While some say Psystar has a shot at winning the ongoing legal battle it’s engaged in with Apple, there’s at least one aspect that acts as a big bump in the company’s road to victory – Apple’s claim that it is offering a complete product by selling Macintosh computers with Mac OS X. Psystar is capitalizing on Apple’s work by taking one piece of Apple’s product and selling it for something else. Apple also claims Psystar is selling an inferior product that is affecting its standing in the marketplace. A Miami New Times report looks at the Mac cloner’s business, as well as its founders’ b... [read more >>] The group of internationally known hackers going by the name of “the iPhone Dev Team” has posted an update on its blog, this time simply wishing everyone a Happy Halloween. The infamous team of hackers seldom makes posts that have nothing to do with its PwnageTool jailbreak & unlock solution, or Apple’s latest software updates for iPhone and iPod touch. And this is one of those rare times when the Dev Team says, “No, this is not a release post! Just wanted to wish iPhone and iPod touch users everywhere a Happy Halloween!” The hackers posted jailbreak-themed imagery combined with Halloween lantern goodness. Swe... [read more >>] Sure enough, Apple makes a good point in its latest Get a Mac ads targeting PC users’ upgrade to Windows 7. However, we have overlooked one tiny aspect about Apple’s own upgrade to Snow Leopard, and the company seems to act like nothing ever happened. You guessed it - it’s the data-eating bug affecting users who unknowingly upgraded to "the most advanced" OS out there only to find their user accounts wiped clean. After watching Apple’s latest Get a Mac ads, which capitalize on some of the fuss surrounding the Windows 7 upgrade process, we figured Apple was going to have another good Get-a-Mac year. Adding those angr... [read more >>] In what seemed like an inevitable scenario for those upgrading to Windows 7, angry reports on Microsoft's support forum reveal that some users are seeing their PCs crippled by an endless series of reboots. A Microsoft engineer writing on the same forum says the company is investigating the issues, but labels them as "isolated." In this article, I will stress out one of the main reasons why Apple ties everything down to its hardware – be it a clean install, an upgrade, or the out-of-the-box experience with any of its products – so that every process is seamless. Softpedia readers may remember that, last week, Apple started ... [read more >>] It was a matter of time before I had again done the stupid thing of accidentally hitting the Return/Enter key right after installing a program that required a system reboot. However, this time around, a little something called X11 came to the rescue, and saved all my precious work. Here's a geeky story with a geeky, happy ending. While most applications today have a “recovery” function (including word processors and web browsers), not all handle the recovery 100 percent accurately. Plus, it’s a drag to get back on the saddle in exactly the same position as you were before falling off, if you know what I mean. If you... [read more >>] Earlier today, Softpedia reported that Apple had seeded developers with new test builds of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and iPhone OS 3.1 software. On the Mac front, Apple offered up a certain “Build 10A411,” which, reportedly, weighs in at close to 750 MB, but also comes in the form of a 730 MB update for some devs. So, the big question is why the different sizes? 9to5Mac reports that Apple has landed “another big one at 748MB,” referring to the latest version of the beta OS, scheduled for a September public release. MacRumors also spreads the news, pointing out that registered Apple developers received a Mac OS X Snow Le... [read more >>] Google’s upcoming Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will be targeted at netbooks upon its debut, according to the announcement posted on the official Google blog. In the past, some speculated that an Apple netbook would require a stripped-down version of the Mac OS, but not as limited as the iPhone OS. Perhaps this is the move Apple was waiting for. “It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser,” Google’s Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management and Linus Upson, engineering director, stated yesterday. “Already, over 30 million people use it regular... [read more >>] Those of you considering to spend your savings on the iPhone 3G S, IF you are even eligible for the $199 upgrade, should think again. If you are happy with the offerings of your current iPhone, it may be useful to know that iPhone 3G S doesn’t pack all that many “new” features. Nope, iPhone OS 3.0 does. First off, note that if you do not qualify for the $199 iPhone 3G S (requires a new, two-year AT&T rate plan, sold separately), the 16GB device actually costs a pocket-burning $599 ($699 for the 32GB model). Customers also pay a fee of around 20 bucks for setting up the device in-store. Now, if you don’t need 3 megap... [read more >>] While Apple was more than happy to disclose the fresh features available with the new iPhone 3G S at WWDC '09, the company has been rather shady about its hardware offerings, particularly CPU speed and RAM. Reports now say that Apple's new iPhone model packs a considerably faster processor, as well as more on-board memory. Citing T-Mobile Netherlands, “which will be offering [the iPhone 3G S] in the near future,” Brighthand reports that Apple's upcoming iPhone 3G S will have a 600 MHz processor, and 256 MB of RAM, whereas the current iPhone 3G is based on a 412 MHz chip and boasts just half the RAM (128 MB). The ... [read more >>] As the Microsoft userbase should know by now, the Windows maker introduced its first touchscreen, portable media player at the D7 technology show on Thursday. Surprisingly, those who've had a hands-on with the device have characterized it as quite impressive, and downright better than the iPod touch. In what is sure not to resonate with Apple fans' view of a portable player, Brian Lam at Gizmodo claims the device is “tighter and more physically beautiful than the iPod Touch.” Moreover, the device (in the author's opinion) “has got a better UI,” with the main menu's scrolling feeling particularly ... [read more >>] | 
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