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In a cautionary tale for users of social-networking sites, a California man has admitted using personal information he gleaned from Facebook to hack into women's e-mail accounts, then send nude pictures of them to everyone in their address book.
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The PlayStation 3 is a compromised system. Its master key is all over the Internet, custom firmware allowing third-party software to run on the hardware is a click away, and Sony is furiously trying to stop this information from spreading. The company asked the courts for a temporary restraining order keeping those responsible from any further sharing of the keys or information about cracking the PS3, and is suing for damages.
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A never-before-seen military manual detailing the day-to-day operations of the U.S. military's Guantánamo Bay detention facility has been leaked to the web, affording a rare inside glimpse into the institution where the United States has imprisoned hundreds of suspected terrorists since 2002.

The 238-page document, "Camp Delta Standard Operating Procedures," is dated March 28, 2003. It is unclassified, but designated "For Official Use Only." It hit the web last Wednesday on Wikileaks.org.
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A Chinese factory worker has risked his job by smuggling a Nintendo 3DS straight off a factory production line.

The culprit has snapped a picture of the device which looks the same as the final design for the handheld which was revealed last year. So far the smuggler has not revealed any more information or released any more pictures of the device, but we hope more information will be made available eventually.
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AC Ryan may not be the household name that Seagate and Western Digital are, but it's an up-and-coming media streamer outfit that actually has a fairly impressive list of new gear. The company's newest two include the Playon! HD2 and Playon! HD Mini2. Both are Full HD Media Players, with each being the first to feature the latest 1185 Series processor from Realtek.
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A few months ago, Google announced that it would be speeding up release cycles for Google Chrome. Since the team was already churning out new versions at an unheard of pace for desktop software many wondered less whether Google could do it, but why would it want to in the first place.

In the mean time, the Chrome team has indeed been getting new releases out there every six weeks, like the accelerated schedule required. But, of course, six weeks is not enough to get much done, so each new version doesn't really bring major improvements, rather just a number of new features.
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