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hackers
Twitter Hacking Epidemic Claims Britney Spears, Barack Obama
Whats going on with Twitter? First Fox News gets hacked, then Britney Spears. Is no one safe from this epidemic?
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By Owen ThomasComment by hamburgerhotdog: julia allison's twitter: please god make it happen. 5 Responses | Other threads
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hackers
Fox News Twitter Hacked By Bill O'Reilly
This is currently the lead post on the official Fox News Twitter page. Hackers are cool again.
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Comment by WhereAreTheChips?: Oh I get it; "gay" is the most insulting and degrading thing someone can be labeled, right? 19 Responses | Other threads
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politics
Fox News makes McCain a fair-use believer
"Overreaching copyright claims have resulted in the removal of noninfringing campaign videos from YouTube." That's the gist of a complaint from the McCain-Palin campaign's general counsel to YouTube management. The letter says YouTube's 10-day review policy hurts America, because "10 days can be a lifetime in a political campaign." It's never been proven that anyone at McCain/Palin headquarters used the DMCA to take down Sarah's swimsuit video. But no doubt being DMCA'd by Fox News for using a news clip in a campaign video has given John McCain a more personal view of how copyright laws can backfire.
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By Paul BoutinComment by Passerby: Thomson should file a logo infringement suit against the McCain campaign....unimaginative ripoffs more » | Other threads
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4chan
"Despicable, slimy, scummy websites" take revenge on Bill O'Reilly
After a 4chan message board user broke into Sarah Palin's Yahoo Mail account and posted screenshots of her emails online, conservative Fox News pundit Bill O'Reilly went on the air and yelled about it. "I'm not going to mention the Web site that posted this, but it's one of those despicable, slimy, scummy websites," said O'Reilly on his show. "Everybody knows where this stuff is, OK, and they know the people who run the website, so why can't they go there tonight to the guy's house who runs it, put him in cuffs and take him down and book him? " 4chan management responded by changing the banner atop its random image posting board so that it read: "DESPICABLE, SLIMY, SCUMMY." One of the site's members took a more aggressive course of action, and hacked into O'Reilly's subscription-only site, BillOReilly.com, and posted the names, billing addresses, email addresses and passwords of 205 paying subscribers to Wikileaks and 4chan. In a statement, Wikileaks expressed no sympathy for O'Reilly — calling his site's security "nonexistent" — but had plenty for O'Reilly's attackers: "The hack was a response to the pundit's recent scurrilous attacks over the Sarah Palin's e-mail story — including on Wikileaks and other members of the press."
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Comment by Rachel Marsden: Watch it - you f*ckers are talking about my Uncle here. 2 Responses | Other threads
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social networks
Fox News VP calls Facebook users "more sophisticated" than MySpace users
In the tangled web woven by media conglomerates and Web companies, MySpace which is owned by News Corp. under Fox Interactive Media has a partnership with news broadcaster MSNBC — the cable partnership between Microsoft and NBC. Fox News, another News Corp. property and direct MSNBC competitor, has now signed a deal with Facebook, which counts Microsoft as the lead investor. Admitting that Facebook is now leading MySpace in the social networking space, Fox News VP of development Joel Cheatwood told reporter Brian Stelter, "They also have a user that’s a little older and a little more sophisticated." Enough with the diplomatic double-speak, Cheatwood — tell us what you really think.
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By Jackson WestComment by michaellamb: he means a little older with money There are more old people on MySpace than Facebook. They happen to be the... more » | Other threads
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antivanity ads
New York Post's desperate bid for Google relevance keys on ... "Rachel Marsden"?
Google has turned us all into monetizable micromarkets. An ad for everyone, and everyone in an ad. the New York Post is now advertising against the keyword "Rachel Marsden" on Google to attract readers. If you're asking "Marsden who?", then you've gotten the point already. Marsden, the Canadian political commentator (and Valleywag commenter), is best known for having been dumped by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia. Current Post readers are no doubt more interested in her reportedly unceremonious exit from the Fox News show Red Eye. What this ad buy tells us: That the Post thinks it can profit from attracting the small number of people who have heard enough about Marsden to search on her name. And that if Marsden is worth advertising against in Google's frictionless marketplace, every last one of us is next. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by RachelIsANutJob: "Sorry, but I know I'm hot. It's simply not an issue that's debatable with any rational being. It's not even... more » | Other threads
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clips
Natali Del Conte schools Fox News
Check out Natali Del Conte on Fox News. Del Conte not only makes her geeky solution to finding a hard-to-find Wii seem simple — "just Google Wii Tracker" — she also advises viewers to buy Wiis bundled with games and then just return the games. Sneaky sneak.
