The Apple Developer Connection (ADC) Student Program gives
higher-education students around the world affordable access to the tools
and technical resources they need to begin developing the next generation
of Mac OS products. Please see the web site for detailed information.
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| Marketing
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[14] Customer Service Email Management System Discounts from eGain
In association with Apple Developer Connection, eGain Communications
is offering discounts on its Email Management System (EMS) services to
ADC Online, Select and Premier members.
With eGain's Email Management System, your company can respond quickly
to all emails received from your customers. eGain's EMS is a
100-percent web-based "email call center" that enables customer
service departments to route, track, and respond to large volumes of
customer e-mail. Features of eGain's EMS service include intelligent,
automated responses; rules-based routing; a Web Knowledge Base of
common answers; and comprehensive real-time reports. eGain EMS can
increase customer satisfaction, lower support costs, and improve
management reporting. The eGain EMS is available as a hosted monthly
web service, or you can purchase the system outright. In either case
ADC Online, Select and Premier members worldwide will receive the
following discounts:
Online members receive a 5-percent discount
Select members receive a 10-percent discount
Premier members receive a 15-percent discount
This special promotion cannot replace, nor can it be combined with any
existing contracts with eGain Communications. If you want to take
advantage of this special offer, contact Marshall Jackson at
408-737-7400, ext 109, or 888-603-4246, ext. 109, or
mjackson@egain.com.
Online members receive a 5-percent discount
Select members receive a 10-percent discount
Premier members receive a 15-percent discount
This special promotion cannot replace, nor can it be combined with any
existing contracts with eGain Communications. If you want to take advantage
of this special offer, contact Marshall Jackson at 408-737-7400, ext 109,
or 888-603-4246, ext. 109.
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| Events
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[15] Jobs's
MACWORLD Expo Keynote
Mark your calendars for Steve Jobs's state-of-the-Mac address, which
will be held at the MACWORLD Expo in San Francisco on Tuesday, January
5, 1999, at the Moscone Center from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
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