David Fiedler

Bluestone Software, Inc. today announced the release of its Web application server framework, Sapphire/Web, now featuring support for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) from Sun Microsystems. The Sapphire/Web EJB Server includes support for most of the EJB standards that are outlined in Specification 1.0, using a non-proprietary implementation. Additionally, new versions of the Sapphire/Universal Business Server (UBS) […]

AtWeb Inc. recently released a new, Web-based service, Web Site Post Office, which enables developers to create a mailing list for their Web site visitors. AtWeb offers both free and commercial versions of the service. List managers are able to target the mailings, and when list managers create mailing lists, they have a wide variety […]

SPG this week announced the release of SPG Filter Tools for Photoshop, a release that includes tools designed to enhance Photoshop’s ability to load, manage, and apply Plug-in Filters. SPG’s new Plug-in Filter Navigator allows Photoshop to load, manage, and use up to 3,000 filter plug-ins at a time, while the Plug-in Filter Stacker enables […]

New FrontLook Series One from DPA Software gives users a collection of 33 business oriented themes, 15 animated Java applets and over 340 professionally designed clip art, buttons, bullets, banners, backgrounds and separator elements. FrontLook Series One supports the full FrontPage 98 Extensions interface. This tight integration allows easy access to art themes and Java […]

Elliott Dickens this week released the results of its banner research conducted across major Web networks in an effort to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in the emerging Web advertising marketplace. The firm created a series of test buys to shed light on network performance in a specific head-to-head competitive test. The company said it attempted […]

IBM and Microsoft this week jointly submitted a specification–called the Document Content Description for XML–to the W3C, making it available for discussion by W3C members. If the W3C approves the specification, a version of DCD will become part of the next “official” version of XML. The DCD specification describes a method of specifying the rules […]

Panda Software today will announce the onsite availability of a workaround to BackOrifice, the new rogue application that hackers are using to gain control of another computer user’s desktop. The Cult of the Dead Cow last week announced the Windows 95/98 backdoor program, Back Orifice, at its annual Las Vegas hacker gathering, Defcon. The application […]

Sybase, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of its distributed Web development tools–PowerBuilder 6.5, the leading enterprise development tool, and PowerJ 2.5, a Java-based enterprise development tool. These new releases are key components of the Enterprise Application Studio, an integrated product set and new Sybase offering. Sybase Enterprise Application Server–also introduced today–is a new scalable […]

NetObjects, Inc. today announced that it will brand, market and distribute the next version of Lotus Development Corp.’s BeanMachine as NetObjects BeanBuilder 1.0. NetObjects BeanBuilder is designed to enable site-builders and Web developers to rapidly assemble and deliver JavaBeans-based Web applications by working in a visual, point and click environment, without any programming. A pre-release […]

Activerse, Inc., developer of Ding!, the first Java-based presence management/instant messaging software, today announced the availability of the DingBot SDK beta, the bot software developer’s kit. With DingBot SDK, software developers can create customized programs called DingBots, which are tailored for specific purposes and integrated with the Ding! online presence system. A bot is an […]

Sun Microsystems today announced that for the cost of media, shipping and handling charges it would provide a free license to its Solaris operating environment when used for non-commercial use. Non-commercial developers can order their copy of the Solaris operating environment at www.sun.com/developers, while students, educators and researchers should access www.sun.com/edu/solaris to place an order. […]

StarNine Technologies, Inc. this week announced the release of WebSTAR 3.0.1, the latest free update to the WebSTAR 3.0 suite of integrated Mac-based Internet servers. This update includes several fixes and improvements, including additional FTP client support, enhanced HTTP support, and improved site indexing and search features. WebSTAR 3.0.1 now features an integrated FTP server […]