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Bank Robber Caught By Email A German bank robber was caught after sending emails to police. In the emails, the robber chided authorities for getting details like his age, height and escape method wrong. Police were able to track the emails to a gambling hall in Hamburg, Germany, where they arrested the 19-year-old thief. Google Continue Reading →

Man Goes to Jail After Sending Friend Request on Facebook A Florida man was sent to jail after sending a friend request on Facebook. Harry Bruder violated a restraining order filed by his estranged wife, Carole, after attempting to contact her twice on Facebook. Mr. Bruder didn’t think that social networking constituted as “contact,” which Continue Reading →

iPhone Users Have More Sex According to a new study from the dating site OKCupid, iPhone owners have more sex than BlackBerry and Android users. The results showed that women who use an iPhone have twice as many sexual partners as their Android counterparts. OKCupid surveyed nearly 10,000 smartphone users for their analysis. Winning Streak Continue Reading →

July 30, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: YouTube’s 15 Minutes of Fame –Starting today, YouTube will allow users to upload videos up to 15-minutes in length, up 50 percent from the previous 10-minute limit. Not only was extending the time the number one request from users, but YouTube also Continue Reading →

July 28, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Intel is working on a new chip that can transmit 50 Gbps. The new high-speed laser chip is so fast it can transfer as much as “100 hours of digital music in less than a second.” Intel expects the chips to be Continue Reading →

July 27, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Do you wish your iPhone worked with another carrier? Would you like it to have access to an entire world of apps that aren’t available from the Apple App store? If so, your in luck, because the Library of Congress has just Continue Reading →

July 22, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Twitter & Facebook are currently a buzz over a new iPad app called Flipboard. Flipboard is a free app that turns your digital life into a magazine by combing through links your friends post on Facebook and Twitter. Are individualized, social-network based Continue Reading →

July 21, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Verizon will launch its new LTE network on November 15th with two new 4G data cards. You’ll get super fast wireless access in 30 markets, including New York, LA and Chicago. LTE is an abbreviation for Long Term Evolution, in case someone Continue Reading →

Apple is having a bit of a public relations problem. As everyone on the planet now knows, if you hold your iPhone 4 and cover the antenna on the lower left side of the unit, you can reduce the radio reception by up to 20 dB and that’s enough to drop calls. I’m not a Continue Reading →

I hate being a criminal. It’s really no fun at all. I bet you hate it too. But the amount of casual piracy that is woven into the fabric of our digital lives is really starting to bother me. One of my good friends just sent me an email. He just returned from a weeklong Continue Reading →