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Man hacks video game to propose marriage, prove geekery

Wouldn't it have been easier to just go down on one knee like everyone else? According to the Associated Press, Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy...

We’ll be happier when blogs are so addictive you need rehab

Researchers from the University of California-Irvine have presented a study which says checking blogs can become as regular a habit as checking for e-mail....

Good old frugal IBM

If a major technology vendor invites customers, partners and journalists to a conference, the host will usually add something to make a splash. Some...

From snail mail to smell mail: This product feature stinks!

It's bad enough that many corporate offices and hospitals forbid people from wearing strong perfumes or colognes (how's a guy supposed to live out...

That’ll be one US$2.6M domain name, hold the anchovies

A guy who squatted on Pizza.com for 14 years managed one helluva payday, although "squatting" might not be the best term for someone who...

HP Canada’s best customer gets seven years in the Big House

Former Department of Defence weasel Paul Champagne was sentenced this week after defrauding taxpayers of $100 million through phoney invoices sent to HP, the...

No cell phone-toting teenager left behind

A pilot study from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis suggests that teens should be equipped with GPS-enabled cell phones so that...

All a Mac fan should need is rose colours for his/her glasses

A man is suing Apple for claiming in its advertising that iMac monitors can display a million colours. Well, he counted them and gosh...

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