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Steve Jobs High School opening in Mexico

Faithful Mexican Macenstein reader Christian alerts us that a new Technical High School will be opening in the city of Joquicingo, and it is being named after Steve Jobs (whether he likes it or not). “In Joquicingo at Mexico State the state government built a new school called Steve Jobs… I wonder if the real Steve knows about it? The sign reads: mexico state gov (logo) commitment, (gov slogan) “steve jobs” technological... Read More

Macenstein’s “Mac Chick of the Month” (September 2008): Alice Blacker

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 Alice Blacker, a full-time UK college student and of course, full-time Mac Chick! Photos by Lawrence Dudley “I’m currently attending college, studying business administration,” says Alice. “It might not seem like the most... Read More

Redefining “refurbished”

Overstock.com is selling what they call an Apple iMAC G5 Laptop (Refurbished). Not sure whether they refurbished an iMac into a laptop, or a laptop into an iMac, but either way, they went above and beyond what we normally expect when we hear “refurbished”. The description reads: “Take your technology anywhere with this G5 desktop computer”. Anywhere, eh? Like the chiropractor? They list it at 18.5 lbs. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Kyle for the... Read More

Best… App Review… Ever

Hmmm… Well, it IS a good app, but… Maybe I’m just using it wrong. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Charles for the tip!  Read More

No way she worked on MobileMe

Dan Lyons recently wrote about a mysterious blog posting he came across which appeared to detail the internal corporate aftermath of the MobileMe rollout/fiasco/debacle. The mystery blogger, known only as Ethlite, laid out a scenario that could easily be interpreted as coming from Cupertino’s MobileMe HQ about 2 months ago: “The predictable fallout ensued, with a dressing down by our CEO, followed by the usual finger pointing and finally ending in removal/demotion... Read More

Apple hits the big time – gets its own YouTube Channel

Apple has finally gotten the biggest honor that anyone can hope for – its own Official YouTube page. Yes, they don’t give those out to just anyone. Apple now joins the exclusive ranks of Chris Crocker and The Potter Puppet Pals. Is this an attempt by Apple to save some bandwidth costs by throwing hosting duties to YouTube’s servers, or did they see the awesomeness that is the Official Dell YouTube channel and felt compelled to respond? We’re not sure.... Read More

How successful is Microsoft’s “I’m A PC” ad campaign?

Faithful Macenstein reader Roy writes: Check out the Google results for “I’m a PC”. Number one in the list… Too funny. OUCH. Well, to be fair, Microsfot does come in at number 2. However, faithful Macenstein reader Phelim points out that the number 3 result isn’t all that good for Microsoft either. Too funny. They’re surrounded!  Read More

Now THAT’S what I call multitasking! (Possibly NSFW)

This lady is a triple threat. She can talk on the phone, surf the web on her PowerBook, AND double-pump breast milk at the same time! (Or are her breasts actually powering the laptop?). Behold “PowerBoobs Pro“. Click to enlarge (You know you want to make this your desktop wallpaper) For the record, I’ve never been able to make a woman that happy. Thanks to faithful German Macenstein reader Martin for the photo. (And don’t worry Martin, we won’t... Read More

Tommy Smothers’ iPod charger invented

When Skynet becomes self-aware (at 2:01 am), odds are the robots will attempt to block out the sun so none of our solar-powered iPhone/iPod chargers will work, rendering us “tuneless”. However, one ingenious Swede has come up with the perfect foil for our soon-to-be robot overlords – may we present the iYo YOYO Induction Charger. iYO YOYO from Peter Muungano on Vimeo. That’s right. Thanks to inventor Peter Thuvander, now you can charge your iPod... Read More

OMFG! THE iTUNES STORE HAS BEEN HACKED!!!!!

Faithful Macenstein reader Kensei writes: What happened to the AppStore? Yesterday there was 180+ pages of…. well crap and now there is only 88 pages. Routine maintenance? Hacked? Spring Cleaning? Also latest release date is 14th of September. Hmmmmm. Hmm… We have no idea, Kensei. While we’d LIKE to think Apple went in and ripped out all the worthless crap apps, there are nowhere NEAR 88 pages of quality iPhone apps on iTunes right now. We’re guessing... Read More