Viacom to sell Paramount’s back-catalog of movies on iTunes
Posted by Dr. Macenstein According to The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) Apple is set to announce a deal with Viacom to sell movies from Paramount Pictures’ back-catalog of movies. The deal will not include new-releases, at least at first, as Viacom waits to see the reaction from its brick-and-mortar retail partners. The deal is expected to be announced as early... Read More
[UPDATED] Cafepress down again. Is this another hacker attack?
Posted by Helper Monkey Cafepress.com, the site that millions of people use to buy and sell merchandise of all shapes and size (but mainly T-Shirts) is once again down, although this time, it looks a bit more serious than last month’s hacker attack against the site. On December 19th the site suffered a denial of service attack which caused the site to temporarily go offline,... Read More
New iPhone evidence in the iChat 1.0 update’s license agreement?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein In response to our article concerning Apple’s iChat update last week and possible iPhone (aka iChat mobile, aka Mobile Me) integration, faithful Macenstein reader Joe sent us this comment: “Did you read the last paragraph of the license agreement? Is that new? It deals with communicating over cellular networks. Maybe the new iPhone will allow... Read More
Video: Jim Cramer (Mad Money) Smashes a Zune
Posted by Dr. Macenstein There has been a lot of Zune-bashing in the press lately, but nothing THIS literal! Faithful Macenstein reader Heather S sent us a video she came across of Jim Cramer (from The Street and the CNBC show Mad Money) smashing a Microsoft Zune with a bat. You’ll need to scroll in about 2:25 or so, to the point where you see him put on eye goggles and a... Read More
The Worst Bagpiper Ever
Faithful Macenstein Reader Way Cool III sent us this video of the bagpiper from the President Ford funeral, and we thought we would pass it along. The guy literally self-destructs. Yes, we know it has nothing to do with Apple, so we’re posting it under “Not Mac-related”. However, odds are the guy’s last name is “Mac” something, like all pipers. Read More
A Digg.com Glitch?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Over the past months I have noticed an occasional but re-occurring glitch on the website Digg.com, but (like most people) never thought to comment on it until it directly affected me. The “glitch”, as I’m calling it, occurs when articles that make it to the front page do not show up on the front page of their category, but DO show up... Read More
[UPDATED] iLife ’07 and iWork ’07 show up on Amazon
Posted by Helper Monkey MacWorld Goof up 2007. This time Amazon is the one to steal Apple’s thunder, pre-announcing new versions of both iLife and iWork a week before the MacWorld Keynote. click to enlarge click to enlarge Sure, we all pretty much expected these updates, but it’s nice to see the tradition of MacWorld spoilers via third parties continue. Details from... Read More
Apple’s teaser hints at true video iPod at Macworld
Posted by Dr. Macenstein As Macworld Expos approach, traditionally Apple likes to put out a teaser of some sort to help generate some much UNneeded hype. This year Apple has chosen an image that gives up very little in the way of details. No real specific hints at music, photos, video, or new hardware. All it tells us is “The first 30 years were just the beginning. Welcome... Read More
Macenstein’s “Mac Chick of the Month” (January 2007): Mandy Lynn
Welcome to Macenstein’s“Mac Chick of the Month”. Each month we feature a different die-hard, Mac-loving girl who is (almost) as well designed as the Apple products they love. This month we present you with the lovely Mandy Lynn, a New York based model who has posed in many special edition issues of Playboy, in addition to being a total Mac Geek. Prompted... Read More
Kick it old school with AppleIIGo Apple II emulator widget
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Programmer Marc S. Ressl has developed an Apple II emulator called AppleIIGo, available as a Mac OS X widget, a webpage Java applet, and a mobile phone midlet. Using the widget, you can play such Apple II classics as “Lemonade Stand ” (One of Apple’s first games), Arkanoid, Tetris 2, and of course, Oregon Trail. However, there is one caveat... Read More
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