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Weekly Issues

Adam Engst

TidBITS#247/10-Oct-94

Jonathan Hue concludes his firewalls article from last week, we report on another expiring program, and discover a new source of Internet provider information. Mark Anbinder looks at a potentially dangerous bug in older Hard…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#246/03-Oct-94

Plenty of MailBITS about happenings in the computer industry lead off the issue, including important notes about Photoshop 3.0 and Apple’s announcement of new PowerPC-based Performa models. Solitaire Till Dawn 2.0 just came out with…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#245/26-Sep-94

Plenty of MailBITS about System 7.5 and QuickDraw GX start out the issue, and Lloyd Wood passes on a brief article about problems with After Dark 3.0 and how to find more details on the…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#244/19-Sep-94

This week’s issue begins with a number of MailBITS concerning Anarchie 1.3.1 and several other Internet resources. It continues with an article about Apple discontinuing the PowerBook 540, commentary on the fallacies of the Windows95…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#243/12-Sep-94

Curious about QuickDraw GX? Tune in for the first part of Tonya’s look at what it is and why you might want it. We also look at a great new Apple Web server, report on…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#242/05-Sep-94

This TidBITS issue roams far and wide, with MailBITS about Green Disk, a company that creates recycled floppy disks, a CodeWarrior Web site, comments about Timbuktu, and other announcements. The issue continues with a report…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#241/29-Aug-94

Fat binary versions of programs get more votes from readers in this issue, and we pass on the announcement of the latest After Dark Module Programming Contest in which you don’t even have to be…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#240/22-Aug-94

This week brings you an in depth look at QuickMail 3.0, CE’s latest and greatest release of its popular email program. We also have a short review of Links Pro, for the golf fans out…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#239/15-Aug-94

This week’s top story concerns a new program called The Internet Adapter, a $25 Unix program that turns an Internet Unix shell account into a SLIP account. We also have news about RAM Doubler 1.5’s…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#238/08-Aug-94

Last week was Macworld Expo Boston, and everyone who writes at all regularly for TidBITS attended the show. This issue brings you Mark’s Expo Superlatives, Adam’s Expo thoughts, and Tonya’s favorite shipping Expo product –…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#237/01-Aug-94

The issue starts off with news of a new version of QuickMail from CE Software, followed by an announcement of some new Macintosh Internet sites that should be of interest to all. Jamie McCarthy solemnly…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#236/25-Jul-94

Mark Anbinder reports on Apple’s latest addition to the PowerBook family, the PowerBook 150, along with Apple’s new 15" monitor and new keyboard. FullWrite makes the news with an Internet mailing list and a long-awaited…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#235/18-Jul-94

Video and multimedia fill up this issue with Apple announcing new multimedia Macs, the 630 series, and Connectix announcing QuickCam, a new low-cost video camera. For those who want something now, we review the FlexCam…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#234/11-Jul-94

Mark Anbinder leads off this issue with reports on an upgrade to White Pine’s line of terminal emulators and a new package that enables Newton users to connect to the popular FirstClass bulletin boards. We…

Adam Engst

TidBITS#233/04-Jul-94

In honor of Independence Day, we have two essays about issues surrounding personal freedoms, copyright and encryption. If more technical information is to your liking, Mark Anbinder reports on the LaserWriter 810 coming off the…