Elderly Amish Man Caught on Film With Prostitute, Blackmailed
When a 75-year-old Amish widower slept with a prostitute, he -- we feel certain -- felt pretty bad about it the next morning. As if that guilt weren't enough for the old man, the prostitute and her boyfriend demanded $67,000 from him, claiming that they had filmed the scene with wall-mounted cameras and would upload the recording to the Internet. The pair was later arrested and, we can only imagine, the Amish man abhorred technology more than ever.
Bank Robber Gets Away With the Help of Craiglist
In October, a bank robber -- wearing a safety vest, blue shirt, face mask and goggles -- eluded police with the help of Craiglist. Just outside the bank, while the robbery was in progress, stood a group of men who were responding to a Craiglist day labor opportunity. As the advertisement required, they were all wearing safety vests, blue shirts, face masks and goggles.
Nude New Zealander Arrested After Responding to Fake Sexy Text Message
Late in 2007, a Wellington, New Zealand man received a racy text message from two anonymous "ladies," giving him only an address and a request that he show up naked. Well, he indeed showed up naked... at the home of one appalled, unsuspecting New Zealander. Both the nude Romeo and the sadistic texter were arrested, though neither were prosecuted.
Fake Craiglist Ad Costs Man Most of What He Owns
Last Spring, a post appeared on an Oregon Craigslist board stating that the owner of a specific house was leaving all of his worldly possessions (still in said house) to whoever wanted them. When homeowner Robert Salisbury rushed home -- on a tip from a woman suspicious about the offer of a free horse -- he found his house being ransacked by 30 strangers. We suggest he take that horse and collect some vengeance Clint Eastwood-style.
17-Year-Old Jailed for Stealing Virtual 'Furniture'
When a 17-year-old Dutch boy hacked into several accounts on the Second Life-style site 'Habbo' in 2007, the the law got involved. The boy was discovered to have stolen $5,800 worth of virtual furniture and knick-knacks. Apparently, crime -- whether actual or virtual -- does not pay.
Phishers Going After Your Phones in New 'Vishing' Trend
Over the past year, sneaky spammers have begun to forsake the worn-out territory of e-mail in favor of cell phones' fertile frontier. The result? "Vishing." Get it? Voice mail phishing. It might be more ominous if it didn't sound like a James Bond villain saying, "Wishing."
Burglars Break Into Restaurant, Steal HDTV, Leave Money / Food Behind
Around Halloween of last year, a truckload of thieves drove into -- that's right, into -- a Pennsylvania Mexican restaurant, where they -- apparently uninterested in the cash register -- stole a mid-grade 47-inch HDTV and fled the scene. We've all heard about how this generation is lacking in ambition, but this generation's thieves, too?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
clwbchbabycakes said 9:35AM on 4-12-2008
Awwwww what a shame - NOT!!!! I'll keep my Mac (OS X) and never have to deal with Windows ever again!!!
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Cal said 9:53AM on 4-12-2008
Uh, isn't that what they're doing with 7 anyway? I thought they were completely rebuilding it from the ground up...
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Shadow08 said 1:49AM on 4-13-2008
I really hope they are doing this for Windows 7, but Microsoft is in a tough situation. If they pull a Mac OS 9 to OS X and cut off support for old programs, people will be outraged (specifically businesses which can't stop complaining about BC) and they will probably be sued in some way. Look at people complaining about Vista. Imagine having a completely reworked OS.
With that being said, I still hope they do it for Windows 7. And please Microsoft, get rid of the registry already.
Henry Khachatryan said 10:15AM on 4-12-2008
I'm more then happy with my Vista machine, never switching to OSX...evAr
viva microsoft, viva windows lolll
http://www.collegemogul.com
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MAretiree said 11:19AM on 4-12-2008
"Vista" is really annoying when udating it shuts down any program you happen to be in and of course closes out thecomputer. This is a rediculous way of operating. I said annoying...I mean really,really,damned annoying!
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HatkowPro said 12:39PM on 4-12-2008
I bought a Quad Core PC last Christmas with VISTA pre-installed. It works great for e-mail and simply tasks, no problems or freeze ups. HOWEVER, if you plan to use After Effects or do ANY video editing FORGET IT!! This OS is such a huge HOG I can't begin to explain! Good luck trying to render anything in AE. And good luck finding your files too!
I just ordered XP Pro so I can downgrade and get back to work! Windows really blew it on this one.
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Rollins said 7:03PM on 4-12-2008
If you have a quad-core PC that can't handle video editing in Vista, you're either doing something wrong or the computer's so ill-configured with junkware that it's slowing it down to a crawl. Even the slowest quad-core shouldn't break a sweat with Vista.
Striker said 10:23PM on 4-13-2008
What are you using? If it is an AMD, then that would explain it lol.
