Must see TV: “Mac Chick” Mandy Lynn on NBC’s “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” tonight
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Macenstein’s January 2007 Mac Chick of the Month Mandy Lynn will be making a cameo on NBC’s Law and Order: Criminal Intent tonight (9PM EST). Tonight’s “ripped from the headlines” episode revolves around the Anna Nicole Smith story, and aparently Mandy will be featured in the pseudo-Hugh Hefner interview section. “This... Read More
Jobs’ “One More Thing” ranks #17 on USA Today’s Most Memorable Quotes
Posted by Dr. Macenstein As any Mac fan knows, the highlight of any Stevenote (that is, a keynote speech given by Steve Jobs) is when he casually mentions he has “One more thing” to tell us about, just as he’s winding down. The crowd goes nuts, and (usually) we’re shown some new ground-breaking gadget that we had all read rumors about but somehow still surprises... Read More
Free on iTunes: Ms. PAC-MAN demo
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Apple has made another iPod game available as a free demo, this time it is the Namco classic Ms. PAC-MAN. This is the 2nd game Apple has initially offered as a free demo. Apple Previously offered the game Vortex as a free demo back in January. From the description: Enjoy the retro action with the undisputed queen of the arcades in Ms. PAC-MAN, now for... Read More
They Might Be Giants’ new album “The Else” to be iTunes exclusive
They Might be Giants have announced their new album, entitled “The Else” will be an iTunes exclusive (for a couple months, anyway). The album will hit stores on July 10th, but will be an iTunes exclusive starting May 15th. According to TMBG’s John Flansburgh, “The iTunes exclusive we are told will drop on May 15. Now, we are a small fish in that very big... Read More
Apple to buy 500 million Samsung NAND flash chips; Video iPod? Robson? Tablet? All of the Above?
Posted by Helper Monkey According to an EE Times report (subscription required) Apple is placing an order for 500 million Samsung NAND flash chips this month. While the report claims these chips will be used in iPhones and iPods, the number seems a little optimistic, even for Apple’s hugely successful nano and shuffle music player to account for. Furthermore, the report... Read More
Does that tree look familiar?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein I happened to be on the Adobe site today, and noticed that under their Kids Club tutorials for Premiere, there is a very familiar looking tree featured in their “How to create a slideshow for Class” feature. Seems to me, the only thing Adobe is teaching children these days is PLAGIARISM! That’s right, I said it. OK, maybe that’s... Read More
Apple and Howard Stern to (almost kinda sorta) Collaborate
Posted by iGor Ok, so maybe not DIRECTLY. But by applying the “6 degrees of separation” model to a MacNN story, we can draw a tenuous link between the two. MacNN is reporting that Apple will be partnering with the Full Sail media college in their Project LaunchBox initiative. Apple will be supplying over 4000 of Full Sail’s students with a MacBook Pro and Final... Read More
The case of the cracking MacBooks
Posted by Lab Rat There are numerous reports popping up on threads across the Apple support forums (see 1, 2) and Mac Forums in general ( see 1, 2 ) detailing what appears to be a potential flaw in the latest MacBook’s design. Posts dating as far back as August of 2006 have grown into lengthy threads consisting of folks whose MacBook cases have begun to mysteriously crack... Read More
WWDC: “Feature complete” version of Mac OS X Leopard = “Top Secret” features revealed
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Are you ready to see some of those “Top Secret” features Jobs mentioned at MacWorld? Well, then take that $1,595 you’ve been saving out from under your mattress and get your arse over to the Moscone Center by June 11th. Apple today announced that Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, will kick off its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with... Read More
Apple Gazette’s “30 Days of AppleTV” comes to an end
Michael Murphey over at Apple Gazette has finished his riveting (well, to tech geeks like us, anyway) 30 day journal outlining his experience with the AppleTV. The piece is a must read for anyone contemplating purchasing the AppleTV, and really gives you a good idea what to expect from the device, and what you can and can’t do with it. Overall, Michael was very pleased with... Read More
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