Reprinted from TidBITS#996/21-Sep-09 with permission. Copyright (C) 2009, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk for 21-Sep-09 ---------------------------------------- by Jeff Carlson article link: **New York Times Web Site Compromised** -- Readers discuss the recent malware attempt that appeared at the New York Times site. (2 messages) **Wireless Keyboard and Mouse** -- A reader asks for wireless keyboard suggestions to set up an old iMac for kids. (3 messages) **Word 2008 gives Disk Full error - Again** -- A long-simmering bug in Microsoft Word keeps coming back, potentially leading to lost data. (17 messages) **Gray screen on boot** -- Could faulty hard drives lead to a problem booting a Power Mac G5, or is the machine itself at fault? (8 messages) **Turning OFF system-wide spell checking (10.4.11)** -- Reinstalling Mac OS X turned the built-in spelling checker on, but how does one turn it off in Tiger? Curiously, in Snow Leopard it appears you can't. (4 messages) **Dragon Naturally Speaking** -- Readers compare notes about running this speech-recognition software under Parallels or Fusion on the Mac, with some suggesting a Mac solution: MacSpeech Dictate. (6 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: .