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Ask PowerPage: Hi-Res Audio App for OS X

PowerPage reader Darren submits this “Ask PowerPage” question: I’m a long time reader of the PowerPage and had a question I figured you (or your other readers) might be able to answer. In the past year or so I’ve seen a decent amount of hi-res audio (24bit, multi-channel) sources pop up on bt.etree.org (a community […]

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Software

RIP Mac Internet Explorer

Unfortunately, Snoop and Jamie Fox won’t be on hand to help IE-for-the-Mac find clemency. Microsoft gave us fair warning back in June 2003 saying that Internet Explorer for the Mac would “undergo no further development, and support would cease in 2005”. So, on December 31st, 2005 Microsoft is pulling the plug on IE, or administering […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Boostaroo Revolution Headphone Amplifier

I first wrote about the Boostaroo Headphone Amplifier back in 2001 as a way to easily split the audio output from a PowerBook or iPod and share it with a friend. Boostaroo has improved upon the original with the Revolution, a new model now shipping. The airplane is undoubtedly one of the best places to […]

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iPod

New Small USB charger from Japan

My stocking-stuffer for 2005 comes from Japan. A truly pocket-sized USB charger which can be used to top up your iPod’s battery, cellphone or anything else that takes USB as its power source. The unit, made by a company called Filco (not be confused with Philco who made radios back in the 1920s and ’30s) […]

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Mac mini

mini Blockbuster

Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, Netflix, GreenCine, whatever the movie rental competition, I predict that Apple will eventually challenge these services. The Video iPod and iMac G5 were just testing the waters. The iPod screen is tiny and the iMac, even with the biggest screen is too small to be a home entertainment system. I wouldn’t have […]