Bitcoin bursts: Hacker currency gets wild ride
LONDON (AP) — It's a promising form of electronic cash free from central bankers and beloved by hackers. It — Bitcoin — may also be in trouble, registering catastrophic losses that have sent speculators scrambling.
Wild, unregulated hacker currency gains following
LONDON (AP) — With $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink recently struck the kind of deal that's feeding the rise of a new kind of money — a virtual currency whose oscillations have pulled geeks and speculators alike through stomach-churning highs and lows.
Bitcoin hacker currency bursts into mainstream
LONDON (AP) — With $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink struck a deal that's joining thousands like it in a virtual revolution.
WikiLeaks founder Assange plans run for Australian Senate – Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail WikiLeaks founder Assange plans run for Australian Senate Globe and Mail For nine months, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London knowing that if he leaves, he'll be extradited to Sweden to face questioning about sexual-assault allegations and then possibly sent to the United ...
Assange slams Sweden – Stuff.co.nz
Assange slams Sweden Stuff.co.nz The turmoil in the Swedish Prosecution Authority's effort to extradite Mr Assange comes as another leading Swedish judge prepares to deliver an unprecedented public lecture in Australia next week on the WikiLeak publisher's case. The Swedish ...
When laughing at an epic fail is no laughing matter
The Global Village now anoints a new Global Village Idiot every other week.
LA Times hack: Security breach or harmless prank?
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say Reuters' deputy social media editor conspired with a notorious hacker network to cause an online security breach that should be punished by decades in federal prison.
WikiLeaks-lekker Bradley Manning genomineerd voor Nobelprijs – HP/De Tijd
HP/De Tijd WikiLeaks -lekker Bradley Manning genomineerd voor Nobelprijs HP/De Tijd De nominatietekst toont veel gelijkenis met de woorden die Manning eerder deze week zelf sprak tijdens zijn proces: de militair heeft enkele dagen geleden voor het eerst in de rechtbank toegegeven dat hij heeft gelekt aan WikiLeaks . In tegenstelling ...
Australia alert to US Wikileaks probe – The Border Mail
Australia alert to US Wikileaks probe The Border Mail However US Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich and Foreign Minister Bob Carr last night dismissed any suggestions the US may wish to extradite the WikiLeaks publisher as ludicrous” and “sheer fantasy”. Diplomatic cables released to Fairfax Media under freedom ...