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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7741" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7741">Despite problems meeting demand for its new iPod mini and being forced to delay new iMacs until September, Apple Computer announced a strong $61 million profit for its third fiscal quarter of 2004, on revenue of $2.014 billion</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7740" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7740">Although I will continue to monitor TidBITS Talk while I'm at Macworld Expo in Boston this week, my torrid schedule along with two days of travel on trains that aren't equipped with Wi-Fi (see contributing editor Glenn Fleishman's New York Times article about wireless Internet access for commuters), will likely mean somewhat more sporadic moderation.The second URL below each thread description points to the discussion on our Web Crossing server, which will be much faster, though it doesn't yet use our preferred design.Postini-like anti-spam services -- After our announcement that we would be testing Postini, several people wrote into alert us to alternative anti-spam services</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7733" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7733">The second URL below each thread description points to the discussion on our Web Crossing server, which will be much faster, though it doesn't yet use our preferred design.Tiger: Performance, Stability, Security -- The preview of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger features at WWDC prompts discussion of how the operating system's performance will be improved</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/7725"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7725', 'show')">Apple Wi-Fi Prices Drop Before Airport Express Release</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7725" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7725">Apple took advantage of the gap between announcing and shipping its new $130 AirPort Express Base Station (due in July) to drop the price of AirPort Extreme gear</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 14 Jun 2004</div></div>
<a href="/article/7698"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7698', 'show')">Dual-Processor, Liquid-Cooled Power Mac G5s Announced</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7698" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7698">Apple today announced a new line of Power Mac G5 desktop computers, featuring dual PowerPC G5 processors in each model. The top-of-the-line dual 2.5 GHz model ($3,000) sports a new liquid cooling system, circulating liquid past the G5 processors and through a radiant grille, where the liquid is cooled by air flowing through one of the Mac's four thermal zones</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 09 Jun 2004</div></div>
<a href="/article/7697"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7697', 'show')">Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/07-Jun-04</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7697" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7697">The second URL below each thread description points to the discussion on our Web Crossing server, which will be much faster, though it doesn't yet use our preferred design.Mac Browser Security Hole -- Readers continue to discuss the Mac OS X security vulnerabilities discovered over the past few weeks (23 messages)Tactile Pro Keyboard feedback -- TidBITS sponsor Matias asks for reader opinion on offering a keyboard with modified Option and Control keys</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 07 Jun 2004</div></div>
<a href="/article/7687"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7687', 'show')">Creo Six Degrees 2.0 Supports More Email Programs</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7687" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7687">Creo has released a major update to Six Degrees, their utility for connecting related email messages, files, and people for coherent project management</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 03 Jun 2004</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7684" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7684">In other email news, CTM Development has shipped PowerMail 5, a major revision of their email client. PowerMail 5 features tight integration with Michael Tsai's excellent SpamSieve for spam filtering, significant performance improvements throughout, additional filter actions, automatic deletion of trashed mail after a user-specified number of days, support for long file names and aliases for attachments, fully customizable toolbars, multiple Undos for various message management actions, and more</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 02 Jun 2004</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7685" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7685">Qualcomm has released Eudora 6.1.1, a minor update to the company's popular email program. Bug fixes include a fix to importing from Apple Mail, tweaks to Eudora's Bayesian-based spam filter, and other minor fixes</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 02 Jun 2004</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7686" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7686">Unsanity has released Paranoid Android 1.2, an update to the company's free hack for intercepting unknown URL schemes (see "URL-Based Mac OS X Vulnerability Found" in TidBITS 731, and remember that there are alternatives discussed in that article if you're uncomfortable with how Paranoid Android patches into applications)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 02 Jun 2004</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7683" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7683">KeyCue is a simple but ingenious Mac OS X application from Ergonis Software, makers of the invaluable PopChar X.(see "Panther-Prepared PopChar Published" in TidBITS 699) Taking advantage of Panther's Accessibility API (which I described in "Scripting the Unscriptable in Mac OS X" in TidBITS 670), KeyCue reads through the menu items of the frontmost application, finds those that have keyboard shortcuts, and displays a window listing them when you hold down the Command key for a few seconds</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 28 May 2004</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7682" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7682">Apple today released Mac OS X 10.3.4, a free update for owners of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. (A similar update was also released for Mac OS X Server 10.3.) Apple says the update addresses issues in Mail, Safari, Address Book, Stickies, QuickTime Player, and DVD Player; improves behavior with iPods connected via USB 2.0, mass storage devices, and video cameras connected to PowerBooks via FireWire</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 26 May 2004</div></div>
<a href="/article/7681"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7681', 'show')">Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/24-May-04</a></h4>
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 24 May 2004</div></div>
<a href="/article/7672"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7672', 'show')">Link-based Mac OS X Vulnerability Revealed</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7672" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7672">It's not a Trojan horse, but a recently revealed security vulnerability does appear to be real, and to be a real concern. The exploit relies on unsafe actions that Apple allows for certain URL types and makes it possible for a malicious AppleScript script to be executed on your Mac after you click a link on a Web site</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 18 May 2004</div></div>
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