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<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> | 25 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9195"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9195', 'show')">Take Control News: Make the Most of Apple Mail and .Mac</a></h4>
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<a href="/article/9192"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9192', 'show')">Daylight Saving Time Rules Fixed for New Zealand</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9192" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9192">Mac OS X 10.4.10 doesn't know about the new daylight savings time rules that take effect on 30-Sep-07 in New Zealand, but New Zealand Mac users can fix their Macs with a free utility from Glenn Anderson.</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> | 20 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9188"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9188', 'show')">New York Times Frees Old Articles</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9188" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9188">2 years, 227,00 subscribers, and $10 million later, The New York Times reverses direction and stops charging for most older articles via its TimesSelect service. Adam looks at the move and how other publications have experimented with charging for older articles.</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> | 18 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9167"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9167', 'show')">DealBITS Discount: Save 20% on Name Munger</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9167" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9167">If you weren't among our winners of Sonora Graphics' Name Munger utility, you can still save 20 percent through 26-Sep-07.</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> | 17 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9183"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9183', 'show')">Deciding Between the iPhone and iPod touch</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9183" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9183">Is buying an iPod touch a good way to get an iPhone without the phone capabilities? Or has Apple limited the iPod touch's capabilities too much, making the iPhone significantly more capable? What about using a prepaid plan or a hack to activate an iPhone without any plan?</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> | 17 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9163"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9163', 'show')">Known Issues with Our Redesign</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9163" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9163">Our redesign is live! (As you can tell if you're reading this.) Read on for a list of all the problems we know about. Updated 12-Sep-07.</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> | 13 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9177"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9177', 'show')">Mac Market Share Rising at Cornell University</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9177" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9177">Much is often made of Apple's single-digit market share, but we have some direct evidence of a much higher and increasing market share among students living in the dorms at Cornell University. Apple is back in the higher education market!</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> | 13 Sep 2007</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9179" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9179">iPhoto 7 may have added a variety of new features, but Adam zeroes in on a few improvements that fill glaring holes in the program since its release in 2002. Who could have guessed it would take Apple so many years to provide selective import and direct naming of photos?</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> | 13 Sep 2007</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9178" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9178">Do Apple's talks with Volkswagen mean anything? On the recommendation of market intelligence firm iSuppli, we're not holding our breath, but we can still dream about an iCar.</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> | 12 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9139"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9139', 'show')">DealBITS Discount: Save $10 on Nisus Writer Pro</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9139" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9139">If you weren't among our lucky winners of Nisus Writer Pro last week, read on to learn how you can save $10 off the purchase of the program.</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 Sep 2007</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9142" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9142">A bug-fix release to the version of iPhoto included with iLife '08 addresses issues related to .Mac Web galleries, rebuilding thumbnails, editing books, and more.</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> | 10 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9144"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9144', 'show')">TidBITS AutoCorrect Dictionary for TextExpander and TypeIt4Me</a></h4>
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<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> | 10 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9147"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9147', 'show')">iTunes Store Loses NBC TV Shows, Expands in UK</a></h4>
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<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> | 10 Sep 2007</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9153" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9153">Red Sweater Software has released MarsEdit 2.0, adding a variety of useful features to the popular weblog publishing program while retaining a simple, elegant interface.</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> | 10 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9166"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9166', 'show')">DealBITS Drawing: Win a Copy of Name Munger</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9166" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9166">If you find yourself needing to rename lots of files, enter this week's DealBITS Drawing for a copy of Sonora Graphics' Name Munger, which provides a nice graphical interface to the task.</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 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9168"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9168', 'show')">Designing a Modern Web Site for TidBITS</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9168" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9168">As you may have noticed, our Web site has changed completely. Follow along with Adam as he explains what we were trying to achieve with this redesign, what features we added to the site in the process, and how we accomplished it all. </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 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9171"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9171', 'show')">Win a MacBook or iPod nano from Fetch Softworks</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9171" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9171">If you use Fetch in an academic setting, writing a short essay could win you a brand new MacBook and $750 or a new 8GB iPod nano and $100.</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> | 10 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9173"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9173', 'show')">Take Control News/10-Sep-07</a></h4>
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