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British NASA hacker "frightened" by ease of entry

News The British hacker facing extradition to the US on charges of hacking and causing damage to US defence sites has highlighted poor security as a major factor in his ability to wander through the IT systems of some key defence establishments.

15 July 2005, 10:35

Apple designer gets entry in 'Who's Who'

News Jonathan Ive, the UK designer credited with helping revitalise Apple's fortunes, has been awarded a place in Who's Who -- Britain's biographical record of the great and the good. Ive is Apple's senior vice president of design.

4 January 2007, 9:25

Esquire wikis article on Wikipedia

News Wikipedia lets anyone create a new article for the encyclopedia or edit an existing entry. For instance, it lacks entry on Exploding Whales. When Esquire magazine writer A.J. Jacobs decided to do an article about the freely distributable and freely...

30 September 2005, 10:03

News.blog: Second Life delays price hikes

News The company had announced in a blog entry that it was imposing hefty rate hikes as of Wednesday -- from $1,250 to $1,675 (£880) in upfront costs and from $195 to $295 (£155) in monthly maintenance fees.

2 November 2006, 9:06

Wikipedia locks Wii and PS3 entries

News briefly before the Web site reloaded the original entry. Previous vandalism efforts include someone doodling a Hitler moustache and horns on the photograph for the entry for Bill Gates, and the sentence 'Microsoft is Zomg T3h Suck0r!

14 November 2006, 9:52

Biometrics land at Gatwick

News On arrival, passengers will have their fingerprints and photos checked against a database by immigration officials, and those attempting illegal entry into the UK will be refused entry. Gatwick airport is the latest airport to trial biometric...

Tags: trial, country, entry, enter

10 October 2007, 10:48

News.blog: US politicians make false Wikis

News One edit listed White House press secretary Scott McClellan under the entry for 'douche'. Another change to the Iraq invasion entry shows that the anonymous congressional editor played up the dubious connections between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein.

31 January 2006, 9:53

Photos: The wiki world's arty side

News The creator of the photo used in the British Museum entry of Wikipedia is listed as 'Diliff'. Creator Yeu Ninje notes in her entry that she included both the original border of the Han dynasty and the border of territories claimed today by the...

4 August 2006, 11:17

Britannica lambasts Wikipedia findings

News For example, one reviewer in the Nature article said that Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's Principles of Stellar Dynamics was published in 1943, not 1942 as its Britannica entry states. Most notably, it was under attack for an entry on John...

27 March 2006, 10:20

Photos: Futuristic PCs think out of the beige box

News This PC concept called DNA, a finalist in the competition, is a modular and customisable computer design "that will give the user freedom in shape, style, and mobility", according to the entry. The WITHUS computer, which came in second place in the...

Tags: fantasy, entry, human, shape

20 June 2008, 9:57

Wikipedia's Wales touts 'free culture'

News We got pretty lucky," Wales said in reference to Nature's assessment, which found that Wikipedia had four errors per sampled entry versus three errors for Encyclopaedia Britannica. The problem is that the technology barrier to entry keeps out...

7 August 2006, 11:00

Wikipedia's growing pains

News A bad entry was kept for some time until Seigenthaler actually fixed it himself. Also, Wales said, the entry was unusual in that it was posted by an anonymous user -- most new articles are published by registered members, who are more likely to be...

6 December 2005, 10:04

'Boring' IT classes put off future careers

News He called on the government to provide tax breaks and partner-with-industry to encourage internships and graduate entry schemes to get young talent into IT and help others transfer across from different industries.

Tags: kids, industry, entry, study

18 June 2008, 9:55

Fujifilm adds to compact camera line

News Fujifilm has updated its entry-level digital cameras and brought face-recognition technology to a mid-range model. In advance of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Japanese company announced the $129 (£66), 6-megapixel Finepix A610 and...

5 January 2007, 10:12

Microsoft plunges into antivirus arena

News Incumbents in the security space are preparing to respond to Microsoft's entry by integrating features into single products and moving to a subscription model for pricing. Microsoft plans to start selling Windows OneCare Live on Thursday, three...

31 May 2006, 10:45