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TechRestore Announces Stainless Steel Hinges for PBG4 Titanium

TechRestore, Inc has begun offering a worldwide PowerBook G4 LCD hinge replacement service using stainless steel hardware. The replacement stainless steel hinge assembly is over 50% stronger than the standard hinge and offers the ultimate in protection against future failures according to Tech Restore.

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PC Notebooks Advance, Where's My PowerBook G5?

I slept through last weeks announcement of Apple’s predicted PowerBook G4 speed-bumps and have instead been laser focused on Apple’s “Mother of all Thermal Challenges,” the PowerBook G5. While I doubt that I would purchase a first generation FurnaceBook, I am curious as hell to see how they plan to cool it. I don’t know […]

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iPod Shuffle RAID

So, what do you do when you and some friends are all getting iPod Shuffles? You make a RAID array out of them, of course! Follow along as we explore new depths of geekery… So, here we have our iPod Shuffles, all the top of the line 1Gb models. I’m sure that normal folks would […]

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PowerBook G5: Leaks or Typos?

MacRumors has a story about another potential PowerBook G5 leak on the Apple Web site. You’ll remember that last week the Register first reported a story about a PowerBook G5 reference on the Apple site. I am curious though, couldn’t these “references” to the mythical PowerBook be accidental leaks or are they nothing more than […]

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iPod Shuffle Rivals

While the iPod Shuffle is great (I will be buying one soon) I think that Apple should have made it with an LCD display since other flash players have them. One good example is the Teac MP 200 which is available in the EU (not sure about the US). This Teac player has a beautiful […]