The Year In Tech, In Haiku

What a year for technology — and what better way to sum it up than with the ancient art of haiku.
Two-thousand-nine's been a banner year for tech. From tablets to Twitter, Bing to Jobs' liver, we've seen a lifetime of change over these past 12 months. Here's some perspective on 10 of the top tech stories of the year, as told through haiku. 1. The Bing Thing MS Live, now Bing. What does that site do, again? Let me Google it. 2. The Circuit City Shutdown A tech giant falls. It was big, red, and bloated. No...[Read more]

The Microsoft-Plurk Christmas Carol

Microsoft seemingly stole the code from microblogging site Plurk and used it to launch its own service in China. Here’s the story, as told through a familiar Christmas carol.

Twitter Thriller: The Michael Jackson Twitter Séance

What do you get when you try to summon Michael Jackson in a Twitter-based séance? Something only an updated version of “Thriller” could explain.

The Windows Mobile Song

A lament for the owners of WinMo smartphones, voluntary or otherwise, sung to the tune of The Who’s “Goin’ Mobile.” May Pete Townshend have mercy on our souls.

Across the Twitterverse

A song for and about social media gurus, sung to the tune of The Beatles’ “Across the Universe.”

Tweet It!

The theme song for the Twitter-obsessed, as sung to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.”

The Twitter Opera: Ashton Kutcher Edition

London’s Royal Opera House is trying to create the first opera written solely with real Twitter updates. We beat them to the punch — and using only one guy’s tweets, too.

Twitter’s in the Shitter

What happens when our favorite microblog goes down? We resort to writing country songs like this one. (Feel free to stomp your feet and sing along.)

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