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<h6>Undelete an iPhone Voicemail Message</h6>
<p><p>There's no Command-Z in the Phone app, but you may be able to retrieve a deleted voicemail message: Open the Voicemail screen in the Phone app. At the bottom of the screen, tap Deleted Messages. To restore a listed message, tap it and then click Undelete.</p></p>
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<a href="/article/10228"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10228', 'show')">Why Snow Leopard Should Be (Almost) Free</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10228" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10228">Apple's update to Mac OS X Snow Leopard is approaching, but will the company charge the usual $129 for it, even though it isn't slated to offer any new user-focused features? Adam argues that making Snow Leopard nearly free would benefit everyone, including Apple.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=2" class="category">Opinion</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 21 Apr 2009</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10230" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10230">Want to see how Apple's industrial design has evolved over the years? Edible Apple has a graphic that shows every Apple product released (computers, iPods, displays, mice, and keyboards), in chronological order. Someone should make a poster.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10223" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10223">In a surprise move, database developer Oracle has agreed to acquire hardware maker Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion, taking over after talks between Sun and IBM failed. Despite this merging of computer industry heavyweights, the effect on the Mac world will likely be relatively minimal, with the main question being the future advancement of Sun's Java and MySQL technologies.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10215" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10215">Interested in data that goes beyond the fact that Apple is closing in on the billionth iPhone app downloaded from the App Store? Ben Lorica shares some interesting statistics about iPhone apps on the O'Reilly Radar blog.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10178" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10178">If you use the notetaking service Evernote and the microblogging/discussion service Twitter, you can now have specific tweets saved to your Evernote account (available via the Web, the Mac, the iPhone, and more). Not groundbreaking, but a nice way to link two popular Internet services.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10179" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10179">Trial software is commonplace on the Internet these days, but it's not so easy to do with massive suites like Microsoft Office that are generally sold through resellers. Microsoft has now made a 30-day trial version of Office 2008 for Mac available, though downloading it requires running through a cart and registering with Microsoft for periodic followup messages. You can unsubscribe later, if you wish. It's a 545 MB download.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/10207"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10207', 'show')">Take Control News: Is Your Wireless Network Secure?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10207" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10207">If you're concerned about the security of your wireless network, the latest version of "Take Control of Your Wi-Fi Security," by Glenn Fleishman and Adam Engst, has the real-world advice you need to set up the appropriate level of security for your needs and budget.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=13" class="category">Safe Computing</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 14 Apr 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10204"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10204', 'show')">10 Undocumented Changes in iPhoto '09 8.0.2</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10204" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10204">Apple doesn't want to tell you about what has changed in the recent updates to iPhoto '09, but Adam has tracked down ten notable changes that will significantly improve your iPhoto experience.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=4" class="category">Media Creation</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 10 Apr 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10197"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10197', 'show')">Apple Updates Xserve with "Nehalem" Xeon Processors</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10197" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10197">Apple's refreshed Xserve features significantly improved performance thanks to new Intel "Nehalem" Xeon processors and a new system architecture, along with an interesting option for a 128 GB solid-state boot drive. On the downside, Apple didn't address criticisms of the Xserve's industrial design that would make it easier to administer in a data center.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=8" class="category">Macs & Mac OS X</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 07 Apr 2009</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10171" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10171">Peter Cohen of Macworld does an excellent job laying out the case for why MacHeist inducing their customers to tweet an ad for the MacHeist software bundle constitutes spamming. Twitter Commandment #7: Thou shalt not tweet in my name.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10188" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10188">OmniWeb may be free, but The Omni Group hasn't ceased development, releasing an update that adds support for the Gopher protocol.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=16" class="category">Just for Fun</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 01 Apr 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10183"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10183', 'show')">Epson's "Green" Printer Debuts for Earth Day</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10183" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10183">Tired of buying ever more consumables - ink, toner, and paper - for your printers? Epson has a new printer that reduces its environmental footprint by "consuming" and "regurgitating" its own printouts.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=16" class="category">Just for Fun</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 01 Apr 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10176"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10176', 'show')">Macworld Expo Moves to Mid-February</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10176" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10176">As the process of reshaping Macworld Expo after Apple's pullout continues, IDG World Expo has announced that the 2010 show will move from its traditional early January dates to February 9th through 13th.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=6" class="category">Tech News</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 30 Mar 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10175"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10175', 'show')">Skype Coming to iPhone</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10175" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10175">Skype is slated to release a version of its voice-over-IP software for the iPhone and iPod touch on 31-Mar-09, but don't expect it to eliminate your need for cell phone minutes entirely.</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> | 30 Mar 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10166"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10166', 'show')">Going Deep Inside Xserve Apple Drive Modules</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10166" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10166">If you've had an Xserve drive fail, you may have considered putting a replacement drive inside its Apple Drive Module to save some money. That may be a false economy, though, as Adam discovers when chasing down exactly what goes into Apple Drive Modules and why they cost so much more than bare retail drives.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=8" class="category">Macs & Mac OS X</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Mar 2009</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10172" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10172">"If you build it, they will come." You can't intentionally compose a hit song, build the next Google, or even make the next top blog. But you can communicate about your passions and your obsessions, and if you do it consistently and compellingly, it could become your living. That's the secret to Internet publishing, and it has worked for us with TidBITS and Take Control.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 27 Mar 2009</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/10168"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10168', 'show')">Take Control News: Get Comfortable on the Mac's Unix Command Line</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10168" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10168">An ebook on our most-requested topic is now available: Joe Kissell's "Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal." If you've ever wanted to learn how to use the Mac's command line, or if you want to extend your skills beyond rote entry of commands you read in an article, Joe will teach you what you need to know.</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 Mar 2009</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10170" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10170">Adam returns to the MacNotables podcast to discuss the recently announced iPhone 3.0 software and how it plays into Apple's goal of having apps sold through the App Store be the golden handcuffs that ensure iPhone user loyalty.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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