Strange But True Category - Page 2

If you have Time Warner Cable as a cable provider, you know that with internet, a couple of DVRs and the HD package – your monthly bill can get kinda pricey. But, I’ve never seen a bill from TWC as high as $16,000,000. One man did. Lt. Daniel DeVirgilio, an [...]

A few weeks ago, we saw shocking images out of Egypt as people took to the streets to both protest and support (though mostly protest) the reign of long-time Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Twitter and Facebook played a big role in the protests, and I’ve even some call them the [...]

Waking up in the morning can be a lot of things – an annoyance, disappointment, or even sometimes depressing – but it’s rarely fun. The Gun O’ Clock looks to change that though, giving you and opportunity to blast your way into consciousness and start your day of the right [...]

Video game store thefts are nothing out of the ordinary. We hear about them all the time – some kid breaks into GameStop and makes off with a few hundred dollars worth of video games, police catch the kid and that’s that. This theft, though, is a bit more strange [...]

Talk about creepy. Wieden+Kennedy of Amsterdam has setup a dinner table, which users can reserve in 15 minute time slots to “dine” with family members across the globe. Yes, creepy, but apparently a success!

Lamar Johnson, a 19 year old English teenager, is in a bit of trouble tonight. He has plead guilty to using stolen credit cards to buy £500,000 ($770,677) worth of goods. What were those goods? His own music. Yep, in some sort of attempt at a slick con, he spent [...]

A recent posting by Bill Gates on the Gates Notes blog features an image with what appear to be a MacBook Pro and an iPhone 4. Does this signify anything special, or might this just be oversight on Gates’ (or whoever published the post) part?

I’ve got a review unit of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, courtesy of Sprint in my hot little hands, waiting for the official TFTS review (look for it to either come out tonight or tomorrow). But, the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, has totally preempted our review by posting his commentary on [...]

Airport security officials are banning everything these days, from in-flight butter knives, to aftershave, to lighters. Now, they’re banning printer cartridges!

Do you remember the story of Justin May? The alleged thief who tried to steal unfinished game code from a video game developer’s booth at a gaming expo, right in front of the developers? After blowing off his first court appearance, he’s returned to court but reached a pre-trail probationary [...]