Reprinted from TidBITS#870/12-Mar-07 with permission. Copyright (C) 2007, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/12-Mar-07 ------------------------------------ by TidBITS Staff article link: **For Exploring Your Unicode Fonts** -- A reader shares some tips on how to view Unicode characters. (1 message) **Appointment/room scheduling software** -- What options are available to schedule facilities among a small group without turning to enterprise-level software? Several options can be found here. (8 messages) **Lessons on Internet Surveys** -- Adam's article from last week about the validity of Internet surveys leads to a discussion of random sampling and response rates. (13 messages) **Dragon Naturally Speaking under Parallels vs Bootcamp** -- A reader tests out Dragon's Windows-based speech transcription software under Parallels Desktop and Boot Camp. (4 messages) **Mac OS X's Mouse Acceleration Problem** -- Readers respond to last week's article on mouse behavior under Mac OS X, providing pointers to other software and queries about pen tablets. (19 messages) **USB adapter for Gigabit Ethernet** -- Attempting to gain 1000 Mbps Ethernet speeds with a USB adapter sounds promising for older Macs, but there may be some significant limitations. (2 messages) **22 Million Mac OS X Users** -- Readers look at the claim of how many Mac OS X users are out there and compare the number to populations such as Australia (around 21 million). (4 messages) **Opening My Vistas** -- The first reports of Mac users' experiences with Microsoft Vista begin to trickle in, spurred by Glenn Fleishman's article about buying a Vista-equipped laptop. (3 messages) **Macworld Expo Sessions Available for Download** -- A reader has difficulty accessing Macworld Expo sessions online, but the problem was most likely a massive traffic surge directed from Macworld.com. (4 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: .