Ian Betteridge

CherryOS, the Mac emulator for Windows that has been dogged by controversy, is to be released as an open-source project on May 1, according to its creator. Jim Kartes, president of Maui X-Stream Inc., confirmed to eWeek.com that the company will release the product under an open-source license on May 1 after a “hiatus” that […]

A security company has issued a warning over a possible hijacking of the Internets DNS system, which has resulted in some users being unable to reach some Web sites—instead being redirected to sites maintained by the attackers. According to the SANS Internet Storm Center, the company first received reports of so-called DNS cache poisoning attacks […]

Mac OS X 10.4, also known as “Tiger,” is proceeding on schedule, as Apple has dropped the prerelease tag from the latest build of the operating system, indicating that it has moved to final candidate stage. It is understood that Build 8A425 was distributed both internally and to selected key developers last Tuesday, and unless […]

LONDON—The British Hi-Tech Crime Unit has foiled what would have been one of the biggest computer crimes in history, where thieves attempted to transfer $420 million from a London branch of Japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui. The thieves are believed to have hacked into the banks computer systems using information gathered from keylogger programs, which allowed […]

Apple is due to launch the next major release of its flagship operating system, Mac OS X 10.4, aka “Tiger,” by the middle of April, according to sources close to the company. Sources told eWEEK.com that Apple plans to make copies of Tiger available in its own retail stores as well as through independent dealers […]

CherryOS, the Mac emulator running on Windows, has run into a hailstorm of criticism from developers of the open-source PearPC program, for allegedly copying code from it and other free software projects. According to Charles Darvy, one of the contributors to PearPC, the released version of CherryOS includes both code and graphics directly taken from […]

CherryOS, the controversial Macintosh emulator for Windows that some commentators have accused of being a reworked version of open-source project PearPC, has finally been released, five months after its initial announcement. Created by developer Arben Kryeziu at Hawaiian company Maui X-Stream Inc., CherryOS allows users of Intel-standard PCs to run Mac OS X by emulating […]

Mac news site Think Secret has filed a motion requesting that an Apple lawsuit against it be dismissed on grounds that it violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Apple has alleged that Think Secret posted its proprietary information on the Web, which would be an offense under Californias strict trade secrets law. The […]

Jef Raskin, widely regarded as the father of the Macintosh, has died at the age of 61. Raskin, who also wrote widely on human interface design, had recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to a statement released by his relatives. Raskin, who died at his home in Pacifica, Calif., on Saturday night, joined Apple […]

A group of Apple resellers in conjunction with consumers have filed a 26-page class action lawsuit against the company accusing it of unlawful business practices, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets and other practices illegal under consumer law. The suit was filed in San Francisco Superior Court last Thursday by two former Apple resellers, […]

LONDON—At the TypoTechnica 2005 conference Thursday, Quark Inc. gave the first look at the next version of its flagship product, QuarkXPress 7, claiming the update will be “the most significant upgrade in the products history.” In the historic surroundings of the St Bride Print Library, Scott Wieseler, product analyst in Quarks product marketing group, was […]

A French consumer organization has launched legal action against Sony and Apple, claiming that the two companies are limiting user choice by using proprietary digital rights management software systems for music downloads. The Union Fédérale des Consommateurs-Que Choisir claimed it would take legal action against the two companies after conducting interoperability tests of a selection […]