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?
One of the most talked about products from this year's Consumer Electronics Show was LG's Dick Tracy-esque watch phone prototype. The device can link to your headset via Bluetooth, or you can fulfill all your crime noir fantasies and talk directly to your wrist. Necessary? Probably not, but the touch screen device's sleek interface has to be seen to be believed: Check out our hands on video with LG after the break.
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KilgoreTrout said 9:35PM on 1-13-2009
Oh my; I know I'm gonna buy that thing (unless is priced like a Rolex obviously).
I absolutely want it.
I always wanted it.
And LG made it perfect.
Want, Want, want.
Now
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mz213 said 5:30AM on 1-14-2009
OK, it's cool. But now we will have people driving while staring at an even smaller screen. Bad for safety. And I know there's voice dial and such but I assure you folks will want to look at their new bauble.
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Windy said 7:40AM on 1-14-2009
Yes, it is easily portable, but I do not believe this will sell well after it's initial gadget rush. It seems like some old school design precisely to fulfill the Dick Tracy fantasy.
People are out of the habit of wearing watches around their wrists.
The equipment is bulky for women who are more fashion/jewelry concerned.
It cumbersome to keep holding up your wrist for you phone and/or MP3 -- just as it is no fun at the gym to mess with your equipment once it is strapped to your arm.
I'm more comfortable holding something in the palm of my hand, like the LG-ENV that flips open like a mini-laptop and can be rested on my steering wheel while driving ;-) Hey, at least my eyes are pointed in the direction of the windshield and not the floorboards!
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iphonerulez said 7:49AM on 1-14-2009
I'll admit the concept is cool, but I'm sure the battery life is short. I like the mp3 player part and using it with a BT module would be nice to have. Didn't Dick Tracy have a two-way wrist TV when that strip ended. I vaguely remember his wrist gadget. I never knew what the range of that device was. Was it on a net or did it just use it's own broadcasting power? I'll have to look up that now that I think about it. I guess now we do have the technology to have such a wrist device, say for use on a WIMAX network.
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dude said 10:29AM on 1-14-2009
That's stupid... I'm still waiting for the Star Trek comlink... with the "beam me up " feature.
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