COLE'S NEWSWIRE, Jan. 6, 1999

Jan. 6, 1999
Vol. 5, No. 1

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APPLE COMPUTER INC.
Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple introduced its latest server at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. The Mac OS X server, which combines features of the UNIX and Mac operating systems, is designed for Internet-based activities and will sell as preconfigured on an Apple Macintosh G3 for less than $5000.

The server includes Apache 1.3.3, a widely used HTTP solution; WebObjects, the Apple application server platform for developing applications for use on the Internet and intranets, and NetBoot, an application for configuring and maintaining a network of Apple Macintosh workstations and users from a single server.

Apple, which will make the OS X server software available for $999 in spring 1999, is on the Web at http://www.apple.com/.

CAMERAID
Cameraid, a set of image-handling tools for the Macintosh created by Juri Munkki of Helsinki, Finland, has announced the release of Cameraid Version 1.1.1. The latest version, which can run on 68020 or newer Macs, facilitates the downloading of images from digital cameras.

The $15 shareware package features background-mode operation, an optional slide show for viewing images, a grading system for selecting "good" and "bad" images, and readouts of such data as exposure time and aperture for each image.

Cameraid is on the Web at http://www.pp.clinet.fi/~jmunkki/cameraid/.

THE COLE PAPERS
A bug's life is being lived everywhere, as the world prepares for Jan. 1, 2000. Newspapers appear to be in good shape, writes COLE PAPERS Editor & Publisher David M. Cole, through hard work and serendipity. Because papers delayed making technology improvements for years, Cole writes, they were in a prime position to take advantage of recent years' prosperity to install new, Y2K-compliant systems in time.

Inside the January issue of THE COLE PAPERS, Senior Editor Pete Wetmore surveys six newspapers, getting a status report on their efforts to deal with the Y2K bug. Also inside, contributor Jay Small, the general manager of on-line activities of the INDIANAPOLIS STAR and NEWS, describes the three ways newspapers are integrating -- or segregating -- their print and on-line operations.

Rounding out the January issue are Correspondent Marion J. Love, writing about the ins and outs of buying multimedia systems these days, and Correspondent L. Carol Christopher, who delves into an innovative academic program charting a course to the newsroom of the next century.

The Cole Group is on the World-Wide Web at http://www.colegroup.com/.

CYBERGRAPHIC INC.
Cybergraphic, an Australian publishing systems supplier with U.S. offices in Burlington, Mass., has announced the sale of its classified and display ad makeup systems to THE AGE, the 205,000-circulation daily in Melbourne, Australia.

THE AGE installed a Cybergraphic editorial system in 1998. The new advertising solution, which will replace legacy Atex systems, includes 181 CyberAd classified seats, 25 Cyber$ell display ad makeup seats and four CyberCla$$Page classified pagination workstations. Included also are modules for managing contracts and accounts.

The Cybergraphic system also will provide access to the Web, with ads being posted automatically after their content is parsed into data fields. Future enhancements will include the ability to sell classified ads directly on-line.

Cybergraphic is on the Web at http://www.cybergraphic.com.au/.

FREEDOM SYSTEM INTEGRATORS
FSI, a publishing systems supplier based in Wichita, Kan., has announced the recent sale of its Freedom Edit editorial system to the CALEDONIA RECORD, the 11,000-circulation evening daily in St. Johnsbury, Vt. The system will include editorial pagination, the News2Web on-line publishing module and ROP Ad Layout.

In February, the CALEDONIA RECORD will install ADvance Sales for Windows 98, with ADvance Pro Set classified pagination and Class2Web on-line publishing tools. Also installing ADvance Sales for Windows 98 is the 12,000-circulation evening LA PORTE (Ind.) HERALD-ARGUS, which has been using an FSI editorial system since March 1998.

FSI, a Monotype Systems company and member of the London-based IPA group, is on the Web at http://www.fsi-ipa.com/.

INFONAUTICS INC.
Infonautics, an Internet-based information supplier based in Wayne, Pa., has announced enhancements to its Company Sleuth business information retrieval service. The revised web site, at http://www.companysleuth.com/, now offers more content and expanded options for customizing searches of the Web for news and other data about selected companies.

NEWSINC.
A faltering 1998 shows "growth" must be the 1999 word to thrive by, says NEWSINC. Editor/Publisher David M. Cole. Newspapers have done well at cutting costs, Cole writes in the Jan. 4 issue, but now is the time to develop ways to grow, and get into it.

Inside, Correspondent Jon Fine covers the annual PaineWebber Media Conference, where he finds both success and concern among subdued speakers and attendees. Also, Senior Editor Pete Wetmore talks with two executives in the know about the project to develop the Newspaper Industry Communications Center, scans the consequences of Publicitas Advertising Services' decision to leave the U.S. market, and explores the impact of the latest changes in postal rates.

For more about the Jan. 4 issue of NEWSINC., visit The Cole Group on the Web at http://colegroup.com/.

TECSA LTD.
TECSA, a supplier of imaging input devices based in England, has announced an expansion of its sales network in the United States. The current distributor, Graphic Enterprises of Ohio Inc. of Canton, Ohio, has authorized sales of TECSA scanners by Monotype Systems Inc. of Rolling Meadows, Ill. TECSA copy-dot scanners will be offered by Monotype as part of its Total System Solution.

TECSA is on the Web at http://www.tecsa.com/. Graphic Enterprises is at http://www.geiohio.com/. Monotype is on the Web at http://www.monoexpress.com/.

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