Apple Mac Mini (Spring 2010) | Kingsway 24 Seven
Apple’s new Mac Mini answers a lot of the issues that have plagued the series over the years. An HDMI port helps it fulfill its potential as a living room system. An SD card slot gives a nod to digital photographers. …
Apple partners used underage workers – MAC.BLORGE
Apple’s level of engagement and disclosure, not to mention the media’s attention thereto, on the issues of green practices and supplier responsibility are perhaps unprecedented. Nevertheless, expect a cadre of the usual hand ringers to …
Apple Beats Psystar: Is It a Win For You? (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Mac-clone maker Psystar was dealt a deathblow on Saturday after a federal judge said the company infringed on Apple’s Mac OS X operating system copyright. A court case will still proceed to trial in order to settle a few other issues, but it’s clear that Psystar’s days of selling Mac OS X on non-Apple computers are over. That’s a big win for Apple, but is it a victory for you?
Psystar alienates the Hackintosh community, too
Filed under: Hardware , OS , Software , Apple Say what you will about Psystar, the community that continues to sell computers running OS X, despite bankruptcy , constant legal problems with Apple , and a case so slim even their own legal team gave up. Sure, they’re out of reason, out of room, and way out of line, but at least they’ve got plenty of cojones , as the locals say. Why else would they say the things they do in this Miami Times article ? Our friends at Engadget lay out just what’s wrong with that piece, from Robert and Rudy’s Pedraza’s claims that they “cracked the code” behind OS X, to the suggestions and hints that what they’re doing just might not be a contract violation. Whether or not Apple’s EULA is enforceable is, of course, one of the arguments at issue in Psystar’s case , even though plenty of shrinkwrap licenses have been upheld in court before. Apple’s also got a copyright infringement claim against Psystar; this will be one of the topics at today’s summary judgement hearing in California.
: Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.2 – Guest Account Bug Fixed, Much More (The Mac Observer)
Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.2 Monday, an update for Snow Leopard that fixes a Guest account issue that was wiping some users’ home directories. Other issues addressed include Mail, printing, fonts, displays, MobileMe, networking, and more.
Patch for Microsoft Office 2008 XML issues now available
Filed under: Enterprise , Productivity , Software Update As promised, Microsoft has released a patch (dubbed version 12.2.1) to address issues that some Microsoft Office 2008 users have had with opening XML-based documents. When attempting to open a document in Microsoft Office 2008, some users have been presented with an error message that resembles the following: “Microsoft Excel cannot open the file. You may have to download the latest updates for Office for Mac. Do you want to visit the Microsoft Web site for more information?” For those who held off on the Service Pack 2 update, guess what? Surprise! Service Pack 2 is required to install the patch. Unlike many Mac apps, where update checks are found in an app’s namesake menu, in Microsoft Office 2008 it’s in the “help” menu.
Apple patches 18 Mac vulnerabilities, ships OS X 10.5.8 (Computerworld)
Computerworld – Apple on Wednesday patched 18 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, including half a dozen that could let hackers hijack machines by duping users into viewing malicious image files on the Web.
