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However, it can go in different directions besides the harmless pranks. There are perfectly innocent legitimate uses for swatting. At the same time though, there are pranks that take things way too far. One genius known as “Little Hacker” has been telephone [...]</p> </div> </div> <div class="cleared"></div> <div class="postMeta"> <div class="metaLeft"><span>Thursday, July 2nd, 2009</span></div> <div class="metaRight"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/genius-kids-use-caller-id-spoofing-to-mess-with-911/" rel="bookmark" title="Genius kids use caller-ID spoofing to mess with 911"><span></span></a></div> <div class="cleared"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <div class="postLeft"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/chinas-cctv-claims-google-porn-causes-memory-loss/"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925im_/http://www.techcult.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/gao-ye-cctv-interview.jpg" alt="China’s CCTV claims Google porn causes memory loss"/></a> </div> <div class="postRight"> <h2 class="postTitle"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/chinas-cctv-claims-google-porn-causes-memory-loss/">China’s CCTV claims Google porn causes memory loss</a></h2> <div class="postContent"><p>China’s CCTV recently made an attempt to slam Google for allowing innocent users to search for porn and actually find it. So they interview someone who claims to be just an innocent little university student. This particular student had heard claims that porn would give one memory loss. I know, we’ve all heard hairy palms [...]</p> </div> </div> <div class="cleared"></div> <div class="postMeta"> <div class="metaLeft"><span>Sunday, June 28th, 2009</span></div> <div class="metaRight"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/chinas-cctv-claims-google-porn-causes-memory-loss/" rel="bookmark" title="China’s CCTV claims Google porn causes memory loss"><span></span></a></div> <div class="cleared"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <div class="postLeft"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/death-by-twitter-%e2%80%93-girl-electrocuted-in-bathtub/"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925im_/http://www.techcult.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tweet-death.jpg" alt="Death by Twitter – Girl Electrocuted in Bathtub"/></a> </div> <div class="postRight"> <h2 class="postTitle"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/death-by-twitter-%e2%80%93-girl-electrocuted-in-bathtub/">Death by Twitter – Girl Electrocuted in Bathtub</a></h2> <div class="postContent"><p>There is finally proof that Twitter is going to be the death of mankind or at least the death of the very ignorant portion of mankind. One Romanian 17 year old decided that she had to Twitter so badly that she had to do it even while she was in the bathtub. So while soaking [...]</p> </div> </div> <div class="cleared"></div> <div class="postMeta"> <div class="metaLeft"><span>Wednesday, June 24th, 2009</span></div> <div class="metaRight"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/death-by-twitter-%e2%80%93-girl-electrocuted-in-bathtub/" rel="bookmark" title="Death by Twitter – Girl Electrocuted in Bathtub"><span></span></a></div> <div class="cleared"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <div class="postLeft"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/to-honor-fathers-day-obama-lectures-dads-on-proper-parenting/"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925im_/http://www.techcult.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/obama-kids.jpg" alt="To honor Father’s Day Obama lectures dads on proper parenting"/></a> </div> <div class="postRight"> <h2 class="postTitle"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/to-honor-fathers-day-obama-lectures-dads-on-proper-parenting/">To honor Father’s Day Obama lectures dads on proper parenting</a></h2> <div class="postContent"><p>Happy Father’s Day dads, it’s a day to celebrate your parental achievements by listening to Obama tell you how you’re doing it wrong. In true politician style, he went straight for the easy scapegoat too. If you didn’t hear it yourself, you can probably guess it. Yes, he went straight for video games. I still [...]</p> </div> </div> <div class="cleared"></div> <div class="postMeta"> <div class="metaLeft"><span>Sunday, June 21st, 2009</span></div> <div class="metaRight"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/to-honor-fathers-day-obama-lectures-dads-on-proper-parenting/" rel="bookmark" title="To honor Father’s Day Obama lectures dads on proper parenting"><span></span></a></div> <div class="cleared"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <div class="postLeft"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/researchers-shockingly-discover-we-use-the-net-to-reinforce-beliefs/"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925im_/http://www.techcult.