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Morning Xtra: YouTube Blasted With Porn, Circuit City Born Again?

by Chad Mumm on May 21, 2009 at 11:59 AM



YouTube Bombarded With Porn
Did your YouTube surfing turn up some (ahem) inappropriate videos yesterday? That's because it was "Operation Porn Day," courtesy of Internet pranksters from 4chan and eBaum's World. Members uploaded hours of explicit adult videos to YouTube and tagged them with common search terms like "Jonas Brothers." Although most of the offending videos have been removed, many of the explicit thumbnail images for them are still up on the site due to a lag in thumbnail removal. [From: ArsTechnica]

Circuit City Born Again... Online
What's that over there rising up out of the ashes of bankruptcy like a phoenix? It's CircuitCity.com! When the electronics retailer went bottom up, it sold off its name and Web site to Systemax Inc., which is relaunching the site in the very near future. [From: CrunchGear]

Computer Cameos In Our Favorite Movies
Aside from computers, nothing gets our geek side going like movie trivia. You can imagine our excitement when we came across Starring the Computer, an extensive online compendium of computer cameos in films and television. It's nerdy good. [From: CrunchGear]

21 Famous Photographs (Minus Pants)
Of the many wonders brought about by the Internet, the odd photoshopping contest might be the greatest. Our favorite from this week? 21 Famous Photographs Minus Pants. [From: Cracked]

A Smartphone for a Penny?
Looking for a smartphone that doesn't break the bank? You can't do much better than the Nokia E71x that Amazon is selling for 1 cent. The catch? You have to sign up for a two-year AT&T contract. [From: USA Today]

Twitter's Ascent to the Top of All the Web
Unless you've been living under a rock these past few months, you've seen micro-blogging site Twitter explode into a full-fledged media sensation. To quantify the site's meteoric rise in popularity, comScore has announced that Twitter hit 32-million unique visitors in April alone -- this is up from 19-million in March (Thank you, Oprah). For a little perspective, consider that NYTimes.com pulled in just over 17-million visitors in April. If Twitter continues its ascent, it should top 100 million global visitors by the end of the year. [From: TechCrunch]

Deleted Pix On Facebook Aren't Really Gone
Think that embarrassing photo of you on Facebook is gone after you delete it? Think again. A research group from Cambridge University recently found that most photos can still be accessed via their URLs on Facebook's servers even 30 days after being deleted. [From: BBC]

China Knocks Down New Sex Theme Park
Apparently, ideas like giant sex-themed amusement parks are frowned upon in China. Despite its supposed educational value, the "Love Land" sex park in Chongquin, China was torn down before it could even open its giant revolving-leg doors. [From: Weird Asia News]

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