Kenyans hacked to death with machetes

Kenya has become Africa's new dead zone, I wonder who and or what will save the situation? " NAIROBI, Kenya - Several people were beaten and hacked to death with machetes in a Nairobi slum Sunday in renewed ethnic fighting over Kenya's disputed...

Virtual Furniture, Real Arrest: Habbo Burglary

"Dutch police have arrested an unnamed 17-year-old on suspicion of having swiped €4,000 worth of furniture from the virtual Habbo Hotel - the first such local arrest for "virtual burglary". According to Expatica, police say the suspect "allegedly hacked the accounts of...

Whois Vladuz eBay's Hacker

The notorious Vladuz, wanted by the FBI and Romanian authorities in connection with hacking internet sites, fraud and other misdemeanours, is still on the run, but how many Vladuz's are there?"Thursday October 25 2007  Hacker taunts eBay with attacks  The auction...

New iPhone Firmware Out, Hacked iPhones Being Disabled?

"Apple warned us this might happen. Might, apparently, has become fact, based on early reports surfacing from iPhone owners and gadget blogs. The newly released iPhone 1.1.1 firmware is apparently wreaking havoc with iPhones that are running third-party applications or were...

Teen trades hacked iPhone for new car

I love this kid.  Why didn't I think of that?!"SAN FRANCISCO - The teenage hacker who managed to unlock the iPhone so that it can be used with cellular networks other than AT&T will be trading his...

iPhone Hacked To Run Nintendo Games -- And More

"The iPhone is officially a "closed" architecture, meaning only Apple, and people with Apple's blessing, can write applications for it. In reality, the platform is anything but closed, as industrious hackers have dug into its software guts and figured out how to run...

Has Hotmail been hacked?

An unexplained malfunction in Hotmail's email service today has sparked concerns about the safety of personal information online. What happens to all your information if your email provider suddenly shuts its doors?

Lindsay Lohan Lesbian Lifestyle Hacked

"Lindsay Lohan used her myspace account to send 'lesbian' messages to a close female friend whilst inside rehab, it was reported. Hackers claim they broke into the Mean Girls actress's private emails and found the...

Hacky Potter? Did a hacker find the ending to the Deathly Hallows?

UPDATE: NowPublic user ricknight has published a very interesting analysis of the Harry Potter hacker.Beware the ides of Rowling: A few weeks ago JK Rowling warned on her personal website that there would be an...

Row over angry, penis-removing doctor

"Doctors' unions in Romania have criticised a decision to make a surgeon pay £100,000 in damages after he lost his temper and hacked off a patient's penis during surgery. Surgeon Naum Ciomu, who had been suffering from stress at the time, had been operating on patient Nelu...

Record Breaking Identity Theft at UCLA

"Largest personal data breach ever at a US educational institution. BoingBoing reader Jonathan says, "I just got an email from UCLA, linking to the above site, in my inbox. Someone hacked and accessed their...

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Windows Vista Requires Purchasing…Not Pirating

I am no saint. As many of the online community have done, I have used software of various types that have been cracked or less than legal, and I have downloaded music. Just about a year ago, I stopped doing anything remotely illegal online with new regard for the law. I am...

Ignorance of Your Own Wireless Security Is No Excuse!

The amount of non-secure wireless home networks is astounding. It seems that most people just plug the router in, make sure they have  “the internet” and just think that is all you have to do. It seems that Wireless Security which helps prevent bandwidth theft...

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