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Seriously, wtf?

Among the incredulous news I’ve come across today, and mind you, I am not exaggerating one bit. Read on.

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PETA wishes Obama hadn’t swatted that fly to death during his televised interview, saying that Obama should show more humanity to a pesky fly.

PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.
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Deputy press secretary Josh Earnest said the White House has no comment on the matter.

Yeah, I wouldn’t either.

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Microsoft is pushing hard for their new IE8. In fact, they’re giving out ten grand in an internet scavenger hunt. Oh, did I mention that you’ll only find it by using IE8? And I quote, “But you’ll never find it using that browser. (So get rid of it, or get lost.)” Thank you for that ultimatium, but I already know where the ten grand is buried.

On the same subject, Microsoft drew out a little comparison chart among the browsers: IE8, Firefox, Chrome. I’d say this chart is another good way to provoke a geek argument. Security? Please. Privacy? Just because Firefox’s Private Mode and Chrome’s Incognito aren’t called InPrivate doesn’t mean they don’t deserve the checkmarks. Reliability? I thought Chrome first came up with the idea of sandboxes and “tab isolation”??? oiasjdofjwa r blahhh arg

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But what really blew my mind is the following. Really, this left me flabbergasted.

15-Year-Old Texting Champ Wins $50,000

what. the. hell.

LG, in a nod to texters’ dangerous tendency to multi-task, forced contestants to run an obstacle course while sending difficult-to-type messages, and compose tongue twisters while being taunted by a giant emoticon.

Life’s definitely good, LG.

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Geek Technica busts IE8 myths. and…