I just saw this on PocketGear today. It's a freeware program called SafeMode. (Like SafeMode on Windows, which boots up the OS with a minimal set of drivers, etc.)
It's a small utility that allows you to boot-up the PPC by bypassing the today screen plug-ins, etc. if you have having problems with certain lockups, etc.
Since I play with a lot of beta apps, this sounds worth trying. Here's the link to the developers page:
http://www.monocube.com/
Here's the PocketGear link:
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=18188
For some reason the first one I installed from PG didn't seem to work. So, I just downloaded the one from the developer site and installed it over the PG one and it works well.
Worth a look. :approve: