Was North Korea Behind the U.S./South Korean DDOS Attacks?
pcworld.com — The cyberattacks that took down prominent U.S. and South Korean Web sites in the last week have apparently ended but the search for those responsible is only just beginning. North Korea has emerged as a likely culprit, especially among politicians, but was it really behind the attacks? More…
Will the Feds Manhandle Your Data Center?
greenercomputing.com — The agreement just reached by the G8 to reduce greenhouse emissions may not be a particularly strong one, but it will inevitably lead to increased U.S. attempts to halt global warming. And that means that your data center may be in the cross-hairs. More…
New York Times Considers $5 Monthly Web Fee
wired.com — Apparently all print subscribers haven’t been asked (this by way of a full disclosure), but the New York Times is asking its dead tree readers whether they’d be willing to pay to access the paper’s content online. The numbers being floated are $2.50 a month for subscribers, and $5 a month for everyone else More…
Much Ado About IE6
blog.digg.com — Here at Digg, like most sites, the designers, developers, and QA engineers spend a lot of time making sure the site works in Internet Explorer 6. This work consumes time that could be spent building the future of Digg. Here’s what we’re gonna do — and not do — about it. More…
Is China Banning Submissions to Digg?
brentcsutoras.com — China has a pretty documented history of banning various popular websites to keep its people from ‘viewing harmful information’. YouTube, Google, and CNN have been banned for some time, but with the recent riots, Facebook and Twitter were also banned in an effort to keep reports of the riots from getting out. More…
'The Matrix' Fulfilled: Robots to Use Biomatter as Fuel
switched.com — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a research and development organization for the Department of Defense, aims to "maintain the technological superiority of the U.S military." They seek to accomplish this goal by developing robots, lasers, spacecraft, and other awesome futuristic weapons of annihilation. More…
Mininova Denied Rectification From Dutch Government
torrentfreak.com — Recently a committee of the Dutch Parliament published a report on copyright legislation in which it made several false accusations against the Dutch-based BitTorrent site Mininova. The Mininova team were insulted by the report and demanded a public rectification, which the parliament has now refused. Mininova is now considering legal action. More…
Printed blog publication fails; world dies of shock
arstechnica.com — What if your favorite blog posts started showing up in printed form on the street, filled with local advertising? That was the idea behind The Printed Blog when it launched in January, but the publication is now closing down thanks to funding problems. More…

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