Reprinted from TidBITS#880/21-May-07 with permission. Copyright (C) 2007, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ TidBITS#880/21-May-07 ===================== Issue link: The past and the present come together in this issue: we celebrate the anniversary of Samuel Morse's historic telegraph message with a 50-percent-off Take Control sale, Jeff traces the path of the now-stagnant FreeHand, Glenn marvels at the arrival of a 1 terabyte hard drive mechanism, Mark is surprised to learn how dependent he's become on his MacBook's two-fingered scrolling trackpad, and Matt looks at how the future of Drop Drawers lies with the long-standing DragThing. Elsewhere in the issue, Adam covers Microsoft news: the Mac BU's release of a converter for Word 2007 documents and how the company's legal department is going after open source with patent threats. On the Apple side of the fence, last week saw a minor update to the MacBook and FCC certification for the iPhone. Articles MacBook Receives Performance Bump Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter in Beta iPhone Receives FCC Approval Dropping Drawers Become Dragging Things Where No Drive Has Gone Before DealBITS Drawing: SmileOnMyMac's PageSender DealBITS Winners: Parallels on USB Drive from Small Dog Call Me 'Two Finger' Mark Farewell FreeHand Microsoft Acting Like a Patent Troll? Telegraphing a 50%-Off Take Control Ebook Sale Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/21-May-07 ------------ This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by: -------------- * READERS LIKE YOU! Support TidBITS with a contribution today! Special thanks this week to William Kenworthy, James Parker, Sarah Worsham, and William Rock for their generous support! * SMALL DOG ELECTRONICS: TidBITS Exclusive for May 21 - May 28: MacBook 13" 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo 512/60/combo/AP/BT (white), new, PLUS 3-year AppleCare plan. Save $119 - now only $1189! Learn more and order at * GET FETCH 5 FOR FREE! Fetch Softworks makes Fetch, the original Macintosh FTP client, free for educational and charitable use. Fetch 5.2 includes WebView, FTPS, and droplet shortcuts. Apply today at ! * WebCrossing Neighbors Creates Private Social Networks Create a complete social network with your company or group's own look. Scalable, extensible and extremely customizable. Take a guided tour today * MARK/SPACE, INC: New, from the makers of The Missing Sync, comes SyncTogether, a brand new app for syncing contacts, calendars, notes and more between multiple Macs and one or more user accounts. $49.95 for 3 Macs. * Microsoft's MacBU: Supporting Mac users with Office 2004. Supporting the Mac community through tech support newsgroups, user group appearances, our new team blog, and more! Check out our team blog at * DealBITS: Get the word out about your product AND generate sales! It's easy: give away a few copies and offer a discount to entrants. A DealBITS drawing is quick to set up and can easily pay for itself. For more info and rates, visit . ---------- Help support TidBITS by supporting our sponsors ------------ .