'Warcraft' maker Blizzard Wins Copyright Cheating Lawsuit

Cheating is now a violation of copyright, according to a U.S. district judge who ruled for World of Warcraft maker Blizzard on Tuesday. Blizzard was suing MDY Industries for their software program WoWGlider, which...

Crime: Robotic Vigilante Patrols Atlanta

Somehow I think if this Robot were patrolling  the range along Downtown Eastside, it would either totally Freak out the Junkies, or get Stolen by Binners for scrap metal, all the while as it is carted off to the...

Roomba Meets Terminator: Armed SWAT-Bot

iRobot, of Roomba fame, have come up with a new autonomous 'bot... this one is armed with a Taser. The reasoning is sound, I suppose: an infantry robot to support flesh-and blood troops or SWAT officers. However, the risk is high. What if it malfunctions? Well, "what if" has...

Sites 2 Regg

"A website that synchronizes latest postings from digg and reddit and shows the differences between them. People then can submit missing links to the other news source."

'Pump-and-Dump' Spam Surge Linked to Russian Bot Herders

I've been wondering about the large number of stock tip emails that have been hitting my email account. Turns out it is the work of a group of Rooskie underworld bastids running an unbelievably sophisticated bot-net hacking scam. Ryan Naraine at eWeek has the scoop."The...

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How to keep web robots away from indexing your pages.

Zombie master sentenced to 5 years in prison

"Jeanson James Ancheta, 21, was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for using malicious software to seize control of 400,000 computers and then selling access to the zombie machines to spammers and hackers."

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and salads. ...

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