The Lenovo shop in Guangzhou, China bore witness to a frightful event when the recently charged battery in a cellphone in a customer’s shirt pocket suddenly exploded. The shrapnel from the explosion sliced through his carotid artery causing him to bleed to death.
Update: It turns out he wasn’t killed by an exploding battery at all, [...]
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[ February 3rd, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]Man Dies From Injuries After Cellphone Explodes
Videos: Britain’s Royal Air Force Ordered to Shoot Down UFOs Since the 80s
You have to take any UFO claims with a pinch of salt, but this one comes from an extremely unlikely source, Nick Pope used to run the UFO project for Britain’s Ministry of Defense. He claims that RAF pilots have fired on UFOs without success since the 1980s. The hope of the RAF has been [...]
Zune to Be the First Product Casualty of Microsoft’s Waning Profits (Rumor)
With the news that Microsoft’s revenue from the Zune dropped $100 million, which amounts to a 54% decrease, speculation is rife that the platform might not be long for this world. With profits significantly reduced over the past financial year, Redmond will be looking to trim any additional excess fat. Eliminating their lackluster portable media [...]
Kogan Agora Android Bites the Dust
In what is a major disappointment for those that were hoping for an inexpensive Google phone, the Kogan Agora Android release has been postponed indefinitely. The move that presumably followed a meeting with Google, with Ruslan Kogan pulled out of the launch citing that it needed to be redesigned in order “to ensure its compatibility [...]
Halo 3 Shooter Daniel Petric Convicted, Awaits Sentencing
Daniel Petric, the 17-year-old boy who shot both parents in the head for confiscating his copy of Halo 3 has been found guilty of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder and other charges, the sentencing date has yet to be decided.
According to his father, Mark Petric, the last words that their son Daniel spoke to them [...]
