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geeks, getting by

Zero-Cost Gadget Upgrades For the Next Great Depression

Hanging out at sites like Giz may have instilled in you an insatiable, pocket-emptying gadget habit. But now we're entering a new era—the old guys on the TV are saying that soon we may not even have pockets, let alone money for them. Don't panic though: You've probably got a wealth of gadgetry sitting underutilized in your living rooms, closets and basements, just waiting to be given powerful new (not exactly authorized) features. For free.

I've collected the best firmware replacements, software mods and homebrew hacks from the DMCA-flouting, EULA-hating frontiers of gadgetland that'll breathe new life into your stable of hardware and maybe—just maybe—let you feel that lusty new-gadget rush again.

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Feature

2:30 PM on Tue Oct 7 2008
By John Herrman
32,207 views, 60 comments

Latest by cvpunk: @OMG! Ponies!: uhhh.... awkward. more »

psystar

Apple Fires Back At Psystar: 'We're Sooo Not A Monopoly'

Remember when Psystar turned their little hardware dalliance with Mac OS X into an ideological crusade against monopolies? Apple isn't having any of it. The company has just filed to dismiss Psystar's antitrust lawsuit, and, as if channeling John McCain from the last debate, seems pretty angry that Psystar just doesn't understand:
"Ignoring fundamental principles of antitrust law, and the realities of the marketplace, Psystar contends that Apple has unlawfully monopolized an alleged market that consists of only one product, the Macintosh® computer."
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6:10 AM on Thu Oct 2 2008
By John Herrman
8,060 views, 101 comments

Latest by dropdeadcriminal: It comes down to weather your OS was purchaced or just leased. If it is purchaced then you have the more »

Apple Lego

Perfect Lego Mac Pro Is Two Computers in One

At first sight, this looked like a perfect working reproduction of a Mac Pro made of Lego, so I was ready to call it the best Lego computer in the history of best Lego computers. Then, when I learnt that it houses one full PC running Mac OS X and a Mac Mini, I felt something happening, this tingling sensation, this turgidity that made me feel a bit dizzy. And when I finally saw the Steve Jobs minifig standing there and took a closer look at it, nerdgasm finally ensued:

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12:15 PM on Fri Sep 19 2008
By Jesus Diaz
63,382 views, 39 comments

Latest by Worf: That's not a Mac Pro, that's a PowerMac G5! (G5's have 1 optical drive bay, Pros have 2, and the power more »

mac os x on PC

Review: EFiX Dongle Perfectly Transforms PC to Mac

When we first heard about EFiX—a simple USB dongle that'll let you magically install Leopard on your PC—it sounded too fantastic to be true. Well, I used it to turn my gaming PC into a Mac Pro over the weekend, and I'm somewhat amazed to say this, but it works perfectly. More »

Feature

4:30 PM on Tue Sep 16 2008
By matt buchanan
206,506 views, 156 comments

legal warfare

Psystar to Countersue Apple, Take No Guff

Psystar, prominent makers of "Hackintosh" PCs running Mac OS X, is set to respond to Apple's copyright infringement suit on Tuesday and file a countersuit of their own, just like we thought. Psystar owner Rudy Pedraza insists that his OpenComputer hardware is merely "providing an alternative, an option" to Apple's pricey hardware. Pedraza plans to countersue Apple under two federal antitrust laws, hoping to prove that Apple's fierce tethering of OS to hardware represents an "anticompetitive restraint of trade." It'll be an uphill battle to fight Apple's legal team, but I kind of hope they win: it's like David versus Goliath, if David and Goliath were both big nerds. [CNET]

7:30 PM on Tue Aug 26 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
5,824 views, 131 comments

Latest by DisposableInterloper: An army of lawyers in no match against a solid case, which usually ends in a settlement out of court. more »

apple

Psystar Offers Free Leopard Restore Disc

Psystar, the company that's fighting back against being smacked down by Apple, has just decided to ship Leopard restore discs free of charge to their customers. If you remember, one of the (many) major problems with Psystar's machines was that you had to ship your box back to them if anything went wrong because their "hackintosh" approach to putting OS X on whiteboxes wouldn't allow you using a regular Leopard disc. Is this going to help or hurt their case against Apple? We're thinking hurt, because now they're shipping a modified copy of Leopard, but our only knowledge of lawyering comes from Phoenix Wright 1-4. [Psystar]

4:00 PM on Tue Aug 12 2008
By Jason Chen
3,784 views, 15 comments

Latest by Dakota Courtois: Did anyone actually look at the form? Along with getting the DVD, you're acknowledging you aren't going to bitch about more »

hackintosh

EFiX Instant, No-Mess Hackintosh USB Dongle Details Emerge

EFix has updated their site with some more details on its voodoo USB dongle that'll supposedly boot, install and run OS X "unmodified," straight from the DVD on any PC (Intel processors only though). Among the freshly listed goods are "official Apple Updates," an interactive system boot selector and power management features. More »

6:30 PM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By matt buchanan
19,795 views, 41 comments

Latest by TBM-Fan: sure i would love to try the dongle cause i have laptops and pcs that i want to try to more »

clone wars

Psystar Selling New Xserve Wannabe (Still Not a Mac Clone)

Psystar, the controversial company with the cojones to take on Apple (bravo), has two new fugly server computers aimed at the Xserve market, the OpenServ 1100 and 2400. They start at $2125, which buys you a 2.5GHz Xeon QuadCore processor, 4GB RAM, 750GB HDD, 4 HDD bays and a worthless 10-client copy of OS X 10.5 Server. Both are cheaper than the authentic $3000 Xserve, which only includes 2GB RAM and 80GB HDD. Still, these are not the Mac clones you were looking for. (Boo!) More »

10:00 AM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By Benny Goldman
5,115 views, 25 comments

Latest by packetsniffer: @HeartBurnKid: I didn't realize it came with a boxed copy, but that doesn't really change anything since it's still illegal to more »

hackintosh

EFiX USB Dongle Will Boot and Install OS X on Any PC, Supposedly

Not up to the messier parts of building a Hackintosh? EFiX is a USB dongle that promises to take care of all of that for you, automagically on any PC. Pop it into the port and you can install OS X straight from the DVD "without having to worry about patches, replacing files and anything like that." Update: There's a video demo of this black magic here. More »

Feature

12:20 PM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By matt buchanan
54,537 views, 32 comments

Latest by 02: Gizmodo is the guinea pigs.. well done! more »

hackintosh

Hackintosh OS X 10.5.3 Update Released (Record Time?)

The Hackintosh 10.5.3 Combo Update has just been released, letting people who want to build their own Mac on the cheap update to the latest Leopard version. According to people familiar with Hackintoshes and running OS X on whitebox computers (Adam Pash), the update was released in record time this cycle. Way to go, dude who worked on this. [Infinite Mac]

1:52 PM on Thu May 29 2008
By Jason Chen
14,688 views, 20 comments

Latest by ReynaldoRiv: @Arvin Bautista: A MacMini is not ideal for running something like FCP, it's cheap for a reason ;). If I were more »