TidBITS#837/10-Jul-06
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Our topics span the gamut this week, as Jeff Carlson leads off
with news of Adam's #3 ranking in the latest MDJ Power 25 survey.
Mark Anbinder looks at the new education-only iMac, Matt Neuburg
examines how Dashboard phones home to Apple and covers the
release of Style Master 4.5, and Adam looks at how Google
has become a verb and lists some recent Take Control author
and staff interviews. In the news, we welcome Mark/Space as
a sponsor, cover the release of Opera 9 and SOHO Notes 5.5
(replacing StickyBrain), and point you toward a particularly
hilarious week of posts at Crazy Apple Rumors.
Topics:
MailBITS/10-Jul-06
Adam Engst Moves Up to #3 in MDJ Power 25
New iMac Replaces eMac for Education
Out to Launchd
Style Master Stays the Course
Google Becomes a Verb
Take Control News/10-Jul-06
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/10-Jul-06
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**Mark/Space Sponsoring TidBITS** -- We're pleased to welcome
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both having been founded in 1990, and for as long as I can
remember, I've made a point of stopping by their trade show
booths to say hello to Brian Hall, Mark/Space's president and
CEO, and to see the latest cool handheld device he had managed
to connect to the Mac. Although Mark/Space still sells several
Palm OS programs, the company has recently focused most of its
attention on The Missing Sync, connectivity software for syncing
Macs with a variety of handheld gadgets, including Palm OS
devices, Windows Mobile handhelds and smartphones, and Sony
PlayStation Portables (PSP). With the ever-evolving capabilities
of these devices, The Missing Sync has kept pace, such that it
can now sync (as appropriate to the device): contacts, events,
notes, documents, photographs, music, and even movies. I was
particularly surprised to see the announcement of The Missing
Sync for Sony PSP, since I hadn't quite realized just how
capable and flexible the PSP is. Mark/Space also just announced
the acquisition of MySync from MildMannered Industries, a
synchronization program that can sync any data type that's
compatible with Apple's Sync Services in Tiger, with automatic
detection of other Macs on your network via Bonjour. MySync is
still in public beta, but it looks extremely useful, particularly
for people who don't subscribe to .Mac and thus can't sync with
.Mac as an intermediary. Thanks to Mark/Space for the support
of TidBITS and of the Mac community! [ACE]
<http://www.markspace.com/bits>
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**Opera 9 Released** -- Opera Software has released Opera 9, the
latest version of its traditionally quirky Web browser. In a
world where browsers are included with the operating system
(Internet Explorer under Windows, and Safari on Mac OS X) or
available for free (the open-source Firefox), you might think
it's crazy for a third-party company to develop a competing
Web browser. However, Opera has managed to make inroads on
all platforms, from Windows to Mac OS X to cellular phones.
The release of Opera 9 also shows that you need to innovate
to survive.
<http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/>
For example, this version adds built-in support for file sharing
using BitTorrent (a peer-to-peer technology for more efficiently
sending very large files over the Internet); a content blocker
that enables you to choose which types of items are blocked from
viewing (such as ads); the capability to add search engines to
the search field; and a new widgets feature that can run small
Dashboard-like programs within Opera (although not as exciting
under Mac OS X 10.4, this feature is seen more as a preemptive
strike under Windows against the similar widget functionality of
the upcoming Windows Vista operating system). Lastly, taking a
cue from OmniWeb, Opera 9 can display a thumbnail preview of an
open Web page by hovering the mouse pointer over the page's tab.
Opera 9 is free, with the option of paying $30 for a one-year
Premium Support service. It's a 13.1 MB download. [JLC]
<http://www.opera.com/buy/>
**StickyBrain Replaced with SOHO Notes** -- Chronos LLC announced
today that its highly regarded snippet keeper, StickyBrain, is
being discontinued in favor of SOHO Notes, a product with a nearly
identical interface but more features. StickyBrain started as a
more-powerful replacement for Apple's Stickies application and
evolved into a multipurpose database-driven repository for notes,
URLs, Web pages, and other information; it offered Spotlight
searching, a system-wide menu for grabbing information, and
numerous other capabilities. (For more about StickyBrain, see
"Stuck on StickyBrain: Info-Clutter Organizer Extraordinaire"
from 2003 and "Three Simple Snippet Keepers" from 2001.) SOHO
Notes includes all this plus multi-user capabilities, note
syncing via .Mac, and support for multiple simultaneous databases.
The announcement corresponded with the release of SOHO Notes
5.5.2, an update that adds several new features, such as blog
posting using the Atom protocol, color-coded labels, dated and
time-stamped journal entries, and audio recording.
