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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3111" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3111">We've been wondering when this would happen, and it finally has. Jonathan Feinstein of Shrink2Fit Software let us know that Symantec Corporation, makers of the popular SUM II (Symantec Utilities for Macintosh) and Norton Utilities packages, has rolled the two into a single improved package, Norton Utilities 2.0, or NUM 2.0</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> | 27 Apr 1992</div></div>
<a href="/article/3112"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3112', 'show')">PowerBook Line Fleshed Out, Prices Cut</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3112" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3112">Apple recently addressed some of the biggest complaints about their PowerBook line of notebook computers by introducing several new configurations of the existing computers and by reducing prices on the existing items</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> | 27 Apr 1992</div></div>
<a href="/article/3121"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3121', 'show')">Wicked Fast IIfx Retired</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3121" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3121">Of all the changes to Apple's product lineup that took place on 15-Apr-92, the quietest was the departure of the Macintosh IIfx. The high-end Macintosh II offering has never quite fit into the product line, thanks to some engineering oddities and, of course, the eventual appearance of the Quadra series.The IIfx remained on Apple's rolls this long probably because of its six NuBus slots as much as anything else</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> | 20 Apr 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3122" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3122">Apple has announced that its AppleShare 3.0 upgrade offer will be ending at the end of April. The offer, introduced last fall with the new version of the file server software, allows owners of previous versions to upgrade free or at a reduced price.The company plans to honor upgrade requests until 30-Apr-92, even though the offer was originally scheduled to end on 01-Apr-92</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> | 20 Apr 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3126" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3126">What could be more embarrassing than having to release a bug fix to protect users from a bug that can destroy their data? Having to release a bug fix to protect users from the first bug fix! Apple was embarrassed in just this way last week, when they realized that System 7 Tune-Up 1.1 was defective, and needed to be replaced</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 Apr 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3150" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3150">Novell, long a leader in the DOS networking software market, announced today that they have purchased International Business Software, a Macintosh software company that publishes DataClub, a popular package that allows Macs to share portions of their hard drives as a single, network-wide "virtual server."IBS and Novell have been negotiating for the last few weeks and finalized the deal late last week</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 Apr 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3152" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3152">Late last week, Apple announced to its dealers that it will be offering a free protective battery case to all existing PowerBook 140 and 170 customers, as well as including one of these cases with each PowerBook 140/170 and 140/170 battery sold in the future</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 Apr 1992</div></div>
<a href="/article/3153"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3153', 'show')">Apple Announces New Promotion</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3153" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3153">Special promotions seem to be all the rage at Apple these days, and Spring '92 will be no exception. Apple has just announced the new "Easy to Buy, Easy to Use" promotion, which will run from 15-Apr-92 until 5-Jul-92</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 Apr 1992</div></div>
<a href="/article/3171"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3171', 'show')">New Apple Crop</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3171" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3171">Continuing in its plan for a major set of product introductions every six months, Apple today announced several new hardware products, including one new Mac</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> | 23 Mar 1992</div></div>
<a href="/article/3189"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3189', 'show')">Request for MBDF damages</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3189" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3189">Good afternoon. I am a Macintosh technical consultant in Ithaca, New York, where two Cornell University students were arrested last month for allegedly creating and releasing the MBDF virus</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> | 09 Mar 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3191" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3191"> mha@memory.ithaca.ny.usPatience is a virtue, right? Well, Pacer Software Inc. has just rewarded its loyal PacerTerm customers for being so virtuous, by sending out a two-diskette update for this high-end Communications Toolbox (CTB)-compatible communications package</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> | 09 Mar 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3221" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3221">If you're lucky enough to have a Quadra but you've been wondering what the excitement was all about, because yours just isn't that fast... you may be responsible! Rumour has it that the popular, free menu-bar clock utility SuperClock, among other useful doodads, can cause significant performance hits on your Quadra</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 Feb 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3222" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3222">I recently received an offer from Icom Simulations to upgrade my old OnCue to a brand new OnCue II. I don't intend to discuss the usefulness of OnCue II but instead the price of the 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> | 17 Feb 1992</div></div>
<a href="/article/3280"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3280', 'show')">IE To The Rescue</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3280" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3280">Apple's Communications Toolbox (CTB) promises a utopia of consistent and powerful communications software capabilities, which would be a boon to developers and users alike</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 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3381" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3381"> "Now this is a Macintosh peripheral!" - John Sculley TelePort Modem and TelePort/Fax Modem Global Village Communications 1204 O'Brien Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 415/329-0700 415/329-0755 Customer Support 415/329-0767 Fax America Online: GLOBALVILL AppleLink: GLOBALVILLAGRating: 8 Penguins out of a possible 10Summary: -- Introduced in the fall of 1990, the TelePort broke Macintosh convention by being the first peripheral other than a keyboard or pointing device to take advantage of the Apple Desktop Bus</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> | 23 Sep 1991</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3382" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3382">The coolest Macintosh telecommunications gadget is the TelePort modem from Global Village Communications. Global Village has created a small, unobtrusive modem that doesn't need a power cord and won't even take up one of your serial ports</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> | 23 Sep 1991</div></div>
<a href="/article/3383"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3383', 'show')">Faxing with the TelePort</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3383" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3383">The TelePort's fax capability is elegant and easy to use. If you purchase the fax version of the TelePort or purchase a fax upgrade later, you receive a TelePort/FAX file to join the TelePort control panel in your System Folder</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> | 23 Sep 1991</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3384" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3384">John Sculley, in his keynote speech at the last San Francisco Macworld Expo, held up a TelePort, and announced that it was the most Mac-like Macintosh peripheral he'd ever seen</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> | 23 Sep 1991</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3684" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3684">For those of you who couldn't attend, and as a recap for those of you who could, here are some of the high points - and a few low points - from Macworld San Francisco '91</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 Jan 1991</div></div>
<a href="/article/3685"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3685', 'show')">Filling the Portable Gap</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3685" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3685">Apple recently announced a delay in the hoped-for updated version of its Macintosh Portable computer system, originally scheduled for release at this Macworld Expo</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 Jan 1991</div></div>
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