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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/10-Mar-08
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  by Jeff Carlson <jeffc@tidbits.com>
  article link: <http://db.tidbits.com/article/9493>

**Powerbook G4 "Fan" Club** -- The fan on a reader's PowerBook won't
  let up; will restoring the laptop's firmware to its factory settings
  fix the problem? (2 messages)

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1883>


**Any dotMac offer in France?** Renewing a .Mac account for less than
  Apple's fee (which can be done by purchasing a boxed license from
  Amazon and other outlets) is not limited to U.S. customers. (3
  messages)

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1884>


**Document Scanning Software** -- What solutions are available to
  archive a lot of paper documentation digitally? Is PDF a safe bet
  for making searchable copies? (30 messages)

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1887>


**Replacement For MS Publisher** -- Readers reveal software products
  that can read Microsoft Publisher files and convert them to a
  workable format on the Mac. (6 messages)

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1888>


**Terminal Application** -- Really, who doesn't need to pass a file
  from a Mac to an HP handheld calculator over USB? Here's how. (11
  messages)

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1889>


**Time Capsule Ships with Support for USB Drive Backups** -- The
  network backup solution many people are waiting for is just out of
  range, as Glenn Fleishman discovers that Time Capsule will perform
  Time Machine backups to an attached USB hard disk. C'mon Apple,
  enable this feature on regular AirPort Extreme base stations. At the
  very least, we'll all stop bugging you about it. (1 message)

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1890>


**Open Letter to Steve Jobs: In Support of an iPod reader** -- TidBITS
  Talk readers respond to Adam's open letter to Apple concerning the
  development of an electronic book reader. (23 messages)

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1891>


**iCal Plug-in** -- Several public iCal calendars are available that
  keep track of major and minor holidays. Subscribing to them might
  help you remember the next one. (4 messages)

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1892>


**Fortune: The Trouble with Steve Jobs** -- Fortune's cover story on
  Jobs and Apple brings up a question: Does a good CEO need to be a
  tyrant? (2 messages)

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1893>


**Will the iPhone SDK allow for Bluetooth access to peripherals?** It
  looks as if some readers' dreams of using a Bluetooth keyboard (or
  other peripheral) with an iPhone or iPod touch won't be coming true
  with the iPhone SDK. (4 messages)

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1894>


**What's better than iPhoto?** After encountering problems with iPhoto
  6, a reader wonders if another program can do a better job of
  managing digital photos. (2 messages)

<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/1895>


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