I read this yesterday on the MacZOT forum, a customer of mine is answering a question from a potential customer regarding licensing:

I purchased a prior version of this (R10Cipher) in a previous Zot and an upgrade direct from the developer and have found both him (the developer) and the program to be excellent.

For the purposes I use it for it is fantastic and i’m confident if I had a problem the developer would go out of his way to help.

Nowadays it pays to be a little proactive in your security and safety and I would not hesitate in recommending this program as a part of the steps you need to protect yourself.

As far as I remember your allowed to install this on two computers and as I begrudgingly have to use a windows computer on occasion I’ll probably pick up another copy to allow me to install it on three computers.

Kevin - MacZOT Blog

My customers rock

Tags: Recommendation, Testimonial, R10CipherIV

ContaxCRM Version 2 is due within the next two weeks. It will be a free of charge upgrade to existing customers. As a taster I have put some screenshots from version 2 below. I have also included a movie showing the screenshots as a slideshow.

Anybody interested in looking further at the pre-release version can download it from the following addresses:

Windows:
http://www.artenscience.com/temp/contaxcrm_win.zip

Macintosh OSX:
http://www.artenscience.com/temp/contaxcrm_osx.zip

Tags: ContaXCRM, Version 2, Sneak Peak, Pre-Release, Software News

The subject of pricing has been discussed many times recently at Arten Science. We wanted a new, cohesive, consistent, pricing structure that allows us to make a profit and at the same time gives the consumer excellent value for money. We think we have managed to do that.

Products that have been around longer for example, we have dropped in price to reflect the fact that they are older, and also the fact that their R&D costs have already been successfully repaid.

The pricing for our new products is as follows:

eBook: Securing the Network: Corporate Security Issues for the Non Technical £3.99
eBook: Oracle 10g Administrator: Exam Cram £3.99
macVCR: Screen Activity Recorder: Mac OSX £5.99
MonitorMyMac: Webcam and Screen Capture, with Internet Upload: Mac OSX £9.99
R10Cipher: Encryption and Security Solution: Mac, Windows, Linux £9.99
cuteCipher: Encryption and Security Utility: Mac and Windows £9.99
R10BatchMail: Batch eMail Software: Mac and Windows £19.99
R10Clean: Data Manipulation and Cleaning Tool: Mac, Windows and Linux £19.99

The price of ContaxCRM remains unchanged at £69.99 for the Single User Edition

We also do discounts for multiple copies and Site Licenses as well as Charities, Education and other worthwhile causes.

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Updates have been released to both R10Cipher and cuteCipher today. Both products now have the option to ‘Delete Original File after Successful Encryption’. This update is in response to user feedback, and will please many people

In addition as mentioned in the recent Press Release, R10CIpher and cuteCipher have been ‘de-bundled’ (Have I invented a new word ?) and are now available separately at £9.99 each, making them ever better value.



Steven Cholerton
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Tags: R10CipherIV, CuteCipher, Software News, Software Release, Software Update, Encryption, Security Software

I received this in my Inbox yesterday, it made my day. It’s from a ContaxCRM customer, one of the first in fact:

’Perfect Colours has been using ContaxCRM to keep track of technical support contact with customers for repairs, warranties and callouts for the past six months and it has transformed our engineers’ access to information. I would recommend it to any small business wanting to share information across their company, particularly given the low entry-level cost and the cross-platform nature of the software.’

Matt Kavanagh
Technical Support Manager
www.perfectcolours.com

Fantastic, Cheers Matt

Steven Cholerton
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Tags: Testimonial, ContaXCRM, Customer Feedback

The latest Press Release from Arten Science:



Arten Science Everybody Can Afford Security and Privacy Promotion - Published on 07/30/10

East Midlands UK based Arten Science has announced its 'Everybody Can Afford Security and Privacy' promotion. For a limited time only, both premier Encryption products R10Cipher and cuteCipher are on sale, representing an incredible saving on two powerful, easy to use, extremely popular and highly rated security programs. R10Cipher takes text or files and encrypts them using up to 384 bit Blowfish encryption. cuteCipher is Cross Platform Encryption that is designed around ease of use.

