Thursday, December 2, 2010 - Page 2
Mobile

Man Killed Girlfriend Because She Answered Her Phone During Sex

46-year-old Garron Lewis is currently facing a first-degree intentional homicide charge for murdering 44-year-old Sharron Dorsey. He confessed to strangling the woman with his belt because she answered her mobile phone while the two were having sex.


Online

A Foursquare Mayor Lays Down The Law

If the Foursquare mayor of your favourite place gave a speech before all of his constituents, what would he say? Would he be kind and wise? Or would he be a cocky idiot like the one in this fictional example?


Geek Out

Pizza Hut Offering Frequent Gorger Rewards For Online Orders

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Pizza Hut didn’t come off so well in the pizza app wars against Domino’s. Its new weapon? Credits via Facebook when you buy online that will eventually score you a free pizza.


Apple Patents Better Glasses-Free 3D Projection System

Based on a recently granted patent, Apple’s not too impressed by the current approaches to 3D content and has a better technology in mind: a system which allows multiple people to view 3D images from any angle and without glasses.


Gadgets

The 2010 Gizmodo Gift Guide: Food Gadgets

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Christmas is the perfect time to eat too much food and drink too much booze. Here are the best gadget gifts to help you along the way.


Online

10% Of Your Twitter, Facebook Friends In 5 Years Won’t Be Human

How many of your “friends” on Facebook and Twitter are real? According to a new report by research firm Gartner, one in every 10 of your online friends will be nonhuman by 2015.


Geek Out

Woman Strips Down To Underwear, Gets TSA Pat Down Anyway

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This blonde bombshell wearing just black lace, a pearl necklace and a white dog is Tammy Banovac, a retired surgeon on a wheelchair. She got almost naked while going through airport security and still got a pat down. Twice.


Gaming

Heroes Lore Is Another Dose Of Vintage RPG For Your iPhone

If old-school graphics and traditional RPG gaming are your flavours of choice, EA’s Heroes Lore III might make its way onto your iOS device soon. The game – a port of a Korean title – claims 30 hours of SNES-style enjoyment.


Cassette Lamp Is A Shining Ode To Analogue

Cassettes are sort of strangely attractive on their own, in a bulky, obsolete sort of way – so adding a brilliant bulb behind a box of them could only be pretty. The Tape Lamp does just that – and surprisingly non-tackily too.


Cars

Watch A Chevy Volt Get Assembled In 2 Minutes

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The Chevy Volt! The Car of the Future! Take two minutes out of your day to watch as robots and humans work in harmony to put one together.