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<a href="/article/9480"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9480', 'show')">Analyzing the MacSanta Promotion</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9480" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9480">The MacSanta promotion gave us days and days of deals from over 120 Macintosh developers - it was great for Mac users. But was it worthwhile for the participating developers? Adam crunches some numbers.</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> | 28 Feb 2008</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9477" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9477">Apple has released new MacBook and MacBook Pro models that offer faster CPUs, larger hard drive options, and - in the MacBook Pro - the multi-touch trackpad that debuted with the MacBook Air.</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> | 26 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9475"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9475', 'show')">Take Control News: Learn to Wrangle Permissions in Leopard</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9475" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9475">Permissions are among the most complex and confusing aspects of Unix that Macintosh users are forced to deal with, but thanks to Brian Tanaka's clear explanations in "Take Control of Permissions in Leopard," working with permissions no longer has to feel like a game of "Mother, May I?".</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> | 25 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9476"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9476', 'show')">More MacBook, MacBook Pro Keyboard Problems Fixed</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9476" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9476">If your MacBook or MacBook Pro has been dropping the first key press after having been idle, rejoice, because Apple has a fix for you. Alas, if you're experiencing this problem on any other Mac, you're still out of luck.</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> | 25 Feb 2008</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9464" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9464">The 1 GB iPod shuffle just dropped $30, and Apple will be releasing a 2 GB model later this month. What's to quibble about? Is the iPod shuffle really "impossibly small?" Nah...</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 Feb 2008</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9466" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9466">Apple has announced Xsan 2, with snazzy new features for enterprise storage folks. But at the same time, the Xserve RAID was quietly discontinued, and Apple is now pointing customers at a third-party RAID. What's up with that?</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> | 19 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9460"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9460', 'show')">Adam Interviewed by Peachpit Publisher Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9460" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9460">Tune in to listen to Adam be interviewed by Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel, publisher of Peachpit Press. It's a good one!</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=18" class="category">Blog Post</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 14 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9452"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9452', 'show')">Scan Mac News Headlines at Alltop</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9452" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9452">For a quick overview of what's happening in the Mac world, check out the Mac page at Alltop, Guy Kawasaki's new site.</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> | 09 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9451"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9451', 'show')">iPhoto Print Products Available in Australia and New Zealand</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9451" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9451">Six years after releasing iPhoto, Apple has finally made it possible for users in Australia and New Zealand to purchase books, cards, calendars, and prints.</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> | 07 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9449"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9449', 'show')">Apple Punished for iTunes Success</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9449" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9449">Apple didn't announce DRM-free tracks in the iTunes Store at Macworld, and while that's disappointing, is it really Apple's fault? </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> | 06 Feb 2008</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9444" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9444">Apple has released new models of the iPhone and iPod touch that offer 16 GB and 32 GB of memory, respectively, but that extra RAM comes at a premium.</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> | 05 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9445"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9445', 'show')">O2 Tweaks UK Monthly iPhone Plans</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9445" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9445">Responding to customer and media complaints, O2 has added minutes and text messages to its UK iPhone plans in some cases and reduced the overall cost in others.</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> | 05 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9446"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9446', 'show')">Adam in Your Mac Life Expo Wrap-Up Session</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9446" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9446">It's yet another podcast show on Macworld, this time an overview of the show hosted by Shawn King and including me, Jason Snell, and Leo Laporte.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=18" class="category">Blog Post</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 05 Feb 2008</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9447" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9447">Apple has released a minor update to iPhoto that probably fixes some bugs, but the only detail that the company is willing to acknowledge is the fixing of a security vulnerability.</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> | 05 Feb 2008</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9442" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9442">Thanks to CS Odessa, makers of the ConceptDraw business graphics program, for sponsoring TidBITS.</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> | 04 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9438"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9438', 'show')">DealBITS Drawing: Win a Copy of Sound Studio 3</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9438" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9438">If you work with audio, don't miss your chance to win a copy of Sound Studio 3 from Freeverse!</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=4" class="category">Media Creation</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 03 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9439"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9439', 'show')">DealBITS Discount: Save 20% on Sound Studio 3</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9439" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9439">If you didn't win a copy of Sound Studio 3 in last week's DealBITS drawing, you can still pick up a copy at 20 percent off... until 20-Feb-08.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=4" class="category">Media Creation</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 03 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9434"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9434', 'show')">Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9434" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9434">In a surprise move, Microsoft has made an unsolicited $44.6 billion offer to buy Yahoo. Does this make sense? Will Yahoo accept the offer?</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> | 01 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9432"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9432', 'show')">Catalog Choice Slammed by Direct Marketing Association</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9432" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9432">Catalog Choice must be doing a good job of helping individuals reduce the flood of unwanted catalogs - the Direct Marketing Association is on the defensive.</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> | 31 Jan 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9430"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9430', 'show')">New Leopard Ebooks Help with Backups, Maintenance, and More</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9430" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9430">Our authors have been hard at work exploring Leopard's ins and outs, and we have three new ebooks for you that tell you what you need to know about Time Machine, maintaining your Mac, and using the big new features in Leopard.</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> | 30 Jan 2008</div></div>
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