Gawker Media, the blog powerhouse built by Nick Denton, has been hacked
Gawker Media, the blog powerhouse built by Nick Denton, has been hacked. After bringing the company’s websites to a standstill Sunday, one or more hackers operating under the name Gnosis released a 500 MB file apparently containing Gawker’s source code, commenter and staff passwords, and... [Read More]
Only a few days after its release, the Xbox Kinect by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) was hacked to work with Windows 7
Only a few days after its release, the Xbox Kinect by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) was hacked to work with Windows 7. Adafruit set a challenge last week, the Open Kinect Challenge, with a $2,000 reward for whoever could hack the product first. The Kinect’s main selling point is that you don’t... [Read More]
Facebook hit, suspects sabotage
Twitter and Facebook, two of the Web’s hottest hangouts, suffered service problems on Thursday, raising speculation that they had come under a pre-planned coordinated attack by hackers. Facebook members saw delays logging in and posting to their online profiles. The social networking site is working... [Read More]
