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November 10, 2005
DT goes mad! Nigerian 419 style!

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Enter the DesignTechnica free-and-we-won’t-sell-your-info contest!
 
Heard of City of Heroes? Well get ready for City of Villains. Does it rock your dark demon-esque booty? Take a listen!
 
Apple is the amidst a whirlwind of rumors. When will the new Mactels storm forth to conquer the GUI goofy world? I’ll tell ya. Well, kinda. What has Apple learned from the h@X0rZ? How to defend their Gibson! Grab some annoyingly academic speeches from Stanford via iTunes. Relive the graduation you were too hung over for today! NBC and CBS want to get in on that sweet sweet pay per view lovin, for $.99. Who cares? Not I. Oh, and that whole Nano scrathing issue you thought would just fade away? Yeah, the rest of the world is now pissed. Good job!
 
Sony earns the ire of the state of California. That little rootkit you thought was so cute? May the legal system rain DOOM upon you!
 
Microsoft tries to trump up artificial demand for the Xbox 360. I for one will not fall victim to their… their… oh wow. That was pretty cool. Graphics pretty…. Must wait in line for new toy…
 
Olympus axes the m:robe MP3 player line, and the world responds with, hey, what was the m:robe? The Moto RAZR get iTunes. Matrox intros the DualHead2Go. Nokia puts the 770 internet appliance up on the auction block. Netgear makes a product that lives up to its (predecessor’s) claims. And Philips tries to immerse us deeper into our couch potato hypnosis.
 
On the slightly off topic closer this week, NHK demos their Super Hi-Vision display. 16x 1080p. Yikes! CMU rejects the FBI’s wiretapping demands, while the gov tries to crack down on unsecured WiFi. Don’t worry. If the Kansas Board of Edjumakashun has it’s way, we won’t be smart enough to secure our shoestrings, let alone our WiFi connections. The Flying Spaghetti Monster cries tonight.