Scare Archive

  • Viper SmartStart now lets you start your car from your BlackBerry, too

    Viper SmartStart now lets you start your car from your BlackBerry, too

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    A few months back, Directed Electronics launched an iPhone app that, when paired with Viper remote start system, would allow you to start your car from just about anywhere on earth. For the bargain price of just $500, you'd never again have to worry about your car being too hot, too cold, or too not on when you got in. Alas, not everyone has an iPhone - what about the remaining chunk of the world that wants to look like James Bond and/or scare people? Today, Direct Electronics is letting another big group of people in on the slightly-extraneous fun with the release of Viper SmartStart for BlackBerry.

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  • Spy Video TRAKR for mischief, peeping, potential law-breaking

    Spy Video TRAKR for mischief, peeping, potential law-breaking

    Posted on February 10, 2010 | No Comments
    The Wild Planet Spy Video TRAKR is a toy with a mission. You send it into enemy territory, turn on the video camera, and start watching what’s going on in distant rooms. It has a built-in speaker and microphone, as well, so you can announce your presence at opportune times. Or not. The toy won’t be [...]

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  • McAfee: Boogada boogada! HTML5 and Chrome OS will steal your preciouses!

    McAfee: Boogada boogada! HTML5 and Chrome OS will steal your preciouses!

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    This doesn’t look dangerous As more people move away from lucrative Windows desktops (OK, more is a relative term, but it’s definitely a countable number) folks like McAfee have to find new threats for us to fear in order to ensure that we purchase their products. The latest scare? McAffee is warning us that HTML5 in Chrome [...]

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  • Proposed law would give White House ‘cybersecurity emergency’ powers over the Internet

    Proposed law would give White House ‘cybersecurity emergency’ powers over the Internet

    Posted on August 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Internet King and America's news editor Matt Drudge is freaking out right now, complete with his trademark scare quotes. (I swear, you could probably write a thesis about how Drudge influences the American media.) There's a bill that's currently floating around the U.S. Senate that would, in times of emergency, put the Internet, in a sense, in control of the White House. And then the government will make you eat fruits and vegetables! Tyranny!

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  • Unleash the awesome power of a DIY plasma gun

    Unleash the awesome power of a DIY plasma gun

    Posted on August 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Oppenheimer won’t have nothing on you when you turn a standard cordless drill into a fully-operational plasma gun. This gun sends huge arcs of blazing hot plasma to your targets, ensuring that you can light light bulbs and scare cats off your lawn with absolute precision. The project is based on a DIY tesla coil and [...]

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