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<p><p>Looking for an easy way to drag a file into a hidden application? First enter Expose's All Windows mode by hitting F9, then hover over an application's window while dragging your file, pause for a moment (or press the Space bar) and that window will spring to the foreground enabling you to open the file within that application.</p></p>
<a href="/article/4032"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4032', 'show')">The Power Macintosh Picture</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4032" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4032">TidBITS has shared most of the relevant information about the Power Macs over the past few weeks, but this article takes a quick look at the official details from Apple.Power Macintosh -- All three new computers introduced today bear the name "Power Macintosh," and are built around a PowerPC 601 microprocessor, the first-generation chip resulting from joint efforts among Apple, IBM, and Motorola</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 14 Mar 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4042" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4042"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersThe 21st century is close at hand, and we're impressed that Apple is doing a better job of taking advantage of technology at its disposal</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 07 Mar 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4043" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4043">According to a bulletin from Professor Gene Spafford of Purdue University, a new Macintosh virus was recently discovered by Mac users in Italy. This virus, dubbed "INIT-9403," has the potential to erase information on hard disks attached to infected computers.The virus apparently was initially spread through altered versions of pirated commercial software</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 07 Mar 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4052" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4052"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersWhat's the bargain of the decade? Rumors of the upcoming Apple PowerPC accelerator cards aside, a remarkable deal I'm surprised isn't talked about more is the DEClaser 1152 laser printer, at $699.Okay, so that's a bit of a convoluted sentence</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 28 Feb 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/4053"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4053', 'show')">4-Sight Small Site</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4053" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4053">For a long time, there were no Mac-oriented network fax products. You could send faxes from your very own fax modem, hooked directly to your Mac, or stand in line to use your office fax machine</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 28 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4055" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4055">CE Software, Inc., maker of QuickMail and QuicKeys, announced today that it has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire all assets of Powercore, Inc., a developer of Macintosh and DOS network scheduling software</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 28 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4072" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4072"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersNever one of Apple's more popular sales channels, the Apple Catalog has been laid to rest after losing a significant amount of money for the company during slightly more than a year of operation</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 14 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4073" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4073">The Apple Remote Access family now includes several products that make it possible for users to select precisely what they need. These include a personal all-in-one package that replaces the original ARA 1.0 package, multi-port server packages, multi-user client packages, and upgrades for owners of ARA 1.0.The Remote Access Personal Server, retail $249, includes both client and server software, licensed for a single user to use at "both ends." This is similar to the ARA 1.0 package, which included both client and server functions in the package.The Remote Access MultiPort Server package, retail $1,799, includes the server software and client software for four users, and a multiport serial NuBus card and cable</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 14 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2247" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2247">Mark Anbinder writes:Bravo to CEI Systems, whose new promotion is a flyer promising "Two Tax Time Tips from CEI." When opened, the flyer reveals a photo of the company's CEI 420 printer on one side - and a packet of Extra-Strength Tylenol pain reliever stapled to the other</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 07 Feb 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/2250"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2250', 'show')">Quadras Make Way For New Machines</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2250" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2250"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersVarious media reports tell us that Apple's upcoming PowerPC Macs will arrive in mid-March. This will no doubt mean a shuffling of Apple's product line, and the existing Quadra systems will likely move out of the high end, or out of the lineup entirely in some cases</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 07 Feb 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2241" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2241"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersPatient MessagePad owners were rewarded in late January with the release of the long-awaited 1.05 system software upgrade</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 31 Jan 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/2242"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2242', 'show')">Apple Improves CD Drive</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2242" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2242">Beginning this month, Apple is shipping Macs with an improved internal CD ROM drive, the AppleCD 300i Plus. The new unit offers a tray-loading feature similar to that found in home CD audio decks, eliminating the need for CD caddies</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 31 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2243" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2243">Apple provides a brushed aluminum replacement stylus to MessagePad purchasers who register, but it's no more attractive a writing instrument than the original; it's just a different color</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 31 Jan 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/2270"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2270', 'show')">Read All About the Internet</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2270" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2270"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersLauriat's Books, a chain of bookstores around the U.S. (usually found in shopping malls), has a special sale on books about the Internet through the end of January</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 17 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2271" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2271">Apple announced that the over 52,000 registered users of HyperCard 2.0 and 2.1 will receive an upgrade coupon in the mail within the next few weeks, outlining the upgrade options for HyperCard 2.2</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 17 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2273" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2273">At the end of 1993, Trilobyte Software announced that it has released a new version of its ARACommander client software for AppleTalk Remote Access (see TidBITS #178)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 17 Jan 1994</div></div>
<a href="/article/2284"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2284', 'show')">Second Sight, Take Three</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2284" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2284">The FreeSoft Company recently shipped the long-awaited 3.0 release of their popular Second Sight bulletin board software. Second Sight 3.0 is the successor to Red Ryder Host and Second Sight version 2.1; the company also publishes White Knight, the popular terminal software formerly known as Red Ryder.Although graphical interface BBS software and mail packages such as FirstClass, TeleFinder, and NovaLink Pro have taken over much of the Mac-based BBS, service bureau, and email market, text-based BBS software such as Second Sight is still popular</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 10 Jan 1994</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2300" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2300"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersEven if the clever folks at Delta Tao Software didn't create such wonderful software, we'd could cheer the ecological responsibility they display by selling their software not only without styrofoam filler, but also without a box</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 13 Dec 1993</div></div>
<a href="/article/2311"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('2311', 'show')">Apple/Radius Card Looks to the Future</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2311" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2311"> Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA ComputersApple seems to waver between wanting to provide complete Macintosh system solutions all by itself, and leveraging third-party developers' product lines to best effect</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 06 Dec 1993</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_2313" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_2313">A problem that's been informally acknowledged by Apple tech support could cause a loss of data for Newton MessagePad users. Apple is working to fix the problem, which they believe is a bug in the MessagePad's handling of alarmed recurring events in the built-in Datebook application.The bug manifests itself as a state where the Newton splash screen comes up and stays up</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Mark%20H.%20Anbinder">Mark H. Anbinder</a> | 06 Dec 1993</div></div>
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