We have three main articles for you this week. First, Adam peers at the new Firefox 3.5 to see how its new features stack up. Second, Jeff Carlson shares the step-by-step process of how he replaced the broken screen of his wife’s iPhone 3G. And third, Adam introduces the new TidBITS Commenting System, which makes it easy for readers to add comments directly to our articles. We also cover Steve Jobs’s return to work and an important update for a number of Garmin GPS models. Notable software releases this week include PasswordWallet 4.4.7, Cocktail 4.4, PDFpen 4.1.4, iPhoto 8.0.4 Update, Nisus Writer Pro 1.3, MacSpeech Dictate 1.5.2, Typinator 3.5, and MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.2.
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After a scheduled six month medical leave, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs is back at work, splitting his time between the Cupertino campus and his home office.
GPS maker Garmin has released a free, mandatory, software update to fix a widespread bug that can render the nuvi 7x5 series, nuvi 800 series, nuvi 8x5 series, zumo 660, GPSMAP 620, and GPSMAP 640 units useless or inoperable.
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A few short weeks after Apple shipped Safari 4, Mozilla has responded with Firefox 3.5, a significant upgrade that improves performance, offers additional privacy controls, and refines the overall browsing experience.
After his wife's iPhone 3G hit the floor, Jeff Carlson replaced the cracked glass screen himself. Read through his steps to learn how to do it and where the pitfalls lie.
Notable software releases this week include PasswordWallet 4.4.7, Cocktail 4.4, PDFpen 4.1.4, iPhoto 8.0.4 Update, Nisus Writer Pro 1.3, MacSpeech Dictate 1.5.2, Typinator 3.5, and MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.2.
Read on for a collection of links to a few of the most interesting articles and resources that the TidBITS staff discovered on the Web this week.
In this week's discussions, readers try to unravel the mysteries that are AT&T's iPhone upgrade policies, wonder if iPhone spyware is a real threat, and debate why AT&T is likely to be the sole iPhone service provider for some time. Also this week: troubleshooting a problem entering text into Safari 4 form fields, comparing the iPhone 3GS to a Mac of similar processing power, and discussing the new TidBITS Commenting System.