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May 22, 1997From the DarksideApple business1997–98
May 22, 1997Terrance Parker sent me an e-mail that "... announced version 1.21 of HTML Rename!(TM), a utility which fixes filenames Internet1997–98
May 22, 1997Apple's 5/21 Information Alley (you can tell it's a slow news day) covers why some 8500's fail to install Mac OS 7.6. ThMac OS1997–98
May 22, 1997All web sites are ballyhooing MacCPU's new prices for its NewerTECH MAXPowr CPU cards, i.e. $499 for a 180 MHz 604e and Internet1997–98
May 21, 1997FMUO!Internet1997–98
May 21, 1997NEWS.COM reports that Apple COO George Scalise quit and the position of COO will be abolished.Apple business1997–98
May 21, 1997NEWS.COM reports that Gateway will produce the first NetPC, the E1000, for under $1000. It had better be way under $1000Apple business1997–98
May 21, 1997Yesterday, PowerComputing put up its new web format, including an interactive tool called "Digital Consultant" to help oInternet1997–98
May 21, 1997MacInTouch (5/20) reports that Apple will no longer include a packing list with its new products. If true, this is outraSoftware1997–98
May 21, 1997VersionTracker notes that GoMac v1.2 is out. GoMac is shareware that places a Windows 95-like program bar at the bottom Software1997–98
May 20, 1997The Apple Club has a $10 discount on an external 12X CD ROM drive ($169) and a Dayna Communicard Plus 10BT Ethernet/28.8Internet1997–98
May 20, 1997If you have a MessagePad 2000 or eMate 300, Apple's NewFiles has posted version 1.0b6 of Newton Connection Utilities.Education1997–98
May 20, 1997"... brings cursor focusing to the MacOS. Cursor focusing, a powerful strategy for window and application management, allows users to sail through windows and applications without ever clicking the mouse. Instead, when one moves the cursor over a window or application, that window or application automatically comes to the front." Apple has acknowledged the slow startup problem with Mac OS 7.6.1 and computers using the "Alchemy" motherboards like the 5400, 6400 and PowerBase that was FIRSTMac OS1997–98
May 20, 1997Some "peace" for PowerBook 3400 owners like me, Apple has acknowledged the loose battery and loose RAM problems and fixePeripherals1997–98
May 20, 1997MacUser has an article on the just completed Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.Events1997–98
May 20, 1997MacWEEK has an article on Apple's future hardware direction.Events1997–98
May 20, 1997Macworld reports that Apple claims that bugs affect only a few computers in its latest hardware releases.Events1997–98
May 20, 1997Late Sunday, I couldn't access PowerComputing's online store. Monday Jeff Keller claimed that PowerComputing has reducedApple hardware1997–98
May 19, 1997FMUO!Internet1997–98
May 19, 1997Maurice Volaski wrote that Mac Identifier v2.1 is out. This little shareware utility precisely identifies your Mac in thSoftware1997–98
May 19, 1997Virtual PCSoftware1997–98
May 18, 1997FMUO!Internet1997–98
May 17, 1997Reader Tom Mackie reported that Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 Final caused a freeze. He had been using version 3.0a aTips1997–98
May 17, 1997APS Technologies' email announced that it "...has restructured it "Build-Your-Own-Box" (BYOB) configuration system in orInternet1997–98
May 17, 1997VersionTracker notes that a Adobe Photoshop v4.01 updater (3.6 MB) is available.Software1997–98
May 17, 1997Reader Chuck Heath put me onto two interesting sites covering why the internet is slowing down and it is not always yourInternet1997–98
May 17, 1997NetStat Internet Weather Report Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference ended yesterday but you can still "attend" via tEvents1997–98
May 17, 1997Apple's press release on its new support policy clears up much of the web chatter of the past couple of months on this iInternet1997–98
May 17, 1997According to MacWEEK, Exponential, Inc. deep sixes its development of the 533 Mhz PowerPC chip after Apple cancels out aSecurity1997–98
May 17, 1997Chris McVeigh, Editor in Chief of MacSense ("Hotbits") and a pioneer of online Mac news, signs off. I am very sorry to sSecurity1997–98
May 17, 1997In addition, MacInTouch has established a page on gray market Macs.Apple hardware1997–98
May 17, 1997MacInTouch also published a URL for Marathon Computer, a build-it-yourself Mac clone computer.Apple hardware1997–98
May 17, 1997Macworld's July issue reviews 31 17" monitors. The winner is the Sampo AlphaScan 760.Events1997–98
May 17, 1997GraphicConverter v2.8Software1997–98
May 15, 1997According to NEWS.COM, "the squeeze" on the clones is starting to increase. Isn't capitalism and its free market fun to Apple business1997–98
May 15, 1997On Norton Utilities new v3.5, from reader Chuck HeathCommunity1997–98
May 15, 1997Battle of the CPU Cards--Part IIPeripherals1997–98
May 15, 1997Remember Jason O'Grady's PowerPage's run-in with Apple's Legal Deaprtment a short while ago? He was told that he couldn'Apple business1997–98
May 15, 1997Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 (3.3-12.3 MB) is out in final. After reading the Apple press releases, I thought so TueInternet1997–98
May 15, 1997Apple's WebCast of WWDC likewise was inaccessible Tuesday night but the archives were accessible yesterday morning. You'Learning1997–98
May 13, 1997Nope. At "print" time last night, Symantec had still not posted its release of Norton Utilities v3.5.Software1997–98
May 13, 1997Apple's WebCast of its Worldwide Developers Conference is free. The Keynote speeches are today beginning at 8:30am PDT.Learning1997–98
May 13, 1997AppleboyInternet1997–98
May 13, 1997I just received Apple's press release on its new lightweight Powerbook 2400c.Apple hardware1997–98
May 13, 1997O'Grady's PowerPage has started a special page devoted to the next powerbook "Wall Street" -- a 4400? Well, there's alreApple hardware1997–98
May 13, 1997MacWEEK has an article on the benefits of Open Transport, I happen to agree.Internet1997–98
May 13, 1997MacUser has an article on MagicCookie Files. To each his own, but I still consider these files to be an invasion of my pMac OS1997–98
May 13, 1997cursor freezeTips1997–98
May 13, 1997Additionally, Ted's MacFixIt readers are reporting startup freezes with the new PPPMenu v2.0.3. I have yet to have any pTips1997–98
May 13, 1997Ted finally posted on MacFixIt the availability of MacPPP 2.5.3, posted here two weeks ago!Software1997–98