Judge orders halt to Defcon speech on subway card hacking (CNET)

August 9, 2008
CNET - LAS VEGAS--A federal judge on Saturday granted the state of Massachusetts' request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.No tag for this post.

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US comedian, ‘Ocean’s 11′ star Bernie Mac dead at 50 (AFP)

August 9, 2008

AFP - US comedian Bernie Mac, who played an ex-felon blackjack dealer in the "Ocean's Eleven" series and had his own sitcom on television, has died at 50, US media said Saturday.


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Website blocking is for your own good, Games chiefs tell Chinese (AFP)

August 9, 2008

Vice president of the Beijing organising committee Wang Wei gives a press conference in Beijing in 2007. Olympic Games organisers claimed on Saturday that the controversial decision to block Internet sites was taken to protect Chinese youngsters.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Olympic Games organisers claimed on Saturday that the controversial decision to block Internet sites was taken to protect Chinese youngsters.


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