(via Pangloss) The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has published a report about the prevalence of cybercrime against virtual world inhabitants. The report states that: “2007 was the year of online gaming fraud – with malicious programs that Read more…
(via ORG-Discussion list and various other sources) A teenager in Florida has committed suicide while webcasting the event on video website Justin.tv. Reportedly, as many as 1,500 people were witnesing the event at one time, and some even encouraged the Read more…
Monty Python releases its own YouTube channel to get back at all the people who have been ripping them off for three years. If you cannot beat them, join them… ’tis but a flesh wound.
20081104_Chicago_IL_ElectionNight1032, originally uploaded by Barack Obama. I have been looking at the amazing pictures on Flickr taken at the Obama household on the night of the U.S. election, and I have to say that I am utterly surprised by the Read more…
(via Patently-O) Halliburton (yes, THAT Halliburton) has made a patent application for patent trolling. Enjoy USPTO application 20080270152, which protects a method for “Patent Acquisition and Assertion by a (Non-Inventor) First Party Against a Second Party”. The abstract reads: “Methods Read more…
Everybody knows that The Matrix runs on UNIX, but what if it ran on Windows XP? “Looks like you are trying to bend a spoon with your mind. Have you tried realising the truth that there is no spoon?”
Yesterday was the official “bash virtual worlds” day in the UK press. With the launch of the latest World of Warcraft expansion (Wrath of the Lich King), news sources went overboard in the coverage of thousands of costumed geeks queuing Read more…
An expensive and complicated spoof of the New York Times has hit the streets of Manhattan (with accompanying website). The headlines offer something akin to a liberal wish-list, from the end of the PATRIOT Act, to the passing of a Read more…
I’ve been playing with QR codes. If you have a mobile phone with a QR Reader, use your mobile phone camera on this picture. The word convergence keeps popping up in my head. Adding: You can also generate text:
I finally got around to reading In Re Bilski (via Groklaw), the latest landmark case in the United States with regards to patentability issues. While abstract ideas are not patentable, ever since the case State Street, the U.S. has allowed Read more…