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Macenstein’s “Mac Chick of the Month” (February 2007): Teemaree

Posted by Dr. Macenstein Welcome to Macenstein’s “Mac Chick of the Month”. Each month we feature a different die-hard, Mac-loving girl who is (almost) as well designed as the Apple products they love. This month we present you with the lovely Teemaree, a California based Recording Artist, Model, Actress, Dancer, DJ and long-time Mac fan. Happy Valentine’s Day! Teemaree is currently the host of the first ever “Go-Go... Read More

Awww, aren’t they cute! Apple releases colorful iPod Shuffles

Posted by Dr. Macenstein Apple today released some colorful updates to their iPod Shuffle line. In addition to Apple’s standard silver, there are now pink, orange, green, and blue models available for your Valentine’s Day shopping pleasure. The updates seem to be solely cosmetic though, as the capacity still tops out at 1GB, and the feature set and price seem identical to last year’s models (well, they DO have those swell new earbuds). The new shuffles are... Read More

Free on iTunes: Vortex Demo (first free iPod game)

Posted by Helper Monkey Apple today made history by adding an iPod game to the list of free downloads from the iTunes store. The game, “Vortex“, is being offered in “demo” mode for free. The Demo contains the first 2 fully playable levels of the 360° brick-bashing game (think Breakout, developed by Steve Wozniak, but rounder). The 22MB download requires a 5th generation iPod and software update 1.2 or later (we still have no idea why you can’t... Read More

USATODAY: Verizon passed on the iPhone

Posted by Dr. Macenstein When the iPhone was announced earlier this month, many Verizon customers complained at being left out in the cold. Apple’s exclusive deal with Cingular meant Verizon (and other companies) would be unable to offer the iPhone for at least 2 years, a fact that has many of their customers contemplating jumping ship. However, according to USATODAY, Verizon was actually approached before Cingular, but turned Apple down after hearing the long list of... Read More

Where are they now? Interview with “Switcher Girl” Ellen Feiss

“I’m Ellen Feiss and I’m a student”. Back in the Spring of 2002, those words launched one of Apple’s more memorable, if not effective, ad campaigns. Known as the “Switcher” ads, the spots featured real people telling real stories of being fed up with the hassles of PC ownership, and their subsequent relief upon switching to the Mac. By far the most popular of the ads from this series starred Ellen Feiss, a 14-year-old girl who ended... Read More

“Mac Rumor Site” Catfight

Posted by Dr. Macenstein It looks like a new “hot chick” has transferred to Mac Rumor High, and is stealing all the other girl’s boyfriends. At least, that is what appears to be happening, according to Apple Recon. The site launched just before Macworld this month and has rocketed to the top of the Mac-O-Sphere based on their exclusive reports of a February 20th event which they claim will herald the debut of iLife ’07, iWork ’07, new Mac Pros,... Read More

Aspyr updates Civilization IV, Civ IV Warlords

Posted by Helper Monkey Aspyr has released updates for both Civilization IV, and Civilizaion IV Warlords. The 14MB and 22MB updates are recommended for all users, and contain the following fixes: Adds cross-compatibility with PC’s through Gamespy® - Fixes sound errors in the tutorial when played in 10.3.9 - Fixes blackscreen window when loading game from tutorial on an Intel Mac - Fixes crash in German tutorial - Fixed Fog of War effect - Fixes terrain issue on GeForce... Read More

“TOP SECRET” Leopard details for sale on eBay

Posted by Helper Monkey Are you having trouble waiting for Leopard to be officially released this Spring? Did Steve’s promises of features so secret, he could not reveal them at last year’s WWDC set your mind racing to the point where you are losing sleep? Well, if you have more than $10.50 (the current high bid) you can find out all the topmost secretest of secret features in Apple’s upcoming OS release! Portuguese eBay member “gio_di” ( a self-proclaimed... Read More

Apple’s iPhone drives up traffic as much as 5900% at many Mac sites… just not ours

Posted by Helper Monkey If the buzz on the web is any indication of future sales, Apple’s iPhone is likely to bring in a good chunk of change to Apple come the 2nd Quarter of this year. According to Alexa.com, which ranks the popularity of the over 100,000,000 sites now on the web, Mac sites saw a huge surge in viewership earlier this month due largely to the public’s fascination with the iPhone. The site Macrumorslive.com, which provided live coverage of Apple’s... Read More

I’ve never been more proud to be an American

Posted by Dr. Macenstein I know this has nothing to do with the Mac, but I just found this video to be so awesome, I just had to share it. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader The McMANUS for sending it in! (Warning, slight profanity.)  Read More