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While the PowerPC-based PowerBooks may be in short supply when they ship next month, accessories for them will be numerous. According to sources, VST Power Systems Inc. is preparing to […]

This summer, Apple will unleash Cyberdog, a suite of OpenDoc-based Internet tools. In doing so, the company hopes its component approach to Internet surfing will not only take a bite […]

Relational version to keep look, feel While Claris Corp. has kept quiet about the details surrounding FileMaker Pro's metamorphosis from a flat-file to a relational database, sources who have seen […]

Bolstered by hindsight, Rae Technology Inc. is in the process of rewriting Assist, its innovative personal information manager. According to sources, the new version will emerge unshackled from what users […]

Microcom, 3Com add ARA support to dial-in servers 3Com Corp. and Microcom Inc. this month announced plans to add Apple Remote Access to their latest remote-access servers. 3Com announced the […]

Apple plans to bring PowerPC to its entry-level systems this summer at prices less than $2,000 for a complete system. In a technology demonstration at Macworld Expo in San Francisco […]

Apple's future laptops will "have longer life cycles and take more innovative steps with each [new model]," said Brodie Keast, vice president of Apple's PowerBook division, at last week's Macworld […]

A highly reliable wireless LAN technology, originally developed by Apple and GEC Plessey Semiconductor Inc. for use with the PowerBook 500 series, is now being peddled on the open market. […]

Next year Apple will move its all-in-one PowerBook line to PowerPC -- all but one machine, that is. Sources said this lone CISC model is intended to deliver the new […]

An intelligent wireless messaging system will come to the Mac in January from Canadian developer GDT Softworks Inc. InfoWave is a two-way Internet mail system that will use the RAM […]

Panasonic confirmed last week that it will introduce two PDAs next year; the first device will be based on the Newton operating system, followed by a similar design using General […]

In July, Apple named Steve Capps, one of the creators of the original Macintosh Finder and father of the Newton, to the prestigious position of Fellow. Capps is only the […]

Apple Computer Inc.'s PowerBook Duo line will make the jump to RISC next spring. However, this leap will be its last. The final Duos, code-named AJ, are expected to ship […]

Apple's PowerBook Duo line will make the jump to RISC next spring. However, this leap will be its last. The final Duos, code-named AJ, are expected to ship next May […]

Show goers weather split venues, crowds Boston--Taking a break from the heat and humidity, Mac users flocked to the air-conditioned halls at Macworld Expo here last week. Although the expo […]

Cupertino, Calif. -- Next month the PowerBook 145B will pass the low-end torch to the PowerBook 150, a less expensive version that is faster and lighter than its predecessor. Sources […]

San Francisco -- PowerBook utility makers will put the old adage "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" into practice later this year by linking with Apple's Control Strip. Doing […]

Redmond, Wash. -- Microsoft Corp.'s latest version of Word for Mac offers a variety of new features and enhancements, but users will pay a hefty price in hard disk and […]

Boston -- Service bureaus will be able to tune into new FM screening options this summer when Adobe Systems Inc. releases Adobe Brilliant Screens, its new screening technology for PostScript […]

San Francisco -- Vendors of Mac processor accelerators are facing a lean year because of recent Quadra price cuts and buyers' wait-and-see attitude toward PowerPC Macs. Industry experts said last […]

Larkspur, Calif. -- Color management may never be the same again, according to Light Source Computer Images Inc., which this month plans to introduce a new handheld device that digitally […]

San Francisco -- Users who want to "go native" next month may be in for a wait. Native PowerPC software cupboards could remain relatively bare throughout early spring. Of the […]

Santa Clara, Calif. - Claris Corp. is readying a server-only version of FileMaker Pro that will offer improved multi-user performance. Sources said the company is also preparing a runtime version […]

Far-flung sports fans cheered as Progressive Networks Inc. last week used its RealAudio technology to broadcast a major-league baseball game over the Internet. Mac and Windows users equipped with Progressive's […]

Apple Computer Inc. will ship in October a new version of the Newton operating system, redone for the first time since its introduction nearly two years ago. Code-named Dante, it […]

Meeting Maker can send notices Workgroups using ON Technology Corp.'s Meeting Maker XP can now extend invitations to users not on the calendaring system, thanks to new features in Version […]

