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Nokia 'Plan B' investor letter was an engineer's hoax

...purporting to come from a group of disgruntled Nokia investors was a hoax, according to Twitter posts to which the group's website now automatically... Read more

18 February, 2011

Census data hack claim was hoax, says government

...s census information. The claim that hackers got in looks like a hoax and our investigation concluded that there is no sign of any suspicious... Read more

23 June, 2011
Camera <endeca_term>Hoax</endeca_term> Buffet 1.0

Camera Hoax Buffet 1.0

...Hollywood quality hoax app*ufo, ghosts, bigfoot and huge fish*tons of props!*email or... Read more

25 February, 2012
100 Astonishing April Fool's Day <endeca_term>Hoaxes</endeca_term> Of All Time 1.6

100 Astonishing April Fool's Day Hoaxes Of All Time 1.6

...SAFE!!!Download for free and read some of the best April Fools Hoaxes of all time.This app is just for fun! Features: Attractive user... Read more

30 September, 2011
Camera <endeca_term>Hoax</endeca_term> Buffet 1.2

Camera Hoax Buffet 1.2

...in this app. These are sure to fool your friends.*Hollywood quality hoax app*ufo, ghosts, bigfoot and huge fish*tons of props!*email or... Read more

20 July, 2011
Big <endeca_term>Hoaxes</endeca_term> 1.1

Big Hoaxes 1.1

...been duped? Of course, we all have! ---------------------------This app contains every single hoax ever created. Find all the hoaxes you or someone else has fallen... Read more

5 March, 2011
MyXfile: Ghosts - <endeca_term>Hoax</endeca_term> photo creation 1.2

MyXfile: Ghosts - Hoax photo creation 1.2

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19 October, 2011
MyXfile: UFO - <endeca_term>Hoax</endeca_term> photo creation 1.1

MyXfile: UFO - Hoax photo creation 1.1

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19 October, 2011

DNS Changer: A Real Threat to Your Internet

...whether DNS Changer, a Trojan malware is for real or just a hoax and whether will she lose her internet connectivity in July this year... Read more

17 May, 2012

Hacker tries to blackmail RIM over riot data

...message purporting to come from RIM, but that this message was a hoax.Charlie McMurdie, the head of the Metropolitan Police eCrime Unit, is working... Read more

9 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

New email / phone SCAM

...prefixes (+44...). The whole thing was pretty plausible - and it was a hoax. As always, beware. Read carefully, and think before you act. Reading the... Read more

5 July, 2011

Lytro camera lets you focus after you shoot

...as old as photography, it's tempting to dismiss it as a hoax. In this case, however, Lytro is based on technology developed over a... Read more

22 June, 2011

Nokia shareholders plan opposition to Microsoft deal

...though innovation". Update on 17 February: The 'Plan B' revolt is a hoax, according to Dow Jones and a post on Twitter. The Twitter message... Read more

16 February, 2011 by Sam Diaz

Court allows appeal in Twitter joke trial

...later arrested under the Criminal Law Act 1977 for making a bomb hoax. The Crown Prosecution Service later added a charge under section 127 of... Read more

22 December, 2010

Programmer claims FBI built back door in OpenBSD

...of the source code and claims that the charges must be a hoax. The report surfaced in email made public on Tuesday from a former... Read more

16 December, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

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