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WATCH: New York Throws A 'Hackathon' To Improve NYC.gov

Posted 10.01.2011

Hackers and computer wiz's gathered at General Assembly over the weekend for Reinvent NYC.gov, NYC's first "hackathon." In a 36-hour coding spree,...

North Korea Blamed For Cyberattack On U.S. and South Korea: Report

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 09.04.2011

WASHINGTON — North Korea or its sympathizers were likely responsible for the cyberattack against South Korean government and banking websites ea...

Hacking College Is a Shortcut to Learning

Hack College | Posted 05.25.2011

Hack College

Hacking the college life is about getting through the day-to-day grunt work more efficiently

How To Fix Your Sleep Cycle For A Smooth Semester

Hack College | Posted 05.25.2011

Hack College

School's back in session, and if you're anything like most people, your sleep schedule is out of whack from a winter break spent with family and friends.

OOPS: The 13 Most Common Gawker Passwords Exposed

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

On Sunday, hackers exposed usernames and passwords stored in the Gawker Media user database. The Wall Street Journal analyzed the leaked data and pr...

Did Google Get Hacked Because a Chinese Official Didn't Like His Search Results?

Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.25.2011

Alex Pasternack

According to a diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks yesterday, a senior member of the Chinese Politburo ordered the Google attack after he typed his own name into the search engine and found articles attacking him.

How To Wrangle Your Dorm Room Cords

Hack College | Posted 05.25.2011

Hack College

By Laura Schluckebier from HackCollege I have many pet peeves about dorms. This is actually turns out to be a good thing since I figure out ways to...

How to Digitize Your Textbooks

Hack College | Posted 05.25.2011

Hack College

Unfortunately only a small portion of textbooks are available for download today. What do you do if your microbiology text isn't available in a digital format this fall?

Hackers Hit AT&T iPad Users

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Shelly Palmer

Hackers found a way into AT&T's network and grabbed over a hundred thousand email addresses and iPad ID's. Should you be worried about this? No. But AT&T has some work to do.

Last Chance for Unlimited iPad Data

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Shelly Palmer

As AT&T prepares to launch new limited data plans, the company is giving potential iPad customers one last chance to purchase an iPad with an unlimited data plan. You have to do it today.

Shelly Palmer: Understanding ISO for Digital Camera

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Shelly Palmer

Today's most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment:Beware if your Twitter friends start tweeting diet advice at you.  Some hacke...

Huge Hack: Cyber Attack Hits 2,411 U.S. Companies

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in a coordinat...