Hacking

Oppressive high school administrative policies are nothing new. However, for some tech-savvy students, the challenge of outsmarting school officials is both tempting and appealing. One student, faced with oppressive school policies, decided to hack his graduation cap to display an 'invisible' message.

In the wake of the high-profile hacking of Sony's PSN, SEGA has now announced that users of SEGA Pass have had their personal data stolen. This includes names, emails, birthdays and encoded passwords.

The Sony scorecard keeps improving. A new exploit allows hackers or anyone with the proper information for that matter, to change any accounts password on Playstation.com.

Javascript based games, Angelfire, Dragon Ball Z, and a rudimentary knowledge of HTML describes the summer before my seventh grade year. Also, it represents what I thought was the epoch of Javascript's capabilities.

More and more students enroll in computer science courses at their colleges, continuing an upward trend.

A 75-year-old woman in the country of Georgia accidentally cut Internet service to 90% of neighboring Armenia. We say "accidentally" because she's 75 and probably doesn't know what the Internet is.

Anonymous has come to the defense of one of their fellow hackers, attacking Sony websites and the PlayStation Network in retaliation for the treatment they have given to the hacker "GeoHot."

Some look at silly April Fools projects and ask "why?" Others look at silly April Fools projects and ask "why not?"

A German company has developed a concept that would use the Kinect sensor to help customers while shopping at their local grocery store delis and bakeries.

Microsoft has announced that they will be releasing a Software Development Kit in the Spring that will allow people to develop programs for their Kinect sensor.