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Anonymous hacks Sony PS3 sites
Seeded on Tue Apr 5, 2011 4:37 AM EDT (The Register (UK))
The hacktivists have left the Scientologists alone in order to harass the console-makers because of Sony's action against two lads for jailbreaking PS3s.
Libya: blow to Gaddafi as foreign minister defects to UK
Seeded on Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:19 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Muammar Gaddafi's authority inside Libya suffered a significant blow when his foreign minister quit and fled to the UK in a specially arranged flight organised by the British intelligence services.
Opera debut all new Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11
Seeded on Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:05 AM EDT (opera.com)
Can't get no satisfaction from the mobile Web? Then you will fall head over heels for the new Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers launched today, now also available to cherish on tablets.
US Army 'kill team' in Afghanistan posed for photos of murdered civilians
Seeded on Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:24 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Commanders in Afghanistan are bracing themselves for possible riots and public fury triggered by the publication of "trophy" photographs of US soldiers posing with the dead bodies of defenceless Afghan civilians they killed.
Shops to be banned from displaying tobacco products
Seeded on Wed Mar 9, 2011 6:37 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
Tobacco displays will have to be kept out of sight in shops in England from April 2012 for large stores and April 2015 for all other shops, the government has announced.
Man tells police erratic driving was due to oral sex
Seeded on Fri Mar 4, 2011 9:37 AM EST (The Louisville Courier-Journal)
A Louisville man was arrested for driving under the influence early Thursday morning, but told officers the reason for his erratic driving was because he was receiving oral sex from his female passenger, according to an arrest citation.
Sir Alex Ferguson set to appeal against FA referee charge
Seeded on Fri Mar 4, 2011 9:34 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
It is believed that Sir Alex Ferguson has decided to appeal against the Football Association's improper conduct charge.
Nintendo readies iTunes-like app store for 3DS
Seeded on Thu Mar 3, 2011 6:57 AM EST (reghardware.com)
Dubbed the eShop, the store will allow owners of the handheld console the opportunity to buy and download not only old Game Boy, Game Boy Colour, GameGear and TurboGrafx games but also "3D Classics" - titles recoded to take advantage of the 3DS' auto-stereoscopic display.
DreamWorks lines up WikiLeaks film based on Guardian book
Seeded on Thu Mar 3, 2011 6:53 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
Steven Spielberg looks set to oversee WikiLeaks: the Movie after securing the screen rights to WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy, the book by Guardian journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding.
Hunt approves News Corp plan for Sky News
Seeded on Thu Mar 3, 2011 4:58 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
The Culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has approved News Corporation's plan to spin off Sky News, clearing the way for its proposed £8bn purchase of the 61% of BSkyB it does not already own.
Opera first browser available in Apple's Mac App Store
Seeded on Thu Mar 3, 2011 4:52 AM EST (Opera Software ASA)
This week, the Opera web browser became the first non-native browser made available in Apple's Mac App Store, but only for those over seventeen years of age.
Facebook buys group text messaging start-up Beluga
Seeded on Wed Mar 2, 2011 8:43 AM EST (GigaOM)
Beluga, a group text messaging mobile app, is all about this kind of interactivity, with its ability to bring contacts together and let people share information and communications in real time.
Uproar after player kicks owl during Colombian football match
Seeded on Wed Mar 2, 2011 8:41 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)
A player has caused an uproar and faces severe sanctions for kicking an owl which was lying prostrate on the pitch during a Colombian championship match at the weekend.
Sir Alex Ferguson slams referee as Manchester United lose to Chelsea
Seeded on Wed Mar 2, 2011 8:39 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
The United manager was left livid after Atkinson failed to dismiss David Luiz for a series of fouls committed by the Brazilian defender, only one of which earned him a booking.
How Asimov's Robot Laws Ended Up on Last.fm's Server
Seeded on Fri Aug 6, 2010 11:28 AM EDT (Wired News)
Like many websites, Last.fm's web server contains a file called robots.txt, whose job it is to instruct the robotic web spiders employed by search engines like Google to ignore certain directories on the site.
Digg investigates claims of conservative 'censorship'
Seeded on Fri Aug 6, 2010 10:34 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
The popular link-sharing website Digg is investigating claims that a group of the site's "influential conservative" members are systematically downgrading thousands of stories deemed to be "liberal".Online magazine AlterNet claimed to have uncovered a group of Digg members – du …
Proposition 8, California's ban on gay marriage, overturned by judge
Seeded on Thu Aug 5, 2010 3:52 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
A ban on same-sex marriages in California has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, marking a major turning point in a controversial debate that has divided America.
NHS spends millions on websites that fail patients, says government report
Seeded on Thu Aug 5, 2010 3:48 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
The NHS spends up to £86m a year on thousands of websites that are difficult to find, badly designed and irrelevant to patient needs, according to a leaked government report.
Deaths of three children found in flat treated as suspicious
Seeded on Thu Aug 5, 2010 3:47 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Police are treating the deaths of three young children as suspicious following reports of a blast at a block of flats in Edinburgh yesterday. The bodies of two boys and a girl, said to be of primary school age, were found at a property in the city's Slateford Road at 3pm.
China fund raises finance to match Liverpool asking price
Seeded on Thu Aug 5, 2010 3:45 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
The Chinese government fund represented by Kenny Huang has spent the past fortnight raising precisely the amount of cash required to finance a bid for Liverpool.
RIM and AT&T Unveil "The Best BlackBerry Device Ever"
Seeded on Tue Aug 3, 2010 1:05 PM EDT (Mashable!)
BlackBerry and AT&T have introduced the BlackBerry Torch, a smartphone that AT&T's President and CEO of Mobility and Consumer Markets Ralph de la Vega calls "the best BlackBerry device ever."
Eel slips up Chinese man's bottom, requires operation
Seeded on Tue Aug 3, 2010 12:29 PM EDT (The Sun Newspaper Online)
A FISHMONGER has told how he nearly died after he slipped into a tank of eels - and one shot straight up his bum.
Study Indicates 60% of Handsets Will Have Mobile Browsers in 2015
Seeded on Tue Aug 3, 2010 12:11 PM EDT (webpronews.com)
ABI Research is sharing a new report in which it forecasts that over 60% of handsets will have mobile browsers in 2015. At 3.8 billion mobile devices, that would double today's penetration rate, the firm says.
Google's Hong Kong question page blocked in China
Seeded on Tue Aug 3, 2010 12:09 PM EDT (Reuters)
The Chinese government, obsessed with maintaining social stability and controlling the flow of information, requires all search engines operating on the mainland to self-censor.
Pentagon Wikileaks probe reaches MIT
Seeded on Tue Aug 3, 2010 11:11 AM EDT (The Register (UK))
Adrian Lamo, the hacker who reported Manning to authorities in May, said that two men at the prestigious university assisted in releasing the material, CNN reports. Lamo also said the men were connected to Wikileaks and gave Manning encryption software, and taught him to use it.
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