When Lindsay Lohan watched a Super Bowl commercial featuring cute babies hawking services for the online brokerage ETrade, she apparently saw a little too much of herself. The former child star filed a $100 million lawsuit alleging defamation because she believed that one of the babies was clearly referring to her when alluding to "that milkaholic, Lindsay" in the ad.
Ridiculously enough, the parties actually reached a settlement in this case, meaning that Lohan probably walked away with some of ETrade's cash.
Google Maps is a great resource...when it's accurate. Here are some of the most memorable mistakes.
We're all waiting to see if pending buyouts by AT&T (T-Mobile) and Microsoft (Skype) will succeed or fail, but many a tech deal over the past decade has been an epic fail. Let's take a look back at the worst murders and executions, er, I mean mergers and acquisitions in tech.
Quantitative milestones have been a marketing staple since long before McDonald's began counting burgers. Here's a look at some notable milestones ranging from the run-of-the-mill million to an astonishing 15 billion.
From IT geeks winning millions to Google mush-brain syndrome, 2011 is shaping up to be one wacky year.
The fifth annual collection of the year's "geekiest anniversaries" kicks off with The Mentor's "Hacker's Manifesto" and includes such memorable characters as Captain Midnight, Ferris Bueller, and more.
The origins of iconic tech products. High-tech hotels. The top 10 cities for tech workers. The silliest BlackBerry accessories. Get it all right here and much, much more.
