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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/08-Sep-08

by Jeff Carlson


Car Alarm for Stolen Laptops -- Readers suggest a number of laptop-tracking solutions that are available. (3 messages [1])


Google Chrome -- Google is creating its own Web browser, which was announced first as a comic. Readers look at the Windows-only beta and discuss the underlying rendering engine and other aspects of building around Web standards. (42 messages [2])


10.3.9 to 10.5.1 - use Migration Assistant? If you're leapfrogging a major operating system version, is it safe to trust Apple's Migration Assistant? (14 messages [3])


Creating/Burning DVD Disk Images -- What software should a reader use to make a backup of an instructional DVD that's heavily used by his two-year-old daughter? (4 messages [4])


Transnational iPhones -- The inability to unlock an iPhone 3G presents a problem for someone who needs his iPhone in Australia for eight months but will be returning to the United States following the trip. (4 messages [5])

[1]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2192
[2]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2193
[3]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2195
[4]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2197
[5]: http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2198