I'm a PC Ads Getting All Up in Apple's Bizness

Is anyone else out there turned off by Microsoft's lame "I'm a PC" ad campaign? Not only are the video clips less than funny, they're grainy and certainly not of the same quality as the iChat video.

Now get this. According to cnet, Microsoft has set up a kiosk out side of a Birmingham, England Apple store where PC pundits can video their lame ads in an attempt at landing a TV spot. Right outside the store? Can anyone say tacky!

Now, I'm not a Mac fanboy and admittedly only have a few gadgets and freely admit using a PC for the majority of my work and home computing, but I think this attempt and winning back lost customers is a sink hole. Not only does it confirm MS's lack of creativity, but it displays their lack of innovation and "play catch up" attitude that has prevailed in their history.

Thoughts?

Google Gets Cheeky For Halloween: Wards Off Zombies in Geek Speak

If you understand the following, you'll know it comes from the robots.txt file and Google has entered the cheeky world of Halloween tech fun. Enjoy!

User-agent: zombies<br />Disallow: /brains<br /><br />User-agent: *<br />Allow: /searchhistory/<br />Disallow: /news?output=xhtml&<br />Allow: /news?output=xhtml<br />Disallow: /search<br />

Virtual Crime Punishable in Real World?

With many people in the gaming world engaging in virtual relationships, it comes as no surprise that crimes do exist in the virtual world. Many platforms also enforce certain levels of decorum from their gamers. But can a crime in the virtual world be punishable in the real world?

In Japan, a woman recently found herself in jail from "virtually killing off" her husband's online character. When she found her character divorced, she used her husband's ID/password to log into the game and she whacked off the character. Somehow police in the real world got wind of this and hauled her off to jail, 620 miles from her home. If convicted, she could face up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $5K.

Moral of the story, mind your P's and Q's, even in the virtual world.

Impulse Over Restraint Warrants Restrictive Mobile Access While Driving?

Do you find yourself in the category of impulsively, almost involuntarily, picking up your mobile when an incoming call shocks you out of your existing focus? Even when you're driving? If you're that obsessive, here's the application for you; but it's gonna cost ya. According to TechDirt, the application senses you're driving, through movement, and routes the call directly to voicemail.

What TechDirt also picks apart is the fact that the app could be flawed in that in the same proverbial moving car you could merely be a passenger, or you could be on a bus. More importantly, why not just "not pick up the phone?" Obviously they've never experience compulsive behaviors ;) But honestly, if you're that obsessive, would you be willing to pay for the solution? Why not just turn your phone off?

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Tech Mimics Art: Isn't that How it Goes?

YouTube has implemented a feature that seemingly was first published by XKCD where comments on YouTube may be audibly repeated back to the end user prior to submitting to check for the idiocy of the content. Good feature but the ones that probably need it the most are too blind too see the button.