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Microsoft apparently planning to offer custom-painted MacBooks in new retail stores

Faithful Macenstein reader Brooks writes: “I was for whatever reason looking through the slides leaked of the new Microsoft retail store and came across something I found rather odd. In the slide about the personalization of products that can be done at the Microsoft store they use some interesting products. I wonder if they’ll be selling Blackberry Pearls (which don’t... Read More

Macenstein’s Mac Chick-en of the Month July 2009: Leona Devi

Faithful Macenstein reader Simon writes: “I hatched this chick and it loves to sit on my PowerBook G4 as it is nice and warm. Do you think this counts as Mac Chick Of The Month?” Well Simon, due to some unforeseen scheduling conflicts with Miss July, it just might have to… Good thing she’s cute! • Name: Leona Devi • Age: A week old • Location:... Read More

You should see what his OTHER hand says…

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I don’t know, call me skeptical, but…

Hopefully there’s a follow up book on how to WASH that money… Author Dottie Randazzo’s new book How to Shit Money to Get an iPhone sounds interesting enough, however, I would imagine that depending on whether or not you are a current, under-contract AT&T customer, you might have to shit obscenely unhealthy amounts of money to get that iPhone. Hopefully there’s... Read More

13 Things you may not know about Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs’ alleged liver transplant came as a bit of a shock to Apple fans this week. Given that Jobs is one of the most high-profile and rumored-about CEO’s on the interweb, sometimes we may feel we know everything there is to know about the man. However, Steve is like an onion. He’ll make you cry if you cut him. AND he has layers. Many layers. Here are 13... Read More

NSFW: Finally, an honest “laptop hunters” commercial

Well, I think I know why they let Jake keep the PC he found this time. I pretty much wouldn’t touch ANYTHING he touched… (WARNING: EXTREMELY NOT SAFE FOR WORK unless you have a really cool job). Laptop Hunters: Jake – watch more funny videos  Read More

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked images show new iPhone to be available in “plaid”, “green with pink flowers”

Macenstein has received the above inventory screenshot from a Hungarian T-Mobile store showing what appears to be the full line of new iPhone colors and capacities. As you can see, the 32GB model will have some exciting new options, as apparently both “plaid” and “green with pink flowers” are options. There does not appear to be any mention of the rumored... Read More

WorldMate’s promo video points out the crap problem on the iTunes store

WorldMate, a new application for managing air travel designed for busy, globe-trotting professionals, takes a couple well deserved pop-shots at the “crap” apps flooding the iTunes store in this very well-made promo piece. As someone who has run into far too many of these “crap app-loving” guys, I feel these apps both cheapen us iPhone users as a whole, and... Read More

Pretty sure this dude can take what he wants

I think that little guy would be lucky if his iPod is all that guy took. I’m pretty sure that big guy could take the little fella’s pants, girlfriend, and house if he wanted. Still looking for a “Zune theft” poster… [via weegeebored on Flickr]  Read More

One man – Two lives: Solving the Steve Ballmer/Peter Boyle connection

For almost two decades now, technology sleuths have been trying to figure out how exactly it is that legendary comedic actor Peter Boyle was able to juggle both a fairly impressive film and television career, as well as run software giant Microsoft. We’ve all read stories of traveling salesmen who (for some reason I will never understand) decide to keep two completely... Read More