Student cracks $84m porn filter
A MELBOURNE schoolboy has cracked the Federal Government's new $84 million internet porn filter in minutes. — Tom Wood, 16, said it took him just over 30 minutes to bypass the Government's filter, r...
Researchers Crack KeeLoq Code for Car Keys
Slashdot had a small post about this yesterday but I've spoken with one of the researchers about it so thought I'd add a little more detail. — A group of Israeli and Belgian researchers found a vuln...
Special Edition Nokia N73 to Celebrate Ramadan
Nokia has launched a special edition Nokia N73 in honor of the Holy month of Ramadan. The special edition N73 will be available exclusively to Middle East and North Africa markets. — The Special ed...
Picture Exclusive: Palm Centro Leaked Official Shot
The Palm Centro has been courting much attention lately thanks to a host of blurry pictures and news of its diminutive stature. Today we have the first (leaked) press photo shot of the device and it ...
Attack Of The Fake Bloggers
Whilst Fake Steve Jobs has gained the most attention in the fake personal blog scene, a number of other fake blogs have been launched this year. Here's a quick run down of a few that might be worthy ...
Consumer Innovations to Inform Web Site for Spies
Government agents may soon find valuable information through an online-recommendation system like the one on Amazon.com: Spies who read this report, it might say, also found these reports useful. — ...
Report: Major Apple event coming Sept. 5
With rumors of new iPods heating up, fresh news comes of a trademarked Apple "special event" to be held in two weeks. — Ars Technica's Infinite Loop is reporting that unidentified Apple sources have...
Windows Genuine Advantage suffers worldwide outage, problems galore (updated)
Late last night we started receiving reports from readers experiencing problems with Windows Genuine Advantage authentication. Users of both Windows XP and Windows Vista were writing to say that they...
The Internet is Dead and Boring
A lot of people are all up and upset about my comments that the Internet is dead and boring. Well guess what, it is. Every new technological, mechanical or intellectual breakthrough has its day, day...
With 'LOLcats' Internet Fad, Anyone Can Get In on the Joke
Eric Nakagawa was between jobs last January when he came across a funny picture while surfing the Web: a high-strung cat with an open maw making a garbled request for a cheeseburger. — Mr. Nakagawa ...
A First-Hand Look at a Chinese Second Life, HiPiHi
Zhong Guan Village, Beijing - Last year, a mysterious YouTube video purported to demo a Chinese Second Life called HiPiHi (pronounced "high-pee-high") stormed the virtual world blogosphere. But with ...
Anime Distributor Has No Legal Right to Threaten BitTorrent Users
Last week we reported on the Singapore-based anime distributor Odex Pt. Ltd and their campaign to track, find and threaten thousands of BitTorrent users which they claim infringe their copyrights. Th...