Anyone who has ever piloted a Segway or watched a Betamax knows that the tech world isn't always a meritocracy. Good products can be trampled by inferior ones, and unpredictable consumers can make frustrating choices (Blu-ray, anyone?). More likely, though, is that the product was just a stupid idea in the first place. CollegeHumor has posted a sort of revisionist consumer history in which a bunch of popular products have actually lost the marketing battles against their competitors. [CollegeHumor]

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In case you didn't know, English comedy genius Eddie Izzard is touring the US right now. Giz reader Daniel Eggert saw him last tuesday in Houston, a day after the WWDC08 keynote. Why mention the keynote? Well, to Daniel's surprise—and ours—Jeff Vader talked about none other than, you guessed it, Steve Jobs and the iPhone 3G.

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While yes, the new iPhone 3G's speed boost is going to be great for, you know, looking at family photos or checking on your eBay bids. But really, we know what you're going to use it for and why you're so excited. So does your boss. Remember that the next time you take four 15 minute bathroom breaks in one day. [Funny or Die]

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We're not sure what this is, where it came from or what it's supposed to be, but Newest New News seems to be a parody "tech news" segment on comedy.com—a site that looks a whole lot like Will Ferrell's funnyordie.com. That doesn't matter. What does matter is that the clip is halfway funny in various places, letting you kill precious minutes as you're counting down the time left before you can take off without anyone getting up in your grill about it. [Comedy.com]

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College Humor is running a parody of Steve in Keynote mode, we know it isn't the first or won't be the last, but it has some of the Steve's actions, crowd reactions and the overall atmosphere pretty much down to perfection. On top of all that, it does a good job at making us laugh—just look at the damn product description! The sketch even includes a commercial demonstration, and the whole clip is quality through and through. Hit the link for the video and then let us know if you'd be first in line to purchase the i. We definitely would—hey, it's chromy, glassy and shiny. [College Humor]

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When your computer is on the fritz, go to someone you trust. Someone like Doctor Computer. [UCB Comedy]

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LONDON, United Kingdom (Agencies). Following a successful pilot program in the London Apple Store, and perhaps too many caipirinhas at the Infinite Loop party which followed yesterday's iPhone SDK presentation, a visibly tipsy Steve Jobs announced the introduction of a new Peepshow feature in all Apple Stores worldwide:

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We were never huge fans of Frank Caliendo's George Bush impersonations (they just seemed to lack the satire of, say, Phil Hartman's Bill Clinton). But this clip from Caliendo's FrankTV in which he does an impression of Andy Rooney reviewing the iPhone actually made us chuckle a bit. Oh, but no crying in the comments if you don't find it funny. In fact, if you are the type who, like, flips out if they waste a minute of your life on an internet video that doesn't meet some laugh per second quota, just remember—it's all a lot better than that work you're supposed to be doing. [via macenstein]

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