Derbyshire, United Kingdom - Arten Science has announced its 'Everybody Can Afford Security and Privacy' promotion. For a limited time only the premier Encryption products from Arten Science; R10Cipher and cuteCipher, are available at £9.99 each.

R10Cipher was previously £29.99 bundled with cuteCipher and cuteCipher if purchased seperately was £14.00. This represents an incredible saving on two powerful, easy to use, extremely popular and highly rated security programs.

If you are looking at purchasing our Contact Relationship Management package, ContaxCRM (£69.00 GBP) then you are in luck as until the end of July, as part of this promotion, both R10Cipher and cuteCipher are bundled free of charge with ContaxCRM.

R10Cipher:
R10Cipher was a finalist in the Information Security Product, Technology Excellence category of the UK IT Industry Awards last year.

R10Cipher takes text or files and encrypts them using up to 384 bit Blowfish encryption. These files can be Word files, Excel files, MP3 files - almost any kind of file. R10Cipher IV incorporates all the great features our customers have asked us for. Simple but powerful true Cross Platform File, Document, Text, Email and Twitter Encryption / Decryption tool.

Your text can be encrypted and sent as an email directly from R10Cipher, only the recipient in possession of the Shared Secret can read the contents. If encrypting a file the encrypted file can be stored or sent in the full knowledge that it's contents are not visible to anyone without access to R10Cipher and the Shared Secret.

Decryption can be carried out just by double clicking the encrypted file and entering the Shared Secret. R10Cipher supports batch encryption by 'drag and drop' to make encryption fast and painless, even when dealing with dozens of files. As R10Cipher does not require installation you can, for example, copy the Mac, Windows and Linux versions of R10Cipher to a USB drive along with your encrypted documents and files. Your documents and files are secure, but available *whenever* and *wherever* you require them.

R10Cipher is primarily designed to enable the secure exchange of information between one or more individuals. As a peer to peer encryption tool R10Cipher excels. R10Cipher IV can run in a 'Decrypt Only' mode which does not require any purchase. Ideal for those 'one off', 'one way' encryption occasions.

Feature Highlights:
* Cross Platform, Mac OSX, Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, Linux
* Fast / Secure 384 Bit Blowfish Encryption
* Lightweight - No Installation Necessary
* Launch from a USB Key if required
* Twitter Integration on Mac OSX
* Batch (Automatically Split a Large Message) Twittering on Mac OSX
* Full Key Management Ability
* Extremely Simple to Use
* Drag and drop multiple files to Encrypt
* Decrypt a file by double clicking
* Encrypt on one Operating System, Decrypt on another
* No System Alterations
* Online Help
* Full Screen Mode
* Activity Log Saved to Database Option
* 42 Page Extensive User Manual

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4 or higher
* Windows XP / Vista / Window 7
* Linux with GTK 2.x
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* G4 Processor, 1GHz or faster
* 40 MB Hard Drive space

cuteCipher:
cuteCipher is Cross Platform Encryption that is designed around ease of use. Simply drag your files onto cuteCipher, enter a Secret Word and click the Encrypt button. Ideal for personal, family, group or business use.

In addition you can now you can make this simple but powerful encryption available to your customers in a customised version for a one off price. Never before has Encryption been this easy and readily accessible. Simple By Design.

If you an Independent Financial Advisor, an Accountant, a Teacher, a Banker, a Broker, a Venture Capitalist or anybody else who handles personal details then you should be encrypting any documents before you send them out. An email is no more secure than a postcard, I for one would not like my Tax Return to be written on a postcard ...

Arten Science will create a customised version of cuteCipher for you which you can then give out to your customers / recipients for free (or charge them as you see fit). In return you pay Arten Science a one off fee. Your price will differ depending on whether you wish to offer your customers the full Encrypt and Decrypt facilities of cuteCipher or instead you wish to offer them just the Decrypt software, dCipher.

Arten Science realise that we don't live in a Mac only world, we sometimes have to cross to the dark side. With cuteCipher it doesn't matter if you are running Windows or Macintosh OSX, or a mixture. cuteCipher just works. Contact us today to see just how inexpensive it would be to secure your clients data. Prices start from £250 ($400, 300 Euro) for a customised version of cuteCipher for in-house use and a customised version of dCipher for up to 100 clients.

