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<a href="/article/5347"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5347', 'show')">Acrobat 4.0 Released with Limited Mac Support</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5347" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5347">Acrobat 4.0 Released with Limited Mac Support -- Adobe today announced the release of Acrobat 4.0, which boasts improved collaboration and Web features using Portable Document Format (PDF) files</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5339" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5339">USB Adapter Connects Palm Devices -- Palm organizer owners frustrated by the lack of a direct USB solution for connecting their HotSync cradle to iMacs or blue and white Power Macintosh G3 machines can now purchase Keyspan's $40 USB PDA Adapter</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/5341"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5341', 'show')">Tools We Use: Default Folder</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5341" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5341">A recent expedition through my Preferences folder uncovered the fossils of utilities and other programs I've installed and removed during the past several months</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/5335"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5335', 'show')">Taking a Step Back from Technology</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5335" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5335">Technology can be addictive. Many of us use devices like computers, cellular phones, and handheld organizers on a daily basis; many of us require them to make our livings</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=16" class="category">Just for Fun</a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 01 Apr 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5309"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5309', 'show')">Episode I: The Bandwidth Menace</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5309" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5309">Episode I: The Bandwidth Menace -- Star Wars fans with visions of a galaxy far, far away can catch the new preview trailer for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in QuickTime 3.0 format, thanks to an exclusive alliance between Lucasfilm and Apple</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 15 Mar 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5304"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5304', 'show')">Moving Back to the (Palm) Desktop</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5304" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5304">Purchasing my PalmPilot a few years ago ended my flirtation with Mac-based personal information management (PIM) software. I experimented with Claris Organizer, but abandoned it because it couldn't synchronize with the PalmPilot</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 08 Mar 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5297"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5297', 'show')">Default Folder 3.0.1 Complements Nav Services</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5297" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5297">Default Folder 3.0.1 Complements Nav Services -- St. Clair Software's utility for enhancing Open and Save dialog boxes, Default Folder 3.0.1, adds support for Apple's Navigation Services as well as a handful of other improvements</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 01 Mar 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5300"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5300', 'show')">Palm Desktop Marks Return of a Familiar Organizer</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5300" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5300">A few years ago, I realized it was time to abandon my tangled mess of scribbled and photocopied papers that formed my personal information management (PIM) system</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 01 Mar 1999</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5288" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5288">New Palm Handhelds Released -- Palm Computing has unveiled two new handheld devices, the Palm IIIx and Palm V, available now. The Palm IIIx ($370) retains the Palm III's curved form factor but includes 4 MB of RAM (plus 2 MB of flash ROM), a much-improved screen with better contrast and readability, and an internal expansion slot for future memory upgrades or add-on devices like pager cards</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 22 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5279"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5279', 'show')">Action Files 1.2 Usurps Nav Services</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5279" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5279">Action Files 1.2 Usurps Nav Services -- The latest update to Power On Software's popular Action Files now overrides Apple's Navigation Services under Mac OS 8.5 in favor of the enhanced Open and Save dialog boxes provided by Action Files, plus rolls in a handful of fixes</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 15 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5280"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5280', 'show')">MasterJuggler Catches Mac OS 8.5 Compatibility</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5280" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5280">MasterJuggler Catches Mac OS 8.5 Compatibility -- Alsoft has released a free update to its font-management utility MasterJuggler, fixing a few incompatibilities with Mac OS 8.5</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 15 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5267"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5267', 'show')">PowerBook Patch Prevents Power Pops</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5267" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5267">PowerBook Patch Prevents Power Pops -- Apple has released the PowerBook G3 Series Modem Extension 1.0.2, which fixes a handful of annoyances related to turning the PowerBook G3's built-in 56K modem on or off</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 08 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5268"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5268', 'show')">Virtual PC 2.1.2 Adds USB Support</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5268" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5268">Virtual PC 2.1.2 Adds USB Support -- Connectix has released a minor update to Virtual PC that should be welcome for owners of iMacs and the new Power Macintosh G3 machines who run Windows in emulation</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 08 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5254"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5254', 'show')">Legitimate Direct Email eMerges</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5254" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5254">Like most people, I'm no big fan of unsolicited commercial email. Every day I'm offered credit card deals, home-based business schemes, and plenty of badly spelled invitations to visit adult Web sites</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 01 Feb 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5243"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5243', 'show')">Palm Shows More in Hand at Expo</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5243" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5243">For those who wondering why the Palm Computing booth at Macworld Expo was consistently mobbed, here's a quick overview of the PalmPilot and the Macintosh platform</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 18 Jan 1999</div></div>
<a href="/article/5208"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5208', 'show')">New Dreamweaver Adds Features and Templates</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5208" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5208">New Dreamweaver Adds Features and Templates -- Macromedia is now shipping Dreamweaver 2.0, a Web authoring package known for its early support of cascading style sheets and dynamic HTML</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 14 Dec 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/5202"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5202', 'show')">Mac Palm Desktop Beta Arrives with Palm VII News</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5202" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5202">After repeated delays, 3Com/Palm Computing has posted a public beta of the Macintosh Palm Desktop 2.1 on its Web site. We typically don't report on beta releases, but in this case Mac-based PalmPilot and Palm III users have waited for months for the new software, even beta software, which replaces the awkward Pilot Desktop 1.0 (see "Palm Organizer for Macintosh: Details Emerge" in TidBITS-432)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 07 Dec 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/5192"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('5192', 'show')">Talkin' About MP3</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5192" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5192">Kevin Savetz's recent article about the MP3 audio format (see "Move Over MTV, Now There's MP3" in TidBITS-455) sparked a great deal of interest from audiophiles on TidBITS Talk</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 30 Nov 1998</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5181" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5181">Speed Doubler 8.1.2 Update Nabs Bugs -- Connectix has released Speed Doubler 8.1.2, which fixes bugs and improves compatibility. The Faster File Copying feature now works from a locked startup volume, cleans up spring-loaded folders properly, and doesn't crash if a copy window is placed off-screen, among other changes</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 23 Nov 1998</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_5173" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_5173">Photoshop Update Tweaks Type, Color -- Adobe recently released a Photoshop 5.0.2 update that improves the image-editing program's type handling and color management</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 16 Nov 1998</div></div>
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