Defcon 16: Hacking and Publicity- How Far is Too Far?

Update: still the blockade continues..."he EFF tried to get the gag order lifted off the three MIT students who had planned a presentation on how Boston's subway system was vulnerable to some hacks. However, a judge...

Reporters booted from conference for hacking

"With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public WiFi network, one place was supposed to be off limits: the press room.But in a case of reporters spying on other reporters, three journalists working for the French...

Martin Bashir forced to give humiliating apology after 'stupid, tasteless' As...

TV interviewer Martin Bashir, who came to prominence after interviewing Diana, Princess of Wales, about her failed marriage in 1995, issued the apology after he had a "moment of stupidity" and made a "tasteless"...

China apologises for Roughing up Journalists days before the Olympic Games

The apology came after border police "clashed" with the Japanese journalists who had arrived in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region after an alleged terrorist attack Monday left 16 police dead, Xinhua news agency...

Amnesty, RSF, BBC China websites unblocked

Three websites blocked in China earlier this week are NowUncensored." The last two days have seen some serious complaints from the international media about China's ongoing Internet censorship, which was supposed to...

China Eases Internet Restrictions for Journalists

In the face of blistering criticism, the IOC has succeed in getting the Chinese government to let in some of the websites they had previously blocked.  The question is whether these will be widely trafficked...

Stop Politicising the Games!

Chinese president Hu Jintao once again urged people not to politicise the Games. Hu again emphasized that the core aim for the Olympics was to promote international peace and friendship. His comments followed the...

China to Limit Web Access During Olympic Games Not Surprising

As reported yesterday, the IOC is going to allow China to block access to certain areas and certain web sites to the thousands of journalists going to be covering the Olympics. This was despite promising repeatedly...

IOC agrees to Internet blocking at the Games

Would any one of us go for this? I don't think so. "The Chinese government confirmed Wednesday what journalists arriving at the lavishly outfitted media center here had suspected: Contrary to previous assurances by Olympic and government officials, the Internet would be...

Olympic journalists face web restraints

Journalists covering the Beijing Games will not have uncensored internet access, Chinese and Olympic officials have confirmed.

Web curbs for Olympic journalists

China will continue to censor the internet even during Olympic games despite the assurances given at the time of bidding. Chinese authorities have  made it clear that some sites would be inaccessible during Olympic games. Some international news pages and...

Evo morales: Bolivian government is victim of media terrorism

Amid the campaign for a recall referendum in few days time, Bolivian President Evo Morales accused media owners- not journalists- of misinforming over his administration. He called such policy media terrorism....

Where are the Conservative Journalists?

Where are the Conservative Journalists? Over at the Politico, Jonathan Martin writes, "GOP losing the new-media war." The article is generating some thoughtful discussion from conservative tech folks inside the...

The war criminal, his wife and the new girlfriend

Radovan Karadzic's secret life has revealed...he had a girlfriend, a  dark-haired middle aged woman that he introduced as Mila, whom he presented as an associate in his alternative medicine business. " The...

American jail in Afghanistan for detained journalists

According to Human Rights lawyer Barbara J. Olshansky, the US in building a jail in Afghanistan to hold local journalists. Apparently, the United States detains reporters, photographers, camera operators and...

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