Archive for August 27, 2008

Alleged UK Pirates Offered Free Legal Representation

Over the last year, UK residents accused of sharing games like Dream Pinball have been threatened by lawyers Davenport Lyons. Stuck in a trap of not having enough money to defend themselves, many choose to pay compensation demands - guilty or not - fearful of a much bigger punishment if things go bad.

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Road to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: 64-Bits

Next year’s 10.6 reference release of Mac OS X promises to deliver technology updates throughout the system without focusing on the customer-facing marketing features that typically sell a new operating system. Here’s a look at what those behind-the-scenes enhancements will mean to you, starting with new 64-bit support.

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Mac Cloner Says Apple Software Rules Anticompetitive

Attorneys for embattled computer maker Psystar Ltd. on Tuesday alleged the rules for buying Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) Macintosh operating system software involve “anticompetitive tactics.”

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