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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11379" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11379">Apple has released a short statement that basically says, "It turned out to be harder to make the white iPhone 4 than we expected, so you'll have to wait a few more weeks to get your grubby little hands on it. And speaking of which, we expect you to keep it clean!" We suspect the real reason has to do with matching the exact shade of Stormtrooper White.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11380" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11380">It took Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg 80 days to travel around the world, and Apple has now announced that in the same period of time, it has sold 3 million iPads. It's an impressive number that shows just how compelling the iPad is. And now, if you don't mind, I'm off to download the free "Around the World in 80 Days" from the iBookstore for later iPad reading.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 23 Jun 2010</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/11381"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11381', 'show')">iBooks 1.1 Adds PDF Support, Runs on All iOS Devices</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11381" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11381">The latest version of iBooks adds notes and synchronization, and runs not just on the iPad, but also on iPhone and iPod touch devices under iOS 4. Most notably, though, iBooks 1.1 now supports ebooks in PDF format in addition to those in the EPUB format. Alas, there are obvious bugs and omissions.</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/Glenn%20Fleishman">Glenn Fleishman</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 23 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11381#comments">9 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11365"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11365', 'show')">DealBITS Drawing: Win a Copy of TextExpander 3</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11365" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11365">If you find yourself typing the same words or phrases repeatedly, why not let TextExpander 3 do the work for you? In this week's DealBITS drawing, you can enter to win one of three copies of SmileOnMyMac's text expansion utility.</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 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11365#comments">2 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11366"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11366', 'show')">DealBITS Discount: Save Up to $125 on a Drobo</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11366" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11366">See who won the Drobo in last week's DealBITS drawing, and if it wasn't you, read on to save up to $125 on various Drobo models and configurations.</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 Jun 2010</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11360" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11360">After a back-end meltdown caused by an unexpectedly high volume of orders, AT&T has temporarily suspended iPhone 4 pre-orders. Apple continues to take orders, though only for the black iPhone 4.</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> | 16 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11360#comments">5 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11361"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11361', 'show')">iTunes 9.2 Released to Support iOS 4 and iPhone 4</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11361" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11361">In preparation for the release of the iOS 4 and iPhone 4, Apple has pushed out iTunes 9.2 with very few changes apart from support for the new device and OS release.</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> | 16 Jun 2010</div></div>
<a href="/article/11356"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11356', 'show')">Mac OS X 10.6.4 Fixes Highly Specific Bugs</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11356" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11356">Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.4 to address a wide variety of highly specific bugs and security vulnerabilities. It's undoubtedly worth upgrading to, but perhaps after early adopters have had a chance to determine if it introduces any new problems.</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> | 15 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11356#comments">19 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11347"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11347', 'show')">DealBITS Drawing: Win a Drobo!</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11347" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11347">We've had some good DealBITS drawings in the past, but this week's is particularly compelling, since you can enter to win not a piece of software, but a Drobo, a simple, scalable storage device that gives you the peace of mind of a RAID without the fussiness of matching drives or messing with complex management software. If you're looking for a reliable backup device or home media storage device, be sure to enter this week's DealBITS drawing!</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 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11347#comments">1 comment</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11349"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11349', 'show')">DealBITS Discount: Save 20% on iStopMotion 2</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11349" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11349">See who won copies of iStopMotion Home 2 in last week's DealBITS drawing, and if you're not among them, read on to save 20 percent on any edition of the stop motion animation software.</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 Jun 2010</div></div>
<a href="/article/11353"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11353', 'show')">USBTypewriter: The Ultimate Retro Keyboard</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11353" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11353">If you've been longing for a keyboard that's not made out of sleek aluminum or modern-day plastic, check out the retro USBTypewriter, which turns a manual typewriter into a keyboard for a Mac or iPad.</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> | 14 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11353#comments">8 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11348"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11348', 'show')">Two Ways to Delete Lots of iPhone Photos</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11348" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11348">If you're faced with tapping hundreds of times to delete lots of photos from your iPhone's Camera Roll album after importing them, try these two tips, one of which halves the number of taps, while the other turns the process into just a couple of clicks on the Mac.</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 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11348#comments">9 comments</a></div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11342" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11342">For yet another discussion of Apple's WWDC announcements, listen in as Adam and Tech Night Owl host Gene Steinberg talk about the top features in the iPhone 4, how FaceTime should integrate with iChat and Skype, and the change in AT&T's data plans, among much else.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 11 Jun 2010</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/11345"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11345', 'show')">Adobe Flash Player 10.1.53.64 Blocks 32 Security Holes</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11345" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11345">Adobe has released an update to Flash Player that resolves the recent security vulnerability and many others; we strongly encourage you to upgrade both Flash Player and, if you're using it, Adobe AIR.</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> | 11 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11345#comments">6 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11304" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11304">Remember the virtual world Second Life, which was much touted as the wave of the future some years ago? Well, it seems that the jokes about not needing to use Second Life in favor of your first life weren't just poking fun. According to TechCrunch, the user base has been shrinking and Second Life maker Linden Lab is laying off 30 percent of its workforce, giving all those employees a chance at a Second Career.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 09 Jun 2010</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/11331"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11331', 'show')">Apple Extends Safari 5 with Reader, HTML5, Performance</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11331" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11331">During a WWDC largely aimed at the iOS, Apple quietly released Safari 5, adding a new Safari Reader mode for removing visual distractions from Web pages, enhancing HTML5 support, improving performance, and announcing a Safari Developer Program that will enable developers to create Safari Extensions. Adam looks hard at the new features.</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> | 09 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11331#comments">36 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11337" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11337">MacNotables host Chuck Joiner has been confused about how EPUB and PDF compare, so Adam and Tonya tried to explain the pros and cons of each format in this MacNotables podcast. Adam also summarized the new features in Safari 5, and Chuck called upon listeners to vote in a poll to decide whether Adam or Tonya should get the new iPhone 4.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 09 Jun 2010</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/11323"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11323', 'show')">Free "iPad Basics" Ebook Introduces Full iPad Documentation</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11323" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11323">After months of work from our top authors, we're pleased to announce a full slate of Take Control ebooks about the iPad, including Tonya Engst's free "Take Control of iPad Basics." Read on to learn about each of the new titles, including Jeff Carlson's "Take Control of Media on Your iPad," Joe Kissell's "Take Control of Working with Your iPad," and Glenn Fleishman's "Take Control of iPad Networking & Security."</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> | 07 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11323#comments">5 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11328"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11328', 'show')">DealBITS Drawing: Win a Copy of iStopMotion Home 2</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11328" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11328">Hankering to create your own answer to the claymation Wallace & Gromit movies? Forming the little clay figures is up to you, but Boinx Software's iStopMotion animation software will take the photos and combine them all together to create the movie. Enter to win a copy in this week's DealBITS drawing!</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> | 07 Jun 2010</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11320" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11320">Adds Sidekick feature for exporting user-selected Yojimbo data to a constantly updated set of Web pages. ($39 new, free update, 6.8 MB)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=22" class="category">Watchlist</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 06 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11320#comments">8 comments</a></div></div>
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