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Nobody said running a netbook hackintosh would be easy — but nobody said they’d make it this hard. Apple is currently engaged in a war of compatibility with Palm and, if the developer build of Snow Leopard version 10.6.2 is any indication, the Atom processor is next on the smack down list. Word on coder street is that the upcoming revision of OS X will kill support for Intel’s little powerhouse. That could certainly change before it hits the world at large, but we wouldn’t bet on it. So, if you’re viewing this on an netbook install of your own devising, you may be stuck at version 10.6.1 (or earlier) for awhile — or you may need to do a little custom kernel building. Either way, we’re thinking that if Apple ever gets around to making a netbook it probably won’t be an Atom-powered one.

[Via OS X Daily]

Filed under: Laptops, Software

Apple killing Atom support, dreams of netbook hackintoshers in next Snow Leopard release? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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These Sonic Fabric neckties from Supermarket are plastic fantastic. Woven from boring old cotton mixed 50:50 with awesome old cassette tape (used), they lend the wearer the same delicious contrast as eating hot apple pie and cold ice cream together.

But, whatever, right? Who really cares about a corporate leash, even if it is made from old geekwear? Well, these suckers are playable, if you are willing to rip apart an old Walkman (and you should be, as it is otherwise useless). It’s a pretty easy project: you free the playhead from the player and then rub it over the fabric, creating some rather garbled, underwater-sounding sonic susurrations (the video is embedded below).

The ties cost $90 each, but for that you get the tape portion of the fabric hand recorded before weaving. This particular batch contains the designer’s own music, a soundscape of samples grabbed from the NYC metro system.

Product page [Supermarket]

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O2 Germany has confirmed a GSM version of the DROID for Europe going by the name of the Motorola MILESTONE. The news comes courtesy of a sliver of O2’s online store page that left itself exposed to the wiles of Google, complete with the above picture and the new moniker, and follows close on the heels of a leaked business guide which says the MILESTONE will retail for €404.20 to corporate customers, and will be available as of November 9th.

Update: It’s now official on the Motorola Germany (and english language Western Europe) website where it lists Vodafone and O2 as local carriers. Italy now too, on an unspecified carrier. Oh, and it also lists “pinch and zoom” as a feature not found on the Droid. See for yourself after the break. It’s carrying a public price tag of €481.

Update 2: As noted by a few readers, Milestone will ship with MOTONAV turn-by-turn directions, not Google’s Maps Navigation.

[Via Boy Genius Report, Thanks Vincenzo, Peter B.]

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DROID headed to Germany as Motorola MILESTONE (update: Italy too, no Google Maps Navigation) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The GSM flavor of Motorola’s DROID, or Milestone as it will be known in Europe, has multitouch built-in to the UI. For reasons we can only assume have something to do with an unspoken intellectual property agreement between Google and Apple, the US version of the user interface lacks multi-touch features like pinch-to-zoom even though the underlying 2.0 OS supports multitouch events. However, the video of a GSM DROID headed to Europe clearly shows this feature at the 3 minute mark. No really, see for yourselves after the break.

[Via SlashGear]

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GSM DROID with multitouch pinch-to-zoom demoed on video hating America originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on April 15, 2008 by CyberNet.

June 30th is quickly approaching and you know what that means, don’t you? It means there are going to be a lot of unhappy people because that’s the day that Microsoft is going to stop selling OEM and shrink-wrapped copies of Windows XP. People will be forced to purchase Windows Vista, an operating system that many aren’t too eager to switch to. With this in mind, for those of you who don’t intend to upgrade to Vista and instead plan to wait until Windows 7, you may want to get your hands on a copy of XP before June 30th approaches.

Ever since Vista launched, users who purchased certain copies of Windows Vista have been able to downgrade to Windows XP for free. For example, someone who purchased Vista Business or Vista Ultimate could call up Microsoft and ask to be downgraded, and they’d then receive a new activation code that they could use with an older disc from a previous machine with the option to go back to their copy of Vista at any point. The key thing here is that Microsoft wasn’t supplying the media, the user had to. With the option to downgrade in mind, Dell has decided to make it super simple for their customers to downgrade.

Now when you purchase certain computers from Dell, there’s the option to have them install Windows XP for you and then they’ll provide you with a copy of Vista so that you can upgrade at any point. The Inquirer quotes Dell explaining how it works:

With Windows Vista Downgrade Service from Dell, you get a simple way to migrate to Windows Vista on your schedule.

Dell will factory-install Windows XP Professional and give you the DVD to install Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate when you’re ready (you will also receive the DVD for Windows XP Professional).

Dell will also support both operating systems on your PC throughout the limited warranty period.”

The screenshot above shows what we’re talking about. Notice how you can select “Genuine Windows Vista Business Bonus” in which case Genuine Windows XP Professional is factory-installed and the media is included?

The big deal with Dell is that users are getting OEM copies of Vista and XP, and XP will already be installed for them. This is a pretty big thing for Dell to offer, and certainly gives them a few reputation points from XP fans not ready or wanting to upgrade to Vista quite yet.

We do want to mention that this is all a bit confusing and we’re still not sure if this offer will be something that Dell can offer once June 30th comes rolling around. From our point of view, Vista isn’t as bad as many people make it out to be. After using it for over a year, the advantages make up for the disadvantages. Does it have flaws? You betchya! But there are plenty of reasons that it’s a great operating system so before you rule it out, try it out for yourself and come up with your own opinion regarding it. If you really don’t like it, well then at least you know you’ll be able to go back to XP.

Thanks for the tip Omar!
Source: Inquirer

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