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Steve Jobs says Apple doesn’t track anyone: But everyone else DOES

A MacRumors reader (along , I assume, with about 10,000 other people and press) sent an e-mail to Steve Jobs about the whole “OMG the iPhone is letting the terrorists know my every move” debacle, and actually hit the lottery and got a reply. And what a reply it is! Q: Steve, Could you please explain the necessity of the passive location-tracking tool embedded in my iPhone? It’s kind of unnerving knowing that my exact location is being recorded at all times. Maybe... Read More

This could be the greatest photo ever taken

Every once in a while a piece of Apple history emerges that is so utterly amazing that I can’t imagine how I somehow never knew about it. Case in point, this picture of a genuinely in-shape Steve Wozniak and a totally wasted(-looking) David Lee Roth. The story goes that Steve Wozniak sponsored two Multi-Day rock concerts back in ’82 and ’83 called the US Festivals. Big name acts included such legends as The Police, Motley Crue, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, the... Read More

Celebrity Mac Chick sighting: Audrina Patridge

I’ll assume you are all watching Audrina Patridge‘s new VH1 reality show as intently as I am (meaning fast-forwarding with the sound off) but still, somehow I managed to spot this iPhone 4. Looks like Audrina’s on our team. I’m still debating whether or not we should be proud at this point, but I’ll admit there IS something compelling about the show that I just can’t quite put my finger on… without facing charges.  Read More

Justin Long goes back to waiting tables after losing the “I’m a Mac Campaign”

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, it looks like actor Justin “I’m a Mac” Long is having trouble making ends meet since Apple’s popular ad campaign ended last year: Actor Justin Long shocked diners at a popular New York City restaurant when he posed as a waiter. After finishing his meal at the eatery BLT Fish, Long got up from his table, purchased one of the restaurant’s t-shirts and began working as a staff member, much to the amusement of... Read More

Who wants to play a little “Friday Lock Screen trivia? – Win an iTunes gift card

OK, we have our WINNER! Congrats to Donut, who correctly described this scene from the “Nurse Stimpy” episode of Ren and Stimpy. Honorable mention goes to Richard Grewenig who got everything right except for who was sponging who, and also to Aldo Johnson who identified the other episode, Stimpy’s Fan Club. OK, first one who can correctly tell me who these 4 folks are looking at AND what they are DOING … Wins a $10 iTunes gift card. This one’s... Read More

Angry Birds meets Star Wars – But where’s Bacon Fett?

If there was one underlying message children were meant to take away from the Star Wars movies, it’s that bad guys are WAY cooler than the good guys. Just like in the REAL life. And I think that message comes shinning through in this set of “Star Wars meets Angry Birds” mockups. The Imperial Pigs kick ass. Although, I would have loved to see Bacon Fett. (or would it be Boba Fatt?) Oh wait, THERE he is! Turns out his name’s “Boarba Fett”, which... Read More

Apple shuts down M.I.C., once again

Ahh, would you look at what I got in the mail today, a message form M.I.C telling me that Apple has ordered them to stop selling their iHub USB hub. Luckily, it says my order will still be honored, so it would seem I am quickly building quite the collection of “Apple-legal-cease-and-desist” devices from M.I.C, already having ordered and received my banned Steve Jobs action figures. What I find most interesting about this is obviously M.I.C knows Apple will shut them... Read More

Everyone’s a privacy nut until they get lost in the woods and need someone to come find them

It looks like I am apparently one of the few, if not the only, tech journalists out there who is not freaking out about the newly discovered “location tracking” file having been found on both the iPhone and the backup the iPhone makes on your computer each time you sync. If you somehow missed it, the short version is Apple has apparently been logging the location of every iPhone on the planet and storing the time and location of everywhere the iPhone has been for... Read More

Portal 2 Blue screen of death

Among many other cool little Portal 2 spoilers, SuperPunch posted this awesome screenshot of a death most of us haven’t seen in a LOOOONG time. (OK, so it’s not an “official Windows” death screen, but it certainly ain’t a spinning beach ball).  Read More

How Mac OS X’s Alex Helped Roger Ebert “speak” again

When legendary film critic Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw to cancer, his career, and perhaps cultural relevance both appeared to be in jeopardy. Yet thanks to recent technologies such as blogging and Twitter, he has been able to successfully make the transition from being one of the most prolific and opinionated “speakers” to one of the most prolific and opinionated writers. He’s proven it’s quite literally “the THOUGHT” that counts, not how... Read More