Daily Archives: October 13, 2003
Virtual girlfriend ‘inspired DDoS attack’
A U.K. teenager on trial for allegedly launching an Internet attack on a U.S. port on Friday admitted he had never met a key figure in the prosecution’s case–namely, his then-girlfriend–in person. The prosecution argues that Aaron Caffrey launched a … Continue reading
Where Have Baseball’s Jews All Gone?
There aren’t many Jewish ballplayers left in the major leagues, but the Red Sox have one. Now Gabe "the Body" Kaplan can take his place alongside all 141 other Jewish major leaguers featured in a new Collectors Edition of Fleer … Continue reading
New Anti-piracy Tactics?
According to Hiawatha Bray, we are all missing the point in the story about Suncomm Technologies Inc., the company which threatened to sue a Princeton graduate student who published an article revealing a secret method of disabling their anti-piracy software … Continue reading
The End of an Era
Hundreds of thousands of people are set to pack Heathrow airport to watch the final flight of Concorde. Special grandstands will be built for the public to watch the aircraft land for the last time on a commercial flight on … Continue reading
The Nuns Story
Ever wonder what goes on behind the monestary walls? Now a group of sequesterd nuns who have taken Vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience have gone online to tell the world their story. Not allowed to leave their enclosure, they … Continue reading