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New & Noteworthy: Virtual PC Test Drive; Internet Gateway; Toast Titanium; more

New & Noteworthy: Virtual PC Test Drive; Internet Gateway; Toast Titanium; more

CNET staff
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Virtual PC Test Drive Connectix has released a Mac OS X compatible version of Virtual PC, which is free to VPC 4.0 registered users. (Connectix's site appears to be overloaded with traffic at the moment.)

Vicomsoft to preview Internet Gateway Vicomsoft will be demonstrating a prerelease version of the Internet Gateway running on MacOS X at the MacWorld Expo in New York in booth 1737. Along with Shared Internet Access and a robust Firewall, the Internet Gateway incorporates a large range of connectivity and management features including robust Firewall security, DHCP/DNS Servers, Users & Groups, Timed Access Controls, Connection Teaming, Remote Controls and Monitoring, Caching and User Defined Filters.

Toast Titanium 5.1P1 is an all-in-one CD and DVD mastering (burning) solution. It will allow users to burn data CD and DVDs, as well as audio CDs on the Mac OS X operating system. Not all features of Toast 5 Titanium are currently supported in Preview #1, however, Roxio intends to continue enhancing Toast 5 Titanium.

VR Toolbox, Inc. announces VR Worx 2.1 VR Worx is a suite of authoring tools for QuickTime VR that includes creating cylindrical panoramic movies, object movies, multi-node scenes (a.k.a. virtual tours), transitions within a multi-node scene, and more. The software is available now via download from VR Toolbox's Web site.

DiamondSoft Announces Font Reserve Server for Mac OS X Promised for the third quarter, DiamondSoft is showing Font Reserve Server running on a Mac OS X Server in booth #561. Font Reserve Server is a font management system that provides a workgroup with access to fonts from a single source while allowing an administrator to manage access to fonts through permissions. The database runs on Mac OS X (or Windows NT/2000) and communicates with Macintosh-based clients (running Mac OS 9.1 or earlier) over TCP/IP. Font Reserve 2.6 (for single users) is also under development and is expected to be released in the third quarter as well.