Doubt Cast On Man Found To Be Conscious After 23-Year Coma

6:40PM Dan Nosowitz | Remember that story about the guy who was supposedly revealed to be fully conscious (but physically paralyzed) and not in a 23-year coma? There are some serious concerns about the validity of that discovery, with some calling it bogus. More »

Remainders – Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)

5:20PM Dan Nosowitz | Canada Has Its Very Own Version of the AT&T vs. Verizon Ad Lawsuit…CollegeHumor Tackles Modern Warfare 2 (With Bonus Giz Appearance)…LG BL4 Gets Christmas Edition…VUDU Adds Wikipedia, Possibly the World’s Most Boring Update… More »

Mr. Skin Uses Blu-ray To Reveal Previously Unknown Celebrity Nudity

5:20PM Dan Nosowitz | Celeb-nudity expert Mr. Skin has been using the HD power of Blu-ray to extract image and video of heretofore-unknown celebrity naughty bits. This is one of those revelations that really makes you appreciate living in 2009. More »

These Venetian Blinds Make Me Want To Stick With Curtains

4:40PM Rosa Golijan | I like my typography the same way I like my coffee and men. Hot and confusion-free. These venetian blinds are neither. They look neat, but I can’t figure out why you want to spell something out in blinds. More »

Apple Doing Black Friday This Week

4:04PM Nick Broughall | We tend to gloss over a lot of the US posts about Black Friday here on Giz AU. But Apple Australia have confirmed that they’re doing Black Friday in Australia again this year, and it’s this Friday, November 27. More »

Hacked Email Archive Fuels Climate Skeptics’ Conspiracy Theories

4:00PM Rosa Golijan | The Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia keeps some of the most accurate climate records which are key to many climate change debates. Its email archives were hacked, and now it’s the centre of another conspiracy claim. More »

This Is How A Pissed Off Designer Quits His Job

3:20PM Rosa Golijan | It might not be the smartest way of giving a zero-weeks notice at work, but you’ve gotta give this guy some credit for doing extra work and making a custom Mac OS X app just for the purpose of quitting. More »

Mobile Phone-Using Pedestrians At Higher Risk Of “Getting Run Over”

2:40PM Dan Nosowitz | First driving, now even walking: The combination of mobile phone use and motion seems to be the most dangerous threat facing Americans today. More »

Second Generation Pet Rock Is USB-Powered, Still Does Nothing

2:20PM Rosa Golijan | Maybe I’m just not a good pet owner, but I never understood the original Pet Rock. Mine just sat there holding down papers on my desk and refused to eat. Looks like this USB-powered one doesn’t do much either. More »