14 Feb 2006
OSx86 Cracked Again

To answer the rhetorical question in the teaser, it's a blessing. And if Apple has half the brainpower I think if has, it'll eventually accept and embrace this: and eliminate M$ as an operating system powerhouse in less than 2 years.

The OSx86 Project is reporting that the intrepid hacker 'Maxxuss' has once again eluded Apple's security methods and cracked the latest release of Mac OS X for Intel, or 'OSx86', to run on standard x86 PCs. It seems Apple just can't win this eternal struggle with the hackers, as 10.4.4 included beefed up security designed to prevent similar hacking methods used on beta releases of the operating system. Is this a blessing for Apple, or simply a nuisance?

(link) [Slashdot]

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