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[MacOS] Boot native MacOS X with EFI-X USB Dongle
Update 26.06.2008: Read latest news about EFI-X here…
Update 22.06.2008: Read latest news about EFI-X here…
The newest on the market is announced to be released on 23. June. It is called EFI-X and seems to be quite a revolution. Technically it is a small USB dongle that contains a bootloader. That bootloader allows booting of native MacOS X installer DVDs or yet installed MacOS X installations…
Are you yet shackling your heads? Well, we are. It is said it will support any PC hardware to run OS X. At that point we are skeptical, since even Apple themselves are not able to support any hardware… We expect this to allow seamless installation on close-to-original-mac hardware. Which means: Intel Core2Duo on MoBo’s with Intel chipset and typical ATI or NVidia graphic adapters. But anyway: the installation will become simple and easy. No more BrazilMac workarounds or illegal downloading thru torrents from darkest places on the net. More features – as far as known yet – to be found in the updates section below the video.
We are quite curious about more details but currently the project’s website doesn’t contain anything more than we just told you. Netkas provides a video that shows the bootscreen. Sadly it is of poor quality and light, but see here:
Update (14.08.08):
Rumors on forums are telling about the specifications of your PC required to allow EFiX to run MacOS X
- Intel Core 2 Duo (not likely to support AMD)
- Intel chipsets on MoBo’s req
- ALC889A or ALC885 audio chipset on MoBo to work out of the box
- USB stick needs to plugged all the time (well who cares?)
Update II (15.06.08):
Althought not finished, the website of EFI-X.com has been updated during the last few hours. It seems, the following product versions of EFi-X will be sold:
- EFiX for desktop computers
- EFiX for notebooks
- EFiX PCI version
- EFiX complete systems
That looks promising. More to come at latest on 23rd…
Update III (16.06.08)
An FAQ has been published by the EFi-X Team. It clearly states, AMD CPUs are not supported, yet – as expected…
[MacOS] PGP with Whole Disk Encryption for MacOS X
For Microsoft Windows users encryptions tools that support whole disk encryption and integrate pre boot authentication are widely available (see our sponsors below). Mac users just weren’t so lucky to have such a tool available. But… solution to this problem now comes from the PGP corporation. But there is a little limitation: it is for Intel-Macs only.
It’s been announced that PGP 9.9 will support encryption of entire Mac drives, no matter if this includes system files or private files. Just everything gets encrypted and you need to authenticate before the system can boot (Pre-Boot-Authentication). Clearly this means without knowing the password the system will not start. The features as announced:
- Full-disk encryption (including temp and swap files)
- Pre-boot authentication to protect devices if lost or stolen
- support of encryption for USB flash drives and external USB and FireWire drives
- Compatible with Apple FileVault
- Compatible with PGP Universal Server (providing consistent data protection for Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows systems)
- Apple Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 (Intel only)
As of yet we cannot tell if this solution might be compatible to Darwin-EFI emulated hackintoshs aswell, since release of PGP is expected in july.
[Virus] Turkojan Trojan Creator Malware
Eventually it has become true. The criminal world has developed their own business models: Malware as a service. Newly appeared on the black market is Turkojan. It offers:
- Videostreaming via webcam
- Audiostreaming via microphone
- real-time screen viewing
- keylogger abilities
Turkojan offers even more. They offer three different versions of that malware construction kit. For interested criminals the gold edition contains 24/7 support for 6 months including updates if virusscanners detect that specific malware.
We feel this is really an ugly step in a completely wrong direction. We recommend having a premium virus scanner installed. See our sponsors for solutions.
[iPhone] Uncle Mossberg’s “To be or not to 3G”…
Our beloved Uncle Alzberg, eh Mossheimer… eh Mossberg – also known as the Internet’s Greatest Apple Fanboy (iGAF) says he was just joking about the release of the 3G iPhone during the next 60 days. Boom, we feel this is funny like Hillary Clinton is a sexgoddess…
Nevermind: the quote is floating around the net and maybe baby: we really get the 3G iPhone with release of firmware 2.0. I would not wonder if Mossheimer got an urgent call by fellow Steve J. after his announcement and was pleased to backpedale then. Who knows…
See the original quote here at about 6.30mins: