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<a href="/article/4248"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4248', 'show')">QuicKeys Revs for Mac OS 8</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4248" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4248">QuicKeys Revs for Mac OS 8 -- After installing Mac OS 8, QuicKeys users have encountered problems with installed contextual menu commands not appearing on menus and with the Close Window and Zoom Window Mousies failing</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 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4252"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4252', 'show')">Three New Macs and a PowerBook</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4252" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4252">As Adam noted earlier in this issue, Apple has unveiled the Power Macintosh G3 series and the PowerBook G3. These new machines all sport the new PowerPC 750 chip, commonly known as the G3 (see Geoff's detailed coverage of the G3 and backside cache in the next article)</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 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4223"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4223', 'show')">Aladdin Stuffs In More Features</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4223" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4223">Aladdin Stuffs In More Features -- Aladdin has begun shipping StuffIt Deluxe 4.5, the more-powerful, commercial version of Aladdin's suite of non-commercial compression software that offers extensive file compression and encoding features</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> | 03 Nov 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4224" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4224">Riven Arrival -- Myst, a CD-ROM-based adventure game created by Cyan, is known for its fantastical images and immersive play. In 1993, Myst took the computer world by storm and continues to enjoy a record-breaking run on PC Data's top ten best-seller list for software games, with more than 3.5 million copies sold</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> | 03 Nov 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4225" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4225">GraphicConverter Turns 3.0 -- Lemke Software has released GraphicConverter 3.0. GraphicConverter has long been a shareware favorite for manipulating graphics, thanks to its extensive feature set and affordable price (U.S</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> | 03 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4206"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4206', 'show')">Claris Reports Record Quarter</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4206" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4206">Claris Reports Record Quarter -- Despite Apple's recently reported quarterly loss, other financial news relating to Apple is cheerful. Claris, a wholly owned software subsidiary of Apple, last week reported record gains for its fourth quarter and its fiscal year</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> | 27 Oct 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4207"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4207', 'show')">Apple Announces New MessagePad</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4207" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4207">Apple Announces New MessagePad -- Apple has announced the Newton MessagePad 2100, due to ship in November. The 2100 resembles its predecessor, the MessagePad 2000 (reviewed in TidBITS-379), but comes with an additional 3 MB of DRAM for a total of 4 MB, helping users keep multiple programs launched</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> | 27 Oct 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4208"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4208', 'show')">New Version of Quicken Released</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4208" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4208">New Version of Quicken Released -- Last week, Intuit announced the availability of Quicken Deluxe '98 and Quicken Basic '98 for Macintosh and Windows. New features include easier account reconciliation and QuickEntry, a separate component of Quicken Deluxe, that streamlines entering routine daily expenses</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> | 27 Oct 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4214"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4214', 'show')">Subscribe Your Browser to TidBITS</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4214" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4214">If you use a recent Web browser and like to try new features, you've probably "subscribed" to a few Web pages. By subscribing, you receive a notification when the page changes, and in some browsers (such as the preview release of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4), the updated page can be downloaded for later offline reading</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> | 27 Oct 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4215"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4215', 'show')">Moving on to a New Challenge</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4215" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4215">In 250 days and with the combined efforts of some 4,000 teams of computers, distributed.net has completed the RSA Data Security Challenge to break a 56-bit RC5 encryption algorithm, demonstrating that groups of networked computers can break such encryption</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> | 27 Oct 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4216"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4216', 'show')">HTMLbits: Taking New Software Out for a Spin</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4216" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4216">The Web has become a fad that just won't stop. And, as the Web recedes into the assumed background of how capable computer users manage and locate information, the tools for creating Web pages continue to diversify</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> | 27 Oct 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4195" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4195">Apple Cuts Prices, Begins Rebates -- Last week, Apple decreased pricing dramatically on the PowerBook 3400 and Power Macintosh 8600. For instance, Apple dropped the price on the Power Macintosh 8600/300/Zip from $3,200 to $2,600 and the PowerBook 3400c/200 decreased from $4,500 to $3,800 (see the PowerBook 3400 review in TidBITS-371)</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> | 20 Oct 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4177"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4177', 'show')">Connectix and Insignia Face Off Over Emulation</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4177" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4177">Connectix and Insignia Face Off Over Emulation -- In our review of Connectix's $150 Virtual PC (see TidBITS-397), we noted Insignia Solutions had shipped RealPC, which (like Virtual PC) offers Pentium MMX emulation, but is targeted at DOS-based gamers and includes MS-DOS 6.22 and a CD of action games for about $80</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> | 06 Oct 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4171"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4171', 'show')">More Context on Contextual Menus</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4171" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4171">In TidBITS-398, I wrote about how to use and customize contextual menus under Mac OS 8. This week, I want to follow up on that article by noting a utility that offers contextual menus under System 7 (and acts as a CM plug-in for Mac OS 8), look at a few additional CM plug-ins, and agree with readers who noted that one-handed use of CM menus is also possible with a multi-button mouse.Most people writing in about multi-button mice noted their standard use under other operating systems (such as Windows) and their utility when running PC emulation software</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/4154"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4154', 'show')">Of Mice and Menus</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4154" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4154">If you're among the 1.2 million-plus people who have upgraded to Mac OS 8 and you're anything like me, it's taking time to take advantage of its new features</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4118" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4118">Word 97-98 Importer Available -- Recently, Microsoft announced plans to release Office 98 for the Macintosh by the end of this year, and - of more immediate interest - released a beta version of the Word 97-98 Import Converter</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4112" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4112">Aladdin Shrink-wraps ShrinkWrap 3.0 -- ShrinkWrap, the popular disk image utility from shareware author Chad Magendanz (see TidBITS-339) was recently purchased by Aladdin Systems, and Aladdin has released version 3.0 as a $29.95 commercial product (upgrades cost $15)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/4114"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4114', 'show')">Update at OS 8</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4114" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4114">A number of programs have undergone recent updates in order to fix problems or tweak performance under Mac OS 8. To attempt to list every update would be madness, but in this article I list several recent updates that have caught my eye</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/4087"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4087', 'show')">New from Aladdin</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4087" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4087">New from Aladdin -- Aladdin Systems has just released FlashBack 1.0 and Private File 1.0. The $69.95 FlashBack 1.0 (formerly Rev; see TidBITS-362) enables users to return to previously saved states of tracked documents</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> | 11 Aug 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4088" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4088">HTML Tools Update -- Although my seven-part HTML series ended last week, HTML fans should note that GoLive Systems has released CyberStudio 2.0, a free downloadable upgrade ($19 for a physical package) with many small changes plus noticeable ones like a spelling checker and strong support for frames</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> | 11 Aug 1997</div></div>
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