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Mac-clone Maker Psystar To Countersue Apple
News Mac-clone maker Psystar plans to file its answer to Apple's copyright-infringement lawsuit on Tuesday as well as a countersuit of its own, alleging that Apple engages in anticompetitive business practices.
[August 27, 2008, 8:17]
Mac Clone Alive And Well, Says UK's IMC
News He also claims to be looking forward to bigger names joining in the Mac clone market. While Apple's travails and the absence of big-name PC vendors in the Mac OS market have caused some observers to question the viability of the business, Ascot...
[August 7, 1996, 16:18]
Apple Sues Mac-clone Maker Psystar
News Apple has taken Mac-clone manufacturer Psystar to court in the US, alleging copyright infringement. Psystar has been selling the Open Computer, a Mac clone, for approximately three months. Using copies of Apple's operating system to build Apple...
[July 16, 2008, 17:15]
Cheap Mac Clone Draws Angry Response
News As of Thursday afternoon, Psystar appears to be a small operation that has only recently established a web presence, and which is struggling to cope with the sudden interest aroused by its Mac clone. A Florida-based firm advertising cheap, Mac...
[April 17, 2008, 15:13]
Mac-clone Company Offers Custom Updates
News Psystar, a Florida-based company that last month began selling generic PCs with Apple's Mac OS X operating system pre-installed, has addressed one of the major shortcomings of the systems by offering bug fixes and software updates.
[May 28, 2008, 11:22]
Mac-clone Company Back Online
News Psystar, a small Miami company which has met with much attention for offering cut-price Mac clones, has said it has resolved problems related to its online store and physical location, and is once again ready to accept orders.
[April 22, 2008, 8:59]
Five Years Ago: Umax Ships Fastest Ever Mac Clone
News The 200MHz PowerPC 604e-based Pulsar Pro 200 ships with 512Kb L2 cache, 16Mb RAM (expandable to 1Gb), 2.1Gb SCSI hard drive, eight-speed CD-ROM drive, 16-bit audio, integral Ethernet and Local Talk, and 128-bit graphics with 2Mb VRAM for about £3...
[August 27, 2001, 8:00]
Apple Reverses Plans On Cloning
News In a blow to Mac clone makers and their customers, Apple Chief Financial Officer Fred Anderson said in a press conference this afternoon that negotiations to extend agreements with current licence holders Motorola Corp.
[September 3, 1997, 9:24]
A Year Ago: Apple Reverses Plans On Cloning
News In a blow to Mac clone makers and their customers, Apple Chief Financial Officer Fred Anderson said in a press conference this afternoon that negotiations to extend agreements with current licence holders Motorola Corp.
[September 3, 1998, 7:49]
Linux Invades IPod
News Last week Tex9, a small software development firm in San Francisco, released version 1.0 of an iPod plug-in for the firm's xTunes music player software, which is itself a Linux clone of Apple's iTunes.
[July 29, 2002, 15:53]
Psystar Files Countersuit Against Apple
News Mac-clone maker Psystar officially responded to Apple's copyright-infringement lawsuit on Thursday by filing a countersuit that alleges anticompetitive business practices. Psystar argues that its OpenComputer product is shipped with a fully...
[September 1, 2008, 11:59]
Mac Filelight
Downloads Mac Filelight is a clone of the KDE Filelight utility. It provides a pretty and user-friendly interface for discovering what's taking up all your disk space. In the future, it will support zooming in and deleting files directly from the Filelight...
[October 19, 2006, 12:01]
US Report: Mac Users Hit By Hard Drive Problems
News Mac clone maker UMAX Data Systems reported problems while testing Mac OS 8.5. In the most damaging fault, the Mac's hard disk is not available on start-up, requiring extensive recovery measures. The other fault seem to hit Mac PowerBooks, causing...
[October 27, 1998, 12:33]
PalmSource: More Licensees On The Way
News PalmSource, the custodian of the Palm operating system for mobile devices, has spoken out against a Wintel-based, clone model for handhelds but admitted Dell's imminent entry into the PDA market will "have an impact".
[November 12, 2002, 7:29]
Open Tech Offers Latest Mac 'clones'
News A computer maker called Open Tech has announced a line of computers designed to run Apple's Mac OS X, following in the footsteps of Psystar, the Mac clone manufacturer recently targeted by an Apple lawsuit.
[July 29, 2008, 17:04]
Windows And Intel Macs: What You Need To Know
Talkback Pirated and hacked copies of Mac OS X have been running on clone PCs for 6 months now. Just run a search and see
[February 6, 2006, 11:04]
Moire X
Downloads This is a clone of the classic Moire screensaver for the Mac.
[November 8, 2005, 3:46]
Dark Room
Downloads Dark Room is a clone of the Mac OS X application WriteRoom. Dark Room is a full-screen, distraction-free, writing environment. Unlike standard word processors that focus on features, Dark Room is just about you and your text.
[May 15, 2007, 5:18]
Swift Office Ships
Downloads Swift Office Ships is a clone of the classic game Battleships. The only thing that differs is that Swift Office Ships is played on a Mac in a Bonjour (formerly Rendezvous) network instead of a piece of paper.
[September 4, 2005, 23:46]
Coming To A Mac Near You: 1.2GHz?
News This is] no clone. Fending off the scepticism of Mac users worldwide, Swedish vendor Xtrem insists it is working on a hardware package that will boost the Power Mac G4 from its current top speed of 500MHz to a whopping 1,200MHz by year-end.
[August 9, 2000, 10:04]