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Comment by Figaro: She looks like an alien in that clip. Scared the crap out of me with that forehead. more » | Other threads
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jimmy wales
The Last Temptation Of Jimbo Christ: A Non-Nerd Cheatsheet To The Wikipedia Founder's Downfall
How to describe His Holiness Jimbo Wales? The pugnacious entrepreneur Jason Calacanis can't stand dealing with Wales, because the Wikipedia founder is so humble, so calm, so staid that, unlike Calacanis's other would-be competitors, he takes no bait and is above reproach. So Jason must be pleased to see Wales revealed as human, and in fact as a dude who picks up chicks using his own online encyclopedia. The nerds have already heard this story in, like, fifty volumes on Valleywag, but here's a quicker version. The point: Jimmy Wales is an Internet Christ figure, this was his Last Temptation, and even though he failed he's still the Son of God. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by unutterable: The real question: who's next on Marden's list? As Henry Rollins so memorably put it "You say you don't want... more » | Other threads
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surly adopter
Geraldo Rivera looking for iPhone crybabies
Fox News television host Geraldo Rivera is looking for offended iPhone early adopters. If you're aggrieved by Apple's price cut and not satisfied with the $100 Apple Store credit, then a Fox producer wants to talk to you, like, now for tonight's 8 p.m. program, according to this Craigslist posting. We can't wait to see who Fox drums up to whine like a little baby, on air, over the time-honored custom of getting royally soaked when buying brand-new technology.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Slugicide: I'll tell you what Geraldo is lookin' for: another chair to the face. more » | Other threads
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followup
Fark legal net tightens on Fox-linked hacker
Richard Thompson, a blogger who tracks the Memphis, Tenn. news scene at Mediaverse Memphis, has done a follow-up interview with Drew Curtis, the founder of Fark.com. Last week, Curtis, left, fingered Darrell Phillips, to his right, a new media manager at News Corp.-owned TV station WHBQ Fox13, as an all-but-certain suspect behind attempts to hack into the site. He based his accusation on an all-but-conclusive trail of electronic evidence. Thompson, at first skeptical of the accusation, seems to be giving it more credence, as Curtis confirmed that Fark has plans underway to seek legal action. After the jump, the latest revelations. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by bbucy: Thompson describes Phillips as "one of the best new media managers in the Memphis market. . ." Frankly, I think... more » | Other threads
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followup
How a Fox-linked hacker failed to fool Fark
Last week, Drew Curtis, left, the founder of Fark.com, the outrageous social-news website, accused Darrell Phillips, to his right, an employee at a News Corp.-owned Fox TV station in Memphis, Tenn., of attempting to hack into Fark. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by TedSez: Fox hacks Fark. Fark tricks Fox. Look, sir. Look, sir. Mr. hick, sir. Don't do tricks with Flash on Fark, sir. Don't do tricks... more » | Other threads
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exclusive
Fark founder accuses Fox newsman of hacking
Local TV reporters are infamous for practicing "ambush" journalism — but as they try to take their gotcha practices to the Web, increasingly they're the ones ambushed. The first rule of hacking, after all, is "Don't get caught." And Fox newsman Darrell Phillips may have broken that rule, Drew Curtis has told Valleywag. Curtis, left, is the founder of Fark.com, a thoroughly juvenile, and entertaining, social news site where users pick the headlines. Phillips, to his right, is the new media manager at WHBQ Fox13, a News Corp.-owned TV station in Memphis, Tenn. And Curtis claims to have assembled all-but-conclusive electronic evidence that Phillips has tried to hack into Fark's servers, potentially breaking several laws. More » -
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By Owen ThomasComment by dspark: People are having a field day on this WikiScanner tool. It's purely fun to see who changed their own entry... more » | Other threads
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nerdfight
Fox News gets hot for Gentleman's Fight Club
The Silicon Valley Fight Club enjoys its third round of publicity (see round one and round two) on Fox News, where anchor John Gibson grills club founder Gints Klimanis about its safety. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Nicole Lee: I am Gint's complete lack of surprise. more » | Other threads
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