August 12, 2004

Catalyst Systems has announced release of its application build management tool, Openmake 6.3. The primary goal of Openmake is to remove the requirement for developers to perform any scripting at all--no makefiles, no XML scripting for Ant, and no special Java classes are needed to perform builds within the IDE or externally by a build master. The new version includes a plug-in for the Eclipse IDE; the ability to dynamically generate Ant build scripts at build time; and integration with Visual Studio .NET.
Catalyst Systems Corporation
P.O. Box 556
Glencoe, IL 60022
847-835-6106
http://www.openmake.com/

Certicom has introduced Security Builder Crypto-C#, a cryptographic developer toolkit for the Microsoft .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework. Security Builder Crypto-C# lets you port most crypto algorithms, including Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), from their desktop .NET Framework-based applications to Windows CE.NET. Functionality is provided through a standard Microsoft Visual C# .NET API. Security Builder Crypto-C# is optimized for resource constrained devices and includes standards based ECC implementations offering small key sizes with a high strength-per-bit.
Certicom
1810 Gateway Drive, Suite 220
San Mateo, CA 94404
650-655-3950
http://www.certicom.com/

Evolution Robotics is shipping ERSP 3.0 and the ERSP Scorpion robot, a robotic development platform for creating robotics products or adding autonomous robotic functionality to existing products. Enhancements include the vSLAM autonomous navigation functionality, allowing robotic devices to move safely and freely in any environment with full knowledge of their location and programmed destination; improved APIs providing deeper access to the vision algorithm that drives object recognition and much of the navigation components; improved documentation; and upgraded graphical development tools.<>