Hong Kong man caught for 5th time crossing border with 150 iPhones taped to body

Photo: People.com.cn A Hong Kong man has been caught trying to cross the border into China with almost 150 iPhones strapped to his body… for the FIFTH time! The man, who was apparently picked out by customs because of his android-like gait (lol), was intercepted while attempting to cross the Lo Wu border checkpoint with 126 iPhones taped to his back and another 20 taped to his calves. While that may be amazing in itself, what’s...

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Two Cathay Pacific pilots die in violent Hong Kong Porsche crash

Police examine the burnt-out remains of the Porsche. Photo: Metro Daily Two Cathay Pacific pilots were killed in a car accident in Kwai Chung in the early hours of Thursday, Apple Daily reported Friday. Ian Wong, 27, and Michael Tam, 28, co-pilots for the airline, were going for a late-night drive with three Dragonair pilots of similar age at the Container Port Road South. Witnesses reported seeing a BMW M3, believed to be...

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Man cooks rice at HK airport after missing flight

Man cooks rice at HK airport after missing flight A Chinese man drew curious stares from passengers when he was spotted using an electric rice cooker to steam rice at the departure hall in Hong Kong International Airport on Sunday (Mar 9). Wu Jia Yong, 46, was photographed squatting outside a bakery and beside him was a rice cooker plugged into a wall socket. “There was steam rising from it, I think it (the rice) was about...

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Towelette with Malaysia Airlines logo washes up on beach

The paper towel was found in July last year, but the discovery has only just become public knowledge The small, unopened, pre-moistened towel has been dispatched to Canberra for testing and verification, Nine News has reported. If it is identified as being from the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the small paper towel will be the first scrap of evidence from the doomed plane. The Boeing 777 aircraft –with 239 passengers...

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House for sale in Indonesia - with free wife

Wina Lia, a 40-year-old widow and beauty salon owner, stands in front of her house in Sleman on March 11. (Agence France-Presse) Sleman, Indonesia:  An advert for a house in Indonesia has gone viral online after the woman selling it offered to throw in an unusual extra feature for free - her hand in marriage. The Internet ad reads for the most part like a regular house listing, saying that the single-storey property has two bedrooms, two...

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Meet Apple's super-thin new MacBook

<br /> > Forget all your wires and cables. You won't need them if you buy Apple's new MacBook -- it only has two ports. Apple's new MacBook is its thinnest and lightest laptop to date. To achieve this feat, Apple (AAPL, Tech30) engineers streamlined many features traditionally associated with portable computers, and eliminated some as well. Here's what you need to know: 1. The body is tapered like the MacBook Air. At its thickest,...

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Apple Watch launches April 24, starts at $350

During today's press event, Apple took the lid off the upcoming Apple Watch. When the device launches on April 24, you can expect a number of features working in congress with the company's iOS and Mac ecosystem. And prices range from $350 USD/£299 GBP/$499 AUD  all the way to a staggering $10,000 USD/£13,500 GBP/$14,999 AUD. Apple claims every Apple Watch is super accurate, within 50 milliseconds of UTC. And speaking of speed, the new "Glances"...

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Taiwan ship carrying 49 crew missing in South Atlantic; 13 Pinoys on board

TAIPEI - A Taiwanese ship carrying 49 crew has vanished in the remote South Atlantic Ocean without any sign of a mayday call but shortly after its skipper reported it was taking on water, authorities said Sunday. The "Hsiang Fu Chun," a 700-ton squid fishing vessel, lost contact with its owners "soon" after reporting that water was leaking on to the deck at around 3:00 a.m. on February 26, officials said. The vessel was sailing about 1,700 nautical...

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170-year-old shipwreck beer smells gross

When you're picking out a beer, what flavors do you look for? If hints of soured milk and burnt rubber, or a "goaty" taste sound delightful to you, then brews that were aged for 170 years at the bottom of the Baltic Sea might just be your thing. Scientists recently opened two bottles of beer from a shipwreck off the coast of Finland to get a profile of the 19th century brews. Some seawater had seeped into the bottles and decades of bacterial...

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