Will any BT USB Dongle work?

BT n00b here. I'm finding a bunch of BT 2.0 USB dongle's out there, and have no idea whether any of them will work with my G5 tower and an Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mighty Mouse.
Will any of these work -- or only certain brands and specs?
Thanks

Tell you what. How about something like this.
http://cgi.ebay.com/100M-2-4G-USB-2-0-BLUETOOTH-DONGLE-V2-0-EDR-ADAPTER-PC_W0QQi temZ180250137615QQihZ008QQcategoryZ44999QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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