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Intel Atom’s Snow Leopard Compatibility Re-Hacked

5:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Apple, understandably, broke Atom support in its latest 10.6.2 update for Snow Leopard — but that’s not going to keep enterprising Hackintoshers from finding a workaround. More »
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Flash 10.1 Is Good News For Hackintosh Netbooks

4:10AM Danny Allen | High-Def Flash video is a stretch on some hacktintosh netbooks, but Flash 10.1 brings it into the realm of possibility. I just installed it on my MSI Wind running Leopard, and damn: HD YouTube and Vimeo videos were almost watchable. More »
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Netbook Hackintosh Fix 10.6.2 Coming In “A Few Weeks”

3:06AM John Herrman | When Apple killed Atom processor support in the Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update, it was one of the first times they’d actively tried to stop hobbyist hackintoshing. It was also sort of a dick move! Luckily, it’s not going to stick. More »
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Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update Missing Atom Support, Breaks Hackintosh

12:03PM Rosa Golijan | If you’re using a Hackintosh then you might want to wait before upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6.2 because for all the bug fixes it brings, it lacks the Intel Atom support necessary for our beloved Hackintoshes. More »
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Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Fixes Account-Nuking Bug (And About 40 More)

6:58AM John Herrman | OS X 10.6.2 is out, and it’s a veritable bug-squashing party. That infamous glitch that was destroying user accounts a while ago has been taken care of, as have a few dozen other annoyances. But whither our sweet Hackintosh? More »
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Latest Snow Leopard Developer Build Breaks Hackintosh Again

10:30AM Chris Jacob | Enough with the back-and-forth already, Apple. If you’re going to kill Atom support then just kill it. Don’t toy with us, taking and giving like some sort of some sort of merciless god. More »
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All Of Snow Leopard’s Hidden, Secret Settings Laid Bare

4:25AM John Herrman | Screencap formats, secret dock animations, previously unseen menu shortcuts, login screen backgrounds: These are the hidden settings that Apple doesn’t want you to see (or just forgot about) and that Secrets — a free, super-simple app — helpfully wrangles into one place. More »
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Reality Check

1:51AM John Herrman | Windows 7 rolls past Snow Leopard in just a week, almost everyone still runs XP, and Vista, which didn’t even crack one-third of its predecessor’s install base, is doomed to be forgotten. This is the world outside Gizmodo, people. [Ars]
Gadgets

Weekend Gadgets: HP Mediasmart Server

5:30PM Nick Broughall | This weekend, I’ve got a hot date with HP’s new EX490 MediaSmart Home Server. I’m hoping she outputs. More »
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OS X 10.6.2 Does Not Ditch Atom Support, Hackintosh Safe

8:30AM Sean Fallon | It appears that Atom support has resurfaced in the latest developer build (10C535), so users running OS X on Atom netbooks are safe for now. Although, anything can happen between now and the final build. [Stell via 9to5Mac via Crunchgear]