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  Most of our news revolves around the Mac this week, as a reminder
  that we'll know what Apple is going to announce on Wednesday when
  they announce it, and not before. Most notably, Apple announced
  record sales and profits today, selling more Macs (and iPhones) than
  ever before. Also, Mozilla has shipped a notable - though not
  entirely in a good way - new version of Firefox, Apple has finally
  updated Boot Camp to support Windows 7, and much of the community
  buzz of late surrounds a grassroots movement to create an email
  client for power users. Joe Kissell contributes an extensive look at
  why photos from Photoshop Elements can look so much worse on the
  Web, and Adam covers Amazon's futile attempt to steal Apple's
  thunder by opening the Kindle up to developers. Notable software
  releases this week include Phone Amego 1.1.9, Firmware Restoration
  CD 1.8, Things 1.2.9, Spell Catcher 10.3.3, TextWrangler 3.1, Mac
  Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.4, Xserve EFI Firmware Update 1.2, and
  Security Update 2010-001.

Articles
    Grassroots Movement to Create New Letters Email Client
    Apple Reports Record Sales and Profits for Q1 2010
    Amazon Opens Kindle to Developers, Changes Royalties
    Firefox 3.6 Adds Trendy Shiny Stuff (But Is Still Good)
    Apple Updates Boot Camp for Windows 7
    Solving the Photoshop Elements Color Shift Problem
    TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 25 January 2010
    ExtraBITS for 25 January 2010


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