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<a href="/article/4799"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4799', 'show')">Apple Ships the Holy Grail</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4799" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4799">In tandem with yesterday's announcement of the Power Mac G3 All-in-one, Apple today announced a new line of affordable desktop computers, designed to demonstrate Apple's commitment to everyday users of everyday Macintoshes.An Apple executive commented, "We realized that in our rush to reassure important niche markets like desktop publishing and education we'd neglected our base of home users and small business, people who keep Macs on their desks and keep buying more of them." A recent Apple marketing group survey learned of an "incredible ground swell" of people who have used desktop computers from Apple throughout Apple's history, typically purchasing a new model every few years while passing older models to relatives and non-profit organizations.The study revealed that the typical person who purchase</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/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 01 Apr 1998</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4784" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4784">Myrmidon 2.1 Adds CyberStudio Synergy -- Terry Morse Software has released Myrmidon 2.1, a popular document-to-HTML converter that "prints" documents to HTML instead of to a printer</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 30 Mar 1998</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4690" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4690">Conflict Catcher Updated -- Casady & Greene has released Conflict Catcher 4.1.1, a minor update to the month-old Conflict Catcher 4.1. Version 4.1 added new features to the already-powerful extension manager along with the capability to work under Mac OS 8.1</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 02 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4691"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4691', 'show')">Immortalize Yourself in the Macintosh Bible</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4691" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4691">Immortalize Yourself in the Macintosh Bible -- Do you have a great tip relating to the Macintosh? The people who create the Macintosh Bible want to know about it for possible inclusion in the seventh edition, and they'll give you a brush with fame by placing your name in the book's acknowledgments</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 02 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4648"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4648', 'show')">StarNine Rockets Out of Quarterdeck</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4648" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4648">StarNine Rockets Out of Quarterdeck -- Last week, Quarterdeck sold StarNine Technologies - best known for WebSTAR, ListSTAR, and other Internet-related products - to Platinum Equity Holdings</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 19 Jan 1998</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4579" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4579">Rare MacPicasso Unearthed -- After reading last week's Holiday Gifts issue (TidBITS-409), several readers inquired about contact information for purchasing a MacPicasso 516 video card</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 15 Dec 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4561" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4561">Greetings, and welcome to TidBITS's 1997 gift issue. Following last year's example, this issue falls outside our regular publication schedule as a special issue</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 10 Dec 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4562" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4562">Riven -- I expected Riven, the Sequel to Myst, to receive several suggestions. What surprised me, though, was that several readers noted the game is fun to play in tandem with another person</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 10 Dec 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4563" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4563">Eudora -- Most TidBITS staff members use Eudora (we particularly love its features for filtering, redirecting, and personalities), and we last covered Eudora in TidBITS-405</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 10 Dec 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4564"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4564', 'show')">Input Devices and Accessories</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4564" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4564">Kensington -- Several readers suggested trackballs and multi-button mice as holiday gifts, and Kensington's input devices were particularly noted. Bob Beamesderfer's observations were representative: "A great gift, especially for Mac OS 8 users, is Kensington's Thinking Mouse, which has four buttons</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 10 Dec 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4565" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4565">A Zippier PowerBook -- VST Technologies recently shipped a much-anticipated expansion bay Zip drive for PowerBooks. Adam White Scoville noted, "PowerBook users who, like me put their machines through quite a pounding, but are never as conscientious as they would like to be about backing up their embattled hard disks would love to see an expansion bay Zip drive from VST Technologies in their stockings</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 10 Dec 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4566" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4566">Gargoyles -- Mason Loring Bliss suggested, "Monitor gargoyles seem to be quite fashionable lately. They're neat, and they're typically not made out of plastic, which is a good thing</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 10 Dec 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4567" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4567">We'd like to thank our sponsors for their support, without which it would be impossible for us to publish TidBITS for free. And of course, we want to thank you, our readers, for doing business with our sponsors when appropriate</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 10 Dec 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4568" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4568">As much as the holidays in the U.S. have become a consumer feeding frenzy, we prefer to think of them as a time for sharing. If you have hardware or software that you no longer use, consider donating it to a worthy cause</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 10 Dec 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4569" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4569">In closing, I'd like to share the sentiment passed on by several readers that this holiday season is a great time to register shareware (and a registered copy of one of the many excellent shareware games from Ambrosia, Stairways, and others could prove an excellent and inexpensive present that can be enjoyed during time off)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 10 Dec 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4549"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4549', 'show')">Microsoft Word 97-98 Converter</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4549" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4549">Microsoft Word 97-98 Converter -- Microsoft recently posted the final version of the Microsoft Word 97-98 converter. This version replaces the beta released earlier this year and makes it easier for Macintosh Word 5 and 6 users to share files with users of Word 97 and 98</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 08 Dec 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4531"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4531', 'show')">Holiday Home Page Contest</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4531" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4531">Holiday Home Page Contest -- If you have a home page and plan to decorate it for the upcoming holiday season (no matter what your religious or philosophical angle), consider entering the "Homepage for the Holidays 1997 WebAwards" contest, hosted by the Silicon Valley chapters of the Association of Internet Professionals (AIP) and WebGrrls International</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 01 Dec 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4532" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4532">SiteCam Turns 1.1 -- Last week, Rearden Technology released SiteCam 1.1, a free upgrade to owners of the $129 SiteCam 1.0. SiteCam, software that controls and automates setting up a Web camera (one that places images or video on a Web site), now has anti-hijacking features that prevent other sites from grabbing a SiteCam video stream and displaying it elsewhere (this problem is generic to Web camera software)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 01 Dec 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4288"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4288', 'show')">Got a Great Gift Suggestion?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4288" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4288">Got a Great Gift Suggestion? Here at TidBITS, we've made it a holiday tradition to collect (realistic) Macintosh-related gift suggestions from readers, sauce them up with a few of our own, and serve them out in an article that lists notable presents for the many computer users among us</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 24 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4292"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4292', 'show')">Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickle's Books</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4292" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4292">We'd like to welcome our latest sponsor, Soft Material, a new company formed to publish CD-ROM titles from creative and innovative authors, particularly titles from Japanese and European authors that might not otherwise reach as broad an audience.Despite the success of a few CD-ROM titles, such as Myst and Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, the hurdles facing a CD-ROM title (or any software product from a small company) are enormous</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Tonya%20Engst">Tonya Engst</a> | 24 Nov 1997</div></div>
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