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The Tyranny of Email -- You probably rely on email for your daily communication, but is it taking up too much of your time? When is communication a distraction? And can you really afford to quit your email client? (4 messages)

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iChat archiving -- With all the text generated by iChat instant messaging, how do you find an old conversation? (5 messages)

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Bookmarks in Preview? One reader, who uses Preview to read her Take Control ebooks, wonders if the program can be bookmarked in much the same way you put a scrap of paper in a physical book. (4 messages)

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Issues with Office 2004 SP1 -- Readers discuss the changes in Microsoft's latest service pack update for Office 2004. (2 messages)

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