Not satisfied with today's Internet tools? Build new ones. That's the message Allegiant Technologies Inc. is hoping to get across with a scripting language, code-named Black Hole, that allows users […]

Cross-platform workgroups now have even more options for sharing schedules, thanks to new software from Campbell Services Inc. and Microsystems Software Inc. Campbell this month will ship a Mac client […]

Mac users will soon be able to hear National Public Radio and ABC News radio broadcasts played back in real time over the Internet at connections as slow as 14.4 […]

StarNine preparing to market enhanced MacHTTP from Biap StarNine Technologies Inc. and Biap Systems last week announced an Internet server marketing agreement that will take the shareware MacHTTP commercial and […]

In January, Shiva Corp. detailed its plans to add an ISDN module to its LanRover remote-access servers. The company also updated its proprietary dial-in client software. With Sonix Communications Ltd. […]

Apple released free software and hardware updates for the PowerBook 500 PCMCIA Expansion Module this month to improve modem performance and fix several bugs. The company said the software updater, […]

DIMMs to replace SIMMs by summer Apple will move to a new memory standard for its next round of RISC machines, due this summer. Sources said the coming Power Macs […]

Matsi Inc. next year will ship an external battery for 100-series PowerBooks that the company claims will provide up to 50 hours of continuous runtime. The unit is a single-use […]

Changes made in hardware, software Apple last week announced that it is working on a revision to its PCMCIA Expansion Module for the PowerBook 500 series. Revision B of the […]

Subscription includes digital magazine CompuServe Inc. will merge on-line and interactive experiences this spring when it ships CompuServeCD for the Macintosh. This bimonthly subscription service will expand on CompuServe's on-line […]

While Motorola Inc.'s Marco may be getting most of the attention, another wireless Newton quietly made its debut last week. Digital Ocean Inc., joining forces with Harris Corp.'s Dracon Division, […]

Update won't have e-mail collaboration Microsoft Corp. last week announced an upgrade to Project for the Mac, adding the ease-of-use and interface features from Word and Excel but excluding the […]

Version 3.0 to add one-to-many links Claris Corp.'s FileMaker Pro, longtime leader among the Mac-based flat-file databases, will roll into new territory this year when it gains relational functions. FileMaker […]

Microsoft Corp. unveiled its on-line service this month, but Mac users will have to wait until at least the summer of 1996 to access it. The Microsoft Network, code-named Marvel, […]

Following earlier moves to eliminate active-matrix gray-scale displays from the PowerBook 500 series, Apple will wipe gray-scale screens from the Duo line this month when it drops the 280. According […]

Panasonic Communications and Systems Co. is preparing to launch the first in a family of personal digital assistants using the Newton and Magic Cap operating environments. The company plans to […]

Apple and Harris Corp.'s Dracon Division have agreed to develop a wireless communications system based on the Newton MessagePad. The device, called the Craft Digital Assistant, will be built by […]

Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple's latest round of 68040-based desktop machines will debut next month with miniature expansion slots designed for specific solutions. Sources said the new models, dubbed the 630 […]

Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple added instrumental talents to QuickTime 2.0 last week by licensing Roland Corp.'s sound library for use with the upcoming extension. Sound Canvas from Roland of Osaka, […]

Fargo, N.D. -- Hoping to lure large corporations away from proprietary mainframe accounting systems, Great Plains Software this week shipped two upgrades to its Dynamics accounting software, including a client-server […]

Bedford, Mass. -- Scitex America Corp. aims to streamline catalog production and revision with its new catalog publishing work-flow system. CataLogic, a client-server system, links all page elements to a […]

Boston -- Yet another company has thrown its hat into the electronic document distribution ring: WordPerfect Corp. has a new product, code-named Envoy. Consisting of a printer driver, viewer and […]

Larkspur, Calif. -- Light Source Computer Images Inc. last week unveiled software tools for Colortron, its new color-measuring device. Code-named Fantasia, Colortron is a handheld device that combines the functionality […]

Santa Clara, Calif. -- Claris Corp. announced last week that it will ship native PowerPC versions of five of its applications this year, starting with ClarisWorks and ClarisImpact. The company […]