June 2010
Indonesian Celebs probed over sex clips
(via)JAKARTA – THREE Indonesian celebrities who allegedly appeared in sex videos posted on the Internet will be questioned over possible breaches of a new anti-pornography law, police said yesterday.
Student Nods Off During Obama Speech
(via)Spectator at high school graduation ceremony in Kalamazoo, Mississippi, falls asleep during president’s remarks
May 2010
Apple sells 2 million iPads in less than 60 days
(via)(CNET) — Apple says that it has sold more than 2 million iPads since the device debuted April 3rd.
It’s safe to assume that the vast majority of those sales came from the U.S. market, as the iPad only just went on sale last weekend in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the U.K. Apple didn’t say how many iPads were sold internationally.
April 2010
Woz Accidentally Gets Apple Engineer Fired For Showing iPad
(via)Here’s a interesting story about secrecy and making mistakes at Apple. The story is told by Woz, Apple employee number one (check out his hilarious shirt).
Korea cuts off kids’ online gaming at midnight
(via)When I first heard about this, I wanted to believe it was about teeth.
Mine were still chattering from a piece of research performed by the University of Iowa that suggested that young gamers enjoyed more cavities.
March 2010
MSI tells 97,000 customers to ‘Read The F***ing Manual’
(via)Late last week, global hardware manufacturer MSI informed the over 97,000 people registered with its support forums that its reps were “fed up” with repeating information easily found in user manuals
September 2009
Indonesian woman gives birth to 8.7 kilo boy
(via)JAKARTA (AFP) – – An Indonesian woman has given birth to an 8.7-kilogramme (19.2-pound) baby boy, the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country, a doctor said Wednesday.
August 2009
Cocaine traces found in 90 percent of greenbacks
(via)WASHINGTON (AFP) – - US paper currency is roughed up and often soiled in circulation, but a study has found that some 90 percent of greenbacks contain traces of cocaine, giving new meaning to the term “dirty money.”
July 2009
DD-WRT firmware vuln gives you root
(via)A hacker has discovered a critical vulnerability in open-source firmware available for wireless routers made my Linksys and other manufacturers that allows attackers to remotely penetrate the device and take full control of it.
Using the iPhone to conduct Aerial Surveillance
(via)If there was ever an award for the “Most interesting use of an iPhone”, then this guy would be the winner hands down.
Can Bill Gates Control the Weather?
(via)Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, is a man with a permanent light bulb over his head. His latest idea? Controlling the weather. Sounds insane, but in a patent application recently released to the public, Gates and several co-inventors have concocted a scheme to kill hurricanes over the ocean before they wreak havoc on land.
June 2009
Superhacker Max Butler Pleads Guilty
(via)PITTSBURGH — A skilled San Francisco-based computer hacker who once sought to unite the cyber underworld under his benign rule pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges here Monday
Tourists flock to jail for Jackson tribute
(via)CEBU, Philippines (AFP) – – Tourists flocked to a Philippine jail Saturday to watch about 1,500 inmates perform a special Michael Jackson dance tribute in honour of the dead star, officials said.
