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TweetThe story goes like this: a professor in Sweden, who wishes to remain anonymous, places his bag containing laptop, keys, credit cards, calendar and various important documents under the stairwell in his apartment complex while he goes to the laundry room.  When he comes back, the bag is gone, naturally.  The most upsetting for him [...]

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TweetApparently, Snoop Dogg hates him some Cyber Crime.  Understandable, who doesn’t really (except dirty cyber criminals) but given this knowledge I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have speculated that he’d team up with Symantec’s Norton antivirus products and declare “Hack is Wack”. (I’m serious) That’s right my nizzle, Hack is Wack and you, yeah you, can [...]

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TweetJapan, you make me smile =).  I’m not sure why I have an affinity for unusual Japanese products that I would never buy, but I do, and so I present to you the Kaoiro.  It’s literal translation is ‘face expression’ meaning that it’s a kaomoji (emoticon) stamp.  This bad boy is capable of stamping out [...]

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TweetSo I’m reading a BBC News article and firstly, there’s no author that I can see so the part of my rage the would be directed at said author goes unfulfilled, crafty British.  Anywho, the article is about “Raz”, a “massive Xbox gamer” who uses his console every day after work and all day on [...]

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TweetOh Japan, how I love you and your crazy sh*t.  See that thing on the left there with the suit precariously balanced on it?  Yeah, that’s Honda’s answer to the Segway.  A self propelled, self balancing, 3.7mph traveling unicycle that moves in the direction you lean.  Tightrope not included. The U3-X weighs in at just [...]

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TweetStraight out of the land of “Someone Got Paid to Do This” comes the mathematical apocalypse known as When Zombies Attack! A team of mathematicians from the University of Ottawa have taken the time (and money) to calculate how fast the spread of undead will occur should the popular doomsday scenario outbreak begin (finally!).  It’s [...]

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TweetTake a good look at that guy, he is the face of Evil.  Well he’s at least the computer generated face of E, an artificial intelligence specifically programed to be … evil. Yes, this does immediately make everyone say, “why?” which leads to the obvious answer, “for science!”  Selmer Bringsjord of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [...]

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TweetOh this is just good.  Apple has now censored the English dictionary.  The new app “Ninjawords” has finally been released to the app store after a three month waiting and updating period because it contains words that are in every single other dictionary out there. Apple censored an English dictionary. A dictionary. A reference book. [...]

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TweetStar Trek, and science fiction in general, is very accustomed to strange license tie-in’s and merchandising but the latest in Genki Wear’s spring collection,  known for its licensed science fiction jewelry and perfumes,  is just awesomely hilarious. Genki Wear Star Trek Perfume  – A trio of scents from the final frontier There are three fragrances [...]

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