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Word to those who think the Internet spells the end of traditional print media: "hacker journalists" have arrived to save the day. (Read "The State of the Media: Not Good...
...website to accompany investigative reports and present data to readers in formats such as searchable databases and interactive charts. "The forms of journalism might be changing, but the role of the media to inform the public and hold government accountable remains the same," says Boyer, who coined the term "hacker journalist" to describe this new breed of newsman. "That's where technologists can help...
...pioneers Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, who would go on to found Apple Computer.) One infamous phreak, John Draper, became known as Captain Crunch after discovering in 1972 that he could fool AT&T's network with the tone from a plastic whistle distributed with the breakfast cereal. Computer hacker Kevin Mitnick became a top target for the FBI for breaking into academic and corporate computer systems and causing millions of dollars in damage; after years eluding capture, he spent half a decade behind bars in the 1990s and was ordered to stay away from computers for three additional years...
...first time in its 14-year history, more companies left the exchange than listed on it last year. The reasons aren't hard to come by. In a survey of the businesses delisting in the year to April by law firm Trowers & Hamlins and accountants UHY Hacker Young, financial pressures or insolvency, as well as the cost of maintaining an AIM listing - paying for non-exec directors and other services can add up to $300,000 a year - accounted for a large chunk of those leaving. Others had been dumped by their Nominated Adviser (Nomad), the accountants or financial management...
...temporary brownout, the public begins to panic. At the power utilities, engineers can't understand why the network shut off, and can't get it to start up again. It's hours before the truth emerges: a terrorist group (or a hostile country, or some evil-genius hacker) has broken into the computer networks that control the power grid, bringing the U.S. to its knees...