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PC superstore unhinged by Linux
For all you car aficionados out there, how’s this for an operating system analogy from PC World? Installing Linux onto a laptop sold by the computer retail behemoth is like putting a Ford engine into a BMW, apparently.
Earlier this week a mysterious PC World customer, known only by the name of Tikka, posted a story […]
US outfit whips out mp3 vibrator
Our female readers looking for an earth-moving experience are directed forthwith not to the San Andreas fault, but rather to the profoundly silly My Little Secret Talking Head mp3 vibrator - a "breakthrough in adult toys" that allows you to "download and listen to erotic audio fantasies or record your own for the ultimate in […]
Diebold Voting Machines Audited by California
Diebold must be wondering what else can go wrong. Considering their arrogance in the past, their comeuppance is truly well deserved. The State of California’s source code review [PDF] of the Diebold voting system has been released. Additional reports will be made available as the Secretary of State determines that they do not inadvertently […]
Dateline NBC Mole Outed At DefCon
Dateline NBC allegedly attempted to infiltrate the DefCon hackerfest with a producer using a hidden camera. The show hoped to tape hackers admitting to illegal activities, but DefCon got wind of the plot and displayed the would-be-mole’s photo before every presentation. Dateline refused to deny the planned infiltration. ‘All journalists covering DefCon sign an […]
She was a 31 mage, he was a 17 warrior.
An Australian woman is facing child abduction charges in the US after trying to bring her 17-year-old World of Warcraft boyfriend back to Oz.
Tamara Broome, a 31-year-old university student, was arrested on June 26 after she flew from Adelaide to the boy’s home in Greenville, North Carolina to pick up her internet beau.
Broome allegedly had […]
Oddities of the day
Mayor to print photos to deter prostitution
An Italian town’s mayor hopes to shame men into not using prostitutes by photographing cars that pick them up and publishing the details in local newspapers. [More…]
Violent drug war inspires bloody art
Mexico’s gruesome drug war and its hundreds of executions a year are the inspiration for an art exhibit […]
Mandriva Says No to Microsoft Linux Deal
French Linux vendor Mandriva said no to dealing with Microsoft on open source patents. They’re the third Linux vendor in a week to do so, joining Red Hat and Ubuntu in the ‘against’ column. TechWorld reports that Mandriva’s CEO echoed statements from other open source leaders, saying essentially ‘we don’t need to pay protection money […]
WoW Database Site Sells For $1 Million
Wowhead (a WoW information database) has been sold to ZAM (Affinity Media) for the price of $1 million. ZAM is the owner of several other WoW databases, including Thottbot and Allakhazam. Until recently Affinity was also the owner of IGE, a highly controversial company that sold in-game wealth for real life money. Affinity recently sold […]
Underfunded NSA Suffers Brownouts
Almost ten years after the an internal report, and a year after a Baltimore sun story warned that the electrical system at the fort Meade NSA HQ couldn’t keep up with the growing electricity demand … the problem has got worse. The ‘NSA has had to resort to partial, rolling brownouts at its computer farms […]
Only 244 Genuine Windows Vista’s Sold in China
Whilst Microsoft was bragging about the sales number of their latest OS Windows Vista, few would actually know that they have only managed to sell 244 copies in the whole of China in the first 2 weeks. You heard that right, and that’s the number quoted from the headquarters of the Windows Vista chief (90% […]
