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...After his arrest, he began working with Secret Service agents on something called Operation Firewall, in which Gonzalez - operating under the handle "CumbaJohny" - convinced Shadowcrew members to join his virtual private network, which was secretly monitored by federal agents. In October 2004, 28 hackers were arrested through the operation, though federal agents claim Gonzalez tipped off some of the suspects, helping them to sidestep authorities...
...troves of memories available: a loved one's online presence. As people spend more time at keyboards, there's less being stored away in dusty attics for family and friends to hang on to. Letters have become e‑mails. Diaries have morphed into blogs. Photo albums have turned virtual. The pieces of our lives that we put online can feel as eternal as the Internet itself, but what happens to our virtual identity after we die? (Read "Your Facebook Relationship Status: It's Complicated...
...Larijani has been a very ineffective speaker," says Iran scholar Shaul Bakhash. "[Parliament] has been a virtual no-show on all issues during his leadership ... And his investigation of allegations of mistreatment of prisoners was clearly slapdash...
...confab, which occurred in the recently constructed Burmese administrative capital of Naypyidaw, marked a momentous juncture in U.S.-Burma affairs. For more than a decade, Washington has maintained a virtual blackout on Burma relations, declining to assign an ambassador to the country and promoting a policy of economic isolation to keep its leaders from benefitting from trade ties. The Senator's visit could signal a softening of American strategy toward what has long been considered by the U.S. as a rogue state...
...question, Netflix serves a need. It's a virtual video store with more than 100,000 titles - movies and TV shows. And it's cheap: for the four-at-a-time price of $23.99, you could conceivably see about 50 videos a month - if you devoted your life to the task. In a deep recession, Netflix has also taught film fans that renting a movie or TV series not only is way less expensive than buying but also takes up no shelf space when you move from your foreclosed home into your parents' basement. That could be one reason...