PayPal Cuts Adult Photo Site Zivity Off
As we know, PayPal decides to refuse service to whomever it likes now and then. Some of the memorable PayPal users that got the boot were WikiLeaks and The Pirate…
Blog Archives for the tag wikileaks
New official Wikileaks t-shirt designs chosen at 99designs
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the competition Wikileaks had posted on 99designs in search of a new t-shirt design. The winners were announced today, and it turns out…
Wikileaks source may face death penalty
Private Bradley Manning, who allegedly leaked a substantial number of classified documents to Wikileaks, now potentially faces the death penalty, according to Manning’s counsel. The army has slapped Manning with…
Julian Assange Applies to Trademark Name
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has applied to the UK’s Intellectual Property Office for a trademark on his own name. The application, submitted by Assange’s London law firm two weeks ago,…
Julian Assange Signs $1.5m Book Deal
Following on from our article reporting that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange had signed a book deal with both UK and US publishers to write his autobiography, we can now tell…
Julian Assange To Publish Memoirs
As first reported by Britain’s Guardian newspaper, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has sold his memoirs to two publishing houses, Canongate in Britain and Knopf in the United States. Assange, who…
Assange: 'A Martyr Without Dying'
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gave a revealing interview on BBC Radio 4 this morning. Speaking from the mansion in south east England that he is forced to stay at under…
The History of DDoS Attacks
The concept of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks finally entered the mainstream public consciousness this month after assaults on the websites of Visa, MasterCard and PayPal made front page…
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Julian Assange is now back in jail
One week ago, we reported that Julian Assange had been arrested. He was first denied bail after surrendering to authorities in London early last Tuesday morning. This morning WikiLeaks‘ Julian…
Has Anonymous Hacked Gawker Media?
UPDATE: A significant update to this story can be found here. Looking at some of the tweets posted to the Gizmodo Twitter account, it looks as if Gawker Media’s portfolio…
Anonymous: Amazon Attack 'Bad Taste'
Loosely-affiliated online protest “gathering” Anonymous has spoken out about the reason an attack on Amazon’s servers appeared to fail yesterday – they didn’t want to disturb your Christmas shopping. Anonymous’…
Operation LeakSpin-Post Leaks Everywhere
Updates below… After a several days of the group Anonymous taking down sites tied to businesses thought to oppose WikiLeaks, a new tactic may be in the offing and one…
PayPal Cuts Off WikiLeaks' Cash Flow
The saga of WikiLeaks is just getting worse for them. After jumping around the world to different servers, having its domain name pulled, DDOS attacks…I’m just waiting for a Biblical…
NYTimes' New Hyperlinking Feature
As reported by the Atlantic, The New York Times has snuck in an update to its hyperlink feature. The new feature allows users to link to and highlight individual sentences and…
The NY Times Torture Euphemism Generator
“Reports indicate meatbag tenderizing procedures”; “War logs show bothersome physical solicitations”; “Leaked war logs reveal that for which there is no emoticon” Hitting the refresh button repeatedly, one can view…
