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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk for 02-Mar-09

Backups Need Power, Too — Readers share tips about determining what size of a UPS to buy, and how best to deal with a power outage. (2 messages)

EtherPad Brings Simultaneous Writing to the Web — Dropbox’s versioning feature invites using it in tandem with SubEthaEdit, but for now the idea is just a wish list item. (2 messages)

Time Machine ignoring folders — Readers share ongoing, unexplained quirks with Time Machine. (2 messages)

iPhone to Add Location Logging? Is Google somehow getting around Apple’s limitation that non-Apple applications can’t operate in the background on the iPhone? (2 messages)

Safari 4 — The Safari 4 beta dispenses with the SnapBack button that would take you back to an earlier page, leading readers to comment on whether they ever used the feature. (10 messages)

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