Due to "performance enhancements that cannot be supported on the older PowerPC architecture," Flash Player 10.1 will be the last to support PowerPC-based G3 Macs. Jim Dalrymple Special to CNET News ...

Buried deep within a bulletin announcing a security update to Flash is a dire warning for Mac users somehow saddled with a G3-equipped machine. Adobe Flash Player 10.1, the unifying ber-Flash that won ...

The previous installment in this series took us from the rise of the PowerPC line into the line's heyday as a leader in the RISC workstation market. During the reign of the PowerPC 600 series, Apple ...

Freescale debuts new PowerPC prototypes Freescale Semiconductor -- the chip production firm spun off from Motorola -- debuted several new PowerPC architecture designs, one of which may make its way ...

In December 2002, ThinkSecret first reported on faster PowerPC G3 processors in the works -- these high speed chips were said to provide speeds in excess of 1GHz, and were codenamed "Gobi". Beyond ...

NASA's Perseverance rover, which recently made history landing on the surface of Mars, is powered by the same processor used in an iMac more than 23 years old. Image Credit: NASA As reported by ...

Terra Soft is selling PowerPC computers designed from the ground-up to run PowerPC Linux. The new yellow boxes, called “briQ,” use G3 and G4 processors and ship with Yellow Dog Linux pre-installed.

Windows Vista gets a bad rap for its hefty hardware requirements, but it's not alone. Apple's MacOS X platform has left a lot of Macs with PowerPC G3, G4 and G5 chips out in the cold. However, Linux ...

With Apple’s transition away from PowerPC to Intel microprocessors, we haven’t heard as much from Terra Soft Solutions — makers of Yellow Dog Linux for PowerPC-based computers. On Thursday the company ...

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Mac upgrade maker Sonnet Technologies is showing off some new products that may interest users of aging iMacs and PowerBooks. The company has announced the Crescendo/WS G3, a processor upgrade card ...

generation of the black PowerBooks, but also features a low-power design that extends battery life and runs cooler than competitive offerings. The MAChSpeed G4 Pismo is factory installed and tested by ...