blogs.zdnet.com - 1/15/2009
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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 Andrew Nusca spoke with Evan Hansen, ...
i.gizmodo.com - 1/14/2009
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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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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
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 ...
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The Netbook Hackintosh Video Apple Made Wired Take Down ...
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Wired removes Mac OS X netbook hacking tutorial after Apple legal threat
MacDailyNews —
... after Apple legal threat Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 05:57 PM EST "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," Jason D. O'Grady blogs for ZDNet. "ZDNet’s Andrew Nusca spoke with Evan Hansen, editor-in-chief at Wired.com who said that the video was removed and the posts are 'under review,'" O'Grady reports. More info, links, and the video are the full article here .
Apple Legal Does Not Change
HardMac.com —
... forced to remove a video from its website after a "cease-and-desist" request from Apple Legal. This video was simply showing a Netbook transformed in a Hackintosh and running OS X.
In August 2005 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 ZDNet posted the same video later, simply showing that a PC can run OS X ...
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