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Rudy Maxa, Washington's best-known (and most knowing) gossip columnist, has a drawer full of business cards, a twin Rolodex, and a head stuffed with all the personal details he can […]

MacUser BEST 38 Utilities and DAs A good DA or INIT is like a pencil sharpener: a simple, elegant tool that waits quietly for you, ready to perform its given […]

By Eamonn Sullivan A new memory-resident program from First Byte Inc. promises to give applications the power to speak. Monologue 2.0 is a terminate-and-stay-resident utility that pops up over any […]

Metro's Mix of 12 Utilitis Is Excellent, but Its System Requ i rements May Make It Unsuitable for Some Uses The Porsche 911 is renowned for doing one thing and […]

The DOS mouse driver for IBM-compatible PCs is a program that supports the mouse and interfaces associated with the computer's video hardware. It's loaded into DOS memory as a Terminate-and-Stay-Resident […]

Blue Lance hopes to make NetWare administrators more security conscious with a slimmed-down, updated auditing package due in July. LT Auditor 4.0, a major upgrade to Blue Lance's software, comprises […]

Right On! is a Windows 3.0 utility from Fanfare Software, Northridge, Calif. The utility lets users program special actions for their right and middle mouse buttons. By using the mouse […]

Desk Accessory Challenges SideKick HQ Tek Microsystems Inc. 2067 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, Mass. 02140 For IBM PC and compatibles $79, not copy-protected HQ is among the best of the new […]

Garbage in, garbage out--or so the saying goes. But MemoryMate, the free-form database from Broderbund Software, cleans up the garbage and gives it the sparkle of real data. Although MemoryMate […]

KeyWorks Advanced Version may be the so-called 'Lotus 1-2-3' of a new product category. Adding to the superb menu-driven interface for new users that is continued and improved on in […]

VOILA! **** List Price: $99.95. Published by Target Software, 14206 SW 136th Street, Miami, FL 33186. 1-800-622-5483; in Fla. (305) 252-0892. Requires 512K+ & at least 800K disk storage. Mac […]

Memory-Resident Mode Allows True Multitasking; Script Langua g e Is Examplary Relay Gold is a communications program with a remarkably complete set of features: its own programming language, a full-screen […]

Single Fax Cards Find Favor with LAN Users By November, Quadram is planning to join the growing list of companies offering PC fax packages that let many LAN users receive […]

Memory-Resident DOS File-Retrieval Program Introduced for Networks MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.--Thought Dynamics has added networking capabilities and other enhancements to its Fetch memory-resident DOS file-retrieval program. Version 4.0 of Fetch, which […]

Program Teaches Computer To Read Documents Aloud SEAL BEACH, Calif.--If you're into mental multitasking, then there is product just for you. Instead of reading your electronic mail or proofreading your […]

Jot Lets Users Create a Shorthand Scheme Jot is a RAM-resident program that allows users to type abbreviations that automatically expand into chosen words and phrases. PRD+ probably was the […]

Network Version Marks Graph-in-the-Box as Tool For Users in Corporations GREENWICH, Conn.--Graph-in-the-Box, once positioned as an entry-level charting program, continues to develop as a serious business tool with a network […]

Lotus Desktop Organizer Is Upgraded To Work with Half Its Original Memory CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Less is more in Lotus Development Corp.'s upgrade to its memory-resident desktop organizer, called Metro. Release 1.1 […]

Upgraded Search-and-Retrieve Program Stores Files in Word-Processor Format BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--Executive Technologies Inc. has released a memory-resident upgrade of its text- and object-retrieval software, SearchExpress/Objects, which permits direct access of search-and-retrieval […]

Peabody to the rescue Copia International, of Wheaton, Ill., is offering three memory-resident help tutorials: Peabody pop-up reference guides for Borland's Turbo Pascal, the C language, and for MS-DOS users. […]

RELEASE NOTES In the Nov. 24, 1987, issue of PC Week, we published a review of the Bookmark utility program, manufactured and distributed by Intellisoft International Inc. located in Novato, […]

On the inside track--As part of a special promotion, I-Track Corp., Plano, Texas, is offering a free, limited-edition version of its Inside Track II information-tracking software in specially marketed packages […]

SmartNotes Improves Its I.Q. and Personality SmartNotes, Personics Corp.'s electronic version of 3M's paper Post-it Notes, shares a key trait with such other memory-resident software as Borland International Inc.'s SideKick […]

PrintEase Offers Printout Control And Ease of Use Other than word processors, most general-use software programs don't offer much control over dot-matrix or daisy-wheel printers. Most spreadsheets and database managers […]

KeyNotes Writer's Handbook is a slick little memory-resident utility that puts handy reference information just a key-stroke away. Writer's Handbook will never be mistaken for a sophisticated reference tool like […]

Memory-Resident Utility Manages Disk Functions PC Tools, Version 2.06 Central Point Software 9700 S.W. Capitol Highway, Suite 100 Portland, Ore. 97219 Tel. 503-244-5782 For PCs and compatibles $39.95 plus shipping, […]

Despite their advantages, faster micro-processors, storage media and applications have not collectively or individually solved a notorious productivity bottleneck --the everyday task of printing the results of our labors. Now, […]

Bookmark Keeps User's Place in a File Bookmark Intellisoft International 70 Digital Drive P.O. Box 5055 Novato, Calif. 94948 Tel. 800-544-MARK For IBM PC and compatibles $69.95, copy-protected Bookmark is […]

Startup Company's Software Utility Eases 'RAM Cram' With a $99.95 utility program, officials from startup firm Waterworks Software Inc. claim to have solved the memory and incompatibility conflicts users experience […]

File-Compression Utility Works on Speadsheets As Well as on Text-Files A new version of SoftLogic Solutions Inc.'s Cubit file-compression program now operates on spreadsheets as well as on text files. […]

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Find a way to make the installed base of mousetraps more productive, and the path might […]

SIDEKiCK 2.0** List Price: $99.95. Published by Borland International, 4585 Scotts Valley Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066. (800) 255-8008. Not copy protected. SideKick 2.O is a new version of an […]

0939719 RAM-Based Software Offers Full Painting Capabilities With the importance of desktop publishing growing steadily, PC users are beginning to realize that it's not just the page-layout program that's important, […]

For better or worse, the PC industry has another communications program to contend with. Break out the asynchronous trumpets. Relay Silver is a slimmed-down version of VM Personal Computing's Relay […]

Hot Line is a memory-resident telephone-management utility for filing and dialing numbers and for call logging. It includes a wealth of well-designed features to enhance telephone productivity. Price: $29.95 From: […]

Ashton-Tate has developed a package to help users run dBASE Iv concur- rently with TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) progrAMS. The software, called Trading Places, is said to swap dBASE […]

By Tara Sexton Dariana Technology Group Inc. is readying a new utility for Micro Channel-based PS/2s and compatibles that not only diagnoses and displays internal conflicts but lets users fix […]

Knock-Out: Not the Best PIM Corporate buyers seeking the ultimate Personal Information Manager should keep looking -- Remarkable Products Inc.'s Knock-Out, version 1.6, is not it. This terminate-and-stay-resident software lacks […]