Near-Time Current puts Mac OS X Users in Control
Chapel Hill, N.C. - April 6, 2005 - Near-Time, Inc., a leading innovator of content and knowledge management software, today announced the commercial availability of Near-Time Current for Mac OS X. Current transcends traditional text editors, bookmark managers, Web clipping software, outliners, newsreaders, and blogging software. It is the first program to combine these functions, leveraging the immediacy of the Internet while offering a rich desktop environment for authoring and publishing. Current gives users complete control over desktop and Internet content.
“We take the notion that you need separate, monolithic applications to create and work with different types of information and turn it on its head,” said Reid Conrad, president and CEO of Near-Time, Inc. “With Current, the content you create and harvest takes center stage and you are in complete control. It gives users one program to seamlessly and effortlessly harness standard desktop and Internet content, giving you the tools you need to work in new and interesting ways.”
Near-Time is launching Current based on a successful three- month early access period. A number of enhancements were made during this time, including:
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[*] Current can serve as a default text editor, enabling users to take advantage of version management and text files.
[*] Advanced RSS management for news and Weblog feeds make it easier than ever to automatically gather Web content.
[*] New Home Page provides portal-style, contextual content navigation.
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Current’s rich authoring and publishing capabilities allow you to create documents from many sources simultaneously, merge links and Web page content with your documents, and post the results to Web sites and blogs, with accompanying RSS or Atom news feeds. It works with both desktop and Internet content, and has a built-in Web browser and full text search capabilities. Application files of all types, including QuickTime, photos, html pages, and mp3 files, can be stored and launched within Current.
Here are some of the ways that you can work with Current:
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[*] Web Research - Web archiving capabilities, news feed access and annotation tools make it easy to capture and reuse Internet content.
[*]Advanced Note Taking - WYSIWIG editor and contextual tools make Current ideal for taking notes and making to-do lists.
[*]Organize Information - Current automatically organizes content based on user-defined rules.
[*]Content from Current can be published to Weblogs via Blogger and MetaWeblog APIs, as RSS feeds and as Web pages to Apple iDisk or Web servers. This gives users one tool for authoring, gathering, organizing, and the publishing of content, eliminating the need for several stand-alone applications. Built upon a standards-based architecture, Current provides essential information integration capabilities for individual users. Standards enable Current users to access, manage, and repurpose content. Supported standards include XML, HTML, FTP, WebDav, SMTP, iDisk, RSS, and Web logs (via Atom). Near-Time Current is available for download at http://www.near- time.com. The software harnesses the power of Near-Time FlowT collaborative content management system and focuses it for personal use. Near-Time Current licenses are priced at $49.95 per user.
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Near-Time, the developer of Flow, Relay and Current, is an emerging innovator in Web-enabled rich client content and knowledge management. With an industry leading standards- based architecture, Near-Time applications take information management well beyond traditional content and knowledge managers for individuals and groups alike. Flow, Relay and Current are available for users of Apple Macintosh systems. For more information, go to www.near-time.com.
