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Friday IT Fun Again

Web editor Chris Paoli has once again found some great stuff on the Web as part of his weekly Friday IT Fun Report. The one I find the funniest is what it's like to be an Apple owner. You can see Steve Job sucking the do re mi from your bank account. As a dad who's bought umpteen Mac and iPods (don't tell my kids there's a thing called the iPad), I've felt that pain.

Posted by Doug Barney on June 21, 2010


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