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Gang Kidnaps Gamer to Get Password Using Fake Orkut Date

An armed gang of four kidnapped one of the world’s top RPG gamers after one criminal’s girlfriend lured him into a fake date using Orkut, Google’s social network. After sequestering him in Sao Paulo, they held a gun against the victim’s head for five hours to get his password, which they wanted to sell for…

Japanese Man Spends $170K in Hi-Tech Dolls To Shake His Wiimote

One Japanese man has spent $170,000 to build an army of nearly a hundred ultra-realistic sex dolls made by Orient Industry. Apparently he’s part of the fever taking over middle-aged Japanese men, who buy these $850 to $5,500 silicon zombies with 35 movable joints out of desperation. But fear not, this story has a happy…

Sprint to 200 Iraq War Veterans: Go to Hell

After dumping “needy customers” because they take too many support resources, Sprint is also dumping 200 US soldiers after returning from a Tour of Duty in Iraq. The reason according to the veteran who denounced the situation: “excessive roaming.” And not even Iraq-related. The story is so absurd that it’s hard to believe. https://gizmodo.com/sprint-dumps-needy-customers-275374 After…

Lockheed’s MULE Armored RC Robotic Vehicle Defends Soldiers, Kills Baddies

Click to viewHere’s a video of Lockheed Martin’s MULE advanced robotic vehicle in action, complete with Joes and baddies shooting at each other while the MULE fires its machine gun, gives away free rockets to an enemy tank and pinpoints targets for ballistic missiles. It gives you a good idea of what this amazing machine…

How to Call on iPhone Without AT&T Contract

Yesterday, webroke the story on how to use a pre-paid AT&T SIM card with your iPhone — no contract, corporate account or virtual operator SIM card necessary. Now here’s the graphic tutorial. [Hack The iPhone – Thanks TechLuver] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-partially-unlocked-calls-without-at-t-contract-279606

24% Blu-ray Owners Owed Sony a Favor, New Study Reveals

From America’s Finest News Source. Onion people, the Giz loves you. [The Onion]

White Helio Prototype is Really Fujitsu’s

We just got an email from Mark Friesen, Fujitsu’s Chief Designer in Japan, saying that yesterday’s dubious Helio prototype is really their now-year-old design: “I’m holding both prototypes right now” he told us, “they were created to explore possibilities for smartphones.” Indeed, we featured the other prototype last year. I still want one. Actually, both.…

Pictures of Full-Scale 59-Foot Gundam Robot Kicks Optimus Prime’s Ass

Here’s a gallery of a 59-feet-tall 1:1 Gundam robot, lying down in its base at Mount Fuji. I know the world is entranced by Transformers right now, but please excuse my enthusiasm when I say… “it’s full-scale Gundam! A REAL GUNDAM! Look at those pics! LOOK AT THAT DETAIL! OMFG!” OK, much better now. We…

Maybe yesterday’s Apple Store maintenance did bring changes: the Apple iPhone Bluetooth headset is now available for order and comes with dual docking station and travel cable. [Everything iPhone] https://gizmodo.com/applestore-is-down-for-some-summer-lovin-not-really-279146

New Sexy Helio Prototype (or Maybe Not)

Oh. What’s this? A drool-worthy smartphone that doesn’t come from Cupertino? The next Helio perhaps? Just some fan dream? I don’t know. I just want one. Drop us a line if you know anything about this lovely zowielala cell. [HelioCity]

iPhone Partially Unlocked, Calls Without AT&T Contract

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Original Transformers Boxed Collection Sold for $1,000,000

Count them. 275 Tranformers from the ’80s. 101 Autobots, 81 Decepticons, 92 licensed products, some never removed from box, some mint-in-box, all ready for the mother of all battles. Sold for $1,000,000 at eBay in a story full of drama, love and cartoon passion that started out of pity for Starscream. https://gizmodo.com/video-review-transformers-optimus-prime-vs-r2d2-vs-i-256618 Like all good…

A researcher is claiming that he has created a Mac OS X worm which was able to infect 1,500 systems in his controlled network. The worm, unfortunately named Rape.osx, uses a vulnerability that will not be undisclosed until they finish their work and get their thirty pieces of silver. [Sunnet Beskerming via Slashdot]

Black-box DVR and Miniature Button-cam Is Spy/Perv’s Best Friend

At 2.6 x 2.2 x 0.4 inches and 45 grams, the manufacturer says the Black-Box is the smallest DVR under $3,000. Actually, it’s also smaller than $1,300 units, although those come with 20GB HDs and not just a slot for Mini SD 4GB cards. However, what makes it cool is the 640 x 480 camera…

China to Use Rockets to Disperse Rain Clouds

The boffins at the China’s Meteorological Administration are conducting drills to disperse rainmaking clouds using rockets. The reason: They want to have a rain-free 2008 Olympics opening ceremony. How they going to achieve this feat, nobody knows yet. According to Wang Yubin, one of their chief weathermen, the technology is still in the “experimental stage.”…

First Aerial iPhone Photo From R/C Plane

Three guys with a mission: use an iPhone mounted in a R/C plane to snap a photo from the air. The problem: You can’t make photos without touching the iPhone screen with a human finger. And a live one, at that. And no, the camera application can’t be controlled remotely using Wi-Fi. So how did…

AppleStore Is Down for Some Summer Lovin’ (Not Really)

Yes, it just went down for an update again but don’t count on anything huge. Not even slightly updated iMacs or Macbooks with new Intel processors, because the store is only being updated in the US. Could this been a US-only iPhone-related product? Your guess after the jump. UPDATE: Canada is also down, so I…

M&M-like Headphones Invite People to Lick Your Ears

Elecom is releasing their chocolate candy-themed $20 in-ear earphones, following on their rosebud-shaped earphones. For some reason, I find these 20Hz~20kHz, 10mW colorful pieces quite attractive, but if you are expecting swedish goddesses to come on the street and lick your ears to see if you are really stupid enough to put M&Ms in them,…

Linux MPX Multi-touch Table May Become Alternative Microsoft Surface

Click to viewIt may not be as fancy-schmancy as Microsoft Surface or Jeff Han’s demos but this video of a Linux-based MPX multi-touch table shows that things are moving full speed ahead in the land of the free penguins. We talked with developer Peter Hutterer, who gave us his insight on the project, the iPhone…

Intel Launches Cheaper Intel Quad-core While AMD Still Looks Dumbfounded

In addition to their mobile Extreme CPU, Intel has also announced its 3.0GHz Core 2 Extreme processor, the 65-nm QX6850 with four cores and dual 4MB Level 2 cache. The QX6850, touted as the fastest consumer processor now available, is the flagship of their new 1,333MHz Front Side Bus CPU family, which includes the Core…