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Month: October 2010

Adriana Lima – Victoria’s Secret’s $2M Diamond Bra

If you’re starting to think about Christmas shopping for a loved one already, this $2million bra might not be the most economical gift but it certainly will make them feel special.

The bra which was designed in collaboration with Italian jeweller Damiani, contains more than 3,000 jewels, and it took six craftsmen 1,500 hours of work to complete. The model attracted a number of stares from men and women alike as she stood on the pink carpet, and a security team was required to safeguard the bra’s incredible 142 carats of white diamonds, topazes and sapphires.

“I’m Too Rich to Go to Jail” Proven Incorrect

A woman at the Stoneybrook Country Club in Estero, Florida believed that she could not be arrested for getting into a fight:

When deputies placed Hincapie under arrest, she allegedly said, “You are in trouble because I am a New Yorker and my brother is CSI” and “My dad paid cash for my Toyota Corolla and I am too rich to go to jail.”

Even as she was being taken to jail, deputies say she continued to tell the deputy he was going to be in serious trouble for arresting her.

Seven Inches is Enough, RIM Tells Jobs

If this isn’t headline of the day, I don’t know what is.

CANADA’S Research In Motion has fired back at Apple’s Steve Jobs over his claims that the iPhone is outselling the Blackberry and that 7-inch tablet computers have no future. “We think many customers are getting tired of being told what to think by Apple,” RIM co-chief executive Jim Balsillie said in a blog post responding to the comments made on Monday by Jobs.


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Kristina Svechinskaya World’s Sexiest Hacker

Has it really come to this? Now we are calling any ol’ mediocre, virus spreading chick the “world’s sexiest hacker?” Am I wrong or is this getting a bit ridiculous?

Federal and state prosecutors in New York brought charges against a ring of international cyber-criminals who used computer viruses to break into bank accounts. Among them were four New York students, including 21 year Kristina Svechinskaya, who is being groomed as the next Anna Chapman by the NY dailies.