Tag: 4CHAN

The London law firm ACS:Law has made a concerted effort to fight online piracy and punish illegal file-sharers. Andrew Crossley, the U.K. firm's manager, learned an agonizing lesson in humility this week, though, after agitating the Web's most infamous and dangerous group of pirate guerrillas. After his company's website endured an attack by 4chan renegades, a dismissive Crossley reportedly ...

The Tea Party website found itself on the receiving end of an attack from 4Chan. The childish pranksters hijacked the loosely organized political group's media section, and uploaded untold amounts of offensive and pornographic images [Ed. note: like this isn't already offensive] -- as well as a few LOLcats for good measure. ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. The knee-slappers over at The Onion have another spoof newscast this week, featuring an imaginary, portable sewing machine called the Smart Stitch that "lets sweatshop ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Paul Ceglia is claiming Facebook ownership rights based on a 2003 contract, but a lawyer for the site is now questioning the authenticity of Mark Zuckerberg's purported signature. [From: SF Gate] T-Mobile believes its HSPA+ network, which now affects a total of 85 million U.S. consumers after incorporating 24 new cities, ...

The Internet delinquents at 4Chan never rest. Just a couple of days after the troublemakers used a flaw in the YouTube commenting system to launch a decidedly juvenile Web-offensive against Justin Bieber, the message board's campaign to send the tween star to North Korea has come to an (un)successful end. A poll at Faxo was asking fans to vote on where Bieber should stop on the next leg of his ...

This weekend, the mischievous hackers that hang out on the boards at 4Chan uncovered and had a field day with a vulnerability in the comments system on YouTube. The exploit allowed the troublemakers to hijack a page by simply leaving a comment with specific HTML tags. The attack could come in the form of a banner laid over a video, a pop-up alert message or even redirect you to a different site. ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Being 55 doesn't seem that old if you are a vanguard, which is just fine with us because it means (hopefully) Apple's Steve Jobs has years of overly hyped, ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... With the constant ads for beer, erectile dysfunction cures, and bladder pills, it's glaringly obvious who advertising firms target during the Super Bowl. Motorola tapped into that testosterone well yesterday with its new spot for the Devour with "motoblur." The company has also released "bonus footage" from the commercial, which ...

The good news is there is still power in numbers. Rabble-rousing image board 4Chan, which exists as a faceless, all-powerful underground filled with pervs and hackers, are about to show the world that they can stick it to the corporate "man." The bad news is, of course, our daily YouTube may be flooded with nude (or worse) videos disguised as normal, everyday cat tributes, as 4Chan has declared ...

Obi-Wan Kenobi, geek prophet of the highest esteem, once said, "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy [than in the Mos Eisley spaceport]." Well, he obviously never tainted his computer -- or corrupted his sensibilities -- by visiting 4chan.org. A haven for hackers (like the one who gained access to Sarah Palin's e-mail account), perverts (exemplified by the group who ...

A 16-year-old North Carolina boy, known by his Internet handle "Tyrone," made the rounds of Digg, Drudge, and the rest of the blogosphere after he was arrested for calling in a series of bomb threats to schools. A fury erupted over allegations that Tyrone was being held without charges under the Patriot Act, which of course turned out to be completely false. ...

The popular Web site 4chan was started by a 15-year-old boy in his Long Island bedroom, and continues to be used by 15-year-old boys in their Long Island bedrooms. Boobie pics and skeevy comments are rampant on the site, cuz, well, boys will be boys. And they'll be even pervier cloaked in 4chan's total Internet anonymity (unlike other sites, such as MySpace and Gawker, 4chan does not require ...