Gadgets

Card Skimmers Yield Over $US2M to Thieves in NY

We’ve been hearing more about card skimmers on ATMs throughout America. Reports now say that it has gotten to the point that $US2M has already been stolen via card-skimming in New York alone.


May 1, 2009
Computing

Laptop Burglar Caught After Owner Mocks Him Remotely

Newsweek’s Joshua Alston got his laptop stolen when he was in the shower. Sounds like the beginning of a porn movie, but it’s one about detectives. Cyberdetectives that mock their suspects before sending the police.


March 13, 2009

This is What a Ransacked Diamond Vault Looks Like After The Heist of the Century

My good friend Josh Davis has written another whopper of a story for Wired. This one is about the world’s biggest diamond heist and how the thieves circumvented 10 layers of tech security.


January 25, 2009
Geek Out

Nigerian Goat Detained On Suspicion of Armed Robbery

A group of Nigerian vigilantes recently pursued two armed car thieves until “One of them escaped while the other turned into a goat.” The goat is being held in Nigerian prison.


January 13, 2009

Guy Gets Back Stolen Car and Phone by Texting Thieves He’s Got Hot Girls and Drugs

Alan Heuss was carjacked. The thieves made off with his BMW, cash and mobile phone. But they did not steal his brain. So he came up with a plan involving hot girls and drugs.