Reprinted from TidBITS#843/21-Aug-06 with permission. Copyright (C) 2006, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/21-Aug-06 ------------------------------------ by TidBITS Staff **Visual Basic a Casualty of Processor War** -- Matt Neuburg's article about the demise of Microsoft's Visual Basic on the Mac spurs discussion of the utility of Visual Basic and Virtual PC. 32 messages[33] [33] **Leopard wish list** -- Did Apple's preview of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard fulfill your wishes for the next version of the operating system? TidBITS readers share and debate their own ideas. 43 messages[34] [34] **iTunes Server** -- It's one thing to share a common set of music files from one computer using iTunes, but what if each person accessing it wants their own playlists and song ratings? 4 messages[35] [35] **Retrospect to DVD - what write speed do you get?** The type of DVD media you use for backups can affect the write performance in Retrospect. 8 messages[36] [36] **Recovering audio from aging CD-Rs** -- Remember all those audio CDs you burned several years ago? They might not be holding up well over time. How do you get the audio off of them? 5 messages[37] [37] **AOL Drops Fees, Offers 5 GB Free Storage** -- Glenn Fleishman's article on AOL's new pricing prompts some ruminating on online video and video iPod sales. 2 messages[38] [38] $$ 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 2006 TidBITS: Reuse governed by Creative Commons license. Contact us at: TidBITS Web site: License terms: Full text search: Subscriptions: Account help: .