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Thief Steals from the Wrong Booth at CES

And the award for stupid criminal goes to this jackass. Blame Greg L. for the linkage!

What the thief didn’t realize was his whole act was caught on camera at the booth he had stolen from. That booth belonged to Swann Security, a company that specia…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |

The Apple iPad: It’s Just Ahead of its Time&#63

Please tell me this lady did not just say the iPad is “ahead of its time.” Hopefully that was meant as a joke / sarcasm, especially after she listed off all the things the iPad doesn’t do:

The iPad is hampered by a well-documented string of missing…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |
 

‘Halo Killer’ Gets 23 to Life

The kid dubbed the “Halo killer” was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for killing his mom and trying to make it look like his dad did it. Although the claims made by the defense attorney were laughable (at best), the comments made by the judge w…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |

NVIDIA Says Patent Settlement With Rambus Unlikely

In an interview with BusinessWeek, NVIDIA’s top lawyer said that a settlement with Rambus is unlikely. I am not trying to be funny here but isn’t this what every company says…you know…right before they settle?

“Rambus and Nvidia talked fo…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |
 

New York Investigating Scumbag Scammers

When you think of scumbag scammers, usually these companies don’t come to mind. Well, they should now. Any time a company allows someone else to charge your credit card $20 a month without your knowledge, they are officially “scumbag scammers” until th…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |

iPad Trademark Dispute

Here is another story about Apple taking a name it likes, regardless who has a trademark on it at the time, simply because they wanted it. This could get really interesting if Fujitsu sticks to its guns and fights for the trademark it has owned for 8 y…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |
 

Report Shows Cyber Attacks Rampant

McAfee has released a new report that says cyber attacks are running rampant. Making maters worse, most of the companies surveyed said they do not believe they are prepared to deal with cyber attacks.

Attacks that lead to down time can cost more t…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |

RIAA Rejects Reduced Penalty

Somehow you just knew that the RIAA wasn’t going to let that reduced penalty stand, didn’t you? Oh well, hopefully this time around the jury settles on an amount smaller than $54,000. That would be pretty damn funny.

A trade group representing …

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |

ID Thief Strikes from Behind Bars

Already in jail for ID theft? That shouldn’t stop you from doing it again from behind bars.

An identity thief got an extra 102 days months behind bars Monday, this time in federal lockup, after he was caught taking out credit card lines in othe…

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |

Dell Tech Support Peeps On Woman

It looks as though Dell is offering new “special tech support” sessions…you know…the kind that involves them secretly turning your webcam on.

“First, the technician started asking me what time of day it was,” she said. When she looked at her sc…

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Computers |
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