New and Noteworthy: Mac 'clones' creep back on the streets; Apple upgrades .Mac file-sharing

Mac 'clones' creep back on the streets The Inquirer reports that some nine years after the Apple clones were officially killed off, pirates in South America have resurrected the trade. "Apparently, the latest thing is a 'PowerPC G6 Macintosh', an 'Apple G6 Macintosh-Clone Computer' with a 3.8GHz Pentium 4. These come with shedloads of OSx86 compatible hardware, and pre-loaded with something called a 'Mac OSX-86 Apple MacOS X Tiger 10.4.3.' The beasts are being made in China and South America, but unlike the real Apple machines, these clones will cost you only $500." More.

Apple upgrades .Mac file-sharing Macworld UK reports that Apple has quietly added a new feature to .Mac, making it easier to share files with non-members. "An announcement on the .Mac blog (which is only accessible to subscribers to the service), reveals that Apple has made it easier for non-members to access a subscriber's iDisk Public folder using a web browser. 'We're pleased to announce a new simpler way to access iDisk Public folders with a browser. Simply entering the URL idisk.mac.com/membername-Public now produces a page that automatically includes download links for whatever's currently in a member's Public folder,'" More.

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