January 28, 2004

101 Dumbest Moments in Business

It's the new year, and time for Business 2.0's 101 Dumbest Moments in Business for 2003. There are some pretty good ones in there...

"After SunnComm Technologies rolls out new CD copy-protection software in September, a Princeton student figures out how to disable it. The devious hack: holding down the Shift key."

And here's one for Mikey: "Over the course of six months, the sheriff's department in Lubbock County, Texas, catches five suspects attempting to fool urinalysis using the Whizzinator, an artificial penis that dispenses fake pee. Says a straight-faced Dennis Catalano, the owner of the company that makes the device and also sells dried urine, "How people choose to use it is beyond our control."

Posted at January 28, 2004 07:06 AM

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