While searching for some cool and interesting programs I came across a few, just right for the upcoming holidays! Christi’s Tree is a little Christmas tree that sits on your desktop. You can add lights, shiny balls and more to decorate the tree. While it doesn’t do much more then that, it spices up your […]
I just picked up an xBox360 a couple weeks ago, and finally this past weekend I got to use it. One feature of the xBox360 is that it tracks your progress in the games you play and displays them on the web and right in the xBox. Microsoft has been kind enough to allow people […]
I’m sure everybody has happened across a video file that they couldn’t play on their Mac because it was just unsupported. In the past, the only workaround was to install the player applications for formats such as Real, Windows Media Player, and occasionally additional video codecs (coder/decoders) such as DIVX, 3ivx, etc. This year (as […]
By Jon@Smalldog.com In this past week, I have come across three Powerbooks that constantly BOOT into sleep mode. Regardless of OS install, these units immediately go to sleep once the Login Screen comes up or the Finder loads. In each of these cases, I found that a Thermister (temperature sensor), was diagnosed as bad by […]
By Jon@Smalldog.com The iPod Updater program is now integrated in iTunes 7. As with each previous version iTunes, you must update your iPod for it to fully work with the new software. Beware. Those of you who have second generation iPod mini’s that came without the external AC adapter (or if you have a broken […]
We currently have inventory of some used Original 802.11b Airport Cards. These could be used in G3 iBooks, many G3 and G4 iMacs, titanium Powerbooks (including OS 9 Powerbooks), and most of the G4 Powermac towers. If you have an older machine that has a dead Airport Card, or never had an Airport Card in […]
A couple of weeks ago, Don Mayer received an email with the intriguing subject, “A G5 for the 24th Century?” The email was from Charles Root of Retro Film Studios, best known for their highly regarded and hugely popular web-based series Star Trek: New Voyages. If you are a Star Trek fan or simply a […]
By Matt@Smalldog.com I’m the kind of computer user who tries to use the mouse as little as possible. I know all the keyboard shortcuts and I know how to use them. Up until about a year ago, I still had to use the mouse to launch applications and open documents, and had a very full […]
By Art@Smalldog.com Small Dog Electronics is proud to offer RAM that works in the new Mac Pro tower systems. The modules we carry sell with a lifetime warranty and have been tested in the new Mac Pro systems. We have already had many inquiries about the form in which these modules are being produced. According […]
Following the news that certain Dell batteries have a higher-then-average risk of melting, catching on fire, and exploding, Qantas Airlines has requested that passengers remove the batteries from all Dell laptops before flying. This even covers Dell laptop models not included in Dell’s recall program. You can read about Dell’s recall program by clicking here. […]
