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Weekly Issues

Adam Engst

TidBITS#158/11-Jan-93

Macworld Expo news here! We have our informal awards, focussing on products like Retrospect 2.0, StuffIt Deluxe, The Journeyman Project, and Envisio’s SmartStack. We look more closely at Apple’s Adjustable Keyboard and MAXA’s Alert, which…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#157/04-Jan-93

Our New Year’s resolution is to clean out our article database, so this week brings you lots of little bits, including news of LaserWriter upgrades, a Lotus upgrade deal, an ATM patch, IIvx and A/UX…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#156/14-Dec-92

We have two types of articles this week. First comes urgent items like Frederic Rinaldi’s Trojan report, a short-lived offer for a free AppleLink CD, and an equally short-lived deal on Aldus Personal Press. Then…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#155/07-Dec-92

Three reviews this week, one of an upgrade to the excellent Easy View browser for TidBITS and other text files, one of Aldus’s powerful new IntelliDraw package, and one of Craig O’Donnell’s bodacious book, Cool…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#154/30-Nov-92

Psst! Wanna a free gateway from FirstClass or Microsoft Mail to QuickMail? Read on for the details and the catch. We also have the promised full review of UserLand’s Frontier scripting package, a look at…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#153/23-Nov-92

This week we have news about important updates to THINK C and FileMaker Pro 2.0, a note about a procedure that makes that new HP LaserJet 4M print correctly, a good buy on ClarisWorks and…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#152/16-Nov-92

Great reviews this week, including Now Utilities 4.0.1 and Rich Wolfson’s excellent book, The PowerBook Companion. Other articles include news of an updater for Word 5.1, WordPerfect buying BeagleWorks, a great way to roll your…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#151/09-Nov-92

This issue overflows with a review of WriteNow 3.0, the syllabus for a free online course, "Navigating the Internet," and an alternative view of the Duo. We also crammed in some short announcements, including news…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#150/02-Nov-92

November brings news of MODE32’s partial incompatibility with System 7.1, more concerns about Performa support, a look at two thoroughly fun books on After Dark, and news of several more useful Internet services for gatewayed…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#149/26-Oct-92

We range far afield this issue, reporting on a possible credit card scam on Mac users, a THINK C bug, why your PowerBook 145 may have an identity crisis, a clever battery swapping gizmo for…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#148/19-Oct-92

Industry stories on hard drive prices and the PowerBook 100 phenomenon anchor this issue, which starts off with some comments on our KeyFonts review, covers some new CD-ROMs of several major Internet archives, passes on…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#147/AppleIntros

We started writing an article about Apple’s new stuff, and it took hold and grew into a full special issue. Past issues contain some of the basic information about the new machines and policies as…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#146/12-Oct-92

This week we clarify the DeskWriter 550C’s print mechanism and talk briefly about the possibility of a portable version of the DeskWriter. Mark Anbinder reports on the MBDF virus authors’ sentences, Mark Nutter contributes a…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#145/05-Oct-92

The Duo debate continues and we present the first 7.1 tip for early birds. Printer mavens will like HP’s new dual cartridge color DeskWriter, NEC has a new driver for the CDR-74 that solves some…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#144/28-Sep-92

It seems that PowerBooks are all the rage these days, and we have news on the upcoming PowerBook Duos, along with a report on how Apple handles the PowerBook 100 Rework program and an article…