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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Rick Astley

Rick Astley stories: 4 news summaries



 'Singer Worm' Hits iPhones 

Wallpaper switched in first virus to hit popular phones

Nov 10, 09 1:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The first virus to hit iPhones is substituting users' wallpaper with a portrait of 80's pop star Rick Astley and the warning: "Ikee is never going to give you up." The virus isn't harming anything else, but observers say it's a warning that hackers have learned how to... More »

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Australia • iPhone • virus • hackers • rickrolling • Rick Astley • wallpaper

OPINION

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 Web Trends 101 

David Pogue searches for the meme canon

May 7, 09 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - When the New York Times’ tech guru admitted on Twitter to only recently having heard of “Rickrolling”—the Internet prank in which a link promises something desirable but delivers the video for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up—his followers blasted him for being “so... More »

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Internet • YouTube • culture • memes • Rickroll • Twitter • Rick Astley • David Pogue

Rick Astley, Watch Your Virtual Back

Now-classic YouTube prank spreads into politics as 'Barackroll'

Aug 11, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The infamous (and infamously annoying) stunt known as a "RickRoll"—a Web link allegedly of interest to the recipient that actually leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up"—has a sequel, E! reports: the "Barackroll." It intercuts... More »

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Barack Obama • YouTube • pop music • music videos • Rick Astley

 Web Trick Revives Rick Astley

Internet jokesters link to hit '80s video

Apr 11, 08 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - We’re never gonna give him up, even if we want to: ’80s pop sensation Rick Astley is an icon again thanks to “rickrolling,” the practice of tricking Internet users into watching a video of his hit “Never Gonna Give You Up.”  18 million... More »

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YouTube • pop music • music videos • rickrolling • Rick Astley

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