Laptop Thief Steals 130 Laptops

David Cassel — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:38:47 +0000

He stole 130 laptops, police suspect, from 24 different companies in five states.

For over 12 years, Eric Almly travelled the country committing robberies, according to the St. Petersburg Times. Once he even called his victim and taunted them from a payphone.

And one typically audacious heist [...]

More Second Life pranks coming to The Office?

David Cassel — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:52:54 +0000

Second Life emerged victorious in its first encounter with NBC’s The Office. But the episode hinted at more Second Life cameos to come.

As last night’s episode began, Office-worker Jim teased his oddball co-worker Dwight about logging in.

Jim:

Playing that game [...]

Newsvine User Busts “Astro-turf” Campaign

David Cassel — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:02:31 +0000

A Newsvine user busted a powerful stealth campaign with just a few clicks, and a simple question. “Why does Newsvine allow political organizations to seed ‘astroturf’ content?”

He’d discovered a pattern to the way a story’s URL had been suggested to the bloggers at Newsvine. The [...]

The Digg Thief

David Cassel — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:13:58 +0000

What would you do?

Last month Jonathan Schlaffer found one of his articles, which criticized Windows XP, on the front page of Digg. But then he realized someone had stolen his article, put it on their own site, and submitted their URL instead of his!

This is [...]

Hacked Ann Coulter site: my career was a prank!

David Cassel — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:36:33 +0000

Ann Coulter’s web site was apparently hacked Monday night. In place of a column about Republican politics was “An Open Letter to Readers” announcing that her entire career had been a practical joke.

Radar magazine’s site spotted the fake column Monday, [...]

Simpsons SCHIP page “not a hack,” say Republicans

David Cassel — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:52:54 +0000

The Simpsons characters appeared on the web site for a Republican House Committee — where the villainous Mr. Burns rubs his hands in glee over a children’s health insurance bill.

“If the poor children can get a piece of the action, why can’t I?” gushes [...]

Second Life + Google + IBM = Open Source Avatars?

David Cassel — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:53:37 +0000

It’s like a science fiction story. Your avatar escapes Second Life, and prowls the internet, exploring new worlds and splurging its Second Life Linden currency on other online products.

It hits the other virtual worlds — World of Warcraft? Quake? Maybe [...]

Newt Gingrich enjoys nudity-free visit in Second Life.

David Cassel — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:35:02 +0000

Maybe you heard that a naked dominatrix’s slave wandered around Newt Gingrich’s forum in Second Life last week?

You heard wrong. Even though CNN covered her “naughty bits” with black squares — the virtual woman had actually been [...]

Did Naked People Accost Newt Gingrich in Second Life?

David Cassel — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:57:10 +0000

A funny thing happened when Newt Gingrich visited Second Life. According to at least one newspaper, the first thing he saw was “a lovely young digital lady” — who was completely naked!

But the truth turned out to be much more complicated…

As Gingrich spoke, he [...]

Why the New York Times Is Free

David Cassel — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:16:37 +0000

At midnight The New York Times stopped charging for its content online. It’s even handing out refunds to any online subscribers who paid for it in advance. Here’s why…

The Times is strongly repudiating the idea that newspapers can earn big profits by hiding their [...]

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Laptop Thief Steals 130 Laptops

More Second Life pranks coming to The Office?

Newsvine User Busts “Astro-turf” Campaign

The Digg Thief

Hacked Ann Coulter site: my career was a prank!

Simpsons SCHIP page “not a hack,” say Republicans

Second Life + Google + IBM = Open Source Avatars?

Newt Gingrich enjoys nudity-free visit in Second Life.

Did Naked People Accost Newt Gingrich in Second Life?

Why the New York Times Is Free