The tech world never ceases to amaze. Sometimes, people build amazing things. And sometimes, the people who build amazing things do other stuff that leaves your jaw on the floor. Some of it's good. Some of it is oh so very bad. And some of it is just plain weird.
Here, we give you our 12 most amazing tech moments of 2012. (Click on the images above.) Yes, you'll get all kinds. The good. The bad. And the weird. Lots o' weird.
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Hands down, this is the craziest story of the year. A man is found dead, floating in a pool in Belize, and when authorities try to question his neighbor, Silicon Valley legend John McAfee, he hides overnight beneath a cardboard box and then goes on the run, phoning in dispatches from safe houses and, finally, surfacing in Guatemala where he was the star of a full-fledged international media circus.
McAfee says he's innocent, but he's got a serious credibility problem. He says a lot of things, and not all of them add up. McAfee — the guy who basically invented the computer antivirus industry — is a self-admitted master of social engineering, the art of deceiving others to achieve his own ends. On discussion forums, he's claimed to be an expert on the amphetamine-like drunk known as bath salts, and then later said it was all a joke. In Guatemala, he faked a heart attack to delay his extradition.
When last we heard, McAfee had been extradited to Miami and was heading his way west — staying in cheap motels, and switching into different disguises. Or at least that's what he says.
John McAfee Photo: Brian Finke
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