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Conan O'Brien wants to be the most technologically savvy of all talk-show hosts.

He doesn't miss any opportunity to connect with the connected audience -- whether it's to mock Google Glass or to review something he can barely bear, like a video game.

His latest object of connection with you, the cool people, is the iPad.

Last night, he insisted that he'd got hold of a more honest -- and allegedly recently released -- spot in Apple's latest ad campaign.

You know the one, with vaguely jazzy music, subliminal words, and Apple cultists chanting.

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One thing that Conan O'Brien does very well is express his utter bemusement with video games.

He reviews them with a sense of incomprehension that is to be both respected and admired. (Unlike my colleague Jeff Bakalar, who comprehends everything.)

So faced with the new "Tomb Raider" game, he found the existential questions came at him a little too quickly.

For example, why is she called Lara Croft and not Laura Croft? Somehow, "Laura" flows from the tongue more readily.

And does she clutch her stomach because she's trying to look thinner or because … Read more

When it comes to late-night talk shows, I am not sure if Conan O'Brien is bringing up the rear.

He seems, though, to be keen on suggesting that Google Glass might be scraping the bottom of the barrel.

It's not so much that Google has created these new glasses through which you can have a richer, more informative view of the world. It's that the company has created a sister device, intended to be worn as, well, a back-up.

And so we see Google Glass from the other side of life. It is the side most familiar … Read more

Not everyone is a gamer.

It doesn't make these people old, sad or clueless -- any more than being a gamer makes someone entirely free of the hope of a significant other.

Conan O'Brien seems to like gaming about as much as he appreciates the skills of Jay Leno. And yet it fell upon him to review Halo 4, one of the quintessential joys of the gaming community.

His experience was a little uncomfortable.… Read more

Conan O'Brien recently had a little fun on "Conan" trying to envision what one notable director's interpretation of the recently announced "Star Wars: Episode VII" might look like. The director in question? Wes Anderson. I think you can tell where this one is going...

Han still shoots first! The tongue-in-cheek sketch was posted to YouTube by Team Coco, who comments: "Mos Eisley has never looked so cozy and artisanal." … Read more

Have you had enough of giving the iPad Mini a hard time?

Conan O'Brien hasn't.

In yet another saber slash at Apple's new wunderkind, Conan declares he has discovered yet another new ad for the iPad Mini -- this time launching a whole new range of iPads to satisfy every possible size requirement.

Yes, like the iPad Mini Mega Micro.

Conan has already amused himself by offering that the iPad Mini is just a mega ripoff.

However, he and his writers were surely stimulated by the words of Apple CEO Tim Cook, who recently insisted that there was a large world of difference … Read more

If you buy an iPad Mini, you're just trying to fill the empty void in your sad life.

Please don't point your cudgel in my direction, oh Apple fanboy. For I am merely quoting the words of Conan's parody of the new iPad Mini ad.

Taking the footage whole, O'Brien offered lyrics to the ditty played on the two iPadded pianos.

And what lyrics they are.… Read more

Many people love their iPhones, but how many people can say their iPhones love them?

Chatting it up with Conan on Tuesday night, sci-fi fan favorite Nathan Fillion wasn't shy about expressing his feelings over his new iPhone 5. The professed gadget lover told Conan that his phone is so pretty. It's "tiny and light and smart," Fillion said. "And it loves me, it obviously loves me."

But the bond between Fillion and his phone wasn't always so lovable.

The actor confessed that he once had a "contentious relationship" with Siri. … Read more

Late night talk show suits simply can't get enough of tech these days. You'd think they were desperate for someone to laugh at their jokes online, because no one's watching on TV.

First Conan O'Brien helped Amazon launch its new $5 Kindle Fire. Then Jimmy Kimmel succeeded in fooling Angelenos into believing that the iPhone 4S was really the iPhone 5.

Now Conan is counterpunching with what his team says is exclusive video of their intern who was sent to pick up an exclusive iPhone 5 just for the show's use.

There is Colton wandering … Read more