Right ingredients for a pubcast Nov 6, 2009
We needed a dual-purpose mixer that could give us a signal through a USB port and operate as the sound system at the venue, so we settled on an Alesis MultiMix 8USB that could handle four Samson mics and run a signal straight to a notebook (we used an Apple PowerBook G4). We also ran an iPod through the two-track input for house music. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
With fresh focus on design, laptops come of age Sep 23, 2009
The early 1990s saw the launch of Apple's PowerBook line, which helped set the standard for design, along with IBM's ThinkPad. Sony's sleek Vaio notebooks followed later in the decade, along with Apple's colorful iBook line. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Police Run Roughshod Over Lawful Handgun Owner Aug 27, 2009
Let s say it was the very best Mac Powerbook that was ever made, all decked out. Let s say that the reporter asked the friendly policeman to hang on to his computer as he was being taken to the ambulance; after all, he wouldn t want some bad guy to steal it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
TechInsights' ESC Boston Event Showcases the Hottest Companies and Technology Trends in the Electronics Industry Jul 17, 2009
by industry luminaries Robert Brunner, renowned industrial designer of such product lines as the Apple II, Macintosh, Newton, and PowerBook and T.J. Rogers, founder, president, Chief Executive Officer & Director, Cypress Semiconductor Corp.. featuring the most significant embedded processor in many years from Intel(R), the Atom(TM) running the first release of Windows Embedded Standard 2010 based on Windows 7 technology. (PR Newswire)
Computer Love Jun 26, 2009
That is, until we came to our disagreement on which laptop I should buy to replace my Mac PowerBook ... Whenever he sees me with my PowerBook, he thinks of the "Get a Mac" commercials where Justin Long, who is a Mac, ridicules John Hodgman, a PC. I agree with him that the commercials are obnoxious, but they have nothing to do with the usability of the Mac ... Point out that your husband fell for and married you despite your PowerBook. (Slate)
Lines between netbooks, laptops keep blurring Jun 4, 2009
That's what my Mac PowerBook, circa 2004, had, and I remember carrying it everywhere. It was called a "laptop," but that was virtually eons before netbooks launched, the economy crashed and the appetite for mobile computing gobbled up the landscape. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Keeping memories alive May 25, 2009
The 2007 Kaimuki yearbook was designed to look like an Apple PowerBook, which was popular at the time. The laptop theme carried throughout the pages of the annual (meant to be read horizontally), with the cover's Apple logo replaced with the school mascot's bulldog paw print and different sections of the book looking like specially-designed Web sites. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Apple sued over alleged MagSafe fire hazard May 7, 2009
Apple is no stranger to controversy over its power adaptors, having for the PowerBook G3 in 2001. What confuses me is why, after over three years of overwhelmingly negative customer feedback for the MagSafe Adapter, Apple has yet to change the design. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Oconee County police blotter Apr 29, 2009
444-caliber rifle, a hunting bag with knives, ammunition and other items, an Apple Powerbook computer and jewelry. Arrest: On April 18, deputy William Evans was on patrol when he saw a blue Chevrolet Tahoe traveling south with a license plate he couldn't read. (Athens Banner-Herald)
The New Internet Start-Up Boom: Get Rich Slow Apr 15, 2009
Tayman went to work with nothing more than his PowerBook laptop. A hyperorganized fellow, he quickly discovered a trove of freebies online instructional manuals and sites aimed at bootstrappers that walk you through the process from start to finish. (Time.com)
View from the Van: Living in the moment Mar 26, 2009
What I am talking about is a technical malfunction that occurred in my Fantom G-Force Megadisk Triple Interface External Hard Drive used to back up my Apple PowerBook G4, causing all the important family photos within it to vanish into thin air. The photos were taken recently at a rare family reunion of over 75 far-flung kinfolk. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Ars reviews iWork '09: fourth time's a charm? Mar 23, 2009
Ars reviews iWork '09: fourth time's a charm. Infinite Loop : Ars covers the world of Apple. (Ars Technica)
By Rob Golub Mar 18, 2009
"This is the biggest challenge right here," 16-year-old Tim Batten said with his eyes affixed to a PowerBook computer screen, "programming it." Using the computer language, "C," students are programming their robotic cars by way of a regular phone line that runs from laptop to car. Besides the laptops, each robot-on-wheels carries a real, on-board miniature computer. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Why you should always back up Mar 6, 2009
The internal drive was in a PowerBook G4 that had been partially "backed up" in the sense that all the stories written on it had been emailed to The Age where IT staff handle the archives ... Non-archived material on the PowerBook was either applications that could be reinstalled or stuff that did not matter. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
MacBook or PC Feb 11, 2009
Then the choice is iMac, Mac Mini or Macbook/ Powerbook, get something portable that connects also to your tv or you can take to the library. The Apple store does refurbished models or check eBay. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
