COLE'S NEWSWIRE, May 26 1999

May 26 1999
Vol. 5, No. 21

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APPLE COMPUTER INC.
Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple has released AppleShare IP 6.2, Apple's multimedia web and e-mail server software suite.

Optimized for Mac OS 8.6, which was recently released, AppleShare IP 6.2 features enhanced management of users and groups, faster file transfer rates and expanded Sherlock search features, including indexing of and search-by-content accessing of shared folders and web sites on AppleShare servers. The enhanced Sherlock search can examine Portable Document Format (PDF) files as well as HyperText Markup Language (HTML) files.

Other features include ways to reduce the reception of bulk e-mail (spam), remote server administration, user-based access to print queues and support for up to 50 web sites from one server.

AppleShare IP 6.2 is priced at $499 for a 10-client license, and $1499 for a network license. Upgrades are available for $499.

Apple is on the World-Wide Web at http://www.apple.com/.

IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Imaging Technologies, a supplier of color management applications based in San Diego, has released ColorBlind Matchbox for Windows. The new product, which supports all three flavors of Windows (95, 98 and NT), includes an integrated colorimeter.

Users can generate profiles based on the International Color Consortium (ICC) standard for a range of monitors and output devices. The profiles will be compatible with Apples ColorSync color matching software.

Image Technologies is on the Web at http://www.imagetechcorp.com/.

MACROMEDIA INC.
Macromedia, a San Francisco-based provider of tools for publishing on the Web, has introduced a new version of its Flash authoring application. New features include support for the MP3 streaming audio format.

Macromedia also announced that the source code for its Flash Player will be provided to developers free as a way of encouraging its incorporation in upcoming applications and upgrades. The flash format (.swf) is an open standard, with such suppliers as Netscape and Microsoft including the player in their browser releases.

Flash 4 upgrades will be available in June for $129; new buyers may get Flash 4 for $299.

Macromedia is on the Web at http://www.macromedia.com/.

NEWSINC.
The decision by the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE to assess its future sets the stage for its sale, writes NEWSINC. Editor-Publisher David M. Cole in the May 24 issue of NEWSINC. The City by the Bay may be entering its last days as a two-newspaper town as the families who own the CHRONICLE may be on the way to finally settling their disputes -- and capitalizing on the current high prices newspapers are fetching, Cole writes.

Inside, Senior Editor Pete Wetmore talks with circulation managers of five papers that have gained circulation in the last year, examines a Thomson Newspapers plan to train new newsroom staffers culled from communities in which it publishes, and interviews Mary Junck on her upcoming transition to Lee Enterprises Inc. as chief operating officer.

Also inside, Correspondent L. Carol Christopher reports on a conference of businesses, including a handful of newspapers, that are developing virtual communities. Christopher finds that the concept could be a springboard to such things as e-commerce, but there are perils.

For more about the May 26 issue of NEWSINC., visit The Cole Group on the Web at http://colegroup.com/.

PALM COMPUTING INC.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Palm is now shipping the Palm VII, a handheld device offering a wireless connection via the Palm.Net wireless service for accessing the Internet without having to use a phone line or other ground-based connection.

The Palm VII will be rolled out in the New York metropolitan area, with nationwide availability expected later this year. About 260 metropolitan areas now can support users of the Palm VII, with the Palm.Net service costing a base price of $9.99 a month. Palm.Net uses a technology called web clipping, which truncates the amount of information downloaded from a web site to expedite data transfer.

Palm Computing is on the Web at http://www.palm.com/.

SCITEX CORP. LTD.
Scitex, an Israeli imaging devices company, has released version 3.0 of its SX3000T digital color server. The new software, which optimizes the servers functionality for offices and corporate reproduction departments, features two operating modes, one for experienced users and the second for novice operators.

The new version also offers a color matching tool, improved connectivity to other Scitex products and devices, and support for three formats -- Brisquet DFEs, Scitex Ripro Data Management System and Scitex Timna.

Scitex is on the Web at http://www.scitex.com/.

SYSTEM INTEGRATORS INC.
SII, a publishing systems supplier based in Sacramento, has announced an agreement with Houston-based CompuText Inc. to enhance, market and support advertising solutions with the CompuText brand as well as develop new iterations of CompuText products that will be marketed by SII with the WorldClass label.

SII also will be responsible for managing the 13-year-old CompuTexts facilities in Houston. SII has a number of WorldClass products already running on Windows 95, 98 and NT workstations and featuring sales management and sales force automation modules as well as an ad-manipulation toolkit in Microsoft Word 97.

SII is on the Web at http://www.sii.com/.

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