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Photos: Unboxing a Psystar Mac clone

Yes, Psystar Mac clones are real and this gallery proves it. They work well, too--but there are other issues. by Andy Smith

Tags: Psystar, Mac clone, Mac OS X, white box, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Hacker, Open Computer, Desktops, Hardware, Matthew Broers, Clone, Photograph, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2008-05-01

Out of the Box: Psystar Open Computer

While the desktop is still legal, Rich Brown unboxes the first Mac clone in years: the Psystar Open Computer.

Tags: Box, Apple Macintosh, Computer, Desktops, Productivity, Hardware, Mac Clone

Videos 2008-04-30

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Psystar: From Hell's Heart, I Stab at Thee!

No matter who they have to sueApple will never allow competition.agreedthey want as much profits as they can make.too bad their computers aren't very good for anything other than the basics and some visual/audio work ;)with that said, i believe that apple will have its future in their i-products (ipod,...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Apple Inc., hardware, Psystar, OSX

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

XBolo 0.4.1 (Mac)

XBolo is a clone of the classic game Bolo written by Stuart Cheshire in the late 80's. It's a multiplayer action/strategy tank game played over the internet or LAN where 2 or more people can battle. The graphics are 2D and the art style is 8bit. A treat for those...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Robert Chrzanowski, XBolo, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Psystar releases 'build your own Hackintosh' kit

Psystar, the company that's been making headlines for selling Mac-clone systems, has now released a 'build your own Hackintosh' kit. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Kit, Psystar, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Sergey Brin: Chrome for Mac still unstable

You can find Chrome on...Windows you Mac fanboy.If nothing else use VMWare's Unity, I doubt Chrome will "look & feel likea Mac app." -MDeveloper release.I'm posting this with the Dev release of Google Chrome, and it's really quite good. A little unstable, but certainly not unusable!That's surprisingThe Chromium browser running...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Web browsers, Sergey Brin, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?

RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?snow leopard is 10.6 the figures don't even mention that!!!???!Years if you look at adoption ratesBased on percent of existing users. RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?One week.RE: How...

Tags: Operating systems, Windows 7 market share, Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features

I'm really interested in this phone. I hear it won't drop 30% of its callsThe ad is pure genius and truly highlights how terrible the iPhone is. The iPhone also has the dubious distinction of being the only modern cell phone to drop 30% of its calls, as admitted by...

Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

SuperDuper 2.6.2 (Mac)

Carbon copies. And a whole lot more. The 2005 and 2006 Eddy Award winning SuperDuper is the most advanced, yet easy to use disk copying program available for OS X. It can, of course, make a straight copy, or "clone" - useful when you want to move all your data...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Shirt Pocket, Backups, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-13

Armagetron Advanced 0.2.8.3rc4 (Mac)

A Tron clone in 3D has been the tagline of Armagetron, since, well, a very long time, and is probably the shortest and most accurate description possible. Tron was an arcade game based on the movie of the same name, release by Disney in 1982. The original game consisted of...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Wall, Armagetron Advanced, Construction, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-13

Windows Marketplace for Mobile is late to the party, but pretty well dressed

Very few consumers seem to careWinMo share is constantly shrinking and with good reasons, it probably has the worst user experience out there.I'd pay more attention to Symbian, Android and iPhone Mac OS X instead. I think we have good reasons to believe these platforms will be the main three...

Tags: Smart phones, Mobile operating systems, Handhelds, Operating systems, mobile, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Psystar's Thermopylae: The Nightmare Hypervisor Arrives

Miami, Florida-based Psystar, which is currently under litigation from Apple for producing Mac-compatible clones and is counter litigating the company for monopolistic practices, has announced that they are OEM licensing their virtualization technology and ICAP so that any PC vendor may easily produce Mac clones. ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Hypervisor, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, Cloud Computing, Apple Mac OS, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-05

The Apple-Palm cat-and-mouse game: How long can it last? [poll]

I'm usually the last one to suggest that lawyers get involved in business disputes, largely because the only ones who win are the lawyers. I can't help but wonder if it's time for Apple's legal team to step in and ask a judge to bring to an end - once...

Tags: Game, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Palm Pre, Software Upgrade, Digital Music, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Helicon Focus 4.2.1 (Mac)

Helicon Focus is a program that creates one completely focused image from several partially focused images by combining the focused areas. The program is designed for macrophotography, microphotography and hyperfocal landscape photography to cope with the shallow depth-of-field problem. Helicon Focus also aligns images as objects often change their size...

Tags: Processor, Apple Macintosh, JPEG, Image, d-Studio, Helicon Focus

Software downloads 2009-10-02

Judge rebukes Apple in Psystar case

The Apple vs. Psystar case has taken an interesting turn as a federal judge rebukes Apple in an order that dismissed a motion the company had made in its ongoing legal battle with Miami-based Mac clone maker Psystar. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Apple Inc., Psystar, Desktops, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-09-25

That's one way to get Silverlight on a mobile device: Port it to Moblin Linux

Now I could at least accept that.I'm still a bit wary of an MS plugin becoming an internet standard. BUT at LEAST they are doing this as a first party and not some half baked, always behind the times attempt like Moonlight and Mono. If they had first class support...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, .NET, Development tools, mobile, mobile device, Microsoft Silverlight, Moblin, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Carbon Copy Cloner 3.3 (Mac)

Clone, synchronize, backup. Schedule and forget it. Try it 'til you trust it. The key to a successful backup plan is to actually do the backups regularly. When left to a human, the task often gets tacked on to the end of a very long list of other things to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mike Bombich, CCC, Backups

Software downloads 2009-09-23

Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks

No trolls yet? OK, Let me start.If this software was open source, geeks like me could patch it ourselves without needing to wait for some company to do it or not. So at least we would be safer. Windows is a abomination of a 32-bit DOS clone, and OS X...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, flaw, Mac Windows, hacker attack, Apple iTunes, window, Apple Macintosh, iTunes flaw

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Clone X 3.3 (Mac)

Clone X is specially designed to create a copy of your system, to duplicate it on other disks or computers, and to repair and reinstall the system in case of problems (damaged system, errors during installation, etc.) With Mac OS X, the system is now a very complex construction....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Disk, Clone, TRI-EDRE, System, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2009-09-21

Prosoft DataBackup 3.1 (Mac)

Data Backup 3 is a powerful utility that allows you to backup, restore and synchronize your valuable data with minimal effort. Whether you are a new computer user or a seasoned professional, Data Backup 3 offers you just the right amount of power, flexibility and ease-of-use to help you protect...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Prosoft Engineering, Data Backup 3, Backups

Software downloads 2009-09-16