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Madsonline Announces New PowerBook Chargers

Madsonline has announced a series of PowerBook battery chargers. The Core Charger XK-Series is available in one, four and 10-bay configurations. The larger ones are designed for use in schools and labs. The spankin’ new chargers can charge and re-calibrate batteries for the 12 and 14-inch iBook, and the 15-inch Aluminum PowerBook. The cool part […]

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Apple Recalls 28,000 15-Inch Aluminum Laptop Batteries (Updated)

Apple just sent out the following email about their recall of certain batteries for the PowerBook G4 (Aluminum) 15-Inch: Subject: Important Safety Recall Date: August 19, 2004 7:51:56 PM EDT Dear Apple Customer: In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and other international safety authorities, Apple is voluntarily recalling certain lithium ion […]

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How to use an iPod as a Bootable Drive

Install an OS and boot from your iPod. Learn how to back up to it as well. This week?s How-To from Engadget is a handy one for the Mac folks out there who want to run multiple operating systems, but not install them to their hard drive, all using an iPod as a bootable FireWire […]

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Salling Clicker vs. 10.3.5 HID Support

Mac OS X 10.3.5 brought full HID support for Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones that have a HID profile. What does that mean for users of Jonas Salling’s Salling Clicker? Absolutely nuthin’.

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Extending the iPod

Could the iPod do more? Besides software, what prevents the original click wheel iPod from becoming an external hard drive for a digital camcorder (like MCE’s QuickStream DV), for example? What are the limitations of the iPod? Could new software feature be added? Could there be a future in developing software for the iPod that […]