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- powerpay statement on Psystar
- PowerPay statement on PsystarWouldn't surprise me if this is how Apple reactedAs has been postulated before, Apple may have a hard time defending their EULA in court. Psystar is also unlikely to yield to mere threats since they have very little to lose. Apple could sue them for billions of...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Psystar, Powerpay
- Discussion threads 2008-04-17
- powerpay statement on Psystar
- I received the following statement from Steven Goodrich, CEO and president of PowerPay, Psystar's former credit card processor: Psystar applied to PowerPay for a merchant account, which is vernacular for an account that allows businesses to accept credit cards for products/services. It might not be...
- Tags: Credit Card, Merchant, PowerPay, Psystar, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales Strategy, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Psystar mystery adds up to phishing scam
- Walk through the Psystar fiasco with me. Many things are confusing. At a minimum, it's clear that the OpenMac is bogus. It's extremely dubious that Psystar is a legitimate company. It is increasingly likely that the whole thing is a phishing or credit-card scam. Item: The wandering...
- Tags: Credit Card, Lawyer, Psystar, Address Thing, Powerpay, Sales Channel, Phishing, Financial Services, E-mail, Sales, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Psystar: We're legit, but our merchant gateway dropped us
- This Psystar meets Mac clone saga gets more curious by the minute. Psystar, which has received a ton of press for offering Mac clones loaded with OS X, said it's not a sham. Instead, the company notes that its merchant gateway "dropped the ball on us and refused to process...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Psystar, Merchant Gateway, Powerpay, Desktops, E-mail, Hardware, Online Communications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
Additional Resources
- PayPal: "No intention" of blocking Safari
- PayPal: "No intention" of blocking SafariApple lawyers have been busy this week!First they strong arm PowerPay into dropping Psystar, now they are threatening PayPal. Hmm, seems that Apple is the new 1,000lb gorilla!!RE: PayPal:Good to know. Safari is a modern secure browser like Firefox and IE.
- Tags: Web browsers, PayPal, Apple Safari
- Discussion threads 2008-04-19
- Why Psystar will sink without a trace over the next few weeks
- Why Psystar will sink without a trace over the next few weeksHmm yeah, maybeUnless they have zero credit, I'm not sure about their sinking without a trace. Operations like this have little to no overhead. I believe Psystar's problems is nothing a basic business plan and minimum preparation could of...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Psystar, OpenMac, Apple Inc., trace
- Discussion threads 2008-04-19
- Week in review: Psystar and the Mac minions
- A saga surrounding Mac clone maker Psystar grabs the attention of Macdom. And news from three tech bellwethers offers reassurance. (By CNET News.com's Leslie Katz) Capping a saga that had Apple watchers atwitter all week, the payment-processing merchant for Mac clone maker Psystar abruptly ended its relationship with...
- Tags: Week in Review
- News items 2008-04-18
- Psystar: We're sorry but the store is down (again)
- Still wanting one of those trendy Mac clones from Psystar? You'll have to wait a bit longer. Psystar's store is down--again. Visit the store, which News.com's Tom Krazit has been monitoring frequently, and you'll find this ditty. Thank you for visiting Psystar. We're sorry but the...
- Tags: PayPal, Psystar, E-mail, Quality, Online Communications, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- News to know: Google; AMD; Desktop Linux; Green IT; Psystar
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google delivers; Maybe paid clicks weren't such a big deal Charles Cooper: Google settles a score with ComScore Techmeme AMD posts loss; sees seasonally down quarter ahead Sixth straight quarterly loss for AMD...
- Tags: Desktop, Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Green IT, SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Desktop Linux, Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Open Source, Web Services, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Cheap Mac clone draws angry response
- Florida-based Psystar, the company advertising a Mac-compatible system, has attracted criticism from the hackers who created the underlying software. Update: A Florida-based firm advertising cheap, Mac-compatible systems running on standardized hardware has created a swirl of controversy this week--and drawn an angry response from one of the principal hackers...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Hacker, Psystar, Desktops, Hardware, Open Computer, Mac clone, Mac OS X, white box, Matthew Broersma
- News items 2008-04-17
- Digging into Psystar
- Digging into PsystarDigging into PsystarTwo options: 1) too good to be true, or 2) They really did not plan or prepare for the mediaEVERYONE knows this kind on news attracts a GREAT deal of attention, so I´m afraid its number one... Its all a sand castle...SHould have looked deeperpsystar.corp was...
- Tags: Web site development, Channel management, Web technology, Fax, Desktops, Psystar
- Discussion threads 2008-04-16
- Digging into Psystar
- [UPDATE 04/17/08 9:51am - Today there's a new announcement on the Psystar website and I link to in and include it here for completeness: "We're in the process of moving to a new location which is now listed on our contact page. The first new address posted...
- Tags: Address, Psystar, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
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