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See? It never hurts to bitch

Posted by Dr. Macenstein …And then all was once again right in Appleville. From Steve’s Open letter today: “I have received hundreds of emails from iPhone customers who are upset about Apple dropping the price of iPhone by $200 two months after it went on sale. After reading every one of these emails, I have some observations and conclusions. First, I am sure... Read More

Who says hackers have too much free time? Feltron Interface on iPhone – Google Daggers

Posted by Dr. Macenstein The 1950’s iPhone Without question, the one thing most iPhone users hate about the iPhone is the full color screen. Most us us are fed up with color, having seen in color most of our lives. It’s been done to death. That’s what makes aranovich‘s latest iPhone hack so cool. Seeing Daggers What better way to plot out your enemies’... Read More

Apple drops NBC after NBC drops Apple

Posted by Dr. Macenstein Fans of The Office may have to dust off their VCRs, as Apple today announced that it will not be selling the upcoming season of NBC television shows on its online iTunes Store. The move follows NBC’s decision to not renew its agreement with iTunes after Apple claims they declined to pay more than double the wholesale price for each NBC TV episode.... Read More

Why George Hotz could face jail time

Posted by Dr. Macenstein Everyone’s favorite hacker of the week, George Hotz, has enjoyed 13 of his 15 minutes of fame this week, appearing on news shows and conducting media interviews about his successful iPhone hack, and good for him. Let’s just hope his last 2 minutes are not spent in a courtroom. As a fellow New Jerseyian, I am proud that first person to waste... Read More

KickApps First Social Media Platform to Support Web Video Sharing on iPhone

Posted by Dr. Macenstein The iPhone’s lack of support for the Flash player has pretty much meant that the large selection of social media sites (which are pretty much ALL Flash-based) were off limits to iPhone users. That travesty has apparently come to an end, as NY-based KickApps has announced that any video uploaded to KickApps’ powered social media sites will... Read More

Well they changed it – 13 days

Posted by Dr. Macenstein Well, if you took the over, you won. 13 days after launching the new iMacs, Apple has changed the ultra-slim computer’s potentially UN-“PC” (get it?) tagline, “You can’t be too thin. Or too powerful” to “The all new, all-in-one iMac.” Being the first site to point out the potential advertising pitfall (as... Read More

HandBrake 0.9.0 Released

Posted by Dr. Macenstein In their eternal quest to avoid a version 1.0 release, the folks over at HandBrake have just announced the release of HandBrake 0.9.0. There are a slew of enhancements, most notably improved video quality and the addition of iPhone and PSP presets, and the interface has undergone a bit a sprucing up as well. Download version 0.9.0 here. Oh, and if you... Read More

Flip4Mac releases fix for QuickTime 7.2 bug

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Sweeet… I got my ColorWare iPhone!

Posted by Dr. Macenstein I just got my ColorWare painted iPhone back today. Review forthcoming, but I thought I would post some pics in the meantime. (Any dots or stuff you see are dust and greasy finger marks and such that I thought I cleaned, the paint job is pristine!) Click the thumbnail gallery at the bottom to see 28 larger images (about 1700×1200). You can see I opted... Read More

The unofficial death of the G4 processor

Posted by Dr. Macenstein Does it mattter that your OS can run on a bare bones machine if the apps you use can’t? Apple lists the current minimum system requirements for the upcoming Mac OS X Leopard as a very reasonable “G4 (800 MHz or faster)-, G5- or Intel-based Mac“. This was very welcome news for G4 owners like myself who like to try to keep as many of our... Read More