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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10159" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10159">EMC has finally released Retrospect 8, the long-awaited update to what used to be the king of Macintosh backup programs. The feature set of the new version looks good, but there are a few holes, most notably support for running the server on PowerPC-based Macs.</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 Mar 2009</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10140" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10140">An elegant graphical recounting of illustrator Christoph Niemann's "can't-live-with-them, can't-live-without-them" relationship with cables, in the New York Times. For anyone who wishes to differ, we have a box of SCSI cables for you.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 18 Mar 2009</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/10147"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10147', 'show')">WeatherCal Inserts Updating Forecasts into iCal</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10147" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10147">In a break from the geeky tradition of BBEdit and Mailsmith, Bare Bones Software has released WeatherCal, a streamlined utility that adds updating weather forecasts into iCal.</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> | 18 Mar 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10143"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10143', 'show')">MyAlltop Enables Personal News Aggregation</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10143" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10143">Guy Kawasaki's Alltop news aggregation site has now added the capability to create your own collection of headline feeds as a way of focusing on just the sites that interest you.</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> | 17 Mar 2009</div></div>
<div class="link_hover" id="link_box_full_10141" onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10141', 'show'); link_hover_swap('10141', 'in')" onMouseOut="link_hover_swap('10141', 'out')"><div class="link_hover_title"><a href="http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/iweb?pt=TB969" id="link_hover_title_10141">'Take Control of iWeb: iLife '08 Edition' Updated for MobileMe and Twitter</a></div><div class="link_box_right" id="link_box_right_10141" style="visibility:hidden"><img src="/images/external_link_arrow.gif" height="15" width="15" border="0" alt="arrow"> <img src="/images/favicons/takecontrolbooks.png" border="0" alt="favicon"> </div></div><div class="spacer"></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10141" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10141">For people still using iWeb '08, we have released a free update to "Take Control of iWeb: iLife '08 Edition." (If you own it, click Check for Updates in your copy to update.) In it, author Steve Sande swaps .Mac for MobileMe and explains how to add a Twitter feed to an iWeb page. The iWeb '09 edition of the book is also underway and will be a free update for anyone buying the '08 edition in 2009.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 16 Mar 2009</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/10134"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10134', 'show')">iTunes 8.1 Enhances DJ Capabilities</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10134" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10134">Apple has released iTunes 8.1, adding support for the new iPod shuffle, improving overall speed, and more. However, the promised video support for the Genius feature has apparently been pulled for now.</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/Doug%20McLean">Doug McLean</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 12 Mar 2009</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10127" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10127">Making his maiden voyage into the world of Internet radio, Doug McLean spoke with Gene Steinberg of the Tech Night Owl Live (in the second third of the 05-Mar-09 show) about the refreshed iMac line, the recently updated Safari browser, and what his Apple dream machine would look like.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 09 Mar 2009</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/10098"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10098', 'show')">High App Spending Points to iPhone Lock-in</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10098" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10098">Consider yourself an avid App Store customer? A recent survey found that 17 percent of U.S. smartphone owners installing applications on their devices spent upwards of $100 in 2008. What does this kind of success spell for Apple and the App Store?</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> and <a href="/author/Doug%20McLean">Doug McLean</a> | 06 Mar 2009</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10121" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10121">Will Apple allow independent App Store knock-offs that provide apps Apple won't allow (perhaps only on jailbroken iPhones)? We'll see soon enough, as the wraps are about to come off the Cydia Store. Adam comments on the possibility that an independent store could provide a better experience for developers.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 06 Mar 2009</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10128" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10128">It's the situation all freelancers dread: a troubled economy, a lack of health insurance, and impending medical costs. That has led graphic designer and long-time TidBITS reader Blair Saldanah to part with one of the largest collections of Apple memorabilia we've ever seen. He has items from the very beginning of Macintosh history, so if you collect Apple t-shirts, posters, keychains, brochures, disks, or hardware, now's a good chance to add to your collection and help out a fellow Mac user. Prices are negotiable.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 06 Mar 2009</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10119" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10119">Although raw processing performance is by no means the main criterion when it comes to choosing a virtualization product for running Windows on a Mac, it does have a role. MacTech has now completed their latest tests of Parallels Desktop 4 and VMware Fusion 2.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 05 Mar 2009</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/10108"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10108', 'show')">Mac mini Receives Multiple Performance Boosts</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10108" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10108">Apple has updated the Mac mini with solid performance enhancements including a faster processor, a larger hard drive option, updated graphics processor, the capability to drive two monitors, and greater memory expansion options.</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> | 03 Mar 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10110"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10110', 'show')">New MacBook Pro Gets Tiny Speed Bump</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10110" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10110">Apple quietly increased the MacBook Pro's processor speed options, bumping 2.53 GHz to 2.66 GHz, and 2.8 GHz to 2.93 GHz.</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> | 03 Mar 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10111"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10111', 'show')">New Mac Pro Uses Intel 'Nehalem' Xeon Processors</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10111" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10111">Apple has overhauled the Mac Pro with numerous performance enhancements including a switch to Intel's "Nehalem" Xeon processors, a new system architecture, enhanced graphic capabilities, and more.</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> | 03 Mar 2009</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10104" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10104">We thought running the classic Atari game Adventure on an iPhone was the epitome of retro geekiness, but a fully functional version of System 7 on an iPhone? Wow! It's not available yet, but it's worth checking out for the screenshots alone.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 02 Mar 2009</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10105" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10105">The beta of Safari 4 offers some notable changes to how tabs work, and while some of those changes are useful, others have provoked criticism. Macworld's Dan Frakes runs down the good, the bad, and the ugly.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 02 Mar 2009</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10099" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10099">None of this stuff is earth-shattering, but Apple has improved MobileMe's performance in various areas, fixed some user interface annoyances, and made other small improvements.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 27 Feb 2009</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10100" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10100">People who sell at farmer's markets or street festivals can now use an iPhone to process credit card transactions via ProcessAway. Now if only there could be direct iPhone-to-iPhone transactions, or the capability to use an iPhone to make payments more generally, as is increasingly common with mobile phones in Japan.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 27 Feb 2009</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10095" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10095">Liking the beta of Safari 4's speed, but ambivalent or truly annoyed by changes such as the top-mounted tabs and new toolbar? The Random Genius blog found hidden preferences to control these and other settings.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 26 Feb 2009</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10096" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10096">Thanks to Photojojo for turning us on to The Photographic Dictionary, a Web site that defines words both textually and with a carefully chosen photograph. Particularly interesting are conceptual words, such as "unknown."</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 26 Feb 2009</div></div></div>
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