Pricing and Availability:
R10Cipher and cuteCipher are available now. Pricing is £9.99 each. Please contact us for higher quantity discounts. As with all Arten Science software, our security products are available at a considerable discount to Educational and official Charity organisations. Please contact us for further information.

Trial Versions:
Trial Versions can be downloaded from our website. The Trial Version can be used 40 times. Hopefully this is long enough for you to realise that you really should purchase this product.

Review Licenses:
NFR Review licenses are available to Journalists and Bloggers who wish to write a review of R10Cipher IV or cuteCipher for publication either Online or Offline.

R10Cipher: http://www.r10cipher.com/
cuteCipher: http://www.cutecipher.co.uk/
Download R10Cipher: http://www.artenscience.com/autoupdate/latestversions/r10cipher_osx.zip
Download cuteCipher: http://www.artenscience.com/autoupdate/latestversions/cutecipher_osx.zip
Purchase R10Cipher: http://sites.fastspring.com/artenscience/product/r10cipher3
Purchase cuteCipher: http://sites.fastspring.com/artenscience/product/cutecipher


Arten Science was setup in 2007 to design, develop and market quality commercial software for the Apple Mac OSX (Universal Binary), Windows XP/Vista and Linux with GTK 2.x. We also provide Bespoke Software Development and Technology, Database and Security Consultancy services. In addition to creating new solutions for our customers, all of our commercial products can also be tailored, modified and enhanced to suit your specific requirements. We can help you to use software to solve business problems and create business opportunities.


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Tags: Press Release, Arten Science, R10CipherIV, R10Cipher, CuteCipher

There’s a new blog post over on my personal blog that may be of interest to some of you.

Native Apps vs Web Apps, No Contest !

Steven Cholerton
Arten Science
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Tags: Lonely Hacker, Blog Post, Software Development

The Multi-User edition of ContaxCRM uses MySQL as it’s database. MySQL is easy to setup and free as well as being reliable and well supported. This is how you setup MySQL for ContaxCRM in six easy steps.

Step 1

After downloading, Install MySQL by following the prompts and accepting the defaults. Do the same with the MySQL GUI Tools. Run MySQL Administrator.


Step 2

Create a new Catalog called ContaxCRM.



Step 3

Setup a ContaxCRM User Account and Password. You will receive the password from Arten Science.



Step 4

Attach the ContaxCRM Schema permissions to the ContaxCRM User Account and Save the changes.



Step 5

Run the ContaxCRM/MySQL setup tool from Arten Science and click all four of the right hand buttons in the order top to bottom. When prompted for a SQLite database, point at your demo or tutorial database probably located in your ContaxCRM folder.



Step 6

That took all of maybe 10 minutes, now setup the ContaxCRM clients, you’ve almost finished so put the kettle on ready

Steven Cholerton
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Tags: CrM, Cross Platform, ContaXCRM, Contact Relationship Management, mySQL, Configure

R10Cipher 4.1.0 has been released.

Protecting your Privacy and Identity on Windows, Macintosh and Linux

R10Cipher is an Award Winning Cross Platform File and Text Encryption Solution. Privacy and Security. The Complete Encryption Solution. Encrypt Files, Documents, Email and Tweets

From the README file:

4.1.0: Released 27th July 2010

A new checkbox is available when batch encrypting files: ‘Delete Original Files after Encryption’. If this box is checked then the original, unencrypted, file will be deleted following encryption.

New options under the Help menu to view the Arten Science Blog and the Developers Blog.

Small maintenance tweaks.

4.1.0 is free to all licensed users of R10Cipher IV.




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Tags: R10CipherIV, R10Cipher, Cross Platform, Software News

I received a commission from abroad recently for a piece of custom software to do the following:

According to a user defined schedule, the following events are performed automatically:

• Take multiple images (eg: from a Security Camera)
• Archive the originals
• Copy them
• Resize and Scale them
• Sharpen them
• Save them as Jpeg
• Create a Quicktime Movie containing a Slideshow
• Upload them to an FTP Server
• Give access to these pictures from anywhere in the world via a standard Web Browser