We tried to give NBC the benefit of the doubt when it comes to Olympic streaming, but then we tried it. And it’s ridiculous. Also, we wonder if the iPhone makes you fat, even as it fattens Steve Jobs’ wallet, discuss the technicalities of invisibility cloaks, and opt-out of Obama’s aggressively hip Internet outreach campaign.

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