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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/10-Sep-07

New Job for an Old Cube? After a Power Mac Cube is retired from primary service, what else can it be used for? (11 messages)

Bizarre networking problem — A reader’s copy of Firefox can’t fill out a form, which leads to a succession of networking errors. What’s the cause? (7 messages)

JavaScript exposing information via the Web — Glenn Fleishman’s article on a sidejack networking attack brings up a weakness in JavaScript that bit Verizon some time ago. (1 message)

Sidejack Attack Jimmies Open Gmail, Other Services — Being on a hotel’s shared Internet connection can expose your traffic to other users on the same network. (3 messages)

Apologies for the “Look” spam! A configuration issue resulted in some subscribers receiving a spam message. Adam relates what happened, and others chime in with suggestions and similar anecdotes. (7 messages)

Cutting Costs — TidBITS Talk readers offer some suggestions for reducing information and access costs in a medium-size nonprofit company. (5 messages)

Which Windows on Intel Macs? Now that Intel-based Macs can run Microsoft Windows natively (or virtualized), the next question becomes: which version of Windows to go with? Vista is too varied, too new, and too pricey for the questioner (who wants to run a USB-enabled knitting machine; cool!). (9 messages)

Eudora 8? Penelope? The next generation of Eudora, which is built on top of Thunderbird, makes its first appearance as an early beta. Readers note their experiences with the software as well as other current email clients. (40 messages)

.Mac renewal deals — It’s often possible to buy a boxed .Mac renewal for less than what it costs to renew through Apple, including buying older “versions” (which are just activation keys). (6 messages)

Apple Introduces iPod Touch, Wi-Fi iTunes Store, and new iPods — Readers respond to last week’s product announcements and Apple’s claims of 600 million iTunes downloads. (2 messages)

iPod touch – Digital camera transfer — Apple’s iPod Camera Connector is a neat utility for transferring photos directly from a digital camera to an iPod, but it doesn’t appear to work with the new iPod touch (or the iPhone). (2 messages)

Mac equivalent to LogMeIn Free? A preview version of this remote access utility is now available for Macs. (4 messages)

One Man Bands — The release of the Eudora 8 beta reminds readers that some software starts out (and sometimes continues) as the work of one person. It also points to the complexities of updating old code. (6 messages)

TidBITS Web site redesigned! What do our readers think of the new and improved TidBITS Web site? (14 messages)

Clearinghouse for Mac software shareware development — A reader is looking for a place for a non-programmer to help develop shareware. (3 messages)

iPhone AT&T vs. Verizon EVDO Network — How does Verizon’s data network compare to AT&T’s EDGE, and will we see faster access on the iPhone anytime soon? (3 messages)

iPhone price cut — What are the real reasons for the $200 iPhone price cut? We speculate, you decide! (11 messages)

LightScribe Drives — A reader is looking for suggestions for an internal or external media drive that can burn LightScribe discs. (2 messages)

Replacing AppleWorks with iWork ’08 — A reader digresses from replacing Microsoft Office with iWork ’08 to talk about replacing AppleWorks, which is now officially dead. (1 message)

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