Rainbow Innovations Blog

January 13, 2010 – Rainbow Innovations is excited to announce the release of AlphaEZCam V1.02. An innovative and powerful, easy to use webcam application for Windows that allows you to manage multiple cameras and upload images to your web servers.

AlphaEZCam can be quickly installed and is easy to use. With its built in Wizards you can setup a webcam and quickly create a number of different webcam pages together with automatic image uploads to your web servers.

AlphaEZCam Features

• Supports multiple webcams.
• Live camera preview, letting you monitor your webcams.
• Auto Capture and upload of images at intervals.
• Caption overlay letting you insert a caption with custom font, color, transparency, date/time stamps.
• HTML page wizard to create/save/upload your web page in a variety of formats.
• Selectable image size (webcam dependent).
• User controlled image snapshots & thumbnail display, saved to local hard drive or uploaded.
• Easy to use FTP Wizard that takes you step by step through adding a server for your camera project to use.
• FTP Help functions letting you detect the most appropriate FTP settings to use and test your settings are working.
• Activity log window, so you can monitor activity and use it to aid troubleshooting.
• System tray icon so AlphaEZCam can run without cluttering your desktop.Auto start with windows and run your cameras on startup.
• Easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI).
• Comprehensive help file.
• Works with almost all USB Cameras.

AlphaEZCam is compatible with Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7.

AlphaEZCam costs $25 (USD) and is available from http://www.rinnov.com You can download a copy (fully functional for 30 days) from http://www.rinnov.com/in2/index.php?/Site-Info/Downloads/downloads.html

About Rainbow Innovations:

Rainbow Innovations is an independent software developer, currently based in North Wales UK.

Contact:

John Hudson at jhud@rinnov.com

Product Page: http://www.rinnov.com/in2/index.php?/Products/AlphaEZCam/alphaezcam.html

Email: info@rinnov.com

Website: http://www.rinnov.com/

December 17, 2009 Rainbow Innovations is pleased to announce the release of Chronos Clock 4.03, the latest revision of our popular desktop clock for Windows.

If you would like to keep track of time around the world… Chronos Clock is for you !! Whether it’s business, family or chat friends, Chronos Clock, is the perfect program. Chronos…The clock that’s able to display multiple clocks with different time zones & countdown/event timers in a floating desktop clock bar.

Changes in this version:

• Fixed Daylight savings check box bug on time zone page of Clock Configuration Dialog.
• Fixed file selector bug in Alarm Properties & Alarm Options.
• Revised NTP server data & time zone data.

Chronos Clock includes the following features:

• Multiple clocks each able to show a different time zone. Each clock can use a standard or user customized display format.
• Powerful alarm system, allowing you to setup multiple one-time or repetitive alarms linked to your clocks. Each alarm can display an Alert message, play an alarm sound, play a CD, run another program, open files, open web pages or power off the PC. Any combination as required.
• Countdown/Event Timers. Each timer can use a standard or user customized display format.
• Spoken announcements using the SAPI speech system or Microsoft Agent to speak the time and announce alarms.
• Calendar/memo notes, which includes a reminder system to give notice of important dates, appointments etc.
• Time Converter, to let you easily calculate time differences. This is useful if you need to schedule events/meetings in different time zones.
• Internet time synchronization using NTP/SNTP time-servers, to keep your PC’s clock up to date.
• Quick Reminder set-up for quick alarm reminders.
• Easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI)Comprehensive help file.
• Automatic Updates. Checks online for program and time zone data updates automatically.

And much more.

Chronos Clock is compatible with Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/Windows 7.

Chronos Clock costs $25 (USD) and is available from http://www.rinnov.com You can download a copy (fully functional for 30 days) from http://www.rinnov.com/in2/index.php?/Site-Info/Downloads/downloads.html

About Rainbow Innovations:

Rainbow Innovations is an independent software developer, currently based in North Wales UK.

Contact:

John Hudson at jhud@rinnov.com

Product Page: http://www.rinnov.com/in2/index.php?/Products/Chronos-Clock/chronos-clock.html

Email: info@rinnov.com

Website: http://www.rinnov.com/

14 December 2009 – Rainbow Innovations is pleased to announce the release of Mail Snoop Pro 2.12, a new revision of our anti-spam application for Windows.

Mail Snoop Pro is the ultimate, user friendly, anti-spam and email notification program. Designed to monitor any number of mailboxes, finding and destroying spam without disturbing you and alerting you when there is new mail you need to see.

The filter system rapidly checks new emails for any suspicious items. First, by checking if the sender is a “Friend”. Immediately followed by checks for blacklisted senders, subject field, senders field, message header, message text, attachments, country codes and DNSBL (DNS Blacklists)

If an email is found to be spam, it will deleted from the server, and the original can be archived for future reference, alternatively be “bounced” back to the sender or used to generate an automatic complaint to the senders ISP.

Changes in this version:

• Added “Backup Profile” and “Restore Profile” functions.
• Added New Filter,“Bounce/automated response” filters group.
• Added “Delete All” function to “Emails” menu.

• Updated site links in program & documentation.

Feature Summary:

• Incoming mailbox support. Supports the following incoming mail protocols: POP3/SSL POP3 (Secure POP3)/IMAP/SSL IMAP(Secure IMAP)

• Outgoing mailbox support. Supports SMTP, SSL SMTP (Secure SMTP)

• Multiple email accounts. Can manage an unlimited number of mail accounts.

