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Corporate Hijinks

Ex-Broadcom Chief Accused of Spiking Tech Execs' Drinks, Having More Blow Than Scarface

Henry Nicholas, co-founder of integrated circuits manufacturer Broadcom, has just been charged with spiking the drinks of other technology execs and maintaining a warehouse full of coke, meth and ecstasy. This is the latest incident for Nicholas, who in July 2007, was accused of constructing a sex cave so he could roll hard on ecstasy and properly love his prostitutes. In addition, Nicholas, along with co-founder Henry Samueli and CFO William Ruehle were charged last month on multiple counts of conspiracy, options backdating, falsifying reported income and securities fraud (BORING!). Call me a dreamer, but I'm still waiting for allegations involving a midget to work their way into this equation. Check out Valleywag for the full indictment document.[NYT]

8:15 PM on Thu Jun 5 2008
By Adrian Covert
3,460 views, 36 comments

Latest by skulldriveshaft: @carmen: not really more »

gizmondo

Gizmondo to Rise From The Dead In Winter 2008, Founder Says

Not only is Gizmondo coming back, Carl Freer says you can expect to see a new version of the handheld console by the end of the year—this time without the whole defrauding investors and crashing Ferraris schtick, supposedly. More »

11:00 AM on Sat May 10 2008
By Elaine Chow
6,998 views, 25 comments

fraud

Ohio Voting Machines Messed With During Recent Primaries

Great news for democracy! It looks like some voter fraud went down in Ohio, with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation seizing voting machines for forensic analysis and a criminal investigation underway. More »

12:01 PM on Tue Mar 18 2008
By Adam Frucci
11,028 views, 63 comments

fraud-b-gone

ATM Card Comes With Its Own Keypad

For people whose paranoia leads them to believe that there are boogeymen actually living inside ATMs, this invention from Innovative Card Technologies and eMue Technologies lets them input their PIN—and presumably encrypt it—before they approach the machine. Cool as it is, I have a problem: I only remember my PINs from muscle memory, so this would need a standard telephone numberpad to work for me. How many problems can you spot with this admittedly slim piece of high technology? [Gizmag via OhGizmo]

11:50 AM on Thu Oct 25 2007
By Wilson Rothman
1,911 views, 14 comments

Latest by Jeff the Riffer: I'd have to read more of the specs and implementation on this, but it looks like a solid, good idea. It's not the first one like this I've seen, there's the iCache as well (though that works differently). I'm always amused more »

gadgets

How To Steal an Election With a Diebold Machine

Some Princeton researchers made a demonstration video of how it's possible to steal an election with a Diebold voting machine in under a minute. Anyone with physical access to the machine can put in malicious software to steal votes—such as election workers who have unsupervised access to the machines before elections. All they have to do is open up the machine with a key (or pick the lock), remove the old memory card, stick in your own memory card, boot the machine, and it automatically installs any software that was on the memory card. More »

4:50 PM on Thu Sep 14 2006
By Jason Chen
1,961 views, 38 comments

Latest by bobby55: People from Princeton are stupid morons. You can't hack these things. Go ahead and try, and when you get caught call your parents for bail money so you can go back home and live in their basement. more »

portable media

Gizmondo Executive Goes to Jail, Does Not Pass Go, Does Not Collect $200

Gizmondo exec, Stefan Erikkson, has certainly made a lot of news lately and it has nothing to do with his crappy, kidney shaped portable media device. In the latest turn of events, Eriksson has been officially arrested and held without bail on suspicion of grand theft. Get the full scoop, after the jump. More »

2:50 PM on Mon Apr 10 2006
By Travis Hudson
1,055 views, 12 comments

gadgets

Gizmondo Exec Loses SLR McLaren

Lord, this boy just doesn't know when to quit. After folding his Enzo into origami, Stefan Eriksson, former Gizmondo exec, has lost his Mercedes SLR McLaren. The car, which wasn't registered in the U.S., was impounded by Beverly Hills police because Eriksson's wife was driving without a license. More »

2:34 PM on Tue Mar 28 2006
By johnb
852 views, 10 comments

software

Skype Founders Sued for Racketeering


This isn't exactly how is sounds. Essentially, the Skype guys created Kazaa back in the day and promised to sell it to Morpheus-maker, Streamcast. Instead, they sold the product to Sharman Networks. Now that Skype is popular and eBay owns, it, Streamcast wants their right of first refusal back and is trying to grab a little cash out of a deal gone sour. More »

12:09 PM on Mon Mar 27 2006
By johnb
122 views, 1 comment