In China, chain gangs are going high-tech. Liu Dali alleges that he and 300 other prisoners at Jixi labor camp in Heilongjiang province were forced to play online games in 12-hour shifts. They collected virtual money to trade with other players for real money, an illegal practice known as gold farming. The Prison reportedly ... [Read More]

It's hard to believe that it's already been a century since the video sharing website, Youtube, debuted. To celebrate they've uploaded the Top 5 Viral Pictures of 1911, which proves the more things change the more they stay the same. Apparently even back then people were getting RickRolled, poorly animating fruit, dressing ... [Read More]

Finnish food activists calling themselves the Food Liberation Army (FLA) kidnapped a Ronald McDonald statue earlier this month, threatening to execute the mascot if McDonald's did not meet their demand for more transparency about the manufacturing processes, raw materials, and additives used in the fast food chain's ... [Read More]

Who says you need a big expensive gaming rig to play the latest video games? Onlive.com is taking pre-orders (Dec 2) for a virtual console that will allow gamers to play remotely on their internet-based (cloud) game servers. There will be 35 titles available at launch including: Borderlands Game of the Year Edition, ... [Read More]

The National Institute for Preventive and Health Education (INPES) has hired Koji Morimoto of Studio 4°C to produce an anti-smoking PSA. "Attraction" is an interactive story about three friends who find a diamond shaped light that is the key to an underground rave just for smokers. Players use their mouse or webcam to ... [Read More]

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month the Sunday funny pages went pink to raise awareness... but little money. Donations have been underwhelming ($6,870.24), perhaps because no one reads newspapers any more. But you can read all the participating comics online @ comicsgopink.com and don't forget to donate! You can even bid ... [Read More]

UglySchmucks.com doesn't use any fancy algorithms to match singles, the only requirement is that you have low expectations. In fact, members are encouraged to vote out those who are "overtly attractive" so that they can focus on inner beauty. "This is a central community for them to get together and meet others like ... [Read More]