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<h6>Use Shift to Compare Edits in iPhoto '08</h6>
<p><p>In iPhoto '08, while you're editing a photo, press the Shift key to see a "before" view; let it up to see the "after" view. It's much faster and easier than using Undo and Redo.</p></p>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11528" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11528">Fixes a crash when updating the search cache and improves the Web sharing layout. ($39.99 new, free update, 5.0 MB)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=22" class="category">Watchlist</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Aug 2010 | <a href="/article/11528#comments">0 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11516" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11516">Thanks to iPad stand manufacturer LapWorks for putting together this slideshow of clever homemade iPad stands made from things like the iPad's own packaging, rubber-banded pencils, Legos, Tinkertoys, a bathroom plunger, a cereal box, and even an extremely relaxed cat.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11520" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11520">The dating site OkCupid does interesting research on their user base, with the latest finding being that better cameras take better photos that make their subjects look more attractive. Not surprising, but it is unexpected that the iPhone is the second-ranked camera phone, and isn't much behind most point-and-shoot cameras (and well ahead of the low-ranked Kodak EasyShare, which will ensure you never get a date). Lastly, although this could be good or bad, depending on whether you're a single 30-something or thinking about what phone to get your teenage daughter, it seems that iPhone users of the site sleep with roughly twice as many people as Android users do. Hmm...</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11517" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11517">Congratulations to Nitrozac and Snaggy for 10 years of their technology-focused Joy of Tech comic, which has long been a regular stop for all of us here at TidBITS. If you're not reading it, you're missing out on one of the top sources of technology humor, often with a wry emphasis on the world of Apple.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11513" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11513">Don't get too paranoid about this, but security researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have shown than Android graphical passwords can be recovered by photographing the screen of a smartphone and analyzing the smudge patterns. There isn't much likelihood of this attack being used widely, because its utility requires either gaining control of the smartphone or the same password being used elsewhere, and the screen can easily be cleaned. But it's still interesting just where security vulnerabilities will be found.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 13 Aug 2010 | <a href="/article/11513#comments">0 comments | Comment on this link</a></div></div></div>
<a href="/article/11511"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11511', 'show')">Wrangle Your Fonts with "Take Control of Fonts in Snow Leopard"</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11511" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11511">Whether you wish you understood fonts better overall or you have questions about installation, organization, loading order, or typing special characters, Sharon Zardetto's new "Take Control of Fonts in Snow Leopard" has you covered.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=14" class="category">Inside TidBITS</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 12 Aug 2010 | <a href="/article/11511#comments">0 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11489" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11489">If you still download the setext- or HTML-formatted versions of our weekly issues as static files, read on for their new locations.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=14" class="category">Inside TidBITS</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 09 Aug 2010 | <a href="/article/11489#comments">0 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11502" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11502">The Wall Street Journal has an article about the departure of Mark Papermaster, Apple's senior vice president for mobile devices. Although there is much speculation that Papermaster was forced out as a result of the iPhone 4 antenna debacle, he wasn't part of the iPhone 4 public launch, and others have suggested that Papermaster's tenure at IBM left him ill-prepared for Apple's corporate culture under Steve Jobs. He will be replaced by Bob Mansfield, Apple's senior vice president of computer engineering.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<a href="/article/11495"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11495', 'show')">Solve Gmail's Disappearing Cursor in Safari and Mailplane</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11495" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11495">After upgrading to Safari 5.0.1, you may notice the text insertion point in Gmail's message creation windows disappearing if you're using either Safari or Mailplane. Read on for solutions.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=12" class="category">Problem Solving</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 06 Aug 2010 | <a href="/article/11495#comments">8 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11497"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11497', 'show')">Two New TidBITS Sponsors: Useful Fruit and Econ Technologies</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11497" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11497">We're pleased to welcome a pair of new TidBITS sponsors: Useful Fruit Software, makers of Pear Note, and Econ Technologies, makers of ChronoSync.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=14" class="category">Inside TidBITS</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 06 Aug 2010 | <a href="/article/11497#comments">2 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11477"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11477', 'show')">Smith Micro Enters File Sharing World with SendStuffNow</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11477" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11477">For individuals or organizations looking to solve the problem of how to share large files via email, Smith Micro has a new service called SendStuffNow. While not revolutionary, SendStuffNow offers a sleek interface and useful group administration options.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=7" class="category">Business Apps</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 04 Aug 2010 | <a href="/article/11477#comments">5 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11485"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11485', 'show')">Take Control Sale Ends 3 August 2010</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11485" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11485">If you missed hearing about our Take Control 50-percent-off sale, you still have another day to take advantage of the lower prices!</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=20" class="category">Email</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 02 Aug 2010 | <a href="/article/11485#comments">0 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11464"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11464', 'show')">DealBITS Discount: Save 20% on PDF Shrink 4.5</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11464" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11464">See who won copies of PDF Shrink 4.5 in last week's DealBITS drawing, and if you're not among them, read on to save 20 percent on Apago's PDF compression software. </div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=7" class="category">Business Apps</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 26 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11464#comments">0 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11465"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11465', 'show')">Take Control Sale: 50% Off to Celebrate Account Management</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11465" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11465">To celebrate the opening of our new Take Control account management system, we're having a 50-percent-off sale on all ebooks through 3 August 2010. It's a great opportunity to stock up on all sorts of helpful titles about the Mac and iPad.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=14" class="category">Inside TidBITS</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 26 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11465#comments">3 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11459"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11459', 'show')">Take Control's Problems with Apps and Docs in iOS</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11459" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11459">Trying to distribute Take Control ebooks directly to iOS device users is proving difficult, because iOS's handling of how apps open specific document types is haphazardly implemented. Whether you shop for ebooks or are just curious to know more about what publishers are thinking these days, read on! </div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=17" class="category">iPhone iPad iPod</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 25 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11459#comments">11 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11450" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11450">Making iPhones is harder than it looks. After delaying shipment of the white iPhone 4 models until "late July," Apple has now announced further delay. The statement reads, "White models of Apple's new iPhone 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected, and as a result they will not be available until later this year. The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected."</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11451" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11451">Jeremiah Grossman has discovered and explained a potentially significant security flaw in Safari 4 and 5. In essence, if you have the AutoFill option "Using info from my Address Book card" enabled, a malicious Web site can extract your name, company, city, state, country, and email address without your knowledge. For the moment, we recommend turning off that option in Safari's AutoFill preference pane. Apple told the New York Times (though not Grossman, who reported the bug) that they are "aware of the issue and are working on a fix."</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/11443"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11443', 'show')">iBooks 1.1.2 Adds Image Zooming, Fixes PDF Link Bug</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11443" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11443">iBooks 1.1.1 fixes one glaring error and adds a few minor features, but still lags behind GoodReader in basic PDF functionality. iBooks 1.1.2, released shortly afterwards, fixes a problem with updating iBooks.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=1" class="category">Entertainment</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11443#comments">5 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11428" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11428">As part of the campaign to reverse the damaging discussions of iPhone 4 antenna problems, Apple took 11 journalists on a tour of the company's previously secret wireless-testing facilities. The tour was designed to show just how seriously Apple takes wireless design and testing, and Macworld's Jason Snell provided a fascinating description of the experience.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
