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Featured Link: Tiger or Leopard for PowerPC Macs? Does It Matter Anymore?, Simon Royal, Mac Spectrum, 01.31. Does it really matter whether you run OS X 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard on your increasingly left-behind PowerPC Macs?

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Opinion: Spelling: A Rebuttal from Wired's Copydesk, Lee Simmons, Wired, 2012.01.31. "No, it doesn't matter how we spell any given word; what matters is that we agree on some particular spelling. Standards are what make communication possible...."
Benchmarks: USB 3.0 Roundup #2: 3.5" Drive Enclosures, Bare Feats, 2012.02.03. 6 GB/s SSD tested in various USB 3 enclosures shows it can be 55-60% as fast as Thunderbolt - and far more affordable at that.
Advocacy: Kill the Caps Lock, Matthew J.X. Malady, Slate, 2012.02.01. Why Caps Lock should be eliminated, the em-dash should be added, and the exclamation point should be moved.
Analysis: Is Apple's Thunderbolt Truly Lightning-Fast?, Glenn Derene, Popular Mechanics, 2012.01.31. With real hard drives, Thunderbolt is only 3x as fast as USB 2.0 and FireWire - and no faster than USB 3.
Analysis: iOS web browser shoot-out: alternatives to Safari on the iPad, Charles W. Moore, AppleTell, 2012.01.29. "...Safari may be the best of the iOS browser pack, ahead of my other favorites Dolphin, Diigo, and Terra, especially now that the iOS 5 version has real tabs."
Analysis: Apple vs. PC Shipments: 'PC' Decline Worse Than Reported, Tom Reestman, The Small Wave, 2012.01.31. Those 5.9" PC decline figures include Apple's growth. Remove Apple, and it drops to an 8.5% decline.
Advice: Sync Your Contacts with Twitter to Add Usernames & Photos to Your Address Book [iOS Tip], Killian Bell, Cult of Mac, 2012.01.31. Simple instructions for syncing more info for Twitter users in your Address Book.
Opinion: 7 Days Living with . . . the Other Computer (Apple Mac OS X), v, Pocketlint, 2012.01.24. Longtime Windows user after one week using a Mac: "Nothing really feels weird or different anymore, it just feels easier."
Opinion: Our Time Is Now, Stephen Hackett, 512 Pixels, 2012.01.25. "In this new world, we are not the weird hippies holding on to our obscure computers and even more obscure software titles. Talking about iPad apps in line at Starbucks isn't weird anymore."
Analysis: Apple's Massive Numbers and Some Context, MG Siegler, TechCrunch, 2012.01.24. "Apple's profit of $13.1 billion was equal to their revenue in Q4 2010 . . . To be clear, that was just a year and a quarter ago. That's how quickly Apple is growing."
History: Old Mac of the Month: The PowerMac 8100/100 AV, Erik Schmidt, 512 Pixels, 2012.01.19. "...the springboard for my entry into the world of professional web development. I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time with the right equipment."
Advice: Copy a Bootable Mac OS 9 Install Disc, PPC Luddite, 2012.01.18. Most tools won't burn a bootable CD from your Mac OS 9 install, but good old Toast will.
Advice: Going Google-Free: The Best Alternatives to Google Services on the Web, Whitson Gordon, Lifehacker, 2012.01.17. "What you may not realize is that, despite the quality of Google's products, someone else is doing it better - and placing all your eggs in Google's basket isn't necessarily the best thing."
Analysis: Hand-me-down iPhones good for both carriers and Apple, study finds, Mikey Campbell, AppleInsider, 2012.01.17. Half of iPhone users pass along their old iPhone when upgrading, adding a second tier of new iPhone users.
Software: Mozilla slows pace of Firefox 9 upgrades, Gregg Keizer, Macworld, 2012.01.17. "Firefox 9's slow upgrade appears to conflict with Mozilla's rapid-release schedule that ships a new version every six weeks."

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