According to Radio Netherlands, two teenagers (gender unspecified) of 15 and 14 years of age extorted virtual property in Rune Scape from a 13-year-old class mate. A Dutch court has found that the 13-year-old victim was punched, kicked and threatened with a knife on several occasions in order to get him/her to hand over an [...]
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[ October 22nd, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]It’s a Game People: Dutch Teenagers Busted for Real Robbery of Virtual Goods
Star Wars MMO: LucasArts Tears the Wrapper Off The Old Republic
Some juicy details are being revealed about The Old Republic, a new Star Wars MMO from Lucas Arts. First of all, it is based on Knights of the Old Republic but designed for a truly massive network of players. Players will be able to play as either Jedi or Sith and LucasArts is planning to [...]
Hazzah, Windows Vista SP2 Under Development
he best operating system on the market is just about to get better. Microsoft has announced that not only will they develop SP2 before the release of Windows 7, but that it is already under development. In other news, I can’t get the keychain wireless adapter that I bought to function with Vista 64 and [...]
Apple’s New Lineup Somewhat Underwhelming
I don’t know about anyone else, but I was a little underwhelmed by the specs of the new Apple notebook lineup. As predicted, there were no big processor changes. The most significant change was the to the chipset, and GPU. Apple has moved to an NVIDIA chipset, which is said to give a significant boost [...]
FBI Pwns Cyber-criminals With Dark Market Sting
On the surface, Darkmarket.ws appeared much like any other Internet platform used by fraudsters to trade their wares. Members traded in just about everything that could turn a dishonest buck, ranging from specialized hardware to personal data, electronic banking details, credit card information and fake IDs.
The difference with Darkmarket, however, that it was being operated [...]
