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14 Jan 2010

That’s right, everyone’s favorite drugged-up darling (and one of the top memes of 2009) is finally getting his say on the Comedy Central show Tosh.0: sans narcotics.

At this point, we’ve all seen the hilarious video of wee David, hopped-up and spaced-out after a trip to the dentist. Now comedian Daniel Tosh is bringing the boy back into the limelight on his weekly Internet-oriented show, the second season of which begins tonight at 10:30 p.m./9:30 p.m. C.

Tosh runs a pretty fun racket with his “Web Redemptions,” segments during which the stars of Internet viral videos get a second chance at greatness. Last season, Tosh took on Afro Ninja, Miss South Carolina, Puke Kid, Scarlet Takes a Tumble, Chris Crocker, Balloon Guy, Worst Best Man, Reh Dogg, Drunk Dunk, Skateboard Fail Girl, Tron Guy, Backyard Wrestler, Crying Giants Fan, Nintendo 64 Kid, Trampled Cheerleader and Home Shopping Fail (you can check out a recap here).

David after the Dentist marks the first Web Redemption of the season, and it promises to be a doozy, if the below clip is any indication. My favorite part? When Tosh asks D’s dad: “Do you think you’ll film him getting high as a teenager?”

Check it out below and tune in tonight for more:

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Google Now Tracking The Flu, City By City. So Far, It’s Been A Mild Winter.

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13 Jan 2010

During flu season, one place to check for the level of outbreaks is Google Flu Trends, which extrapolates outbreak levels from the rise in flu-related searches. Today, it launched a more detailed view which maps flu levels across 121 cities in the U.S., including New York City, San Francisco, and Minneapolis. So you can now check to see how your city is doing comopared to past years, or see if it’s a good idea to travel to Chicago in January.

As it turns out, after an early spike in flu levels last October, the country is experiencing a relatively low level of outbreaks overall. What happens next is still anyone’s guess, though, because this year’s H1N1 flu strain is new. It could just turn out to be a mild winter, or e could see a more severe outbreak like there was in 1957, when a new strain also hit the country.

Another comparison is to the 2003-2004 flu season, when the disease spiked in December rather than October. Who knows why the trend spiked early this year? #Iblameglobalwarming.

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Consumer Technology Holiday Sales Hit $10.8 Billion

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10 Jan 2010

U.S. consumer technology retail sales fell less than one percent for the 2009 holiday season, according to a new report from The NPD Group.

The report found sales for the five-week holiday period reached $10.8 billion, a big improvement from the 6 percent decline during the 2008 holiday season.

The holiday season had its share of fluctuations. Overall revenue declined three out of the five weeks. While the second week of the season posted the largest revenue growth it only represented for 15 percent of overall holiday sales. The final week of the season also saw revenue growth and represented 22 percent of all sales, so the success of the final week was more relevant to the overall success of the season.

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"The dynamics of the holiday season changed this year; the holiday season started before Black Friday as retailers ran Black Friday-like sales throughout November," said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD.

"That move may have lessened the Black Friday hype for consumers, but the increase during the final week of the season is a sign that consumers either went back out or waited it out to get the best deal."

PCs and flash-based camcorders were popular this holiday leading the way in unit growth among large categories, but total sales numbers were dependent on the success of PCs and flat-panel TVs. Combined they accounted for 41 percent of the revenue over the five week holiday period, up from 39 percent in 2008 and 34 percent in 2007.

Despite the high revenue, flat-panel TVs registered a decline in dollars of 13 percent, in line with their performance during most of 2009. That decline pulled down the industry overall. MP3 players, for the third year in a row, were the largest unit volume category despite increased ASPs and declining unit volumes.

"Just cutting prices this year was not enough to guarantee successful sales results," said Baker. Flat-panel TVs had a disappointing holiday because there wasn’t enough price-cutting on the right items, while notebook PCs and camcorders offered new form factors and price points that drove enormous increases in units and revenue despite falling prices."