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Who scrubbed Wikipedia's entry for Sarah Palin just before nom announcement? (38)
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Friday's edition of the NPR program All Things Considered included a piece by Yuki Noguchi on some suspicious whitewashing that went down in Sarah Palin's Wikipedia entry just before she was revealed as the GOP's candidate for vice-president. Snip: Someone — and apparently it was just one person — felt like the existing biography wasn't appropriate for a vice-presidential candidate. On Friday, 15 minutes before the rumor that John McCain had picked Palin as his ...Shared by ~C4Chaos (84) Adam (39) Alan Cheslow (50) Allen (11) Alvin A. (23) Anders (7) Bob (29) Brandon (43) brokekid (134) Christopher (65) Daltonsbriefs (20) Dedalus (22) Fernando (7) Gary (10) hikikomori (68) Immortalpear (20) Jason Gooljar (25) Jeremy Jarratt (41) Jim (22) Joe (20) jonmower (21) jsb (6) justindavey (10) Mamiko (15) Marshall Sponder (24) mistaSteve (35) N.L. Vivar (9) Nichol (11) Nicolás (17) Rick Klau (109) rveguilla (5) Ryan S (45) rzklkng (136) Scott (5) StevieB (71) taylor (329) Walter DeFoor (33) yooper1019 (14)- Daltonsbriefs said: So it's OK when liberals scrub and spin on wikipedia, but not conservatives
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Credit-card companies killed Mythbusters segment on RFID vulnerabilities (120)
onCheck out the first two minutes of this clip of Mythbusters' Adam Savage telling the folks at the HOPE hackercon about how the Discovery Channel was bullied by big credit-card companies out of airing a program about how crappy the security in RFID tags is. Arphid Watch: Mythbusters and RFIDShared by Adam (3) Alan Cheslow (50) Alec Resnick (135) Alex Plank (3) Allen (11) Andrew (4) Andrew Ferguson (10) ArtLung (4) Avi (709) Benjamin (1053) Benno (5) BilliamJ (9) bkim (27) Cai Chen (995) cgsheldon (151) chrishawn (3) CKL (18) Colin (20) Corey Porter (1) Crutcher D (48) David (5) David T. Cole (3) Dean Clark (139) Derek (7) digits12 (716) djspark (55) Dominik (33) Donnie Berkholz (5) dopegroove (11) dwfrank (9) Eater (20) Erica (1) Freddy (6) g b (39) Gary M (13) GeniusBoyWonder (27) Geoff Gresh (15) Guy (702) Haltse (17) Harper (91) humanrocketjlb (3) InformationHigh (10) Ingotheranchhand (6) J. James B (41) Jack (91) Jason (3) Jason Gooljar (25) jborneman (20) Jeff (19) Jeff Daly (42) Jeff Kubina (12) Jeremy Jarratt (41) jim (4) Jim (22) Joe Breen (6) John (14) Jon Lorenzini (17) Jon Lowder (5) Jouni Seppänen (5) Kevin (30) kiOwA (5) Kris (27) Kristen (10) Lance (4) Leena (1060) Liz (2) Logical Extremes (13) looprock (15) mabisa (48) macshaggy (6) marcusmeisel (21) mario r (18) Matt (19) Matthew (4) maxyRO (482) mejaredme (262) Melkir (16) meta (9) Mich D (169) Michael (14) Michael Lockyear (1) Mike (4) Mike Todd (2) Mr. BabyMan (366) neal (530) Nick Sanders (0) Olivier (48) Pedro (13) pericles (768) Phillip (3) Rami Taibah (476) Rebekah (9) Richard (24) Ricky (19) Ritu (675) rveguilla (5) Sarah (11) Scott (22) Sebastiaan (1) Shirizaan (6) snoopdave (9) Steven (112) StevieB (71) Strange Kid (20) Stuart (12) Tanath (42) Thomas (3) Thomas (6) TO-Double-D (20) Tobey (16) Toby (176) Tom (14) Veritas Noctis (38) War-N (5) Wayne (49) webtime (482) Will (9) Yuwen Memon (1) Zac (5) Zak M. (601)Explore read nine notes
- Corey Porter said: The great thing is that, rather than fix the problem, the credit card companies just try to keep it quiet. That's... great?
- Gary M said: The first 2 mins of this are great.
- Shirizaan said: Very interesting piece. Also interesting to see all the people boo Smash Lab which I've hated since it debuted.
