Stories by: Dan Tynan

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    Five classic Apple marketing tactics that lock you in 05/11/2009 03:43:00

    Once you enter the Big Tent of Apple, it's exceedingly hard to find the exit.
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    The 10 stupidest tech company blunders 31/08/2009 14:40:00

    Some of the biggest high-tech deals never happened. Some of the most promising products and services never came to be. Why? Because the people and companies involved didn't realize what they were letting slip through their fingers, or they simply couldn't foresee what would happen afterward.
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    15 of the most elegant tech designs ever 10/08/2009 13:37:00

    Like beauty, sleekness is in the eye of the beholder. It's impossible to define easily, but you know it when you see it. It's that feeling in your gut that says "I don't know what that thing is or what it's supposed to do, but I want one--now."
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    The 10 dumbest tech products so far 15/06/2009 15:31:00

    New Coke. Chia pets. Ashton Kutcher. All are bad ideas that should have been snuffed out before they emerged into public consciousness. All are things that make you scratch your head and say, "What in God's name were they thinking?"
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    10 cool new mobile gadgets 29/04/2009 17:54:00

    Some of these 10 intriguing mobile gizmos, including a connected GPS unit, external iPhone speakers, a Bluetooth headset, and a gadget charger, are fairly mainstream. The others, well, not so much.
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    When the Web got it wrong 22/04/2009 12:34:00

    Did you hear? Britney Spears had a fatal run-in with a pretzel, a guy named Homosexual ran in the Olympic 100-meter dash, and President Obama attended a Muslim academy.
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    Even dirtier IT jobs: The muck stops here 07/04/2009 10:44:00

    Hey, we can't all have careers at Google. Sometimes when you work in IT, you have to hold your nose and hope for the best.
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    Gear of the year 20/01/2009 18:21:00

    Forget boring tech: Here are some of the most innovative, interesting products we’ve seen (or are waiting to see) this year.
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    Today's Internet has been brought to you by porn 04/12/2008 15:38:00

    After a wild and passionate youth, YouTube and Ning have both announced they're adopting a policy of abstinence. Heck, they might even join a convent. Why? Money, of course.
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    The Twitter - Al Qaeda connection 27/10/2008 14:55:00

    I always knew those Twitterati were up to no good. And now it seems the US Army has cottoned on to this as well.
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    Do you text during sex? 24/10/2008 10:27:00

    Not to get too personal here, but: According to a new survey by Osterman Research, 11 percent of adults have used their mobile phones "during a romantic moment" (their italics, not mine).
 
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