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Ryan Cleary’s Alleged Target: The Music Industry

TEEN hacker and LulzSec member Ryan Cleary targeted the music industry said police today. Maybe because they stopped him downloading some of that heavy metal music he loved…

Record labels were … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, June 2011 | In: Technology | Comment

Ryan Cleary’s bedroom: Why You Shouldn’t Put Tinfoil Over Your Windows

IF YOU don’t want the Daily Mail to call you a nerd-terrorist with mental health problems – don’t put tinfoil over your windows. It looks bad when the fuzz storm … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, June 2011 | In: Key Posts, Technology | Comments (7)

Hacking Teen Ryan Cleary ‘Liked Heavy Metal’ Had “Dimly-Lit Bedroom” – Obviously A Cybercriminal

NEWSPAPERS rushed to trash the 19 year old Ryan Cleary as a geek, nerd and heavy metal fan. Arrested for the biggest hacks in internet history including the CIA and … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, June 2011 | In: Key Posts, Technology | Comments (8)

Teenager From Essex Commuter Town Arrested For Hacking CIA, NHS and Sony

We know there’s not a lot to do in Essex but – nineteen year old Ryan Clarey surpassed himself in making his own fun – he’s just been taken in … (read more)

Posted: 21st, June 2011 | In: Technology | Comment

The Internet Gets Ready For A Multiplayer Roleplay Game Based On Harry Potter

THE  magic of the Harry Potter franchise will meet the magic of online role play in a website that promises “electronic bulletin boards” and “real time interaction with other computer … (read more)

Posted: 20th, June 2011 | In: Technology | Comment

As 6million Facebook Users Leave: The Social Network Is Probably Over

Imagine a world without status updates from your friends, pictures of your cousin’s breakfast and the opportunity to give your personal data to multinational companies. News that Facebook just lost 6 … (read more)

Posted: 20th, June 2011 | In: Technology | Comments (3)

Obama Will Do His Own Tweets – Party Warns Him Not To Twitpic His Erections

NOW that he needs the votes, Barack Obama is promising to tweet more – himself. After a long period where even the underlings hired to tweet for his official account … (read more)

Posted: 19th, June 2011 | In: Technology | Comment

Facebook Decides Lesbians Are Offensive And Deletes Them: Justin Bieber’s Women Erased

AFTER taking out Kate Middleton, pictures of women breastfeeding and a Texan insolvency lawyer with the misfortune to be called Mark Zuckerberg – the latest victims of Facebook’s new purge … (read more)

Posted: 13th, June 2011 | In: Technology | Comment (1)

Hackers Attack Sony Again – This Time Just For Lulz

HACKING Sony databases is turning into some kind of after-school activity. Just weeks after they lost millions of credit card details (2.2m at current count) – Sony have been hit … (read more)

Posted: 4th, June 2011 | In: Reviews, Technology | Comment

Facebook Delete Unborn Baby

AMERICA is the last place you’d expect this to happen, what with all those groups banging on about The Rights Of The Unborn Child. But, it did, and Mark Zuckerberg … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, June 2011 | In: Key Posts, Technology | Comment

How To Make People Believe You In This Internet Age

SOME handy advice on how to make people like you from an advertising executive. Rohit Bhargava of Ogilivy suggests that “being simple, human, brutally honest and emotional” is the way to … (read more)

Posted: 29th, May 2011 | In: Technology | Comment

Texans Want Airport Staff To Stop Touching Their Genitals, Now

LIKE the rest of us, Texans don’t like having their genitals felt up by uniformed security staff at airports. But unlike the rest of us, they’ve finally put their feet … (read more)

Posted: 28th, May 2011 | In: Technology | Comment

Google Wallet: They Have Your Data, Now They Want Your Money

SO they know where you were last night, they know what your name is and what you email your girlfriend about. But they’d like to go a little further.

Google want … (read more)

Posted: 28th, May 2011 | In: Technology | Comment

Mark Zuckerberg Only Eats Animals He Has Killed Himself

SHOULD we be scared?

Or impressed? It’s hard to know how to feel about the revelation that Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg will only eat animals that he has killed with his … (read more)

Posted: 27th, May 2011 | In: Technology | Comment

Actually, DO Post More Pictures Of Beer On Facebook – It Means You Get More Friends

IT does. A SURVEY showed that if you’re a “college guy” who frequently refers to alcohol or posts pictures of it up on your Facebook profile you have more … (read more)

Posted: 27th, May 2011 | In: Technology | Comment

It Was Pimply Hacker-Heros Anonymous Who Really Freed Egypt!

THE hacker nerds Anonymous really are everybody’s favourite freedom fighters right now. Forget the fact that they are largely greasy-haired 19 year-olds fiddling with themselves in dark rooms in Oregon, some … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2011 | In: Technology | Comment

A Person We Can’t Name Sues Another Person We Don’t Know The Name Of: Twitter Stuck In #Superinjunction Court Case Hell

BAD news for Twitter as an anonymous celebrity has decided to sue the social networking site for breaking a super-injunction. Both Twitter and the anonymous user behind a Twitter feed … (read more)

Posted: 20th, May 2011 | In: Technology | Comments (4)

Twitter Users Aren’t An Elite – Look At The Crap That Trends Every Day #Rapture

SOMETIMES people on Twitter accuse other people on Twitter of being elitist media whores prattling to each other about press releases with their HootSuites up their own echo chambers. Or … (read more)

Posted: 20th, May 2011 | In: Technology | Comment (1)

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