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<h6>Mac OS X Zip Expanding Utility</h6>
<p><p>Firefox (and possibly other applications) may ask you what you want to do with .zip archives that you download from the Internet. If you want to expand them with Mac OS X (rather than StuffIt Expander), you may be unsure of which application actually does the job. You're looking for Archive Utility (in Leopard) or BOMArchiveHelper (in Tiger). In either case, the application is stored in Hard Drive/System/Library/Core Services/. Don't move it from there, though, or you'll confuse matters.</p></p>
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<a href="/article/9250"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9250', 'show')">Talking Your Way Out of a Plastic Bag</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9250" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9250">Turns out that an iPhone is interoperable with plastic baggies.</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/Glenn%20Fleishman">Glenn Fleishman</a> | 18 Oct 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9247"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9247', 'show')">iPhone Software Development Kit Set for February 2008</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9247" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9247">Steve Jobs writes a short note assuring his interest in allowing third-party development of programs for the iPhone (and, by the way, iPod touch), reminding us sternly of how dangerous mobile phone viruses and malware are, and setting a date for release of the software toolkit: February 2008.</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> | 17 Oct 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9243"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9243', 'show')">It's Official: Leopard Ships on October 26th, 2007</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9243" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9243">Our speculation was correct: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will go on sale on Friday, October 26th, 2007. Read on to learn about the specific times, prices, system requirements, and a hint about a Take Control ebook that's coming very soon.</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/Joe%20Kissell">Joe Kissell</a> and <a href="/author/Glenn%20Fleishman">Glenn Fleishman</a> | 16 Oct 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9245"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9245', 'show')">Apple Cuts iTunes Plus Price to 99 Cents</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9245" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9245">iTunes Plus songs now cost just 99 cents, probably due to competition from Amazon.com's recently launched MP3 store, which charges 89 to 99 cents for the same music.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=1" class="category">Entertainment</a> | by <a href="/author/Glenn%20Fleishman">Glenn Fleishman</a> | 16 Oct 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9239"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9239', 'show')">3G Cell Data iPhone Now Feasible</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9239" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9239">Broadcom announces new third-generation cell chip that could be the core of a next-generation iPhone. Kitchen sink? You bet. Couple 3G with ARM processors, Bluetooth, stereo audio, and FM radio - and the fastest GSM-based 3G data protocols on the market.</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> | 14 Oct 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9235"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9235', 'show')">ICANN Tests Non-Roman Characters in Domain Names</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9235" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9235">Speakers (and writers) of languages that use non-Roman character scripts and letters should rejoice: they'll finally be able to type .com in their native tongue and keyboards.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=5" class="category">Networking</a> | by <a href="/author/Glenn%20Fleishman">Glenn Fleishman</a> | 12 Oct 2007</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9230" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9230">Apple nears opening iPhone for third-party development, sources say. And although Apple has now opened a Web applications directory, that's not what the sources were talking about.</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> | 10 Oct 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9226"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9226', 'show')">An Electronic Book Giveaway: 2003, a Disaster; 2007, a Pittance</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9226" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9226">Four years ago, I nearly bankrupted myself with a bandwidth bill for 200 GB of transfers over a couple of days. Last week, the same transfers cost $25. It's the future: cheap bandwidth and many options for distribution.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=5" class="category">Networking</a> | by <a href="/author/Glenn%20Fleishman">Glenn Fleishman</a> | 09 Oct 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9212"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9212', 'show')">Cheap UK Wi-Fi Access Offered for iPod touch</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9212" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9212">It's not free, but if you're a UK iPod touch user, you might want to look into The Cloud's inexpensive Wi-Fi access plan.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/9209"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9209', 'show')">iPhone 1.1.1 Adds Features and Updates Security</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9209" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9209">A new firmware release for the iPhone fixes numerous security problems, while adding subtle features, such as the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, and a switch that lets you avoid expensive overseas data charges.</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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 27 Sep 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9205"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9205', 'show')">Inching Towards Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9205" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9205">Microsoft announces when Office 2008 for Mac will ship - and, surprise, it's in 2008. Also, pricing and upgrade protection are revealed.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/9200"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9200', 'show')">Starbucks To Give Away 50 Million iTunes Songs</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9200" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9200">37 artists are featured in a 50 million song iTunes giveaway, tying Starbucks and Apple even more closely in the digital music realm.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/9196"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9196', 'show')">Wi-Fi Exploit Precursor Published One Year Later</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9196" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9196">The Wi-Fi exploit heard round the world a year ago August is now explicated in an extremely technical paper. But still no simple, verifiable, third-party proof, despite what are ostensibly the researcher's best intentions.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/9197"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9197', 'show')">Glimpse of GPS Future in iPhone Hack</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9197" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9197">Navizon uses Wi-Fi to figure out where your iPhone is. Accuracy relies on a network of lightly rewarded volunteers, but the results give a picture of the future of location-based information on the iPhone.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/9189"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9189', 'show')">iPhone Launch Set for UK and Germany, with Murky Data Plan</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9189" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9189">Apple announces cell carrier O2 will sell the iPhone in the UK starting November 9 for £269 ($542) including VAT; T-Mobile will offer it for £399 ($562) in Germany. Going one better than AT&T, the UK and German services include unlimited data access to thousands of Wi-Fi hotspots along with EDGE. But O2, at least, defines unlimited data as having a strict limit.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/9193"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9193', 'show')">OWC Ships 802.11n Adapters for Older Macs</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9193" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9193">More options to update older Macs to nearly the fastest flavor of Wi-Fi - 802.11n - without fuss. A USB option is particularly attractive for the widest support of varied systems.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/9182"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9182', 'show')">Connect More Easily to Wi-Fi Hotspots with the iPhone</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9182" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9182">A Wi-Fi connection program lets you hook your iPhone into hotspots without entering a user name and password at each location. It removes the friction from connecting to public free and fee networks.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/9184"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9184', 'show')">How We Know Flash Memory Prices Have Really Dropped</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9184" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9184">I know that flash memory is now incredibly cheap - I keep having double takes every time I look at DealRAM, and see that an 8 GB Kingston SD card is just $90</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/9181"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9181', 'show')">iPhone $100 Store Credit Process Posted</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9181" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9181">You can now obtain that hundred-buck store credit Apple's CEO promised for early purchasers of the iPhone, who number perhaps 900,000, who paid $200 "too much." The process is simple - and rewarding.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9172" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9172">Someone got the golden ticket, and it's probably Steve Jobs. Apple has sold its millionth iPhone, the company announced, reaching that mark in just 74 days</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->