The 19-year-old arrested in the U.K. on Monday has officially been charged for violating both the Criminal Law Act and the Computer Misuse Act.
According to a report released by the Metropolitan Police, Ryan Cleary of Wickford, Essex (that’s his house in the above photo) has been charged with participating in an attack against …
I’ll show you how to build your own arcade cabinet for use with your iPad. Then when that doesn’t work, I’ll show you where to order one. Enjoy!
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Yesterday we heard a rumor that Apple may have been looking to announce a new iPhone not at its annual September event—one the company has traditionally used to announce new iPods—but that an event to launch the new iPhone may be held “in the beginning or middle of August” instead, according to Boy Genius Report.
The rumor also …
Of all the server hosting contingency plans on the books, here’s one you probably missed: web server takedown and seizure by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
It just happened in Reston, Virginia on Tuesday, though at this point it’s anyone’s guess why. All we know is that the timing coincides with yesterday’s reported arrest by …
Rumors abound saying that Hulu may sell itself soon. The video streaming service was recently approached with an unsolicited buyout offer which, according to the Los Angeles Times, reportedly came from Yahoo.
Let’s not take any bets on it yet; TechCrunch says the offer might not be from Yahoo. Meanwhile, the cloaked identity of the …
LulzSec appears to have blown the whistle on two of its own members, as a document uploaded to Pastebin reads, in part:
“Hi FBI & other law enforcement clowns,
LulzSec here with some juicy gossip.
This is [redacted]… He was involved in the hacking of the game ‘Dues Ex’ and was/is involved in countless other cybercrimes.
Also, he
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When is a retweet not a retweet?
When the original tweet never existed – and if that sounds like common sense, it seems that no-one explained that to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which yesterday created fake retweets from President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, former Governor of Virginia Tim Kaine …
Video game grudge matches rarely come this perfectly designed.
This fall, Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 come out within weeks of each other, trying to capture the free time of millions of gamers worldwide. But, it’s not just the fact that both titles are realistically styled war games set in what’s pretty much the …
A 19-year-old man has been arrested in Wickford, Essex by local authorities “working in co-operation with the FBI.”
The complete police report is as follows:
“Officers from the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) have arrested a 19-year-old man in a pre-planned intelligence-led operation.
The arrest follows an
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The “cloud” is great, until something goes drastically wrong. Sometime on Sunday, online file-hosting service Dropbox pushed out a system update, inadvertently letting anyone log into any Dropbox account without a password.
The code created a bug in the system, and for nearly four hours, anyone could take advantage of the …
Netflix has been at the center of several legal battles as of late, including contract issues with Sony and the controversy over whether sharing your password should be a felony.
Now, the newest lawsuit opened against the streaming video giant takes aim at the service’s lack of subtitles for its “Watch Instantly” videos and TV …
Hardcore online gamer? Spending hours on end plugged into stuff like World of Warcraft daily? Pay close attention then. While none of what I’m about to relay is definitive, it does have the air of something serious, cautious and scientific. Call it pre-sobering, then.
Researchers in China and the United States recently published a …
