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TidBITS#698/22-Sep-03

The Mac community let out a collective "Finally!" last week when Apple introduced aluminum 15-inch PowerBooks – and began shipping them, too! Apple also refreshed the 12- and 17-inch PowerBooks, and released a Bluetooth wireless mouse and keyboard. On the software front, StuffIt Deluxe 8.0 debuts today, and we note the releases of SpamSieve 2.0.1 and Office X 10.1.5. Also, Alex Hoffman reviews one of our favorite devices, the TiVo Series2 DVR.

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SpamSieve 2.0.1 Improves Accuracy

SpamSieve 2.0.1 Improves Accuracy -- Michael Tsai has released SpamSieve 2.0.1, a major upgrade to his helpful Bayesian filtering-based anti-spam tool (see "Tools We Use: SpamSieve" in TidBITS-667 for a review)

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Microsoft Office X 10.1.5 Released

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

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New PowerBooks Announced in Paris

At Apple Expo in Paris last week, Steve Jobs at long last unveiled the long-awaited update to the Titanium PowerBook G4. The new aluminum-clad 15-inch PowerBook G4 offers two configurations with a choice of a 1 GHz or 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 processor (both with 512K of on-chip level 2 cache, which, according to Apple, makes up for the lack of a level 3 cache that was present in some earlier PowerBook G4s), Combo drive (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) or SuperDrive (CD-RW/DVD-R), 60 GB or 80 GB hard drive, and an AirPort Extreme card (hopefully with better range than the abysmal Titanium PowerBook G4)

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Apple Releases Wireless Keyboard and Mouse

At last week's Apple Expo in Paris, Apple introduced the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Wireless Mouse, a pair of Bluetooth-based wireless input devices for Macs running Mac OS X 10.2.6 or later with Bluetooth capabilities (either built in or provided by an external adapter)

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What’s New in StuffIt Deluxe 8.0

Aladdin Systems today released StuffIt Deluxe 8.0, the latest release of one of the oldest continuously developed Macintosh programs. It's safe to say that almost every Mac user has seen some facet of StuffIt over the years, thanks to the ubiquity of the free StuffIt Expander, which Apple ships with every Macintosh

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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/22-Sep-03

Boring headers for Eudora -- For those who want to eliminate unnecessary headers in Eudora, here's a thread for suggesting specific headers to hide. (11 messages) Asante FR1004AL can share a non-PS printer -- Some non-Postscript printers can be shared by the Asante wireless router mentioned in Adam's article