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<h6>Sleep (and Lock) Your Screen</h6>
<p><p>When you are walking away from your computer, it's fairly common practice to start your screen saver and lock your screen. But did you know that there is a built-in keyboard shortcut in Mac OS X to sleep the screen?</p><p>Press Control-Shift-Eject and your monitor sleeps without engaging the screen saver.</p></p>
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 22 Mar 1999</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5303" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5303">Since Tristan was born in January, Tonya and I have been leaving the house less frequently. We can't escape midwife and pediatrician appointments, but we've cut down on shopping - or rather, shopping that we can't do via the Internet</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 08 Mar 1999</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5298" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5298">Aladdin Releases DropStuff 5.1 -- Aladdin Systems last week released version 5.1 of their $30 shareware DropStuff utility for creating StuffIt 5.0 format archives, which can be expanded only by StuffIt Deluxe 5.0, StuffIt Expander 5.1, or by themselves if saved as self-extracting archives</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 01 Mar 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5287"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5287', 'show')">Job Postings in TidBITS?</a></h4>
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 22 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5289"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5289', 'show')">Web Confidential 1.2 Adds Contextual Menu Support</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5289" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5289">Web Confidential 1.2 Adds Contextual Menu Support -- Alco Blom has released version 1.2 of Web Confidential, his $35 shareware utility for securely storing confidential information using 448-bit encryption (see "Web Confidential: Securing Information of All Sorts" in TidBITS-441)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 22 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5290"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5290', 'show')">Follow the Bouncing Expo</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5290" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5290">Last week, IDG Expo Management announced that the Macworld Expo scheduled for Boston in August of 1999 will instead return to the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City from 21-Jul-99 through 23-Jul-99</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 22 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5281"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5281', 'show')">Open Door Networks Releases ShareWay IP 2.0</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5281" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5281">Open Door Networks Releases ShareWay IP 2.0 -- Open Door Networks has shipped ShareWay IP 2.0, an upgrade to their useful networking utility for making Macs with Personal File Sharing or older AppleShare servers accessible via TCP/IP (see "Share and Share IP Alike" in TidBITS-436)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 15 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5283"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5283', 'show')">The Unbearable Lightness of URLs</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5283" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5283">Last week's issue of TidBITS had the second installment of our sporadic Tools We Use column; the first installment covered NewerRAM's useful little GURU utility</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 15 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5265"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5265', 'show')">Norton Utilities for Macintosh Updated to 4.0.3</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5265" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5265">Norton Utilities for Macintosh Updated to 4.0.3 -- Symantec has released a free 4.0.3 updater for Norton Utilities for Macintosh. Changes in 4.0.3 include only the use of Mac OS 8.5.1 on the bootable CD-ROM for new purchasers and a minor fix for UnErase</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 08 Feb 1999</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5269" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5269">Aladdin Ships Faster StuffIt Expander 5.1 -- Faced with competition from MindVision's new MindExpander, a preview release of which can expand a number of formats, including MacBinary, BinHex, and StuffIt 4.x, Aladdin Systems has responded by updating StuffIt Expander to version 5.1</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 08 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5270"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5270', 'show')">Connectix Wins First Round of Sony Lawsuit</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5270" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5270">Connectix Wins First Round of Sony Lawsuit -- The San Francisco Federal District Court last week rejected Sony's request for a temporary restraining order on shipments of Connectix's Virtual Game Station, a PlayStation emulator for Apple's G3 Macs</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 08 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5271"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5271', 'show')">KeyQuencer 2.5.5 Offers Mac OS 8.5 Compatibility</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5271" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5271">KeyQuencer 2.5.5 Offers Mac OS 8.5 Compatibility -- Binary Software has released an update to KeyQuencer 2.5, the company's solid macro utility. (For a review of KeyQuencer 2.0 and more information about macro programs in general, see "KeyQuencer - QuicKeys Quencher?" in TidBITS-351, "The User Over Your Shoulder - Of Macs and Macros" in TidBITS-357, and "KeyQuencer Upgraded to 2.5" in TidBITS-415.) KeyQuencer 2.5.5 makes the product fully compatible with Mac OS 8.5 and 8.5.1, plus fixes bugs with LaserWriter 8.5.1 and non-Roman keyboards</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 08 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5272"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5272', 'show')">eMediaweekly Folds After Five Months</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5272" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5272">Late last week, Mac Publishing, the parent company of Macworld, MacWEEK.com, and eMediaweekly, announced that it has ceased publication of eMediaweekly</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 08 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5273"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5273', 'show')">Tools We Use: Desktop Resetter</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5273" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5273">In TidBITS-457, we introduced a sporadic feature called Tools We Use, each instance of which focuses on a single, clever program that makes our Macs easier to use</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 08 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5252"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5252', 'show')">Virtual Game Station 1.1 Released Despite Lawsuit</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5252" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5252">Virtual Game Station 1.1 Released Despite Lawsuit -- Connectix Corporation has shipped Virtual Game Station 1.1, an update to the company's Sony PlayStation emulator, introduced at Macworld Expo in San Francisco</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 01 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5255"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5255', 'show')">Driving the 4.5 Web Browsers</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5255" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5255">Web browsers are probably among the least upgraded pieces of software, despite being essentially free and frequently updated. The TidBITS Web site still sees about 1,000 hits per week from people using MacWeb, a now-defunct Web browser bundled with early editions of Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 01 Feb 1999</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5244" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5244">A friend of ours at Apple once commented that what he liked the most about TidBITS was that it is so personal. In part, that's because we've grown up over the years</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Jan 1999</div></div>
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