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FileMaker today announced the release of FileMaker 9 the latest update to thier #1-selling easy-to-use and award winning database solution.

Some of the new features FileMaker 9 delivers:

• Quick Start Screen: remembers your favorite
  databases so you can open them instantly. more…
• Conditional Formatting: visually formats fields and objects based on conditions you decide. more…
• Send Link: share FileMaker Pro databases via a clickable email link
• Append to PDF: appends multiple (PDF) reports into one file for easier distribution.
• Use External SQL Data Sources: allows you to integrate live data from Microsoft® SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL ito your FileMaker solutions
• New Scripting Tools: Script folders and script copy
  and paste
• Enhanced Web Viewer and Tab Control Options
• Auto-Resize: Design it once. Use it anywhere. Layout objects, such as portals, tab controls, and the FileMaker Web Viewer, will scale to fit the screen or printer being used.
• Software Update: FileMaker will automatically notifies you when a
  new update is available.
• And Many More ….

For more information regarding just what’s in FileMaker 9 from some other sources check out:

• Macworld: Filemaker 9 focuses on ease of use
• Computer World : FileMaker bucking enterprise trend with latest version:
  Clean it up, pare it down

by: J. Jerrald Hayes

Today marked the start The 2007 Apple World Wide Developers Conference and with that Apple Unveiled a set of a great new videos to show off some of the kool new tools and features they have coming for us with the October release of Leopard OS X 10.5 ($129)

Interesingly along with that Apple also annoucned at the conference that they’ll be releasing a version of the Safari Web browser for Windows-based PCs and the Windows beta is available today at Apple.com/safari.

by: J. Jerrald Hayes

We’ve just switched over the site from the static pages we used to have here into a WordPress powered blog so that we can better deliver thoughts, news, software ideas, and company profiles of contractors who use the Macintosh as their computer platform of choice.

Be check back in as we move some of our old content over and continue to add new material here and feel free to contact me with any suggestions and ideas for things you would like to see.

by: J. Jerrald Hayes