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  Do you have piles of old Mac stuff you don't use? Andy Ihnatko
  explains how to create your own version of his Prize Wonderland
  Auction to raise money for your favorite charity, cause, or user
  group. Also in this issue, Matt Neuburg unpacks Insider Software's
  Smasher to access old font suitcases. In other news, Apple updates
  its .Mac service and releases Security Update 2005-008, Microsoft
  releases Office 2004 Service Pack 2, and the Opera Web browser
  goes free.

Topics:
    MailBITS/26-Sep-05
    DealBITS Drawing: Dejal Simon
    Apple Posts Security Update 2005-008
    Apple Updates .Mac with More Storage and Features
    Insider Smashes Suitcases
    The Prize Wonderland Auction
    Take Control News/26-Sep-05
    Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/26-Sep-05

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