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Switched: Best of the Week

by Thomas Houston on February 1, 2009 at 05:12 PM



We're usually up pretty early sipping coffee and scouring the Web for stories, and the Steve Jobs-hosted 'Mac Dating Game' took us by surprise and left us stunned at our desks on Thursday morning. Yes, you're seeing that right: Bill Gates shows up as a contestant on this retro flashback gem.

Despite relentless news of economic woes, plenty of other stories caught our eye: The Googlemobile went head to head with a deer, Netflix founder Reed Hastings recalled how he founded the online video rental site after paying a $40 late fee on a VHS tape, hacked road signs alerted commuters to zombies in the area, a Segway crash caused great pain to one dude's face, and a case of a fired worker trying to get back at his former employer with a particularly nasty virus.

Unfortunately, the Conficker continues to spread, but we've got an in-depth FAQ breaking down what's going on and what you can do to protect yourself. In case you missed it earlier, the two-gigabyte (GB) image of the Obama inauguration is also a must-see -- it's so large and detailed that you can zoom in and search for friends, family, politicians, and other celebrities who were at the event.


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