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• Who Designed This Ipod Crap? This Cartoon Says It All*
  Sunday 11 June 2006 – 11:21
  Cartoonist Jen Sorensen has captured the absurd essence of Ipod mania. Barry Gerber responds to Aaron McKenna's scathing attack on his Ipod column by waving the cartoon for all to see.
• Who Designed This Crap? Product Packaging, Where's My Chainsaw?*
  Wednesday 9 August 2006 – 05:13
  Mobile computers and accessories are cool. However the way they're packaged is a real horror show, almost literally. With impenetrable shipping boxes and envelopes, as well as plastic blister packs sealed tighter than most tombs, it seems like vendors don't really want you to get to their products.
• Who Designed This Crap? The Great Ipod Scam*
  Tuesday 4 April 2006 – 10:47
  Many can no longer live without Apple's Ipods and Itunes? Some need a daily Itunes fix. Others lust after the money to be made by getting on the "I" bandwagon. Not Barry Gerber. He's fed up with Ipods and Itunes and argues that the world might have been a better place if they never saw the light of day. Hey, what's with this capital "I" in "iPod" and "iTunes" stuff?
• Who Designed This Crap? Smart Phones Stink, PDA Phones Rule*
  Tuesday 16 May 2006 – 09:13
  Smart phones are all the rage these days. Barry Gerber looks at two popular smart phones and a PDA with a built-in phone. His conclusions will surprise you and the telecoms that are making a killing every which way but straight up on smart phones.
• Who Designed This Crap? Tech Support, Need I Say More?*
  Friday 14 July 2006 – 04:38
  Tech support has a well deserved negative reputation. Read about a bad and a good tech support experience and then send in your own experiences.
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• We're Goin' "Back" - This Time on DVD*
  Saturday 28 December 2002 – 06:00
  In addition to games, we are also going to give DVDs a spin as part of our new Games and Entertainment guide. This time we take a look at the new Back To The Future DVD box set and find out if, after six years, it was worth the wait.
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• Buying For The Boys This Christmas*
  Sunday 11 December 2005 – 12:00
  The amount of social uncertainty and awkwardness that accompanies the annual buying [Holiday -Ed] season rarely ceases to amaze me.
• Is There Any Genius Behind This Evil?*
  Saturday 2 October 2004 – 06:00
  A strategy title in the vein of the Dungeon Keeper series, Genius turns you into diabolical and dastardly megalomaniac bent on world domination. Do you have the cunning needed to construct your doomsday device, or will secret agents first shutdown your island lair?
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