Australia's biggest casino was taken for £22 million, when its own security cameras were used against it by a high-roller who managed to hijack the surveillance systems. Read More >>
Featured comment by ScyBy:
"Baccarat can have pretty high stakes, and it looks like he was playing in a VIP area.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-15/crown-casino-rocked-by-..." More »
I'm not sure why, but Natwest and RBS aren't exactly doing a stand-up job of, well, standing up. Both banks had their cards, cash machines, online, and phone banking go tits-up last night. Apparently loads of people had their cards swallowed by ATMs and everything, but did you even notice? Read More >>
Featured comment by Mack:
"Nope - use HSBC, not owned by the government, very few issues and good at sorting them when there are. Never heard anyone say anything positive about ..." More »
Even though business cards seemed like they would be one of the first things to get killed by some fancy techwiznology, they've managed to survive even though the use of dead paper is dying. Everybody has business cards—even the super rich and super famous. Here are a few business cards from people you definitely already know. Read More >>
Well, this is getting a little confusing. Oatmeal Studios, who's suing the Oatmeal we know and love, has responded. It says it's drawn up the lawsuit to protect its name, and to defend against one of the world's largest greeting card companies. The Oatmeal's just got caught in the crossfire. Read More >>
Featured comment by equesta:
"It's fair enough I guess. It's not like Oatmeal Studios owns a patent to "printed thick paper-based product with four sides"." More »
If you run a little business and would like to start taking payments by card, iZettle is by far the cheapest, easiest and newest way to do so. For £20 you get a card reader that attaches to an iPhone, iPad or Android mobile, then away you go. It'll be just like working in Tesco. Read More >>
Featured comment by Aeropher:
"Maybe this will disperse confusion and educate people (myself included, computer scientist that I am, I still couldn't properly tell you which CPU is ..." More »
In what is truly a stroke of pure genius, this simple birthday card will turn the last minute bottle of hooch you picked up at the corner store into the most thoughtful birthday gift you can give someone. Read More >>
E&M labs, which raised over £62,000 on Kickstarter last year for their Trebuchette, has built a new toy: Skallops. They're wooden clips that transform a regular deck of cards into a set of building blocks. Read More >>
Featured comment by Magic Robot:
"... and when you have finished building card houses and space wheels. You can play Death Scallops - An elastic band pulled tight between thumb and ind..." More »
We can't believe Apple bothered to develop a Cards app for the iPhone but hey, there are old people who still love to send and receive cards and young people who've forgotten what cards even are, and they both use the iPhone. It's out in the app store now so I just sent myself a card. I'm sort of excited? Read More >>
Featured comment by terlan:
"And this is different to using moonpig, funky pigeon or some other design your own greeting card service based on the web or app how?
I'm just wait..." More »