Online

Animal-Friendly PETA Porn Coming Soon

To save the animals we must lie down naked with the animals. At least, uh, that’s the gist of this PETA porn site news I’ve been chewing on today as I try and understand what it all means.


April 18, 2011
Cameras

Sketchy "Street Photographers" Descend On Boston’s Downtown Crossing

It’s totally legal and entirely creepy. A gaggle of gentlemen, armed with cameras and an absence of shame, have taken residence in Boston’s Downtown Crossing snapping what they claim are artful “street photography” pictures of everyday people.


February 14, 2011
Mobile

Nokia CEO: I’m No Microsoft "Trojan Horse"

While speaking at the Mobile World Conference today Nokia CEO Stephen Elop was forced to defend himself against a rather pointed cat-caller who had asked him, via some post press conference yelling, “Are you a Trojan Horse?”


January 31, 2011
Science

Ten Years In, Lab-Grown Meat Still Stuck In Its Infancy

Dr. Vladimir Mironov estimates it will take $US1 billion to make lab-grown meat products a reality and use them to solve world hunger forever. He barely has $US1 million. Won’t you help him save the world?


January 10, 2011
Gaming

Today’s One-Armed Bandit Wins… Even When You Win

In a 60 Minutes segment this evening, we learned today’s slot machines are so well designed that addicts often think they’re winning even when they’re losing. Other users report disliking jackpots (i.e. “winning”) because they slow down the action!


December 27, 2010
Gadgets

Malaysia Defeats Indonesia Thanks To Laser-Shooting Soccer Fans

As soon as the team took to the pitch, they were bombarded with lasers to the point where they literally walked off in the 54th minute. No, this wasn’t Tron, dear readers, it was a soccer match. With laser pens!


November 15, 2010
Mobile

New Studies, Mobile Phone Manufacturer Legalese Revive Brain Cancer Debate

Well, crap. Looks like mobile phones cause brain cancer again.


May 17, 2010

Listless Wikimedia "In Chaos" Following Co-founder Jimmy Wales Resignation

Wikimedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has abruptly stepped down following a controversial porn purge that saw Wales himself single-handedly deleting questionable content from his company’s servers.


March 5, 2010
Gaming

Group Claiming Games Are Worse Than Smoking Gets Funding From Atkinson

Gizmodo AU

Earlier this week, psychologist Dr Wayne Warburton – representing an organisation known as the Australian Council on Children and the Media – claimed on Channel 10 news that the link between playing video games violence is much stronger than the link between smoking and lung cancer. It turns out that particular organisation receives funding from a certain Attorney General who goes by the name of Michael Atkinson.