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After spotting the new trailer for the new movie, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, I found myself thoroughly delighted and eager to see the movie itself. The comedic stylings of Simon Pegg and Jeff Bridges are plenty enough, but now, as it turns out, I have another reason. No, really, I’m sure it’s gonna be a great movie. Yezzir.

Namco is bringing one of my personal arcade favorites, Pole Position, to the iPhone and iPod touch in the form of Pole Position: Remix. This new iteration of the racing classic, featuring three different control modes and unlockable items like themed race tracks and new vehicles, is available now in the iTunes App Store.

Despite the fair amount of warning (in the form of scathing reviews and horrible box office performance), and going against all semblance of common sense and gut feeling, I rented and watched two fairly unimpressive yet highly puzzling movies this last weekend, 88 Minutes and Deception.

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1. You don’t spend as much time developing quality ideas.
2. You don’t consider what might happen if you don’t have all the details.
3. You don’t stay late to get that extra little bit of work done.
4. You don’t bother to understand everything about the business you work in.
5. You don’t really care about the work you produce, despite your best intentions.
6. You don’t find anything in your company to get behind and throw your energy into.
7. You do take home an exceptional amount of money to not do all of the above.

Of course, these criteria aren’t exactly all-encompassing and don’t always apply to every situation, but if you’ve managed to hit all of these, then yes–YOU’VE SOLD OUT. It’s cool. We can dig it. Don’t be ashamed about it (not that you would be), and whenever you think about the choices you’ve made or the reasons why, you can kick back and just think about all the bank you’re making! Fantastic!

A new venture called slotMusic aims to change the way consumers pick up their music by changing the medium from CDs to microSD cards. At first glance, it seems like an innovative alternative to the languishing compact disc format, offering consumers high-quality (320kbps), DRM-free music with the possibility of additional content like liner notes, album art and videos and the ability for users to modify the contents of the SD card itself, all on a platform that works with most computers and mobile devices.

With big music labels like Sony BMG, Universal and Warner behind it, retailers like Best Buy and Wal-mart are set to start selling slotMusic selections this holiday season, but in today’s world of digital delivery, whether slotMusic can become a viable option is yet to be seen.

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