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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> | 29 Nov 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> | 28 Nov 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9877"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9877', 'show')">New Mouse Pad Is Solid Aluminum</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9877" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9877">The new MacPadd is a solid piece of anodized aluminum, and well, that's about it, other than it being patent pending and having a gratuitous D in its name. </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> | 24 Nov 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9880"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9880', 'show')">Submit Ideas for the 2008 TidBITS Gift Guide</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> | 24 Nov 2008</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9865" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9865">If you were considering running your MacBook or MacBook Pro without a battery, think again. Aside from the obvious problem of causing a power interruption by bumping the easily dislodged MagSafe connector, Gearlog reports that running without a battery significantly hurts performance.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9873" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9873">The iPhone 2.2 Software Update adds a few welcome features to Maps, improves call setup and reduces dropped calls, provides a few interface tweaks, and fixes a number of bugs and security problems. Adam runs down the new features... and looks at what's still missing.</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> | 21 Nov 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9874"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9874', 'show')">Sync Smarter with 'Take Control of Syncing Data in Leopard'</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9874" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9874">Our latest ebook, "Take Control of Syncing Data in Leopard," helps users sync data from a Mac with other Macs, with an iPhone or iPod, and even with other devices such as a BlackBerry, Palm handheld, or mobile phone.</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> | 21 Nov 2008</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9866" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9866">In the course of publishing Take Control ebooks, Adam has learned way more about PDF compression than he ever wanted to know, and he shares the most important lessons in this Macworld article.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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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 Nov 2008</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9856" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9856">Our latest ebook from Joe Kissell goes in depth with the popular virtualization program VMware Fusion 2, providing real-world advice to help readers install, configure, and run Windows on a Mac with a minimum of fuss.</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 Nov 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9852"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9852', 'show')">Improving the HTML Accessibility of Our Cart</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9852" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9852">After much hair-pulling, we finally figured out why the Download Ebook button on the last screen of our Take Control shopping cart couldn't be seen by Apple's VoiceOver technology.</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> | 12 Nov 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9848"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9848', 'show')">Take Control News: Free Copy of Thanksgiving Ebook!</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9848" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9848">As we prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States, we're doing our bit to reduce stress and encourage culinary excellence by giving away a free copy of "Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner" with the purchase of any other ebook.</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> | 10 Nov 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9842"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9842', 'show')">Adam Beats His New York City Marathon Goal</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9842" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9842">Adam not only finishes the New York City Marathon, he bests even his most optimistic prediction for a time of 2:48. Now he's paying the price in muscle soreness (but is happy nonetheless).</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> | 03 Nov 2008</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9839" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9839">Can you install more RAM in a MacBook or MacBook Pro than Apple says? It seems that you can go up to 6 GB, but not 8 GB. Those with Apple's newest laptop models should beware, though, since those extra few gigabytes will cost a pretty penny.</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> | 31 Oct 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9838"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9838', 'show')">Take Control News: Create Better AirPort Wireless Networks</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9838" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9838">With the addition of the Time Capsule and the 802.11n version of the AirPort Express, AirPort wireless networking has become all the more complex, but we document and demystify the topic with the 242-page "Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network," the third major rewrite of Glenn Fleishman's popular Take Control ebook about AirPort networking.</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> | 30 Oct 2008</div></div>
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