Moonbender writes "Fake but working iTunes gift cards are being sold on Chinese auction sites for a ratio of their value: 'The owner of the Taobao shop told us frankly that the gift card codes are created using key-generators. He also said that he paid money to use the hackers' service. Half a year ...

His Holiness,The Dalai Lama of Tibet The Dalai Lama has launched a fierce attack on Chinese rule in his Tibetan homeland, saying his people had experienced "hell on Earth". Five decades of Chinese rule had caused "untold suffering", Tibet's exiled spiritual leader said, accusing Beijing of creating ...

Yesterday (March 9) HSBC Holding, Europe's biggest bank, and an Elephant in Hong Kong Hang Seng Index plunged 24% to HK$33, its lowest level since 1995. Since the beginning of financial crisis, many Hong Kong people believe that the city will not be hit directly by the tsunami (partly because of...

I saw this soup recipe in the latest (March 2009) copy of Malaysian Women Weekly and since I've abundance of Granny Smith apple in the fridge, I may as well make use of them to recreate this soup. This was my version of the Apple Barley Soup. Place 2 pieces of kampung chicken breast (2 pieces cos th...

  We give Barbie a lot of shit here at Scanner—for her tramp stamp, for being too skinny, for not acting her age and even for making a skeezy porno—but you know what? Fuck that. Barbie brought us a lot of joy back when we were wearing Kissing Coolers and thought that Sesame Street was our &...

By Dennis D. McDonald This movie is 1000% better than it should be. Credit the director (Takeshi Yamakazi) and his top-notch crew and cast. They shamelessly steal elements from numerous previous movies (Terminator, Independence Day, ET, Webmaster, Predator, Matrix, Timecop, Transformers, etc. etc.) ...

Thrilla in vanilla: Michael Jackson's press conference announcing some London shows he'll soon cancel was not exactly a thriller. See the video Scanner Emily shared yesterday. Dr. Sanjay Gupta has decided to turn down a job in the Obama Administration. Hero of the day: the nurse who bought a...

**Non-halal** I've read about The Zun Kitchenette sometime back in the papers and knew where it existed as we go round Pudu area rather often but somehow there isn't any urge to check them out as the complex they were located in is errmmm a rather dead place, not to mention notorious as well :p I su...

US Treasury yields have been held low across the short-term and long-term due in part to a lack of appealing investment opportunities in a deflationary period, while the Federal Reserve announced in January the possibility of buying long-term US government Treasury bonds to help hold down long-term ...

It's supposed to get pretty cool by San Diego standards over the next few days, so I thought I'd do a Sichuan food post...and finally use some photos that have been sitting around. Even though I grumble about lack of variety in "America's Finest City", I'm the first t...