Symantec execs must have been on the gin and juice when they let their marketing posse put together 'adverband' RockdotRock. The band was assembled "for the express purpose of spreading awareness of a brand through the majesty of Rock 'n' Roll," says Symantec.

The PC World crew are down with the Symantec massive, but we just don't know if hair metal was the right way to go for a track like "Non-Traditional Two Factor Authentication".

Symantec might do better teaming up with MC Frontalot, godfather of nerdcore, the hiphop sub-genre that takes droppin' science literally.

With Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" a hit, and documentaries 'Nerdcore Rising' and 'Nerdcore for Life' set for release, geeksta rap is the only way to shout about secure encryption algorithms. Step up, Symantec, and come correct.

(Download the Rhyme Torrents CD.)

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Even the wierdest Windows evangelists have to admit that Apple's Mac vs PC advertisements are pretty good (here are three new ones).

But we're all balanced journalists around here, so we were pleased to see this Mac user point out a few of his frustrations.

(Via SeoPedia.)

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Now, this is an audiophile...

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If you haven't already seen it, Google's infamous whiteboard is now at Undergoogle.

"Levitation". "Build singularity". "User happiness". "Hire Richard Branson". Now that's a masterplan.

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Steve Jobs demos the amazing iPhone on Saturday Night Live... (via TechEBlog)

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Someone at this Christchurch office is going to be very surprised when they return to work on Monday...

Inspired by an email doing the rounds (pics after the jump), we applaud this impressive team-building exercise, and challenge our readers to match or better it.

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Head of New Line cinema Robert Shaye has laid into our precious Peter Jackson, saying that the studio won't ever work with Jackson on The Hobbit, or on any other film, ever -- at least, not while Shaye is in charge. Although from the sounds of the interview, angry-man Shaye might keel over from a stress-induced heart attack any minute.

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You think you're l337? Check out this guy's extreme water-cooling set-up...

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I have my doubts about whether Inspector Gadget still shows on TV (although, brilliantly, it is on You Tube), but even if your cries of "go, go gadget... stuff" fall on deaf ears, TechEBlog's collection of seven cool gadgets you can make at home are a great distraction for any kids who are driving you crazy these school holidays. (They're quite fun for bored grown-ups, too.)

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UK newspaper The Guardian has put together a handy list of all the big geek news from the past year: "Batteries, Wii, spam: you must remember 2006". Great if you were in a coma for most of 2006, or just want a recap of the year's IT events.

If you're back at work, staring wistfully out the window (Why is it sunny now? Why? Whyyyy?!?!) while you wait for your fuzzy holiday brain to rejoin you at your desk, we've found 15 great places for you to spend some quality time. You can't be expected to actually do anything when all your colleagues are still on holidays, can you?

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