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<a href="/article/7483"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7483', 'show')">Macworld Expo Hess Events List Available</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7483" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7483">Macworld Expo Hess Events List Available -- After a hiatus for Macworld New York last year, Ilene Hoffman has once again assembled the definitive guide to parties, speaking engagements, and other events coinciding with this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 05 Jan 2004</div></div>
<a href="/article/7475"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7475', 'show')">Last Call for Free Macworld Expo Passes</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7475" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7475">Last Call for Free Macworld Expo Passes -- Despite a great turnout from TidBITS readers last week, our friends at Peachpit Press still have some Macworld Expo exhibits-only passes left for January's show</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 15 Dec 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7455"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7455', 'show')">Security Update 2003-12-05 Protects Your Cookies</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7455" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7455">Security Update 2003-12-05 Protects Your Cookies -- Responding to a security vulnerability where an attacker could gain unauthorized access to a user's cookies in Safari, Apple has released Security Update 2003-12-05</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 08 Dec 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7456" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7456">Free Macworld Expo Passes -- Our friends at Peachpit Press are once again offering free passes to the upcoming Macworld Expo in San Francisco in January</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 08 Dec 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7459" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7459">Netopia Releases Timbuktu 7 -- Bored with controlling only the computer in front of you? Netopia has released Timbuktu 7, the latest version of its software for managing remote Macs and PCs</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 08 Dec 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7448" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7448">Security Update 2003-11-19 Helps Panther, Jaguar -- Apple released a pair of security updates last week via Software Update, bringing both Mac OS X 10.2.8 Jaguar and Mac OS X 10.3.1 Panther up to the same security level</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 24 Nov 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7432" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7432">So you've installed Panther, started to get used to the new Finder, and worn the ink off the F9 key showing off Expose to your friends. Isn't there more to Mac OS X 10.3? In TidBITS-703, I looked at some of Panther's marquee features, while Adam poked around the corners of Apple's newest operating system (see "Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Unleashed" and "Interesting Bits of Panther")</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 10 Nov 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7418" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7418">Security Update 2003-10-28 Released -- Although Mac OS X 10.3 Panther fixes a number of security-related flaws that existed in previous versions of Mac OS X, Apple has wasted no time in releasing Security Update 2003-10-28 via Software Update last week</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 03 Nov 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7419" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7419">Eudora 6.01 Released -- Qualcomm has updated Eudora to version 6.0.1, fixing a number of minor bugs and updating the company's email client for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther compatibility</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 03 Nov 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7420"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7420', 'show')">Fixes Available for Some Panther FireWire Troubles</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7420" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7420">When a new version of an operating system is released, we expect to run into bugs or incompatibilities that didn't get shaken out during the testing phase</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 03 Nov 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7410" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7410">Apple Reduces eMac Prices -- Apple also reduced the price of the all-in-one eMac last week. The entry-level configuration, which includes 128 MB of RAM, a 40 GB hard drive, and a Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW), now costs $200 less, at $800</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 27 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7415"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7415', 'show')">Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Unleashed</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7415" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7415">Mac OS X 10.3 Panther bounded out of its lair over the weekend, giving us the opportunity to start using the shipping version and see how it compares to what was promised by Apple at the Worldwide Developer Conference in June (see "Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Springs at WWDC" in TidBITS-685)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 27 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7390"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7390', 'show')">iCal 1.5.1 and iSync 1.2.1 Released</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7390" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7390">iCal 1.5.1 and iSync 1.2.1 Released -- Apple updated its calendar and synchronization utilities last week, improving performance and adding support for more devices</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 13 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7394"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7394', 'show')">A Sad Fan of Netflix Fanatic</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7394" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7394">Not only am I a huge fan of Netflix, the popular online DVD rental service, it turns out that I'm one of its better customers. For $20 per month, Netflix sends me three DVD movies from a list of titles that I set up, which I can watch at my leisure without worrying about incurring late fees</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 13 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7382"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7382', 'show')">Mac OS X 10.2.8 Returns</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7382" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7382">Mac OS X 10.2.8 Returns -- Late last week, Apple posted a new Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update, replacing one that was released and then quickly pulled after causing significant troubles on many machines (see "Mac OS X 10.2.8 Comes and Goes" in TidBITS-699)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 06 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7383"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7383', 'show')">Palm Releases Tungsten T3, Tungsten E, and Zire 21</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7383" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7383">Palm, Inc. last week released a trio of handheld devices, available immediately. At the high end, the Palm Tungsten T3 features a 320 by 480 color screen, which can display data vertically or rotated horizontally (good for reading electronic books or working with spreadsheets using the included DataViz Documents to Go software)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 06 Oct 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7370" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7370">AirPort Extreme 5.1.3 Firmware Update -- Apple has released a firmware update for AirPort Extreme Base Stations, boosting security and improving performance</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/7371"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7371', 'show')">Adobe Checks Into the Creative Suite</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7371" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7371">Adobe Checks Into the Creative Suite -- Adobe today announced major upgrades of their professional print and Web publishing applications, together dubbed the Adobe Creative Suite</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/7374"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7374', 'show')">Avondale Photoshop DVD Giveaway</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7374" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7374">Avondale Photoshop DVD Giveaway -- Photoshop 7 won't be current much longer, but our friends at Avondale Media want to give TidBITS readers an early crack at free copies of their DVD "Secrets of the Photoshop Masters." The DVD contains 93 minutes of tips and techniques about Photoshop 7 from Photoshop experts Katrin Eismann, Martin Evening, Jeff Schewe, and Steve Broback (who is also a founder of Avondale, and with whom we worked when he helped run Thunder Lizard Productions)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/7362"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7362', 'show')">Microsoft Office X 10.1.5 Released</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7362" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7362">Microsoft Office X 10.1.5 Released -- Microsoft earlier this month released Microsoft Office X 10.1.5, an update to the business suite which tackles stability issues with PowerPoint, Excel, and Visual Basic for Applications</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
