Man Swallows Key, Locksmith Uses X-Ray (AP)

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Sun swallows Storagetek for $4bn

Sun swallows Storagetek for $4bn 06/05/2005 10:48 PM
US software and computer server maker Sun Microsystems acquires data storage firm Storagetek in a deal worth $4.1bn.

QLT Swallows Atrix

QLT Swallows Atrix 06/15/2004 11:47 AM
Two small drug companies get together to do bigger things.

Adobe Swallows Macromedia

Adobe Swallows Macromedia 04/18/2005 06:32 PM

The future is clearly about a very small number of graphics developers with integrated applications. By Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

Apple swallows SchemaSoft

Apple swallows SchemaSoft 03/22/2005 03:20 PM
The Mac maker says it has purchased the assets of SchemaSoft, a company that helps software makers translate rival file formats.

Iomart swallows Easyspace for
£10.5m

Iomart swallows Easyspace for
£10.5m 09/06/2004 07:28 AM
Web biz expansion

Pipex swallows Nildram

Pipex swallows Nildram 08/09/2004 07:28 AM
Gulp!

EA swallows Criterion Software

EA swallows Criterion Software 07/29/2004 10:11 AM
Games behemoth gains control of RenderWare

Suspect Swallows $47,500 to Smuggle
It (AP)

Suspect Swallows $47,500 to Smuggle
It (AP) 07/12/2004 08:43 PM
AP - A suspect swallowed nearly $50,000 in cash in a failed attempt to smuggle the funds out of Colombia, officials said Monday.

Cingular swallows up AT&T Wireless

Cingular swallows up AT&T Wireless 02/17/2004 09:55 AM
CNET Feb 17 2004 2:34PM GMT

Nigerian Swallows 160 Bags of Cocaine
(AP)

Nigerian Swallows 160 Bags of Cocaine
(AP) 06/14/2004 11:22 AM
AP - A smuggler swallowed 3.5 pounds of cocaine to avoid detection but was caught in southern Norway nevertheless, the customs service said Monday.

Sinkhole in Road Swallows Truck (AP)

Sinkhole in Road Swallows Truck (AP) 06/10/2004 06:07 PM
AP - A man's truck was swallowed by a sinkhole that opened up on a Coastal Bend roadway that had been undermined by a water leak.

Man Allegedly Swallows Man's Finger in
Bar (AP)

Man Allegedly Swallows Man's Finger in
Bar (AP) 12/30/2004 07:30 PM
AP - A man allegedly bit off and swallowed another man's finger during a bar brawl, court officials said Thursday.

Calif. Inmate Swallows Handcuff Key (AP)

Calif. Inmate Swallows Handcuff Key (AP) 03/25/2005 07:33 PM
AP - A jail inmate swallowed his key to freedom. During a sweep of the high-security wing of the county jail, deputies discovered that Jose Angel Juarez had swallowed a handcuff key and set off the metal detector during a walkthrough screening.

East Germany Swallows Billions, and
Still Stagnates

East Germany Swallows Billions, and
Still Stagnates 07/21/2004 02:33 AM
Economic stagnation, chronic unemployment, and a dwindling population have turned many eastern neighborhoods into ghost towns.

Giant Fla. Sinkhole Swallows 4-Lane Road
(AP)

Giant Fla. Sinkhole Swallows 4-Lane Road
(AP) 12/19/2004 03:23 PM
AP - A growing sinkhole swallowed a four-lane road Saturday and forced the evacuation of 20 central Florida homes, officials said.

Sony swallows MGM, makes deal with
Comcast

Sony swallows MGM, makes deal with
Comcast 09/14/2004 06:56 PM

Thief swallows diamond ring (Reuters)

Thief swallows diamond ring (Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:38 PM
Reuters - A would-be jewel thief who swallowed a 1.5 carat diamond ring has been forced by nature to give up the evidence, Florida police say.

Cisco Swallows Its Poison Pill Three
Years Early

Cisco Swallows Its Poison Pill Three
Years Early 03/31/2005 07:19 PM
FinancialWire Mar 31 2005 11:22PM GMT
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N.Y. Students Pull Birth-Control Prank
(AP)

N.Y. Students Pull Birth-Control Prank
(AP) 06/12/2004 06:22 AM
AP - Parents opened their mailboxes to find an official-looking letter offering birth control — and motel rooms — for the upcoming senior prom.

