Scott Clark

PDG Software, Inc. this week announced the release of PDG Shopping Cart 1.30, a multi-system commerce solution for Internet retail businesses. Webmasters can easily integrate PDG Shopping Cart into their existing Web server architectures. Sites can have a dedicated SSL machine as well as general purpose Web machines and PDG Shopping Cart will switch between […]

IBM announced jCentral this week, the latest addition to its Java Web Site that enables developers to search for and locate Java information across the Internet. jCentral points developers to Java source code, applets, JavaBeans, usenet newsgroup articles, FAQs, tutorials, and more. IBM is billing jCentral as “the industry’s most comprehensive resource for Java developers,” […]

Reaction from the programming public to Netscape’s release of its Communicator 5.0 source code on Mozilla.org yesterday has ranged from admiration to admonishment. Overall however, if the Usenet newsgroups are anything to go by, it appears programmers are generally slow to respond. Most of the newsgroup discussion is focused on whether or not releasing the […]

Prime-Web introduced version 4.0 of its Ultimate Bulletin Board (UBB), the full-featured discussion board that many Web sites are using to develop a sense of community. The new release has many added features, including unlimited forums, the ability to “lock” or close a thread, and the ability to close a forum to visitors unless they […]

Web Site Garage this week announced the release of Browser Snapshot, an online tool that enables developers to take “snapshots” of their Web site using 18 different browsers and platforms. Browser Snapshot allows users to see exactly how their Web site will appear on Mac and PC platforms, three different versions of Netscape and Microsoft […]

Sun Microsystems and IBM this week will finalize plans for JavaOS for Business, a Java operating system for network computers (NCs). The OS will be developed and marketed by both companies and is scheduled to be released in the second quarter of 1998. JavaOS for Business will initially be used in IBM’s Network Station network […]

Metafuse Inc. introduced a new tool today that enables users to capture targeted e-mail addresses, manage e-mail lists, and send messages to niche audiences. Spear Professional Edition 1.0 provides Webmasters, technical support managers, and marketing managers with the ability to collect specific e-mail addresses, handle large e-mail lists, and deliver e-mail messages to targeted audiences. […]

Netscape Communications Corp. is today officially releasing the source code for Netscape Communicator 5.0 on its non-official Web site, Mozilla.org. Netscape has set up a special download area for the source, including a multitude of mirror sites that will also have the software source code. Developers will have to read and agree to the licensing […]

Digital Frontiers this week announced the release of its HVS Animator for Macintosh and Windows NT/95. HVS Animator is a free, full-featured GIF animation editor that offers precise control in the creation of animated GIFs. HVS Animator is a full-featured animation editor, and includes the ability to: build or batch import frames modify frame delay […]

Germany-based Software Systems introduced the WebTemplate Development Kit 1.0 as a universal solution for template management/processing needed for professional database publishing. WebTemplate is designed to simplify the automatic creation of HTML pages, e-mail messages, and related tasks. WebTemplate has a new and very easy template format that can be created with any HTML or text […]

Microsoft Corp. this week announced a future enhancement for the Windows operating system designed to optimize performance of multimedia content on the Web, as well as DVD and CD-ROM titles. According to Microsoft, Chrome will offer users with high-performance Windows 98 and Windows NT 5.0 PCs the benefits of rich, interactive DVD, CD-ROM, and Web-based […]

Premier Internet Corp., in conjunction with WebTrends and Interverse, this week launched Web-Design.com, an international database in which Web designers can list themselves and their services. Citing the explosive growth of the Internet, the new site will become a centralized database that will enable those looking for Web site designers and developers to easily locate […]