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Feb 02 2009 5:19pm EDT

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Want to explore the darkest depths of our oceans? Google Earth will take you there. [Google]

Comcast subscribers in Tucson got an unexpected interruption during the Super Bowl last night: a half-minute of porn. The cable company has no idea how it happened. [Ars Technica]

Just how big a flop was Microsoft Vista? Only 10 percent of enterprise users reportedly adopted it. [Silicon Alley Insider]

Automated calling systems are annoying. Would they be less so if the voice was able to say "er," "um," and "yes, we're dead serious"? IBM evidently hopes so. [Engadget]

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