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  • iPhone 4 gets its first unboxing [Gallery] (Update: More pics!) (Update #2: And video!)

    iPhone 4 gets its first unboxing [Gallery] (Update: More pics!) (Update #2: And video!)

    Posted on June 22, 2010 | No Comments
    As handfuls of iPhone 4s begin to slip through the cracks and into the grabby hands of hungry phone fans everywhere, the first batches of unboxing pictures are starting to go live as we type this. (You mean these people aren't waiting to open up their phones with the rest of us chumps on Thursday mornings? Jerks! You guys probably peeked at your Christmas presents as a kid, too. [Just kidding, of course -- tear those things apart.]) We're keeping an eye out for galleries as they go up; if you're amongst the many hundreds of thousands waiting on the edge of the seat, join as after the jump for these last minute teases.

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  • U.S. Army arrests Wikileaks whistleblower

    U.S. Army arrests Wikileaks whistleblower

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Wikileaks vs. the U.S. Military continues. You'll recall that the U.S. Army labeled the Web site a "potential force protection, counterintelligence, operational security (OPSEC), and information security (INFOSEC) threat to the US Army." Now the Army has arrested the person who hundreds of thousands of documents, including that pretty gruesome video from a few weeks back, to the site. The person, a 22-year-old intelligence analyst, hasn't been formally charged but is being held somewhere in Kuwait.

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  • Japan’s giant Gundam statue returns, this time armed with a saber

    Japan’s giant Gundam statue returns, this time armed with a saber

    Posted on March 22, 2010 | No Comments
    The giant Gundam statue that protected Tokyo last summer was so cool that we covered it multiple times. In September 2009, Bandai (the company responsible for the marketing coup) decided to retire Gundam once and for all. But five months later, in December 2009, the city of Shizuoka (some 125 miles west of Tokyo) announced it plans to re-erect the statue in July this year. And now it has come to light that it will really happen [JP] (on the 24th of July, Gundam’s 30th birthday, to be more exact). Shizuoka is the city where most of the Gundam plastic models come from.

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  • Schneier: CCTV is useless

    Schneier: CCTV is useless

    Posted on February 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember that big, 15-member hit squad that assassinated Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh? They were on camera for most of the time they were on the job, walking in and out of hotels, getting picked up on cameras at the airport. No one still knows who they are and they couldn't have stopped them. It was dead tape until something happened.

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  • Ultra Easy DIY Trick: Need to boost your iPhones volume? Grab a cup.

    Ultra Easy DIY Trick: Need to boost your iPhones volume? Grab a cup.

    Posted on January 14, 2010 | No Comments
    There are hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of D.I.Y articles on the internet, some more useful than others. I read maybe a dozen or so a day, solely for the sake of expanding my knowledge bank of obscure solutions. Every once in a while, one sprouts up that is just so damned simple, so face-palmingly obvious, that it makes me feel downright stupid for not thinking of it. This is one of those.

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  • Need to boost your iPhones volume? Grab a cup.

    Need to boost your iPhones volume? Grab a cup.

    Posted on January 14, 2010 | No Comments
    There are hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of D.I.Y articles on the internet, some more useful than others. I read maybe a dozen or so a day, solely for the sake of expanding my knowledge bank of obscure solutions. Every once in a while, one sprouts up that is just so damned simple, so face-palmingly [...]

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  • The More You Know: An Overview of the Major Carriers’ Early Termination Fees

    The More You Know: An Overview of the Major Carriers’ Early Termination Fees

    Posted on November 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Turkey Day is just around the corner, which means that the annual American tradition season of losing one’s mind in exchange for slightly discounted goods will officially begin a week from today. Yes, I speak of the infamous day that is Black Friday. The very same day in which hundreds of thousands of Americans transform [...]

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  • Interview: A conversation with Larry Halff about the relaunch of Ma.gnolia

    Interview: A conversation with Larry Halff about the relaunch of Ma.gnolia

    Posted on September 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Many of you may remember Ma.gnolia—the nifty social bookmarking tool that unfortunately imploded at the beginning of this year. Founded by Larry Halff almost 4 years ago, the site had a different aesthetic and attitude toward sharing information. It was one of the more community-minded tools I remember from that era, offering features like the [...]

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  • Tenenbaum ordered to pay $675,000 to record labels

    Tenenbaum ordered to pay $675,000 to record labels

    Posted on August 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Another day, another RIAA trial victory. Joel Tenenbaum was ordered to cough up $675,000 to the record labels. It works out to $22,500 per song he downloaded off Kazaa years ago.

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  • Battery Issues Likely Cause of iPhone 3GS Overheating

    Battery Issues Likely Cause of iPhone 3GS Overheating

    Posted on June 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Just a week after the release of Apple’s new iPhone, a few owners have complained about the handset’s high temperatures, which in some cases are high enough to start browning the white plastic on the back of the phone. Only a small number of iPhone 3GS customers have reported their handsets are reaching very high temperatures. [...]

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