Target begins selling Pink iPods
Posted by Helper Monkey Target today began selling pink iPods and iPod nanos through their online store. Target has contracted with ColorWare to produce the pink music players. The pink 1 and 2GB nanos list for $229.99 and $279.99 respectively ($80 above Apple’s stock black and white models), and the 30 and 60GB pink iPods sell for $389.99 and $489.99 respectively ($90 above Apple’s black and white models). Interestingly, if you were to go directly to ColorWare... Read More
GET YOUR SCREEN NAMES HERE! Macenstein Beta Forums now open!
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Exciting news, everyone! We are foolishly starting our own forum where you can discuss anything you want, Mac-related or otherwise. Let the abuse of the forum begin! While we realize 90% of the posts will be about how crappy our site is, we hope the other 10% of you find this forum to be a useful tool and a chance to build a nice little Mac community. Right now, with just our 5 staff contributors involved, it is indeed pretty lame, but we are hoping... Read More
Roxio Releases Universal Toast Titanium 7.1 Update
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Roxio has released Toast Titanium 7.1. In addition to numerous bug fixes (see below) the update adds support for Intel Macs, and is available as a universal binary. Toast version 7.1 bug fixes Duplicate items are no longer created when an open folder is dragged into the Toast window for data formats. Previewing Apple Lossless audio files in Audio CD format no longer causes a -50 error. Resolves QuickTime Movie video export issues – related to... Read More
Boy, they weren’t kidding about Civilization IV’s minimum system requirements!
Posted by Lab Rat A lot of people were surprised when they read Aspyr’s suggested minimum system requirements for their Mac port of Civilization IV. The Mac specs were actually more restrictive than the PC specs for the game, calling for at least a PowerPC G5 or Intel chipset running at 2GHz or higher, and a 128MB video card. I had read (that unlike past versions of the game) Civ IV’s game engine was now completely 3D, so while I understood the game would likely... Read More
Free on iTunes: “Blade� and “Beyond the Break� pilot episodes
Posted by Helper Monkey In what is fast becoming a regular event, two new television series have made their premiere episodes available for free on iTunes. First up is Spike TV’s “Blade�, the small-screen adaptation of the (somewhat) popular Wesley Snipes vampire martial arts movies. Next up is “Beyond the Break�, The N’s bikini-laden young-surfer-chicks-in-Hawaii series. As always we recommend you grab these ASAP, as their iTunes “free�... Read More
Microsoft demos Windows Vista on a MacBook Pro?
Posted by Helper Monkey We know that NOTIHNG, and we do mean NOTHING legitimate has EVER come from a Flickr posting…BUT… There are a couple interesting shots of what claim show a Microsoft Belgium rep demoing Windows Vista and Office 2007 on a MacBook Pro. The shots were allegedly taken this month at Microsoft HQ in Diegem during a presentation for some bloggers. Well, that IS a MacBook back there…(Photos © Pieter Baert) Unlike MOST Flickr posts, however,... Read More
Apple prepares to unleash 300th unlistenable free song on iTunes
Posted by iGor Almost since its inception, Apple’s iTunes music store has been nice enough to bless us with anywhere between 1 to 3 free downloads a week by largely unknown artists. With today’s latest free duo, Apple has now given us 298 free iTunes songs (not counting audio books), spanning the musical rainbow from jazz, to hip hop, to classical, back to hip hop, to rock, then over to hip hop again, to instrumental. While the types of music vary (slightly),... Read More
Apple releases OS X 10.4.7
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Apple today released yet another “dot� update to Mac OS X 10.4, taking us to 10.4.7. There are separate versions for both PPC and Intel Macs, but the features and addressed issues appear to be identical. Most notable among the new features are a slew of audio enhancements across Apple’s wide range of audio and pro editing apps including iTunes, Final Cut and Soundtrack. Some AFP networking issues and Bluetooth file transfer issues have... Read More
Apple posts Spider-Man 3 trailer
Posted by Helper Monkey Apple has posted a trailer for Spider-Man 3 on its QuickTime site, and we are happy to say, it is more than just a lame teaser trailer. In it, we get to see Spider-Man as Venom, a brief Sandman cameo, and enough action to almost make us wish it was Spidey and not the Man of Steel we were going to be seeing this weekend. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait until May 2007. (HD versions also available) Images © Copyright Marvel or Sony or someone. Read More
Flip4Mac Universal Beta now available for download
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Get it while it’s hot! Flip4Mac has posted a new universal beta build (#V2.1.0.29) of its popular Windows Media QuickTime plug-in for download, and this time even people NOT in the beta program are allowed to partake of the WMV goodness. There is a catch however. The link will only work for 24 hours, after that it turns back into a pumpkin, so get yours quick! New in this version: • Added universal binary support for Intel Macs • Added... Read More
Macenstein's "Mac Chick of the Month" (August 2010): Caitlin Hixx
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