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When a computer manufacturer asked people for their most embarrassing computer related experiences, they received 4,200 responses. “Confessions included those of a new employee, who on her first day snapped at IT support for not responding to her calls for help. ‘Well I pressed the F1 button marked “help” ages ago but nobody came,'” she protested.

The newest release of Tex-Edit Plus, 4.1.2, has improved on the features of the application including implementation of the External Editor Protocol. The External Editor Protocol allows Tex-Edit to act as a text editor for an ftp client. Tex-Edit Plus is a scriptable, styled text editor that fills the gap between Apple’s bare-bones SimpleText and a full-featured word processor.

Dantz has updated Retrospect client for OS X. Version 1.0422 allows you to back up Mac OS X client systems from a Mac running Retrospect Desktop or Workgroup Backup 4.3 and Mac OS 8.x or 9.x.

MacMinute has posted its first Executive Briefing — a weekly recap of all the news we have posted. If you’re concerned you may have missed something, here is your chance to catch up…

BareFeats has published a performance comparison between the new iBook and both the 400 and 500 MHz PowerBook G4. In general, the findings show that new iBook functions on par with the 400 MHz PowerBook G4 at tasks that are not optimized for the G4’s Velocity Engine.