The Universal SIM Unlock Card - Now with iPhone goodness!

May 7th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

USB Fever is selling a Universal SIM Unlock Card which is boasting iPhone compatibility (yet an apparent incompatibility with proper apostrophe usage…).
This SIM unlock is a revolutionary do-it-yourself Plug & Play card for unlocking Mobile Phones without the risk of damaging the phone or voiding it’s [sic] warranty. This SIM unlock is made […]

Video proof of Bigfoot er… Psystar’s Open Computer running Mac OS X

April 24th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Well, here you go. Video proof that the oft-maligned Psystar has made at least 3 computers – at least 1 of which can run Mac OS X Leopard.

To rub a little salt in Apple’s wounds, Psystar claims they edited the video using Final Cut on an Open Computer running Leopard. Ouch!
Now, if only they […]

nullriver releases Connect360 v3.3

April 24th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

All of you Microsoft traitors who happen to own an xBox 360 (I’m quite content with my Pippin360, thank you very much) may be interested to know that nullriver has released version 3.3 of its Connect360 software which allows you to stream your iLife content (music, movies, photos) to the xBox360. New to this […]

Oh the irony… Psystar’s Open Mac clones now being cloned?

April 19th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

In a strange turn of events, it would seem as though the rip-offER has become the rip-offEE.
Just minutes after the report that Psystar has finally gotten its online store back open and is ready to start shipping out that Open Macs, oh, excuse me, Open Computers, faithful Macenstein reader Mathew lets us know that Psystar […]

Apple IIc plays Second Life better than Leopard

April 15th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

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Fans of the virtual online world Second Life who were shut out by the 10.5.2 update are in luck. While not exactly the fix they may have been hoping for, it looks like Mac users can once again play Second Life on their Mac, provided of course that Mac is an Apple IIc.

The […]

Psystar comes to its senses, renames the “Open Mac” as the “Open Computer”

April 14th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Psystar‘s site went down this morning shortly after announcing it would be selling the “Open Mac“, the first non-Apple computer marketed as being able to run Mac OS X. The site came back up later this afternoon, with one noticeable change. The Open Mac was gone, replaced by the more generic-sounding (and less lawsuit-inviting) Open […]

The Holy “headless” Grail - Psystar delivers headless “bargain” OpenMac - but is it a bargain?

April 14th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Yeah, it kinda is.

A company called Psystar has begun selling a Mac clone called the OpenMac, capable of running Mac OS X Leopard. Starting at $399, the specs are meant to compare favorably with the $800 Mac mini, yet offer more expandability options than the mini does.

Above: The OpenMac is not as stylish as Apple’s […]

WTF? - “BRICKED_AND_SIM_LOCKED_STRING” found in iPhone v2.0 firmware

April 11th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

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The Greek technology site iPhone Hellas has been poking around in the iPhone 2 beta firmware and found all sorts of GPS-related goodies, as well as some more YouTube and Google integration, but the really interesting thing (to me anyway) is that they have also found the following string buried deep in the […]

Show your iPhone a good time with iNdependence v1.4

February 29th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Our good friend Will over at IntoMobile has alerted us that iNdependence v1.4 beta 5 has been released.

So what is iNdependence? Well, according to the above picture, it will either Jailbreak your iPhone, or have sex with it.
Actually, iNdependence bills itself as a Mac-only “easy-to-use interface for jailbreak, activation, SSH installation, and […]