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Hell Pizza has launched an awesome (their words) viral ad campaign featuring undead, bloodsucking zombies. And it's interactive. Make the wrong decision and you're toast (or maybe on toast with a nice Chianti).

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You may have been considering a few experiments of your own to test browser speed. Just not quite like these.

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It can be hard work getting honest and relevant comment from people involved in the ongoing Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. But when the person answering the questions is a minister who demands any questions be emailed rather than answered in a verbal interview, things get downright ridiculous.

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Sometimes it's worth double checking your opinion polls before they go live on your website, especially if you operate one of the best read sites in New Zealand. Stuff.co.nz managed to create this beauty in a news story about Apple's new iPad.

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I can't help thinking this travel agency is overselling their tour visit to Auckland. Last time I checked we did not have the world's only loop-the-loop harbour bridge.

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Cool, TNT now sends a consignment notice email to tell you a delivery is on its way and you can track it. Or not.

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It's the ability to customise every last option that makes Dell so great. Ok we realise it's just the way the Dell shopping cart works, but that doesn't make a screen like this any less silly.

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The Bowlingual, a gadget that analyses a dog's bark to detect its emotion, is being relaunched.

First put on sale in 2002, a new version from toy-maker Takara Tomy is due to be launched in Japan in August and was on show Thursday at the Tokyo Toy Fair.

The Bowlingual was developed in collaboration with an audio researcher and analyses the acoustics of a dog's bark. It is said to be able to recognise and convey six basic emotions.

It consists of two parts: A microphone worn around the dog's neck and a handheld unit that receives data from the microphone, determines the emotion and then displays a corresponding phrase on the screen for the owner.

The new version has a smaller handheld unit and packs a built in speech synthesizer so it will audibly tell you what you dog is supposedly trying to communicate, in addition to displaying it on the screen.

When it went on sale in 2002 the company sold more than 300,000 in Japan, a country where many owners will often spare no expense in making sure their pets are happy.

The Bowlingual will cost just under 20,000 yen ($314), and will initially be available in Japan only. There's no word on when it might be available outside Japan.

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Here's Microsoft going for some ironic viral LOL cred. Suite trick Microsoft.

Scroll down please.

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