- macshaggy said: This was great. I really love this show and Adam Savage is just the best.
- Haltse said: oh noes busted:O
- Jason said: @Daniel Thought you'd be interested in this.
- Sebastiaan said: Oh I really love mythbuster Adam Savage!
- Jeff Kubina said: holy crap!
- Rebekah said: I have a crush on Adam, doubly so after watching this clip.
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MySpace's Tom Anderson Was A Real Life “WarGames” Hacker (270)
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Late last year we discovered that MySpace cofounder Tom Anderson, arguably the most popular individual on the Internet with 240+ million MySpace friends (he is added by default to every MySpace account) was actually 37 years old, not the 32 that he continues to claim on his MySpace page. Now we’ve learned a much more colorful part of Anderson’s history: In 1985, when he was fourteen and in high school in Escondido, California, Anderson was ...Shared by Aaron (26) AaronTN (36) abhi (2) adam (972) Adam (3) Adam (9) Adam (16) Adam McDonald (29) adamkcarson (10) Adrian Bacon (20) AJ (19) AJ (190) Alberto (2) Alex France (139) Alex Ryan (17) Alfonso Martinez (14) Allen Thompson (14) Andreas (13) Andrei (6) Andrei Vladescu-Olt (19) andrew reedy (13) Andy (10) Angel (7) Angel (14) angel (253) Anthony (11) aNTwNHs (78) Archit T (16) Armando Alves (29) arturo.servin (10) Avi (709) b (45) Beglen (11) Ben (76) Ben (5) Ben S (40) Ben Soto (0) Benjamin (1053) BIGODE (23) Bill (17) bittin (210) Brajeshwar (23) Bret Taylor (14) Brian (26) Bryan Waters (2) Buzzworkers (20) Cai Chen (995) Calvin Robinson (19) Carl (5) Carl Dunn3 (15) Carlito (10) Cesar Noel Quinon (16) charlie anzman (112) cheflove (239) Chris (34) chris (5) Chris C (1) Chris Lee (4) Chris Ryall (19) Chris Stamas (9) chrisco (3) Christopher (22) Clint (22) Corwin Hoover (1) crazyjaf (44) Creeva (41) Dan (78) Dan Driver (1) Dan Kearns (28) Danny (4) DarkBls (73) dave (0) Dave (5) Dean Clark (139) Dennis Gonzales (16) Digg Boss (641) Dileepa (25) Dion Rodrigues (43) DIOSA | Communications (0) dmkinteractive (18) dobata (366) DOCBook Howto (116) Drew Olanoff (144) DrFu (22) Dustin DeKoekkoek (7) Eater (20) El_Greco (27) Eoin (14) Eric Herboso (12) Eunice (12) evo (11) FaceySpacey (3) faizal (11) Fernando (27) g b (39) Gavin (23) George Syson (15) guy (626) Harold Cabezas (3) Heather (7) hikbi (109) HollowMarkeD (65) Humberto Gonzalez (43) hyderabadblues (5) Iain Baker (6) Jack (91) Jacob (29) Jacopo (4) Jake (0) James (18) James Frye (6) James Fuller (20) Jase (13) Jason Joo (73) Jason Sares (11) Jawa Buddhavarapu (29) Jawad Shuaib (11) Jay (58) Jay Springett (20) jayce (60) Jean-Baptiste (2) Jeff (59) Jeff Q (8) Jeffrey (2) Jens Christian Freund (17) Jeremy (104) Jim Reppond (4) Joe (102) Joe Smith (6) Joe Wang (0) Jonathan Washburn (3) Jordan Calhoun (8) Josh Chandler (4) Jrod (68) JUSTIN (13) Justin Laramée (10) Katie Fellows (37) Kevin Rose (14) Kim, Yi-chul (14) kmohr25 (22) Koka Sexton (12) Kristen (218) kskobac (17) Kyle (2) lasean (3) Laughing Squid (17) LeapsandBounds (15) Lee (50) Leena (1060) Leo Laporte (15) Manuj Darshan (9) Marcio (5) mario r (18) Mario Villalobos (1) Mark (6) Mark (21) Mark Cheverton (2) Marten (23) Matt (5) Matt (6) Matt Pierson (9) Matthew (3) Matthew Jones (3) melmyfinger (15) Mich D (169) Michael Bartnett (43) Michael Reese (22) Michael Stewart (0) Michaelk (17) Michelle Barsi (2) Mike Nayyar (199) Mike Wilton (14) minmax (9) Moah (10) mubix (18) Nate Whitehill (2) neal (530) nervioso (72) Nicholas Mercer (9) Nick (2) Nick Nogueira (20) Nigel Eccles (147) Noah J (6) Ontario Emperor (73) Pat (8) Patrick Chanezon (2) pericles (768) Peter Ghosh (5) peterpoe (10) PMinze (28) Prashanth (14) ProfVegas (179) Punksolid (26) Qazwix (8) Rabid Cow (8) Rafi (16) Rami Taibah (476) ratward (33) Rene Rattur (69) ricardo (20) Ricardo.Borelli (9) Rich (37) Rick Turoczy (66) Ritu (675) River Song (30) rmg7344 (18) Rob Spectre (26) Robert (8) Romie (13) rony john (50) Ru> (15) rveguilla (5) Ryan (20) Sadashiv (9) sadiq kassamali (41) Sam Daams (5) Sarah Austin (2) Sarah Burris (9) sarahintampa (98) Scott Whigham (1) ScrewTheMan.com (26) SD (12) sean percival (14) Sean Shaghaghi (16) Sebastian Montini (10) Seth G (44) Sham (107) Shane (13) Shane Coffey (101) shedali (5) Sherry Chupka (1) siwaporn (468) slinetty (2) SMC (204) Stef Lewandowski (5) Stephen (12) Steve (24) Steve M. (16) StevieB (71) stratus (4) StudentMfri (2) Sun Tzu (313) surftheair (8) Sylvia Giacinta (6) T. Matt Sanders (0) t94xr (17) Tal Siach (474) Thinh (198) Thomas (15) Thomas Acreon (22) Thomas Kjær Nielsen (4) tig (33) toddkitta (5) Tom Davies (142) Tomas Becklin (1) TOMHTML (22) Tony Ruscoe (14) Valerа (1) Vox (43) Web Measurement and Analytics (8) webtime (482) Wesley Donehue (231) Will (10) z00pedup (5) Zac (5) zach (7) zorburt (0) Zypher (3) тaмás (12)Explore read 12 notes- Jonathan Washburn said: props to the myspace founder. Wow.
- Clint said: ahh, good ol' war-dialing, i used to do that a lot myself. in fact that's how we all first got onto the internet. thank you [unnamed u.s. armed force]!
- surftheair said: 哈哈！这张脸看着太熟了，每个MSN账户中都有这个人。
- Angel said: El Arte imita a la vida. Casi casi podria haber sido "Wargames II". En verdad que la realidad es mas extraña que cualquier ficcion. Mis respetos al Sr. Anderson.
- Eater said: His buddy Landreth is the guy who wrote Out of the Inner Circle (one of the first 'hacker true stories' published). I have it in the bookshelf at work, if you co-worker types want to read it. It shows you just how hardcore (read: lame) that stuff was in the 80s.Anyway, weird, who would have thought Myspace Tom was a hacker kiddie back in the day?
- Michaelk said: "You're Zerocool? I thought you were black."
- Will said: No kidding, that's pretty crazy. He's going to get some cred from this.
- Jrod said: whoa
- тaмás said: was the leader of an early black-hat hacker group when he was 14 years old. In July and August 1985, between his freshman and sophomore years, Anderson hacked into a Chase Manhattan Bank DEC VAX computer system (like the one in the image below) that handled “much of Chase’s data processing and record keeping, including records of home mortgages and…portfolios of major customers such as pension funds.” He subsequently showed up to 40 of his friends how to do it.
- Tomas Becklin said: Hehe, this is just classic!
- Moah said: ha. techcrunch actually does some research?
- peterpoe said: Tom is an FBI secret agent.
