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Nokia’s N900 Promotional Hackerbox Is Marketing Gone Mad [Phones]

One lucky guy in the UK found himself on the receiving end of a very cool Nokia promotion, where he had to hack open a PC-controlled box, revealing a shiny new N900 inside.

Utku, a Product Manager at web design agency Mint Digital, managed to get a Nokia N900, copy of Modern Warfare 2 on the PS3, and a few other presents out of the box by following the commands at hackerbox.co.uk, which was printed on a card on the box, dropped off at his office this morning.

They plugged it into a MacBook via USB, but couldn’t get any joy. After connecting it to a Windows machine, they followed the commands, and judging by the photos, the sentence “connecting people” worked like magic, and the box opened with a cloud of smoke.

Corny, yes. Promotional propaganda, true. But it sure does makes me smile. [Nokia Hackerbox via Utku via SlashGear]

Re-enactment of the box hacking, below:



Taylor Swift on SNL: Kanye West Fails to Interrupt [VIDEO]

For those hoping for a re-enactment of the Kanye/Taylor Swift viral video that became an Internet meme, SNL didn’t deliver the goods last night. There was, however, a nod to one of the biggest Internet fads of the year, as guest host Taylor Swift included a mention of the event in her “Monologue Song” (video below).

For those wishing to relive the meme one more time, check out our Top 10 Kanye West Interruption Parodies.

For international viewers, versions of the clip are still available on YouTube.

Reviews: YouTube

Tags: kanye west, taylor swift

Conan Interviews Co-Inventor of USB, Does Convincing Nerd-Speak [Interviews]

Intel’s “Our Rock Stars Aren’t Like Your Rock Stars” ads were pretty clever, and in one of his riffs on The Tonight Show’s advertising requirements, Conan and USB co-inventor Ajay Bhatt created a re-enactment.

This clip is great for the nerds in our audience: I love when Conan just starts listing number/letter combinations to seem like he knows what he’s talking about. [Engadget]