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<a href="/article/11134"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11134', 'show')">New Find My Locker Feature Boosts iPhone OS Security</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11134" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11134">The optional four-digit passcode required to access a locked iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch may be enough to thwart casual pickpockets, but determined thieves can get through it easily. A new alternative ensures that only you know the combination.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11127" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11127">I'm deep into writing my book "The iPad Pocket Guide" - but how does one write a book about a product that isn't out yet? Chuck Joiner and I discuss the value of having hands-on time with the iPad at the product's introduction, as well as my impressions of the device compared to the hype, and more on MacVoices.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 30 Mar 2010</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11122" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11122">We won't have iPads in our hands until this coming weekend, but if you're curious to know more about how the iPad works, Apple has posted a series of guided tour videos. For example, the video for iBooks demonstrates the capability to perform searches and look up words in the iPad's built-in dictionary.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 29 Mar 2010 | <a href="/article/11122#comments">1 comment | Comment on this link</a></div></div></div>
<a href="/article/11123"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11123', 'show')">Mac OS X 10.6.3 Update Delivers Range of Fixes</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11123" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11123">Mac OS X 10.6.3 is one of those updates that addresses issues throughout the operating system, ranging from fixes that affect iMovie and Logic Pro 9 to security improvements.</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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 29 Mar 2010 | <a href="/article/11123#comments">18 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11126" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11126">Applies important security fixes throughout Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. (Free, download sizes vary.)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=22" class="category">Watchlist</a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 29 Mar 2010 | <a href="/article/11126#comments">1 comment</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11114" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11114">Fixes a crashing problem caused by generating thumbnails of movies from the Aperture 3 library. (Free update, 35.84 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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 26 Mar 2010 | <a href="/article/11114#comments">1 comment</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11104" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11104">Adobe will unveil Creative Suite 5 in April 2010, providing more details about the massive collection of creative applications. Adobe has also released a new public beta of Photoshop Lightroom 3.</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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 23 Mar 2010 | <a href="/article/11104#comments">2 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11082" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11082">Improves performance for Top Sites and stability for third party plug-ins and sites with forms and SVG images, as well as fixing a problem with some Linksys routers. A host of security fixes are rolled in, too. (Free, sizes vary)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=22" class="category">Watchlist</a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 14 Mar 2010 | <a href="/article/11082#comments">2 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11075"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11075', 'show')">iPad Pre-Orders Start 5:30 AM PST on 12 March 2010</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11075" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11075">Apple will begin accepting pre-orders for the iPad tomorrow morning at 5:30 AM Pacific time.</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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 11 Mar 2010 | <a href="/article/11075#comments">1 comment</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11056" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11056">How do you design software for a device that doesn't yet exist in the market? Developers can use the iPad simulator included with Apple's Xcode, but that's a limited approach when the main method of interaction is touch. In a blog post, the Omni Group reveals how they're using paper mockups, a prototype created with a 3D printer (which we saw at Macworld Expo - it's cool), and even a pad of graph paper cut down to size with a table saw to develop OmniGraphSketcher for the iPad.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 03 Mar 2010</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11052" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11052">PaidContent.uk writes about a recent presentation made by Penguin Books CEO John Makinson, who was demonstrating the company's ideas for how to offer content on the iPad. Penguin plans to offer books as applications, primarily, to take advantage of multimedia features (such as interactive travel maps, children's games, and animated textbook illustrations) that are difficult or impossible to include in the EPUB format currently required by the iBookstore. Be sure to watch the accompanying video to see what Penguin has in mind. It's great to see a book publisher jump on the possibilities made by the iPad and other electronic readers - with pixels and processors, why merely stick with a reproduction of the paper experience?</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 02 Mar 2010</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/11054"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11054', 'show')">ProKit 5.1 (Leopard and Snow Leopard)</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11054" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11054">Corrects a handful of issues in Apple's professional applications such as Final Cut Studio and Aperture.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=22" class="category">Watchlist</a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 02 Mar 2010</div></div>
<a href="/article/11048"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11048', 'show')">Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.1</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11048" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11048">Extends raw image support in Aperture 3 and iPhoto '09 for 11 current cameras. (Free, 6.77 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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 28 Feb 2010 | <a href="/article/11048#comments">2 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11038" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11038">A quick update to the just-released Aperture 3 improves stability and fixes problems with memory usage, the Faces and Places features, 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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 24 Feb 2010 | <a href="/article/11038#comments">6 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11032"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11032', 'show')">Prevent Apple Mail from Auto-Completing the Wrong Address</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11032" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11032">In an attempt to be helpful, Apple's Mail application can substitute an email address that you don't mean to use. Here's how to work around the problem.</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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 22 Feb 2010 | <a href="/article/11032#comments">16 comments</a></div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11019" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11019">Computer veterans often joke about "newbie" users who have trouble understanding basic computing concepts, but it's not funny when you're attempting to help a friend understand something online or if you're dealing with customer support questions. ShoveBox developer Dan Grover writes about the divide between how computers work and the expectations of those who use them, with suggestions for how to improve the experience.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<a href="/article/10983"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10983', 'show')">Keynote Editing in Action on the iPad</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10983" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10983">Jeff Carlson shot some video of what it's like to edit a presentation in the Keynote app on Apple's new iPad.</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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 04 Feb 2010 | <a href="/article/10983#comments">11 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10967" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10967">Mac and iPhone developer Fraser Speirs steps back from the specs and points out the revolutionary aspect of the iPad: It could actually be the "computer for the rest of us" in a way that even Macs have not achieved. Instead of dealing with how the iPad works, people can focus on the real work the iPad is intended to assist.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 31 Jan 2010</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/10960"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10960', 'show')">Hands-on Impressions of the iPad</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10960" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10960">Jeff Carlson and Glenn Fleishman share their impressions of using the iPad during Apple's media event.</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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> and <a href="/author/Glenn%20Fleishman">Glenn Fleishman</a> | 29 Jan 2010 | <a href="/article/10960#comments">32 comments</a></div></div>
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