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07089>
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06529>
<http://www.chronosnet.com/Products/sohonotes.html>
SOHO Notes costs $40. Registered users of StickyBrain 4.0 or
higher can upgrade to SOHO Notes for free; upgrades for owners
of older versions cost $25. [JK]
**Crazy Apple Rumors Site Skewers Week's News** -- John Moltz's
Crazy Apple Rumors site is one of my must-reads every day, and
while I find the site funny most of the time, not many weeks
have as many news stories so ripe for skewering. On 03-Jul-06,
John picked up on the news of several well-known bloggers
switching from Mac OS X to Ubuntu Linux. The site's coverage
announced excitedly that it would henceforth be known as Crazy
Ubuntu Rumors, a euphoria that lasts for several paragraphs until
reality set in. Two days later, John was back, with a graphical
look at all the different devices that sources claimed would
be running "Leopard Mobile" (a rumored version of Mac OS X 10.5
Leopard for the iPod), ranging from the Motorola Razr cell phone
to, well, a bagel. The picture of the "Leopard Mobile" screenshot
pasted over a cream-cheese slathered bagel says so much about
rumors in the Mac world. And finally, on 06-Jul-06, the news
of Microsoft's impending "iPod killer" came under John's knife,
as he poked fun at Microsoft's staid naming scheme, calling it
the "Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 Portable Media Player
Device Media Player Media Player Media Player," after which he
listed out the first six steps in the device's instructions,
an over-the-top parody of the worst Windows documentation
imaginable. If you haven't visited Crazy Apple Rumors recently
and need a laugh, last week's posts are utterly worth the visit.
[ACE]
<http://www.crazyapplerumors.com/?p=631>
<http://www.crazyapplerumors.com/?p=632>
<http://www.crazyapplerumors.com/?p=633>
Adam Engst Moves Up to #3 in MDJ Power 25
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by Jeff Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
We're pleased to note that TidBITS publisher Adam C. Engst
achieved his sixth consecutive top five ranking in the MDJ Power
25, moving up two places this year to rank behind only Apple's CEO
Steve Jobs and COO Tim Cook. Voters in the nearly annual survey
said that Adam's ranking was due to the reach of TidBITS and the
success of the Take Control ebook series, along with his vast
number of connections and desire to make the Mac community a
better place by making sure that the right people know each other.
<http://www.macjournals.com/gcsf/mdj_power_25_2005-2006.html>
For those who haven't followed the MDJ Power 25, it attempts
to ferret out who wields power and influence in the Macintosh
community - whether or not the names are familiar to most users.
It's not a public popularity contest - votes are gathered only
from a select set of Macintosh industry insiders: journalists,
programmers, executives, and others in key positions.
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbser=1246>
Filling out the top five this year were Apple industrial designer
Jonathan Ive and Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg,
who broke into the top five for the first time. Also moving
up significantly was Macworld's Jason Snell (#6), who is
now officially Vice President and Editorial Director of Mac
Publishing. You can see the entire list at the first link above;
to read the full explanations of what each person does and why
they warranted inclusion on the list, sign up for a free trial
subscription to MWJ, the weekly version of the daily (and even
more detailed) MDJ.
<http://www.macjournals.com/>
Newcomers to the list include:
* Paul Otellini (#9), president and CEO of Intel Corporation,
thanks to his direct involvement in Apple's transition to Intel
CPUs.
<http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/bios/otellini.htm>
* Tony Fadell (#12), Apple's senior vice president of the iPod
division, because of the "halo effect" that has caused iPod owners
to become Mac users.
<http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/fadell.html>
* John Gruber (#14), the author of the excellent Daring Fireball
weblog that has become required reading for many in the Macintosh
community.
<http://daringfireball.net/>
* Brent Simmons (#16), the developer of the popular NetNewsWire
RSS reader that so many people use for their daily news intake.
<http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=NetNewsWire>
* Scott Forstall (#18), Apple's vice president of "platform
experience," which means that he oversees the high-level parts
of Mac OS X, including the human interface.
* Nick Ciarelli (#23), the publisher of the Think Secret rumor
site who was catapulted to fame by being sued by Apple.
<http://www.thinksecret.com/>
* Bob Mansfield (#24), Apple's vice president of Macintosh
hardware engineering.
Congratulations to these people and everyone else who made
the list this year!
New iMac Replaces eMac for Education
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by Mark H. Anbinder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yet another PowerPC-based Macintosh is consigned to the history
books. Apple last week introduced a new, low-end, stripped-down
version of its Intel-based 17-inch iMac computer, replacing the
eMac for the education market. The new $900 model, priced $300
below the education cost of the existing 17-inch model, boasts
many of the same features.
