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Aclockpalypse Now

I live in Europe so I havn't noticed that USA has pushed daylight savings time up by three weeks.

Not a big thing, you would think. But most computer programs aren't designed for this early spring forward in time and apparently American mainstream media has gone into a frenzy asking: What will happen when computers fail to notice that time has changed by one hour?

Well, this report from The Daily Show nails the whole thing perfectly :-))

Designed To Irritate?

This is a hilarious review of the Samsung E900 from the Guardian. The phone is verbally spanked to a degree that I almost start to feel sorry for the poor thing:

Samsung E900 seems to have been designed specifically to irritate anyone with a mind. It starts gently - a pinch of annoyance here, an inconvenience there - but before long the steady drip, drip, drip of minor frustrations begins to affect your quality of life

Crowdhacking Is Here

This had to happen. People are rigging online rating, review and feedback systems.

Sites like eBay and Yahoo Shopping have had tricksters fake online credibility by manipulating product reviews and seller scores. The sucky story comes from Wired News.

"As rating systems have become more popular and (...) valuable (...) there has been what some would say is a predictable response: the emergence of scammers, spammers, and thieves bent on manipulating the mob. Call it crowdhacking. In some cases, crowdhackers are looking to boost sales or increase traffic to their Web sites. In other instances, they’re simply ripping off unsuspecting consumers. Either way, the more we base decisions on the wisdom of crowds, the greater the incentive to cheat."