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Want To Steal 10,800 Hard Drives? Just Drive The Truck Away
A group of brazen and possibly lucky thieves made off with $US1.2 million worth of Western Digital hard drives. The master plan behind their daring heist? They just got in the delivery truck and drove it away. Someone’s getting fired!
Giz Tech Tip: Share the Karaoke Mic Or People Will Stab You
An unfortunate man in Malaysia learned the first rule of Karaoke by the painful way of being stabbed to death last week. (This is what he should have done to appease his attackers.)
One of Malaysia’s Anti-Piracy Sniffer Dogs Found Dead at Home
Gizmodo’s resident dogspert, Jones, will be wearing a black legband today to honour Manny—he’s the blond in the raver’s jacket, above—who was found dead at his kennel last week. The dog, who had arrived from Northern Ireland with his chum Paddy, both of them a.gift from the Motion Picture Association of America, was one of the newest members of Malaysia’s pirate DVD sniffer dog team, had not yet started work, as he had yet to acclimatise to the tropical heat in his new home. Lucky and Flo, the original members of the snooper-doggy-dog team, which rounded up over $6 million-worth of counterfeit DVDs during their tour of duty, had had a US$28,000 bounty on their furry heads, foul play is not thought to be responsible for Manny’s demise. Nevertheless, a post-mortem is taking place. [New Straits Times via Register Hardware]
Malaysian Authorities Award Medals to Pirate DVD Sniffer Dogs
Lucky and Flo, two black Labradors, have been given outstanding service awards for their part in a five-month campaign that has crippled DVD piracy. The two hounds are responsible for the seizure of over $6 million worth of illegal DVDs in Malaysia, as well as the arrest of 26 people, despite the fact that a $28,560 bounty had been put on the dogs’ heads.
Dead Guy Gets $218 Trillion Mobile Bill, Laughs from the Grave
A dead man got a $218 trillion bill —trillion as in $218,000,000,000,000 Washingtons— from his cellphone carrier and a letter telling him to settle within ten days or face legal action.























