After it was revealed that Nokia provided the Iranian government with surveillance assistance during the post-election crackdown, Iranians are rightfully upset. One created this ad for a “new Nokia product, produced with the cooperation of the Islamic Republic of Iran” that is “capable of identifying, torturing and killing Iranian youth.”

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1. Coup Ad Watch
2. Iranian backlash against Nokia
3. AYA MARG SHARAF BE IN ZENDEGI NADARAD

CULTURE BUZZ: Via his Twitter , John Hodgman (yes, that “PC guy”) takes a stand against “meh” — calling it “…almost universally seems to signal: I am just interested enough to make one last joyless, nitpicky swipe and then disappear.” An official “meh” backlash? Is “meh” the new FAIL? How many joyless Twitterers do we think responded: “@hodgman meh”?

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1. John Hodgman on “meh” - Waxy.org
2. ‘Meh’ —- the Apathetic Expression Enters Dictionary - Chicago Tribune
3. Urban Dictionary: meh
4. John Hodgman’s Twitter

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The rom-com about unlucky ladies and gentlemen in love (imagine that!) is looming on the horizon, and apparently the marginal characters - or “three gays and a Black guy” - prove to be almost as insulting as the fact that He's Just Not That Into You was made into a movie. To be fair, we should've seen coming in the trailer when Drew Barrymore's flock of geighz insist that “MySpace is the new booty call.” Ugh, nobody says that, gay or straight.

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1. He’s Just Not That Into You - The Trailer
2. via Jezebel

TECH BUZZ: We're glad to see we're not alone in thinking that the new ad campaign from Ask.com are 100% creeptastic. Sure, they get the job done when it comes to grabbing our attention, but that's only because they leave us with nervous tremors.

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1. Creepy Commercials Not Helping
2. The One Where the Obese Lady Hangs Onto a Tiny Child
3. The One Where the Indian Guy Hangs On the Pregnant Lady
4. Feel the Backlash On Twitter
5. Ask.com Vs. Google?
6. “Why is the Music So Sad? Why is She Obese? More Important: Why is She BRITISH?”

MOVIE BUZZ: He’s getting his big chance to become the new John Cusak with Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist opening this weekend, but the internets are rumbling that he’s always playing the same character, and it’s getting old. Whatever, haters. More awkward-adorableness for the rest of us.

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1. VIDEO: Michael Cera on Letterman
2. “Maybe it’s just all about the damn fleece zip hoody sweatshirts.”
3. In Early Defense of Michael Cera
4. Almost Famous, for Better or Worse
5. “I said to myself, ‘Okay, fine, whatever…this again.’”
6. “We can’t put up with this innocent guy shtick for too much longer.”
7. “No one is that bewildered all the time, sorry.”

CULTURE BUZZ: Spore fans are not happy with the game’s anti-piracy DRM, so they’ve taken their protest to Amazon. Right now, over 1,367 of 1,463 total ratings are just one star, giving the highly anticipated game’s launch an Amazonian black eye.

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1. Spore on Amazon
2. Backlash: Anti-DRM Protesters Trash Spore’s Amazon Rating
3. DRM Opponents Attack Spore’s Amazon.com Rating
4. Amazon Reviewers Do Not Take Kindly To Spore’s DRM
5. Reviewers sabotage Spore’s Amazon rating in protest to ‘draconian’ anti-piracy measures
6. Spore losing the DRM Fight
7. Amazon reviewers clobber Spore DRM
8. Amazon Users Savage ‘Spore”s DRM
9. Backlash on Reddit
10. Spore on BuzzFeed

TV BUZZ: The results are in, and it looks like 90210 was a hefty disappointment, as echoed throughout the blogosphere. Not surprising: the fact that Jessica Walters - who so brilliantly played an old, rich drunk lady on Arrested Development - is being showered with raves for her portrayal of …another old, rich drunk lady. (Hey, some people were just born for the part.)

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1. “Too Much Old 90210” (But Applause for Jessica Walters)
2. “I Only Winced About Once Per Minute.”
3. 90210 “Will Have to Prove Itself”
4. “I Wanted to Click My Heels and Go All the Way Back to the Safe and Ancient Walsh-infested Corners of Dear Old Minnesota.”
5. “Dully Inspid [and] Oddly Wholesome Despite Its Best Efforts, 90210 Smells Like ‘Degree Girl.’”
6. “Sort of Terrible in the Same Way As the Original!”
7. Team Gossip Girl!
8. “A Travesty to All That Was Holy and All That We Missed from the Original.”
9. “A Minor Character Better Die in a Tragic Accident Soon, Or I Doubt I’m Going to Be Able to Sustain a Prolonged Interest in a Show That Makes Gossip Girl Look Like a Work of Timeless Genius.”
10. “Our Heart is a Little Broken and All We Can Say is Holy Cliché.”
11. “This New Series, in All Honesty, is Not Particularly Good…yet. Granted, Neither Was the Original.”
12. There’s No Such Thing As Hamburgers in Beverly Hills, You Know
13. Brenda Walsh Has Got Some Haterz