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- {subhead} NewsRog 1.8{def}
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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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- ShadowWorks Software announces the Version 1.8 update to NewsRog, the most
- advanced newsreader available for the Amiga platform. NewsRog has a wealth of
- features for the power user, many of them unavailable in any other newsreader
- on any platform.
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- Version 1.8 includes 30 new features and improvements. The list of newsreader
- features pioneered by NewsRog now includes automatic detection of tabular data
- in plain text postings, such as Aminet file listings or perhaps tables of race
- results. Although there is no explicit marking of tables in usenet posts,
- NewsRog can now detect tabular data and display it without line rewrapping in a
- fixed width font. Now you can see tables aligned properly even when using an
- easy-to-read proportional font for reading article text.
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- Another NewsRog-pioneered feature is the ability to seamlessly integrate
- usenet with web search engines or directory services such as Yahoo or
- Altavista. For example, perhaps you are reading an article that mentions
- NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft. You can multiselect several words or
- phrases in the article text (perhaps "NASA" and "Mars Climate Orbiter"), and
- access a popup menu which will automatically formulate and submit a search
- about those phrases to any one of your favorite web search engines. You don't
- have to type anything - merely view the results! See a movie mentioned in an
- article and want to look up the IMDB entry? You can do so with a single menu
- selection.
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- Also new in version 1.8 is a graphical crosspost editor, advanced heuristics
- for telling email addresses from message-IDs in an article body even when both
- have the same <idstring@host.addr> format, and much more.
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- For a full list of other major changes in this version, as well as
- descriptions of major NewsRog features and example screenshots, see the NewsRog
- preview page at:
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- {link http://www.frii.com/~srk/ShadowWorks/Preview/NR.html}http://www.frii.com/~srk/ShadowWorks/Preview/NR.html{end}
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- The version 1.8 update is free to registered users as an expression of thanks
- to the many loyal NewsRog users who have provided a great deal of positive
- feedback and useful suggestions for improving the product. Version 1.8 may be
- downloaded from the "Updates" section of the above web page.
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- PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
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- NewsRog is priced at (US) $35 plus shipping and handling. Orders may be
- placed by telephone by calling:
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- (US) 1-303-659-4028
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- Or online via major credit cards from either of the following pages:
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- {link http://www.questarproductions.com/NRorder.html}http://www.questarproductions.com/NRorder.html{end} (unsecure)
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- https://www.dimensional.com/questar/NRorder.html (secure)
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- Free NewsRog updates may be downloaded from the Support web page.
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- NewsRog requires:
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- o MUI 3.8 or later{p}
- o 8 Mb RAM & 8 Mb HD (more recommended){p}
- o AmiTCP, Miami, or other compatible networking software{p}
- o A 68020 or faster CPU (68040+ recommended)
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- Only the Amiga version is available at this time.