Reprinted from TidBITS#802/24-Oct-05 with permission. Copyright (C) 2005, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ TidBITS#802/24-Oct-05 ===================== This week marks the second anniversary of our Take Control project, so we celebrate with a 50 percent-off sale and a look at how we've done. In Apple news, Geoff Duncan covers Apple's new PowerBook and Power Mac G5 models, and Jeff Carlson gives an overview of Aperture. Glenn Fleishman stays wireless with looks at Salling Clicker 3.0 and the back-room battles surrounding the next wireless standard: 802.11n. We also include brief bits on preventing hard drive sleep, encoding video for the iPod, and the slow demise of the eMac. Topics: MailBITS/24-Oct-05 Apple Revs PowerBooks, Intros Quad-Core Power Mac G5 Aperture Opens Up RAW for Photographers Salling Clicker 3.0 Adds Windows, Network Sharing, Wi-Fi Support Faster, Wi-Fi! Kill, Kill (the Competition)! Take Control's Second Anniversary (and 50% Off Sale!) Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/24-Oct-05 Copyright 2005 TidBITS: Reuse governed by Creative Commons license Contact: --------------------------------------------------------------- This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by: * READERS LIKE YOU! Support TidBITS with a contribution today! <----- NEW! Special thanks this week to Michael Weyman, Duane De Vries, Hearts of Space Inc., and Marvin Tubbs for their kind support! * SMALL DOG ELECTRONICS: 70 more specials to come! <----------------- NEW! In honor of our 10th Anniversary - 10 specials each day until 10/31. Visit often! Enter to win! Visit: 800-511-MACS * FETCH SOFTWORKS: Fetch 5 is now available, with SFTP, Bonjour, <--- NEW! StuffIt, Unicode, Dock progress, AppleScript, and a simplified interface optimized for Mac OS X (including Tiger)! Download your free trial version! * Dr. Bott, LLC: Swim with the Phish ... blasting in your ears. <--- NEW! The H2O Audio products let you interface your iPod in an aqua environment, if you catch my drift. Waterproof cases for iPod and iPod mini. * Web Crossing, Inc: Site Crossing brings Web Crossing power to your small biz, family or club. Build a core site or bolt onto a current one for discussions, blogs, chat, polls, calendars, podcasts, and more. * Bare Bones Software's BBEdit for $99 -- Oktoberfest special! <----- NEW! BBEdit cross-upgrades on sale (save $100) October only. Get serious power tools like HTML markup, glossaries, automation, file groups, previews & much more. * Circus Ponies NoteBook: Never lose anything again. NoteBook <------ NEW! keeps your digital life organized. Take notes, clip content, share information. Find anything instantly with automatic index pages. Free 30-day demo! * Rumpus 4: Internet file transfers done right. <-------------------- NEW! Set up a complete FTP and Web file server in 7 minutes. Visit: * StuffIt Deluxe 10 from Allume Systems supports Automator, compresses JPEGs up to 30%, enables Spotlight to search in archives, can make self-extracting archives, and more! Upgrade for only $29.99! --------------------------------------------------------------- .