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Ghost Busting with the Genie Effect

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Enter our “Love is in the Air” Mimobot Valentine’s Day giveaway!

This contest is closed. Congrats to faithful Macenstein reader Adri. Well, that didn’t take long. Yes, just 1 day after finally ending our 12 Days After Christmas Giveaway, we’ve once again we’ve teamed up with our good friends at Mimoco to bring you yet another awesome contest! What makes this one so awesome? Well, aside from giving you a chance to win cool stuff, THIS one might actually save your relationship! Admit it, you totally forgot that Valentine’s... Read More

Well, that was fun!

Yes, it’s hard to believe, but we’ve finally cleaned out the prize closet in our “12 Days After Christmas” giveaway – a full 43 days after Christmas. (If you haven’t yet, there’s still time to enter a couple of the contests). Congrats to the winners, our heartfelt thanks to the sponsors who so generously donated their wares, and our condolences to all of you who lost, day in and day out, time and again. It must really suck to be you. ... Read More

Motorola pulls a Seinfeld with its new Megan Fox ad campaign

Not since the bizarre casting of infamous Mac-head Jerry Seinfeld as Microsoft’s pitchman has there been such a “What the F?” advertising moment as seeing Megan Fox appear in Motorola’s new Devour Super Bowl commercial. As anyone who’s ever stalked Megan knows, she’s a die-hard iPhone user. It will be interesting to see if she has to start walking around with the Devour as part of her contract, or if she only sold her body, not her soul. ... Read More

New study says fewer people thinking of buying an iPad now that they actually know what it is

Retrevo, everyone’s favorite tech polling site, has published a comparison between its customer’s desire to buy an Apple tablet both pre- and post iPad keynote. The results show a marked decrease in interest in the new Apple product, with half of all respondents now saying they have NO desire to buy an iPad, down from 26% before the announcement. I kind of find this poll interesting in that I had the exact OPPOSITE reaction to the iPad unveiling. For years I had... Read More

World’s Fastest IPhone Texter does 56 word per minute – iPhone melts

Wow. This is either Bishop from the movie Aliens, or the world’s best secretary. That’s right, using the iTextSpeed app, this cyborg was able to pump out 56 words a minute on the iPhone’s virtual keyboard. And we’re talking ACTUAL, grown up words, no TTY and LOLs and such. Just wait ’til he gets an iPad… his fingers will probably go back in time or something. [via metacafe]  Read More

“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 43 – A set of Audioengine 5N Bamboo speakers!

This contest is closed. Congrats to faithful Macenstein reader Steve. On the Forty-Third Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) A set of A5N Powered Bookshelf Speakers (in BAMBOO!) ! AAARRGGHHH! If only I could enter my own contest! Damnit. Well, one of you lucky bastards is about to be taken on an audio trip to AWESOMETOWN! I actually have a pair of the white Audio Engine A5′s, and I use them daily in my demolition... Read More

WOW this makes Apple look really bad if it’s true

Personally I see no reason for Apple to be quaking in its boots over Google’s Android platform, but apparently it is as according to Flash of Genius, the developers of a SAT test prep app called Flash of Genius: SAT Vocab 2.2, Apple has “asked” them to remove all references to Android in their app description. That’s right, apparently you are no longer allowed to let people know your app placed in the Google’s Android Developer’s Challenge for fear... Read More

“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 42 – An Epson Workforce 610 All-in-One Printer

This contest is closed. Congrats to faithful Macenstein reader Chad. On the Forty-Second Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) An Epson Workforce 610 All-in-One Printer ! I’m actually reviewing one of these at the moment, and let me tell you, this thing is pretty damn impressive. It prints, scans, copies, faxes… hell, it even prints out graph paper! And it’s wicked fast too, which is great for when... Read More

[UPDATED] Chuck Norris Steve Jobs is so bad ass “he can get a Whopper at McDonald’s”

What do Steve Jobs and Chuck Norris have in common? They’re both ass-wipes. Well, at least the deified, internet version of Chuck Norris is (I’m sure he’s a lamb in real life). But according to NYMag, Steve Jobs is a different matter. At a recent top-secret dinner held for 50 NY TImes execs, Steve Jobs made a “surprise” appearance to show off the capabilities of the new iPad and to perhaps attempt to gain exclusivity with NYT content on the device.... Read More