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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/04-Jun-07

by TidBITS Staff


Over-the-air HDTV -- A reader provides recommendations for receiving high-definition television programming using an antenna. (1 message [1])


Scroll Wheel Tips -- Adam's article on scroll wheel uses brings up a question of direction: should scrolling down advance video content (as it does by scrolling text content), or should it rewind the content? (6 messages [2])


Methods of geotagging photos -- Jeff's review of Geophoto brings up a recommendation for HoudahGeo, a similar utility for assigning geographical data to photos. (1 message [3])


Visions of the Sublime and the Inane -- Does Twitter emphasize the shallowness and meaninglessness of life, or is it indicative of the changing modes of communication among younger generations? Or both? (3 messages [4])


First FreeHand, now Canvas -- Adobe's acquisition of Macromedia spelled doom for FreeHand, but now another competitor is bowing out of the illustration market: Canvas for the Mac. (1 message [5])


Issues with international pricing -- If a developer offers a product in multiple countries (which have multiple currencies), what's the best approach for pricing? (14 messages [6])


Upgrading to iTunes Plus -- Readers share their experiences with the new iTunes Plus music, such as whether iTunes Plus tracks automatically appear in playlists where the original iTunes Store-bought tracks were assigned. (6 messages [7])


Latest Computer Comparison -- A Mac Plus versus a dual-core AMD PC running Windows XP - guess which machine wins most of the tests? (1 message [8])

[1]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1308/
[2]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1309/
[3]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1310/
[4]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1311/
[5]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1312/
[6]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1313/
[7]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1314/
[8]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1315/