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  The big news this week is of course the release of Mac OS X 10.6
  Snow Leopard, and we have oodles of content about it here and in two
  Take Control ebooks. Joe Kissell excerpts a bit of his "Take Control
  of Upgrading to Snow Leopard" to explain what's new about the Snow
  Leopard installer, and Matt Neuburg draws on his experience writing
  "Take Control of Exploring & Customizing Snow Leopard" to run down
  the major changes in Snow Leopard. Not to be left out, Glenn
  Fleishman and Jeff Carlson collaborate to bring you even more hidden
  tweaks in Snow Leopard, and Rich Mogull examines what Snow Leopard
  brings us from a security standpoint. In other news, Glenn explains
  why WPA is not broken (despite what you may have read from
  uninformed sources) and relays more news about NetNewsWire and
  NewsGator. Notable software releases this week (many of which
  provide Snow Leopard compatibility) include Things 1.2, WireTap
  Studio 1.0.12, WireTap Anywhere 1.0.5, Snapz Pro X 2.2.0, Sync'Em
  1.40, TextSoap 6.3, Coda 1.5, Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
  1.1.1, KeyCue 4.5, DragThing 5.9.4, and TextWrangler 3.0.

Articles
    NewsGator Pushes Back Date, Sets Price
    Wi-Fi's WPA Encryption Is Not Broken (Yet)
    What's New in Snow Leopard
    Examining Snow Leopard Installer Changes
    More Hidden Refinements in Snow Leopard
    Peering Inside Snow Leopard Security
    TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 31-Aug-09
    ExtraBITS for 31-Aug-09
    Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk for 31-Aug-09


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