Reprinted from TidBITS#927/05-May-08 with permission. Copyright (C) 2008, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/05-May-08 ------------------------------------ by Jeff Carlson article link: **iPhone Effect** -- An AdWeek article argues that the iPhone is pushing companies to take mobile marketing seriously. (4 messages) **AppleWorks Replacement** -- A reader discovers a replacement for AppleWorks Spreadsheet in DataGraph. (2 messages) **How long is AT&T's Exclusive Contract with Apple?** Is Apple's five-year exclusivity deal with AT&T a lock, or will the provider market open up once owners' two-year service contracts are up? (13 messages) **Skating Now Possible on the River Styx!** Canada is finally getting the iPhone. (1 message) **First Look: The Linux-Based Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X Lite** -- Joe Kissell solicits feedback on an article about this new data recovery software. (16 messages) **Selectively Pruning Time Machine Backups** -- The mechanisms for deleting portions of a Time Machine backup are confusingly opaque. (5 messages) **OmniFocus: the interface is weak but the project is willing** -- Readers respond to Matt Neuburg's review of OmniFocus. (5 messages) **auto-filing of read mail in Apple Mail** -- More Eudora-to-Mail woes, this time the inability to automatically file read messages. However, the solution might be tackled from the opposite direction. (3 messages) **Using MacBook power adapter with MacBook Pro** -- The two adapters output different power levels, but seem to work fine on either machine. What's the difference? (8 messages) $$ This is TidBITS, a free weekly technology newsletter providing timely news, insightful analysis, and in-depth reviews to the Macintosh and Internet communities. Feel free to forward to friends; better still, please ask them to subscribe! Non-profit, non-commercial publications and Web sites may reprint or link to articles if full credit is given. Others please contact us. We do not guarantee accuracy of articles. Caveat lector. Publication, product, and company names may be registered trademarks of their companies. TidBITS ISSN 1090-7017. Copyright 2008 TidBITS: Reuse governed by Creative Commons license. Contact us at: TidBITS Web site: License terms: Full text search: Subscriptions: Account help: .