Installed latest updates, now PB won't start up!

i installed the latest software updates for my powerbook g4 (running leopard) and it restarted normally after finishing the install.
after it restarted, i opened camino (my web browser) to check my gmail and when i signed in to gmail a dialogue box kept popping up saying that it "could not connect to spell check". huh? so then camino froze up (spinning color wheel of death) and i force quit it. when i tried to open it back up, the dock icon just bounced continuously and it never opened. so, i force quit it again. then i tried to open firefox, and same thing... bouncing dock icon, no firefox.
i went to restart the computer again, and it froze up during the restart process and i had to just push the power button to shut it off. then when i pushed the power button to turn it back on, it would not restart. it goes through the grey screen with the apple logo and the progress wheel, and then the screen goes black, and then goes back to the grey screen w/apple logo and progress wheel, screen goes black again, and repeat. i finally just shut it down.
any ideas *** might be going on here? i installed 4 updates, if i remember correctly one was for itunes, one was for my ipod nano software, one was a security update and one was for ilife. i have no idea why installing apple updates would totally fry my laptop... any help is appreciated.
p.s. i have tried resetting the PRAM to no avail. nothing happens. on another note, my battery has not been charging for the last couple of weeks (if the laptop is not plugged in to the ac adapter, it dies immediately). this is the second battery i have for this PB... the first one was recalled.

ok... i just got back from the apple store genius bar and the tech was able to boot my computer up to another mac using a fire wire cable so that i could transfer my files off (i have an emac, so when i got home i hooked them together with a fire wire cable, pressed and held the 't' key while starting the PB up, and it booted as a drive on my emac so i could copy my important files over).
my next step is to send it out to apple service. unfortunately i don't have apple care coverage, but it will only cost $310 plus tax to fix EVERYthing that is wrong with it. this works out to be a pretty good deal since i'm fairly sure i need a new logic board, dc inboard, battery, and lower memory slot. hopefully they'll be able to fix all that and send my PB back to me good as new.
unfortunately, i don't know how to solve the 'not being able to start up' issue, and i'm sorry to hear others are having the same issue. the tech at apple was not able to get my PB to start back up even after resetting the PMU. hopefully someone else will find a solution to this... as for me i'm just going to bite the bullet and send it out to get fixed.

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