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It’s been way too long, but CNET’s own Molly Wood is back for a special cross-coastal episode of The 404! We chat with Molly about what she’s been up to lately, including a new Molly Rants blog on CNET and her recent conversation with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. She also hints at future CNET Conversation guests, so stay up on CNET TV for the latest news.

Molly is a perfect fit for The 404–don’t believe us? Check out the latest episode of The Buzz Report for a ridiculous “study” from the U.K. Guardian that links syphilis outbreaks to Facebook! “Professor” Peter Kelly, the director of public health for the town of Teesside, links a sudden increase of syphilis in students to their propensity toward the popular social networking Web site , and that is the only evidence he offers. We’re still struggling to draw the connection ourselves, but suddenly MySpace doesn’t seem that bad after all.

The latest Burger King ad campaign is blowing our minds–apparently they’re sponsoring Digg.com’s 404 page with an ad for the $1 Burger King Double Cheeseburger that will appear when users type in a query with no results. The exact message, according to WalletPop reads, “No results for ‘Your Search Error’ were found. Looks like your search had a typo. Blame it on your tiny hands. The beefy $1 Burger King Double Cheeseburger gives tiny hands some trouble, too.” Sponsoring an error page sounds counterintuitive for Digg since we assume that most of its users are tech-savvy. Maybe they’d have more success sponsoring Twitter’s Fail Whale page.

Stick around for plenty more stories about the world’s hottest chili pepper, cellphone etiquitte, amateur snapshots from space, and, of course, we wouldn’t let Molly leave without giving us a little taste of her famous nerd voice. Have a great weekend everyone!

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CNET rounds up the latest news and announcements from day two of CTIA 2010.

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Back in your hole, guy.

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2010 started off positively: an amazing CES visit, an uplifting State of the Union Address, and an entertaining Grammy Awards show. Yes, ’twas a great January…too bad that filthy, overgrown rat Punxsutawney Phil had to show up and ruin it with a dreary six more weeks of winter, which wouldn’t be so bad except that Wilson won’t have his iPad for another nine weeks.

Unfortunately, it turns out our furry little friend might be an amazing meteorologist, but his texting skills can use some work. It took Phil over two hours to send out his inaugural text message to awaiting subscribers. Phil took even longer to tweet out his prediction. Come on, Phil, are there no tween girls in Gobbler’s Knob, Pa., that you can enlist to speed up your T9-ing? Maybe it’s time for an upgrade.

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The 404: Now broadcasting from your horse's assets

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Unfortunate news aside, we’ve also got plenty of exciting news to discuss, including this year’s Oscar nominations! Of course, Avatar’s nine nominations only make us that much more embarrassed about all of our trash-talking prior to watching the movie. But hey, we’re big enough to admit our mistakes, however, infrequent.

And since that’s more than I can say for some directors, we also have to take some time to run down this year’s Razzie nominees. Will Transformers 2 take down G.I. Joe for worst movie of the year or Big Momma’s House 2 circle back and reign supreme? Listen in to hear our predictions!

As usual, we’ve also got a few sticker pictures, but it’s not even close to the number we’ve sent out so far, so SEND US PICTURES if you got them in the mail! Send all your tattoo and sticker pictures to the404(at)cnet{dot}com- we want to see them all!

Finally, today marks the premiere of CNET TV’s newest show, preGAME! Hosts Jeff Bakalar and Mark Licea bring you all the latest gaming news plus in-house demos of the hottest games a week before they’re released. The show starts today and runs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET. Check out all the preGAME action on CNET TV!

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CNET News' Caroline McCarthy gets to test out a Taser T3 device, but much to her chagrin, she wasn't allowed to shoot it at a live human.

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DUBLIN, Calif.–Don’t tase me, bro. Really.

CNET News took a trip to the Alameda …