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Mac mini Really a PowerBook?

Digitimes has posted a story comparing the Mac mini to a laptop: What do you call a mobile computer that has no display, no keyboard and no other input devices? Apple Computer calls it the Mac mini and it is really a desktop PC that is designed and built like a laptop. This shouldn’t come […]

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Verizon Audiovox PC5740 PowerBook Hack

Verizon will be announcing their fifth EVDO PC card next week and the guys over at EVDOinfo.com have have already posted directions to make the Audiovox PC5740 work with PowerBooks. They’ve also got more info on PC5740 card. Click through for the links…

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New QuickerTek Airport Antenna for PowerBooks

Got Wireless? Most people have it and use it so much that they take it for granted. (“What do you mean you don’t have wireless here?”) For some, wireless access is a privilege, not a right. If you live in an old home constructed of lots of brick, stone and (God love you) plaster, or […]

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MCE 8x Dual Layer/Double Layer SuperDrive Upgrades for PowerBooks

MCE Technologies announced a new slot-loading 8X DVD-recordable internal SuperDrive upgrade for Aluminum and Titanium PowerBook G4s with both Dual Layer (DVD-R DL) and Double Layer (DVD+R DL) support. The MCE 8X SuperDrive can burn 4.7GB DVD-R/RW and 4.7GB DVD+R/RW discs at up to 8X speed and DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs (up to […]

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Mozilla Releases Firefox 1.0.5

Mozilla.org has released Firefox 1.0.5, the Official Browser™ of the PowerPage. According to the release notes the dot upgrade adds several security fixes and improves stability. (Duh!) Now I just wish they’d fix the goofy bug where the download folder selection doesn’t stick and often reverts back to desktop. While we’re at it I wish […]