Optimizing DNS settings -- If your Web connection seems to be sporadic, perhaps the issue is with DNS lookups. Readers suggest methods of streamlining DNS, including working with various hardware routers. (11 messages)

Sony's PRS Ebook Reader and Connect Bookstore -- Following Tomoharu Nishino's look at Sony's device, TidBITS Talk readers opine about electronic text and other ebook reading devices, including PDAs. (8 messages)

AppleTalk "chatty?" AirPort secure? A reader wonders if AppleTalk takes up too much bandwidth on a network, and how that can interfere with voice-over-IP systems. (3 messages)

Tiger troubles -- After buying a used Mac mini, a reader encounters problems copying mail from his Panther machine plus issues with user accounts. Fortunately, the experts on the list appear to be able to solve most things in the Terminal. (13 messages)

CD info look-up -- Why would the CDDB music information service stop working recently for a user on an old Mac system? A couple of passionate users suggest an alternative. (5 messages)

Any software for DVD catalogs? One might think this thread refers to ripping DVDs, but no: what's available to keep track of your physical DVD collection? Several software products exist to fill this need. (3 messages)

Converting to .dv -- Someone wants to take a .rec file from his Topfield Toppy DVR and convert it to a format that iMovie can read. DV doesn't seem to work. Suggestions? (1 message)

Creating a Music Server -- What's the best way to set up a machine that acts as a media server? (2 messages)

Eudora: Y-32K :-) -- Yes, it's true: a Eudora Out box that hits 32,000 messages is a heap of trouble. Do other mail programs suffer similar limitations? (4 messages)

Gigabit Conundrum -- A brand new MacBook Pro is shiny and fast and... not delivering gigabit Ethernet. Is the machine the problem? The router? Or maybe the testing methods? (4 messages)

Garmin Training Center for Macintosh -- Garmin appears to be putting some Mac OS focus toward its GPS devices, but will they deliver? (2 messages)

Habeas headers -- Adam explains why Habeas headers on TidBITS mail have changed starting with the new year. (1 message)

Microsoft Word 5.1 for Mac OS X -- It remains the most long-lived April Fool's article we've ever published, snookering people since 2003. Sorry, it was just a joke, rooted in the most earnest wishing we've ever seen in TidBITS readers. Really. Honest. (2 messages)

Macworld SF 2007 Events -- Adam Jackson notes the Macworld Expo events he'll be leading. (1 message)

ModBook MacTablet -- Turns out a tablet Mac is going to be introduced at Macworld Expo...but not by Apple. (1 message)

Security Flaw In Acrobat Reader -- A serious bug in the Adobe application affects Macs, too. (1 message)