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Comments on: Looking to browse the Web and get a Nickleback?

Microsoft and Live Nation are teaming on custom versions of Internet Explorer that tie in with two of the promoter's concert tours.

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by johnwbaxter--2008 June 30, 2009 12:02 PM PDT
What's a "Nickleback". This geezer doesn't know.
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by bellewitch June 30, 2009 12:21 PM PDT
good grief! what crap!
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by purcell429 June 30, 2009 1:06 PM PDT
Wait... Nickleback is still around?? Really??
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by preemiemom June 30, 2009 1:51 PM PDT
Gee, spell check anyone? Nickleback? It's Nickelback...like the coin and mineral nickel. It's spelled right on the album cover image, but only once in the article.
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by Seaspray0 June 30, 2009 3:45 PM PDT
Ina Fried! You hooked me with that headline. Sneaky! As punishment, 40 lashes with a wet noodle.
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by skycorgan June 30, 2009 5:19 PM PDT
A few additions to consider for this story...

(1) "Nickelback". There is even art work which indicates the correct spelling.
(2) Broken links leading to the site for download.

and most importantly....

(3) A most horrible sounding 128kbps MP3 file which basically sounds like a muffler was put over Chad Kroeger's head, and then hit with a hammer. If you're going to give away an MP3 as part of a promotion, at least give out a 256kbps encoded file.
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