<http://www.apple.com/imac/>
Apple has economized on the new model by replacing the 8x dual-
layer SuperDrive of the $1200 model with a 24x Combo Drive,
capable of burning CDs and reading, but not burning, DVDs;
including a smaller hard drive (80 GB instead of 160 GB); using
the same Intel GMA 950 graphics chipset with shared memory as
the MacBook and Mac mini; and leaving out Bluetooth and the
Apple Remote that has become a standard feature on new Macs.
The low-end iMac still features a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo CPU,
512 MB of memory, AirPort Extreme wireless networking, and a
built-in iSight video camera. The hard drive capacity and memory
can be expanded via build-to-order options, and an Apple Remote
can be ordered as an add-on, along with Apple's external USB
modem.
Apple says the new iMac model, which was shown last week
at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Diego, is
available immediately to education customers (and only education
customers at this point). The all-in-one eMac, with its PowerPC
chip and Apple's last remaining CRT monitor, will remain available
as long as supplies last, alongside remaining stock of the
G4-based iBook.
<http://www.apple.com/education/store/>
Out to Launchd
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by Matt Neuburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Anyone who has ever run Activity Monitor (in the Utilities folder)
and chosen Administrator Processes from the pop-up menu is aware
that a Mac OS X computer is actually a hotbed of little programs
that start automatically and whose purposes are probably unclear
to most users. This is not usually a source of concern; most of
these programs were put there by Apple and are part of Mac OS X.
Ignorance is Bliss, and Big Brother Knows Best.
Recently, though, a new and unknown process, "dashboardadvisor",
has been making an occasional appearance on the Activity Monitor
scene. What's more, users of Objective Development's Little
Snitch utility, which intercepts outgoing network connections,
were alerted to the fact that such a connection was precisely
what this process, each time it runs, was attempting to form
(under the name "dashboardadvisoryd"). It was connecting with
a server at apple.com. Your computer, in popular parlance, was
"phoning home!" This discovery cued the usual spate of reactionary
and indiscriminate Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt: Big Brother,
so far from Knowing Best, was apparently Watching You. What was
the process doing? Counting Mac OS X users? Reporting your name
and address? Stealing your password?
<http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/>
Let's put the matter in perspective. What's wrong with a program
making an outgoing network connection? That is precisely the job
of your Web browser and your email client; you're more likely
to be troubled when it doesn't do it. But in that case, in some
sense, you initiated the connection, and in some sense you
can "see" the connection as it happens (by means of a progress
indicator, for example). An automatically launched, background-
only task that "phones home," on the other hand, is an invisible
program secretly sending an invisible message. And this, after
all, really is how spammers and hackers learn your secret
information or attack servers from the machines of innocent,
unsuspecting users.
But this process, you happen to know, is not the work of a
spammer or a hacker. It is part of Mac OS X; in particular,
it was introduced into the Dock application as part of the recent
upgrade to Mac OS X 10.4.7. Apple made no secret of it; they
announced that "you can now verify whether or not a Dashboard
widget you downloaded is the same version as a widget featured
on www.apple.com before installing it." Furthermore, interception
of the actual network "conversation" initiated by the process in
question (easily performed with Stairways Software's Interarchy)
shows no information is being transmitted; rather, some
information is being requested and received. It's exactly like
what happens when the Software Update window suddenly appears
unbidden on your computer and announces that "New software is
available for your computer." How do you think Software Update
knows this? It's because an invisible background process initiated
an invisible network connection to Apple's server, and information
was requested and received.
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303771>
<http://www.interarchy.com/>
Still, there is one tiny but arguably crucial difference between
the behavior of Software Update and that of "dashboardadvisory":
Software Update gives you a way to turn off its automatic behavior
(through the Software Update pane of System Preferences). The
advertised behavior of the Dashboard check is that "you can now
verify," whereas the reality turns out to be that "your computer
is going to check in periodically with Apple whether you like it
or not." That difference is enough to raise the hackles of many
users, including me. Apple might have elected to use any of
several nicer ways to implement this, and didn't.
<http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/153/apple-phones-home-too>
<http://www.rentzsch.com/macosx/applePhonesHomeTwo>
So, even though this feature is probably benign, one can't help
imagining a silent mass protest in which every Mac OS X user
would assert freedom of choice by turning it off, notwithstanding
Apple's failure to provide an on-off switch. And this, it turns
out, is not difficult to do. The process in question is triggered
through a file located in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ (the file
is called com.apple.dashboard.advisory.fetch.plist). Files in
this folder are actually commands to a kind of ultimate background
process called launchd, whose job is basically to launch other
processes. These commands are just text files, and therefore
they can be edited. And there's a wonderful freeware program,
Peter Borg's Lingon, that allows you to do just that, very easily.
