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1. Lee Harvey Oswald photo wasn't faked

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Friday, 06 November 2009

   ... as Oswald claimed, a fake. Dartmouth computer scientist Hany Farid has analyzed the photo with modern-day forensic tools, and says it is almost certainly genuine. "If we had found evidence of photo tampering, ...

2. Yes Men get No Men! You're sued!

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Tuesday, 27 October 2009

   ... on climate change. A number of news organizations fell for the fake press release hook line and sinker and reported that the Chamber endorsed the capping of carbon emissions. The US Chamber of Commerce ...

3. Kelloggs acts to stamp out fake flakes

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Wednesday, 14 October 2009

   ... imitators. "Now you'll always be able to tell your Corn Flakes from your corn fakes!"  says the company on its UK Twitter feed, alongside a mouthwatering picture. Presumably it's not having as much ...

4. How Google buys companies

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   Wednesday, 07 October 2009

   ... get a card with fake numbers on there," he confessed. Then he came across Grand Central's telephony system, and suddenly the salespeople were finding that they persona non grata. "I said, 'Holy cow, this ...

5. Nvidia: Fermi demo board was "engineering" prototype

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 02 October 2009

   ... hours after various websites claimed that the board had been faked.  Nvidia has clarified that its next-generation Fermi board showcased at the GPU conference keynote and subsequent Q&A session ...

6. Top 13 reader comments revealed

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Thursday, 01 October 2009

   ... YOURSELF MS BASHING DONKEY. PRICK YOURSELF TO DEATH WITH THE NEEDLES YOU INJECT!!!!!!12. [Doctor Drashek writes] Comment Title: Jacko Fakes DEath Same As Elvis with LM Presley Help.....ThomasStewart wrote: ...

7. Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing"

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

   Thursday, 01 October 2009

   ... it to see a face or read a license plate.   That is fake; MotionDSP does this for real and the technology is an increasing part of law enforcement and military surveillance.   It is ...

8. Iranian Science Minister fakes article

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Friday, 25 September 2009

   After his sterling success in producing a fair and accurate election result, Iran's science minister Kamran Daneshjou has been cutting and pasting science articles under his own name. After his ...

9. Scammers exploit Swayzee death

   (Security/Security Features)

   Wednesday, 16 September 2009

   ... tracking; it also seems to redirect anyone going back to the website for a second look, so you can't return to the exact same page." According to Sophos, the fake anti-virus program is the Troj/FakeAI-L ...

10. ATM fraud increases

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    ... to rotary saws, thermal lances and diamond drills, says ENISA. But others are getting more technical. Methods involve the use of a small spy camera, a false PIN overlay and even fake machines. Increasingly, ...

11. Royal Society draws fire with geoengineering plans

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Friday, 28 August 2009

    ... report is expected to conclude that ideas such as fake trees, sulphate injections in the stratosphere and cloud-whitening to reflect sunlight away from the earth should be further pursued. It will ...

12. Fake trees proposed to fight climate change

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 27 August 2009

    The latest wacky weapon to fight climate change is a proposal to install artificial trees which could soak up carbon dioxide. London, UK - The latest wacky weapon to fight climate change is a proposal ...

13. Microsoft in Photoshop scandal

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 26 August 2009

    ... downed. Image processing experts describe the fake as 'extremely sophisticated' and it was only by chance that the edit job was noticed.  "It just goes to show you can't be too careful," said one ...

14. Where do you want to go today? How about jail?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 23 August 2009

    ... and a half years in prison in Shenzhen for selling more than two billion dollars' worth of fake Microsoft products.  ...

15. Watchdog bans "fake" Skype ad in UK

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 19 August 2009

    A UK television commercial for Skype has been banned, after regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) decided that the company had faked the quality of images. London, UK - A UK television ...

16. Scientology founder exposed as fake

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 06 August 2009

    ... To defend itself, the government started gathering evidence that Hubbard was a fake. In a signed statement amongst the documents, one of Hubbard's collaborators wrote: “The position is L Ron Hubbard ...

