• The MacTalk forums have never been busier, so it's easy to miss the good threads that pop up - every weekend, I'll post a list of what I think are the best threads from the past week, so you get to feast on the cream of the crop. <a href="http://twitter.com/mactalk">You can also follow MacTalk on Twitter</a>, where the MacTalk team tweets links to great new threads as soon as they happen.
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    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/11/67968-password-folder.html">crazyjester900</a> wants to password protect a folder on their Mac</li>
    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/11/67829-farkin-adobe.html">Maximage</a> is upset with Adobe and their lack of customer support</li>
    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/14/68015-how-join-two-movie-files-into-one.html">Reubania</a> wants to know how to join two AVI files together</li>
    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/19/68178-danny-katz-age-article.html">mitty</a> found a great satrical piece by Danny Katz about Apple geeks that ashamedly, hits close to home for some of us</li>
    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/19/68122-ato-e-tax-still-not-mac-compatible.html">cowgz</a> informs us that the ATO's e-tax software doesn't work on the Mac again this year</li>
    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/24/68397-travelling-america-macbook-pro-few-questions.html">speedway boy</a> is heading to the USA and has some questions about travelling with a MacBook Pro</li>
    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/24/68374-new-13-mbp-apparently-has-6-bit-display.html">dolbinau</a> points out a blog post where someone is disappointed with the quality of their 13" MacBook Pro LCD</li>
    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/23/68065-32-lcd-monitor-lcd-hdtv-essential-differences.html">konni</a> wants to know the difference between an LCD TV and an LCD computer monitor</li>
    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/23/68024-do-we-tolerate-too-much-mediocrity.html">Kzach</a> ponders if we, as geeks, tolerate mediocrity with our gadgets?</li>
    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/31/68236-optus-negative-comment.html">dickg</a> wants to know why Optus sucks</li>
    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/31/68335-vodafone-vs-3-a.html">Striker</a> can't decide on Vodafone or 3 for his new iPhone 3GS</li>
    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/31/68341-how-fix-multiple-sms-mms.html">Beau</a> posts a work around for an annoying bug in iPhone OS 3.0, where group SMS are sent as an MMS</li>
    <li><a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/39/68313-best-iphone-do-list-app.html">bosc0</a> is after the best iPhone to-do list app</li>
    <li>I'm after <a href="http://forums.mactalk.com.au/40/68217-questions-rob-murray-creator-flight-control-firemint-ceo.html">questions to ask Firemint CEO</a>, Rob Murray, for the next installment of MacTalk Interviews</li>
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