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Beyonce and Megan Fox Do Techie Super Bowl Ads, Verizon Blocks 4chan

by Warren Riddle on February 8, 2010 at 11:55 AM

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • With the constant ads for beer, erectile dysfunction cures, and bladder pills, it's glaringly obvious who advertising firms target during the Super Bowl. Motorola tapped into that testosterone well yesterday with its new spot for the Devour with "motoblur." The company has also released "bonus footage" from the commercial, which featured a seemingly nude Megan Fox taking pictures of herself in the bathtub. [From: Engadget]
  • Vizio also debuted an ad during the Super Bowl, and, shockingly, didn't even resort to gratuitous nudity or flatulence jokes. To market its new Internet Apps program, which aims to bring "the best of the Internet" to television screens, Vizio compiled a montage of the Web's top memes. We could have done with a little less 'Chocolate Rain,' and a little more Keyboard Cat. [From: Engadget HD]
  • 4chan is often characterized as the Mos Eisley of the Internet, a "wretched hive of scum and villainy," but it may in fact represent the last bastion of true freedom on the Web. Verizon has blocked the site from its network but has yet to offer a statement why. The company should probably provide some sort of official reason soon, because if there's one Web community you don't want to cross, it's the folks at 4chan. [From: Read Write Web]
  • Hacking has developed into a serious conflict in China, with perpetrators acting both on behalf of the government and against it. The nation claimed a significant "victory" in its campaign against Web dissidents, as it shut down a hacker training Web site known as the Black Hawk Safety Net. The clandestine online organization had attracted over 12,000 paying subscribers and another 170,000 free members. [From: The BBC]
  • Popular legend holds that all human races once shared a common language until the construction of a so-called Tower of Babel. Google is apparently trying to dismantle that figurative tower with the creation of voice recognition software that could immediately, and accurately, translate spoken language into text. Developer Franz Och said that the service will hopefully be functional and ready for release "in a few years' time." [From: The Next Web]

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