<s>
NewsWatcher	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
freeware	B-License
and	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
newsreader	B-Protocol
software	O
for	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
computer	I-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Running	O
on	O
System	B-Application
software	I-Application
versions	O
7.0	O
until	O
10.5	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
NewsWatcher	B-Protocol
was	O
written	O
by	O
Steve	O
Falkenberg	O
and	O
John	O
Norstad	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
forked	O
by	O
others	O
into	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
versions	O
such	O
as	O
MT-NewsWatcher	O
(	O
Multithreaded	B-General_Concept
NewsWatcher	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
VA-NewsWatcher	O
(	O
Value	O
Added	O
NewsWatcher	B-Protocol
)	O
and	O
YA-NewsWatcher	O
(	O
Yet	O
Another	O
NewsWatcher	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.0b24	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
NewsWatcher	B-Protocol
was	O
evaluated	O
for	O
the	O
Good	B-Protocol
Netkeeping	I-Protocol
Seal	I-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Approval	I-Protocol
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
receive	O
it	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
evaluator	O
noting	O
as	O
its	O
"	O
fatal	O
flaw	O
"	O
that	O
the	O
application	O
allowed	O
posting	O
from	O
invalid	O
email	O
addresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Varieties	O
of	O
Newswatcher	B-Protocol
were	O
included	O
in	O
popular	O
internet	O
starter	O
kits	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
such	O
as	O
Adam	O
Engst	O
's	O
Internet	O
Starter	O
Kit	O
book/cd	O
combo	O
,	O
which	O
called	O
NewsWatcher	B-Protocol
"	O
fast	O
,	O
clean	O
,	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
nice	O
touches	O
at	O
every	O
level	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
developed	O
version	O
was	O
MT-NewsWatcher	O
(	O
MTNW	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
MacWorld	O
,	O
which	O
noted	O
its	O
use	O
"	O
almost	O
since	O
the	O
dawn	O
of	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
's	O
use	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MT-NewsWatcher	O
was	O
discontinued	O
when	O
the	O
Open	B-Protocol
Transport	I-Protocol
software	B-Library
library	I-Library
it	O
used	O
became	O
unsupported	O
after	O
Apple	O
discontinued	O
the	O
Rosetta	B-Operating_System
compatibility	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
