FileMaker, the eponymous maker of Mac OS X database software, first released a "database for the rest of us" called Bento in January of last year. The company then released a major update that brought ...

When FileMaker relegated Bento to the dustbin, users of the occasionally maligned but rather excellent and exceedingly simple personal database for the Mac and iOS were left wondering what’s next for ...

Bento is Filemaker's attempt to make a database for the rest of us, to reach out to people who don't already use something like Access or Filemaker but might benefit from some data organization.

Filemaker has announced the shipping version of Bento, a new personal database app for Mac OS X. Early beta versions of Bento drew rave reviews for its glossy, iTunes-like interface and ease of use.

Apple software subsidiary FileMaker, Inc. unveiled a preview today of a new database product named Bento. If you've been waiting for Apple to offer an easy to use database as part of iWork, this is it ...

Long ago and far away — about 1982 or 1983 — there was a database called Nutshell that used the simple metaphor of index cards to let you store and use information. I remember Nutshell fondly even if ...

Apple-owned FileMaker, Inc. has sadly laid off 20 employees following the discontinuation of its Bento software last week, reports AppleInsider. The layoffs come after FileMaker released a statement ...

Mac OS X includes several programs that could be described as databases. And they’re easy to use, as long as your data happens to be contact information (Address Book), audio and video files (iTunes) ...

With the release of Bento 4, Filemaker’s consumer-oriented database application offers vastly improved printing features, making it possible to create and print mailing labels without any Address Book ...

You won't need a Mac to use FileMaker's database application for iPhone and iPod Touch, but if you do, there are extra syncing tools included. Jessica Dolcourt VP, Content Operations and Commerce, ...

Thinking back to the dawn of corporate personal computing in the early 1980s, its single most important aspect was that it broke the monopoly that corporate IT had on information and the manipulation ...

Bento, the database application for Mac OS X, was updated to version 3 Tuesday, bringing new features, security options, integration with iPhoto, and more. The latest version from FileMaker, which is ...