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Hello MacInTax, Goodbye MacInTax

Intuit Inc. has announced the release of Quicken MacInTax Deluxe, which includes a tax estimator, tax calendar, U.S. averages, audit protection and tax advice hotline, reports the company. One free state program is included in the package, which also bundles a Roth IRA Planner, and offers improved videos, says the company.

MacInTax allows you to transfer tax-related data from Quicken files, and prints IRS-approved forms on plain paper.

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Intuit, however, has discontinued its MacInTax for Business edition, which included 1120S forms needed for corporate tax preparation, reports Randy Singer, editor of The MacAttorney Newsletter. Singer urges attorneys to send complaints to Intuit's president, Stephen Bennett, at 2800 E. Commerce Center Place, Tucson, Az 85706 or fax (520) 901-3200.

Engine T-Shirts

MacSpeech Inc. says it has sold the last of its popular "Engine" T-shirts, concluding an inventive approach to raise development funds. CEO Andrew Taylor says the company began selling the shirts in '98, for $99 each. Each came with a unique serial number and special privileges, he said, noting that nearly 1,000 shirts were sold. The company introduced its "command and control" product, ListenDo! as a free download in December, and plans to release its first dictation product this spring.

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DataFORCE

Procom Technology Inc. has upgraded the software for its DataFORCE CD/DVD-ROM network attached storage (NAS) servers, adding Macintosh protocol support.

The Managed Enterprise Software Architecture 2.4 allows administrators to manage all DataFORCE NAS servers from a single interface, it says. The new Mac/HFS support allows data on HSF-formatted discs to be centrally distributed to all Mac users on the network.

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WebObjects 4.5

Apple Computer Inc. is shipping WebObjects 4.5, an application server software used to develop and implement network applications for Internet/Intranet/ Extranet and e-commerce Web sites.

It offers integrated XML support, using IBM's alphaWorks parser, and a new "Direct to Java Client" technology.

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