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Al Qaeda deputy mocks Obama’s Afghan stance

Al Qaeda’s second-in-command has rubbished President Barack Obama’s claims that the US-led coalition can win in Afghanistan.
In a video posted on an Islamist website, Ayman al-Zawahri mocked Obama’s suggestion that the Taliban will be defeated.

Motorola Droid X Ad Mocks iPhone 4 Antenna Issues

Verizon Wireless is turning a known issue with the iPhone 4′s antenna against it by taking out a full page ad in The New York Times that picks on the device’s antenna woes and offering Motorola’s Droid X smartphone as an alternative.
Verizon points out various Droid X features and notes: "And most importantly, it comes with a double antenna design. The kind that allows you to hold the phone any way you like and use it just about anywhere to make crystal clear calls. You have a voice. And you deserve to be heard." – For all the accolades Apple’s new iPhone 4 has been
getting about its state-of-the-art design, rivals have found a weakness to
exploit in the company’s usually impenetrable smartphone: the iPhone 4′s
calling feature.
Verizon Wireless is turning a known issue with the
iPhone 4′s antenna against …


Space Frontier Foundation Mocks Time’s NASA Pick

The decision by Time magazine to name the test launch of NASA’s Ares I rocket as the best invention of the year was quickly slammed by Space Frontier Foundation and Apollo moonwalker Buzz Aldrin. SFF calls Time’s pick a propaganda triumph for NASA.

The SFF
(Space Frontier Foundation) mockingly congratulated NASA Nov. 16 for its
quot;propaganda triumph quot; in convincing Time Magazine to name the Ares I
rocket as the best invention of the year. The
Ares rocket, part of NASA’s Constellation program, is intended to become NASA’s
primary …


Nvidia Mocks Intel Legal Woes

On a Website called Intel’s Insides, graphics chip maker Nvidia offers a series of editorial-style cartoons that take shots at Intel over a number of issues, including the legal problems that are besetting the company. Intel is being sued on several fronts regarding its business practices, and also is dealing with lawsuits involving Nvidia and licensing issues.
– Nvidia, already involved in a bitter licensing dispute with Intel, is now
taking shots at the chip giant’s legal woes in a series of cartoons.
Nvidia has created a Website called Intel’s Insides, which
has a series of editorial-style one-panel cartoons that mock Intel, which is
facing a series o…