August 29, 2008 at 10:11 pm · Filed under Tumbled

Admitted Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon lost his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday, and is expected to be on a plane to Virginia within three weeks. But — surprise! — he’s now been diagnosed at 42 with Asperger’s syndrome, and his lawyers are asking Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to keep him in London for medical reasons.

U.K. Hacker Gary McKinnon Plays the Asperger’s Card

via Wired

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August 14, 2008 at 10:53 pm · Filed under Tumbled

A First Ever Look Inside The Defcon Network Operations Center

via Wired.com

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August 14, 2008 at 8:51 pm · Filed under Tumbled

The Wii finally gets DVD playback — no thanks to Nintendo

via Engadget. Impressive homebrew work.

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August 1, 2008 at 9:30 pm · Filed under Tumbled

Computer hacker Gary McKinnon loses US extradition battle in House of Lords – Telegraph

He was finally caught in 2002 when he attempted to download a grainy image he believed was an alien spacecraft and was traced through his own email address.

I guess 5 years of cracking (get it right Telegraph) and you’re bound to make a mistake.

“…we believe that the British Government declined to prosecute him to enable the US government to make an example of him. American officials involved in this case have stated that they want to see him ‘fry’.”

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