Free pilot episode of “Psych” on iTunes
Posted by Helper Monkey Apple today added another free pilot episode, this time for USA’s Psych. Psych is the story of Shawn Spencer (James Roday), a police consultant who solves crimes with powers of observation so acute that police think he’s psychic – or so he lets them think. With the reluctant assistance of his best friend Gus (Dule Hill), Shawn opens up... Read More
Aspyr releases Civ IV beta patch to fix sound/performance issues
Posted by Helper Monkey Aspyr today released a patch to help address many of the audio and performance problems reported by players of the recently released Civilization IV for Mac. The update contains the following fixes: Better performance on certain Macs (particularly G5’s) that exhibited excessive CPU use in the original release. The game should no longer run dual CPU’s... Read More
“Jews for Jesus” attempts to convert Steve Jobs
Posted by Helper Monkey In what can only be described as the most bizarre marketing tactic we have ever seen, New York-based Jews for Jesus has created a pamphlet specifically designed to convert Steve Jobs (who is Jewish) to Christianity, and it even goes so far as to compare Steve Jobs to Jesus Christ. Above: Even Buzz Lightyear seems to be OK with Jobs’ conversion. “Steve... Read More
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2 now on iTunes
Posted by Helper Monkey Apple has added Season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer to iTunes. Consisting of such classic episodes as “School Hard� (the first appearance of Spike), Reptile Boy, Ted, and Becoming (Parts 1 and 2) Season 2 is “season pass� caliber TV at its finest! [Comment Here] Read More
Lawyers force “Tetris Clone� Quinn out of business
Posted by Dr. Macenstein You may recall a couple weeks back we clued you guys in to two free games for the Mac, both “borrowing� from arcade classic of the past. The first was AsteroidsQC, an update to the 80’s arcade hit Asteroids. The second was Quinn, a Tetris clone sporting some great features such as network play and customizable themes. Well, over the weekend,... Read More
The “Fake Leopard Screenshot Contest�
Posted by Helper Monkey This you gotta love, someone actually ENCOURAGING fake screenshots of Apple’s upcoming update to OS X, Leopard! With just under 4 weeks left until Apple’s WWDC (August 7th-11th), it seems Phill Ryu (a Mac lover/programmer) is a bit underwhelmed by the quality of the recent batch of “leaked� (ie fake) screenshots of Leopard, Apple’s... Read More
Now you can run Windows Apps on a Mac without Buying Windows
Posted by Helper Monkey CodeWeavers has announced that in a mere matter of weeks, they will release CrossOver Mac, the new OS X version of their “Windows-application-running� software for Linux. Unlike other solutions such as Apple’s Boot Camp (which as the name implies, requires a re-boot at this point to run) and Parallels Desktop (which runs a copy of Windows... Read More
Apple drops eMac for $899 17-inch iMac for education model
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Apple today announced it has added a new iMac to serve as a replacement for the ancient CRT-based eMac. Designed specifically for the education market, the new iMac features a 17-inch screen, 1.83GHz core Duo processor, a combo drive, built-in iSight camera, 512MB or RAM, 80GB hard drive (expandable up to 160GB). 5 USB ports (2 USB 1, 3 USB 2)2 FireWire... Read More
More SpyWare from Apple
Posted by Helper Monkey OK, “spyware� might be a bit sensationalist, but when you are a conspiracy theorist like myself, ANY invasion of privacy, however good-intentioned, sends up the red flags. Case in point. Remember back in January all the commotion about Apple’s 6.0.2 iTunes update, which in addition to a couple “bug fixes� (yeah right) Apple also... Read More
Is Apple adding a 15-inch MacBook to the lineup?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein According to DigiTimes, sales of Apple Computer’s Intel Core Duo-based MacBook laptops have been stronger than expected. So much stronger, in fact, that the company is allegedly considering adding a 15.4-inch model to the MacBook lineup to meet demand. Currently, Apple is asking its Taiwanese supplier for 20,000 more MacBooks per month than it originally... Read More
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