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After a hectic 48 hours, Aurora Feint is back online

Well, it’s been a hectic couple of days for the programmers behind Aurora Feint, the highly acclaimed (and then highly criticized) free RPG puzzle game for iPhone. Earlier this week word broke that Aurora Feint’s “community” feature was copying user’s contact lists, and when used, sending them out to Aurora Feint’s servers, unencrypted. Security... Read More

Is Aurora Feint the iPhone’s first Spyware?

A bit liberal with user’s data? Definitely. Spyware? I doubt it. There has recently been a bit of a buzz on the internet surrounding the extremely popular iPhone/iPod touch game Aurora Feint. I am a big fan of Aurora Feint, so I was a bit shocked to hear that apparently some people who have gotten SSH running on their iPhones under the new firmware have discovered that Aurora... Read More

Hooray for DOT.TUNES!

Remember last week when we ran that contest to give away 10 free copies of DOT.TUNES and their iPhone plug-in? Well, Jeffrey Ayling, creator of DOT.TUNES, surprised us and by not only giving away the original 10 free copies, but he went ahead and gave a free copy to EVERYONE who left an entry comment. If you were clever enough to enter, you should have received your DOT.TUNES code... Read More

Giving thanks for the Jesus phone

O2 forum member anthonyb has created a wonderful piece of iPhone-blasphemy to the tune of the Lord’s Prayer. Enjoy. “Our Steve, which art in Cupertino, hallowed be thy IPhone; thy corporation come; thy will be profitable, in 22 countries as it was in the first 6. Give us this day our 16GB. And forgive us our Google Android, as we forgive them that install Windows against... Read More

iPhone 3G already on display in Switzerland

Why is it all the best leaks come from outside the US? We’re guessing it has something to do with the feeling of security having a great big ol’ ocean between you and Cupertino’s lawyers inspires. Faithful Macenstein reader Florence gives us the heads up that the iPhone 3G is already on display in Switzerland’s Télécom Suisse stores. Shots from... Read More

Alexa’s Sparky toolbar finally let’s Mac users have a voice on the web

ATTENTION MAC USERS! STAND UP AND BE COUNTED! Download Alexa Sparky 1.2.1 and let your Mac freak flag fly! For years, Alexa.com has been used as the primary source for website traffic ratings on the internet. Alexa’s rankings are often used to not only to rank a site’s popularity, but as a tool by advertisers to determine advertising rates. The downside to this is that... Read More

Is AppleInsider screwing with Apple Legal?

We’ve never had the pleasure to be served by Apple Legal, but I assume if we ever were, our first reaction would be “SWEEET! We finally made the big time!“, which would quickly be followed by “Oh Crap! Now what the hell do we do?!?!” Well, AppleInsider, having already made the big time a dozen times over, appears to be taking their latest Apple Legal... Read More

Apple only devotes a depressing 4.5% of Apple Retail Store floorspace to the Mac Pro

It’s not looking too good for the Pros… After receiving a screen shot of the shared computers at the Cambridge Apple Store network from faithful Macenstein reader iPhelim, I was sort of taken aback by how outnumbered the Mac Pros seemed to be. Out of the 25 computers listed, only 2 were Mac Pros. That’s a measly 8% of the store’s floor space dedicated to... Read More

Cheap plastic? Hardly. The back panel of the 3G iPhone costs $3000!

All of you guys worried that Apple had cheaped out by going plastic for the 3G iPhone’s back panel can now relax. Apparently, the back panel of the 3G iPhone costs $3000 . Given that Apple has dropped the 3G’s price to $199, that’s some hit Apple is taking! OK, actually, $3000 is just what Apple parts supplier appleowner.com is trying to get for the darn thing,... Read More

Apple’s subliminal Coldplay iTunes commercial secretly hawks Leopard

Hmm… something about this Colplay iTunes video makes me want to buy Leopard… Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Daniel for the tip/pics!  Read More

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