It seems our Chinese cousins, or at least their government, are a little miffed about computer games being so popular in their country.
This symbol of western decadence which is apparently corrupting the youth of China has now induced a government-sponsored counter-measure.
Instead of the violence and Western decadence promoted by video games popular in China, the […]
In a cynical bid to “protect the children” Thailand will join such other freedom loving democracies as Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan in instituting a wide ranging ban of internet sites.
The Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has announced that ISPs in the country will be required to maintain a ban on access to a list of […]
As a blog about “technological misbehaviour” we try to keep up with the cutting edge of technology and the ways it is abused, but now and then somebody proves that old technology is more than enough of a tool to do bad things. Boingboing has a recent blog regarding a case in which a prank […]
The debate about national ID cards seems to raise its head sporadically in some countries. The UK is currently having a fairly vigorous public discourse on the issue and Australia could be set to do the same. Yesterday, Boingboing alerted the blogosphere to a story that may be of some interest to those debates.
Deborah Davis, […]
The writers over at engadget have been following the story of IO Data Device Corporation who have released a portable hard drive complete with a virus.
It seems that their HDP-U Portable Hard Drive, which retails for between about US$110 (for the 40Gig version) up to about US$300 (for the 120Gif version) has a lovely […]