Apr. 11, 2011: Annenberg Research Seminar: David Serlin, UCSD Please join students and faculty for a presentation by David Serlin, associate professor of communication and science studies, University of California, San Diego. His topic: “PSA 2.0: Mediating Sexual Health in the YouTube Era.” From Dr. Serlin: “Since 2005, when public health officials began promoting vaccinations [...]
Al-Zawahri succeeds bin Laden as al-Qaida leader
Osama bin Laden’s longtime second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, has taken control of al-Qaida, the group declared Thursday, marking the ascendancy of a man driven by hatred of the United States who helped plan the 9/11 attacks.
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Hacker Group Wreaks Havoc on Gaming Websites, Starts Taking Hack Requests
The Hacker group LulzSec, which rose to notoriety after claiming it hacked Sony and Nintendo’s servers, has taken down the servers of seve…
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www.youtube.com The PlayStation Network is down, preventing nearly 70 million people from gaming online. The timing couldn’t be worse, as the outage coincides with the release of several popular PlayStation games, such as Mortal Kombat, SoCom 4, and the beta release of inFamous 2. Speaking of infamous” The hacker group “Anonymous” was initially linked to [...]
Songwriter wins round in “Twilight” legal battle
Summit Entertainment, which distributes the successful “Twilight” films, has been extremely aggressive in policing infringements of its copyrights and trademarks. But the indie studio might have gone too far earlier this year in knocking down a musician’s work said to be “inspired by the Twilight saga.”
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News Link: www.guardian.co.uk Since the earliest days of the worldwide web, the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has seen its rhetorical counterpart fought out on the talkboards and chatrooms of the internet. Now two Israeli groups seeking to gain the upper hand in the online debate have launched a course in “Zionist editing” for Wikipedia, [...]
CT WATCHDOG: Be wary of the high price of ‘free’ offers
George Gombossy Free trial offers on the Internet will most likely result in credit card charges if you bite: Even on relatively safe websites like Facebook.
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Suspected Anonymous hacktivists arrested
Three men suspected to be members of the hacker group Anonymous, which has attacked government websites including New Zealand’s, have now been charged.
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Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong joins forces with Beach running group
J&A Racing, which organizes popular local running events like the Shamrock Marathon, announced today it is partnering with Livestrong, the brand of the Lance Armstrong Foundation created in 1997 by the seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor.
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Sony Apologize for Security Breach. Please,please,please bring it back.I can’t live.The PlayStation Network is down, preventing nearly 70 million people from gaming online. The timing couldn’t be worse, as the outage coincides with the release of several popular PlayStation games, such as Mortal Kombat, SoCom 4, and the beta release of inFamous 2. Speaking of [...]
