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<h6>Encrypted Screen Sharing in Snow Leopard</h6>
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<a href="/article/7226"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7226', 'show')">Microsoft Releases IE 5.2.3 for Mac OS X</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7226" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7226">Microsoft Releases IE 5.2.3 for Mac OS X -- Right after confirming that the only future development on Internet Explorer for the Macintosh would be bug fixes (more later in this issue), Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac OS X, enhancing compatibility with proxy servers and fixing a few bugs (including the annoying Mac OS X bug that caused a pop-up menu to appear much of the time when you clicked a bookmark on the Favorites Bar)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 16 Jun 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7227"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7227', 'show')">Internet Explorer for Mac in Maintenance Mode</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7227" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7227">Two weeks after Microsoft announced it would stop development on a stand-alone version of Internet Explorer 6 for Windows - instead continuing to integrate Web browsing functionality into the Windows operating system - the company has now confirmed that there will never be an Internet Explorer 6 for Macintosh</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 16 Jun 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7228" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7228">Apple took a risk when it introduced AirPort Extreme in January of 2003 because the IEEE 802.11g specification that AirPort Extreme relies on hadn't yet been approved</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 16 Jun 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7230"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7230', 'show')">Replacing a Power Mac G4 Power Supply</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7230" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7230">Back in February, Apple quietly started a program to replace the noisy fans in the Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors). For $20 shipping and handling, Apple will ship you a new power supply and fan along with installation instructions</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 16 Jun 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7211"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7211', 'show')">After Dark Returns for Mac OS X</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7211" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7211">After Dark Returns for Mac OS X -- Tonya still wears her Flying Toasters sweatshirt from the days when Berkeley Systems's After Dark screensaver was so popular it had not one, but two books written about it (see "After Dark: The Books" in TidBITS-150) - in fact, the very first item in the very first issue of TidBITS concerned a maintenance release of After Dark! If you don't remember After Dark, keep in mind that the screensaver was launched in 1989 and finally faded out in 1999</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 09 Jun 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7212" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7212">Spring Cleaning 6.0 Eliminates Crud -- It's spring (at least in this hemisphere, so bear with me if you're south of the equator), when a young geek's fancy turns to removing unnecessary files from his hard disk, improving performance, and making sure no one can snoop around and find out where exactly his fancy has turned</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 09 Jun 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7213"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7213', 'show')">WebSTAR V 5.3 Adds iCal Support</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7213" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7213">WebSTAR V 5.3 Adds iCal Support -- 4D has released 4D WebSTAR V Server Suite 5.3, updating the suite's 4D WebMail Pro module with the capability to display, publish, and subscribe to iCal calendars</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 09 Jun 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7197"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7197', 'show')">Virtual PC 6 Updates</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7197" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7197">Virtual PC 6 Updates -- In these transition months before Microsoft takes over the Virtual PC line (see "Microsoft Acquires Virtual PC" in TidBITS-668), Connectix isn't sitting still</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 02 Jun 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7198" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7198">Never let it be said we don't play well with the younger kids. Despite TidBITS being an official teenager now, Tonya and I had a great time at the Bare Bones 10th anniversary dinner on 19-May-03 with Rich Siegel, Meredith Taitz, Patrick Woolsey, and the rest of the Bare Bones crew, along with a few other guests like Andy "America's 42nd most-beloved industry personality" Ihnatko and Steve "Mr</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 02 Jun 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7199"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7199', 'show')">iTunes 4.0.1 Restricts Music Sharing</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7199" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7199">Only a few weeks after releasing iTunes 4 in conjunction with the iTunes Music Store, Apple has released iTunes 4.0.1 via Software Update, rolling in a few bug fixes and steamrolling Internet sharing of music by restricting sharing to a single subnet on a local network.One of the innovative features in iTunes 4 was the capability to share music with anyone on the Internet; you chose Connect to Shared Music, entered their IP address, and watched their shared playlists appear in your playlist pane</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 02 Jun 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7200"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7200', 'show')">Wireless Grab Bag: Old Macs, Mac OS X, and More</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7200" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7200">I've been collecting bits and pieces of interest to wireless network users for a while now, and have come up with information about connecting older Macs - in either Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X - to wireless networks, ways of improving wireless reception for the Titanium PowerBook G4, instructions on how to dissect an AirPort Extreme Base Station, and a speed-enhancing product of which every wireless network user should be aware.Non-AirPort Adapters -- Owners of older Macs that don't accept AirPort cards have had to work hard to find appropriate wireless network adapters: PC Cards for older PowerBooks, PCI cards for older Power Macs, and USB adapters for older iMacs</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 02 Jun 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7187"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7187', 'show')">No Issue Next Week</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7187" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7187">No Issue Next Week -- We won't be publishing TidBITS next Monday to give everyone on the staff a break, particularly Jeff Carlson, who's just finishing iMovie 3: Visual QuickStart Guide and looking forward to a relaxing week culminating with his birthday on May 30th</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 19 May 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7188" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7188">Safari 1.0b2 v74 Improves Security -- Apple has released a new version of Safari 1.0b2 to improve how the beta Web browser validates the authenticity of Web sites that use SSL certificates</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 19 May 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7190" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7190">After releasing chapters of iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide to those who pre-ordered the book, and then the entire book as a single PDF file for early adopters, it seems almost anticlimactic now that the paper version of the book is readily available from traditional bookstores</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 19 May 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7179"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7179', 'show')">Mac OS X 10.2.6 Fixes USB-related Kernel Panics</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7179" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7179">Mac OS X 10.2.6 Fixes USB-related Kernel Panics -- As has been discussed in TidBITS Talk, Mac OS X 10.2.5 has some troubles with certain USB hubs, with kernel panics becoming increasingly common</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 12 May 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7181"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7181', 'show')">TidBITS Policy on Challenge-Response</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7181" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7181">An anti-spam technique called challenge-response is becoming increasingly popular these days. Simply described, challenge-response compares the sender of each incoming message against the contents of your email address book (or a similar list generated in another way, such as by extracting the senders of every piece of your stored mail)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 12 May 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7182"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7182', 'show')">iTunes Music Store Tips</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7182" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7182">The iTunes Music Store has already caused me to buy more music, and spending all the extra time in iTunes has helped me develop a number of tips for improving the listening and purchasing experience</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 12 May 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7171"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7171', 'show')">Karelia Updates to Watson 1.7</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7171" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7171">Karelia Updates to Watson 1.7 -- Karelia has released Watson 1.7, the latest version of their innovative program for viewing Web-based content in a clean custom interface</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 05 May 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7173"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7173', 'show')">America 24/7 Digital Photo Project</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7173" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7173">America 24/7 Digital Photo Project -- If you're in the U.S. and want to participate in the largest collaborative photo project ever, check out the America 24/7 Web site</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 05 May 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7174" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7174">TidBITS Poll: Exposing TidBITS Talk -- In the last few issues, we have included a short article listing the main threads in TidBITS Talk as a way of making the majority of our readers more aware of the useful content in TidBITS Talk</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 05 May 2003</div></div>
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