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Kari from Mythbusters wants you to say hello to her leetle friend

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Fresh from the Twitter feed of Grant Imahara we see Kari from Mythbusters going nuts with a sniper rifle taller than her. I hope it’s for an experiment and not a Discovery-channel sponsored “Deadliest Game” reality show where the prey will be hosts of various Food Network programs.


Daily Crunch: Rain of Pumpkins Edition

Enormous pumpkin cannon fires squash at 600MPH for up to a mile
The Windows 7 Launch Party packs ship out to hosts
In the mood for French clowns running around pretending to use cellphones?
The Mountain Goats get a Colbert Bump and, interestingly, it creates a unique music marketing opportunity
Cocaine. There’s an app for that.


Microsoft begins confirming Windows 7 launch parties

Microsoft has begun confirming Windows 7 launch parties for hosts across the world. Neowin reported earlier this month that Microsoft is planning to offer copies of Windows 7 and party materials to those willing to hold launch parties in various countries across the world. Lucky hosts will receive a special "Signature Edition" of Windows 7 Ultimate and a Windows 7 Party Pack which includes balloons, a must for every party. If that isn't enough then there's a lame party video that teaches you some "party tips". It reminds us of the Microsoft Songsmith marketing video. So did you get confirmed and if so where are you holding your party?

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Video: A terrible interview of Robert Carlyle about Stargate Universe


Okay, seriously, this is the worst interview ever. The hosts are clueless, mock the genre, and don’t do the show justice. Oh, and WTF is up with the music at 0:55? Wow. Feel free to watch the whole 9:13 interview, but you may want to just skip forward to 6:38 for a new clip of Stargate Universe. Be warned though, you will cringe at the comments right after that clip.


Swedish software firm agrees to buy Pirate Bay, go legal

Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory X AB said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy file-sharing website The Pirate Bay for 60 million Swedish crowns ($7.7 million). The Pirate Bay is one of the 100 most visited websites in the world and hosts torrent files for a magnitude of illegal content. The 4 owners named as Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde were sentenced to 1 year in prison earlier this year for "aiding in copyright infringement" coupled with a fine of 30 million Swedish kronor (£2.4 million/$3.6 million).

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