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LOCOG's ban on 3G Wi-Fi hotspots at the London Olympics may seem ridiculous to some, but the equipment used to enforce it will seem ridiculous to everyone else. Laugh as much as you want, that Wi-Fi detector will sniff out your hotspots and shut them down before you can say "United Kingdom Office of Communications."

The London 2012 Olympics coverage can be a pain to keep track of on one's own. That's not even considering the time delay if you can't manage to find a way to view the events live. Luckily, the good folks of ANIMAL have come to the rescue. They've crafted Medal Count, a nifty website with regular updates that keeps track of all the medals won by the various countries. Now, instead of watching the television delay, you can watch a slightly faster update in the form of spiffy icons.

A timing error during the fencing semifinal at the London 2012 Olympics ended up causing Germany's Britta Heidemann to squeak out a victory over South Korea's Shin A Lam. The South Koreans appealed the process, but weird Olympics procedures required Shin to remain on the piste -- the playing area -- for over an hour whilst the appeal was deliberated. Now, this heartbreaking story has been told using LEGOs.

We reported yesterday that Guy Adams, the Los Angeles bureau chief for The Independent, had his Twitter account suspended after he directed those displeased with NBC's London 2012 Olympics coverage to a corporate email address for Gary Zenkel. Twitter responded to Adams' queries saying that he had violated their privacy policies and NBC had complained. NBC Sport's Vice President of Communications, Christopher McCloskey, has now told The Telegraph that NBC's social media department was actually alerted by Twitter.

Chances are that, if you're reading this, you're already aware that NBC has been broadcasting their London 2012 Olympics coverage on a delay. In an age where we can almost instantly know everything happening everywhere, one of the greatest collaborations between nations is essentially being held hostage in order to boost ad revenue. Guy Adams, the Los Angeles bureau chief for The Independent, had his Twitter account suspended after complaining about the delay and suggesting folks email Gary Zenkel, an NBC executive, with their own thoughts on the matter.

The London 2012 Olympics have officially begun! Whenever the Olympics come around, people tend to get excited. They also tend to upload unauthorized footage to websites like YouTube. That's when the International Olympic Committee puts their collective foot down. It's clearly wrong to share an event designed to celebrate multiculturalism and encourage global cooperation -- outside the properly paying channels, of course.

Because there is nearly a LEGO set for every situation, there will now be a set of minifigures devoted to the Great Britain Olympic team. The set of nine will be available starting in July -- only in the United Kingdom. So if, like Pokémon, you've got to catch 'em all, it looks like you will have to pay international shipping if you don't live in an area where they're available. If not, it'll just be nine pieces missing from your otherwise perfect set. If you can stand it.

With their Ronald Reagan School of Missile Defense diplomas clutched tightly in hand, U.K. officials have revealed their newest addition to the line of gadgets designed to seek and destroy in defense of the London 2012 Olympics. The Rapier surface-to-air missile system is an impressive piece of technology, designed to engage up to two targets at once. In this case, unfortunately, said targets would likely be hijacked Boeing 747s and other such aircraft full of innocent passengers.