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Model Tries To Smuggle Cocaine Inside Fake Breasts And Butt Implants

1:59AM December 23, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Rome’s airport police have caught a busty model trying to smuggle 2.5 kilograms of cocaine inside her fake breast and buttocks’ implants. More »

Science

BBC’s Frozen Planet Crew Fakes Polar Bear Scene In A Zoo

7:07AM December 13, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Like all its documentaries, the BBC’s Frozen Planet is fascinating and exquisitely filmed. Their crew has captured amazing things, including the creeping ice tornado. Unfortunately, they cheated on their viewers when they faked a crucial polar bear scene in a zoo. More »

Gaming

Angry Birds CEO Not Angry With Counterfeiters

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11:00AM November 3, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Pigs are still notably unpopular, but Rovio’s CEO is notably not fussed by dodgy Chinese counterfeiters producing fake Angry Birds gear. More »

News

Fake-But-Not-Fake iPhones And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

5:30PM September 30, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »

News

Murderer Tricks Victim’s Family Into Thinking Their Son Was Alive

3:20AM September 2, 2011 | Casey Chan

Disturbing. Morbid. Calculated. Cold-blooded. Nothing can quite describe Edward Younghoon Shin, a man who murdered his business partner, Christopher Ryan Smith, and then sent emails to Smith’s family pretending to be Smith so they would think their son was still alive. More »

News

Now Iraq Has A Fake Apple Store

9:00AM September 1, 2011 | Sam Biddle

This bodes well for Iraq’s post-war recovery: the once-and-kind-of-still-ravaged nation is now doing well enough to boast counterfeit haute electronics stores in its malls. This one looks a little… off, though. More »

Science

WARNING: Those Morning After Pills May Be Fake

8:00AM August 27, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

So you had a good night but something went wrong and you think that you or your partner may get an unwanted pregnancy. Best solution? Morning after pill. Worst solution? Fake morning after pills. The US Federal Drug Administration is warning about them: More »

Geek Out

The Fake Steve Jobs Biography Sounds Pretty Special

10:20AM August 20, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Sure, you could wait for the official Steve Jobs biography to come out in November. Or — or! — you could pick up a copy of the best-selling (in Taiwan) Steve Jobs Gives 11 Advices To Teenager. Easy choice? Easiest choice. More »

Gadgets

Two Stores Selling Knock-Off Apple Gadgets Under Attack By Apple

10:15PM August 19, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

China’s not the only country that has a problem with counterfeit Apple products — even NYC is plagued with knock-off iStuff, according to Reuters. The Queens area of New York City has seen two stores, Apple Story and Fun Zone, close. More »

Geek Out

David Byrne’s Fake iPhone Apps Will Crack You Up

10:20PM August 17, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

The Talking Heads frontman and all-round arty guy David Byrne has created a few fakie iPhone apps (which sadly aren’t available for download) for a social media art exhibit, which sounds really grim but luckily his apps are anything but. More »