Slam! This guy is surfing the net on a 1964 modem. Also of note is the “hacker” sticker he has on his laptop. via waxy .

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When zombie-loving hackers gain access to some Texas road signs, hilarity ensues. Either that, or they know something we don't about the impending zombie apocalypse.

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TECH BUZZ: Griffith — the subject of a profile in this weekend's NY Times magazine — is the disruptive technologist behind WikiScanner who says that one of his missions in life is “to create minor public-relations disasters for companies and organizations I dislike.” “The hacker high life — girls, notoriety, White Russians — can be hard to resist,” writes Virginia Heffernan. “Girls hang on Virgil Griffith. This is no exaggeration. At parties, they cling to the arms of the 25-year-old hacker whose reason for being, he says, is to 'make the Internet a better and more interesting place.' ” She's witnessed the fandom and unusual drink choice first hand, and describes how at a recent tech conference, “Griffith, enjoying a White Russian that I first mistook for chocolate milk, reveled in the attention of his female fans. He smiled broadly. He seemed like a young Henry Kissinger, but sweet, or Arthur Fonzarelli, but not a dropout.” What do girls like more, his hacking skillz or cutey-pie dimples?

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The Best Links:

1. Griffith’s Home Page
2. WikiScanner: List Anonymous Wikipedia Edits from Interesting Organizations
3. Wired On Virgil’s Awesome WikiScanner
4. Report on Griffith Being Served Cease-And-Desist Orders
5. All About Virgil Griffith’s Relationship With Blackboard, Inc.

Shortly after screenshots of Sarah Palin’s emails were released online, Obama’s Gmail inbox was leaked by The Onion. The Google Ad from monster.com is a subtle but hilarious touch to this obvious joke.

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1. Sarah Palin’s Emails - Featured Picture on BuzzFeed

MUSIC BUZZ: Soulja Boy’s MySpace and YouTube accounts were hacked! It’s a case of social network kidnapping! The hacker changed log-in info for both of Soulja Boy’s sites, then demanded a ransom of $2500. Dutifully, Soulja Boy released a video more or less explaining what happened to let the world know he’s back.

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1. Soulja Boy Myspace Hacked
2. Perhaps his password shouldn’t have been SupermanDatHo.
3. What Money Can Do…
4. Screenshots of the Hack
5. He’s Finally Hit It Big!
6. Soulja Boy’s YouTube Page
7. Soulja Boy’s Myspace Page

TECH BUZZ: Mischievous geeks are manipulating Google Trends to make offensive words appear to be hot search trends. First the number one result was a swastika symbol. Then the words “fuck you google” flipped backwards to get past the spam filters. Some say the 4chan bulletin is causing the problem by picking offensive words and getting the whole community to search for them — thereby creating a self-fulfilling Google trend. Personally we would never do anything like that because we think sʞɔoɹ spuǝɹʇ ǝlƃooƃ .

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The Best Links:

1. Google Trends Hacked Again!
2. Blogger On Google Trends Hack
3. Please Don’t Click This Link!!!
4. Google Trends Site (Trends In Real Time Plus The Occasional Hack)
5. Flip Text Here (How They Created The Flipped Text)
6. “Google Bombing” Is A Classic Hack Focused On Search Engine, Not Trends

TECH BUZZ: A rogue group of hackers claim to have penetrated the Pentagon’s computer networks. Now an international incident is brewing, with the State Department denying it all and the Chinese government bristling at the suggestion they might have had something to do with it all.

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The Best Links:

1. No Site is Safe!
2. Sounds Typical to Me
3. Chinese People Using the Internet - Featured on BuzzFeed
4. Oh Noes! They’re Attacking Facebook, MySpace