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/warren1.jpg" alt="Researchers shockingly discover we use the net to reinforce beliefs"/></a> </div> <div class="postRight"> <h2 class="postTitle"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/researchers-shockingly-discover-we-use-the-net-to-reinforce-beliefs/">Researchers shockingly discover we use the net to reinforce beliefs</a></h2> <div class="postContent"><p>Thank you Captain Obvious. Anyone else tired of researchers spending money just so that they can prove something we already knew? This time they’ve spent money just to prove that people spend more time reading up on things that support their point of view on the internet than things that don’t support them. They monitored [...]</p> </div> </div> <div class="cleared"></div> <div class="postMeta"> <div class="metaLeft"><span>Wednesday, June 17th, 2009</span></div> <div class="metaRight"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/researchers-shockingly-discover-we-use-the-net-to-reinforce-beliefs/" rel="bookmark" title="Researchers shockingly discover we use the net to reinforce beliefs"><span></span></a></div> <div class="cleared"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <div class="postLeft"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/microsoft-seeks-patent-for-hot-or-not-type-program/"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925im_/http://www.techcult.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/hot-or-not.jpg" alt="Microsoft seeks patent for Hot or Not type program"/></a> </div> <div class="postRight"> <h2 class="postTitle"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/microsoft-seeks-patent-for-hot-or-not-type-program/">Microsoft seeks patent for Hot or Not type program</a></h2> <div class="postContent"><p>Hot or Not is a pretty infamous program, it would be difficult for anyone who hasn’t been on the internet within the past few years to not know about it. Basically it’s a website you can visit where you rate people purely based on their appearance. It’s one of those things that usually involves intense [...]</p> </div> </div> <div class="cleared"></div> <div class="postMeta"> <div class="metaLeft"><span>Sunday, June 14th, 2009</span></div> <div class="metaRight"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/microsoft-seeks-patent-for-hot-or-not-type-program/" rel="bookmark" title="Microsoft seeks patent for Hot or Not type program"><span></span></a></div> <div class="cleared"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <div class="postLeft"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/wii-peripheral-could-double-as-lie-detector/"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925im_/http://www.techcult.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/wii-vitality-sensor3.jpg" alt="Wii Peripheral Could Double As Lie Detector"/></a> </div> <div class="postRight"> <h2 class="postTitle"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/wii-peripheral-could-double-as-lie-detector/">Wii Peripheral Could Double As Lie Detector</a></h2> <div class="postContent"><p>You may have heard about the new Wii Vitality Sensor that was announced last week at E3. It looked much like what you would have jammed on your finger while you’re sitting in the hospital. Well it’s entirely possible that this Vitality Sensor could be used in order to detect when someone is not telling [...]</p> </div> </div> <div class="cleared"></div> <div class="postMeta"> <div class="metaLeft"><span>Thursday, June 11th, 2009</span></div> <div class="metaRight"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/wii-peripheral-could-double-as-lie-detector/" rel="bookmark" title="Wii Peripheral Could Double As Lie Detector"><span></span></a></div> <div class="cleared"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="post"> <div class="postLeft"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/feds-fighting-for-your-internet-privacy/"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925im_/http://www.techcult.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/06042009_onlinewatchers.jpg" alt="Feds fighting for your internet privacy"/></a> </div> <div class="postRight"> <h2 class="postTitle"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090705025925/http://www.techcult.com/feds-fighting-for-your-internet-privacy/">Feds fighting for your internet privacy</a></h2> <div class="postContent"><p>Yes, that’s right, and every single conspiracy theorist is going to cry out at once that it must be a lie. Usually when one thinks of the Feds, they think of hearing about them watching over conversations to pick up on key terms to look for terrorists or something along those lines. 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