Bulgarian cybercrime blogger Dancho Danchev mysteriously vanished a few weeks ago, worrying his colleagues and the internet. He’s back! But what happened to him? According to one report, he was confined to a psychiatric hospital.
Oh bummer. That mystery missile near LA that neither the Pentagon nor the Navy would take credit for? John Herrman, fellow Gizmodo writer, lays out a pretty convincing case for it actually being a regular old vapour trail from a regular old jet. This is why we can’t have nice conspiracies. [Smartplanet]
It was a fun guessing game while it lasted, but those mysterious AT&T displays turned out to be housing the BlackBerry Torch after all. Phew! We can all finally stop losing sleep over a marketing obelisk. [Thanks Bryan!]
Microsoft Hardware has been playing some games on Twitter this week, releasing a pair of images that add up to something flat, black and thin. Pretty sure it’s not a Microsoft eraser, so what are our next-best guesses?
Without rhyme nor reason Apple has mysteriously pulled all references to competitor’s smartphone antennas from its website.
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I’ve learned nothing during the three minutes that I spent watching this video except that someone’s order just plain refused to be a good little box and leave Amazon’s warehouse. I’d just really love to know what’s inside.
