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The move comes in the midst of a legal battle between Psystar and Apple over the former’s selling of unauthorized Mac clones, and hot on the heels of an audacious move by Psystar to certify third party computers for Snow Leopard. The release of Rebel EFI, however, is a direct-to-consumer way for Psystar to profit…

At one point, the stock surpassed its all-time high of $202.96 per share, which it hit in December of 2007, but profit taking pared the stock back to the levels mentioned above. *In the interest of full disclosure, the author holds a small share in AAPL stock that was not an influence in the creation…

The ‘Afghan Girl’ photo is what any photographer would love to produce. The photo is so full of color and detail, which gives it life. It is the eyes of the Afghan Girl (her real name is Sharbat Gula) that demand your attention. As you might imagine, I’m a fan of photography, and, apparently, so…

2XL ATV Offroad ($7.99) features 18 race tracks, including a pair of freestyle levels, on which they can take on up to eight opponents in single-player mode or up to five others in multi-player. They can choose between 250cc two-stroke and 450cc four-stroke ATVs, with hundreds of ATV and rider skin combinations to choose from…

I have been involved in some fairly high level technical projects in my career. This was at NASA, White Sands Missile Range, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. What I’ve learned along the way is that there are two critical factors that will determine your success as well as the success of…

In the Summary Judgement, Judge Cote wrote, “Verizon does not recite, render, play, dance or act the ringtone either directly or by means of any device, and thus does not perform the music.” In other words, the judge ruled that Verizon, the main carrier in this particular suit, isn’t responsible for when and how a…

Here’s an example of such an article that caught my eye. It’s not that the perception that Apple isn’t widely used in the U.S. government is wrong. Rather, the perspective of the author is bound by ignorance of what Apple is actually doing. Namely, Apple has sales of about US$200M (from my experience) per year…

There is a new Mac utility out that greatly simplifies and accelerates the process of taking and naming desktop images. To get the basics out of the way, the app is called Sharpshooter 1.1 and it requires OS X 10.4 or later. Version 1.1 works with Snow Leopard. There is a 30 day trial available…

Match-three puzzle games are a dime a dozen these days, but Snood made a name for itself at a time when the casual market was still gaining steam on the strength of Solitaire and Tetris, which had begun to sap worker productivity everywhere. The requirement that you fire the Snoods into the field of play,…

The video is hosted by Kellie Eickmeyer, a senior program manager on Microsoft’s Windows team, who tells us at the beginning that, “Installing Windows 7 on a computer running Windows XP requires more steps than a typical upgrade; and we’ll be honest; it could take a couple of hours.” Enjoy the full video for a…

Are there ghosts? I dunno. I thought I saw one once, but I can’t be sure. I use to think it would be kinda cool if there were ghosts, but then I thought it would be kinda boring and more than a bit frustrating to hang around and watch the living live. There has to…

 The third generation iPod shuffle retains the diminutive size, distinctive shape, and is fabricated of anodized aluminum with a built-in clip just like its predecessor. The big change this year is the introduction of a less-expensive 2GB model that can hold up to 500 songs for $59. There’s also a 4GB model that holds up…

The StorCenter ix2-200 NASThe ix2-200 offers Gigabit Ethernet, three USB 2 ports, Bluetooth, Bonjour support, device-to-device data replication, and a Web-based configuration interface. It includes iSCSI support, is VMware VMFS certified, supports AFP, Windows Active Directory, DLNA home media server support, and a built-in photo slideshow viewer.The NAS supports User and Group-level management, folder quotas,…

Dell first announced its desire to enter the cell phone market in August, where it showed a device being developed by Chinese manufacturing partners. The Android-based product is, apparently, similar to the product first shown at that time, but it includes a camera, too. Android is Google’s smartphone OS that it licenses to companies like…

This calculator has a myriad of financial, statistical and a few scientific functions. One has to actually read the User Guide to fully exploit the calculator’s various financial functions. I’ll trust that TI implemented those without error in this quick look review. Instead, I’ll focus on some of the nuances.Settings. Unlike many calculators, the settings…

“I am sorry to learn of Apple’s resignation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,” Mr. Donohue wrote in a letter obtained by The Mac Observer. “It is unfortunate that your company didn’t take the time to understand the Chamber’s position on climate and forfeited the opportunity to advance a 21st century approach to climate change.”…