As US military contractors work to miniaturize pain beam technology into hand held units, the current emplacement-worthy version has apparently found some business. Raytheon, a developer of the Active Denial System (ADS), recently announced deals with a US ally, and one unnamed law enforcement agency “possibly” based in the US. The ally will purchase four ADS units (model name: Silent Guardian), will the agency will settle for one.
The ADS emplacement definitely won’t fit in anyone’s pocket—a truck is required to move this baby around—but the granddaddy of pain beams also works like the promised hand held versions: by directing 94-GHz …read more

Seeing Microsoft’s COO Kevin Turner croon about Apple’s legal boys calling him up about the Laptop Hunters Ads, I was reminded of this smug and dismissive rant by cockyjeremy. He typifies the I’m-better-than-you attitude of the Steve Jobs fans club.

I’ve got a few things to say about that!

To paraphrase advertising great David Ogilvy: “ads should be visual scandals.” But does Boost Mobile’s visual scandal—pig cannabalism—do the job of selling the service providers no-hidden-fee plan? Watch, and be the judge:

Ok, let’s get this out of the way: part of Star Trek’s appeal are its gadgets, and (perhaps until recently) was required watching for geeks everywhere. So it won’t be surprising if you find the following German SciFi channel ads real witty:

Two more ads for those who continue reading.