General Motors to recall 533,000 SUV drivers.

WASHINGTON, Friday (UNN) — General Motors Corporation said Friday it was recalling 533,000 urban SUV and pickup truck drivers because of potential idiocy problems. GM said it has received reports of 1100 accidents and sixty-seven injuries connected to the recall.

The automaker has come under tremendous criticism for its four-wheel-drive vehicles. "We're at the stage where we can just do without this shit," said GM clue installation engineer B.F. Skinner. "The trouble is SUVs have been adopted by what in technical terms we call 'fuckheads.' The seven percent of SUV drivers that actually leave the goddamn highway might have some use for the things. It's the other ninety-three percent that are problematic and in need of repair.

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Microsoft to fight piracy through comics.

THE BUNKER, Redmond, Monday (UnSlash) — Microsoft is expanding its fight against software piracy with a new educational effort that includes comics. The online campaign, set to start on Monday, is meant to tell people the benefits of using properly licensed software.

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I'll be a dog to get you.

• Most fucked-up news story of the week.

• UK readers, please get writing to your MP (courtesy hieroglyphe).

This on-call is more eventful than the last one, i.e. shit broke all over the place and I had to do fun things down to calling the rack monkeys to reboot a server (thankfully they got the right one). Tonight was only slightly less so, though not much has happened in the last few hours though I've been sitting downstairs glaring at everything balefully.

I appear to be writing less UnNews being at home. My current theory is that the rise in Open Content is subsidised by the employers of the world.

eyeliner297 is visiting and we welcome her luvverly presence. Arkady made a fabulous risotto for dinner. secretlondon is visiting Wednesday. Who's over Tuesday, Thursday or Friday?