A mother trying to have her son's iMac repaired at a local authorized repair center was shocked to find that AppleCare warranties were voided due to secondhand smoke, the Consumerist reveals in a report. Teader Ruth wrote a letter to the website after trying to have her son's computer repaired. The letter can be read below, in its entirety. I bought an iMac for my son (for school) along with the extended Applecare warranty. A month ago, it quit working. My son took it to the authorized Mac service center. The "tech" informed him it would be ready in 48-72 hours. Five days go by and he's heard nothing, so I called. They infor... [read more >>] An InsanelyMac forum member has developed a replacement kernel for installation on Atom-equipped hackintosh netbooks, TUAW reports. Going by the screen name of teateam, the guy offers a download and urges fellow forum members to test his patch. Most of those running OS X Snow Leopard on hacked laptops say the patch is a go. However, there are still some risks involved with running it, let alone using Mac OS X on a non-Apple-branded machine. “The bad news began when it was reported that beta builds of 10.6.2 had no support for the Atom Processor; a commonly used processor in netbooks,” one of the latest posts (signed blkhockeypr... [read more >>] There are quite a few days left until the Black Friday will arrive, yet it seems that Apple has already made up its mind when it comes to the deals it will offer to users that very day. Moreover, details on those plans are also rumored to have leaked into the wild, and it seems that the company has some rather major sale goodies up its sleeves.According to a recent article on Boy Genius Report, an anonymous source sent the flyer attached to this article along with the info on Apple's yearly Black Friday deals for 2009. The said deals are only in place during Friday, November 27, the day after Thanksgiving, and, although for the t... [read more >>] Microsoft’s Simon Aldous has been talking through his hat, the Windows maker claims, when the company's partner group manager stated that Microsoft tried to “create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics” for Windows 7. As reports circulating on the Internet say, Aldous appeared to admit that Microsoft had looked at Mac OS X for inspiration. Microsoft vehemently denies this. Via Neowin, the full quote from the respective interview has been reproduced below. One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it's very graphical and easy to use. What we've ... [read more >>] 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 >>] In what was an expected move on behalf of the company headquartered in Cupertino, California, the Mac OS X 10.6.2 incremental update for Snow Leopard has been released to the public. Available as a free download via the Mac OS X “built-in” Software Updater, Apple’s Downloads section, as well as Softpedia, the update is 99% percent packed with fixes, including security. Both Client and Server versions are available for download.According to Apple, “the 10.6.2 [Client] Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatib... [read more >>] Celeris, the company behind the best known pool game out there, has released a version of Virtual Pool for the iPhone and iPod touch. Touted as “one of the best looking and playing VPM versions yet,” Virtual Pool Mobile gives the expression “ball on” a whole-new meaning on the iPhone, with superb 3D graphics, realistic physics, great controls, and endless re-playability. Having played Celeris’ Virtual Pool as a kid on my 233MHz computer, and seeing what the iPhone was capable of, I knew that a port wasn’t far off. I was extremely pleased not only to find that Celeris had indeed confirmed my expectations ... [read more >>] Apple developers have received a new build of the second maintenance and security update to Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build 10C540. The incremental update is on track to deliver over 150 code corrections, to which build 10C540 adds fixes for AirPort performance issues on the newly released iMacs, as well as for a problem that arose when plugging and unplugging a system to an Apple TV. People familiar with the build also point out to a VMWare fix included with 10.6.2. The fix presumably targets the newly released VMware Fusion version 3.0, according to AppleInsider. Build 10C540 also fixes reported panic issues with USB, Apple Filing Pr... [read more >>] Chinese wholesale and dropship company China Ontrade claims to have received parts that will make up the 2010 iPhone model. The company was the first to start supplying iPhone 3GS parts directly from factory, and was accurate in predicting the phone’s existence before it had been introduced. A wholesale and dropship company located in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, ChinaOntrade.com is headquartered right next to Hong Kong. Established in 2008, ChinaOntrade.com was one of the first companies to offer electronics dropshipping directly from the Mainland China market. The company is now claiming that the iPhone midboard pictured left bel... [read more >>] A reader over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) has asked the site what the quality of his iPhone would be after just being to the Genius Bar to replace his under-warranty iPhone for a hardware issue. Speaking from a former Apple technician’s point of view, “If you are merely a consumer, prepare to be disappointed,” the author replied. According to Josh Carr writing at TUAW, “The vast majority of parts that Apple ships to repair centers are what they consider ‘re-manufactured.’ As a Genius, I was coached to explain that process when we were asked where the parts came from.”“Customers woul... [read more >>] | 
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