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iMovie '09 looks to be the video editor we expected last year, adding and improving on features that were present in earlier versions.Read more... 

The last few weeks' discussions look at the news of Steve Jobs not being keynote speaker at Macworld Expo and Apple's exit from the event after 2009, performance of online backup services, syncing calendars, and much more.Read more... 

Going to Macworld Expo with your iPhone or iPod touch? Just in time for this week's show in San Francisco, IDG and Zami.com have released iMacworld, an app that provides a directory of exhibitors (including floor plans for the North and South Halls), products, and sessions. (Link goes directly to iTunes.)Follow link

Subscribers to XM or SIRIUS radio services in the United States can now listen to their favorite stations on the Mac. The public preview release of Rogue Amoeba's Pulsar frees you from using dedicated hardware or listening via a Web browser.Follow link

When an unexpected error prevents streaming music to his AirPort Express, Jeff Carlson eschews hours of troubleshooting and throws his Apple TV into the breach.Read more... Listen  

Heads up, iPhone road warriors! If you're unhappy with your iPhone 3G's battery life, there's a new solution - the InCase Power Slider case - that will radically improve the length of time you can use your iPhone without forcing you to carry a separate gadget.Read more... 

This week's discussions look at display problems with the new MacBook Air, safely deactivating fonts, keyboard backlight settings, why antivirus software is still not needed on the Mac, and limitations playing video from the MacBook.Read more... 

Frequent TidBITS contributor Derek K. Miller has been writing an engaging Camera Works series on his Penmachine blog that explains the important things to know about digital photography, such as crop factor on lenses built for digital cameras, how a rolling shutter works, and more.Follow link

You'd think Apple's Address Book application would be the easy choice for making mailing labels, but after fighting the program's bugs and shortcomings, Jeff Carlson turns to BeLight Software's Labels & Addresses to get his holiday cards in the mail.Read more... Listen  

Veteran Mac expert Rick LePage reviews the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 at his site Printerville. If you're a photographer who prints his or her own photos (rather than sending them to a print service), the 3800 is an impressive inkjet printer. Equally impressive these days is a site like Printerville that takes the time to thoroughly review these types of expensive niche products that professionals rely on to make their livings.Follow link

This week's discussions touch on printing CD labels, viewing Hulu.com content outside the United States, resizing Finder windows, problems with Bank of America's ShopSafe service, canceling ambient noise, encrypting data when a Mac is put to sleep, and streaming audio.Read more... 

The first year of the App Store was very good to game developers and flashlight utilities, but what about the rest of the iTunes Store?Read more... Listen  

TidBITS Talk participants have suggested oodles of ideas for the upcoming TidBITS Gift Guide. Now it's your chance to vote for your favorites and help us pick the cream of the crop. Read more... Listen  

Recent TidBITS Talk discussions include a great mix of topics: deconstructing Safari 3.2's anti-phishing feature, comparing iPhone file transfer applications, troubleshooting loading errors in Safari and Firefox, a solid aluminum mouse pad, sorting out years' worth of digital documents, and more.Read more... 

The Apple TV Software Update 2.3 expands the media player's AirTunes capabilities, lets you use a third-party remote control, supports playlists that contain video content, and, at last, lets you control music volume from the remote.Read more... Listen  

This week's TidBITS Talk discussions touch on a broad range of topics: the number of audio files the iTunes Store serves up, viewing PDFs on an iPhone or iPod touch, experiences with PGP, using an unlocked iPhone as a modem, converting AIFF files to MP3, and the differences between Safari and WebKit.Read more... 

As is our custom this time of year, we're taking the 24-Nov-08 issue off to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Our next issue will appear 01-Dec-08.Read more... Listen  

One of the most popular Mac topics returns to TidBITS Talk: is anti-virus software for the Mac worth buying and using? Readers this week also congratulate Adam on surviving the New York City Marathon, wonder about AirPort reception in the MacBook Pro, discover how to print a list of Finder items using Firefox, and discuss whether the iPod touch can be used for VoIP calls.Read more... 

This week's discussions take a geekier curve, with readers trying to determine which system processes are gobbling up CPU power and programming Python in a terminal shell under Windows. Also featured are discussions about installing Adeona for tracking a stolen laptop, sorting out versions of "Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network," and the implications of the recent Google Book Search legal settlement.Read more... 

iPhone owners in the United States can now get free Wi-Fi Internet access through any AT&T wireless hotspot, which includes Starbucks stores and McDonald's restaurants.Read more... Listen