British secret agents are supposed to be exponentially smoother than their American counterparts. We get Ethan Hunt, they get James Bond. Except, not, because the chief of MI-6's wife had her...
Topics: 00Dumbass, david irving, facebook, james bond, John Sawers, nazis, secret agents, shelly sawers, spies, the british, top, ultimate facepalm, what's up george lazenby?

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Microsoft has heard your pleas: it's pulled its "Worst Tech Commercial Ever," which tried to use a puking theme to sell Internet Explorer. And you'll never guess who the director was! You will never...
Topics: advertising, bad ideas, bobcat goldthwait, computers, corporate america, microsoft, tech

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You've read about the features, you saw the invites going out, but you might be wondering what, exactly, Google Voice could do for you. Here's our guide for the curious and uninvited on whether your...
Topics: cellphones, contacts, feature, google, google voice, mobile phones, phones, sms, text messaging, top, voice recognition, voicemail, voip

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The hot new idea among people who think about "journalism," and the sanctity thereof: let's ban linking, on the internet! Let's also ban wheels, in order to save the horse industry. Let's also ban...
Topics: bad ideas, bright ideas, censorship, intellectuals, journalismism, media, newspapers, the internet, thinkers, top

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AT&T failed to give Adam Frucci a sense of childlike wonder about his iPhone; Jimmy Jane's mobile device proved more satisfying to Melissa Gira Grant and Ana Marie Cox damned an internet conference...
Topics: adam frucci, melissa gira grant, olivier knox, susan orlean, twitterati, we read twitter so you don't have to

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