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Apple Speed-Bumps Xserve G5, Ships xSan, Drops LCD Prices

Apple announced new Xserve configurations today starting at US$2999: – Single 2.0 or Dual 2.3GHz G5s – Up to 1.2TB hot-swappable storage – Dual Gigabit Ethernet and FireWire 800 onboard – Up to 8GB of DDR SDRAM with ECC Xsan, Apple’s US$999 Storage Area Network solution is now shipping. In another surprise, Apple quietly cut […]

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Playing Monopoly

Both Microsoft and Apple Computer have managed to configure themselves as monopolies, one broad and horizontal and the other thin and vertical. In order to understand these decisions, it is important to look at the goals of the founders of each enterprise. For Bill Gates, it is all about winning the game. Microsoft has dominated […]

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More Expo Spoilers: iWork and Pages

ThinkSecret has posted some additional spoilers in advance of next week’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco. According to TS, Apple will use the Expo to launch a new productivity suite called iWork, that will include an updated version of Keynote (v.2) and a new application called “Pages.” It’s unclear whether Pages will simply encompass a […]

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Turn a Lombard PowerBook into a Linux Car MP3 Player

Hack-A-Day has posted a story on how to convert an old PowerBook G3 (Lombard) into a linux-based MP3 player you can install in your car. “Add a wifi card and manage all the music when you pull in to the driveway.” Pretty cool, but I’m pretty sure that a headless iMac would also fit in […]

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TivoToGo Transfers – Not PowerBook Compatible (Updated)

TiVo announced its highly anticipated TivoToGo service allowing customers to copy shows to a laptop. Unless you’re on a Mac, that is. The service is currently only compatible with Windows-based PCs. Use TiVoToGo transfers to bring a cooking show to the kitchen or your favorite film on a road trip! TiVoToGo transfers pull shows from […]