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"Dude, I just totally pwned this n00b on WoW. What's that? Oh, yeah, I'm totally wearing our Bluetooth killer. Free advertising in the office before we go public."—mbodey

So I've got some friends that refuse to join sites like MySpace or Facebook, mainly because they're afraid of how it could affect their future careers in politics. Well it looks like they might just be onto something, the National Security Agency funded a paper on how social networking sites can help filter out national threats. Excuse me while I go change my facebook page real quick. Well it's one step forward, one step back for MS. It seems as though it was only yesterday that Vista got out the door, and now there are reports of the OS going too far with security. So far that it isn't allowing access to some family oriented online games. And as expected Sony's profits took a huge hit thanks to that money sponge, the PS3. Even though other parts of Sony doubled their profits this year it still wasn't enough to pull Sony out of the mud. And finally do you hear that? It's your inbox getting a little less full, if you live in South Korea that is. A spam duo was arrested for allegedly sending out over 1.6 billion spam messages. And don't forget if you've got some hilarious gadget pics that the world has to see send them to ben@gizmodo.com.– Ben Longo

4:02 PM on Tue Jan 30 2007
By Ben Longo
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richard8a at 04:26 PM on 01/30/07
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Caption: To avoid wasting time listening to 10,000+ in-person auditions, Seattle's American Idol begins taking phone-auditions (to the dismay of cubicle monkeys everywhere).
lightshow at 04:27 PM on 01/30/07
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A couple ideas for a caption:

"To encourage your corded phone to grow big and bloom beautifully, remember to give it full sunlight, plenty of water, and sing opera to it daily."

"Check out this wicked sideburn: not only is it big and bushy, but its also got VoIP. That's why I could only afford one. Mr. T, eat your heart out."
Cobolman2 at 04:34 PM on 01/30/07
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"MacGyver MultiTool tech support, may I help you?"
Geisrud at 04:58 PM on 01/30/07
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Connectedness Index: 87
Brought to you by Acura TSX

Nick Burns, company computer guy: does phone support..."MOVE..."
DataScream at 05:04 PM on 01/30/07
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"Hey guys check this out! Mr.Gates doesn't know what F-12 does! Hello? Mr.Gates? Hello?"
Ben Zvan at 05:18 PM on 01/30/07
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'Thank you for calling Verizon; how may I berate you today?'
luuey15 at 05:40 PM on 01/30/07
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Tim soon realized after eating his 3rd McGriddle that he loooved the cock.
sayten at 05:45 PM on 01/30/07
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"Hello? Plantronics support? Is your refrigerator running? Well you'd better go catch it!"
big-daddy at 05:46 PM on 01/30/07
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Captions:

"Ugh...Sir, we don't sell cheese burgers here in Pizza Hut...": Said Fricled-Teen-Clerk #5, "Yes, uh huh... right, so 1 medium peperoni pizza with 20 barbecue wings and a 2 liter of Coke...no, we don't have toys to come with it, and no, this is not a happy meal. Is that all, sir? Okay, the total will be 33.59, thanks."
FelixAvery at 05:50 PM on 01/30/07
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Caption: Tosser
big-daddy at 06:01 PM on 01/30/07
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I just notice his phone's string... so here's another caption...

"Dude~ This is wicked, you totally gotta check this out, man~!" Said amazed college-dorm-junkie-who-couldn't-get-a-date-yet, "This is by far the best phone I've bought, man~! Let me tell you this, I DON'T need any hands and shoulders to hold the phone while playing WOW!!"

5 mins later...

"Yeah, I know, it's so awesome, but my hairs hurt so much if I wear the string for too long... and no, you can't borrow it. Uh huh~!! "
mbodey at 06:09 PM on 01/30/07
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"dude, i just totally pwned this n00b on WoW. what's that? oh, yeah, i'm totally wearing our bluetooth killer. free advertising in the office before we go public."
charman at 06:16 PM on 01/30/07
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iElastic, the hippest new accessory for you iPhone.
Mandatory_Field at 06:42 PM on 01/30/07
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Hey Fred, apparently there's this place called "greatheadsets.com"... and we should go there....
strykeout at 06:47 PM on 01/30/07
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Wow. A lot of options here.

Captions
#1 "GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL"

#2 "Bet you I can fit my huge ass watch in my mouth!"

#3 "What! It has to be a mock turtleneck to win the Steve Jobs Look Alike Contest. Damn!"
rogerimp at 08:13 PM on 01/30/07
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Hah! Thank you internets, for my 15 seconds of fame. This is taken at the NYC office of Schematic, where I am a professional nerd. They don't give coders like myself headsets so I frequently improvise in this manner. The high tech hands free device I am wearing is a rubberband, not some pedestrian piece of string. Please.

Also: I wouldn't have that big-ass watch if it weren't for Gizmodo, actually. :)
sam_i_am at 08:32 PM on 01/30/07
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"Enhance..."
sam_i_am at 08:35 PM on 01/30/07
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"HEY JIM!! I think i just worked out what the first 10 digit prime in consecutive digits of e is!!!!"
andrewdmiller at 09:29 PM on 01/30/07
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hooray Roger! nice to see you've finally made it.