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Apple Joins Blu-Ray Disc Association Board

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple has joined the Blu-Ray Disc Association Forum. Read More…

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PowerBook 2005 Scrolling Trackpad Woes Acknowledged by Apple

Trackpad issues continue the plague the PowerBook 2005 judging by email received by the PowerPage and postings on Apple’s own discussion forums and other Mac News sites like MacFixIt and MacInTouch. AppleInsider posted a story Friday that Apple has acknowledged the problem. Read More…

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Hardware iPod

Extreme iPod: Survives Washer AND Dryer

One reader’s tale of running an iPod mini through the washing machine. Did it survive? Click through for the amazing results…

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Hardware iPod

iPod 'Squeaks' Betray Software Secrets

Did you see this iPod hack on New Scientist? What a c()()1 H4X! Computer enthusiasts have worked out how to reprogram Apple’s iPod music player with their own code using an ingenious acoustic trick. They adapted the component that generates clicks – or “squeaks” – as a user scrolls through the on-screen menu in order […]

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Apple Developing New Palmtop Mac

Remember Apple’s eMate 300 from the early nineties? (nicknamed “Eat Me” by developers). It was a kind of Batman green and a fab little flat lap Newton. The PowerPage EU bureau has been beamed some details of a secret development team planning specifications for the release of a new mini laptop. (It goes well with […]