STARFISH ANNOUNCES THAT IT WILL SHIP TWO WINDOWS 95 PRODUCTS CONCURRENTLY WITH WINDOWS 95; Native 32-bit versions of the world's most popular personal organizer and most popular award-winning Windows utility to ship concurrently with Windows 95.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 1995--Starfish Software (Scotts Valley, Calif.) today announced plans for two Windows 95 applications. Formal product announcements (including pricing and complete feature set) will be unveiled later. Starfish Software Starfish was founded in 1994 by Philippe Kahn, best known for his invention of the camera phone and his most recent company Fullpower Technologies. The founding vision of Starfish was global synchronization and integration of wireless and wireline devices, which translated with the Chairman Philippe Kahn Philippe Kahn (born March 16, 1952)[1] is an American technology innovator and entrepreneur, French-born, known as the founder of Borland, a producer of software development tools for as well as Starfish Software, the creator of the first wireless synchronization today announced the company's plan to take an early leadership position in Windows 95 applications software by shipping two applications concurrently with Windows 95. Concurrently with the release of Windows 95, Starfish Software will release Sidekick 95 and Dashboard 95, bringing two of the world's most popular, award-winning products to the Windows 95 platform. Kahn said that Windows 95 has tremendous potential, and will have a significant impact on the way people use computers. "Our goal with our Windows 95 products is to unlock the potential of Windows 95, and harness its power for individuals and corporate users. "Starfish Software's mission is to deliver high-quality, powerful but simple software products that help people around the world become better organized, more productive, and enhance their computing experience," Kahn said. "We intend to be the leaders in personal and professional organization products, and we've taken major steps toward that goal by releasing Sidekick 2.0 for Windows, Sidekick Deluxe, and Dashboard 3.0 for Windows. "When Windows 95 ships in August, we'll take the next step with native 32-bit versions of Sidekick and Dashboard especially designed for Windows 95," he added. Having two products ready to ship as soon as the new operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. is released will give Starfish Software and its customers a significant advantage during the transition to full Windows 95 implementation. Starfish Software believes that Windows 95 is a significant paradigm shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm. for the computer industry. Part of that shift comes about by virtue of the fact that millions of people will be using the new operating system by year's end. But one of the most important aspects of the shift to Windows 95 is the freedom and power provided by Win 95's speed, reliability and memory management capabilities. Native 32-bit applications written especially for Windows 95 can take advantage of these capabilities to outperform anything developed under the limitations of previous operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . "When our first two Windows 95 products are released in August, users will see how we've taken full advantage of the power and flexibility of Windows 95 while retaining the simplicity that millions of Sidekick and Dashboard users liked best," Philippe said. "We've done a lot of usability testing Usability testing is a means for measuring how well people can use some human-made object (such as a web page, a computer interface, a document, or a device) for its intended purpose, i.e. usability testing measures the usability of the object. on these two products, and I'm very excited about them." One of the key benefits users will receive from Windows 95 is due to the convergence of the computer and the telephone, through TAPI (Telephony API) A programming interface from Microsoft and Intel that is part of Microsoft's WOSA architecture. It allows Windows client applications to access voice services on a server. (telephony application program interface). "The PC and the phone line are the basic tools we all use every day. Right now, they're too often separate entities, with no easy way for users to integrate them. That will change in August," Philippe added. "Taking full advantage of TAPI gives us the perfect springboard for our carefully crafted products. We've blended our high-quality slimware concept with the rich feature set available through Windows 95 to give users real power in easy-to-use applications that won't hog system resources (1) In a computer system, system resources are the components that provide its inherent capabilities and contribute to its overall performance. System memory, cache memory, hard disk space, IRQs and DMA channels are examples. ." Starfish Software believes that over the next two years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time desktop computing environment will be comprised of a mix of Windows 3.X, Windows 95 and Windows NT machines. "We'll be there to help corporations manage that infrastructure by delivering versions of Dashboard specially designed for Windows 3.X, Windows 95, and Windows NT." Dashboard 3.0, which began shipping in May, greatly enhances Windows 3.1 and facilitates the transition to Windows 95 with its taskbar An on-screen toolbar that displays the active applications (tasks). Clicking on a taskbar button restores the application to its previous appearance. Windows 95 popularized this feature. See Win Taskbar. , flyover help, quick launch icons, and other features. Dashboard 3.0 will share its user interface with Dashboard 95," he added. Pricing and product details on Dashboard 95 and Sidekick 95 will be announced when the products begin shipping to resellers; both products will be available on retail store shelves nationwide concurrently with Windows 95. Starfish Software is located at 1700 Green Hills Road, Scotts Valley, CA 95066. To order products from Starfish Software, call 1-800-765-7839. -0- EDITORS NOTE: To receive review copies, screen shots or a reviewer's guide for any Starfish product, call Deb McAlister at 214/669-3456; MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. : 387-7364; CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S : 74240,321. CONTACT: Holland-McAlister Deb McAlister, 214/669-3456. |
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