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Apple-themed conventions are falling like dominoes – Looks like no Apple Expo Paris, either

Uh oh, looks like Apple-themed conventions are falling like dominoes. Our good friend Arnaud over at the French site Mac4Ever has alerted us that the powers that be behind the Apple Expo in Paris have announced they will not be putting on the event this year. The 2008 Expo was the first year that Apple did not attend the French gathering of the Mac faithful, and apparently the turnout... Read More

2009 to be Apple’s last Macworld Expo: No Stevenote this year

Let the speculation on Steve Jobs’ health begin…. Apple issued a press release today stating that 2009 would be the last Macworld Expo in which the company would be participating. Of particular interest, Phil Schiller will deliver the opening keynote for this year’s Macworld Expo, not Steve Jobs. ” CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ —... Read More

Holiday Giveaway: Win 1.5 TB of backing-up goodness!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU, THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [UPDATE: OK, we’re going to open this up to all our readers world-wide. Thanks to all our international readers for being so annoying. – The Doc] This time of year, one’s thoughts naturally turn towards... Read More

Woman fights rapist with iPod charger

A Staten Island, NY rapist was caught earlier this week when his victim was able to pick him out of a lineup after stabbing him in the neck with her iPod charger.  Read More

Oh great, now we have reanalyze every Stevenote…

The folks over at Edible Apple, who apparently rewatch old Apple Keynotes for fun, discovered an odd bit of time-traveling “OMGWTF?” that would likely confuse Doc Brown. Check out who Steve deletes from his iPhone’s contacts list at about 5:40 in. On a related note, we notice Steve slipped up and lists Tim Cook as “Head of Apple’s Super Secret Netbook... Read More

Review: Coosh iPhone Earbuds

We’ve all been there – up on a roof top, spinning on your head trying to impress the ladies with your mad hip-hop freestyle dance moves, when – BAM! Out pop your iPhone’s earbuds, seriously cramping your dancing abilities not to mention totally decreasing your coolness factor. As the ladies attempt to escape off the roof while wearing 6-inch heels, you shout... Read More

Papermaster? Hmm.. Never heard of him

It looks like Apple’s love affair with Mark Papermaster, the golden boy Apple hired from IBM to take over the whole iPod thing once Tony Fadell left, may have hit a rough patch. 9to5Mac is reporting that all traces of Mark Papermaster have been removed from Apple’s executive bio’s page. Above: 9to5 managed to grab this pic before Papermaster’s bio was... Read More

Red Giant’s 1 Day sale – 40% off EVERYTHING – today only

ATTENTION VIDEO PROFESSIONALS! Red Giant Software, the sellers of such indispensable After Effects and Final Cut plug-ins as Trapcode’s Shine and Particular and The Magic Bullet HD Suite is having a one day only sale, TODAY. That’s right, just enter coupon code bailout40 during checkout and get 40% off your order, which is no small savings as some of these effects... Read More

Mac Guy Justin Long dating Tila Tequila

Page Six is reporting that Justin “I’m a Mac” Long, fresh from his break up with Kirsten Dunst (which was fresh from his break up with Drew Barrymore) is now dating MTV’s favorite bisexual, Tila Tequila. “But on Halloween, the “Mac Guy” hooked up with trampy bisexual Tila Tequila in Las Vegas. Spies said the two were spotted at Los Angeles... Read More

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Mac

No wonder he won the election with 70% of the vote! Here we see Russia’s president Dmitry Medvedev proudly displaying his MacBook Pro at meeting full of crotchety looking suits (and one decidedly non-crotchety-looking lady….rrrwwwoooarrr). Apparently Medvedev is so hip he video blogs (no doubt using his MacBook’s built-in iSight camera). Gee. Why doesn’t... Read More

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