GOOGLE: Onward to world domination, one domain at a time!

In an effort to help folks who mistype domain names from getting redirected to malicious sites, Tech Crunch reports Google acquired a slew of similar domain names over the past several years.

Some of them I can see — www.google4kids.com, www.glougle.com, even www.goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com, but a few stuck out as just odd:

www.thesecretofburritos.com (Just in case you type burrito for, you know, google …)
www.mariolovespasta.com (Borderline racism anyone?)
www.googlesucks.com (PHWAT?! NO … THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE!)

View the full list here: http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=280

WE OWN YOUR FACE MOTHER %^$*#@!

Fabulous: Flipping burgers never looked so good

McDonald’s restaurants throughout the UK made an odd announcement last week — world-renowned fashion designer Bruce Oldfield has been working over the past several months on redesigning their age old iconic uniforms — yay!

He released the designs last week and while they just don’t seem utilitarian enough for my tastes, at least customers can take some solace knowing employees will have to work harder to contaminate their food with bodily fluids from below the equator.

“Dude this dip%$^& customer wants it with mayo man!”
“I’ll give him some $%^&%&* mayo! Just let me undue my bolero jacket and move this sarong skirt outta the way … “

Yeah, something like that …

Bruce Oldfield, who boasts Catherine Zeta Jones, Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall and Jemima Khan among his client list, has created a range for the fast food giant’s 67,000 UK staff.
The collection includes a black and mocha polo shirt, black cargo-style trousers, a black and mocha baseball cap and black belt and apron.

Bizarre: Warcraft III players to carry olympic torch


The competition was fierce, but when XiaoFeng “Sky” Li and Jaeho “Moon” Jang totally r0x0r3d some n00bz via Ub3r l337 pWn4g3!1 GamesIndustry reports they were bestowed a strange IRL quest — carrying the Olympic torch!

“‘Being a torch bearer at the Olympics is a momentous event, and this is a historic moment which will remain etched in their memories. This is symbolic of how much e-sports has grown and is great for the advancement of e-sports not only in China, but around the world,’ he added.

Bravo China. Here’s hoping World of Warcraft becomes an official Olympic sport before 2012!

Confirmed: LOST adds extra hour to season finale

A three episode finale!!!!!

Here’s hoping for a healthy dose of “WAAAAALT!” with a side of general pwnage by everyone’s favorite paraplegic John Locke!

According to TV Guide’s story, ABC execs lined up the first hour to air in one month on May 15.

Following part one, LOSTITES will have to wait two weeks, until May 29, when the last two episodes will air together!

‘We are very excited and grateful to [ABC president] Steve McPherson for working out the scheduling difficulties to allow us to make the second part of our finale two hours,’ says exec producer Carlton Cuse. ‘Damon and I were working on the script and we just couldn’t get it all done in one hour without shortchanging the story. Now the finale will have all the sweep and emotional completeness we wanted it to have — along with, of course, answering who’s in the coffin.’



ROBOTS: Scientists study long term human relationships with A.I.


Here’s an interesting study on the long term effects of human interaction with a new generation of interactive, emotionally intelligent, companion robots.

Professor Peter McOwan, from Queen Mary’s Department of Computer Science, explained: ‘We’re interested in how people can develop a long-term relationship with artificial creatures, in everyday settings. You may not be able to find a robot that can help you do the dishes anytime soon, but we’re hoping to explore how such friendly future technology could be developed, and start to predict what the intelligent machines of tomorrow might look like, and how we should treat them.’

Alrighty-then: Are we being covertly colonized by ETs?


They’re pissed, aligned with all the major world powers, and ready to suspend your civil liberties at the drop of an FTL power coupling!!

When the legions of covert aliens emerge, where will you stand?!

WTF: …


Seriously what the hell is this?

Intense: ‘White gold’ rides the milky waves of rock


Everybody’s abuzz about the newest YouTube phenomenon — While Gold.

Situated somewhere between the faux-metal grindings of Spinal Tap and the over-the-top antics of the Darkness, this new purveyor of milk is sending shock waves across internet.

Check out his YouTube channel here and learn how this self-proclaimed “ragged man” turned himself into a rock legend all through the power of milk!

Recommended videos: “One Gallon Axe” and “D-String

White Gold’s Web site can be found here.

Humorous: Daily show "eviscerates" Fox News


I don’t know if you happened to catch The Daily Show last night, but John Oliver put together a pretty hilarious montage about the inadequacies of Fox News.

Check it out and watch as Oliver waves flags, tries to stealth into the Fox Studio as the Statue of Liberty, and rips on everyone from Hilliary Clinton to Rupert Murdoch.

In other BREAKING NEWS:
CNN was busy as little bees yesterday, dedicating more than an hour of uninterrupted coverage to the Olympic torch’s winding route around San Fransisco in an effort to avoid protesters. There’s even a dramatic moment where the torch disappears into a sketchy warehouse!!!

Watch the segments here, here, here and here, but be sure you’re not too caffeinated, the excitement level is bound to take you into overload!!

Interesting: 55 year-old woman dons ninja mask, pulls bank heist

Not to make ninjas an on-going theme of today’s news, but this story about a Florida woman (what is it about Floridians and ninjas, anyway?) was just too good to pass up.

“Police said Betty Hudson allegedly wore a ninja outfit and mask during at least two holdups in Ocala.
The mother of two was already in jail for a different robbery in Gainesville.Hudson faces new charges in connection with the DNA discovery.”