AirPort Card & iMac G4

I have an iMac PowerPC G4 (igloo) with a CPU Speed of 1.25 GHz. I don't believe it has an AirPort Card, because when I click on "AirPort Card" in the System Profile it reads: "No information found." (I bought this computer from Apple in March 2005. (My AppleCare extended warranty ends in February 2008.)
I would like to bring this computer to my place of work and buy a new iMac from Apple (either the 20 inch or the 24 inch model) to replace this one at home. The computer guy at my small place of employment wants my connection to the Internet to be a wireless connection. (Right now I connect to the Internet at home with a wire plugged into a phone jack. I have DSL at home.) What I had been considering doing is getting a new laptop computer from Apple. He (the computer guy at my company) told me that would pose no problems because all new laptops come with wireless cards installed. But since speaking with him, I have been considering a different plan: I have come up with the idea that instead of getting a laptop, which I don't think I have all that much need for, I could simply bring this old machine to work and leave it there. My question is: is this computer capable of a wireless connection to the Internet? Is it just as capable as a newer laptop or newer desktop would be? Would the connection be an adequately secure one, or would I risk having data stolen by an interloper parked outside in an automobile, for instance? The computer person at my company has said that he will set up my laptop (so far I have only mentioned a new laptop) so that security breaches would be near impossible. So, my question now is whether using this old computer and the old AirPort Card that would go with it, would hobble the setup in any way, and especially as concerns getting a secure wireless connection to the Internet.
A secondary question I have concerns my keyboard. I have spilled coffee on it and it has never worked properly since. I use it because I know how to get around its weirdness. But what type of Apple keyboard should I get to replace it? Are all of the new keyboards sold in the stores compatible with the machine I describe?
Thanks for any response.

The Airport Extreme card (refurbished) is fine.
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The Apple Aluminium USB Keyboard that you linked to will work fine as a keyboard and USB2.0 hub but some features (i.e. special keys on the top row) require OS X 10.4.10 and won't work fully in 10.3.
This keyboard (link) is the one that originally came with your iMac and so works fully but only has a USB1.1 hub.
cheers
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