i.gizmodo.com - 1/15/2009
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Gadget Lab writer and Giz friend Brian X. Chen said earlier today via Twitter that Apple "is suing Wired for my video tutorial on hacking netbooks to run Mac OS X." Updated . Update 2 : Wired got back to us. The official story is that they're not being sued, it was just a misunderstanding by ...
i.gizmodo.com - 1/14/2009
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i.gizmodo.com —
Gadget Lab writer and Giz friend Brian X.
Chen reveals via Twitter that Apple "is suing Wired
for my video tutorial on hacking netbooks to run Mac OS X." Brian actually loaned his personal MSI Wind Hackintosh for the Giz Gallery . It seems more ...
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The Netbook Hackintosh Video Apple Is Suing Wired For ...
news.cnet.com - 1/14/2009
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news.cnet.com —
Wired is being sued for posting a video
on how to get Mac OS X on an
MSI Wind, shown here. (Credit: CNET) Update at 11:30 a.m.: It seems that Chen did not understand exactly what happened regarding his article. Updates throughout. Wired has ...
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Wired takes down Hackintosh video
blogs.zdnet.com - 1/15/2009
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blogs.zdnet.com —
newVideoPlayer("/wiredhackintosh_gizmodo.flv", 475, 376,""); Remember the video that Wired
posted on how to hack a Netbook to run
OS X? Well Apple legal sent a cease-and-desist letter to Wired demanding that it be removed. ZDNet’s ...
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Wired removes Hackintosh video after Apple legal threat
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Wired removes Hackintosh video after Apple legal threat
The Apple Core —
... Evan Hansen, editor-in-chief at Wired.com who said that the video was removed and the posts are “under review.” If you missed it the first time, Gizmodo has re-posted the video and it’s embedded above. View and/or save it while you can.
Apple Legal Does Not Change
HardMac.com —
... we were posting the first video showing a functional Hackintosh running a beta version of Mac OS X x86 project, and we were forced to remove them from the site. Other websites, willing to challenge Apple Legal (or generate some easy traffic) Gizmodo and ...
How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook [How To]
Gizmodo —
... Even though we're using a standard retail-purchased copy of OS X, the disclaimer: Apple does not like Hackintoshing. It violates the OS X EULA, and probably won't make the Dell folks too happy either, should you need to return your hacked Mini 9 for service. So, as always, proceed at your own risk. ...
Building a DIY Apple netbook
The Apple Core —
... Wi-Fi, sound, function keys, integrated mobile broadband card and a SD card reader for good measure. Boing Boing has posted a handy chart of what features work on which surrogate netbook hardware and the Dell Mini wins the day. Be warned though, your’re building a Hackintosh and it involves bending the rules of Apple’s Mac OS X EULA to get to the promised land. At around $400 though, it does seem rather tempting. Go get some before Apple releases the hounds ( like they did to Wired when they published their Hackintosh/netbook tutorial). Photo: Gizmodo ...
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wired.com 12/14/2008 — Gadget Lab 19: There's something special about Brian Chen's MSI Wind netbook: It's running the Mac operating system (OS X Leopard). In this video, he shows how he did it.