http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/motion.includes.leopard.snow.leopard/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/law.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Following a recent legal victory, Apple is now calling for a permanent injunction against Psystar's operations. If granted the injunction would prevent Psystar from doing anything which might violate Apple copyrights, including bypassing controls in Mac OS X which prevent it from being freely installed on any Intel system. The company would similarly be banned from sharing the necessary decrypti... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/motion.includes.leopard.snow.leopard/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/14/judge.says.psystar.clearly.violated.laws/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/psystaropenduo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple this week won a decisive victory in its lawsuit against clone maker Psystar. Judge William Alsup has ruled in a summary judgment that the Florida-based defendant had violated copyright laws, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) through creating and selling PCs with unauthorized copies of Mac OS X. By modifying the Mac OS X bootloader and kernel extensions to allow non-Appl... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/14/judge.says.psystar.clearly.violated.laws/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/founder.denies.tech.was.taken.from.osx86project/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/psystar.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Psystar co-founders and brothers Rudy Kendall and Robert Kendall have shed light on the beginnings of their company, including a claim they cracked Mac OS X on their own, according to an interview with Miami New Times. After growing up in a family that could not afford the early Macs, Robert set out to learn how to run Apple's operating system on cheaper computers.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/11/founder.denies.tech.was.taken.from.osx86project/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/06/latest.computer.maker.to.challenge.apple/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/evo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />An Italian computer maker is the latest company to ignore Apple's Mac OS X license agreement and launch a new series of Mac clones, according to the Italian site Macity. The startup Engineering Project recently launched a site promoting its upcoming EVO computers, which are allegedly compatible with several platforms including Mac OS X.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/06/latest.computer.maker.to.challenge.apple/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/22/software.assists.diy.mac.clones/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/psystar.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Psystar has begun offering its Mac virtualization technology in a software package, Rebel EFI, that allows users to install Snow Leopard on their own PC systems. The utility supports generic Intel hardware based on Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, i7 or Xeon Nehalem CPUs. The Darwin boot loader can also be used to load Linux and Windows XP, Vista or 7.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/22/software.assists.diy.mac.clones/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/11/both.companies.submit.summary.judgements/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/law.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Both Apple and Psystar have filed separate motions, requesting a summary judgement from Judge William Alsup in a San Francisco court, says AppleInsider. The two hearings are both set for November 12th, the outcome of which could determine whether the trial will take place in January. Apple has asked Alsup rule that Psystar infringed on its copyrights and violated the Digital Millennium Copyright A... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/11/both.companies.submit.summary.judgements/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/likely.to.draw.fire.from.apple/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/psysml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Mac cloner Psystar has announced a new OEM licensing program, designed to spread the company's virtualization software. Subscribers to the program gain access to the company's Darwin Universal Boot Loader (DUBL), which allows users to install Mac OS X on a PC, instead of just an Apple-branded Mac. Users can in fact have up to six operating systems on a computer, but hardware certified by Psystar... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/likely.to.draw.fire.from.apple/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/02/psystar.attorney.leaves.apple.team/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/psystarsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Psystar shuffled its defense this week as one of the attorneys defending the Mac clone builder left its team. A filing has revealed that lawfirm Welker and Rosario's co-founder, David Welker, exited the team for unknown reasons but said he only played a small role in defending against Apple's copyright accusations. The defense member was responsible for filing some of Psystar's more recent filin... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/02/psystar.attorney.leaves.apple.team/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/24/separate.case.now.headed.to.florida.court/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/psystarsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />US District Court Judge William Alsup has denied Apple's motion to include Snow Leopard in its case against Psystar. Apple initially argued to keep the updated operating system out of the case by "relentlessly objecting to discovery on Snow Leopard," Alsup writes. The company was successful at keeping the issue separate, as the update was released after the discovery period had come to a close.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/24/separate.case.now.headed.to.florida.court/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/08/unauthorized.snow.leopard.clones.already.on.market/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/psysml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Psystar has already circumvented Apple's latest copyright-protection methods utilized in the Snow Leopard update. The clone maker is currently shipping its Open Computer systems with the new operating system, despite the ongoing legal battle between both companies.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/08/unauthorized.snow.leopard.clones.already.on.market/ Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:15:00 GMT