Tag: fake
Apple's viagra team can't stop the Chinese pirates
Apple are struggling to curb the rampant piracy of their products in China, as unlicensed Apple stores continue to pop up up and down the country selling knock-off gear imitating the Cupertino kings. Apple's legal teams were already slow off…
"7 inch iPad" shown off by Taiwanese pop star
Taiwanese pop star, actor and pro racing car driver Jimmy Lin has sparked rumours that a 7 inch mini iPad is on the way after being pictured with what appears to be a cut-size version of the Apple tablet. The…
Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing – a potentially lethal fake imported Nintendo DS
Don’t ruin Christmas by purchasing a cheap fake Nintendo DS off the internet and have it explode and burn down your Christmas tree and, subsequently, the entire house and a bit of the neighbour’s house.
That’s the slightly over-dramatic warning being issued by HMRC today, which says it’s intercepted “hundreds” of fake Nintendo products on their way into the UK, including the old DS and the lovely DS Lite – products that include…
What's this? A Macbook Nano? Er…
Pictured above is the Macbook Nano – pretty nice, eh? I’ve got some bad news though – it’s a little out of your price range, as no money in the world could buy one. Because it doesn’t really exist.
Clever German uses an MSI Wind, and a grinder, to create a fake MacBook Mini
The fans of small computers over at Liliputing – who must be well happy about the rise and rise and rise of the “netbook” and the impact it’s having on their Adsense earnings – have sourced a rather insane guide that shows a technically adept person how to build a MacBook Mini.
So, if you can’t quite bring yourself to spend the vast sums required to get a MacBook Air, you can have the next best thing – thanks to a German user on the MSI Wind forums. Yes, that’s just a lovely MSI Wind, with an Apple logo cut into the lid…
A guitar photocopier, for effortlessly making clones of famous bits of wood
Technically, this is a “wood carving duplicator” but the description “guitar photocopier” seems to fit the automated drilling machine so much better.
“A guide pin follows the contour of the original while a carbide bit does the cutting,” says the listing, creating a precise wooden recreation of your original once it’s finished. It’s so precise it leaves the newly created version only requiring…
Twitter ramblers targeted by all-new data-mining trojan
Users of Twitter, the minutiae-documenting waffling programme with no discernible purpose whatsoever, have been coming under attack recently thanks to a fake profile offering, predictably enough, free porn.
Some poor people have, while in the process of telling precisely zero readers what they had for breakfast, been sent messages from this fake account and then – here’s the stupid bit – clicked on the links supplied. Then they also clicked on “YES” to install…
Man awarded £22,000 over fake Facebook profile "libel"
Mathew Firsht has won a sensational and trend-setting court case today, against a friend who set up a fake Facebook profile with loads of personal details – and sex-based lies – about Mathew’s life.
The former friend, cameraman Grant Raphael, also set up a Facebook group called “Has Mathew Firsht lied to you?” – a group which stayed online for 16 days…
eBay not to blame for that fake memory card you bought off some bloke in Hong Kong
eBay has won its long-running legal battle with expensive necklace make Tiffany’s – and been found not responsible for the piles and piles of fake tat that clogs up its virtual shelves.
A judge found that protecting their products is the responsibility of the brand owners, not the seller. So eBay’s off the hook, thanks to a ruling that’s also rather bad news…
The Wee console which plays DVDs, not games
Now, on one hand you have the Wii, a games console which doesn’t play DVDs. On the other hand, you’ve got the Wee, a DVD player which doesn’t play games. If only someone would join the two together in holy matrimony and declare them Wii-Wee, all would be right in this universe…
