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Did these companies neglect to do a quick Google search before setting their names in legal stone, or did they hope to capitalize on the intimidation factor of adopting sinister corporate identities?

Today we look at Comtron from the pilot episode of Knight Rider: an Electronics Company headquartered in Silicon Valley

At first glance this seems like quite a philanthropic outfit. After all, they work closely with a the local prison to help place recent parolees on the Comtron security staff. Unfortunately, the company’s executive staff was infiltrated by embezzlers bent on stealing valuable technology. A run-in with a talking 1982 Trans-Am blew the lid off of the entire operation.

Also: an IT company headquartered in Great Neck, New York

[www.comtronusa.com]

It’s hard to believe there could be anything nefarious going on at a company with such a jazzy splash page. You get a pass for now, Comtron. We’d just better not catch you smuggling chip schematics out of the building on 5.25″ floppies, or your semi truck trailers will be jumped through!

Comtron - Deprogrammer