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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/06-Jun-05

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Reliable scanner vendor — Some people are running into problems with scanner vendors’ software under Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, prompting a move to the all-purpose VueScan software. (12 messages)

<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2608>

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/463/>

Reading Software Licences — Does anyone actually read shrink wrap software licenses? What happens if you do? (8 messages)

<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2577>

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/434/>

Tiger’s Preview annoyances — Tiger’s new version of Preview has some new capabilities, but it also seems to have lost some features. (4 messages)

<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2610>

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/465/>

Spotlight enabling the need for filing — Readers discuss whether Spotlight search technology could eventually do away with having to create filenames and specify locations for files. (3 messages)

<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2611>

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/466/>

Glenn Fleishman hits Slashdot! TidBITS contributing editor Glenn Fleishman wrote an article at his weblog wifinetnews.com about a Seattle coffeehouse that shuts off its free Wi-Fi service. After it got picked up by slashdot.org, readers wonder how his server handled the load, and share their opinions about free wireless Internet access. (5 messages)

<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2613>

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/467/>

USB 2 hub for Tiger — USB hubs are notoriously scattershot when it comes to quality, as one reader discovers. Fortunately, other models are recommended to provide USB 2.0 speeds. (3 messages)

<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2614>

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/468/>

Norton Utilities Incompatible with 10.4 — Symantec states on its Web site that Symantec SystemWorks and North Utilities will not be updated for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger compatibility. (1 message)

<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2615>

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/469/>


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