Communications dominates this issue with articles from Mark Anbinder about the new Global Village PowerPort/Mercury modem for the Duo and the Global Village OneWorld ARA and fax server. We also muse about what might have…
Apple’s eWorld arrives! But since it’s the first day, we mainly report on a new PC emulator, discuss tips on improving SoftWindows performance, and review GIFConverter and El-Fish, an aquarium simulator. Check out the rumors…
Aldus and Adobe both figure in this issue, with a rumor about FreeHand, a charting module from Aldus, and a new font licensing policy from Adobe, which makes it easier for print shops to own…
This week we have a review of the just-released MacWeb WWW browser, the real story on using America Online over the Internet, and a review of a high tech joke book. Mark Anbinder writes about…
This issue brings you reviews of DiskTop 4.5 and Aaron Giles’s excellent JPEGView, Mark Anbinder’s notes about installing a modem in the new PowerBook 500-series Macs, a warning about using America Online’s Internet access method,…
Apple does TV set-top boxes, Fred Showker does Macworld Washington, and Global Village drops prices on its popular TelePort and PowerPort modems. Last week’s article on advertising to overseas Mac users spawned many useful comments,…
Access America Online via the Internet? That’s right, and read on for the details. Mark Anbinder reports on Apple’s System Update 3.0, which includes a slew of fixes for System 7.1 (and later) users, Mr.
The issue offers a look at the results of an Ingram Labs test of Power Macs versus Pentiums, a brief review of the PowerSwitch LT, and an analysis of why SyQuest drives may suffer head…
A few fruits of our labor appear this week with announcements of a TidBITS World-Wide Web site and of Tonya’s book about Word 5. The issue swells to its usual size with information about what…
We have lots of interesting comments from readers in this issue, including more on the mean time between failures for hard drives, the new PowerBooks, Symantec’s purchasing history, and various Apple products. Mark Anbinder reports…
With our 222nd issue, TidBITS is officially four years old. Read on for a rambling history of the last four years, and for more up-to-date news, check out Tonya’s article about the new Blackbird PowerBooks,…
Communications upgrades fill this issue, with a letter about how the ARA server 2.0 won’t work on a Mac Plus and articles by Mark Anbinder on a minor upgrade to CE’s QuickMail Server and a…
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…
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…
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…