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The 5 Most Evil Things Tech Companies Helped Happen

9:30AM September 2, 2011 | Sam Biddle

If oppressive regimes want to stay oppressive, they need to fear — and wield — technology like a sword covered in napalm. And in most cases, they can’t do that without using outside help. Here are the five worst corporate collaborators in technology. More »

Mobile

Bahrain’s Crown Prince Says BlackBerry Bans Are "Ignorant"

6:39AM August 6, 2010 | Brian Lam

Bahrainian Crown Prince Sheikh Salman Al-Khalifa chimes in on the BlackBerry bans set to happen tomorrow in Saudi Arabia and the UAE over worries of encryption. Via his Foreign Minister’s Twitter account, he’s quoted as calling the bans “Ignorant, short sighted and unenforceable.”

World’s Largest Bridge To Stretch 40km Long

4:15AM September 27, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Construction on what would become the world’s longest marine causeway, connecting Qatar and Bahrain, is due to begin next year, and what a project it is: We’re talking about a bridge more than 40km long, costing around $US3 billion. More »

Gadgets

Three Giant Wind Turbines Turned On at Once at Bahrain World Trade Center

6:30AM April 11, 2008 | Adam Frucci

What you’re looking at isn’t a render or merely a concept of some fanciful building that’ll never actually become a reality. No, what you’re looking at is an actually photograph of the new Bahrain World Trade Centre, a pair of pointy skyscrapers with three propellers with 95 foot diameters between them. And this week, they activated all three turbines at the same time. Now that they’re all running, they’ll be providing 10-15% of the energy for both towers, which will save loads of money over the years.

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