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The Netbook Hackintosh Video Apple Is Suing Wired For [Breaking]
Gizmodo —
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 likely that Apple is actually sending Wired a cease-and-desist rather than asking for money—telling them to pull the tutorial, which explicitly lays out step by step how to put OS X on a netbook, including trips to The Pirate Bay to get the software, diving into the notebook's guts and other ...
The Netbook Hackintosh Video Apple Made Wired Take Down [Apple]
Gizmodo —
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. ...
Apple suing Wired over netbook hackintosh video
CrunchGear —
... Wired’s Brian X. Chen twittered to the world that Apple was suing his publication over his video tutorial teaching us Luddites how to hack netbooks to run Mac OS X. As Giz points out, Apple isn’t likely to sue them, but, rather, send over a cease and desist order. It’s all pretty trivial if you ask me.
Just found out Apple is suing Wired for my video tutorial on hacking netbooks to run Mac OS X. One hell of a way to start off the day.
Apple suing Wired for Hackintosh video
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... It looks like Apple is pretty serious about keeping Hackintoshes of fof the street (ever heard of Psystar?). According to Twitter post, Wired reporter Brian X. Chen is revealing that Wired is getting sued by Cupertino for releasing a video on ...
Apple sues Wired over Netbook Hackintosh video
Liliputing —
... So I’m not entirely surprised to learn today that Apple is suing Wired over the video. If you visit the site, you’ll notice that the written instructions for installing OS X are still online. But the video has been pulled down. Fortunately, the folks at ...
Apple Sends Wired a Cease-and-Desist Letter for Netbook Video
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
Apple’s legal hounds have sent Wired’s Gadget Lab and Brian Chen a cease-and-desist letter demanding they remove a detailed video explaining how to hack Mac OS X onto a netbook PC.
Chen has disclosed via Twitter that a past video tutorial on how to install Mac OS X onto a netbook, has gotten Wired into legal trouble as they are now being sued by Apple.
Gizmodo still has a copy of the video posted online.
The video tutorial in question gives an in depth ...
Apple confronts Wired over Mac OS X netbook hacking tutorial
AppleInsider —
... blog on December 1st that demonstrated the installation of an "illegal, hacked version" of Mac OS X Leopard onto an MSI Wind netbook. "I start out by telling you where to download the hacked operating system software," Chen wrote. "You'll also need to download and install a copy of OSX86 tools. Then I walk you through the steps of how to put the OS on a USB flash drive (at least 4GB) to copy it onto the netbook." Just hours ago, Chen sent an update to his Twitter account : "Just found out Apple is suing Wired for my video tutorial on hacking netbooks to run Mac OS X. One ...
Apple Spanks Wired Over Hackintosh Video
The Mac Observer —
... to install Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware. The article by Brian X. Chen included a video explaining in step-by-step detail how to turn a generic netbook PC into a Mac OS X machine -- or Hackintosh -- with a USB flash drive and a utility called OSX86 Tools. Apple, however, was not amused and contacted Wired's parent company, Conde Nast, with a request to remove the article. Earlier in the day it wasn't clear if Apple was suing Wired , or merely making a request. At the time, Mr. Chen commented on Twitter "Just found out Apple is suing Wired for my video tutorial on hacking ...
