Reprinted from TidBITS#976/27-Apr-09 with permission. Copyright (C) 2009, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk for 27-Apr-09 ---------------------------------------- by Jeff Carlson article link: **Canceling AT&T contracts** -- When your iPhone contract is up, does AT&T (or other carrier) unlock the device? (3 messages) **Spotlight GUI** -- Spotlight strives to stay out of the way, which is a problem when you're trying to use it. Readers discuss how to perform better Spotlight searches. (17 messages) **MS Word 2008** -- A protected Word file from a Windows user can't be opened in Word 2008 for Mac. Other software may be helpful. (9 messages) **Scanner for slides Recommendations** -- What options or services are available for scanning slides? Readers make lots of excellent suggestions. (34 messages) **Navigating the Next Generation of Mac Twitter Apps** -- Readers compare the latest applications for viewing Twitter streams. (10 messages) **Two different MacBook Pro problems** -- Booting from older DiskWarrior discs may not work for the latest versions of Mac hardware. (3 messages) **Why Snow Leopard Should Be (Almost) Free** -- Readers debate Adam's article questioning whether the next version of Mac OS X should be a free update. (35 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 2009 TidBITS: Reuse governed by Creative Commons license. Contact us at: TidBITS Web site: License terms: Full text search: Subscriptions: Account help: .