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Fake Steve Jobs abuses CNBC anchor of being a patsy to Apple on his own TV show

January 15th, 2009 · Comments

The five screen shouting match between Dan Lyons (Fake Steve Jobs) and various CNBC anchors was gold, gold, gold!
Lyons: “there are two kinds of reporters who cover Apple. The kind who realize they’re getting snowed and they’re getting bullied and blocked out, and realize that a lot of what they’re being told is not true [...]

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Tags: Apple · Funny-haha

Why Apple customers turn the other cheek

August 29th, 2008 · Comments

There's an AP story doing the rounds on the web today looking at why Apple customers keep coming back for more, even when Apple ships products that are seriously flawed. Like MacBook Pros with endemic screen corruption. Or iPhone 3Gs with pathetic battery life. Or Mobile Me, which doesn't work on so many levels.
To me [...]

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Tags: Apple · Mac

Hilarious Apple video from 1987 predicting future of 1997

July 29th, 2008 · Comments

Money quote: "Introducing the Vista Mac…"

My god, Albert Einstein WAS a genius
Microsoft in the poop over blogger 'bribes'
D'oh. Now available: ANZ Visa Debit card
Second most embarrassing tech video of all time
Closure to the Telstra saga

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Tags: Apple · Funny-haha