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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/31-Oct-05

The first link for each thread description points to the traditional TidBITS Talk interface; the second link points to the same discussion on our Web Crossing server, which provides a different look and which may be faster.

iTunes 6 Gets Video — The capability to purchase video content such as music videos and television episodes brings up questions over whether the music and television companies are actually making any money on those sales. (10 messages)

<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2758>

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/607/>

Opening old MacWrite files — Is it possible to open an old MacWrite document? Several suggestions are offered. (3 messages)

<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2759>

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/608/>

Testing drives that don’t support SMART — Last week’s discussion of utilities that can diagnose SMART-enabled hard drives leads a reader to ask whether non-SMART drives can be similarly diagnosed. (2 messages)

<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2761>

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/609/>

iTunes Music Store for Australia at last — Australia gets its own iTMS finally, but some readers question why the song prices are higher than in the United States. (3 messages)

<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2762>

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/610/>

Sleeping Hard Drives — Last week’s article on setting custom sleep times for hard drives elicits a link to Cocktail, a utility that looks as if it can set different spindown times for every drive. (2 messages)

<https://tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=2763>

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/611/>


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