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Firmware Hack to Enable Missing Features on PB Superdrives

A hacked version of the firmware for Apple’s Superdrives in now available…

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New Sony Clie UX Series Ships September 12

According to the SonyStyle Web site the new PEG-UX50 Personal Entertainment Communicator “ships on or before Sep. 12th.” The killer new PDA is a departure from the previous Clie’s “bar” form factor and looks more akin to a Motorola two-way pager. Features include: – Swivel screen (480×320, 65k color) – Built in keyboard – Wi-Fi […]

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NEC Unveils Fuel Cell Laptop

An interesting article on ARS Technica by Fred “zAmboni” Locklear dicusses the NEC laptop fuel cell. Even though NEC was not able to beat Toshiba in developing a laptop fuel cell prototype, they still have big plans for their technology. NEC unveiled their version of a laptop fuel cell today, and on the surface, their […]

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Cherry PowerBook

To breath new life into an old Wallstreet Powerbook, Michael Coyle stripped the rubber paint off the metal panels and painted what remained a nice red color. See pictures and a description at ResExcellence.

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Newswire Contest Features Some Sweet Prizes

Sweet Cocoa has released LapCop 2 of their Mac OS X PowerBook security software that “phones home” invisibly when connected to the Internet. Very cool for road warriors. The PowerPage is having a Newswire contest this month and is giving away five LapCop 2 licenses, copies of the MacBible and a few limited edition Macworld […]