Friday Fun: The Best Stories Of 2006 That Shouldn’t Have Happened!

It’s coming up to that time of the year, when everyone starts writing reviews of the last 12 months. Pretty soon everyone will be compiling the usual lists of the ‘The Best Gadgets Of 2006′, ‘The Best Websites of 2006′, ‘The Best Firefox Extensions’, ‘The Top Stories of 2006′ etc etc

I thought it’d be nice to put together a more light-hearted review of the year, and without further ado, I give you The Best Stories of 2006 That Shouldn’t Have Happened!

Interviewee Mistaken By BBC For iTunes Expert

This was my favourite story of the year. Poor old Guy Goma turned up at the Beeb for a job interview as a cleaner, but was mistaken at the entrance for ‘Guy Kewney’ an iTunes expert. Poor old Guy was whisked into a studio to give a live interview. Despite the fact the fact that he clearly hadn’t prepared, after his initial shock (his face is a classic!) he actually managed to give a half decent interview!

Here’s the full interview on video

AVG Anti-Virus No Longer Free

Confusing popups from GRISoft, the makers of AVG anti-virus created a panic amongst many users who thought that the free version of the software was going to be scrapped.

What was really happening, was that the firm was trying to encourage users to upgrade from version 7.1 to version 7.5, which was also free.

The most touching concerned post was from one Neowin user, concerned about his poor Gran’s safety:

Well my grandma who I set up with AVG Free says she is getting a message saying her version of AVG Free will no longer be supported after January and links her to the AVG site where she can buy a different version. Is AVG going to stop supporting the Free version?

Gizmodo Fools Online Community With ‘iPhone’ Launch Announcement
I personally thought this was very cruel of Gizmodo, who left a cute little teaser on their site entitled ‘Gizmodo Knows: iPhone Will Be Announced On Monday‘. Everyone fell for the story hook, line and sinker.

Needless to say, Monday rolled around and an iPhone was indeed launched, just not from Apple.
Xbox 360 Mod Chip Released

I’m a big fan of XBMC on the Xbox, so when I read that a mod chip was finally available for the Xbox 360 I so wanted it to be true. Unfortunately, it was the first of many (very cruel!) 360 chip hoaxes, and the Xbox 360 is still holding off all-comers.

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