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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=5" class="category">Networking</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9515"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9515', 'show')">Watch Adam's Hacking the Press Talk from C4</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9515" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9515">If you've ever wondered about the best ways for software to get coverage in the Mac press, check out the video of Adam's "Hacking the Press" talk from the C4 developer conference.</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> | 19 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9516"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9516', 'show')">Discussing the Importance of the iPhone SDK on MacNotables</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9516" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9516">Tune into this two-part MacNotables podcast to hear more about the iPhone SDK announcement, including the business model, the positive initial response from developers, the enterprise aspects of the announcement, and more.</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> | 19 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9510"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9510', 'show')">Safari 3.1 Enhances Performance and Web Standards Support</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9510" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9510">Apple has released Safari 3.1, boasting about blazing performance and crowing about best-of-class Web standards support. Will it change your world, or is it just another step in Web browser evolution?</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=5" class="category">Networking</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Mar 2008</div></div>
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<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> | 17 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9508"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9508', 'show')">TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 17-Mar-08</a></h4>
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<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> | 17 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9509"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9509', 'show')">DealBITS Discount: Save 25% on IPNetMonitorX</a></h4>
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<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> | 17 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9500"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9500', 'show')">Verifying Web Links in PDF Files</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9500" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9500">You're faced with a PDF file containing oodles of Web links. How do you verify that they're valid without clicking each one individually? Adam shares the process he's developed to check all the links in Take Control ebooks, and while it might not be exactly what you need, it should get you thinking about how to automate the task.</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> | 14 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9501"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9501', 'show')">Take Control News: Updated Help for Switching to the Mac</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9501" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9501">Tired of helping the huddled masses switch from Windows to the Mac? Help is here in the form of a significantly updated "Take Control of Switching to the Mac," by Scott Knaster.</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> | 14 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9495"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9495', 'show')">Vista Woes Aired in Internal Microsoft Email</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9495" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9495">Be careful what you put in email, my mother always said, because it could end up on the front page of the New York Times. Clearly, Microsoft wasn't listening to my mother (even though one high-ranking Microsoft executive had the opportunity).</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> | 12 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9496"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9496', 'show')">Important Updates Released for Office 2008 and 2004</a></h4>
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<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> | 11 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9490"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9490', 'show')">Take Control News: Get Up-to-Date Help Customizing Mac OS X 10.5.2</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9490" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9490">Apple has made some significant changes in updating to 10.5.2, and Matt Neuburg is all over them in a free update to his latest ebook, "Take Control of Customizing Leopard."</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 Mar 2008</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9489" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9489">At a special event in Cupertino, Apple talked about what users can expect to see in iPhone 2.0, and officially announced the release of the iPhone software development kit. The iPhone 2.0 software is scheduled for release in June 2008, a year after the original iPhone shipped. However, a beta of 2.0 is available immediately for selected developers and enterprise customers; it includes support for the iPhone SDK along with new enterprise features. </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/Glenn%20Fleishman">Glenn Fleishman</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 06 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9487"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9487', 'show')">Open Letter to Steve Jobs: In Support of an iPod reader</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9487" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9487">Steve Jobs dismissed the Kindle by claiming that people don't read anymore, but that's just wrong (case in point, you're reading this now). Could Steve be aiming to soften up the market in advance of a tablet-sized iPod tweaked for reading? Adam makes the case for why we're reading more than ever and why Apple is the company to bring us the device that will finally fulfill the promise of the ebook reader.</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> | 05 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9488"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9488', 'show')">Apple Tops Fortune's Most Admired Companies List</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9488" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9488">Apple took home top honors in Fortune Magazine's list of most admired companies in the United States and in the world, along with an overall top ranking for innovation.</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> | 05 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9485"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9485', 'show')">iPhoto 7.1.3 Fixes Books and Cards</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9485" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9485">iPhoto 7.1.3 addresses issues with wire-bound books and cards, and will hopefully help keep iPhoto out of therapy.</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> | 03 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9486"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9486', 'show')">iPhone 1.1.4 Update Preps for SDK?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9486" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9486">The latest version of the operating system for the iPhone and iPod touch fixes some bugs and may lay some groundwork for the upcoming SDK.</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> | 03 Mar 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9482"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9482', 'show')">Adam on MacNotables and The Tech Night Owl Live</a></h4>
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likely remain dominant in the world of MP3 players, and lots more...</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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