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College Student Googles Himself, Finds Out He's a Teenager Wanted for Murder

Share Zachary Garcia and Zachery Garcia may have homonymous names, but, as you'd imagine, they're actually very different people. The former is a University of Florida student who works at a sandwich shop. The latter is a teenager accused of murder. Investigators in Polk Country, Florida, however, failed to pick up on the subtle difference in spelling between the two names -- a mistake that came ...

Personal Data Hacked from New German ID Cards Live on Public TV

The same, privacy-conscious German government that threatened Google with legal action over its "invasive" Street View feature is now facing its very own security crisis, after a group of hackers recently demonstrated how to easily extract private information from government-issued ID cards. The hackers, who are part of the so-called 'Chaos Computer Club,' recently appeared on the German TV show ...

Pennsylvania Tests Wine Bottle Vending Machines

The AP reports that Pennsylvania's Liquor Control Board is testing machines that vend bottles of wine at two Giant supermarkets. If successful, the vending machines could be placed in about 100 other locations statewide -- making Pennsylvania the first place in the country with booze on-demand. To make a purchase, a customer selects a bottle on a touchscreen, swipes his or her ID, blows into an ...

Sidekick 'Lite' Officially Launched

While Sony kills its stripped-down version of the PS3, T-Mobile is taking the opposite tact with the official launch of the low-end Sidekick iD. Available beginning April 25th, the $99 iD features the standard Sidekick accoutrements: 2.4-inch color screen, a full keyboard, and integrated chat support for AIM, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. It also boasts a rubber exterior, which ...