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Police Take Down Dangerous Perp Armed With a Philips MP3 Player

Mechanic Darren Nixon recently got a rude awakening when he was arrested at gunpoint because a bystander and a team of British police both mistook his 4GB Phillps MP3 player for a pistol. Amazingly enough, the ordeal was not cleared up with a simple "It's an MP3 player stupid"—in fact, Nixon was taken back to HQ, swabbed for DNA, fingerprinted, and thrown into a cell based on suspicion. Naturally, the whole ordeal has left Nixon shaken and disillusioned with his local police force. Hey, at least he didn't get shot. Update: Additional pic after the break. More »

6:10 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Sean Fallon
18,098 views, 74 comments

Latest by ggodo: @takeshi: He's saying that when threatened with death people will react to defend themselves, often violently. if that violence results in the death of the agressor than maybe the aggressor shouldn't have picked that fight. I think that's his point more »

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The Fuzz Have a New Way to Bust Your Drunken Ass

You can chew all of the gum you want, but it won't save you from the latest weapon in the police arsenal against individuals driving under the influence. A new device dubbed the "Hawkeye," can record your eye movements/pupil size and accurately determine whether or not you are impared—regardless of the substance used. More »

5:20 PM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By Sean Fallon
7,843 views, 57 comments

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Linksys Seizes Misprinted Hotline Number, Puts An End To Sexy Party

Remember that misprinted Linksys tech-support number that led callers to a phone-sex hotline? Well, Cisco-Linksys has flexed its muscles, scooping up the number and reprogramming it with good old-fashioned helpful info. No more sexy time for you, unless of course you listen to our previously recorded version of the message. Linksys customers who want to bypass all shenanigans can call the usual US tech-support line: 800-326-7114. [Linksys]

3:29 PM on Mon Dec 3 2007
By Wilson Rothman
3,373 views, 8 comments

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Sony Getting Sued for PS3's Cell Processor

Despite the Cell processor being a joint venture of Sony, Toshiba and IBM, Sony is taking the fall in a lawsuit by Parallel Processing Corporation. PPC filed a patent back in 1991 for "synchronised parallel processing with shared memory," which they claim Sony has broken with the use of the Cell processor in PS3s. But the PPC is not only asking for money, but the "impounding and destruction" of all infringing units (we're guessing just Sony's stock). More »

9:15 AM on Tue Jul 31 2007
By Mark Wilson
9,006 views, 26 comments

Latest by Jitty: So how did this thing end up? more »

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Satellite Radio Receivers Already Capable of XM & Siruis?

In highly technical communications to the FCC, a man named Michael Hartleib makes a strong argument for the possibility of current satellite radios becoming interoperable—or gaining the ability to switch between Sirius and XM as easily as traditional radios do AM and FM. A firmware download could be all that's needed to upgrade the players...that is, if XM and Sirius followed FCC regulations and produced interoperable receivers in the first place. From the way Hartleib tells the story, XM and Sirius are more interested in selling you newer, "dual-mode" tech... More »

11:52 AM on Sun Jul 8 2007
By Mark Wilson
5,773 views, 6 comments

Latest by Marty: you spelled sirius wrong in the title of this post. GFY's more »

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Video Proof of Geek Squad Stealing Porn

The Geek Squad, Best Buy's tie-wearing, Beetle-driving, and now porn-stealing tech group, was caught transferring pornographic images from a customer's machine. The sting was orchestrated by The Consumerist, who give a play-by-play of how they set it up. Check it out, it's work safe. Be sure to give it a Digg while you're at it, each one here goes straight to the Consumerist. For shame, Geek Squad! (You're not supposed to get caught!) [The Consumerist]

2:20 PM on Thu Jul 5 2007
By kevinhall2
38,596 views, 28 comments

Latest by Jumpking04: Wow Geek Squad = Horny Geeks more »

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Stealth Cam Prowler Catches Man or Beast in the Act

We're seeing more infrared cameras lately, but this one has a different marketing angle for these perverted porncams: it's pitched to photo hunters. You position the Stealth Cam Prowler digital video infrared scouting camera where those animals you'd like see usually hang around, and then you can capture video or 2-megapixel stills of them in the dark or 5-megapixel color shots in daylight, triggered by its motion sensor. More »

1:00 PM on Mon May 7 2007
By Charlie White
4,076 views, 7 comments

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Apple Still Not Green Enough, According to Greenpeace Wackjobs

steve-jobs-hippie.jpgGreenpeace reponds to El Jobso's letter declaring Apple a greener company. All that sweet talk just ain't enough for the tree humpers. (Not even the promise of LED backlit LCDs? Okay, fine.) According to their scale, the new measures will bring Apple to a 5.0 on their 10 point scale (that's up from the 2.7 they were ranked at before.) What they're asking for is:

Apple, which is not just green skin-deep, but green to the core.

Poetic, isn't it? We're no experts on what's green and what puts the toxic nipple clamp on Mother Earth's sweet teat. But the entire statement is after the jump if you wish to investigate the words straight from the hippie's mouth: More »

9:22 PM on Thu May 3 2007
By Brian Lam
2,170 views, 38 comments

Latest by raggy: This isn't greenpeace attacking apple, this is greenpeace applauding a good start, and encouraging more movement in the right direction. If you start something, take it right through to the end. This is just too typical for you, America, to more »