Reprinted from TidBITS#912/28-Jan-08 with permission. Copyright (C) 2008, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/28-Jan-08 ------------------------------------ by Jeff Carlson article link: **Tiger on Current iMac** -- How can one get a Tiger installation disc for a current iMac model (which now ships with Leopard)? (2 messages) **Yoyodyne Flash: European phone experience + iPod Touch** -- Traveling internationally with an iPhone (or other cell phone) has bitten a number of people due to onerous roaming charges. Here's how several readers made it work. (3 messages) **MacBook Air Introduced as World Thinnest Notebook** -- Reader discuss the tradeoffs Apple made to create the MacBook Air, and how people value some aspects (like weight and thickness) over others (like ports and power). (5 messages) **Mailtrust (Webmail.us) - or other hosted email services** -- A reader seeks advice about this email provider, and others discuss the merits of outsourced versus self-hosted email. (4 messages) **GTD on an iPod Touch or iPhone** -- With the lack of to-do applications on the iPhone and iPod touch, how do people employ the Getting Things Done organizational system on these handhelds? (2 messages) **New to OS X but having internet connectivity problems** -- An inexperienced Mac user seeks advice on why his Mac won't allow Internet access via Ethernet. (1 message) **Can I stop the start up chime in 10.4.11?** Several options, ranging from Terminal commands to a trip to Radio Shack, are available for muting a Mac's startup sound. (7 messages) **iChat AV versus my home router (SIP, NAT and firewalls oh my)** -- iChat's video conferencing is supposed to just work, even when traversing routers and firewalls, but that's not always the case. What combination of software, protocols, and hardware will help? (1 message) $$ 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 2008 TidBITS: Reuse governed by Creative Commons license. Contact us at: TidBITS Web site: License terms: Full text search: Subscriptions: Account help: .