Internet
Hacker Gary McKinnon on his way to US clink!
A Briton accused of hacking into top secret military computers has lost a Law Lords appeal against being extradited to stand trial in the US.
Glasgow-born Gary McKinnon could face life in jail if convicted of accessing 97 US military and Nasa computers.
He has admitted breaking into the computers from his London home but said [...]
Ubisoft caught cracking own game?
I saw an interesting article on Inquirer website. According to the article, it seems that UBISOFT seems to have been caught distributing a ‘no-CD’ crack produced by a pirate group for one of its own games.
A user named Twingo on the site Fileforums.com pointed users in the direction of a crack made available by Ubisoft [...]
Mozilla site crumbles in rush to get FireFox 3
The time has come to break records for most number of download in a day and people are trying to rush to get FireFox3. But at the time of writing this post ( 18:35 BST ), All the sites relating to Mozilla FireFox are down. These includes mozilla.com , getfirefox.com & www.spreadfirefox.com. Mozilla.com is displaying [...]
Yahoo gets in bed with google
Yahoo has agreed a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use the search engine giant’s advertising technology.
Under the agreement, Google ads will appear alongside some Yahoo search results in the US and Canada.
The announcement came after Yahoo said it had failed to persuade Microsoft to renew its bid to buy all of the [...]
Beware music downloaders in UK. Virgin is out to get you
Virgin Media and the British Phonographic Institute (BPI) are to send warning letters to customers they believe are downloading or distributing music illegally.
The announcement represents the first such public deal between the BPI and an ISP.
The pair hope that the new campaign will avoid users risking disconnection and possible legal action.
“Virgin Media’s fibre optic broadband [...]