Welcome! Welcome to the world history of the personal computing industry! This CD-ROM contains the complete archives of Newsbytes News Network from its beginnings in May 1983 to December 1993. About Newsbytes News Network: Newsbytes News Network is the largest independent computer industry news service in the world with U.S. and international bureaus in London, Toronto, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, New Delhi, and Moscow. NEWSBYTES offers daily coverage of the international telecommunicaitons industry. News stories are republished by some 152 magazines, newspapers, news sources, and online systems worldwide. NEWSBYTES was honored to receive the "Best Online Publication" award four times from the Computer Press Association. New issues appear online daily on GEnie, and Wednesdays and Fridays on America Online. All press releases and inquiries should be directed to the editor in chief, Wendy Woods at: Newsbytes News Network 406 W. Olive St. Stillwater, Minnesota USA 55082 Phone: (612) 430-1100 FAX: (612) 430-0441 Copyright 1991,1992,1993, 1994 Newsbytes News Network All Newsbytes reports are copyrighted. No portion may be reproduced without the permission of the Newsbytes News Service. About Textware: Textware is a search and retrieval engine for DOS, Windows, or Macintosh computers. Textware uses the indexed database on the CD-ROM to allow for rapid search and retrieval of the data. To get help press F1 (on DOS) or use "Help" under the "Help" menu item(on Macintosh and Windows.) The articles from Newsbytes are organized in reverse chronological order on this CD- ROM (so that more recent, hence more important, articles are first.) Each article is referred to as a "Card" and may contain one or more pages of text. Each "Card" is an article straight from Newsbytes. You can search the entire database using keywords and will find articles covering telecommunications, computing trends, general computing news, Government, and special articles on UNIX, IBM, and Apple. Also included are reviews of software and hardware, editorials, stock reports, and more, collected from the archives of Newbytes News Network. Searches can be made for one or more words. When doing a search a "Hit List" is generated and can be viewed. This list contains summaries of "Card"s with an occurrence or occurrences of what was searched for. When viewing a "Card" in the "Hit List" the searched for words will appear highlighted. Search Ideas: Search for "Bill Gates." Search for less known people such as "Steve Jobs." Search for people, companies, products, or issues! Search for dates by entering: "06/03/93", searches for June 3, 1993 Not every date has entries!