The world’s first quartz wristwatches were miles ahead of electric and mechanical wristwatches by most standards of the time, their accuracy was unprecedented and the batteries typically lasted ...

When Apple Computer Inc. introduced Open Firmware with the first G3 Macintosh computers, it was big news because it allowed Apple to easily modify system information previously stored in ROM. This ...

I have two PowerMac G5s. Both are dual CPU (2.5GHz), liquid cooled. Both have firmware locked via Apple's Open Firmware Password utility (I know the password). Both running 10.3.9.<BR><BR>One was ...

It’s an unfortunate reality these days that if you see a cheap piece of consumer electronics, there’s a good chance its only cheap because it’s designed to lock you into some ecosystem where you’ll ...

As cloud computing and data center industries accelerate the adoption of open architecture and open firmware, the traditional firmware ecosystem is undergoing deep restructuring. AMI and Taiwan's ODMs ...

I've got a Lombard PBG3, which works fine but is hopelessly stuck in OS9.1. Initially I had a bad cd module that would take 5 minutes to read any CD, and then the other day I miraculously found an ...