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  Issue link: <http://db.tidbits.com/issue/871>

  Remember Gopher? The Internet protocol for retrieving files that
  preceded the World Wide Web isn't dead, writes Cameron Kaiser, but
  surviving (where else?) underground. Glenn Fleishman notes new
  capabilities for the Pando file-sharing service that drastically cut
  the costs of hosting large, popular files such as podcasts. Also in
  this issue, Adam notes a New York Times program that gives free
  TimesSelect access to higher-education faculty and students and
  points to interesting new research about why hard drives fail; Andy
  J. W. Affleck records the praises of Freeverse's Sound Studio 3.5
  update; and Jeff Carlson passes on news of Mark/Space's public beta
  of The Missing Sync for BlackBerry. Finally, Apple last week
  released Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003, as well as
  bug-fix updates iTunes 7.1.1 and iPod Reset Utility 1.0.

Articles
    Grab Bag of Security Fixes and Patches for Mac OS X
    Mark/Space Adds BlackBerry Sync
    iTunes 7.1.1 and iPod Reset Utility 1.0 Fix Bugs
    TimesSelect Free for Higher Ed
    Sound Studio 3.5 Adds Numerous Features
    Hard Drive Failures and Contributory Storage
    Pando Further Eases Big File Distribution
    Down the Gopher Hole
    Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/19-Mar-07


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