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This Is How Google Voice Will Ruin Your Relationships [Google]

Long ago, someone wrote about how Google is out to control your dog and marry your wife. I don’t know how right he was about all that, but I certainly know that Google Voice is out to ruin relationships.

You see, reader Pascal wrote us about a recent experience he had with Google Voice’s transcription feature:

I recently set up Google Voice on my wife’s new Nexus One, and today I was leaving work late and left her a voice mail whilst there was some background noise in the rain admittedly.

My message was supposed to be something like ” Hey babe, I’ve just left work, its about 7:15. I’ll see you at home. Bye. “

Pictured above is what his wife saw as a result of a voice transcription mangling. It reads like a dirty confession about Pascal’s upbringing, drinking habits, and age.

Of course I’m exaggerating about something like this ruining a relationship, but it could certainly create some temporary confusion. Especially if you call your girl to tell her about the “trucking stunt” you saw earlier in the day. [Thanks, Pascal!]

Behold, the Unkillable Palm Pre [Cellphones]

Decapitation is the classic zombie assassination method. It kills them dead, usually. Zak snapped his Palm Pre in half, and it still lives. Lesson being, unless you completely sever the head from the body, it’ll keep on cutting. Thanks Zak!

Apple Aware of Snow Leopard User Account Bug [Broken]

Apple just passed along this statement, addressing the Snow Leopard user account bug that eats your user account.

We are aware of the issue, which occurs only in extremely rare cases, and we are working on a fix.

And yeah, it’s obvious that it is a pretty rare bug, since you’d have heard about this bug on day one if it wasn’t.

Are Apple Time Capsules Short Lived? [Apple]

Apple’s Time Capsule allows you to back up all the computers in your house. But what’s the point of a network backup server that stays alive for only 17 months and 17 days?

That’s the average life span of the 125—and counting—dead Apple Time Capsules at The Apple Time Capsule Memorial Register. And all the users who registered those dead pieces of plastic and metal are saying that’s not enough. I agree that the figure seems too low. But then again, like Matt Buchanan just said when he heard about it: “They’re all using shitty Hitachi hard drives that aren’t actually server grade, so color me less than surprised.”

I say they all have a point. [Time Capsule Memorial via TUAW]

MacBook Pro Shocking the Crap Out of This Poor Reader [Broken]

Giz reader Nicholas has a little problem with his MacBook Pro: It’s shocking the crap out of him. It “sparks right at the bottom center of the trackpad.” But Apple Geniuses tell him it’s actually just fine.

While it’s possible Nicholas is just building up static and shocking himself, he says it happens “everywhere,” and that when he used his friend’s MacBook for a week, he went electrotherapy free. It’s rare, but he’s not entirely alone in his account.

The most often suggested solution is to stick to using the three-prong adapter, plugged into a grounded outlet. That won’t help Nicholas so much, since he says it happens on battery power, too. Besides getting Apple to finally replace MacBook or wearing gloves, do guys have any possible solutions for Nicholas?

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