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<a href="/article/11437"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11437', 'show')">New MacTech Conference for IT Pros and Developers</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11437" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11437">If you're pining for the days of MacHack, C4, and the IT track at WWDC, the new MacTech Conference in November in Los Angeles should have the IT- and developer-focused sessions and networking you want.</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> | 18 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11437#comments">3 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11438"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11438', 'show')">DealBITS Drawing: Win a Copy of PDF Shrink 4.5</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11438" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11438">If you create and distribute PDF files regularly, you've no doubt noticed that some of them can be monstrously large. You can make life easier for everyone and reduce bandwidth costs by putting your PDFs on a diet with Apago's PDF Shrink. Enter to win a copy in this week's DealBITS drawing!</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> | 18 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11438#comments">2 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11416" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11416">Fixes a few bugs and tweaks a few minor features, but is notable primarily for the inclusion 4,750 pages of PDF-based documentation. ($299 new, free update for 6.0, upgrades from previous versions range from $179 to $249, downloads range from 23.6 MB to 176 MB depending on documentation and examples)</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> | 14 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11416#comments">1 comment</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11427"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11427', 'show')">Be Aware of iTunes Password Caching</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11427" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11427">Since the iOS caches your iTunes account password after you make a purchase or download a free app, other purchases can be made - unintentionally and without requiring the password again - within the next 15 minutes, which can be a problem with iOS devices shared with children.</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 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11427#comments">13 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11426" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11426">Consumer Reports has often taken flack for their coverage of the Macintosh, and that trend may be continuing into the iPhone world. On his blog, electromagnetic engineer Bob Egan claims that the RF testing that Consumer Reports did with regard to the iPhone 4 antenna issue was seriously flawed.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 13 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11426#comments">2 comments | Comment on this link</a></div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11425" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11425">If you missed the two-week window for free Macworld Expo 2011 registration earlier this year, you have another chance. Through 25 July 2010, you can sign up for a free Expo Only pass at the Macworld Expo Web site. The show floor will be open from 27 January 2011 through 29 January 2011. </div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/11401"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11401', 'show')">Read at Multiple Angles with the iPad Recliner</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11401" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11401">If you're looking for an iPad stand that holds your iPad at various different angles, the iPad Recliner from LapWorks offers a solid and flexible solution, though it's not as attractive as other iPad stands.</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> | 08 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11401#comments">8 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11405" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11405">Barnes & Noble started it, by cutting the price of the Nook from $259 to $199, prompting Amazon to drop the Kindle 2's price to $189 and the Kindle DX's price to $379. Now Sony is following suit, cutting prices on its Reader Daily Edition to $299, the Reader Touch Edition to $169, and the Reader Pocket Edition to $149. Only the Reader Daily Edition has wireless capabilities, though, so Sony may have more work (or price cutting) to do before its products can compete with the Kindle and Nook, much less the iPad.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/11404"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11404', 'show')">How to Share Purchased iBooks</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11404" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11404">Concerned about buying books from the iBookstore because other members of your household won't be able to read them without using your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch? Never fear, because there are multiple ways that members of a family can all share the same purchased books - from different iTunes accounts - on multiple iOS devices.</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> | 02 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11404#comments">20 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11407" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11407">Blogger Mike Cane has a thought-provoking post about the move away from "thingness," whether you're talking about physical or electronic objects. As thingness becomes less important, he suggests, online access becomes far more important. After all, do people who have Netflix subscriptions still buy as many DVDs? We certainly don't. Worth a read - even if this isn't true of you now, we agree that the world is moving in this direction.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11408" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11408">Do you read faster or slower on a device like an iPad or Kindle, in comparison with a physical book? The overall answer, according to usability expert Jakob Nielsen, is about 5 to 10 percent slower (with the same comprehension of what was read). That's statistically significant, though not all that much slower. (We suspect it may have to do with years of familiarity with the form factor of the book.) More interesting was that on a 1 to 7 scale, users rated their satisfaction at 5.8 for the iPad, 5.7 for the Kindle, and 5.6 for the physical book, with the traditional PC trailing behind at only 3.6.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 02 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11408#comments">2 comments | Comment on this link</a></div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11402" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11402">In an attempt to keep the Kindle DX relevant in a world occupied by the iPad, Amazon has released a new model that features a higher-contrast E Ink screen and the significantly lower price of $379.</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> | 01 Jul 2010 | <a href="/article/11402#comments">6 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11393"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11393', 'show')">DealBITS Discount: Save 20% on TextExpander 3</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11393" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11393">See who won copies of SmileOnMyMac's TextExpander 3 in last week's DealBITS drawing, and if you're not among them, read on to save 20 percent on a copy of the useful text-expansion utility.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=3" class="category">Home Macs</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 28 Jun 2010</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11386" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11386">Spencer Webb, president of antenna design and consulting firm AntennaSys, has written a nice explanation of how cell phone antennas are designed and tested, and how this may play into the reception problems iPhone 4 users are experiencing when holding the phone in certain ways.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 25 Jun 2010</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11387" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11387">Supports dragging of .webloc and .mailloc files into message bodies, and fixes several bugs related to using drag-and-drop with attachments and text clippings. ($24.95 new, free update, 7.7 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> | 25 Jun 2010</div></div>
<a href="/article/11388"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11388', 'show')">Looking Inside the iPhone 4</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11388" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11388">Right after any hot new electronic gadget is released, all sorts of sites have to take it apart to look inside. But no one does it like Blendtec.</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> | 25 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11388#comments">3 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11376"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11376', 'show')">Change Your Passwords: Email Account Hacking on the Rise</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11376" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11376">After noticing spam sent by previous email correspondents, Adam determined that email account hacking is on the rise. If you use a Web-based email service, now would be a good time to change your password and take some additional precautions.</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> | 23 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11376#comments">20 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11379" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11379">Apple has released a short statement that basically says, "It turned out to be harder to make the white iPhone 4 than we expected, so you'll have to wait a few more weeks to get your grubby little hands on it. And speaking of which, we expect you to keep it clean!" We suspect the real reason has to do with matching the exact shade of Stormtrooper White.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 23 Jun 2010</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11380" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11380">It took Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg 80 days to travel around the world, and Apple has now announced that in the same period of time, it has sold 3 million iPads. It's an impressive number that shows just how compelling the iPad is. And now, if you don't mind, I'm off to download the free "Around the World in 80 Days" from the iBookstore for later iPad reading.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 23 Jun 2010</div></div></div>
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