Greedy and stupid legal eagles are once again on the war path. The notorious anal Hungry Minds have served a cease and desist on Black Blocs for Dummies over use of their for Dummies
trademark; and wanker extraordinaire Jerry Falwell has demanded a parody site be removed and the domains handed over to him
Microsoft Deutschland seems to have accidentally pirated itself by shipping the same copy of Windows XP over and over again. Sort of, anyway. German sites 3Dwin.de and Heise Online report that numerous copies of XP with the same product key have been turning up, and naturally these won’t activate, because they’ve been activated already
A Japanese gangster fired his gun and injured two policemen on Friday after they caught him trying to peek up a woman’s skirt
Iridium, the US$8 billion low orbit satellite telephony system that collapsed under a mountain of debt in 1999, has been relaunched in Australia and Asia under new ownership
Online retailer Amazon.com is launching a customer credit program, which it bills as a virtual credit card, in a move to lure more customers into its site just weeks ahead of the height of Christmas shopping
According to a panel of industry experts, e-business is not a lost cause, but is simply waiting for the right touch from the right entrepreneurs
to prove its sustainable viability in the Australian market. Given the right business plan, an understanding of the Internet and the confidence of your customers, your business might just be the Internet’s Prince Charming
IBM’s eLiza project — short for eLizard — believes that computer systems should be able to work the same way that lizards do. They ought to be able to self-monitor, self-regulate, self-adjust, self-heal and self-optimise. Moreover, such capabilities should span the hardware, storage, operating system, network, messaging and application software environment
Fans of the Loch Ness monster who hope to catch a glimpse of the legendary creature could be in luck thanks to a moving Webcam now filming the murky depths of the Scottish lake
A clash of the mammoths could have taken place in what is now southern England thousands of years ago. Fossils found in Buckinghamshire and Norfolk suggest that two types of mammoth lived side-by-side in prehistoric times. Scientists believe herds of more advanced mammoths moving south from Siberia encountered primitive European ones
Scientists have confirmed that cyanobacteria, one of the most ancient forms of life still living on Earth, have the genetic capability to synthesise cellulose, the polymer that gives plants their stiffness. The information could eventually lead to genetically modified bacteria being employed to make paper and other wood-derived products, reducing the need to cut down forests
Telstra recently announced a shake-up of its residential broadband service, launching a range of pricing plans costing up to $446 per month
The CIA‘s clandestine New York station was destroyed in the 11 September attack on the World Trade Centre, seriously disrupting United States intelligence operations while bringing the war on terrorism dangerously close to home for America’s spy agency
Christian Silbereis won first prize at his high school Halloween costume contest. But school officials found his outfit a little too shocking and suspended him. He went as female genitalia
Complaints from Sony have led to the removal from the web of unauthorised computer programs that teach the Aibo robot dog to perform new tricks. However, the move has upset many Aibo enthusiasts
Microsoft has told members of its free Hotmail service that their e-mail accounts will be closed if they do not use them at least once a month
Gay rights advocates hailed a Washington Supreme Court decision holding that gays may be entitled to the estates of partners who die without wills
Attempts to make Windows XP pirate-proof seem to be failing. Only days after Microsoft launched the new version of its Windows operating system, pirate versions of the software are circulating online and in Asian street markets
A Queensland court has sentenced a local computer hacker to two years jail for breaking into the computer-controlled sewerage system of the local council and deliberately releasing raw sewerage into local creeks and parks
The model train has met the microprocessor. A new generation of digital model trains are helping engineers share the rails, and a more realistic ride
Nearly a century ago, something exploded in the skies over the Tunguska region of Siberia with a force rivalling an atomic explosion. It left in its wake a scarred landscape littered with tens of thousands of felled trees, and a mystery that has plagued scientists for decades, defying explanation
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