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After a hectic 48 hours, Aurora Feint is back online

Well, it’s been a hectic couple of days for the programmers behind Aurora Feint, the highly acclaimed (and then highly criticized) free RPG puzzle game for iPhone. Earlier this week word broke that Aurora Feint’s “community” feature was copying user’s contact lists, and when used, sending them out to Aurora Feint’s servers, unencrypted. Security... Read More

Win a $75 iTunes gift card, courtesy of Macenstein and and Headline

If you’re anything like me, ever since Apple opened their iTunes App store you’ve been running up quite a little tab buying apps for your iPhone/iPod touch, and if you haven’t, odds are it isn’t so much because you have amazing self control so much as you are too poor to be plunking down your hard-earned cash on an app that may suck. Well, lucky for you,... Read More

Win one of 10 free copies of the new DOT.TUNES V2 iPhone Plugin!

That’s right, Macenstein and DOT.TUNES have joined forces to give away 10 free copies of the soon-to-be released DOT.TUNES iPhone Plugin V2 in celebration of the 3G iPhone launch. DOT.TUNES is the awesome iTunes companion application that allows you to easily stream your entire iTunes music and video collection from your home computer (Mac or PC) to your iPhone/iPod touch... Read More

Write a Caption, Win a prize

[THANK YOU. THE CONTEST HAS ENDED, WE HAVE WA WINNER] Worst… Father’s Day Present… EVER. Think you’re funny enough to be the next Margaret Cho? Well, now’s your chance to prove it to the world. Write your best caption for the above photo. If we think it’s the most clever, we’ll send you off a $20 iTunes gift certificate. The contest... Read More

Random prize: Send us your local Apple Store Network screengrabs and get a free iTunes gift card

Man, it’s hard to find free help these days! I wanted to check out the amount and kinds of computers on display at various Apple Stores across the country, and figured the best way would be to ask Apple Store shoppers to send me screengrabs of the “Shared” window on whatever computer they were using. A quick Google search turned up hundreds of Apple Retail Store... Read More

The Top 5 Crappiest (but still running) Mac Setups

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Photos_The_Top_5_Crappiest_but_still_running_Mac_Setups; We’ve all seen those top ten lists of killer Mac setups that cost more than your car, house, and family. Well, unlike those sites, we here at Macenstein are not into shining a bright spotlight on how much your life sucks or how horrible the career choices are that you’ve... Read More

Write a caption, win a prize

THANK YOU WE HAVE A WINNER. “I wish I could ⌘Q you”. Think you’re funny enough to be the next Margaret Cho? Well, now’s your chance to prove it to the world. Write your best caption for the above photo. If we think it’s the most clever, we’ll send you off a $20 iTunes gift certificate. The contest is open to everyone in the US (sorry, iTunes... Read More

WTF? “Hitman” is unintentionally free on iTunes!

Or at least we assume it is… WinandMac has found a weird iTunes glitch that appears to allow you to download the movie “Hitman” for free. Well, thanks to our readers found the tip to get this movie completely free. In iTunes, click iTunes store, look for the “Browse” on Quick Links in the right hand side. Than, select “Movies” and then... Read More

I can’t believe no one uses an old crappy Mac…

Well, just 5 days left in our “A Thousand Pictures are Worth a Word” Contest, and we have received a whopping 1 entry. 🙁 Boy, all we asked for is a couple lousy pics of your most beat up, currently working machine, and you can take home a $400 copy of Microsoft Office, 2008. Well, I guess we misjudged this one. When we saw the lame “student” edition... Read More

Got 8 monitors? Then you’ll love VMware’s Fusion 2

If you’re like me, the only reason you have not bought a copy of VMware’s Fusion is its lack of support for running on 8 simultaneous monitors (well, that, and after buying 8 monitors we couldn’t afford to buy food, much less Fusion). Well, looks like the folks at VMware want us to starve, as their forthcoming Fusion 2.0 is looking pretty kick-ass, and yes, we... Read More