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Blind Phone 'Swatter' Gets 11 Years For 911 Phone Hacking
A 19-year-old who was part of a swatting group—hacking the phone system to get 911 to respond with a SWAT team to potentially dangerous situations in order to harass people—just got sentenced to 11...
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You Can Now Text Message 911...In Parts of Iowa...With Some Risk
It's a bit surprising that even with the worldwide prevalence of text messaging, the first 911 call center to support SMS just opened yesterday in Iowa. Unfortunately, the system is still fairly...
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How Does a Blind Teenage "Swatter" Get 11 Years in Jail?
Matt Weigman, "a fat, lonely blind kid," received an 11-year jail sentence at age 19 for using the phone service to harass and attack his enemies (including the FBI!). But how does a kid come to such...
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The World Trade Center Terrorist Attack from Space
NASA has released this terrible image of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, as captured by Frank Culbertson—the commander of the International Space Station at the time. His words that...
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When You Think About It, The Death Star Was Stormtroopers' 9/11
Click to viewIs this the most tasteful Star Wars parody ever made? Far from it. But I'll admit that it made me laugh. I mean, Stormtrooper truthers? Amazing. [CollegeHumor] More »
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10,000 Birds Trapped In the World Trade Center Light Beams
This is a view of the 9/11 memorial lights. There's something floating in them, gliding slowly with an eerie glow, giving them the look of unearthly portals to another dimension. Spooky, but it has a...
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OMG HELP (or Texting 911)
According to Wired's Epicenter, the FCC wants to add SMS and mobile video support for the 911 emergency service as a way to report crimes as they happen. This would be the first time since 2001 the...
View ArticleFCC Scolds Verizon Over 10,000 Dropped 911 Calls During Blizzard
A dropped call to 911 during emergency conditions? Bad. Ten thousand of them? Very bad. Verizon did just this during a recent Blizzard in Maryland, and the FCC is ticked—asking for an internal...
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A Woman Almost Died in Her Burning House Because of Verizon's Dropped 911 Calls
Verizon recently dropped over 10,000 911 calls because of a blizzard in Maryland. One of those dropped calls ended with a woman almost dying and her home burning down. More »
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New Police Helicopter Video from September 11 Attack Released
There's not much else to be said about perhaps the worst terrorist attack in history. But this new video, taken from NYC police helicopters, shows a new perspective on that terrible day. It is...
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A Robber Called 911 After Invading a Home Because He Thought the Homeowner...
I'm not sure if this has ever happened before because it's just so...ridiculous. Timothy James Chapek, the 24-year old robber in the story, broke into a home and for some odd reason decided to take a...
View ArticleNew VOIP Feature: 911 Calls You
Yeah, 911 is a joke in your town, so it's nice to know about family emergencies at home when you're away. Ooma's new notification service helps make that happen that, pinging you remotely when your...
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Largest Lite-Brite Board Is Also a Massive 9/11 Tribute
Most 9/11 tributes don't involve a toy you last played with as a kid, but artist Rob Surette wanted to stand out from the crowd. Enter the Lite-Brite pegs, and a canvas measuring 20 x 10 feet and...
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911 to Get MMS: Here Come the Emergency Cockshots?
How horrible it is to be a 911 operator? You have to answer calls from screaming/injured/angry/crazy/dying people all day. Their job is about to get worse, as soon they'll be able to receive texts,...
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Is Creating a Fake World Trade Center with Your iPhone Tasteless?
The gaping hole in the Manhattan skyline vacated by the World Trade Center towers is a haunting and conspicuous one. But is the solution an augmented reality app that superimposes the destroyed...
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The 9/11 Memorial App Will Be An iPad Exclusive
The ten-year anniversary of the World Trade Center bombing is approaching fast and writer-director Steve Rosenbaum is preparing his 9/11 Memorial app to commemorate this occasion. More »
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New York Magazine's 9/11 Encyclopedia Is Perfect
In five short days, it'll have been ten long years since 9/11. A lot's changed in the past decade—not the least of which is the way we digest information—and NY Mag's guide to the day captures it all....
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This Firefighter Climbs Buildings Faster Than Spider-Man
The World Police and Firefighters Games 2011 happened last week in New York. They came from all over the world to compete but also to celebrate the heroism of these people who save lives risking their...
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