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More fun in press releases: jetting to Infinity Bay

Working in the publishing field means reading a lot of press releases, most of which are targeted at your magazine's readership. Sometimes they aren't.Today,...

Even highly educated spammers need a good spellcheck

With most schools having already completed their commencement ceremonies, Shark Tales has realized the only way to catch up to these smarty-pants new kids...

Why Get Smart’s shoe phone is better than Apple’s iPhone

Among the many pleasures of the movie adaptation of TV's Get Smart is the moment when Steve Carrell's Maxwell Smart takes a trip to...

Is it a boy or a girl?

Facebook officials are thinking of asking subscribers to declare their gender when publishing their profiles, according to a Reuters news report.

I am from Ivory Coast and need your help laundering money

Are you aware that if you receive an e-mail from someone you don’t know claiming to be the wife of a recently-deposed military dictator...

Microsoft is never kind unless there’s a damn good reason

It's hard for a company convicted of monopolistic, anti-competitive behaviour to change its image, so naturally it was up to Microsoft's nice Canadian GM...

Dance like no one is calling

This year's Glastonbury Festival will see the debut not of a great new music act but at a cell phone battery charger that will...

GOOG-411 offers quick route to nearest Canadian clichés

Google has launched a Canadian version of its voice-recognition local search phone service, whereby users dial a hotline -- 1-800-GOOG-411 -- and respond to...

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