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Recreating The Mona Lisa In Less Than A Second....With A 1,100 Barrel Paintball Gun (20)
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In a demonstration at Nvidia's NVISION show, the Mythbusters used paintball guns to illustrate the difference between current CPUs and future GPUs. The CPU's stand in was a single paintball gun that repositioned itself after every shot in order create a picture. But the GPU was represented by an 1,100 barrel gun, which paints the entire Mona Lisa in a single blast. You can watch the first one if you want, but I'd just skip ...Shared by ABrad45 (0) Dan McCall (24) Daniel (5) darkeye11547 (247) Dustin DeKoekkoek (7) dvmorris (30) iheartorcs (15) Josean (6) Jrod (68) LuisManson (20) Mark Cramer (4) Megan (10) Midd (14) Peter (5) rveguilla (5) Ryan Lewis (65) sarah (329) vkoser (13) Xic0 (3) ZZamboni (4)Explore read five notesContribute comment -
London From Above, at Night [PICS] (295)
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With the end of the Olympics in Beijing, all eyes turned for a moment to London, site of the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics. While looking for good photographs of London, I was contacted by London photographer Jason Hawkes, who had some wonderful images of London, seen from above at night (from a helicopter, to be exact) - some of which which he's agreed to let me share here. From Jason: "Shooting aerial photography during the ...Shared by 1only (95) Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR (52) adam (972) Adam Howes (0) Adam R. (19) Adam Ramshaw (22) Addam Hardy (1) Alan (1) Aleksey Maksimov (1) Alessio Bragadini (12) Alex Lomas (4) Alex Robar (17) Alexander13 (467) AlexandrosM (7) alireza (89) Alix (2) Amy Sample Ward (5) Ana Valdés (7) andre (19) Andrew Acomb (8) ani625 (85) Anibe (3) Anna (25) Anna Lynn (5) Arpine (4) Art (22) Ash Matadeen (4) azin (12) B.M. (9) Benjamin (19) berenike (26) Bernardo (11) bittin (210) Bjoern (3) Brad (2) Brad Brooks (10) Brendon Wadey (34) Brent (5) Brenton (8) Brian Sullivan (15) brownpau (47) bucks14 (1) Cai Chen (995) Carol (148) Carren (0) Chad (171) Charles (29) Charli Wag (31) charris1980 (47) Christopher (54) Chronistin (11) Class4 (3) ClinicalCases (48) craig (63) Craig Lee (1) Cristian Conti (4) Dan (1) dan (14) Daniel Hartmann (0) Daniele (2) Dave (2) Dave (36) Daver (45) David (5) David (5) David (15) Dean Clark (139) Demi Pietchell (88) deniman (19) Derek (5) Dmitry Sumin (0) dobata (366) Doug Stewart (28) DVD (1) Dylan Thomas (52) Eduo (52) Edward Platero (0) Eebs (23) egon (6) Elmer Thomas (141) Emrecan (16) epmiali (1) Eric (7) Eric Chen (121) Erik Stattin (34) eunice (9) Eyki (17) Felix Bredoteau (56) Fernando Johann (10) Firethorn (11) Florian (4) Fourbin (17) Frank Lynch (3) G. (27) Garret (5) Gaurav (11) Gautam (16) Geeee (1) GodFather (17) Graeme Shaw (1) Graham (20) Grant Mead (8) Greg Loesch (37) Guillaume Foutry (60) Hadi (14) Hamid11771 (14) Hannes Trapp (5) Harold (21) hasamba (36) Hayden Booth (5) hikikomori (68) Hristo Hristov (20) IBCmass (180) Iceman (7) Ihar Mahaniok (5) ionela (238) Jake (14) jamesjbigler (9) Jana (13) Jared Cherup (1) Jarques (3) Jarrod Taylor (14) Jason (14) Java Cola (3) Jay Liew (11) jborneman (20) Jean Ruaud (2) Jeff (51) Jeff (19) Jeff Crump (32) Jeffrey (9) Jeffrey (34) Jeremiah (19) Jeremy Cabantous (8) Jeroen (2) Jess (5) Jesse (7) Jesús Dugarte (3) jezarnold (12) Jodi Church-Wagner (21) joel (6) Joey Doyle (14) John (4) John Ager (6) John LeMasney (4) Jon (2) Jon (5) jose (14) jose87 (13) Josip Lisec (2) Juan Diego (38) Julien Tartarin (2) JulioHM (33) Julius (13) Justin Levy (10) Kalu (12) Kamran Hashmi (93) Karan (8) Kelicia (0) Kerry (0) Kévin (5) Kevin De Mulder (24) Kevin Fanning (4) Kevin Grandia (34) Kim (14) Konstantin Weiss (15) Krazy (146) Kristo (14) Kurt Vermeersch (12) Kyle Bamford (16) LadyBanana (1) Laura