$10,000 iPad Prototype Was ‘Most Likely’ Stolen Property, Says eBay Seller
Auctioning off Apple prototypes is tricky business. If you’re the seller, there’s always the chance that Apple will try to shut you down, and ask for the device back. The man who was selling an iPad prototype with two dock connectors suspected this when he posted his eBay auction. “I wasn’t expecting the auction to…
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Now you can buy an old prison in New York State
The State of New York is hoping to sell its old prisons. “One property, in the Hudson Valley, includes a 16-car garage, a piggery and hundreds of yards of lake frontage,” the New York Times explains. “Another offers 69 acres of waterfront land on the west shore of Staten Island, complete with a two-story gymnasium,…
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