CharonWare has released an updated version of its Foxy SQL Pro and Foxy SQL Free database query tools. Foxy SQL Pro is a database script and query tool that lets you create, edit, and execute SQL commands and queries against any database via native, ADO, or ODBC connections, then browse and store the results (CSV, XML). The tool is based on the possibility to parse a complete SQL script into each individual command that can be executed according to the user's selection. Among other features, Version 1.1 of the tools includes the ability to save query results in HTML format, script selection of fonts, and additional support for Informix and DB2.

CharonWare, s. r. o.

Ulehlova 267/5

Ostrava, Czech Republic 700 30

http://www.casestudio.com/

PDFTron Systems has released an update to its PDFNet SDK. The Version 2.6 release focuses on improved compression using JPEG2000 and JBIG2. The PDFNet SDK is a PDF library that lets you manipulate PDF documents. With PDFNet, you can write standalone, cross-platform commercial applications that can read, write, edit, print, and display PDF documents. PDFNet is available as a .NET component that can be used from any .NET language (C#, VB, and J#) and as a cross-platform C/C++ library. Version 2.6 features a JPEG2000 engine that decodes and processes any JP2 embedded stream in PDF. The JPEG2000 filter decodes data that has been encoded using JPEG2000 compression. The PDFNet toolkit also features JBIG2 decompression. Images of pages containing text in any language compress with typical compression ratios of 20:1 to 50:1.

PDFTron Systems

2575 West 4th Avenue, Unit 303

Vancouver, BC

Canada V6K 1P5

604-730-8989

http://www.pdftron.com/

EmbeddedPlus Engineering has announced Doorkeeper 1.0, an Eclipse-based integration between Telelogic DOORS and the Rational Software Development Platform. DoorKeeper is designed to improve communication between teams of analysts and designers working on software and systems projects. DoorKeeper provides access to both UML modeling artifacts and DOORS requirements from the same UI. In addition, users can view and edit DOORS requirements, create links between DOORS requirements and UML models, and achieve, maintain, and report on traceability between requirements and model elements. DoorKeeper 1.0 reporting features are based on Eclipse-based Business Intelligence Reporting Tools (BIRT). Other improvements include the ability to edit DOORS requirements, as well as improvements in the UI that allows customization through preference/policy settings.

EmbeddedPlus Engineering

20 East University, Suite 305

Tempe, AZ 85281

480-517-9200

http://www.embeddedplus.com/

Absoft and PathScale have announced the availability of a High-Performance Computing SDK for clusters and servers based on AMD's 32- and 64-bit Opteron processors running Linux. The SDK includes Fortran and C/C++ compilers from both Pathscale and Absoft, along with debuggers, math libraries, and other supporting development tools.

Absoft Corp.

2781 Bond Street

Rochester Hills, MI 48309

248-853-0050

http://www.absoft.com/

JNetDirect has upgraded its JSQLConnect, a native Type-4 JDBC driver. Version 5.0 provides interoperability across Microsoft SQL Server 2005, secure SSL connections, NTLM authentication, support for IBM's Websphere 5.0, and JDBC 3.0 support for access to SQL Server 2005, including access to data stored as the new SQL Server 2005 XML datatype. JSQLConnect 5.0 also provides encrypted connections via SSL to secure instances of SQL Server. NTLM authentication provides integrated authentication within a Windows domain environment and simplifies authentication for database administrators.

JNetDirect

11495 Commerce Park Drive

Reston, VA 20191

703-880-3800

http://www.jnetdirect.com/

Associated Compiler Experts (ACE) has announced its CoSy Release 2005 compiler that supports the ISO/IEC Embedded C language extensions. Officially approved by the ISO/IEC Technical Committee, "TR 18037 Programming Languages C Extensions to support Embedded Processors" specifies fixed-point arithmetic, named address spaces, named-register storage classes, and basic I/O hardware addressing support in C. The Embedded C language package in CoSy Release 2005 offers front-end support for the Embedded C language extensions and the runtime libraries and intrinsic function libraries that are necessary to create Embedded C compilers. CoSy Release 2005 is initially available for PC/Linux and Sun/Solaris platforms.

ACE Associated Compiler Experts

De Ruyterkade 113

1011 AB Amsterdam

The Netherlands

+31 (20) 6646416

http://www.ace.nl/

The Eclipse Foundation has announced the 3.0 release of its Eclipse CDT platform for building C/C++ development tools. CDT 3.0 features include faster parsing, a DOM-based language back end, indexer selection, enhanced managed-build system configuration, and increased support for tool integrators.

Eclipse Foundation

102 Centrepointe Drive

Ottawa, Ontario

Canada K2G 6B1

613-224-9461

http://www.eclipse.org/

Safend has released its Safend Protector, a tool designed to prevent data tampering and theft, unauthorized enterprise penetration, and the introduction of malware. The initial release of Protector controls the physical ports of all enterprise endpoints, such as USB, FireWire, and PCMCIA; wireless ports, such as Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth; and Infrared and removable media, such as CD/DVD drives, floppy drives, and flash drives.

Safend Inc.

2 Penn Center, Suite 300

Philadelphia, PA 19102

215-496-9646

http://www.safend.com/

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