VenusAlexis00 said 2:48PM on 4-12-2008
I don't like any of the operating systems. Im not all that PC inclined anyway. I don't want to know how my PC works i just want it to work when i turn it on and continue to work without annoying interruptions or breakdowns along the way. But Im told it could be worse, we could be heading back to the DOS type of operating systems. God forbid!!!!
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Ian said 11:53AM on 4-13-2008
Last year, I got a brand new Dell laptop, dual-core, 2GB RAM etc. etc.. and Vista Business and Office 2007...
What a load of crap.
My four year old Toshiba laptop with XP outperforms Vista in everyday simple tasks like:-
Opening Outlook.
Opening Word.
Opening an email
Opening a new email and typing stuff in it..
How Microsoft have the cheek to push this bloatware as an advancement in operating system technology is beyond me.
Since it is still based on old, security-vulnerable technology it would appear they have spent so much time trying to make it secure that it is now virtually unusable.
It's a big fat pig of a program and shows what happens when you let young, inexperienced (read: cheap) developers - fresh out of university no doubt - let loose on your product.
Microsoft, hang your collective heads in shame.
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Love Vista said 9:59PM on 4-13-2008
First an OEM install of Vista is great! Second upgrade is great IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE DOING if you are one of those who has no clue how a program is installed out side of auto installs GET GEEK SQUAD to install it. You will have no issues then.
Third if you have as you say a quad core and it's slow then you got a cheap piece of junk. Oh by the way unless you have Vista 64 then your quad and dual core are a waste of cash.
The second core doesn't run unless you know how to tweak your system.
GET as much memeory as you can afford or your system can handle.
TURN OFF AERO it's a waste wow whoopie I can turn the screen desktop and access the mulit tasking programs I am running. Guess what 99% of you Don't multi task so your wasting your resources with Aero. I can switch back and forth faster with the task bar.
And last don't buy an Intel they are two generations behind AMD. AMD has had a quad core out for two years Intel just released thiers! Same with dual cores AMD has had them for almost 5 years now! You will also save about 200 bucks on an AMD. Why? Becasue AMD doesn't spend millions on glossy ads on TV or in tabloids. you pay for that with thier bloated prices.
AMD's also run FASTER actually speed not just the clock speed they have better through put on average.
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Dan said 2:18AM on 4-14-2008
I'm not going to even bother replying to this.
You're a complete idiot if you think Intel is 2 years behind AMD.
Have you not seen the Core 2 line? Or benchmarks where Intel mops the floor with AMD's best.
The only thing I'll give you (which is solely from what I remember reading) is that AMD may have a better price-to-performance ratio, which means jack shit to me.
ellicit said 11:48PM on 4-13-2008
Dumb people shouldn't use Windows/Linux, its just not for them, please stick to OSX, its pretty and pricey. As for the real users, stick to Windows and Linux, and continue to enjoy many open applications that helps user's day-to-day activities, where mac has to pay for everything little thing. Windows will never be #2 to OSX, maybe to Linux however, then again OSX is Unix? isn't Unix free? how come Apple makes its users pay $ for an open OS that has always been free? ((oh yeah)) for its "pretty' interface now I remember.
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Ted said 4:23PM on 4-14-2008
Corrections on your post-
Nobody should use Windows. Sure there is the legacy stuff out there, but otherwise Windows should be avoided.
Pay for every little app on a Mac? On my Mac here I have loads of applications that I have never paid for (and I'm not talking WAREZ).
Apple makes you pay for the next version of the OS, just like Micro$oft. OS X 10.5 is cheaper than all flavors of Vista, is a full install, sold in one flavor, and comes with a REASONS to pay for it (i.e. Spaces, Time Machine, New Librarys [runs faster], and the whole Mac Dev kit, etc.)
So, Mr. Windows Fanboy, your OS's days are limited.
Unless Windows 7 will work, but methinks M$ can't pull it off.
Apple has (2 processor changes, and 1 OS Change)
ddaub1111 said 10:13AM on 4-30-2008
It took me a while to get used to Windows XP, but once I did I thought it was an okay os. The problem with Windows anything is it's such a power hog. If they could get rid of all the background programs running, XP could have been a decent system. I had very few crashes, but that was my main complaint there. I have been using Vista for almost a year now and I'm trying to like it, but there's too many things they're trying to do but ends up in a knot causing you to shut down programs and get it running the way it's supposed to. It's supposed to be "Crash Proof", but no computer is crash proof and Vista seems to be the worst of all. XP was a much better os and they tried to improve it, but I think they just realized a new system with fancy bells and whistles but not as stable as they thought it was going to be. Not happy with Vista. I think they needed a new product and this was ready to hit the market yet but they let it anyway and that's where they went bad.
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Rcralph said 3:10PM on 4-30-2008
I never liked Windows, Why?, You never find were all the stuff is
located.
In MSDOS or CPM (remember that one) you could find exactly
all you programs and data and if desired could wipe it out without
hopping through all kinds of hoops.
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