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“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 30

[Thank you, we have our winners. This contest is now closed. Congratulations to faithful Macenstein readers Ed and Frank!] On the Thirtieth Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) a Pogo Stylus from Ten One Design! Actually, THIS time around we’ve got TWO of these to give away to our faithful readers! So now you have twice as many chances to lose, er… win! Whether you are writing, drawing, or just want... Read More

Yo-Yo Ma forgets the iPhone has no zoom

Photographer David Bergman put together an amazing zoomable 2GB panorama of Obama’s inauguration ceremony that is really worth checking out. Of special note, you can see quite clearly that Yo-Yo Ma, still rocking the 1st gen iPhone, decided to use it to try to take some pictures of the event, and the back of Obama’s head. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader JimmySchaps for the links! [via Cult Of Mac]  Read More

Review: Booq’s Boa Slimcase M90 laptop bag

When I upgraded from my 13-inch MacBook to my new 15-inch MacBook Pro, I discovered one of the hidden costs buying a larger laptop – namely, the need to buy a larger laptop bag. I put out a call to our faithful readers on Twitter looking for suggestions on good laptop bag manufacturers, and the name Booq came back on quite a few of them, so I decided to give them a try. Booq was nice enough to offer up one of their Booq’s Boa Slimcase M90 laptop bags for review,... Read More

SecureMac bails out iWork pirates with its “iWorkServices Trojan Removal Tool”

“OK kids, Mommy’s going to bail you out THIS time, but if we ever catch you downloading pirated version of Apple software again, so help me you will have no iPhone for a MONTH! Do you hear me? Thus are the words I assume SecureMac was thinking when it decided to release its “iWorkServices Trojan Removal Tool“, a free utility that will remove the iWorkServices Trojan virus which was spread last week via pirated copies of iWork 09 on BitTorrent sites. It’s... Read More

“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 29

[Thank you, we have a winner. This contest is now closed. Congratulations to faithful Macenstein reader Trip!] On the Twenty-Ninth Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) a Turbo.264 from elgato! Got an iPod, iPhone, PSP, or Apple TV and want to watch video on it? Then you want the Turbo.264. The Turbo.264 is a USB hardware video encoder which acts as a co-processor for your Mac, enabling you to quickly convert video... Read More

New Mac OS X Trojan Horse found in Pirated iWork ’09 software

Attention cheapskates and software pirates! At least 20,000 people have downloaded a pirated copy of iWork 09 from BitTorrent sites containing a malicious Mac Trojan Horse virus, according to security software maker Intego. Upon installation, the OSX.Trojan.iServices.A Trojan Horse, which stows away inside the cracked iWork 09 package, gains read-write-execute permissions for root, and then allows for a malicious user to connect to the Mac remotely. From Intego: Exploit: OSX.Trojan.iServices.A... Read More

“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 28

[Thank you, we have a winner. This contest is now closed. Congratulations to faithful Macenstein reader Florian!] On the Twenty-Eighth Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) kickBACK iPhone 3G case by Scosche! Rated “AWESOME” by MacLife Magazine, the Scosche kickBACK is the premiere clear hardcase for your iPhone 3G! What makes it so great? Well, unlike other clear kickstand case makers, Scosche realizes... Read More

Video: Recital Organ – female orgasm instrument for iPhone / iPod

So, how long can you hold your breath? I’m betting not long enough to see Apple approve this female orgasm keyboard app… Nice try ChocoFlop, but everyone knows the app store is all about farts.  Read More

Celebrity Mac Chick Sighting Revisited: Jessica Simpson

I love Jessica. Not only is she one of the few truly hot celebrity Mac Chicks who actually walks around in public carrying her Mac, but she actually cares enough about it to put one of those Speck See-Thru cases on it, like we’re giving away. Nice! [via Celebslam]  Read More

Police force woman to give up her iPod as cab fare

After 20 swipes of 20-year-old Nataie Lenhart’s credit card resulted in 20 “declined” messages, cab driver Mohammed Islam called 911. The responding officers to the “crime” scene (JFK International Airport) then proceeded to come up with one of the more bizarre (if not illegal) solutions to the problem – They forced Lenhart to give the cab driver her $140 Red iPod nano as payment. The fare was only $49, but the officers insisted Natlie surrender... Read More