10th November 2012 Archive

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Hacker sentenced to six years – WITH NO INTERNET

'Cosmo the God,' signing off

A 15-year-old hacker convicted of multiple felonies was handed an unusual sentence by a Long Beach, California juvenile court on Wednesday, one that will see him all but banned from the internet until his twenty-first birthday. The hacker's real name was not disclosed because he is a minor, but according to a report by Wired, …

Law 10 Nov 01:50
Ten gaming headsets

Product Round-up Bang, crash, wallop

Recently, I have battled underwater in Guild Wars 2 and fought through the Temple of the Jade serpent in The Mists of Pandaria. Luckily, during my adventures, I have had the opportunity to test some of the best gaming headsets money can buy, but which headset allowed me to hear every bubble burst and even the quietest Windwalker …

Games 10 Nov 08:00
Asus offers compensation to pre-price drop Nexus 7 buyers

Sorry slate of affairs

Asus customers who forked out for a Nexus 7 before the price drop on 29 October have been offered a £25 gift voucher in consolation. The coupon is limited to those who bought their device directly from Asus or Google, and not only must the slate be registered with Asus, but customers will have to provide proof of purchase too …

Hardware 10 Nov 09:05
Facebook's IPO was a disaster? RUBBISH, you FOOLS

Well, not for Facebook, anyway

Woe, woe and thrice woe unto the capitalist system: for Facebook's IPO has been a failure. Mere months after they floated the thing off, the share price is under half what it was and this is indeed, as those like The Guardian tell us, a large and serious problem, prompting headlines such as: Why has Facebook's stock market …

Business 10 Nov 11:58
Coffee next on climate chopping-block

The looming ARABICA APOCALYPSE

“Climate deniers,” just go and fetch yourself a coffee and ignore this story. For the rest of us, the news is dire: according to a study by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, wild Arabica could be on the climate change hit list. OK, deep breaths: the cultivated stuff will still be out there. Maybe: according to the study, the …

Science 10 Nov 21:26