The perfect storm of data loss: a cautionary tale

You may think you've got backups of your important data, but do you really? If you're relying on your iDisk, you may want to think twice.

Removing Address Book images in MailYou regret attaching your Address Book card's image to messages sent from Apple's Mail? They're easily removed.
Adobe to offer new tools for UI developmentAdobe Systems released preview versions of new tools for building UIs for Web and enterprise applications.

Removing Address Book images in Mail You regret attaching your Address Book card's image to messages sent from Apple's Mail? They're easily removed.
Disable Mail’s data detectors in OS X 10.5 Learn how to disable OS X 10.5Æs Mail data detectors—that feature that highlights addresses, dates, and times, and lets you add relevant info to Address Book or iCal.
Mail's random and sequential signatures You'd like to generate a random signature in Mail? Easily done.
Export RSS feed list from Mail in 10.5 Learn how to export a list of all the RSS feeds you read in 10.5’s Mail application.
Quickly strip formatting from copied text Learn a few ways to strip text formatting from the clipboard, including a unique solution for doing it within Safari

Google has redefined ‘beta’ Paul McNamara of Network World considers why so many Google products are slapped with a beta label.
Chrome versus the world Former PC World editor Harry McCracken weighs in on Chrome, Google’s new browser, and what it means for browser makers like Microsoft, Mozilla, Opera, and Apple.
Share your favorite spots on the Web Feeling bored by your usual stops on the Internet? Perhaps it’s time for some fresh inspiration. Senior Editor Kelly Turner proposes a bookmark exchange: we’ll share some of our favorite sites in exchange for yours.
How sound is Consumer Reports’ Safari advice? Safari, the most popular OS X web browser, lacks anti-phishing tools. So should you dump it in favor of a browser that includes such tools? Consumer Reports thinks so.
Opinion: Apple’s unforgivable DNS delay Apple’s response—or lack of one—to a serious DNS bug has shredded the security goodwill the company earned over the years, John C. Welch argues.