Aug. 13, 2007
Bizarre tale of high tech CEO car crash
Wired
Terrence Russell unearths the story behind the story of Gizmondo CEO million dollar Ferrari car crach.
”Remember the bizarre story of the Ferrari Enzo crash involving a Gizmondo executive? Well, even though the failed gaming handheld company has gone the way of the dodo, there’s been a particular element of this story that’s never been resolved. On the night of the accident Gizmondo honcho Bo Stefan Eriksson told a sherif’s deputy that a man known simply as “Dietrich” was behind the wheel of his incredibly rare sports car, and fled the scene on foot immediately after the wreck. Since the mysterious Dietrich was never found, the question for the longest time has been whether or not the elusive character even existed. However, in a report released today the L.A. Times revealed that Dietrich has been found…kind of. According to the article, Trevor Michael Karney (who was actually posing as an innocent passerby when police came upon the crash) is the elusive Dietrich–but not so much for the namesake, but because evidence has been brought forward that proves that Karney was the other person in the car with Eriksson. Ready for the M. Night-worthy twist? Karney/Dietrich wasn’t even driving–it was Eriksson all along. Of course, not to be outdone by his role in the destruction of a $1 million dollar sports car, Karney was taken into custody today on charges of resisting arrest, drunk driving, providing false information to an officer, and possibly even immigration violations. And to think that these were the guys who were claiming that they’d turn the gaming market on its ear.”
Computer glitch strands travelers at airport
News.com
Steven Musil writes about a U.S. Customs computer systems malfunction that stranded more than 20,000 international passengers for several hours at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday.
“Many passengers who had already spent 10 or more hours on airplanes during their flights were kept on their planes for several hours after the international terminals used for processing arriving passengers reached capacity. Airport officials said the stranded planes were connected to ground power and passengers had access to food, water and bathrooms.”
SCO falls flat on its face
IT Wire
Sam Varghese has the inside scoop on the failings of SCO.
“The SCO Group may face financial ruin after a ruling in the US that it does not own the IP rights to UNIX. Novell has been ruled to own the IP.”