Gold Medal Winner - The Superball Prank

Gold Medal Winner - The Superball Prank 06/17/2005 06:09 PM

The Superball prank has everything: a long set up, an incredible premise, and sweet, sweet release. The perpetrators, Gene and his work buddy, bought 2000 Superballs for $100. Instead of throwing them down a hall or eating them, they decided to create a Superball tsunami. Any prank that requires someone to try it out before the fact to confirm that it didn't hurt is a winner in our book.

The premise is simple: the pair created a firing tube, trapdoor ceiling tile, and a tripwire. The resulting torrent of Superballs freaks out their co-worker and provides minutes of WMV-encoded entertainment.

Thank you for all your submissions and thanks to you, Gene, for proving that rubber and potentially lethal trapdoors can still make us smile.

A Superball Story [Lomont]

Thieves Make Clean Getaway with
Soap-Filled Truck (Reuters)

Thieves Make Clean Getaway with
Soap-Filled Truck (Reuters) 06/22/2004 10:45 AM
Reuters - German police said on Tuesday they were searching for thieves who made a clean getaway after stealing washing powder worth 75,000 euros ($90,710) from a trailer in the western town of Muelheim.

Prank Letters Offer Condoms at Dance
(AP)

Prank Letters Offer Condoms at Dance
(AP) 06/11/2004 03:55 PM
AP - Parents in a suburban New York school district received prank letters on official-looking stationery offering students a "Protection Package" of condoms and lubricants for a high school dance.

What the Butler swallowed

What the Butler swallowed 11/10/2003 10:59 PM
Newspapers around the world are itching to print a story that Prince Charles is gay and was caught giving a...

"Structured Interview Helps Make Correct
Diagnosis "

"Structured Interview Helps Make Correct
Diagnosis " 08/22/2004 07:54 AM

Linux helps make weather forecasts more
accurate

Linux helps make weather forecasts more
accurate 07/07/2004 01:33 AM
Weather is a tricky thing to predict, but advances in Linux-based High Performance Computing (HPC) are helping climatologists and global weather modelers achieve faster, more accurate results.

XRay 1.0.6

XRay 1.0.6 10/29/2003 04:56 PM
A flexible and powerful “Get Info” program.

XRay Video 4.2

XRay Video 4.2 04/04/2005 06:27 PM
Cross converter for MPEGs, Quicktime movies, AVI movies from files, (S)VCD and DVDs.

Swallowed Diamond Ring Shows Up as
Evidence (Reuters)

Swallowed Diamond Ring Shows Up as
Evidence (Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:34 PM
Reuters - A would-be jewel thief who swallowed a 1.5 carat diamond ring has been forced by nature to give up the evidence, Florida police said.

XRay Web Scraping Tool 2.0

XRay Web Scraping Tool 2.0 12/04/2003 08:26 PM
A GUI-based HTTP monitoring and Web scraping tool.

Money 2005: Microsoft Unveils Simplified
Approach to Financial Management and
Helps People Make Sense of Their Money

Money 2005: Microsoft Unveils Simplified
Approach to Financial Management and
Helps People Make Sense of Their Money 09/21/2004 08:41 AM
Marking the largest development effort for Microsoft(R) Money since the personal finance software was launched 13 years ago, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced Microsoft Money 2005 Premium, Deluxe, Standard and Small Business. Completely rebuilt to simplify daily financial tasks, Money 2005 is designed to answer the growing number of consumer requests for a simple solution that addresses the three primary areas of financial concern: tracking account balances, monitoring spending and paying bills. Consumers today have less time than ever to spend managing their finances, which has contributed to the number of American households banking online -- due to its convenience and efficiency -- reaching nearly 33 million.(1) Money 2005 builds on this trend by helping people access all their accounts in one place and providing automated tools that reduce or eliminate the manual entry required by traditional personal finance software.

Dog Helps Rescue Woman From Fake Trooper
(AP)

Dog Helps Rescue Woman From Fake Trooper
(AP) 04/09/2005 06:18 PM
AP - Authorities are looking for a man who posed as a highway patrol trooper and stopped a woman early Friday at a highway rest stop. The woman had pulled over at the Highway 385 rest area in western South Dakota to let her dog out, investigators said.

Dead Woman's Text Message Helps Lock Up
Murderous Husband

Dead Woman's Text Message Helps Lock Up
Murderous Husband 05/10/2004 08:47 AM
A woman's mobile phone may help her get her revenge from beyond the grave, as a UK court heard last week the text message that she wrote--but never sent--on the day she was fatally stabbed by her ex-husband. The message reads, "20 march 03, twice 2 day howard threatened to...

