Reprinted from TidBITS#879/14-May-07 with permission. Copyright (C) 2007, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/14-May-07 ------------------------------------ by TidBITS Staff article link: **Skype on MacBook Pro** -- A reader encounters poor performance using Skype's Voice-over-IP service, but is the problem in his network connection or audio input source? (11 messages) **Timeslips in Parallels** -- Are others encountering a problem running the program Timeslips in virtualization? (1 message) **ICeCoffEE functionality everywhere** -- Recent discussion of old Apple Data Detectors technology leads to an awareness of how it's hard to find a solution as easy as Command-clicking a URL to open it in a Web page. (4 messages) **MacBook drive failure?** A hard drive is acting up - time to break out DiskWarrior? Yes, but using an old version could prove disastrous. (8 messages) **Encrypted disk image won't close** -- Readers offer solutions for a disk image that wants to stick around. (7 messages) **Wired or wireless network for a graphics lab?** A computer lab is moving to a new location, which is an excellent time to reevaluate infrastructure. For graphics-focused machines, is it worth stringing cable, or can a wireless network handle the data throughput needs? (5 messages) **Treo 755 Review** -- The latest Palm Treo is found to be underwhelming; is a mystery device on the horizon, or will the iPhone knock Palm out of its own market? (2 messages) **Losing Address Book Data** -- What's a good solution for automatically backing up Address Book, given that a reader has watched its database implode on several occasions? (2 messages) **Apple TV** -- The Apple TV won't stream Internet radio from a computer or over the Internet, which dampens a reader's enthusiasm for the device. (1 message) **Remembering passwords** -- Is it a good idea to carry your passwords written in your wallet? Perhaps, but with a little trickery. (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: .