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Renee Oricchio

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What happens in Athens, stays in Athens?

We recognize that the use of a dead goat was in poor taste...
- Excerpt from a Sony press release in the aftermath of its controversial launch party of God of War II video game that took place in Athens, Greece.

One word: yuck!

Yes, I know there are very serious helpful applications that can come from.... Oh help me, I can't even type this with a straight face. Robotic noses! Yes, yes, robotic noses. In case you didn't know. There are scientists around the world very hard at work right this minute developing robo-schnozs.

It gets better. There've recently been some dramatic new developments in the quest for the perfect iHonker. It works better with a little synthetic, er um, mucus. Nice to know when we all get replaced by cyborgs someday, Kleenex will still have a customer base.

Have a great weekend! We'll get back to business on Monday.


Renee Oricchio is a technology writer and former supervising news producer for CNN Financial News. She has been covering the computer industry since 1987. @oricchio