Firas Alkhateeb Is Obama Joker Poster Artist

Firas Alkhateeb created the now infamous poster of Barack Obama with make-up like the Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight, famously played by Heath Ledger. The 20-year-old history major at Univeristy of Illinois...

Response to Cinema Shill Sony CEO Michael Lynton - Huffingtonpost

This is in response to Cinema Shill Sony CEO Michael Lynton's article on Huffingtonpost.com. This is Michael Lynton, "I'M A GUY WHO DOESN'T SEE ANYTHING GOOD HAVING COME FROM THE INTERNET, PERIOD." At a panel...

Nokia follows the footsteps of Apple

Nokia has opened Ovi, it's online App store, to some 50 million phone users worldwide on Tuesday. It seems as if Nokia followed the footsteps of Apple whose App store is still a huge success. "Nokia said it opened...

Parkinson drugs turned headmaster into paedophile

A headmaster with thousands of indecent pictures of children on his computer has been aquited after a judge ruled that the drugs he was taking to combat Parkinson's disease turned him into a paedophile."A former headmaster who amassed thousands of indecent images of children...

Single Mother Wins $108,000 Against RIAA

Every nerd's personal hero, Tanya Anderson, was awarded $108,000 by an Oregon federal magistrate who succesfully fought a lawsuit filed by the recording industry against her. Accusing the (Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) of using threats and intimidation to...

Spain's King Carlos "It's Good to be King"!

In Chile during summit talks with Spains King Juan Carlos and Venezuelan President Chavez in attendance, Spains King Carlos obviously pissed at Chavez diatribes uttered the words "Shut Up", which got diplomats at...

Amazon debuts digital book reader

"Online retailer Amazon has unveiled an own-brand wireless electronic book reader called Kindle. The paperback-sized device is on sale immediately in the US for $399 (£195). It can store up to 200 books in its...

New hybrid VPN platform

"With Remote File Access the user has possibilities that are similar to the File Explorer under Windows. Files can be uploaded and downloaded or renamed. It is also possible to create or delete directories. When using Internet Explorer the Cache Protection module protects the...

Oops... Senator accidentally shows students porn

This is priceless.  It's not often you get to tag a news story with both 'civics lesson' and 'nude'.  I'd go through High School all over again just to witness the discomfort this must have evolked... "State Rep. Matthew Barrett was giving a civics lesson Tuesday...

Novice computer hacking kits found for sale on eBay

I have included current adverts for hacking tools for sale on Ebay as of today's date 21 September 2007. The Metropolitan Police's Fraud Alert page (met.police.uk/fraudalert) has a reporting form for online fraud...

Gainesville doctor sentenced 35 years for child porn

This is really disturbing.  As a father I am very concerned about this issue as well as the fact that so many people in responsible positions are found guilty of this makes it hard for me not to wonder if my...

Hackers Can Now Deliver Viruses via Web Ads

Not that this is new news, but it is a reminder that without adequate PC protections, i.e., anti-virus, firewall, spyware blockers and removal, as well as education on the problem of malwares and cyber attacks any...

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...

Egypt: Breaking the Love/Sex Taboos

Egypt: Cell Phone Movies in Freedom's ServiceArticle written by Marius Chitosca, from Smart MobsEncouraged by the unexpected success he had on YouTube with his first 23 movies, a young Egyptian, under the...

Trojan Targets Skype Users

PC Skypesters beware! An existing trojan has been modified to attack PCs via Skype's instant-messaging service. As always, do not accept downloads from untrusted sources. "Miscreants have again adapted the Warezov Trojan horse to target Skype users, Websense Security Labs...

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