Utilities Updates: Iconographer; Version Finder; SpeedTools; more

Iconographer 1.0allows you to create icons using the new format (32-bit images with 8-bit masks). The developer writes: "Although there were many initial attempts at creating tools to allow the editing of these new icons (including clip2icns, another product of ours), none of these kludges provided a complete method of editing them. To fill in this gap, I decided to create Iconographer."

NetChronometer 1.4.1is a bug fix update to this utility that synchronizes your Mac's date and time to "a highly accurate network time server."

VSE Be Found 1.4 is an update to this utility that analyzes web pages and gives concrete tips how to improve them to obtain a higher ranking on search engines.

Version Finder v2.5 is out, with better Internet Search capability Version Finder can now search (using your web browser) for updates at the Version Tracker, SoftWatcher, and Version Master web sites as well as Apple's Software Updates, Shareware.com, FileZ, and the Info-Mac archives. Version Finder can also direct Sherlock to search for you.

Data Hammer 2.2 for Mac OS is "an Internet-savvy summarization tool." Users can surf the web with Data Hammer, or just drop links on it from Netscape Communicator or Microsoft Internet Explorer to get real-time dynamic summaries. Data Hammer automatically switches back and forth between summary mode and browser mode based on the content of the page being viewed.

HardDisk SpeedTools 2.5 is out. Intech states that both CD-ROM and Hard Disk SpeedTools are compatible with Mac OS 9.

IE 4.5 Patch 1.1 fixes a bug in Internet Explorer 4.5 that disables JavaScript under certain conditions. For the time being the bug has only been reported for the Dutch version of Internet Explorer 4.5. Version 1.1 fixes a bug that caused an error with some AppleScript versions.

AutoDelete 1.2 deletes unnecessary reoccurring files, mainly Internet browser's cache files.

Folders Checker 1.1.0 "organize and control the large number of files that tend to "grow" inside folders on your hard disks."

BlackWatch 1.5 is the latest version of this basic screen saver utility.

TextSpresso 1.4 is yet another recent update to this text cleaning utility.

SmartWrap? 1.1 is a single-click text cleaner specific to Eudora email.

Ratoc FireWire PC card 1.4 has been released.