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Adam Engst

TidBITS#220/04-Apr-94

This week’s late breaking news comes in the form of yet another ugly virus (INIT-29-B). We also share comments about hard drive reliability, muse further on the state of mergers in the Macintosh world, and…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#219/28-Mar-94

This week we examine Novell’s purchase of WordPerfect more closely, announce the latest version of Easy View along with Unix and Windows versions, and take a look at new Quantum drives and reports that they…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#218/21-Mar-94

Novell buys WordPerfect? Yup, and the big news had been the Aldus and Adobe merger, which they managed to keep secret the day of the Power Macintosh intro. We also look briefly at General Magic…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#217/14-Mar-94

The Power Macintosh arrives! What did you think we would talk about this issue? Mark Anbinder covers the details of the line and briefly reports on some of the applications shipping in native mode. We…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#216/07-Mar-94

As the anticipation for PowerPC news builds, we bring the bad news of another virus sighting and the decimation of the community Info-Mac archive site. Craig O’Donnell dispenses more speaker wisdom; Tom Abbott reviews a…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#215/28-Feb-94

Where to start? We have news about a new Newton due out soon, an extremely cheap 300 dpi PostScript Level 2 printer, and even more information about the PowerPC-based Macs due in just two weeks.

Adam Engst

TidBITS#214/21-Feb-94

PowerPC information galore this week, including specs on all the new machines due out on March 14th, and current Quadra prices for those who don’t want take the PowerPC plunge. We cover the fuss concerning…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#213/14-Feb-94

This week Matt Neuburg examines the latest and greatest release of HyperCard, version 2.2; Mark Anbinder reports on the demise of the Apple Catalog and on additions to the Apple Remote Access family; and we…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#212/07-Feb-94

With this issue we wrap up our look at interesting products from the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Mark Anbinder passes on news of price reductions and rebates from Apple, Pythaeus provides the latest Duo…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#211/31-Jan-94

More details about Apple’s new technologies this week, followed by problems with the Newton OS 1.05 upgrade, a new stylus for the Newton, a new internal CD drive style, and some pointers to repetitive stress…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#210/24-Jan-94

Happy Birthday, Macintosh! We glance back at Apple’s view of its past through quotes from annual reports and then look forward at some of the intriguing new technologies Apple plans for the future. A few…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#209/17-Jan-94

More news from Macworld focusing on the PowerPC this week, along with a number of small articles on upgrades to HyperCard and ARA Commander, a free ZMODEM tool from Mark/Space Softworks, a list of the…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#208/10-Jan-94

Macworld news abounds this issue, with brief looks at some of the more interesting new products from the show, along with a full review of the runaway hit, Connectix’s fabulous RAM Doubler. Mark Anbinder looks…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#207/03-Jan-94

Welcome to 1994! Craig O’Donnell demystifies (or at least provides more details on) the Macintosh microphone situation, Matt Neuburg peers over your shoulder to talk about the new technologies treadmill used in the Macintosh developer…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#206/13-Dec-93

Shekhar Govind follows up the voting change in Williamson County, Mark Anbinder looks at the ultimate solitaire game from Delta Tao, we review Mangia, a truly great cooking program, and finally, we present gift suggestions…