Anonymous

Wikipedia's greatest strength is also it's inherent weakness. We're of course referring to the ability of anyone and nearly everyone being able to hop into an article and edit its contents, assuming it's not locked, creating a collective treasure trove of information that may not always be...

Technology gives journalists unprecedented power to track down information. And technology gives lots of other people the ability to follow journalists’ footprints. Just ask the Associated Press . Now the New Yorker magazine says it can help journalists, and their sources, cover their tracks. It is...

On Monday, Anonymous and various extremist Islamic hacking collectives announced their OpUSA mission, which was a planned cyberattack against nine big-name US agencies/institutions that the hackers wanted to take down. The attack was announced in a manifesto of sorts on Pastebin, which you can read...

The hacking collective Anonymous was in the news last month for “Operation Free Korea,” in which it hacked North Korea’s Flicker and Twitter account as well as launched an attack on a number of North Korean websites . Their next target isn’t some heavily sanctioned, allegedly rogue nuclear state....

Can sexting inspire artwork? The New Museum and Karen Finley think so. They've announced a forthcoming exhibit, "Sext Me if You Can," that will showcase paintings based on sexually explicit messages Finley receives from total strangers. Those interested in providing some "inspiration" will need to...

As you may be hopefully unaware, today is Alice Day, a day inspired by Lewis Carroll's debated sexual attraction to Alice In Wonderland's very underage and very real counterpart , where proud pedophiles come together in celebration of their disorder. So it's a beautiful day for a NAMBLA takedown,...

Google keeps integrating Google+ deeper into all of its products and today it’s Drive’s turn . When you open a file in Drive, you will now see the Google+ profile pictures of other viewers at the top of the document. Hovering over them brings up their Google+ card with their cover image and which...

Asks websites to go dark in protest

Matthew Keys, the journalist who was accused of conspiring with Anonymous , has been fired by Reuters today. On his Twitter account, Keys tweeted, “Just got off the phone. Reuters has fired me, effective today. Our union will be filing a grievance. More soon.” David Girardin, a Reuters...

Nowadays, there seems to be a website for everything. But would you believe that there isn't one for the hacktivist group Anonymous? In reality, it's of little surprise, as this is a group that lacks a typical hierarchy - it has no leader, and equal rights among all members. Via social networks, it...