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Thieves pull off Mission Impossible robbery in New Jersey Best Buy, make off with $26,000 worth of Apple notebooks
In a brazen robbery reminiscent of Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible, or perhaps Michael Westin from Burn Notice, a group of thieves climbed up to the top of the store, used a saw to cut a 3-foot wide hole in the ceiling, and proceeded to stealthly rappel down 16 feet where they hung in the [...]
Continue reading...Apple products - A popular choice for thieves
Friday, January 8, 2010
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Apple products are known for their sleek and elegant design, and you’d be hard pressed to go out in public and not see someone somewhere using either an iPhone, iPod, or MacBook. The unique design of Apple’s products, however, make them highly visible (white headbuds, anyone?) and subsequently an inviting target for thieves. Most recently, a group of [...]
Continue reading...Thieves steal thousands of iPhones in Belgium
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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In what is being classified as an “inside job”, thieves in Belgium recently stole 3-4,000 iPhones by climbing up a fire ladder to the top of a warehouse where they then cut a hole in the roof, slid down, and made off with the booty. The fact that the hole was made directly over the [...]
Continue reading...Disgraced iPhone spammer indicted on 4 counts of mail fraud
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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A shady, dishonest, and generally all-around douchebag iPhone developer who was kicked out of the iTunes App Store this past August for copyright infringement was just recently busted by the FBI for launching denial of service attacks against Yousendit.com, a website he helped found. The dumbass in question is named Khalid Shaikh, and up until he [...]
Continue reading...Thieves rob Apple Store in 31 seconds flat [Video]
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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In a scene straight out of a movie, a team of crooks busted into an Apple Store in Marlton, New Jersey and snagged handfulls of MacBooks, iPhones, and iPods in 31 seconds flat.
Continue reading...Apple removes Sex Offender app from the iTunes App Store
Friday, August 7, 2009
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Apple this week removed an iPhone app which allowed users to locate nearby sex offenders. Hmm, that didn’t come out quite right. Let’s try again. Apple this week removed an iPhone app which, in the interest of safety, allowed users to check and see if sex offenders were living in their area. Now before you roll [...]
Continue reading...Foxconn suicide raises issue of Chinese counterfeits
Thursday, July 30, 2009
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It’s been about a week since a Foxconn employee committed suicide after losing a fourth generation iPhone prototype he was responsible for. Since then, a number of issues have been raised about Apple’s prevailing culture of secrecy and the working conditions of Chinese employees who help manufacture Apple products. The missing iPhone that was at the [...]
Continue reading...Man sues Apple for conspiring with the Mafia to spy on him
Friday, July 17, 2009
Believe it or not, but we’ve finally found a lawsuit more ridiculous than the one involving Psystar. This past Wednesday, Gregory McKenna of Florissant, Missouri filed a lawsuit in the St. Louis district court alleging that Apple, working in conjunction with the New York Mafia, placed tiny transmitters in an iPod Shuffle he purchased on eBay [...]
Continue reading...Police release video footage of Apple Store shooter
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Yesterday, an armed gunman entered the back of an Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia and proceeded to shoot a female employee in the shoulder before escaping on foot empty handed. Today, Police released video surveillance footage of the suspect entering the back of the store and subsequently escaping a few seconds later. Here, the suspect rings [...]
Continue reading...Shots fired at Apple Store in Virginia, one person injured
Friday, July 3, 2009
At approximately 10 am ET, a male gunman opened fire in an Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia after an apparent failed robbery attempt. Customers reported hearing what were later deemed to be gunshots coming from a back room in the store, and the suspect was subsequently spotted escaping from a back exit. So far Police are [...]
Continue reading...Use your iPhone to help find missing children and wanted fugitives
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Recognizing criminals on Milk cartons is so 1980’s when you can now use an iPhone instead. A relatively new application in the iTunes App Store called “FBI Most Wanted” allows users to view pictures and listings of the most wanted men in America, and then gives them the ability to contact the nearest local FBI [...]
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
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