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Payday: Ustream's Pay-Per-View Online Entertainment

Will Ustream's pay-per-view experiment forge a business model for live Internet video?READ»

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'Family Guy's MacFarlane Not PC Enough for Microsoft, Windows 7 Deal Pulled

Showing just how unhip being a PC can be, Microsoft has pulled out of a prime time Windows 7 sponsorship of a special by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. According to Microsoft, MacFarlane's style didn't "fit with the Windows ...READ»

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Windows-Backed Family Guy Adds to Unemployment Rolls

We'll address the gigantic sell-out that is Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show (brought to you buy Windows 7) in a moment. But the more immediate news is that the Windows 7 party-people are going to have to ...READ»

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Summer Movies We're Afraid to See: The Passion of Chrysler

With Hollywood prepping big-budget versions of Monopoly, Bazooka Joe, and Stretch Armstrong, what's next? Here's another blockbuster that Rooftop Comedy came up with.READ»

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Summer Movies We're Afraid to See: Walt Disney's Air Linux

With Hollywood prepping big-budget versions of Monopoly, Bazooka Joe, and Stretch Armstrong, what's next? Here's another blockbuster that Rooftop Comedy came up with.READ»

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Summer Movies We're Afraid to See: Activia, March of the Probiotics

With Hollywood prepping big-budget versions of Monopoly, Bazooka Joe, and Stretch Armstrong, what's next? Here's another blockbuster that Rooftop Comedy came up with.READ»

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Laughing Through the Recession? Yes, Plz

What's the state of the funny business? Despite what you might read, it's quite good.READ»

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Texting Etiquette: Avoid the Winky Face

What signal does using smiley-face emoticons send to others? We offer up a new rule for texting.READ»

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Not So Fast: Summer Movies We're Afraid to See

It's official: You can make anything into a movie. In this season of Transformers and G.I. Joe, and with Hollywood prepping big-budget versions of Monopoly, Bazooka Joe, and Stretch Armstrong, what's next?READ»

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The Americanization of Indian Tech Support

The only thing worse than an Indian tech-support rep faking an American accent? Doing it to another person from South Asia. Busted!READ»

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Office Romance Secrets

Looking for love at work? Check the bathroom.READ»

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The iPhone App We Really Need

Finally an app that keeps us from doing all the stupid stuff our cell phone should never let us do.READ»

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Job Interviews: How to Make Them Fun

Step 1: Already have a job you like. Step 2: Get your crazy on.READ»

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Facebook Is So Five Minutes Ago. Check Out Spacebook.

Social networking is kind of like having imaginary friends anyway. Why not take the next logical step?READ»

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Pornography: Computer Kryptonite

Don't look all innocent: We know why your computer crashed.READ»

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Don't Tell Anyone, But We Hate Our Coworkers Too

On the bright side, the worst offices make for the best comedy.READ»

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Quitting Time

We're not sure who's quitting their job in this economy, but if you do, at least you should get paid in full without having to work through your whole two-week's notice.READ»

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The Girlfriend-Proof Computer

When are they going to develop THIS technology?READ»

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Worried About Layoffs

They've got almost everyone worried. Almost.READ»

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Jeans Day In The Office

Everybody freak out! It's jeans day!READ»

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Nine Trillion Dollars in Debt

Making sense of that giant number, if there is sense to be made.READ»

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Hey, Zen Master: Email Is Not a Forum for Philosophy

That inspirational quote in your email signature file? Maybe that’s not always such a good idea.READ»

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The Perils of Being a Bluetooth Blowhard

Are you carrying on conversations that turn everyone around you into extras in your movie?READ»

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Life Lesson for College: Your Major Doesn't Matter

Have fun, kids, because employers don’t care what you studied.READ»

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Seven Words

No, not those seven words. The seven words I’m talking about are just fine with the FCC but maybe deserve a little more scrutiny from the FDA. We all know these words: green, organic, free-range, all-natural, ...READ»