Reprinted from TidBITS#888/16-Jul-07 with permission. Copyright (C) 2007, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/16-Jul-07 ------------------------------------ by TidBITS Staff article link: **State of Mac Support for GPS** -- Following Adam's review of GPS devices last year, what's the current state of the art? And more importantly, how is the Mac support? (9 messages) **Best FM transmitter** -- There are lots of devices designed to play music from an iPod over your car's stereo system, but how do they stack up? And is a wired cassette adapter a better alternative? (12 messages) **PDF "resolution"** -- A PDF file is resolution-independent, but the quality of the imagery can vary if it includes bitmapped pictures (such as JPEG photos, for example). (8 messages) **FTC abandons net neutrality** -- The Federal Trade Commission in the United States has decided to abandon the notion of net neutrality, which could open the door to variable pricing for delivering Internet content. (1 message) **Open Message AppleScript for Mail** -- If you want Apple's Mail application to open messages in separate windows based on a rule, download this collection of AppleScript scripts. (1 message) **Trading In-Home Wi-Fi for Powerline Networking** -- A reader shares his unhappy experiences with Powerline networking following Kevin van Haaren's article last week. (1 message) **Apple "Proof of Purchase Coupons"** -- Just what is the use of the Proof of Purchase Coupons that come with Apple products? A few readers have used them in the past to get replacement system discs. (7 messages) **Jogging with your iPod in a Thunderstorm** -- Could jogging with an iPod have caused a man to be struck by lightning? Despite the contents of a medical report, some readers want more information before drawing a direct link. (6 messages) **Updaters cause problems for Office and other Rosetta apps** -- Some people experienced problems with applications that run under Rosetta on Intel-based Macs after updating to QuickTime 7.2 and iTunes 7.3.1. Could Java be a cause? (4 messages) **ProCare** -- Recent changes to Apple's ProCare support program are leaving some users unhappy. (2 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 2007 TidBITS: Reuse governed by Creative Commons license. Contact us at: TidBITS Web site: License terms: Full text search: Subscriptions: Account help: .