News for Monday, 1 August 2005

It seems Apple used the DRM avalaible on Intel platform to forbid using Mac OS X x86 on PC. Everything is managed by an Infineon DRM 1.1 chip installed on the motherboard.
It may shock some people nevertheless it is mandatory for Apple.
The manufacturer can't let Mac OS X go and be installed easily on any PC.
However, a concern remains. Will Apple keep using DRM only to protect their software or will they take advantage of DRM to extend their seizure over the hardware/software couple?
We would have loved to say that Apple isn't known to set limitations but it would be lying to say so, seeing how many of these we have had to break in the past.

Patrick sent us pictures from Atlanta airport.


There, they can buy an iPod when they want as easily as a soft drink or a box of condoms.

DVRFLash version 2.1.1 was released. It enables flashing all Pioneer drives under Mac OS X. It replaces the last version but the download link remains the same: DVRFlash_v2.1.zip.
Las Vegas who ported this software under OS X also made special versions of DVRFlashX which enable to flash Pioneer drives from 103 to 107 to the last region free patched firmwares and also to restore the original Apple firmwares:
For the DVR-103: DVRFlashX_Apple_103.zip
For the DVR-104: DVRFlashX_Apple_104.zip
For the DVR-105: DVRFlashX_Apple_105.zip
For the DVR-106: DVRFlashX_Apple_106.zip
For the DVR-107: DVRFlashX_Apple_107.zip
If you want to flash a 108 to be region free, the lasted patched firmware is 1.18:
DVR-108v1.18-RPC-1+12xRip+nx4all
[Upd] The special versions do not contain the latest firmwares but the latest Apple firmwares.