Whit Andrews

Oracle Corp. has Web-enabled both its Financial Analyzer and Sales Analyzer on-line analytical processing (OLAP)and decision support products. Version 6.2 of each product is designed to allow authorized user access to critical information from a Web browser. “Strategic business intelligence is a necessity at all levels of an organization,” said Gary Bloom, executive vice president […]

GlobalScape announced the launch of the latest version of CuteFTP, its highly popular file transfer software. CuteFTP 2.5 can now resume uploads and has facilities for queuing both uploading and downloading of files, the vendor said. “Customers told us they want a cutting edge FTP client that includes these powerful features,” said Sandra Poole-Christal, GlobalScape […]

Intermark Corp. is now shipping CoolCat, an HTML editor that enhances Microsoft FrontPage and Adobe PageMill. CoolCat is designed to provide both beginners and Web experts with state-of-the-art tools for creating professional Web sites. Among its many features are pop-up property windows for links, font sizing and colors, horizontal rules and text formatting. It provides […]

Cuesta Technologies announced Web-N-Able, a real-time, Web-based content management tool that has a built in menuing system to allow non-skilled people to organize and maintain a sophisticated Web site. “It takes a lot of small, detailed steps to properly set-up and maintain a Web site,” said Monty Swiryn, Cuesta’s general manager. “Too many companies have […]

Let the upgrades begin. Microsoft Corp. today announced the shipment of Office 2000 beta 1 to 20,000 customers and solution providers for evaluation. Among the new features in the suite are a central forum for working collaboratively on documents, and the ability to easily save documents as HTML files for posting on the Web without […]

Ulead Systems announced the release of Ulead Cool 3D 2.0, the latest version of its text tool product for creating still and animated titles for Web pages and other applications. It now offers special effects in addition to features for animation control and individual control over multiple objects, the company said. “Easy-to-use software for designing […]

A new security flaw was detected in Qualcomm’s industry-leading Eudora software that can enable a user to “booby-trap” an e-mail message, the New York Times reported Thursday. The flaw makes it possible for attackers to send e-mail that links users to tainted Internet sites. Once a user visits the site, information on the person’s PC […]

Digimarc Corp. released the Digimarc Batch Embedder, a standalone product intended to make it easier to embed watermarks and produce Digimarc-enhanced images. Aimed at image-rich sites, it is designed to combine advanced batch processing and intelligent embedding, adding the benefits of the vendor’s copyright protection and image tracking to each image. “The advanced features and […]

A little controversy can do wonders for a company. Today streaming media leader RealNetworks, Inc. announced a record-breaking month for downloads of its RealPlayer utility. More than 3.5 million consumers downloaded all versions of RealPlayer in the month of July, the company reported, doubling the number of RealPlayer downloads from the same period last year. […]

Certifiedemail.com launched a certified e-mail service, saying that it is a real alternative to registered mail and overnight delivery services. Among the features provided by Certifiedemail.com are: assurance of delivery, with notification when recipients pick up the message; communication in a secure, encrypted environment; and a guarantee against viruses, the company said. The company claimed […]

Miros Inc. introduced TrueFace Web, biometric tool for securing Web access. TrueFace Web compares live video to a previously stored image of a user’s face, and is designed to ensure a very high level of security for Internet, intranet or extranet access. “People are burdened by multiple passwords, PINs, cards and tokens to access Web […]

Insight Development Corporation announced a new version of its Web page capture and annotation software, Hot Off The Web (HOTW). Available until September 30, 1998, for what the vendor calls a “sizzling summer price of $29.95,” HOTW 1.5 is free to registered users of earlier versions. “We have listened to our customers’ requests since the […]