2010 World Cup Mascot Unveiled

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa has a new mascot in the form of Zakumi, a cuddly leopard with green spiky hair. "Organisers said the character was 'born' on 16 June, 1994 - the year in which apartheid ended. The date is celebrated as Youth Day to mark the 1976 Soweto...

Defiant Psystar back selling Leopard computers

"Psystar is back online selling "white box" Macs with a few subtle changes, and one employee has already played the monopoly card.As you might recall, Psystar's Web site was overwhelmed Monday after it was found to be selling cheap computers with Mac OS X Leopard...

The Mac world and its discontents - Psystar to sell a $399 Mac clone

While we in the realm of PC are used to this sort of thing it's pretty likely this is a bit unsuspected in the Mac world."Miami-based Psystar has begun selling a new computer that it says will run Mac OS X Leopard — in other words, a Mac clone. The company is touting the...

Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contest

"Apple's OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux operating systems are to be pitted against each other in an ethical hacking contest in Vancouver next month. Run by the organizers of the CanSecWest Vancouver 2008 security conference, the competition is a repeat of the "PWN to Own"...

Reminder: Backup before installing new Leopard 10.5.2 update

"Today Apple released its Mac OS X 10.5.2 update, which addresses many annoying bugs as well as tackling a number of interface issues that bugged longtime users. According to the technote on the release, users should backup before installing the update (this is really...

OS X Leopard update to grant current AirPort Extreme owners networked backups

"So when Time Capsule was announced it was understandable that there were a good number of people that were AirPort Extreme owners wondering if they’d be able to do something similar with their AirPort Extreme’s and an external hard drive. Well, it appears as though...