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Mark Papermaster’s ransom has been paid

Ah, it seems like it was only November 4th when Apple Announced: Mark Papermaster is joining the Company as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering, reporting to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Papermaster, who comes to Apple from IBM, will lead Apple’s iPod(R) and iPhone(TM) hardware engineering teams. Papermaster has 25 years of product and technology experience, and was previously a vice president at IBM. Well, as you may recall, IBM had a thing or two to say... Read More

Your chance to touch the hand of God

Despite being one of the most entertaining, mysterious, quick-witted, and, dare I say, charismatic characters in the Mac Blog-osphere, no one has yet had the balls to attempt to sit me down for an interview – and with good reason! After all, few could hope to survive direct contact with a being made of 100% pure sarcasm, and odds are prolonged exposure to my genius would likely render any would-be interviewer incontinent. However, there IS a chance that in small bursts,... Read More

“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 33

[Thank you, we have a winner. This contest is now closed. Congratulations to faithful Macenstein reader Vince!] On the Thirty-third Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) A PED3 auto iPhone Stand from Thought Out Company. Featuring 360Ëš rotation, rubber tipped fingers, a 5-inch steel flexible neck for endless positioning and a number of versatile mounting options, the PED3 Auto is the ideal way to position your... Read More

Macenstein’s “Mac Chick of the Month” (January 2009): Mai

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 Mai, a French dancer and filmmaker who is of course also a die-hard Mac Chick! Read More  Read More

New Mac Trojan appears in pirated versions of Photoshop CS4 – 5,000 infected so far

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, “Just Say No to Torrents, kids!” Uh oh… another week, another Mac Trojan horse discovered. This time around, it’s folks who are downloading cracked copies of Adobe Photoshop CS4 from BitTorrent sites that are in danger. According to Mac Security Software maker Intego (who discovered last week’s iWork 09 virus) the Photoshop trojan is a new variation on the OSX.Trojan.iServices virus found last... Read More

“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 32

[Thank you, we have a winner. This contest is now closed. Congratulations to faithful Macenstein reader Jerret!] On the Thirty-Second Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) a Super Geek Bundle from NewerTech! First up we have The NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter. It’s a complete solution that allows any 2.5″, 3.5″, or 5.25″ hard drive or optical drive* with any standard IDE/ATA/ATAPI... Read More

How cold is it?

It’s pretty freaking cold… Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Cold Miser for the link] [Photo by J.Bruna via Flickr]  Read More

“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 31

[Thank you, we have a winner. This contest is now closed. Congratulations to faithful Macenstein reader Ghered!] On the Thirty-first Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) a Retractable Mini-Optical Mouse from Belkin! ‘Twas 31 nights after Christmas, and all through, the house, not a creature was retractable, except this cute travel mouse! As cool as Apple’s trackpads are, sometimes you just wish you had... Read More

Stories I almost cared about this week 1/23

• White MacBook got its specs bumped up to more or less match the 13-inch unibody MacBook [Crunchy Munkin] • Apple posts record profits, admits no iPhone nano or Apple netbook in development (duh!) [MacRumors] • Apple drops anti-piracy measures from iWork ’09 [AppleInsider] (OK, I didn’t come close to caring about that) • iGoogle discontinues optimization for iPhone [cnet]  Read More

Latest iPhone clone boasts unique feature

Currently one of the most watched items on eBay the $108.88 I68+ TOUCH SCREEN UNLOCKED I9 for T-MOBILE AT&T PHONE is one of the best iPhone clones we’ve seen, even if it IS a 1st gen clone. Above: Well, at least they took the Apple logo off, which is more than some clone makers did… Aside from the upside-down back and odd camera placement, you might think it was a real iPhone, except of course, like all iPhone knock-offs costing 1/4 the price, it appears to... Read More