• Version 1.72 of generates the scripts required to automate the installation of Oracle 8.1.7 databases on 7 versions of Red Hat Linux, automating over 100 Oracle 9i Installation Procedures. Pricing starts at $1,200. The Enterprise edition license also includes the Perl source code allowing user customization of the generated output files. [3.5MB]


• Riccardo Ettore has released TypeIt4Me for Mac OS X, a new version of his macro utility that automatically expands custom abbreviations as you type. The shareware works in any application. It costs $27, while upgrades are $9. A $7 discount is being offered during the Expo. [Classic, OSX]


• Webstractor ($100) is a tool that quickly creates editable word processor-like documents, each from any number of web pages. Text formatting, tables and images can be edited, saved and printed as a single document. [site not updated]


• Stone Design has started shipping StampInStone 2.0, a $50 Mac OS X native PDF watermarking application. It allows users to instantly add lines of text, image, or both to every page of a PDF document. A 30 day trial is available. [1.7MB]


• Discreet had updated its video encoding software for Mac OS X, cleaner 6.01. Information on the update is not known at this time. [12MB]


• Carbon Copy Cloner 2.1.2 is a "donationware" utility that allows users to make simple, complete, bootable backups of hard drives in Mac OS X. The update adds features such as synchronization, scheduled tasks, creating disk images on the fly, and creating NetBoot and Apple Software Restore-prepared image sets from fully customized installations of Mac OS X. [700KB]


• Direct Connect 1.0 is a "community oriented" peer-to-peer file-sharing application. Users may share any type of file with no restrictions. The Mac OS X compatible application is based on an open, user-controlled network. [679KB]


• Apimac Secret Folder 2.4.2 is a $15 shareware application for Mac OS 9 & X that allows users to hide a folder and its contents. This maintenance release introduces code optimizations and other small fixes. [Classic, OSX]


• A new web searching technology, DEVONagent, uses a variety of searching techniques (including multiple queries and filters) and collects results, which it downloads, analyzes, sorts and stores into a searchable database. The application will be released in the first quarter of 2003.


• Spork Software has updated 2 applications, Web Jumper Lite 2.3 and Calick 1.0. Web Jumper Lite 2.3 is a Mac OS X application that searches criteria in any of 34 search engines. Calick 1.0 is a system-wide panel window of all incomplete iCal todo items. Both applications are free. [Web Jumper, Calick]

by MacNN Staff