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retail

Radio Shack Selling iPods

According to a story at Playlist (via MacCentral) RadioShack has become an authorized iPod reseller. The deal permits RadioShack to sell all iPod models from the tiny shuffle all the way to Apple

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iPod

Clad Your iPod nano in Style

If you own an iPod nano it’s a pretty good idea to keep it in a case. Unless, of course, you want it to look like you took a piece of steel wool to the display. For the first month or so after it was announced nano cases were impossible to find, but now there’s […]

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privacy

Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far

A reader sent me this excellent email from Alex Reynolds on Sony’s surreptitiously installing rootkits on unsuspecting PCs when a user plays one of their CDs: To be clear, these are not CDs. These discs do not conform with the CD format and releases omit the CD logo on the packaging. Here’s information about the […]

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Accessory

Capacity Meter 1.1.1 a Must-Have for PowerBookers

Is your PowerBook battery not quite lasting the advertised 4.5 hours? Well no one’s does, but you should be be able to get at least 3 hours and 45 minutes according to Apple. If you’re getting something less, your battery is probably getting a little old and has lost some of its capacity. Branden Keller’s […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: PowerBook Battery Shenanigans

The Apple developer note for the new PowerBook announced on 19 October 2005 (1440 by 960 pixels) appears to contain conflicting information about its battery capacity: on page 11 it says: “the computer has a 6-cell battery pack that uses lithium ion cells and provides 50 watt-hours at 12.8 V (nominal) for up to 6 […]