<http://developer.apple.com/macosx/launchd.html>
<http://lingon.sourceforge.net/>
So, if you'd like to participate in the protest, here's what to
do:
1. Download and run Lingon.
2. Switch to the "System Daemons" pane (you'll have to supply
administrator authorization).
3. Find and select the line whose Label is
"com.apple.dashboard.advisory.fetch".
4. Click the Unload button in the toolbar.
That's it! The plist file will have a Disabled key written into
it, and the Dashboard advisory process will, I believe, never
again be run automatically through launchd. Of course, it's
possible that you've now opened your computer to a new risk,
where you might download a malicious Dashboard widget masquerading
as a legitimate one; but my favored solution to that, given its
annoying implementation and inherent insecurity, is not to use
Dashboard at all.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/07/
did_apple_reinvent_the_antivir.html>
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08088>
Style Master Stays the Course
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by Matt Neuburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Western Civilization has released version 4.5 (quickly updated
to 4.5.1) of its flagship CSS editor, Style Master, making the
creation of good-looking Web pages easier than ever. TidBITS
has followed the growth and development of Style Master for
many years.
<http://www.westciv.com/style_master/>
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbser=1266>
Changes are minor but useful. For example, previously, CSS
statements were listed in the order in which they appeared in
your style sheet; this version introduces searching, sorting,
and grouping of CSS statements. Gone are the drawers that slid
in and out every time you switched from editing one type of CSS
statement to another; the editor is now a single floating window.
Furthermore, if you know a property's name and usage, you no
longer have to hunt among different editor panes for the one
containing it, as there is now for the first time an additional
editor pane that lists all properties.
There are those of us who wouldn't try to write CSS without Style
Master, because its CSS statement editor dialogs guide your hand
and head through every possible option so that you end up with
perfectly correct CSS. Nevertheless, it's disappointing to find
that Style Master's CSS analysis tools, introduced over a year
ago in version 4.0, are not significantly improved; I much prefer,
for this purpose, the gorgeous and brilliant dedicated CSS/HTML
analyser Xyle Scope ($20).
<http://culturedcode.com/xyle/>
Style Master runs on Mac OS X 10.3 or higher, is not yet available
as a universal binary (there is also a Windows version), and costs
$60. Upgrades from earlier versions cost $30, unless you already
paid for the upgrade to version 4.0, in which case this upgrade
is free. Users are also requested to pay $20 for each additional
computer on which Style Master will be used. A free 30-day demo
is available as an 8.5 MB download.
<http://www.westciv.com/westciv/downloads.html>
Google Becomes a Verb
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by Adam C. Engst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Trademark lawyers everywhere are shaking their heads in dismay, as
the Oxford English Dictionary has now added Google's company name
to the dictionary as a verb. Although this would seem to be a good
thing for Google, thanks to the free advertising, such unofficial
uses dilute company trademarks, making it more difficult to pursue
trademark infringement lawsuits. Other companies whose names have
fallen prey to "verbification" include FedEx, TiVo, and Xerox.
<http://www.oed.com/help/updates/latest-additions.html>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_(verb)>
But let's turn our attention from trademark law to usage
questions. (Hey, we worry about this kind of stuff in TidBITS!)
Here's how the OED's definition reads:
intr. To use the Google search engine to find information
on the Internet. trans. To search for information about
(a person or thing) using the Google search engine.
That's clear enough, but from what we can tell, the OED seems
to be sticking with the capitalization of Google, even when used
as a verb, as in the sentence, "I'll Google that information
when we get back to the office." On the other hand, in April
2006 the editors of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
were considering adding Google as a verb, but lowercasing it,
and this week they made the addition official.
<http://www.word.com/unabridged/archives/new_word_watch/>
<http://news.com.com/Google+joins+Xerox+as+a+verb/2100-1025_3-6091289.html>
There has been some discussion of whether or not capitalization is
necessary. The Chicago Manual of Style suggests that lowercasing
such verbs is common, but that the final decision is up to authors
and editors, and that whatever is chosen should be followed
consistently throughout a work. Personally, I prefer my verbs
lowercased, even if (or perhaps because) that pains the trademark
lawyers. So if you want to read more about this story, just google
for "Google verb".
