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<p class="sticky_preview">Charles Maurer describes a fundamental problem with today's digital cameras, provides some insight into a professional's approach to photography, and reviews two small cameras that he recently bought.</p>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11566" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11566">It's a topic that many of us are struggling with these days - where and how should we acquire the books that entertain, educate, and enliven our worlds? In this MacNotables podcast, Andy Ihnatko and Adam range widely across the pros and cons of the many possibilities, bemoaning the loss of small bookstores and library budgets while simultaneously acknowledging the many advantages of ebooks. No hard and fast answers, sorry, but we think you'll enjoy the conversation.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<a href="/article/11362" onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11362', 'show')">How Not to Buy a Digital Camera</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11362" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11362">Many publications review digital cameras but they don't tell you as much as they seem to. Charles Maurer explains the problems with these reviews and suggests a different approach to buying cameras.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"> by <a href="/author/Charles%20Maurer">Charles Maurer</a> | 17 Jun 2010 | <a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="open_podcast_window('http://db.tidbits.com/podcasts/11362.m4a')" title="Listen to an audio version of this article">Listen <img src="/images/listen_icon4.gif" width="12" height="10" border="0" alt="Listen to This Story"></a> | <a href="/article/11362#comments">23 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11346" onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11346', 'show')">Steve Jobs Answers (Nearly) All at D8</a></h4>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11309" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11309">In which Adam thinks about how most social networking services are bidirectional, even though most online relationships are largely one-way, and explains how he deals with a vast number of acquaintances.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11307" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11307">What are the qualities of friendship? Who do you think of when asked about your friends? If someone says he or she is your friend, must you accept that unilaterally? Most popular online services now force you to confront these questions.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"> by <a href="/author/Glenn%20Fleishman">Glenn Fleishman</a> | 28 May 2010 | <a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="open_podcast_window('http://db.tidbits.com/podcasts/11307.m4a')" title="Listen to an audio version of this article">Listen <img src="/images/listen_icon4.gif" width="12" height="10" border="0" alt="Listen to This Story"></a> | <a href="/article/11307#comments">13 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11282" onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11282', 'show')">How to Protect Your Privacy from Facebook</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11282" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11282">Facebook may be the single most popular social media service on the Internet, but its policies and practices demonstrate little concern for your privacy. Security expert Rich Mogull explains how to protect your privacy on - and from - Facebook.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"> by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 14 May 2010 | <a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="open_podcast_window('http://db.tidbits.com/podcasts/11282.m4a')" title="Listen to an audio version of this article">Listen <img src="/images/listen_icon4.gif" width="12" height="10" border="0" alt="Listen to This Story"></a> | <a href="/article/11282#comments">27 comments</a></div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11255" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11255">Thanks to the new Info-Mac folks for bringing nearly all the old Info-Mac Digests back online for historical reference.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11164" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11164">Our friend Jason Snell of Macworld has a must-read piece on how Apple used the iPhone OS 4 announcement to take aim at a variety of competitors: Google's Android operating system, App Store critics, Adobe, and (again) Google. Jason is, as usual, spot on, and his conclusion should be required reading for anyone complaining about Apple's behavior.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11177" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11177">A quiet change to Apple's iPhone Developer Program License Agreement takes the huge step of banning a number of cross-platform compilers such as Adobe's forthcoming Flash-to-iPhone compiler.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<a href="/article/11152" onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11152', 'show')">Why the iPad Is a Blank Slate, and Why That's Important</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11152" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11152">With an iPad in hand, Adam begins to understand what's different about the iPad, and why it's an important step in the future of computing. The key? The iPad doesn't run apps, it becomes them.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"> by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 05 Apr 2010 | <a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="open_podcast_window('http://db.tidbits.com/podcasts/11152.m4a')" title="Listen to an audio version of this article">Listen <img src="/images/listen_icon4.gif" width="12" height="10" border="0" alt="Listen to This Story"></a> | <a href="/article/11152#comments">59 comments</a></div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11151" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11151">The iPad is here, but what will be its future? The world may or may not rush to buy it, but I think developers will rush to program for it.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"> by <a href="/author/Matt%20Neuburg">Matt Neuburg</a> | 05 Apr 2010 | <a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="open_podcast_window('http://db.tidbits.com/podcasts/11151.m4a')" title="Listen to an audio version of this article">Listen <img src="/images/listen_icon4.gif" width="12" height="10" border="0" alt="Listen to This Story"></a> | <a href="/article/11151#comments">19 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11133" onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11133', 'show')">What Apple Could Do with $40 Billion</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11133" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11133">$40 billion is a heck of a lot of money for Apple to stuff into mattresses at 1 Infinite Loop. So what could Apple do with its hoard of hard-earned cash? We offer some suggestions.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"> by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 01 Apr 2010 | <a href="/article/11133#comments">11 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11121" onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11121', 'show')">Pre-ordering the iPad: It's All about the Brand</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11121" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11121">Are people crazy to drop $499 or more on a product they've never seen or touched in person? In the case of the iPad, the answer is no, because consumers are buying into the Apple brand as much as they're buying a new computing device. Brand expert Simon Spence explains why.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"> by <a href="/author/Simon%20Spence">Simon Spence</a> | 29 Mar 2010 | <a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="open_podcast_window('http://db.tidbits.com/podcasts/11121.m4a')" title="Listen to an audio version of this article">Listen <img src="/images/listen_icon4.gif" width="12" height="10" border="0" alt="Listen to This Story"></a> | <a href="/article/11121#comments">7 comments</a></div></div>
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