Hot on the heels of Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 8.0 which was released to the general public just two months ago, the Windows Live team over at Redmond, WA based Microsoft are already preparing for the next version. Windows Live Messenger is the new name for Microsoft’s instant messaging client (formerly known as MSN Messenger),… Continue reading Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Beta

Danny Ferrer, of Lakeland, Florida was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison and ordered to pay over 4.1 million dollars in restitution to software authors Adobe Systems Inc., Autodesk, and Macromedia Inc. for selling counterfeit software over the internet. Ferrer’s website BuyUSA.com began selling software in 2002 and ran until October of 2005… Continue reading Florida Man Gets 6 Years & Pays 4.1M Restitution for Piracy

Pluto has been demoted. The celestial body, long known as one of the nine planets of the solar system, will now be considered a “dwarf planet,” the General Assembly of the 2006 International Astronomical Union ruled in a vote Thursday in Prague, Czech Republic. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will be… Continue reading Pluto No Longer a Planet

You gotta love the litigousness of youth — especially when there’s an iPod involved. A spat over a missing iPod resulted in a lawsuit in Wheaton, Illinois, when 14-year-old Shannon Derrik sued her (now former) friend Stephanie Eick for losing her brand new iPod. It seems that Shannon made the fool mistake of lending her… Continue reading 14-year-old girl sues friend over missing iPod

Instead of the usual description of Kevin Mitnick, his consulting services and books, the famed hacker’s Web site on Sunday displayed a vulgar message. Online vandals, apparently operating from Pakistan, broke into the computer hosting Mitnick’s Web site on Sunday and replaced his front page with one of their own. As a result, four Web… Continue reading Kevin Mitnick Web site hacked