Bad Guys Always Wear Black Hats

Getting A Check In Exploitation 2.0

The days of the talented waiting to be discovered by large companies with the means to distribute, exploit, and pay them a fraction of what the company is making are over. That process is soon to get an express lane. Exploitation 2.0 hasn't often compensated the users that generate content, but that is changing.

Search Engines Go Spooky

Google, Yahoo, AOL, and Ask have spiffed up their sites for All Hallow's Eve, but Microsoft is sadly lacking in the treat department. Microsoft handed out tricks instead, bestowing the horror of litigation on 55 alleged software counterfeiters around the globe.

Pluck’s Day Is Done

Pluck, one of the early entries among RSS readers, is fading into the sunset. The plugin for Internet Explorer and Firefox will be discontinued effective January 7, 2007, according to a notice on the company's website.