News

Couple Busted Trying To Sell Drugs And A Military Drone To China

Meth and drones, meth and drones — there’s hardly a more imaginable combo that pairs better. The PB&J of espionage. At least according to a Taiwanese duo accused of an attempt to smuggle out military secrets and drugs to China.


Gadgets

This Skimmer Is Why You Should Be Nervous At ATMs

There have been plenty of attempts to make ATM skimmers look realisticincluding 3D printing — but this is perhaps the best yet. Reported by Krebs on Security, you would have to be an expert to spot it.


April 25, 2012
Software

Anti-Catcalling App Is A Silly Way To Waste $20,000 Of Government Money

Nobody likes sexism or the obnoxious jerks who jeer women walking down the street. But there’s a pretty good chance that New York’s new $US20,000 “research” investment in an app to report offending males might not be the best way to do something about it.


Online

If You Tweet And Delete Your Crimes In The US You Will Still Go To Jail

Everyone screws up and occasionally tweets something they shouldn’t. Thanks to services like Topsy, deleting your 140-character flub has never been a foolproof way of erasing your misdeed, but we always thought it was good enough to keep us from getting busted. Now a judge says even deleted tweets can be used against you in court. Stop tweeting illegal stuff people!


April 24, 2012
Geek Out

The Most Unbelievably Terrible Police Wanted Composites

If your only exposure to the art of compiling police composites comes from CSI or NCIS or ASDFJKL, you might think that modern law enforcement is all supercomputers and enhance machines. If only.


April 23, 2012
Geek Out

Here’s How Much Body Parts Cost On The Black Market

If you were ever curious as to how much body parts can fetch on the black market, Medical Transcription created a snazzy infographic to show you. Some parts are shockingly cheap! Like would you want a new shoulder or a new iPad? Both cost 500 bucks.


April 17, 2012
Science

Scientist Uses Physics To Escape $400 Fine

When encountering a tricky problem, it always pays to play to your strengths. Like a scientist from USCD who was issued with a traffic ticket for failing to completely stop at a stop sign. His response? A four-page paper describing how the ticket defied the laws of physics.


April 13, 2012
News

Anonymous Hacker Captured Via Aussie Photo

Last week, Higinio O. Ochoa III was charged by the FBI with hacking into US law enforcement agencies and releasing phone numbers and home addresses of police officers. You’re looking at the evidence the FBI used to nail him.


April 12, 2012
News

US Appeals Court Rules Computer Code Is Not ‘Property’ And Can’t Be Stolen

Sergey Aleynikov, an ex-Goldman-Sachs programmer, spent a year in prison for downloading source code of the firm’s high-speed trading software before his sentence was overturned in February. Today the court explained why — downloading computer code doesn’t constitute stealing under the US National Stolen Property Act.


April 11, 2012
Online

How Twitter Saved A Kidnapped Man From The Boot Of A Car

A South African man (whose name has not been released) got a lucky break on Sunday when his kidnappers stuffed him into the boot of his car with his mobile phone, which he used to send a text to his girlfriend, Lynn Peters. What Peters did next ended up saving his life.