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Apple reunited with “Heroes” (via time travel, ‘natch)

Long before NBC ever dreamed of pulling Heroes of off iTunes, a young Milo Ventimiglia (aka Peter Petrelli) starred in an iBook commercial entitled “Middle Seat” as the most annoying airline passenger ever. Recognize that video editing hero? It’s funny, I totally remember this commercial, however it was not Milo’s outstanding acting that made it so memorable,... Read More

Speaking of China…

Well, someone was probably speaking of China. Yes, my newly ordered MacBook has left China, and apparently has made it to the West Coast. With each feverish pressing of the “re-load” button on the FedEx tracking page, I have gradually become less and less worried about the possibility it will arrive with graphics problems, and am now just plain old excited about the... Read More

New Mac Trojan targets porn viewers (i.e. Everyone)

Intego has issued a rare “critical” security alert for Mac users pertaining to a new Trojan Horse application – primarily spread through visiting adult websites. Exploit: OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse Discovered: October 30, 2007 Risk: Critical Description: A malicious Trojan Horse has been found on several pornography web sites, claiming to install a video codec... Read More

Apple, set .Mac free!

When Apple first launched OS X, they were in the unique position of being able to build an entire operating system from scratch. The ability to free themselves from legacy code and obsolete technologies allowed them to start fresh with one of the most solid and feature complete “Version 1.0’s” of any OS. As OS X has matured, it has become more and more apparent... Read More

Leopard: Still no FTP support? WTF?!

The early reviews of Mac OS X Leopard are coming in from those lucky enough to have been shipped a review copy, had their pre-order shipped early, or stolen downloaded a copy through the Torrents. And while these reports are all well and good, what matters most to us is what the faithful Macenstein readers have to say. One such faithful reader (and early Leopard adopter) The Hendry,... Read More

Al Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize – Apple jumps in the picture for a photo opp

To all those skeptics who thought Apple merely put Al Gore on their board to help get Green Peace off their backs, we say “Nice Try!” If Apple were merely using Gore to make the company appear “green”, wouldn’t they put a big honking ad congratulating him on his Nobel Peace prize award for bringing awareness to the global warming issue on their homepage?... Read More

The REAL reason the iPhone gets so much press

Even as an Apple Fanboy, I have moments of incredulous disgust caused by all the press the iPhone has received. While searching for tech stories it seems these days we must wade through 10 (or more) iPhone-related articles for every 1 non-iPhone tech story. Given that only a million or so iPhones have been sold, and the Earth has about 6.7 billion people, this amount of press coverage... Read More

Apple Store gets the blues

Apple’s somewhat drab, monochromatic online store got a small splash of color today. The former “bachelor pad”-inspired gray, white, and black (left) have been replaced with a “I’m now seeing someone” BLUE, white, and black (right). We fully expect analysts to raise Apple’s target stock price accordingly, up to around $190 or so, because,... Read More

EyeTV 2.5 kicks ass – Now let’s give it a pair of steel-toed boots

This Monday Elgato released their EyeTV 2.5 update, and I must say it has changed the way I watch TV. Well, not so much the way I do, but where I do. The main feature of the update was the seemingly gimmicky ability to stream recorded shows wirelessly to your iPhone/iPod touch from your EyeTV computer. I wasn’t all that sure how useful this feature would be (and quite frankly,... Read More

Apple says don’t be surprised if the next iPhone update bricks your hacked iPhone

Apple today issued its official stance on iPhone unlocking, and all indications are that if you were one of the few who unlocked your iPhone, either to use it with another carrier, or just for the sheer geeky thrill of it, you may soon have a $599 (minus rebate) or $399 brick on your hands. CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple has discovered that many... Read More