The Null Device

Crackers hijacking and ransoming early ICQ numbers: a Russian Mafia sideline? (CNet)

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Pokemon incites violence and sexual perversity, says Mexican Catholic archdiocese. (Reuters)

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More self-trepanation: British woman drills hole in her head, curing her chronic fatigue. (Reuters)

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Chemical pedagogy in the USA: Americans who are too busy to take care of their children are instead putting them on Prozac and other psychiatric drugs. (Telegraph)

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EU report on Echelon released. (via RobotWisdom)

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UN drug board vetoes Australian heroin injecting rooms. (ABC News)

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Marketing by trojan: Web portal offers downloadable "free video enhancement", which surreptitiously alters user's mail signature, adding an advertisement for the portal. (The Register)

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Bill Gates buys share in shipyard that builds warships and aircraft carriers. Could Microsoft be planning to take a leaf out of an Ayn Rand novel and take to the high seas to avoid prosecutors?

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