17. Etre reaches a 20 year milestone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

    ... Nights. This was the strangest Club Med village you could ever imagine. Not by he sea, this one came equipped with fake Cicada noises piped through loudspeakers, and a bevy of databases Guptas, Ken Olsen, ...

18. Microsoft alleged to profit from illegal pharmacies

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

    ... advertisements reviewed by the authors were fake or illegal Internet pharmacies. This matters: Microsoft gets paid every time a user clicks on one of these ads, meaning the company is profiting from illegal ...

19. Bank robbers stuff up placement of fake ATM

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 03 August 2009

      A bunch of would be bank robbers had an epic fail when they came to install a fake ATM machine in Las Vegas. A bunch of would be bank robbers had an epic fail when they came to install a fake ATM ...

20. Lost moon landing tapes dusted off and restored

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 16 July 2009

    ... that the moon landings were faked. Some have already suggested that the tapes went missing for a sinister reason. More likely, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin thought they looked a bit fat in their spacesuits, ...

21. Jackson's death sparks wave of spam

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 02 July 2009

    ... sad death of 70s TV icon Farrah Fawcett to spread fake anti-virus software, so users should certainly remain vigilant."      ...

22. Microsoft: No news in Ballmer comments - official

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 22 June 2009

    ... with the boss before they start accusing TG Daily of making stuff up. See also:That new Xbox for 2010 … real or fake news?Ballmer announces 2010 Xbox 360 at The Executive Club Chicago  ...

23. Rockstar Games preps PSP version of GTA: Chinatown Wars

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 22 June 2009

    ... He is soon forced to decide "who is real and who is fake in a world in which everyone has a price."Episodes, which is expected to cost $39.99, does not require a copy of the original Grand Theft Auto IV ...

24. That new Xbox for 2010 … real or fake news?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    Opinion – It appears that there has been a lot of chatter about what Steve Ballmer told an audience of 1500 Chicago executives yesterday at a luncheon of The Executives Club of Chicago. Ballmer mentioned ...

25. Ballmer announces 2010 Xbox 360 at The Executive Club Chicago

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 18 June 2009

    ... were all of the details that were shared. Update: That new Xbox for 2010 … real or fake news?  ...

26. Feds bust fake video games scam

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 12 June 2009

    Two men have been charged by the FBI in a scam involving counterfeit video gaming machines. If found guilty they face 45 years in jail and fines of more than $5.25 million. Washington, DC - Two men ...

27. Twitter in bid to combat celebrity impostors

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 08 June 2009

    ... a verification seal are fake - the vast majority of Twitter accounts are not impersonators," says Twitter co-founder Biz Stone in a blog post. Last week, researchers from Harvard Business claimed that ...

28. Fakery rife in scientific research

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 04 June 2009

    Scientists are routinely falsifying their findings, according to the first meta-survey on the topic.Edinburgh, Scotland - Scientists are routinely falsifying their findings, according to the ...

29. Rockstar Games offers GTA encore: The Ballad of Gay Tony

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 26 May 2009

    ... Lopez is caught between the competing loyalties of family and friends. He is soon forced to decide "who is real and who is fake in a world in which everyone has a price." Episodes, which is expected to ...

30. Archaeological looting reduced by eBay effect

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 05 May 2009

    ... copies of antiquities. Whole villages have packed in the looting business as unprofitable, he says, and turned to wholesale production of fakes. "For most of us, the Web has forever distorted the antiquities ...

31. The Pirate Bay: Piracy not dead by a longshot

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 20 April 2009

    ... perfectly willing to pop their heads up in the global game of piracy. The infernal fake moles are a perfect analogy for illegal file trading: Short of unplugging the entire machine, there’s no way to completely ...

32. UPDATED: Conficker.e surfaces and reveals purpose: Wants $49.95

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 10 April 2009

    ... springs to life with fake or rogue antivirus messages warning of non-existent threats, along with annoying pop-ups until you agree to pay it $49.95. Conficker's authors finally unveil their true intent: ...

