ITwhirled

Take a break from workday drudgery with ITwhirled. Each weekly installment covers the best in weird news, humor, gadgets, and all manner of offbeat items from the world of IT and beyond.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

POLL: If you had your very own robot, what would you have it do?



54.8% - Butler-type duties around the house
21.0% - Go into the office and do your job
4.8% - Scare those darn kids off your lawn
19.4% - Are you crazy? You know it'll just rise up against me!

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YOUR 2 CENTS

Barry Bonds home run record: Asterisk or no?

- Yes! Everyone knows he used steroids
- No! Who knows what substances ballplayers in other eras used?
- Barry who? Aster-what?

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

SHE'S A 10

» Top ten easiest-to-implement green technologies that already exist
» Ten greatest legal battles in technology
» Top 10 science moments in 'The Simpsons'

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Monday, August 13, 2007

Second Life prepares for bank run ... Bloggers eye union membership


WHAT'S WHIRLING

Feature: Second Life prepares for its first bank run
News: Bloggers eye union membership
News: Google mistakes own blog for spam, deletes it
News: Australian court calls eBay sale binding
Out of IT: Sweaty man electrocuted by PC
Geek comic of the week: 'Bunt Cake'