• Scheduled mail checks. Automatic scheduled mail checks on a per account basis or check manually at any time

• Network Connection. Supports Network/Cable/DSL/ADSL connections or by dial-up analog modem.

• Separate network connections per account. Network connections can be configured on a per account basis, in the case of dial up connections it redials if needed.

• Filter system. Filters on friends, blacklist, sender, subject, message headers, email bodies, attachment types, country code, DNSBL (DNS blacklist)

• Regular expression filtering. Supported on subject, headers,email bodies.

• Message archive. Whenever possible Mail Snoop Pro keeps a copy of deleted emails in its archive for later review. It allows you to take further action if needed by bouncing, complaining or even restoring the message for collection. Old messages are cleaned out automatically after a preset number of days, adjustable by you.

• Internet blacklists. Supports online DNSBL server checking.

• Approved senders. You can add a list of friends email addresses allowing Mail Snoop Pro to always accept email from them.

• Import approved senders. You can import addresses from an external address book or file.

• Blacklist . There are some senders you just never want to hear from, you can add those individuals to the blacklist and Mail Snoop Pro will always delete incoming mail from them.

• Live updating. Supports online updating of program and filter system rules.

• Bounce Spam. Bounces back spam with error message or sends complaint message to ISP/Webmaster.

Mail Snoop Pro is compatible with Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/Windows 7 and can monitor one or more Pop3/SSL Pop3/IMAP email accounts.

Mail Snoop Pro costs $35 (USD) and is available from http://www.rinnov.com You can download an evaluation copy (fully functional for 30 days) from http://www.rinnov.com/in2/index.php?/Site-Info/Downloads/downloads.html

About Rainbow Innovations:

Rainbow Innovations is an independent software developer, currently based in North Wales UK.

Contact:

John Hudson at jhud@rinnov.com

Product Page: http://tinyurl.com/pj4syr

Email: info@rinnov.com

Website: http://www.rinnov.com/

AlphaEZCam V1.02.005 Beta is now available for download.  This beta includes the following changes:

• Removed option setting “Autoload last file on start-up”. The setting could only handle a single file being opened on startup. (issue 0000142)
• Added new function to Camera Menu “Auto load camera project”. If set, then the current camera project file will be loaded each time AlphaEZCam starts up. (issue 0000142)

Compatibility. AlphaEZCam is compatible with Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7.

Downloading. The trial version of AlphaEZCam V1.02.005 Beta can be downloaded from http://dl.filekicker.com/send/file/218989-5034/setup_aezcam.exe (3.26 MB).

November 21, 2009 – Rainbow Innovations is excited to announce the release of AlphaEZCam V1.01. An innovative and powerful, easy to use webcam application for Windows that allows you to manage multiple cameras and upload images to your web servers.

AlphaEZCam can be quickly installed and is easy to use. With its built in Wizards you can setup a webcam and quickly create a number of different webcam pages together with automatic image uploads to your web servers.

AlphaEZCam Features

• Supports multiple webcams.
• Live camera preview, letting you monitor your webcams.
• Auto Capture and upload of images at intervals.
• Caption overlay letting you insert a caption with custom font, color, transparency, date/time stamps.
• HTML page wizard to create/save/upload your web page in a variety of formats.
• Selectable image size (webcam dependent).
• User controlled image snapshots & thumbnail display, saved to local hard drive or uploaded.
• Easy to use FTP Wizard that takes you step by step through adding a server for your camera project to use.
• FTP Help functions letting you detect the most appropriate FTP settings to use and test your settings are working.
• Activity log window, so you can monitor activity and use it to aid troubleshooting.
• System tray icon so AlphaEZCam can run without cluttering your desktop.Auto start with windows and run your cameras on startup.
• Easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI).
• Comprehensive help file.
• Works with almost all USB Cameras.

AlphaEZCam is compatible with Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7.

AlphaEZCam costs $25 (USD) and is available from http://www.rinnov.com You can download a copy (fully functional for 30 days) from http://www.rinnov.com/in2/index.php?/Site-Info/Downloads/downloads.html

About Rainbow Innovations:

Rainbow Innovations is an independent software developer, currently based in North Wales UK.

Contact:

John Hudson at jhud@rinnov.com

Product Page: http://www.rinnov.com/in2/index.php?/Products/AlphaEZCam/alphaezcam.html

Email: info@rinnov.com

Website: http://www.rinnov.com/

Mail Snoop Pro Version 2.12.026 Beta is now available for download. This beta includes the following changes:

• Added “Backup Profile” and “Restore Profile” functions to tool menu’s. These backup or restore the Users profile. All current Account, emails and filter data is saved in the backup process.
• Added New Filter Group, “Bounce” filters check an email to see if it is some type of automated reply/bounce email sent from a server.
• Fixed bug when an email is deleted as “not a friend”, the correct log message is now used (issue 0000134).
• Fixed bug in “Test Filter” function, its no longer possible to make changes to a System Rule (issue 0000135).

Compatibility. Mail Snoop Pro Version 2 is compatible with Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/Windows 7.

Downloading. The trial version of Mail Snoop Pro version 2.12.026 Beta can be downloaded from http://dl.filekicker.com/send/file/189215-G60D/setupmsp.exe (5.62 MB)