Abstract of INFO-MAC archived Text file 'per/tb/tidbits-276.etx' Uploaded 05/08/1995 29613 bytes TidBITS#276/08-May-95 ===================== This week's focus falls squarely on utilities, with Adam's follow- up about Aladdin Desktop Tools; the second part of Tonya's look at desktop launching programs, this time focusing on Square One; and Patrick Pruyne's detailed review of Conflict Catcher 3. Also check out announcements of a new version of the Apple QuickTake digital camera and of updates to two essential Internet utilities for Mac users, Anarchie 1.5 and Internet Config 1.1. This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by: * APS Technologies -- 800/443-4199 -- Makers of hard drives, tape drives, and neat SCSI accessories. For APS price lists, email: * Northwest Nexus -- 206/455-3505 -- http://www.halcyon.com/ Providing access to the global Internet. * Hayden Books, an imprint of Macmillan Computer Publishing Save 20% on all books via the Web -- http://www.mcp.com/ Win free books! -- http://www.mcp.com/hayden/madness/ * InfoSeek -- Search 200,000 Web pages & 5 weeks of Usenet news -- http://www.infoseek.com/TBITS/ <-- New! Copyright 1990-1995 Adam & Tonya Engst. Details at end of issue. Information: Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------- Topics: MailBITS/08-May-95 ADT Followup Square One: Desktop Launchers, Part II of III Conflict Catcher 3 Reviews/08-May-95 ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1995/TidBITS#276_08-May-95.etx MailBITS/08-May-95 ------------------ InfoSeek has made a number of changes recently that might be of interest. They've added a 20 cent per search "pay as you go" plan and a $1.95 per month for 10 free searches plan for less frequent users, brought online several new databases of information (including a database of 200,000 Web pages), made the full text of InfoWorld part of the Computer Periodicals standard collection rather than a premium collection, and created a Personal Newswire service that enables you to record and replay frequent searches. Most interesting though, is an additional $5 credit for the free trial period for TidBITS readers if you enter "*tidbits" in the "referred by" field while signing up for your free trial. Email for more information. [ACE]