Lessa (2) Leena (1060) lizunlong (10) Luke (28) Mahdi Ebrahimi (28) Manuj Darshan (9) Marcelo (10) Marcus Beagley (19) Marisa (18) Martin Gommel (1) Matt (9) Matt (3) Matt Campbell (7) Matthew (12) max (11) Max Howell (0) merkurov (15) Meromo (12) mfh (18) MH (44) miasarmento (110) Michael Rose (17) Michiel Gardner (4) Mickaël (7) MidgetWombat (6) Mike Nayyar (199) Mike Towber (4) Mike Wilson (1) Missionary Broadcasting (1) Mo (0) moftasa (6) molgar (17) Nathan Gross (0) neal (530) Ned (23) nicholas gill (15) Nick Jordan (10) Nirav (28) Noah Carter (10) nyenyec (8) o d (6) odeb (49) Oliver (2) Omid (5) Oscar (12) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (20) Patrick O'Keefe (14) Paulino (4) pax (19) Pedro Silva (11) Philippe (17) Pranav Ashok (1) Preoccupations (43) Prieur du Plessis (2) ProfVegas (179) Rahim (10) Rainer Wasserfuhr (71) Raoul (29) rene (29) Reynaldo Fagundes (0) Riaz (21) Ricardo Cabral (14) Riccardo Cambiassi (9) rightantler (17) River Song (30) RJO (20) RLivsey (7) robie06 (5) roedward (67) Russell Heimlich (7) rveguilla (5) Saarthak (4) Sacha (20) Sean (5) sebastian (8) Sergio (17) Seth Holladay (20) SharonG (63) Shawn (7) shayanlinux (4) Simon (23) Simon (0) Simone (0) slip (14) SMC (204) Sonny Parlin (10) sophie yip (2) Sorin Vlaicu (44) spLeaner (15) Steve (9) Steve (30) Steve (19) Steve Dobkins (0) Stuart (4) Syng Shin (107) tabo (31) Tania (19) tharik (36) The Mechanic (0) thelastminute (21) Theo (18) Thomas.Paine (35) TiTi (109) Tom Q (7) Tony Crescibene (7) Tsudohnimh (18) turker (9) Tyler (3) ultraviolet (59) vanlandw (13) vega gravity (2) Venci (13) Victor Vasquez (5) Vincent (20) Vineet Bhatia (2) Virtual Bird's Eye (1) vkoser (13) Vox (43) Wiep (3) wolkanca (29) Wyatt (12) zaniele (7) zizzy (28) مــــهــدی وی.کی (4)Explore read 12 notes- Chad said: HDR?
- Philippe said: awesome photos, well worth clicking through
- Eduo said: Brutal la foto, cuando te aparece inesperadamente en el feed.
- Mo said: some of the most amazing london shots
- vanlandw said: Another great photo blog this is an amazing shot.
- Ihar Mahaniok said: Oh my god...I'd really like to see Minsk like that.ps: I'm subscribing to the Boston Globe photoblog, and I'd recommend it.
- Jake said: Wow.
- Kalu said: Amazing!
- tabo said: <3 TBP
- Eyki said: 叹为观止
- Kelicia said: Pretty!
- Hristo Hristov said: Това е част от страхотна поредица от снимки на boston.com : The Big Picture
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Comcast to limit Internet downloads beginning October 1 (1)
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Filed under: Downloads, HardwareWe have been waiting for this day for a while now and in just over a month, residential customers of Comcast will become the first major US users to have a broadband cap on their Internet usage. According to News.com, Comcast will impose a 250 GB cap on broadband usage beginning on October 1. People who violate this policy the first time will get a warning but the second time will get ...Shared by rveguilla (5)Contribute comment -
It has begun! (1)
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Zero Carbon Footprint: The Solar Ice Maker (13)
onIt may look like a funhouse mirror and potato gun, but this sucker is actually a solar powered ice maker that requires no electricity, and can produce 14 lbs of ice per day. It works like this: the solar icemaker uses a refrigerant liquid that evaporates when exposed to the sun. The vapor travels through pipes that come into contact an absorbent material, which cools when the sun goes down. Once the slow-cooling absorbent hits ...Shared by Dan McCall (24) Dean (15) digits12 (716) dvmorris (30) Felix Bredoteau (56) Guillermo Bravo (62) Kate (314) Kathy (336) maxyRO (482) rveguilla (5) RyneNelson (283) webtime (482) Zak M. (601)Contribute comment
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First Recorded Usage of "Hacker" : Gustavo Duarte (12)
