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Gynecological Acupuncture? Now that’s gotta hurt!

OK ladies, help me out here. Have any of you experienced so many gynecologic emergencies while traveling that you would feel the need to buy a “Find a Gynecologist“ application for your iPhone? Find a Gynecologist (iGynecologist) Finds the nearest Gynecologist based on your location. Gynecological Acupuncture? On a more serious note, anyone who’s ever watched... Read More

DELL’S unibody MacBook… Er, I mean, Adamo. Um, no, actually I’m pretty sure it’s a MacBook

Looks like it took Dell only 5 months to copy Apple’s all in one unibody construction method. That might be a new record! They even appear to have used WALL-E’s girlfriend Eve to do it. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader James for the link! [via geekbrief]  Read More

Confessions of an Apple Store Employee (Yes, the Geniuses find your porn and they laugh)

Anyone who’s ever had to bring their Mac in for service has experienced that moment of trepidation before handing the machine over… “Is there anything on my computer I’d be embarrassed if someone saw?” you wonder. Well, speaking as someone who has nothing BUT embarrassing things on their laptop, I’ll guess the answer is “yes”. From... Read More

Happy Birthday to me – now here’s your present!

THANK YOU WE HAVE OUR WINNER. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.] Well, March is my birthday month – truly a time for the whole world to celebrate! And while this particular birthday kind of sucked for me, what with the site going down all weekend, that doesn’t mean that EVERYONE should be miserable. So in honor of the blessed event, I have decided to give you guys a present... Read More

iJiggly•Bikini finally brings Interactive, 3D Jiggly Boobs to the iPhone, where they belong

When iBoobs was banned from the iTunes app store, we all feared we would never have an accelerometer-based 3D breast Jiggling app for the iPhone. Sure, iJiggles and Wobble stepped up to the plate with their 2D offerings, but let’s be honest, after that 3D episode of Chuck following the Super Bowl, 2D just ain’t gonna cut it anymore. Well, the crafty folks at Shroomies... Read More

The Contra Code will outlive us all

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A. The equivalent of a secret handshake for video game nerds, the “Contra Code”, as it’s known, is the most famous cheat code of all time, and therefore it should not be surprising to find that it has made its way onto the iPhone. The puzzle game FLIP by eBattalion has adapted the infamous cheat to the iPhone’s... Read More

Mark Papermaster’s ransom has been paid

Ah, it seems like it was only November 4th when Apple Announced: Mark Papermaster is joining the Company as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering, reporting to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Papermaster, who comes to Apple from IBM, will lead Apple’s iPod(R) and iPhone(TM) hardware engineering teams. Papermaster has 25 years of product and technology experience,... Read More

Stories I almost cared about this week 1/23

• White MacBook got its specs bumped up to more or less match the 13-inch unibody MacBook [Crunchy Munkin] • Apple posts record profits, admits no iPhone nano or Apple netbook in development (duh!) [MacRumors] • Apple drops anti-piracy measures from iWork ’09 [AppleInsider] (OK, I didn’t come close to caring about that) • iGoogle discontinues... Read More

“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 3

[We Have a winner, this contest is now closed. Thanks for entering, and congrats to faithful Macenstein reader Richard!] On the Third Day After Christmas, Macenstein gave to you (or, more accurately, gave you a chance to win…) A set of 5 Incase Slider Cases for the iPhone 3G! Above: Yeah, that’s a picture of 3, but imagine there’s 5 of ’em. Did you get... Read More

Can you use the 65w MacBook Power Adapter with an 85w MacBook Pro?

Yep. (Disclaimer – This was my experience, if you try this and blow up your laptop or house, it’s your fault). I only post this because I could not find any definitive answer when Googleing last night, so I figured I would share my experience. When I got home last night, I realized I forgot my new MacBook Pro’s (Nov 2008 / unibody) power supply at Macenstein‘s... Read More

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