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News

Man Who Paid $US16 For House Gets Evicted

11:15AM February 9, 2012 | Casey Chan

Kenneth Robinson, an American hero who found a loophole in the system to buy a $US330,000 house for 16 bucks, has sadly been evicted from his “house” because Bank of America claimed ownership of the property. Dammit. Does that mean there really aren’t any shortcuts in life? More »


Gadgets

Cops Act Wasted To Catch Gadget Thieves

8:00AM November 16, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

Are you the type who likes to get blotto and ride public transport home late at night? Congratulations, you are a gadget thief’s favourite target! The New York Post reports that the NYPD is training a new squadron of drunk-impersonators to bust them. More »


Geek Out

There Are Nukes All Over The US

7:00AM November 11, 2011 | Sam Biddle

There are 5113 nuclear weapons in the US right now, Mother Jones reports. That’s enough to destroy the entire planet many, many, many, many times over. And then there are the country’s ageing nuclear plants. More »


Entertainment

NYC Subways Getting Their Very Own 47-Inch Touchscreens

11:40PM September 19, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Because why not? Many a New Yorker has been caught unawares by service changes, delays and other forms of public transport stuff-ups. With that in mind, NYC Transit and Cisco are installing 47-inch On the Go! Travel Stations for flustered commuters. More »


Computing

Even GameStop Is Making An Android Tablet

2:11AM September 13, 2011 | Casey Chan

Tablets. Tablets. Tablets. iPads, Android tablets, $99 Touchpads, everyone wants to make a tablet. Hell, even Gamestop — the American brick-and-mortar video game store — wants to build their own. I’m not kidding, they’re making an Android-powered tablet that’s good at games. More »


Mobile

Here’s How Fast AT&T’s Real 4G Network Will Be

10:33PM September 7, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Of all the fake, gimpy, tortoise-slow 4Gs of the world, AT&T has historically been far and away the fakest, gimpiest, tortoise-slowest. But the real-deal LTE hotness is coming soon. And as this real-life demo shows, it’s going to be blazing. More »


News

Amazon And 7-Eleven In The US Want People To Pick Up Packages Whenever They Want

9:20AM September 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Amazon and 7-Eleven in the US are now teaming up to address the problem of waiting and missing packages in the form of a parcel locker. In fact, it sounds pretty similar to a concept that Australia Post is trialling in Brisbane. More »


Geek Out

US Federal Agents Had To Check Urban Dictionary To Get An Arrest Warrant

5:40AM September 2, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

So a dumbarse walks into a gun shop and asks the shop owner if his illegal gun is illegal. Shop owner says yes and calls the ATF. And that’s how the ATF ended up trolling Urban Dictionary. More »


News

1 In 10 Dead Bosses Are Murdered

6:40AM August 31, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The US Bureau of Labour Statistics has its fascinatingly morbid fatality census report out! Are you a manager of some sort? Watch your back, because the study says if you die on the job, there’s a 10 per cent chance it’s murder. More »


News

US Federal Court Says You Can Record The Cops

10:48PM August 30, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Remember that nutcase cop who arrested a bystander for recording a public crime scene? Yeah, that was a violation of the First Amendment, according to the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston. This is great news. More »