Tag: FAKE

TweetForger does exactly what it sounds like. Enter your mark's handle and some lulz-worthy copy, and blammo: You're all set up with a fake tweet. Not that anyone with a basic grasp of Photoshop couldn't already do this, but it's a good time-waster to kick off the week. (Apologies to both Sarah Palin and polar bears.) ...

YouTube user BITcrash44 recently posted a video in which he allegedly plasters his image all over Times Square's TV screens, using only his iPhone and a transmitter. If the video is to be believed, BITcrash44 apparently created a transmitter capable of taking over any screen within a certain vicinity, allowing him to replace some of Times Square's ads with his own video. After recording a ...

Rahm Emanuel wants to know who's imitating him on Twitter, and he's willing to pay to find out. During an appearance on the 'Roe & Roeper' radio show yesterday, the potty-mouthed politician said he enjoys reading the comically profane tweets from @MayorEmanuel, but wants to know who's behind them. "After the election, I am offering a donation to the charity of that gentleman or woman's choice ...

There's big money to be made from creating and selling imitations of famous paintings. And while counterfeiters are working hard to make the fake indistinguishable from the real thing, researchers are doing just as much to discover new ways to spot a fraud. According to the BBC News, a team of scientists at Dartmouth have created a new computer method that could strike a major blow to the ...

Here in the U.S., pretending to be a celebrity online is something of a trend. There's a whole slew of fake celebrity blogs out there. Search Facebook or MySpace and you'll find dozens pages supposedly opened by Tom Cruise or Katie Holmes -- all fake. The Moroccan government, though, apparently isn't quite hip with this trend, and has arrested a man for creating a Facebook profile under the guise ...