Google TV Beta - Hoax or Real?
Posted on January 28, 2007 by
Adie 
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If you haven’t seen the latest bit of nerdy drama unfold, you should take a look at this post on TechCrunch. Apparantly someone’s “discovered” a nifty little trick which enables users to have access to Google TV Beta. I’ve tried following the method that’s supposed to get the Google TV Beta link to show, but gave up after about three minutes. I don’t have any follow through.
In any case, here’s a video of the trick being done (and you can read the TechCrunch article for the other videos).
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If Google TV is a hoax, THEN WHY DOES GOOGLE OWNS http://www.GOOGLETV.COM
Domain Name: GOOGLETV.COM
Registrar: EMARKMONITOR INC. DBA MARKMONITOR
Name Server: NS1.GOOGLE.COM
Name Server: NS2.GOOGLE.COM
Name Server: NS3.GOOGLE.COM
Name Server: NS4.GOOGLE.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 28-jan-2007
Creation Date: 01-mar-2000
Expiration Date: 01-mar-2008
Google has a ton of potential expansion area domains.
I don’t have the patience. That’s alot of in, out, in, out… Isn’t there a link? ;)
hahah, its a hoax. Can’t believe its on TechCrunch, the guys behind this must be wetting themselves!
Notice the mobile phone wrapped up in an ethernet cable? That is supposedly ‘increasing his wifi signal’, hahaha!
I suppose its a bit like Ali G and Borat as they will soon become known for their tricks, but its fun watching people get tricked the first time round.
@Sunny: Google owns most premium domains with Google in them.
Allen.H
I think I will just wait this one out for a while and see what happens.
The video duped so many people, it is really well done. I love the theme music.
That is pretty interesting. It is quite an elaborate hoax. That guy Mark Ericson is hilarious.
Actually, its not a hoax, the multiplier for the random number generator increases with each new person to find the secret, so, more people means more chances of having a higher randomly generated number, I think they did this to cut down on a surge of people if this trick was discovered and became widespread.
The random number generator is non linear, good luck to those who experiance expedential growth first hand!
It works It only took 3007 times
dude ok let me in on a little insight on how to do this whole google tv beta. im not doubting anyone but wow this thing must be great to have you log in and out 3007 without giveing up.
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If this site is real. Then someone post a link. Take Screen shots. Don’t be stupid and just say “its real” Prove its real.
Give up your Email and password to prove its legitimacy.
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this Mark Erickson guy is hilarious
I just watched a video from him telling folks to cut a hole in their carpet if there is a bad stain and flip it over to use the
clean carpet on the other side
this guy has probably gotten many folks to sign in and out of google a few hundred times….he got me to do it for about 40 times