Acquisition Helps Oracle Bust Out of
Oracle-Only Identity Management

Acquisition Helps Oracle Bust Out of
Oracle-Only Identity Management 03/28/2005 11:20 PM
The purchase of identity management vendor Oblix will enable Oracle to cater to heterogeneous shops, rather than the Oracle-only customers to which it has catered.

Veypor Helps Helps Measure Motorcycle
Manhood

Veypor Helps Helps Measure Motorcycle
Manhood 04/22/2004 01:17 PM
One of the better trends to come out of the automotive tuning scene are the adoption of cheap, accelerometers that let the drivers keep track of quarter-mile times, 0-60 second rates, braking distance, etc., all from within their own car. With units like the Beltronics FX2 available for under $200,...

Web Zen: Prank Zen

Web Zen: Prank Zen 04/08/2005 12:19 PM
Xeni Jardin: quit staring at my pranks
college pranks
harvard sucks
starbucks emails
the jim thompson letters
incoming pizza calls
project foil
anti-gravity room
post office experiments
the credit card prank
improv everywhere

web zen home, web zen store, (Thanks, Frank).

Prank Emails

Prank Emails 01/05/2005 06:56 AM
Some are a bit silly but this particular prank email is transcendant. Batman and Robin could not find as just a cause. Finally a modern corporate warrior get what he deserves.

zug.com's prank song

zug.com's prank song 02/19/2004 06:14 PM

This week's featured content is a protest song at zug.com. Zug.com has been producing humorous articles for almost ten years online and this protest song is part of a larger set of RIAA pranks they pulled last summer. The song has been remixed as well and they actively encourage others to share the song online to get their message across, in a humorous way.

Prank Call Manager

Prank Call Manager 08/17/2004 09:10 AM
Prank Call Manager 1.1 RC2 - Coming Soon!

Man Sends Prank Terrorism SMS

Man Sends Prank Terrorism SMS 12/24/2004 12:16 PM

Maybe this is sort of obvious, but if you're sitting on a plane and think, "You know, it would be hilarious if I were to send some text messages claiming we've been hijacked by terrorists," it really isn't that hilarious. Well, okay, I take that back—it's sort of giggle-worthy when they arrest you when you hit the ground. Italian tourist Antonio Casale apparently hadn't ever heard this chestnut of wisdom, and neither had his wife, who contacted authorities upon receiving prank messages from her husband. What a fun-filled marriage they must share.

Hijacking message a prank [TheAdvertiser via MobileBurn]

The Credit Card Prank II

The Credit Card Prank II 03/22/2005 03:18 PM
credit card receipts with fake names .. The Credit Card Prank II .. signature verification

zug.com/pranks/credit_card
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Starbucks email prank

Starbucks email prank 12/24/2004 12:29 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Read what happens when a new Starbucks corporate office employee gets into a bizarre email exchange with a prankster pretending to be the CEO / president.

I know this may seem petty, but Ms. Crisholm should have told you how we feel about goatees or facial hair in our corporate offices. While I realize they may be considered stylish and acceptable in our Starbucks outlets, we ask that men refrain from wearing them in our corporate offices as we are trying to uphold a certain image. That includes earrings and other piercings on men, which I do not tolerate at all. Unfortunately, there's little we can do about the appearance of our counter people no matter how much we try. I certainly wish this weren't the case, because most of them have absolutely no loyalty to our brand, and they have done nothing but tarnish our image. I hope you understand our position. Please have it removed by Monday.

Link (Thanks, Scott!)

Manure Spread Around Ind. School in
Prank (AP)

Manure Spread Around Ind. School in
Prank (AP) 05/26/2004 06:26 PM
AP - High school officials say a senior prank became a health hazard when someone spread hundreds of pounds of manure on school doors and around the building and put dead animals, animal blood and stolen "for sale" signs outside the school.

MIT students pull prank on conference

MIT students pull prank on conference 04/16/2005 02:26 AM

"CNN.com - MIT students pull prank on
conference - Apr 14, 200..."

"CNN.com - MIT students pull prank on
conference - Apr 14, 200..." 04/15/2005 11:40 PM

Bellevue Man Behind Bush Google Prank

Bellevue Man Behind Bush Google Prank 01/22/2004 07:26 PM
The 'Google bomb', as it's called, leads searchers of the phrase "miserable failure" on Google.com to an unexpected result: the official White House biography ...

Drunken prank led to death fall

Drunken prank led to death fall 04/13/2005 02:21 PM
A 22-year-old rugby player was impaled on railings after plunging from his flat window during a drunken prank, an inquest hears.

Man Swallows Key, Locksmith Uses X-Ray (AP)

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