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- Apple sues power adapter knockoff maker
- Hot on the heels of its win against Mac clone-maker Psystar, Apple is suing another company that's making knockoffs of its products, but this time its power adapters. Hot on the heels of its win against Mac clone-maker Psystar, Apple is suing another company that's making knockoffs...
- News items 2009-11-30
- Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist
- Maybe MS needs myLife instead of focusing on cloud everything.I've been a Windows user since Windows 1.0 on MS-DOS. I used Multiplan and Word with a mouse before Windows even existed. Over the years I've purchased so many copies of MS Office, OS upgrades, mice, keyboards, joysticks, development environments (MASM,...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini - The Inspiron Zino HD
- It seems to be no secret that Dell is slowly taking on Apple. First we saw the Adamo XPS, Dell's take on the MacBook Air, and now we see a Mac mini clone - The Inspiron Zino HD. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-11-16
- Dell's Zino HD
- It seems to be no secret that Dell is slowly taking on Apple. First we saw the Adamo XPS, Dell's take on the MacBook Air, and now we see a Mac mini clone - The Inspiron Zino HD. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Image galleries 2009-11-16
- Apple nukes Psystar
- The Apple vs Psystar case has ended rather predictably, with Apple basically nuking the Mac clone maker out of existence. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-11-15
- aMSN 0.98.1-1 (Mac)
- MSN is a free open source MSN Messenger clone, with features such as: Display pictures Custom emoticons Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported) Webcam support Sign in to more than one account at once Full-speed File transfers Group support Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds Chat logs Timestamping Event...
- Software downloads 2009-11-15
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Clonezilla 1.2.2-31 (Windows)
- Clonezilla is a partition or disk clone tool similar to Norton Ghost. It saves and restores only used blocks in hard drive. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE Server Edition.Clonezilla live is suitable for single machine backup and restore. While Clonezilla SE is for massive...
- Software downloads 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. ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
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