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What Are These Guys Looking At?

4:20PM Rosa Golijan | This isn’t just some men crowded around a laptop in a boardroom. This is the President of the United States and some of his staffers crowded around a laptop on board the Air Force One. But what’s on the screen? More »
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Best Buy’s Holiday Carollers Make Me Want To Murder

10:00AM Adam Frucci | It’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but already Best Buy seems to have won the “most annoying holiday ad of the season” award. Seriously, try to sit through one of these without squirming around uncomfortably and wanting to punch the screen.
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Jailed For Not Using Twitter

3:35AM Jesus Diaz | This kid is the famous teen pop star Justin Bieber. Yes, I didn’t have a clue either, but apparently he sings in Microsoft store openings and malls. His other ability: If he doesn’t tweet, he gets people in jail. More »
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Vintage Cheese: Nothing Says Holidays Like A Family High On Tech

2:25AM Danny Allen | Hands up if you’re taking a laptop home this weekend to escape family craziness by jumping online for a while. Me too. But if you believe these bizarre 1980s ads, computers were meant to foster an age of dazed family-togetherness. More »
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The Internet Weighs About 1,098,868,920,000 Pounds

1:40AM Mark Wilson | How did Crave UK ever come up with that number? Multiplication and addition, of course. More »
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The Apple Inbox

11:49PM Jesus Diaz | If I had a mailbox like this, I would have a huge dog and call him Spam Filter. More »
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Teenager Calls 911 After Parents Confiscate His Xbox

9:57PM Danny Allen | Seriously, 911 operators sure deal with some crap. A 15-year-old boy from Buffalo Grove (outside Chicago) asked police on Sunday if his parents had the right to take away his Xbox. They stopped by to set things straight. More »
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Apple Denying Support to Smokers?

7:00AM Chris Jacob | The Consumerist is reporting that two Mac users were denied AppleCare coverage because the owners were smokers. Not because the computers were damaged by second-hand smoke, but because of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. More »
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Creating A Tornado Inside A Soap Bubble

9:00AM Adam Frucci | I’m not quite sure what exactly is going on here, me being somewhat of a dullard and all, but I do know one thing: this there is one neat video. More »
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Google Is Reaching Way Too Far Into Our Lives

3:05AM Jesus Diaz | I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so. The prophecy is true. Now, when it’s just too late, you finally understand. More »