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Laptop Accelerometers Used to Study Earthquakes, Desk "Bumping"
Seismologists at Stanford are learning from their roommates over in the biology department and rigging up a distributed computing system to gather quake data from laptops with accelerometers. It's used to save resources for scientists by using assets (your laptops) that are already deployed in a widespread area. They're rolling this out primarily in quake-heavy areas like SF and LA, but should be spreading to other zones later. More »
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World travelers will undoubtedly be thrilled with "The Continental Companion" and its ability to help Apple users utilize different power outlets without having to carry around a bulky power brick. The set includes four AC plugs (with a 12" whip) and it requires the portable power adapter that ships with the MacBook Air, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iBook and PowerBook G4. You can also use it with the iPod and iPhone USB adapter as well as the iPod FireWire Power Adapter. The Continental is available for $34.95. [incipio via Crunchgear]
Traveling Apple Users Cheer "The Continental" With a Glass of Champagna
World travelers will undoubtedly be thrilled with "The Continental Companion" and its ability to help Apple users utilize different power outlets without having to carry around a bulky power brick. The set includes four AC plugs (with a 12" whip) and it requires the portable power adapter that ships with the MacBook Air, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iBook and PowerBook G4. You can also use it with the iPod and iPhone USB adapter as well as the iPod FireWire Power Adapter. The Continental is available for $34.95. [incipio via Crunchgear]
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Apple iBook's Fatal Flaws Uncovered
After receiving ten complaints (a lot for Denmark), The Danish Consumer Complaints Board commissioned a study (on the microscopic scale) of the Apple iBook G4. More »
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FastMac Truepower Indestructible iBook and Powerbook Charger Hands-On
We got our hands on FastMac's replacement AC adapter for Apple iBooks and PowerBooks and can say that they're pretty much as good as the standard. Ignoring the dubious benefit of being able to be kicked and run over by an SUV (which you can see after the jump), they actually work quite well. More »
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How To Enable Two Finger Scrolling on Old Apple Laptops
Owners of old Mac laptops can join in on the fun of the newer laptops with this two-fingered scrolling trackpad driver. For the unfamiliar, two-finger scrolling means you press two fingers down on the trackpad and move up or down, and whatever you're looking at scrolls up or down. Essentially like the scroll wheel on a mouse. More »
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Color Customize the Apple Logo on Your Laptop
As a proud new switcher and owner of a MacBook, I'm already looking for ways to tweak the sucker out (anybody have a laser engraver I can use? e-mail me), and this is one hell of an easy way to give the Apple laptop a little pop and color. Canadian company, iColours has small transparent sheets that can be placed inside the laptop to change the color of the Apple logo. If you don't want to use your Canadian funny money to order one of these, then just head on over to a hobby store and buy your own transparent sheets. Then follow the handy, dandy tutorials to figure out how to open up the MacBook and place the transparent sheet inside. iColours does custom designing of the transparent sheets, which could be kind of cool. More »
4:35 PM on Mon Feb 12 2007
By Travis Hudson
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Latest by imajoebob: Or print your own statics for about 3ยข each. Then you don't destroy your $2,000 Pro trying to rip the cover off. And you can change it as often as you like (or lose it) And I'm waiting for more »
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Screw Geek Squad, Just Use Fire to Fix the iBook
So, older iBooks have a bit of a video problem where they will stop displaying video entirely. Apple will replace the laptop, but what if it is out of it's warranty? Well, do what this guy did, figure out the problem and fix it yourself using fire. The iBook video problem occurs because of solder balls underneath the graphics chip that do not hold. Using a bit of heat can fix this problem. Jump for a video. More »
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We certainly wouldn't want this iBook G4 charger spontaneously combusting next to a stack of old newspapers, but then we wouldn't be gingerly coaxing it to start on fire, either. We're not sure what to make of this video, but one thing's for sure: the four-year-old charger could make a pretty good firestarter. More »
iBook G4 Charger Bursts Into Flames
We certainly wouldn't want this iBook G4 charger spontaneously combusting next to a stack of old newspapers, but then we wouldn't be gingerly coaxing it to start on fire, either. We're not sure what to make of this video, but one thing's for sure: the four-year-old charger could make a pretty good firestarter. More »
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Apple's RED iMac, MacBook?
We're not so sure whether we should believe ThinkSecret or not, given that we've found the site's predictions to be about 57% accurate, but anyway, here's one that seems logical and could actually happen: sources report that Steve Jobs and Bono have discussed bringing a red iMac and MacBook to market part of its purchase price going to aid AIDS victims in Africa, to follow its red iPod that made such a splash last week. More »
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Apple Recall Batteries Rolling In Already
One of my two recall batteries arrived this morning. The first one was for my iBook G4 12", that coincidentally was down to 8% battery life after about 30 months of usage. Readers should be getting theirs soon as well, quite a bit faster than the state 4-6 week turnaround stated when we filed for the recall. More »
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iBook in Flames, Film at 11
There was a little problem with an Apple iBook in Minnesota, where an 11-year-old boy was playing with the laptop as it sat on a carpet. After he left the room for a few minutes, his family heard a popping noise, and noticed the carpet melting underneath the overheating iBook. After the kid's mom promptly took it outside, the thing burst into flames right there on the patio. The battery inside the errant iBook is not one of the ones on Apple's recall list, either. More »
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Rumor: MacBooks Next Tuesday?
The release of the MacBook, expected yesterday, was hastily postponed because Apple wanted to build up enough stock of the new notebooks to actually be able to ship them in volume when it announced the new product. Now, sources are saying the iBook (pictured at right) replacement's new launch date will be next Tuesday, May 16. But then, well, that could change, too. More »
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Apple Begins Producing MacBooks, Due Tomorrow?
The Apple rumor sites are humming with news that Apple may have started production of its MacBook, the Intel-based consumer laptop replacing the now long-in-the-tooth iBook, some going so far as to speculate that Apple will officially announce its launch tomorrow in a news conference. More »
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Case Mod: Skinned iBook G3
Reader Aaron, being a fan of 80s pop culture and voiding warranties, skinned an old G3 iBook and took pictures. And with laptops, just like exes, naked pictures always wind up on the internet. Another thing they have in common: they both have the nickname Skeletor. More »
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PimpMyLaptop.com Pimps Your Laptop
No, this service doesn't force your laptop into a life of prostitution, silly. That's heroin! Instead, these guys allow you to upload an image and they create a MacBook, PowerBook, or iBook sticker that fits perfectly over your computer. Based in Finland, they offer 1-week shipping on all orders and the stickers start at about $20. They also take PayPal, so it's kind of a nice, one-off purchase idea. Great for Mother's Day if you hate your mother—seriously, buy her some flowers. More »
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Bye Bye iBook?
Hard to believe it's only been seven years since Steve Jobs first showed us the candy-colored clamshell iBook at Macworld NYC, isn't it? Who knew all it would take for us to realize laptops could be cute was colored plastic? More »
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