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Psystar Update: Automatic Updates Activated Plus New Quieter Case

Psystar, the company that's shipping hacked versions of OS X Leopard in off-the-shelf hardware, has just updated their product to address some of the main complaints in their recent reviews. The biggest change is that they're rigging up a custom version of Automatic Update (the thing that didn't work at all in their old version) to push "safe" updates from their site, not directly from Apple. That's because installing updates from Apple would possibly break their hacked version of Leopard, forcing all their customers to send back units for repair. More »

5:00 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Jason Chen
9,600 views, 36 comments

Latest by rsg2003: um don't most software EULA's say that you can't redistribute them on your own. Tsk Tsk... this can't be good. more »

windows vista

Microsoft Pulling Vista SP1 Off Automatic Software Update

Microsoft's not only delaying Windows XP SP3 temporarily, but they're also pulling off Windows Vista SP1—which has already been pushed out to automatic software update—because of potential incompatibilities. Most of us don't need to worry about it since this is just an issue with MS's SQL Servers that affect Microsoft Dynamics Retail management systems. Unless you're running a SQL database at home to track the chore distribution for your family, you can go ahead and manually fetch the update and install it yourself. [PCWorld]

4:47 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Jason Chen
5,174 views, 25 comments

Latest by Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!: @92BuickLeSabre: That's geekilly funny. more »