"It's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. Computer security expert Mikko Hyppönen tells us how we can stop these new viruses from threatening the internet as we know it."

A tragic story of police and FBI excess in Seattle. Really heartbreaking.

Piracy off the coast of Somalia is getting worse despite the international efforts of the EU, UN, and even countries like Iran. As naval forces make the shipping routes through the Gulf of Aden safer the pirates move farther afield. In one case they attacked a ship 1,300 miles off the coast.

A totally fascinating story about how Albert Gonzalez mislead the United States Secret Service and eventually stole over a hundred million credit cards. He was even able to hack into the point of sale devices used by stores.

We should be careful before we assume the background of the Espionage Act applies to Julian Assange as well.

Libraries in prison can function as a safe, human environment where inmates pick up skills and viewpoints that, in some cases, stick with them after their time.

Clay Shirky takes a longer view of Wikileaks.

Jeff Jarvis' thoughts on Wikileaks and the cables they released.

Julian Assange writes a great editorial in The Australian about Wikileaks and Cablegate.

"This is Mitchell Gaff. Mitch lives in a special place. A facility the state of Washington created for sexual predators. Mitch’s therapists think there’s a chance that Mitch won’t go raping again next time he has the opportunity. Which is a good thing. Because, soon, Mitch and the thirty men who live with him are getting out."

Danah Boyd on the reasons why censoring the adult services portion of Craigslist is a bad idea.

Allegations against Julian Assange are not slowing the work of WikiLeaks.

"In a network of cheap ubiquitous sensors, any given node becomes disposable. At highly documented events, the rate at which recordings are made far outstrips the rate at which we can view them. Any given photo or video can be lost but the loss is not that great. Any given observer can be beaten, arrested, even killed, and the loss is not that great. At least not that much greater than if it was any other participant."

Discussion on the study that surveyed the use of "torture" as a descriptor for water-boarding.

Gerald Blanchard successfully pulled off a series of high-profile heists throughout Canada and Europe before finally making a few careless mistakes.

The Italian city of Oderzo is pursuing some alarming increases in vigilante protectionism in order to guard against rising immigrant populations.

"This is the story of how federal authorities blew the biggest anti-terror investigation of the past decade—and nearly destroyed an innocent man. Here, for the first time, the falsely accused, Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, speaks out about his ordeal."

Interesting feature story from the New York Times about the SEC and its prosecution of a 15-year-old for illegal stock practices. Sounds more like the SEC was just scared of the foundations for its authority.

Some of the basics behind the cyberattack on Google's Gaia system.