APS Files Chapter 11, Expects to Emerge Soon -- Storage vendor, Macintosh clone maker, and long-time TidBITS sponsor APS last week filed for protection of assets under Chapter 11 of the U.S

KeyQuencer Upgraded to 2.5 -- Binary Software has released KeyQuencer 2.5, a major upgrade to Alessandro Levi Montalcini's popular macro utility. New features include contextual menu support for Mac OS 8 users, an OpenURL command that opens any Web or FTP site with a keystroke, and KeyQuencer Helpers that simplify and automate macro creation

Conflict Catcher Updated -- Casady & Greene has released Conflict Catcher 4.1.1, a minor update to the month-old Conflict Catcher 4.1. Version 4.1 added new features to the already-powerful extension manager along with the capability to work under Mac OS 8.1

Immortalize Yourself in the Macintosh Bible -- Do you have a great tip relating to the Macintosh? The people who create the Macintosh Bible want to know about it for possible inclusion in the seventh edition, and they'll give you a brush with fame by placing your name in the book's acknowledgments

OT 1.3 & Single-Link Multihoming -- Mark Kriegsman of ClearWay Technologies writes: It's nice to see Open Transport 1.3 (OT) receiving good press, but I think you missed two important points in "Open Transport 1.3" in TidBITS-414. Although you focus on the multiple IP address functions of OT 1.3, you overlooked the far more universal and significant point of OT 1.3 for Web servers: it's much faster for Web servers than older versions of OT

I've used the page-layout software QuarkXPress since 1989, and being an early adopter, I excitedly placed an order for the 4.0 upgrade as soon as it shipped

I've attended many Macworld Expos, and at each one, I go to a number of the parties. You know what? Most Macworld parties stink, at least from the geek perspective

UserLand Software, Inc., has finalized and released version 5.0 of Frontier, their free scripting environment which includes Web site management, CGI scripting, and network communications capabilities (Frontier's Web site features were reviewed in the fifth part of Tonya's "Spinning the Web" series in TidBITS 389)

Search, and Ye Shall Find -- We've opened up our NetBITS search engine, so you should have no trouble finding old articles from now on. We've put a simple full-text search form on the NetBITS home page, and a more advanced search form is also available via the navigation bar

ADSL Stands for "Alright! Dig that Service, Laddie" -- We received a number of terrific letters about our NetBITS Update last issue (see "And Who's Paying for This?" in NetBITS-015) about the coming standard for ADSL service being proposed by a group of computer companies, regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs or Baby Bells), and networking companies

Browser Vendors Cave In, Millions Trapped -- In the latest bizarre turn of events in the browser wars between Microsoft and Netscape, Microsoft has agreed to the Justice Department's demand that Windows 95 be available without Internet Explorer bundled with it, while Netscape has made its browser free and promises to release source code for the upcoming Navigator 5.0. Coincidentally, Microsoft released its fourth quarter 1997 earnings, showing that they netted over a billion dollars in that quarter alone

Multiple Personalities -- Readers sent in many additional options for obtaining multiple email addresses without buying a separate dial-up account from an ISP. John Belamaric notes: "EarthLink Network provides additional email addresses for $4.95 per month." Albert Smith chimes in, "IBM.net allows up to five independent email addresses under one account

[In NetBITS-015, Stuart examined issues of latency and delay in typical modem-based Internet communications. This week, he discusses how bandwidth can be used more efficiently, and how it affects the overall latency of a connection.] Last week, I asked readers to imagine a world where the only network connection you can get to your house is a modem running over a telephone line at 33.6 Kbps

Question: How do you deal with attaching files to email? Many of you have asked about how to attach files to email so that the recipient receives them reliably

Special Acrobatics -- Francois Pottier passes along news of a free method of creating Acrobat PDF files (see NetBITS-014): For people who don't want to buy the full Acrobat package, it's also possible to create PDF files using free tools, like a recent version of GhostScript, which can convert PostScript files to PDF files