CES 2013

Gadgets

Dial E for extortion

And here, courtesy of Engadget: another item from that "Why it might not be the best idea to carry around superpersonal photos on your camera phone" file:

After discovering that her cell phone went missing, according to KEPR-TV, a woman in Washington state dialed her own number, hoping a Good Samaritan had picked up the device and would offer its speedy return.

Instead, 33-year-old Jason Dawson answered and threatened to publish explicit pics from the phone on the Net if the woman didn't fork over $50.

She agreed to meet him, then called the police, who arrested … Read more

A cell phone gravestone

The deceased, we assume, liked to gab on his cell phone. Or was it her cell phone? All we know is that he or she, of blessed memory, has been laid to rest beneath a gravestone shaped like a cell phone.

A photo of said mobile-phone stone, published on the site Engadget, inspired a series of creative captions. Among our favorites:

The "reception" after the funeral was great...

Ironically, the shot was taken with a camera phone, rendering the tombstone illegible.

I hope he is not paying roaming charges.

I wonder if they can … Read more