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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=4" class="category">Media Creation</a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 15 Nov 2007</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9304" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9304">This week's discussions continue to revolve around Leopard, as well as jamming cellphones, IMAP email access using Gmail, the popularity of Google compared to other search services, and the difference in tactile response on Apple laptops.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=2" class="category">Opinion</a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 11 Nov 2007</div></div>
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=2" class="category">Opinion</a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 05 Nov 2007</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9278" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9278">A new piece of malware targeting Mac OS X, if installed, can change your computer's DNS settings so that Web requests are sent to phishing sites or ads for pornography.</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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 31 Oct 2007</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9274" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9274">This week's discussions largely center on... wait for it... Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard! We also cover the latest crop of iPod speakers, access for the disabled, IMAP for Gmail, suggestions for replacing a PDA, and a Mac conference presence in London.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=2" class="category">Opinion</a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 29 Oct 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9272"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9272', 'show')">Mac Journalism, or When Emotion Clogs the Brain</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9272" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9272">Glenn Fleishman and I wrote a review of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that appeared in the Seattle Times last week (we jointly write a bi-weekly column called Practical Mac)</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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 28 Oct 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9269"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9269', 'show')">Leopard Early Fixes and Warnings</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9269" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9269">Now that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is released, we're starting to see an expected set of updates and incompatibilities. Login and Keychain Update 1.0 corrects issues with accounts created in early versions of Mac OS X; the new Back to My Mac feature could allow someone with access to your .Mac account to take control of your machine; Apple warns Aperture users not to run the software while Time Machine is performing a backup; and a slew of compatibility updates are also available.</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> | 27 Oct 2007</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9253" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9253">TidBITS readers are talking this week about Leopard, Leopard, and Leopard, which (have you heard?) ships on Friday. But a few other topics, such as the end of AppleWorks and its file formats, iTunes Plus price cuts, and 3G iPhones are also on the table.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=2" class="category">Opinion</a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 22 Oct 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9256"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9256', 'show')">Apple Sells Record Number of Macs for Q4 2007</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9256" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9256">Apple ended the fourth fiscal quarter of 2007 with a profit of $904 million on revenue of $6.22 billion, led by record sales of 2,164,000 Macs, 10.2 million iPods, and 1.1 million iPhones.</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> | 22 Oct 2007</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9240" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9240">This week's discussions focus on increasing Mac market share, storage of electronic cooking recipes, AT&T's Pay as You Go service for the iPhone, and more.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=2" class="category">Opinion</a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 15 Oct 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9227"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9227', 'show')">Use Custom CSS to Tweak TidBITS Display</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9227" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9227">A TidBITS reader wrote to us with a suggestion for the new Web site redesign: "My top suggestion of all suggestions is to make the title in all caps so your new format is easier to scan." That's not something we'll be implementing, but if you want it, you can use CSS to make it happen.</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/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 09 Oct 2007</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9225" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9225">Readers this week are talking about reviving bricked iPhones, troubleshooting Internet connections and Radioshift, and learning a short history of the Web hosting business, among other topics. Join the discussions!</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=2" class="category">Opinion</a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 08 Oct 2007</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9224" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9224">Battery Update 1.3 improves performance of batteries for 15-inch MacBook Pro portables by updating their firmware.</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> | 07 Oct 2007</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9215" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9215">This week in the TidBITS Talk forums, readers continue to tackle the ethics of hacking the iPhone, consider waiting for Leopard to arrive before buying a new Mac, and share their experiences with Yugma, iMovie, and Retrospect, and more.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=2" class="category">Opinion</a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 01 Oct 2007</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9213" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9213">Apple has released iLife Support 8.1, iPhoto 7.1, iDVD 7.0.1, GarageBand 4.1, and iWeb 2.0.2, but the most significant improvement to the iLife '08 suite is iMovie 7.1, which fills in some gaps left open in the transition between iMovie HD 6 and the rewritten iMovie.</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/9210"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9210', 'show')">iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store Is Slick</a></h4>
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<a href="/article/9211"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9211', 'show')">Apple Updates iWork '08 and Core 2 Duo Mac Firmware</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9211" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9211">Continuing its recent update spree, Apple has released Keynote 4.0.1, Pages 3.0.1, and Numbers 1.0.1, as well as firmware updates for its Macs that run Intel Core 2 Duo processors.</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> | 27 Sep 2007</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9202" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9202">Apple has released MacBook, MacBook Pro Software Update 1.0 to enable journaling on the hard disks of the latest laptop models.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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