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TidBITS#378/05-May-97

Perhaps it was our use of the word "wax" in a headline. Last week’s "Sex Wax Your Browser" article prompted several reader suggestions, so this week we’re baring all to share more techniques for making Web browsing easier. We’ve also got a detailed summary of why no one walked away with 100,000 Swedish kronors in the Crack A Mac challenge, information on the rapidly multiplying Mac OS clone market, and news of two applications that don’t mind pushing you around.

Jeff Carlson No comments

Feeling Pushy?

Feeling Pushy? PointCast, Inc. and Marimba, Inc. this week released new Mac versions of their much-hyped "push technology" receivers. PointCast's Network (PowerPC only) has been pushed up to version 1.0.1, offering six additional channels including the Wall Street Journal, TechWeb, and the Chicago Tribune

Mark H. Anbinder No comments

TCP/IP CC Apology

TCP/IP CC Apology -- My apology to Tim Kelly and Jeremy Kezer for carelessly including a description of Tim's TCP/IP CC control strip module when talking about the Jeremy's Control Strip Modules package in TidBITS-376

Jeff Carlson No comments

Crowds of Clones

For years, one of the main laments about the Macintosh was Apple's failure early on to license the Macintosh and/or Mac OS to outside vendors. Now, Mac OS clone manufacturers like Power Computing and Motorola are prompting users to choose not only which model to buy, but from which vendor

Geoff Duncan No comments

Even Sexier Wax for Your Browser

Maybe it was the steamy title, but Adam's article "Sex Wax Your Browser" in TidBITS-377 (which contained a few tips for efficiently using Web browsers) generated a surprisingly large email response from TidBITS readers