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Murdoch Slams Obama For Supporting ‘Silicon Valley Piracy Leaders’

4:00PM January 15, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Rupert Murdoch’s latest tweets accuse President Obama of supporting Google — the “piracy leader” — and his “Silicon Valley paymasters”. The accusations follow a White House blog that expressed doubts about the Stop Online Piracy Act and similar bills. More »


News

Rupert Murdoch Admits He Screwed Up MySpace

7:29AM January 14, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Media baron, professional evil white guy archetype, and technologist Rupert Murdoch recently took to Twitter regarding his company’s historically awful purchase of MySpace. So, what they do wrong? Literally everything. More »


Online

Hey Look, Rupert Murdoch Is On Twitter

8:58PM January 2, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Check it out, kids, our favourite octogenarian media tychoon has joined Twitter. I have to admit I love his Twitter picture. And he’s pretty active too. Here’s a sample: More »


News

The World Reacts To Steve Jobs’s Passing [Updated]

3:15PM October 6, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The world is now reacting to the very sad news of Steve Jobs’ death. We are collecting the thoughts and condolences of people like Bill Gates, Larry Page, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and President Barack Obama himself. More »


Mobile

How News Of The World Hacked Everybody’s Phones

7:45AM July 20, 2011 | Rachel Swaby

For a while, leaving your phone unattended seemed like the biggest threat to phone security. But this recent business is a reminder that there are savvier ways someone can violate your phone – without even touching it. More »


Online

LulzSec’s UK Sun Hack, Explained

5:34AM July 20, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The Guardian has the lowdown on how LulzSec’s primetime hack of the UK Sun went down. It happened in two phases: one was discovering an exploit in the “contact us” section. The other was the discovery of a retired server. More »


News

Rupert Murdoch Attacked At Hearing

2:05AM July 20, 2011 | John Cook

Someone just accosted Rupert Murdoch during his testimony before Parliament, apparently in an attempt to throw a pie in his face. He doesn’t appear to have been injured. His wife Wendi played bodyguard, catapulting herself toward the attacker with arms and nails flailing. His son James just stood there. More »


Entertainment

Stephen Colbert Is Really Concerned About Hacking

6:25PM July 19, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

The News of the World phone-hacking; the Citibank hacking; the hacking cough of cold and flu season fast approaching… oh yes, Colbert is worried about them all. More »


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Rumour: Rupert Murdoch May Resign As CEO Of News Corp

9:59AM July 19, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Whoa, all that scandal and hacking must have taken its toll on Rupert Murdoch. CNBC Breaking news suggests the News Corp CEO is thinking of resigning his postion and turning over control to COO Chase Carey. [Twitter]


Online

LulzSec Hacks The Times With Brutal Murdoch Death Notice

8:45AM July 19, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Well, seems like Anonymous has moved beyond DDOS attack! Not content to merely shut down one of Rupert Murdoch’s paper’s websites, the hacking group has instead planted a bizarro-Onionesque account of the mogul’s death-by-palladium on a Times redesign page masquerading as The Sun. Well played, #AnonSec. More »