Reprinted from TidBITS#847/18-Sep-06 with permission. Copyright (C) 2006, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/18-Sep-06 ------------------------------------ by TidBITS Staff article link: **Changing file formats by changing file names** -- BBEdit 8.5 can compress a document into gzipped format merely by saving the file with a .gz or .gzip extension. Is this capability a valuable convenience or potentially dangerous meddling? (3 messages) **FTP client comparison?** Readers look at the various File Transfer Protocol applications and debate the usefulness of their features. (13 messages) **Building a Mac Media Center** -- As a reader prepares to move into a new house, the question of how to set up a second TV and audio system arises. Which hardware to use? And what's up with a Mac version of TiVo2Go? (12 messages) **Microsoft Word Document Compatibility** -- To maintain the best compatibility with Windows users running Word, do you need to buy the latest version of Word for the Mac? (13 messages) **Email-only hosting** -- Readers suggest email service providers, and also explore hosting options and the problems inherent in email forwarding. (17 messages) **Intelligent agent sites** -- Sites that recommend items based on items you've viewed or purchased seem promising, but often end up with mediocre results. Which sites are recommended? (4 messages) **It's Not Your Parents' (or Even Your) Television** -- Apple's iTV announcement brings up the limitations imposed by DRM and how the movie studios' attempts to regulate access to their products could continue to turn off customers. (1 message) $$ 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 2006 TidBITS: Reuse governed by Creative Commons license. Contact us at: TidBITS Web site: License terms: Full text search: Subscriptions: Account help: .