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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_896" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_896">Mac TCP Watcher 2.0 -- Peter Lewis recently released version 2.0 of Mac TCP Watcher, a $10 shareware utility favored by network administrators, power users, and the interminably inquisitive</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 26 Aug 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_903" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_903">Netscape 3.0 Ships -- In what might be the most anticlimactic product release of the summer, Netscape shipped the "final" version Netscape Navigator 3.0 today, after about five months of beta releases</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 19 Aug 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/908"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('908', 'show')">TidBITS Mailing List Administrivia</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_908" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_908">Progress toward moving the TidBITS mailing list from Rice University is continuing, and, barring unforeseen difficulties, this should be the last issue of TidBITS sent via the Rice LISTSERV</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 12 Aug 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/909"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('909', 'show')">Amelio Outlines Realistic Mac OS Strategy</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_909" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_909">Amelio Outlines Realistic Mac OS Strategy -- In a move seen as simply bringing Apple's official system update policies in line with current practice, Apple CEO Gilbert Amelio announced at Macworld Boston last week that Apple intends to deliver future enhancements to the Mac OS in a series of incremental updates rather than as large, monolithic packages</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 12 Aug 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/910"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('910', 'show')">Mac OS Runtime for Java</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_910" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_910">Mac OS Runtime for Java -- Apple has posted a pre-release of Mac OS Runtime for Java, which is essentially designed to put a Java virtual machine into the Mac OS</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 12 Aug 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/911"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('911', 'show')">The Enemy of Microsoft's Enemy is...?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_911" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_911">In an article in the 15-Aug-96 Wall Street Journal, Lee Gomes outlines a "virtually unknown" Microsoft development group in San Jose focusing exclusively on the Macintosh, and Microsoft's plans to promote third-party Internet development on the Mac</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 12 Aug 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/917"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('917', 'show')">Apple Announces New Macs</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_917" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_917">Apple Announces New Macs -- As anticipated in TidBITS-337, Apple has announced faster versions of the Power Mac 7600, 8500, and 9500, along with a new top-of-the-line 9500/180MP that features two PowerPC 604e processors running at 180 MHz</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 05 Aug 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_918" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_918">Clone Wars Heat Up -- Lest you think Apple is alone in showing off new machines this week, hold on to your socks: Power Computing, DayStar, and UMAX are competing for your attention too</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 05 Aug 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/925"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('925', 'show')">Internet Explorer 2.1b1</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_925" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_925">Internet Explorer 2.1b1 -- Microsoft has released its first public beta of Internet Explorer 2.1 for Macintosh. This new release supports Netscape frames (but not floating frames), offers much improved History and Favorites listings, has expanded preferences (including the welcome ability to turn off frames and plug-ins), and comes with built-in support for QuickTime VR movies</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_926" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_926">CyberDog 1.1 Beta -- Just in time to fuel the OpenDoc fires at Macworld Expo next week, Apple has released a beta of CyberDog 1.1, this time for both 68K and PowerPC Macs</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/929"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('929', 'show')">Spreading Its Wingz</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_929" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_929">Spreading Its Wingz -- Remember Wingz, that spreadsheet from 1991 that looked like a real competitor to Excel and eventually became Claris Resolve? Wingz is on its way back to the Macintosh, and Investment Intelligence Systems has made a public beta of Wingz 2.1.1b8 available on their Web site</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/931"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('931', 'show')">LiveCard Hits the Web</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_931" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_931">One of the most frequently-posted questions in HyperCard mailing lists and discussion groups has been "How can I publish my HyperCard stack on the Web?" Back in TidBITS-310, Adam and I hinted at a product we'd seen privately at the January Macworld Expo in San Francisco that could do the trick, and the veil has finally been lifted</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/932"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('932', 'show')">Apple's Out In Front with QuickTime 2.5</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_932" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_932">When Apple introduced QuickTime back in 1991, it was the ultimate in gee-whiz technology. Before QuickTime, no one seriously thought about digital video on the Macintosh: the idea that comparatively lowly Macs could play back digital video even at postage-stamp sizes was considered impossible, and that digital video would become a data type like text or graphics in the minds of most users was unthinkable.But it happened</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/933"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('933', 'show')">Small Apple Loss Better Than Expected</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_933" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_933">Small Apple Loss Better Than Expected -- Last week, Apple released financial results for its third quarter of 1996, recording a loss of $32 million. Though $32 million is a lot of money, it's important to note that Wall Street was expecting Apple to post a loss three to ten times larger than that, although Apple fudged its balance sheet a bit through a one-time sale of holdings in America Online and another one-time tax benefit</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_934" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_934">Power Computing Announces High-End 604e-based Macs -- Power Computing has announced its new PowerTower Pro line, the first computers to feature the PowerPC 604e processor</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_936" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_936">HyperCard 2.3.5 Updater -- Apple has finally released an updater to version 2.3.5 of HyperCard, catching up with the previous releases of version 2.3.5 of some HyperCard stacks and the HyperCard Player</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/940"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('940', 'show')">Apples on the Horizon</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_940" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_940">There are about a thousand half-truths about the computer industry, but there's only one law: new machines will appear any day now. Apple has been doing such a poor job of keeping some forthcoming models secret that I felt some general notes were appropriate</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_941" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_941">RAM Doubler 2 Coming -- Connectix has announced that it expects to ship RAM Doubler 2 in time for Macworld Boston this August. Among other changes, RAM Doubler 2 will offer a control panel interface, a faster compression engine, and allow users to triple the amount of memory your Macintosh thinks it has available</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/947"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('947', 'show')">Apple's Call for Unity</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_947" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_947">Apple's Call for Unity -- Apple has finally released the long-awaited retail version of System 7.5.3. This version can install a universal system that will boot anything from a Mac Plus onwards</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->