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The Appeal (and Ethics) of Hackintoshing: Should Apple License the Mac OS?

Written on October 01, 2009 by Charles Moore and 101 people have commented

Writing on Fast Company, Farhad Manjoo says that not long ago, he got his hands on “one of the slowest, ugliest, and least-user-friendly Macintosh laptops the world has ever seen” — and he loves it, since it sports a couple of features that others can’t match. It’s tinier and lighter than Apple’s pricey MacBook Air, [...]

Apple’s Stance Gets Sterner on Jailbreaking in Latest Developer License Agreement

Written on April 06, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

We know they don’t like it, since they recently took steps to try and make it illegal, but now Apple is letting developers know directly that they won’t stand for any jailbreaking funny business on their part, either.
The news from Ars Technica comes via changes to the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement, which is part [...]

Budget, Organize and De-clutter Your Life With ReceiptWallet

Written on March 26, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 10 people have commented

If your daily existence is anything like mine you collect a decent number of items that need to – or at least should be – filed, stored or organized in some way. Whether they be downloaded PDF documents or saved purchase records, grocery store receipts or just important physical papers these items are probably either [...]