"But last Thursday's raid was anything but routine, because the unnamed suspect, who has not yet been formally charged, isn't accused of cracking computers, launching a denial of service attack or distributing a virus. Instead, the joint Scotland Yard/FBI investigation is focused on his alleged authorship of the "T0rnkit," a collection of custom programs that help an intruder hide their presence on a hacked Linux machine."

UK prosecutes someone for writing a hacking tool. Sklyarov analogies made.

SecurityFocus HOME News: 'T0rn' Arrest Alarms White Hats, Advocates

A website that tracks new words/slang.

The Word Spy Index - Subjects

Rock Star Parking...

Nick and I watched a documentary about those fish just a few months after 911.

Barracuda: The Scotty Zaccharine Story: Part 3

"But on Tuesday night, the Finance Ministry gave the green light for the use of electronic games on condition "no financial benefit" was involved."

Finally the greek government backs down. Why is it that they clear this up AFTER raiding a bunch of people's businesses and seizing their property?

Greece lets the games begin again - Tech News - CNET.com

Wow... This IS the ultimate lego.

Star Wars: Collecting | LEGO Ultimate Collector Star Destroyer

I wish I had the reply function working. In response of Dol's story I must point out:

The "independent media center" supports violent "black bloc" factions who believe they are helping the working class by throwing molotov cocktails at police officers and torching small business. They have also published a great deal of commentary in strong support of the political positions presented on the now defunct "stopamerica.org" which was operated by a Seattle Al'Quaeda member who was recently indicted and which referred to the 911 hijackers as "heros." Take everything they say and do with a truck load of salt. These people are the absolute worst of the radical left.

However, the building of infrastructure in the third world is a useful cause, and the general point of the article is taken regardless of how questionable the people involved are in general.

RE: Salon.com Technology | Building the underground computer railroad

"IFPI today announced the introduction of a new, optional logo that record companies may use to inform consumers that a CD incorporates technology to control copying."

New "hack me" logo for CDs.

IFPI announces new optional copy control symbol for CDs

"The police are acting like the Taleban, closing down businesses, seizing property and stopping people enjoying themselves," one of the two owners awaiting a retrial, Christos Iordanidis, told the BBC. "

So, at first I shruged this off as a simple case of baddly crafted legislation, but it appears that the Greek police are taking their new law quite seriously and have begun raiding the Internet cafes in the country.

Earth to the Greek Government - If you don't put a stop to this now your country will cease to be viewed as civilized by much of the west.

Greek police crack down on video gamers

This guy parsed all the old fidonet node lists and put them up as a database where you can connect with friends who called BBSes you called. My board is listed. :) This place is major slashdotted, so it sort of feels like you are logged in at 300bps. Almost nostalgic like that. Just follow the link and watch some TV. It will respond...

BBSmates - dialing up the past

"In a speech given at a storage technology conference in San Francisco, Consumer Electronics Association CEO Gary Shapiro blasted the copyright owners' "scorched earth" legal and policy drives. He also warned policymakers against passing new legislation without serious scrutiny of labels' and movie studios' claims. "

Trade group: P2P not illegal nor immoral - Tech News - CNET.com