Steve Jobs, Apple’s genius co-founder, dead at 56
Rest in peace, Mr. Jobs.
Not many people can say at the end of their lives, that they changed the world. Steve Jobs changed the world. Read more
Hackers tweet fake ‘Obama assassination’ headline from Fox News account
Fox News is targeted by an apparently new hacker group, which commandeers a Fox Twitter account to tweet a disturbing, fake headline. Read more
Florida Dems online: The ‘Bill Nelson Party’ **UPDATED**
New digs for the Florida Democratic Party
The Florida Democratic Party finally has a new website (and welcome to the 21st Century, by the way…) But TRR notice something missing from the visuals and message … can you guess what that is? Read more
Anonymous releases Bank of America emails
The hacker group known only as Anonymous made good on a threat to release emails it says implicate Bank of America in improperly foreclosing on mortgages. But it’s not yet clear if they’ve got the goods. Read more
**UPDATED** The war over Wikileaks: Manning facing 22 additional counts
The Army private accused of sharing classified information with Wikileaks is facing a raft of new charges, upping the government’s ante in the case. Is this where the government’s focus shifts away from prosecuting Julian Assange, and squarely onto Bradley Manning? Read more
Anonymous 2, Chamber 0: HBGary CEO steps down … Koch Bros next targets
On the heels of a successful attack on the right wing corporate group Americans for Prosperity, the hacker group known only as Anonymous claimed its first victim Tuesday: the head of a firm accused of proposing a hit job on the reputations of anyone standing in the way of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s corporate political goals. And there’s more of that where that came from… Read more
CORRECTED: The Wikiwars: What is Glenn Greenwald after, and must Wired help him find it?
CORRECTED: The post has been corrected to fix an error in the original post, which incorrectly substituted Poulsen for Lamo on the question of mental health/Asperger claims. Thanks to vigilant TRR readers for pointing out the error.
Foreign Policy’s Blake Hounshell has perhaps the best summation/response to the growing feud between Salon.com’s Glenn Greenwald and Wired Magazine editors Evan Hansen and Kevin Poulsen over their publication of partial transcripts of chat logs between Pfc Bradley Manning — accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of government documents and other data and handing them over to Wikileaks — and a former hacker named Adrian Lamo, who handed the logs over to Poulsen in June. But what is Greenwald really after? More to the point, are the editors at Wired — a rival publication — obligated to help him get it? Read more
Deal with the devil? Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch … and horror for Apple fans
Lots of Twitter buzz this weekend over an apparent deal between Steve Jobs, whose Apple products are the obsession with blue staters everywhere, and the Prince of Cable Darkness, Rupert Murdoch, whose Fox “News” dominates the cable news ratings, and the nightmares of liberals. Could it be true? Turns out, the answer is “aye…” Read more
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