• Beavis: Hey this man's computers catch fire and he's having a "Fireside Chat" in the Technology Pavilion. Butthead: Huh, huh, huh. [Consumerist]

Dell announced yesterday that not only did its profit drop by 51%, but it's under SEC investigation. Chairman Michael Dell promised to improve, but the New York Times wasted no time in chastising him:

Dell won't merge its hot acquisition, Alienware, with its own high-end hardware division, XPS, chairman Michael Dell told reporters yesterday. No, he'd rather let the two fight it out, instead of letting Alienware teach the rest of his company how to rock. When a reporter asked about Alienware helping XPS, Dell (pictured here impersonating Fonzie) "struggled to come up with a workable answer."