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Rise Of The Hacker Journalist

5:30AM July 6, 2011 | Mat Honan

Milly Dowler vanished in 2002. It set off a huge sensation in the UK, similar to the Natalee Holloway case in the United States. Now, reports have surfaced that News of the World hacked into her voicemail. More »


Online

Imprisoned War Reporter Tweets Status From Captor’s Phone

8:40AM September 8, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Japanese reporter Kosuke Tsuneoka disappeared on April 1 of this year in Afghanistan, leaving no clues as to his whereabouts. Then, five months later, he tweeted that he was imprisoned but alive – by filching his captor’s mobile phone. More »


Samsung Sues Journalist For Satirical Article

2:03AM May 12, 2010 | Brian Barrett

This is journalist Michael Breen. On Christmas Day 2009, he published a satirical column in the English-language Korea Times newspaper. Four days later, Samsung sued Breen, his newspaper and its top editor for $US1 million. More »


Gaming

Why Nintendo Announced The 3DS So Early, Without Much Detail

8:24PM March 31, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

I think we can all agree that Nintendo’s reveal of the 3DS was a little weird. It’s hardly Business 101 to know you’ve got to hold off announcing new products before the previous one has gone on sale. More »


Geek Out

Man, Ray’s Got Some Shots To Show

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2:53PM September 22, 2009 | Chris Oaten

I’m guessing there’d be two kinds of Gizmodians — those who remember the halcyon days of Australian current affairs television when Ray Martin wore a doyen’s cap, and those who don’t remember such a time. For those who do remember Ray, and who are in Sydney tomorrow (Wednesday, September 22) might like to take a squizz at Ray’s photo exhibition. More »