Video: Smart Card Hacker's Tools Include Acid, Red Nail Polishmore similar news »
Fresh from a high-profile civil trial that cleared his former employer of piracy charges, satellite TV hacker Christopher Tarnovsky opens the door of his private lab to show Wired.com how he circumvents security on smart cards. Please don't try this at home.
Apple Core Stops Selling Apple TV Hacking Donglemore similar news »
Apple Core, makers of a third-party Apple TV upgrade, abruptly withdrew its product from the market yesterday, citing unspecified copyright concerns. Company representatives say they were not pressured to do so by Apple or any other party.
Condi Hooks Up With KISS In Sweden, No Lessmore similar news »
Is the Apocalypse upon us, or is this just our generation's equivalent of the Nixon-Elvis summit? Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and KISS just happen to be Sweden at the same time -- so naturally she paid a call on the guys. In their hotel room. Said she was thrilled to meet them. It happened: there are pictures.
Comcast Is Hiring an Internet Snoop for the Fedsmore similar news »
Wanna tap e-mail, voice and Web traffic for the government? Here's your chance. Comcast, the country's second-largest Internet provider, is looking for an engineer to handle "reconnaissance" and "analysis" of "subscriber intelligence" for the company's "National Security Operations."
Neuroscientist: Poetry Comes From Synesthesia, Tree-Climbingmore similar news »
A prominent neuroscientist told a crowd at the World Science Festival that the curious phenomenon of synesthesia -- in which some people "taste" colors or "hear" smells -- is simply a consequence of the aptitude humans evolved for abstraction.
