Culture hacker talks Kinect bounty hunt (Q&A)

When Microsoft’s hot new Kinect motion-sensitive controller was released earlier this month, Phil Torrone and Limor Fried saw an opportunity to subvert what was being presented as a closed system. Torrone and Fried, the principals behind the open-source hardware firm Adafruit Industries, love almost any kind of culture hacking, and…

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Culture hacker talks Kinect bounty hunt (Q&A)

When Microsoft’s hot new Kinect motion-sensitive controller was released earlier this month, Phil Torrone and Limor Fried saw an opportunity to subvert what was being presented as a closed system. Torrone and Fried, the principals behind the open-source hardware firm Adafruit Industries, love almost any kind of culture hacking, and…

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Sudbury police issue ‘sextortion’ warning

Local News By Jesse Brunette/The Sudbury Star Posted 14 days ago Computers and social networking can’t always be trusted to protect your personal files. The Cyber Crime Unit of the Greater Sudbury Police Service is advising computer users, especially those on social networking sites, to be mindful of suspects hacking…

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Sudbury police issue ‘sextortion’ warning

Local News By Jesse Brunette/The Sudbury Star Posted 14 days ago Computers and social networking can’t always be trusted to protect your personal files. The Cyber Crime Unit of the Greater Sudbury Police Service is advising computer users, especially those on social networking sites, to be mindful of suspects hacking…

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Nixa firefighter gets 15 years for child porn

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A 41-year-old former Nixa firefighter has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography on his computer. Prosecutors said in a news release that Michael Keith Benson also was ordered Tuesday to spend the rest of his life on supervised release after…

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Nixa firefighter gets 15 years for child porn

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A 41-year-old former Nixa firefighter has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography on his computer. Prosecutors said in a news release that Michael Keith Benson also was ordered Tuesday to spend the rest of his life on supervised release after…

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