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Sasser Worm Creator Arrested
His motive was to gain fame as a programmer. Fame is what the German teen got, as well as arrested for creating…
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Apple iTunes Sets Sights On 500 Million Songs
The maker of the iconic iPod media player wants to reward the buyer of song number 500,000,000 with some choice prizes.
What Caught My Eye in RSS
As I slowly make my way through the 10,000+ unread RSS feeds that have accumulated in my Bloglines account over the past month a number os posts have caught my attention which I thought I'd highlight here. Some of them have been mentioned by my guest bloggers but there's no harm in doubling up...
Astrologer Sues NASA Over Comet Impact
I see it in the stars. Someone's going to be laughed out of court-and soon. A Russian astrologer has filed suit against NASA claiming the impactor probe the space agency used to blow a football field sized crater into a speeding comet has "distorted" her horoscope.
German Teen Spreads Worms
Sven Jaschan admitted to wrecking computers worldwide when he confessed to creating last year's Sasser computer worm. The worm devastated hundreds of thousands of computers across the globe. In the process, he's bought himself some real jail time for his computer terrorism.
Sasser Worm Scribe Confesses
A 19 year-old German, Sven Jaschan, has confessed to writing the Sasser worm that affected millions of computers last year.
