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by Keith Shaw

Keith Shaw writes the Cool Tools column for Network World, and is the Multimedia Content Editor for IDG Enterprise, responsible for editorial video and audio content creation. Follow him on Twitter @shawkeith.

Dell video produces giant WTF moment

Posted Feb 22, 2012 - 11:51 am

Is this Dell video a parody, a prank or something more sinister? Or just a case where someone thought it would be cool and it's a massive backfire (watch the video to understand this awesome pun).
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This 3D, CGI, stop-motion video of a Lego Millennium Falcon a labor of love

Posted Feb 22, 2012 - 11:29 am

This stop-motion video took three years to make - I think we can give up three minutes to enjoy the animation of this Lego Millennium Falcon construction.
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Stuck-in-the-'80s Microsoft mocks Google with a Moonlighting parody

Posted Feb 21, 2012 - 05:16 pm

Microsoft parodies a 1980s TV show to attack Google. Yeah, that'll work.
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Video Supercut: Nobody listens to Worf

Posted Feb 21, 2012 - 04:03 pm

Chief security officer or staff punching bag?
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Amateur video of Challenger explosion discovered

Posted Feb 21, 2012 - 02:52 pm

New Scientist has posted on its blog a new video of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which has surfaced more than 26 years after the incident that took the lives of seven astronauts.
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Creepy spider robot an RC hobbyist dream

Posted Feb 17, 2012 - 10:51 am

When you combine robots with spiders, creepiness ensues.
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The most entertaining video on patents and copyrights that you'll see today

Posted Feb 16, 2012 - 04:23 pm

Cool video showing how intellectual property concepts mucked everything up for the rest of us.
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22 James Bond film openings, all at once

Posted Feb 15, 2012 - 02:01 pm

I'm a fan of mash-ups and Internet super-cuts, so I thought I'd share this one, which took the first minute of all 22 of the James Bond movies and put them on the screen at the same time.
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Computer security film from 1990 just as relevant today

Posted Feb 15, 2012 - 12:02 pm

Security issues in 1990 were just as big then, only the equipment has changed.
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Girl builds LEGO Millennium Falcon in about 4 hours (video)

Posted Feb 14, 2012 - 04:32 pm

Gotta give some props to YouTuber Valkylrie1337 for this video, in which the self-professed "nerd girl" constructs a Lego set of the Millennium Falcon in about four hours.
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