Ian Betteridge

As Apple Computer Inc. prepares to release its latest operating system at the end of the month, the same Web sites that the company is suing for publishing details of its products are continuing to reveal more of its upcoming product plans. The company is currently embroiled in two cases against several Mac news Web […]

Developers, dealers and analysts have given a strong welcome to Mac OS X 10.4, aka Tiger, announced by Apple Computer on Tuesday. The update, which introduces a slew of new features including a new search engine called Spotlight and revamped versions of core applications including Safari and Mail, is set to be released at the […]

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 […]