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Rant: Companies, Please Stop Calling Things ‘HD’

HD is our decade’s extreme. People know the two letters well — and they like them! — because of HDTV. That’s fine, because HDTV actually means something: certain, set lines of resolution. But “Swiffer HD Clean”? I feel like screaming blood.


October 21, 2010
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Google Wants To Rid The World Of Boring Tech Demos

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Google is trying to rid the world of dull tech demo videos by encouraging a bit of healthy competition. The company is asking users to submit video demonstrations of Google products and letting the world vote on the best ones.