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“Get Smart” and THE ROCK at the Apple Store tomorrow

If you are one of the 4 people (not including Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway’s parents) who is looking forward to seeing the new Get Smart movie, you’re in luck (assuming you live in Santa Monica, CA, that is). Faithful Macenstein reader Gemma tells us there will be a special meet and greet/ clip screening with Get Smart director Peter Segal and former wrestler turned... Read More

Random prize: Send us your local Apple Store Network screengrabs and get a free iTunes gift card

Man, it’s hard to find free help these days! I wanted to check out the amount and kinds of computers on display at various Apple Stores across the country, and figured the best way would be to ask Apple Store shoppers to send me screengrabs of the “Shared” window on whatever computer they were using. A quick Google search turned up hundreds of Apple Retail Store... Read More

Ellen Feiss: The Musical

You may remember Ellen Feiss as the most famous of the original “switchers”. Her 2002 Switch ad in which many thought Ellen appeared to be high spawned much controversy and internet fame for the then 14-year-old. I tracked Ellen down last year and interviewed her about the ad and life in general, but one thing neither Ellen nor I knew at the time was that her haunting... Read More

.Mac to be renamed “Mobile Me”?

Ahh it’s all coming together. Earlier this week we learned the term “MOBILE_ME” pops up again and again in strings found throughout the SDK, as noticed by John Gruber. Now faithful Macenstein reader o.hickmott points us to a Coding Robots posting about various similar secret strings founds in the 10.5.3 update. AppleInsider discovered Apple filed 4 separate trademarks... Read More

Spying on the Tokyo Apple Store via iChat

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Spying_on_the_Tokyo_Apple_Store_via_iChat; Faithful Macenstein reader Aaron Cabral writes: As a super Mac geek I have the AIM of like 30 Apple Stores, and when the people in Apple Stores log on I always chat with them – sometimes even video – and I have actually helped answer people’s questions. I have a recorded video chat... Read More

“Hi, I’m a Mac… and I’m a PC” circa the year 2700

Above: No wonder Eve looks like an Airport Bast Station! Fortune has an interesting article about how back in 2005, while planning the soon to be released Wall-E movie, Pixar’s Andrew Stanton called upon Steve Jobs (who was still Pixar’s head muckety muck at the time) for some art direction on Wall-E’s futuristic love interest, Eve the robot’s design. “I... Read More

WTF? “Hitman” is unintentionally free on iTunes!

Or at least we assume it is… WinandMac has found a weird iTunes glitch that appears to allow you to download the movie “Hitman” for free. Well, thanks to our readers found the tip to get this movie completely free. In iTunes, click iTunes store, look for the “Browse” on Quick Links in the right hand side. Than, select “Movies” and then... Read More

“Transport” moves your Time Capsule backup off-site

Time Capsule combined with Time Machine is a great way to backup your files, but a horrible way to protect them in cases of fire or theft. Odds are, any natural disaster that takes down your computer will likely destroy a Time Capsule sitting a couple feet from it, and odds are if someone breaks into your house to steal your expensive computer, they’ll grab the Time Capsule... Read More

WTF is up with iTunes’ Audio Book pricing?

Faithful Macenstein reader Kelly writes: “iTunes song purchases are $0.99, TV shows are $1.99, movie rentals are about $3.99, movie purchase are around $14.99, BUT WHY ARE AUDIO BOOKS SO EXPENSIVE???? THEY COST $29.95!!!” I’m not sure, Kelly. Must be the cost or replanting all those virtual trees they had to cut down to make the audiobook? To be fair, I’ve... Read More

Yet somehow you just know Apple’s stock is going to tank…

Well, Apple just posted record profits once again, and you know what that means – Apple’s stock will tank tomorrow for no reason. As an Apple stockholder, I have noticed that nothing brings down Apple’s stock faster than good news. Oh well, see if you can see anything here for Wall Street to bitch about… Apple Revenue Apple predicted $6.8 billion revenue,... Read More