<http://www.wordwizard.com/ch_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8415>
Take Control News/10-Jul-06
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by Adam C. Engst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
**Take Control Authors Speak... at Length** -- When we aren't busy
writing and editing, we can often be found talking about Take
Control and the topics we cover in our ebooks. So if you're
looking for a little drive-time distraction from the taillights
and talk radio, give these podcasts a listen:
Joe Kissell talks about "Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac"
on Chuck Joiner's MacVoices show and Gene Steinberg's Tech Night
Owl Live; the book also received a 5 of 5 rating in a recent
MyMac.com review.
<http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/windows-on-mac.html?14@@!pt=
TRK-0034-TB837-TCNEWS>
<http://www.macvoices.com/archives/2006/657.html>
<http://techbroadcasting.com/podcasts/nightowl_060706.mp3>
<http://www.mymac.com/showarticle.php?id=2534>
Similarly, Sharon Zardetto Aker chatted with Chuck on MacVoices
and Gene on Tech Night Owl Live about fonts in Mac OS X and her
two Take Control ebooks on that topic. Her ebooks also received
a nice review on Geek.com from Allan Warner, who notes that he's
from the old school when it comes to books, but says that "Take
Control of Font Problems in Mac OS X" was "the first electronic
book that I've felt comfortable with."
<http://www.macvoices.com/archives/2006/652.html>
<http://techbroadcasting.com/podcasts/nightowl_060601.mp3>
<http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2006Jun/fea20060623037012.htm>
<http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/font-problems-macosx.html?14@@!pt=
0037-TB837-TCNEWS>
However, no author has been as busy talking as Steve Sande, author
of "Take Control of iWeb". He made the rounds of Gene's Tech Night
Owl Live and Chuck's MacVoices shows, and added an appearance on
Shawn King's Your Mac Life (the archive of which is unfortunately
no longer available).
<http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/iweb.html?14@@!pt=TRK-0031-TB837-TCNEWS>
<http://techbroadcasting.com/podcasts/nightowl_060608.mp3>
<http://www.macvoices.com/archives/2006/658.html>
<http://www.yourmaclife.com/article.php?story=20060607215436832>
Meanwhile, Take Control Editor-in-Chief Tonya Engst and I made
several appearances together on the MacNotables podcast, first
in a joint show in which we talk about what it's like to work
together, and most recently in a group discussion with Ted Landau
and Chuck Joiner about my Take Control-bolstered #3 ranking in
the recent MDJ Power 25 survey of who wields influence in the
Mac industry. In between, I participated in another group show
with Ted Landau and Andy Ihnatko, two great guys whose utter
coolness is marred only by not having yet written Take Control
ebooks, about Apple's latest ads, the problems with FileVault,
and the Google Video Player for Mac. Last, but by no means least,
I was interviewed about TidBITS, Take Control, and much more on
the wonderfully named Dog Food for Thought Pawcast from Small Dog
Electronics.
<http://www.macnotables.com/archives/2006/652.html>
<http://www.macnotables.com/archives/2006/661.html>
<http://www.macjournals.com/gcsf/mdj_power_25_2005-2006.html>
<http://www.macnotables.com/archives/2006/655.html>
<http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?
id=128728210&s=143441&i=7300017>
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/10-Jul-06
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by TidBITS Staff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The first link for each thread description points to the
traditional TidBITS Talk interface; the second link points to
the same discussion on our Web Crossing server, which provides
a different look and which may be faster.
**The Mystery of the Burnt Thighs** -- Readers suggest
alternatives for keeping a hot laptop cool. (8 messages)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=3038>
<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/871/>
**10.4.7 Update** -- The recent Mac OS X 10.4.7 update causes
problems for some readers, especially related to use of the SOCKS
proxy, while others see no difficulties. (10 messages)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=3039>
<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/872/>
**Disable ssh password login under Tiger** -- Readers discuss ssh
password authentication settings, including a way to turn off
passwords altogether (and whether that's a good idea). (6 message)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=3041>
<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/874/>
**.Mac security question: security question & birthday were
reset** -- A reader suspects that her .Mac account has been
compromised when she discovers that the challenge questions for
password access have been changed. How could this have happened?
(2 messages)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=3043>
<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/876/>
**10.4.7 ate my printer?** After upgrading to Mac OS X 10.4.7,
printing errors crop up. Is it the operating system update,
or perhaps old printer drivers? (4 messages)
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tlkthrd=3045>
<http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/877/>
**Adam more influential than Gates** -- Adam's placement at #3
on the MDJ Power 25 list puts him ahead of some low-profile
billionaire from Redmond. How are the rankings compiled?
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**Mac OS X Routine Maintenance** -- Randy Singer's Macintosh OS X
Routine Maintenance Web site gets an update that should be useful
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