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A few years ago, an upstart manufacturer named Psystar made headlines when it began offering low-end x86 systems loaded with Mac OS X.

Psystar was predictably sued by Apple, but offered an EFI tool to make it easier for anyone with a 'Hackintosh' to run OS X.

The company never contested Apple's charge that it had violated the company's copyrights,...

Aside from learning a new operating system, the biggest obstacle to a person moving from Windows to Mac OS is transferring his or her content from one computer to the next.

Microsoft has made it pretty to go from one Windows PC to another, and in Mac OS X Lion (10.7), Apple is making life easier for Windows to Mac switchers.

iUseMac today announces its special bundle of 9 different Mac OS X applications at 90% off its normal combined price. The offer is good only from November 1 through November 15.

Beginning a project developing a web browser for Mac OS X. Planning on offering a Universal Binary (for PPC and Intel support), 64-bit build, and using WebKit as the layout engine.

Am looking for suggestions on featureset, as well as ideas for improving the JavaScriptCore framework and rendering engine.

The idea here is to provide a very feature rich and light-feeling alternative to the speedy, yet bloaty Safari 5.

My only fear is competing with Apple's Nitro JavaScript Engine.

It isn't quite Perl version 6 but it's well on its way. Between now and Monday, ActiveState will release version 5.12 of its cross platform, easily installed ActivePerl.

Version 5.12 offers more than simple bug fixes; it's a major release that some developers look toward with great anticipation.

The major improvements included in this release are:

Amazon.com has rolled out a Kindle desktop application for Mac OS X. The new application joins the apps that Amazon.com has for the iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, and Windows PC.

Palo Alto, California (PRESS RELEASE – February 16, 2010) – HP today expanded its award-winning HP Officejet portfolio with its most affordable flatbed all-in-one printer.

The company also announced the worldwide availability of the HP Creative Studio for Business, a comprehensive online resource to help customers grow and market their small businesses.

This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to convert video and audio between MP4, H.264, MOV, TOD, MOD, TS, MTS, M2TS, TP, MKV, AVI, DivX, WMV, MPG, 3GP, 3G2, FLV, RM, MP3, WMA, AAC, etc on both Windows and Mac OS X with Video Converter Platinum and Video Converter for Mac.

It includes 4 parts:

Psystar, which has been battling, and losing to Apple in terms of selling clones PCs with Mac OS X preinstalled, has halted sales of its stand-alone utility which allows installation of Mac OS X on clones.

This was the same software Psystar used. Additionally, the company stated that once it reorganizes, it will focus on Linux PCs.

Microsoft this week acquired Teamprise, a division of SourceGear that built tools to give developers access to Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server from systems running Linux, Mac OS X and Unix.SourceGear's flagship SourceOffSite provides remote access to Visual SouceSafe, Microsoft's version control system.