33. Hollywood panics! X-Men Origins: Wolverine pirated, hits web a month before official release

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 02 April 2009

    ... maker recently became the victim of a fake iTunes gift card scam that are now sold online thanks to Chinese hackers who cracked Apple's algorithms for generating the codes redeemable for content sold ...

34. Apple, this isn't the Mac netbook we've been waiting for!

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Monday, 30 March 2009

    ... We're not publishing this article as a premature April's Fool joke -- although you'd have every right to believe it's either fake or the product of Photoshop. If the latter is true, we salute the graphics ...

35. How to use technology correctly, and with class

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Friday, 20 March 2009

    ... a job really, really attractive. So attractive people will waste time making fake twitter accounts, fake blogs just to capture a few cents' worth of traffic. So attractive people will actually send me ...

36. Fake iTunes cards challenge Apple's iTunes business

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 11 March 2009

    Apparently fake iTunes gift cards are the next big thing in the underground cybercriminal world. Earlier this week, Chinese hackers enabled this new "business" by cracking the algorithm used to generate ...

37. App Store spirals out of control, reports fake updates

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 March 2009

    ... data allowance if you access and install the updates over the cellular network. The issue with these fake application update notifications has seen no fix from Apple, though it is apparently something ...

38. Hacker gets 4 years for botnet malware used to steal identities

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 05 March 2009

    ... man got two years in prison for selling fake items on eBay. He collected $94,000, but refused to provide the purchased materials.See the original AP article republished on Yahoo Tech.  ...

39. Windows 7 beta UAC completely vulnerable to malware

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 30 January 2009

    ... screen to appear then start issuing interrupt 16h instructions (which send fake keystrokes). Doing so would mimic the effect of a user pressing keys on a keyboard, and old DOS programs like Sidekick used ...

40. UPDATED: Belkin president acknowledges paying for fake product reviews

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 21 January 2009

      In an exclusive by The Daily Background, on Friday, January 16, 2009 author Arlen Parsa uncovered a scheme by Belkin employee Mike Bayard on Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk for a fee-for-positive-review ...

41. Rumor mill dishes out iPhone nano

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 22 December 2008

    ... in China." iDeals China incorrectly predicted in August that the iPod touch will gain GPS capability and published fake iPod renderings but it did hit a home run with an actual Griffin iPhone 3G case molding ...

42. Koobface worm still infiltrating Facebook

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 05 December 2008

    ...  McAfee reports about a new variant that redirects a user “to one of many different compromised hosts, which displays a fake error message that the version of Flash is out of date.” The user is then prompted ...

43. 10 not so ordinary Christmas gifts

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 30 November 2008

    ... this helps the realism significantly. There is nothing like a realistic fake guitar to get the blood moving and the folks competing for the high score.  Though, at $180, if you break this puppy it ...

44. Woman cleared of felonies in MySpace suicide case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 26 November 2008

      A 49-year-old Missouri woman who prosecutors say drove a lovestruck 13-year-old girl to suicide by tormenting her with a fake MySpace persona was acquitted on Wednesday of the most serious charges ...

45. Major source of Internet spam pulled off the Web

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 13 November 2008

    ... fake Internet security products and even child pornography by way of e-mail. Viewing the company’s website is no longer possible, two Internet providers cut off McColo’s connectivity to the Internet. ...

46. ICANN targeting widely known domain seller

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 31 October 2008

    ... that allowed fake information to be used to register domain names. "There has been demonstrable evidence for several years that Russian and Ukrainian criminals have used EstDomains services - and even ...

47. 18-year-old believes to have reported fake Jobs heart attack

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 24 October 2008

    An 18-year-old posted the fake Internet report that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack, and investigators haven't found evidence the teenager tried to profit from ...

48. Microsoft black screening XP users all over China

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 23 October 2008

    ... also sated, "[Microsoft] should target producers and sellers of fake software, not users ... The authorities should take action to protect citizens' property and privacy rights." Dong believes that ...