If you have nothing better to do, some of these are really ........ well.....dumb.
some highlights:
7. High-tech toilets
Too bad nobody gave one of these to Chuck Prince -Japanese manufacturer Toto apologizes to customers and offers free repairs for 180,000 high-tech toilets - thrones that feature heated seats, air purifiers, blow dryers, and water sprayers - after at least three catch fire. "Fortunately nobody was using the toilets when the fire broke out," says a company spokesman. "The fire would have been just under your buttocks."
10. Electronic voting machines
Election officials in Florida promptly order 5,000 units- Diebold tightens security after it is revealed that a simple virus can hack its electronic voting machines. Months later a hacker uses a picture of a key from the company website to make a real key that can open the company's machines.
13. Disneyland
It's a fat world, after all -Disneyland announces plans to close the "It's a Small World" attraction to deepen its water channel after the ride's boats start getting stuck under loads of heavy passengers. Employees ask larger passengers to disembark - and compensate them with coupons for free food.
38. Google
Are you a moron? Click here now! -To test Google's ability to block harmful advertising, Belgian IT security consultant Didier Stevens posts an ad that reads "Is your PC virus-free? Get it infected here!" It is accepted by Google and displayed 259,723 times; 409 web surfers actually click on the ad.
46. Johnson & Johnson
And if those guys in Rome don't stop using our logo, we'll nail them too. Johnson & Johnson sues the American Red Cross for infringement of its trademarked red cross.
51. Apple
One, two, three, four, we'll sue you if you send us more. Nine-year-old Shea O'Gorman sends a letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs suggesting ideas for improving her beloved iPod Nano, including adding onscreen lyrics so people can sing along. She gets back a letter from Apple's legal counsel stating that the company doesn't accept unsolicited ideas and telling her not to send in any more suggestions.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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