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• Google Chrome for Mac Is Speedy, A Bit Buggy When Google calls a service or a piece of software "beta" you never know what you're going to get. In this case, you get a work in progress.
• Chrome Browser Arrives for Mac Google has shipped a prerelease version of its browser for Linux and OS X, but work remains.
• Mac OS X 10.6.2 Hack Gets Atom Support Back The OS X 10.6.2 update dropped support for the hackintosh-friendly Intel Atom processor. Just two days after the update was released, it was hacked to allow the chip to be used once again.
• Will Apple Force Feed You Ads Via Its OS? It's true: Apple has filed for a patent on technology that would force you to watch advertisements, no matter how hard you tried to avoid it.
• Apple Wins Hollow Victory In Psystar Ruling Apple won the court ruling against Mac clone-maker Psystar, but does the outcome really benefit anyone?
• Windows 7 Inspired By Mac? Here's the Guy Who Said So A Microsoft manager sparked a fierce debate by implying Windows 7 was based on the Mac. So who is this guy? We did a little digging.
• Snow Leopard Update Nukes Atom Support Apple's Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update kills support for Intel Atom/netbooks — netbook users running Intel Atom likely won't be able to upgrade beyond 10.6.1.
• Apple's Snow Leopard Update Also Bans Hacked Macs Apple's release of Mac OS X v.10.6.2 squashes bugs and blocks Atom "Hackintoshes" in the process.
• Online Backup Services A look at eight services with Mac OS X software to manage automated backups.
• Secrets Pref Pane Updated for Snow Leopard Blacktree Software has released Secrets 1.0.6, a Snow Leopard-compatible version of their preference pane which exposes hidden features on your Mac.
• In Pictures: Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7 The newest operating systems from Apple and Microsoft go head to head.
• Ultimate Showdown: Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7 The newest operating systems from Apple and Microsoft go head to head.
• Does Windows 7 Really Cost a Fortune? One pundit suggests that Microsoft intentionally prices Windows so high that upgrading an existing PC looks like a bad deal compared with buying a new one.
• Magic Mouse Manual Suggests OS X Update is Coming Apple's new Magic Mouse has a lot of people talking, but not just about its features.
• Apple's Clone Battle May End Psystar joins Apple in seeking summary judgment ending clone-maker's use of Leopard and the longtime legal feud.
• Apple Mac OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard Zaps User Data Is this what Apple meant by Snow Leopard freeing up disk space? Bloggers taunt smug fanbois, saying OS X has gotten buggier and buggier.
• Apple Working On Fix for Snow Leopard Bug Flaw can lead to the loss of all of a user's personal data when they log in with a guest account.
• Vista, Windows 7 Are More Secure than Snow Leopard A prominent security researcher claims that released Snow Leopard is less secure than either Vista or Windows 7.
• Why Microsoft Should Give $30 Student Deal to Everyone Why not extend the upgrade deal to all consumers? Microsoft stands to gain more than money from such a move.
• Snow Leopard Devours Tiger and Leopard Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, sold twice as many copies in the first two weeks as Leopard, its immediate predecessor, did in 2007.
• How Snow Leopard Can Make Your Mac Greener Snow Leopard saves millions of kilowatt hours of electricity, making it a better environmental citizen.
• Old Flash for Snow Leopard, and Firefox Gets Fake Flash Spyware disguised as a Flash plugin for Firefox is making the rounds, and Snow Leopard is installing an old, unsafe version of the Adobe program.
• Snow Leopard's (partial) Gem Substitutes One of the goals of Mac Gems is to find inexpensive software that makes Mac OS X even better--system tweaks and add-ons, productivity tools, and anything else...
• Snow Leopard Update in Works Already Apple is preparing version 10.6.1 of its new operating system to fix Snow Leopard's problems.
• Snow Leopard Sneaks Up on Enterprise Enterprise Mac engineers blindsided by Snow Leopard's month-early appearance on the market.