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Mole Kart for iPhone, It’s-a-Not-Me!
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Nintendo’s lawyers just got more work thrown their way. Mole Kart is a Mario Kart… knock-off for iPhone that you will probably never see via the App Store. It doesn’t look half bad for a rip-off, but then again all you really have to do is throw in some mushrooms, |
January 12th, 2012
PS Vita Gets Cloned Before Launch
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Sony’s PS Vita hasn’t even had its official worldwide launch yet, and a clone has already been developed and launched in China. Begun, these clone wars have. The first PS Vita knock-off is called the Yinlips YDPG18. That rolls right off the tongue, no?… |
December 13th, 2011
Angry Birds Mate With PSP, Lay an Egg
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You’ve gotta hand it to schlock gadget merchants of China for their ability to completely laugh in the face of all intellectual property laws. Take, for example, this craptacular version of Angry Birds… which you can now buy. |
December 11th, 2011
BlackBerry 9980 Spotted in China: Fake or No Fake?
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This BlackBerry popped up a few days ago on a Chinese web site, and it’s supposed to be the new BlackBerry 9980. I have to admit that the design is somewhat intriguing, but if it really looks like this, will it sell?… |
September 12th, 2011
The Clone Factory: Make Your Own Mini-Me
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I have trouble understanding why anyone would want a fake 3D clone of themselves, but hey, who really understands the Japanese? One shop in Tokyo, Japan, has decided to offer realistic replicas of people to discerning customers. Perfect when you want to start the bejeezus out of someone.… |
July 27th, 2011
There Are Actually Full-Blown Counterfeit Apple Stores Now In China? Seriously?
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I’ve seen a whole range of products from apparel to electronics to makeup of the counterfeit kind all bearing the markings of the Sleeping Giant that has already inevitably awakened. |
July 20th, 2011
Game Station PS2 Knock-off Does Everything BUT Play PS2 Games
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Most of the cheap Chinese game console knockoffs do just one thing – play old 8-bit NES or Famicom games. Some of them don’t even do that. Here’s one console clone that claims to do way more than those.… |
June 25th, 2011
Fake Mario Game Hits iTunes Store, Vanishes Like Boo
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Somedays, I just wish that Nintendo would throw in the towel on the hardware business and just make games for other platforms. Can you imagine being able to play all your favorite Mario games on your iPhone, for instance? For a brief period it looks like you could have played… |
April 30th, 2011
iPad 2 Goes Through Shrinker Ray, Loses All its Charms
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Now that you’ve got your shiny new iPad 2, how’d you like a miniature version of it. Oh yeah, you already have an iPod Touch, right? Well if you’re too cheap to buy actual Apple gadgets, you could always head over to China and pick up one of these mutants.… |
March 18th, 2011
Geminoid-DK: Robot in Disguise
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We already featured one of Hiroshi Ishiguro’s Geminoid-F androids a while back. You’ll see how the people working on the robot are getting closer and closer to making something that’s indistinguishable from a real human.… |
March 7th, 2011
