Making Superman II a much shorter but better movie

Superman II without the “amnesia kiss”
[Via Boing Boing]

Remember at the end of Superman II when Clark Kent plants a cheesy magical amnesia kiss on Lois Lane to make her forget that he’s really Superman? Here’s another possible way to have resolved that problem.

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There are some creative people out there.

Growing Apple’s market share

Apple’s share of U.S. PC market cracks the 10% barrier
[Via AppleInsider]

Apple’s share of the U.S. personal computer market grew more than 13% to reach a modern day high of 10.4% for the third quarter of 2010, leaving it just 17,000 units shy of becoming the nation’s third largest PC vendor. [Updated with IDC data]

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Increasing marke share in this economy. And I wonder how skewed the profits are for Apple since most of its sales do not come from cheaper laptops. 10% of the market selling higher end machines indicates that its strategy of using the iPod/iPad/iPhone universe as an entry to Mac computers is successful.

The Onion predicts Google TV, part II

Sony Releases Stupid Piece of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work
[Via Daring Fireball]

The Onion News Network predicted Sony’s Google TV product back in February 2009. Seriously, look at this “Unique Remote” — can you believe this is the real remote, not the joke one from The Onion?

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First we had the Onion’s article that seemed to forecast Google TV. Now, perhaps we have the same thing for Sony’s entry. It is, or course, NSFW.