Apologies

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Netgear CEO Apologises For Apple Statements

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3:35PM February 1, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Netgear CEO Patrick Lo had a lot of interesting things to say yesterday at a lunch with journalists in Sydney. Like how Apple will need to go open after Steve Jobs “goes away”, and Microsoft is “over”. But in the face of a global PR backlash, it seems he regrets the way he expressed some of the things he said: More »


Cars

I Am Very Sorry, Segway Stroller Lady

6:00AM August 3, 2010 | Jason Chen

You might remember this post three years ago in which I laughed at a woman on a Segway pushing a baby stroller for being lazy. Well, I’m a giant arsehole and I want to apologise to Melissa Hofstetter. I’m sorry Melissa. More »


Gaming

Atari Tester’s Machine From The ’90s Contains Mysterious Apology

3:54AM July 11, 2010 | Joel Johnson

For a relatively low number of American dollars, you can own your own Atari TT 030 computer, used by testers to work on the Jaguar title Aliens vs Predator and – according to the weird file show here – shenanigans. [eBay]


Gaming

Ebert: "I Was A Fool" To Disrespect Video Games On The Internet

8:40PM July 1, 2010 | Gary Cutlack

In a huge 1800-word apology on his Sun Times blog, critic Roger Ebert admitted it was stupid to complain about games not being art – as he wouldn’t review a film without at least sitting through the first 45 minutes. More »


Online

Tiger Woods’s Apology Will Be Live-Streamed On YouTube Today

11:35PM February 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

It may not be a CGI apology (bet his wife would’ve loved that!) but Tiger Woods will be making his first public apology live on YouTube today. Updated. More »


Online

Google Admits Buzz Testing Sucked And They Are “Very, Very Sorry”

12:38AM February 18, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Google has admitted that their Buzz testing process was equivalent to mine: Click enable, then disable it 90 seconds later. They said to the BBC that their testing sucked donkey balls, which is why many people hate it. The excuse: More »


Software

Pepsi Issues “Apology” For Offensive iPhone Dating App

4:40AM October 14, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Pepsi’s “Amp Up Before You Score” iPhone app is intended to help men score with women (and brag about it with their friends on Facebook or Twitter). Not surprisingly, this has created something of a PR issue. More »


T-Mobile Offers Its Customers Apology Money

12:06PM October 13, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

T-Mobile sent out an update regarding the first great tragedy of the 21st century (involving Sidekicks): They’re still holding out hope for data recovery, but if they can’t, they’ll show how sorry they are with a $US100 credit. More »


Geek Out

It’s About Time: Britain’s Prime Minister Apologises to Alan Turing

11:09AM September 11, 2009 | Joanna Stern

Remember how we told you that there was a petition to ask the British government to apologise for chemically castrating computer science legend Alan Turing during WWII because he was gay? Yeah well, Prime Minister Gordon Brown did today! More »


Gadgets

Amazon Tries To Make Amends For Deletion Of 1984 With Warm Words, Cold Hard Cash

1:59PM September 4, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Remember Amazon’s remote deletion of all Kindle copies of 1984? Big bro’ Amazon is trying to make nice by offering affected users some pretty words along with $US30 checks in lieu of redelivery of 1984 (with your original annotations). More »