I note that TFA summary lacks a link to the ig Nobels own site..
So here it is although via Corel Cache since the site appears to be taking quite a heavy hit.

I think I'm probably the first to try via corel cache so its still loading for me, but I hope giving this link will improve that...

It's more likely to have been Israel.

For example this story, note that its from 2009 but still make a pretty good description of how stuxnet works. Google or following the links on stuxnet news stories will bring up other possible links to Israel.

What was up with it?

It would start to load, you'd get some content and then *bam* "Connection reset'.

For me I got the first article (the Blackbox one), a banner and/or menu or two, and the odd image. No CSS.

Homebrew scene != Pirate scene

The homebrew guys are generally more motivated and talented then the pirates. Almost all console hacks come from the homebrew guys so that they can run their own stuff (and linux).

The pirates tend to take homebrew code and use it to run pirated games.

The entire time that PS2 had the "Other OS" option it was not cracked, because the homebrew community could already run their stuff. Compare that to XBOX and WII both of which have been broken a long time ago. As soon as Sony closed off the homebrew community, the inevitable would happen.

Of course its not so black and white, there is overlap between homebrew and pirates, but not as much as you might assume. Take a look at TeamTwizzers long campaign against pirates from using their code. They even tried in the beginning to have a dialogue with Nintendo about ways to support homebrew and keep the pirates out.

Going back to PS2; even with the "Other OS" option the advanced graphic features were locked, so homebrew games could never take full advantage of the hardware (neither could Other OS be used for pirate games). Some months ago a way was found for full hardware access, and not long after that Sony reacted by removing the Other OS feature.

TED had an interesting talk about patents and innovation from the perspective of the fashion industry, in comparison to the software industry. The point being that the fashion industry has no patent protection, is full of innovation and makes a bucket load of money.

The reasons why the fashion industry wasn't allowed patents is also interesting, I would say the same arguments could apply to software.

Some believe that there already is a second iPhone 4 with the Signal and Proximity detection issues solved. They are also saying that Apple are silently replacing the faulty iPhone 4 models with the new one for anyone that brings their faulty one in for repair.

Some googling found this:
http://gizmodo.com/5586256/is-apple-silently-recalling-the-iphone-4-now

I think I first heard it via The Register.

http://www.webmproject.org/tools/

First result on google for webm.....

It does not have to be the Apple one, but I do hope that its a magnetic connector. Anyone who has tripped on their power cord* will likely hope so too.

*The power cord is really the only cord left and the only one I have tripped on; luckily I have never brought my laptop to the floor.

NTFS or any other FUSE (MacFUSE) file system. However in a heterogeneous environment NTFS has the bonus of native Windows support.

There is NTFS-3G for Linux and Mac OS X

There is also an EXT2 Fuse FS (for Mac OS), and probably many other options.

Having said that, I have never had a problem with Linux's HFS+ write support.

You mean:

iPhone !Touch

If you still see websites as just online magazines then I guess you're somewhat stuck in the 1990's.

What you suggest is like asking: Why can't we make programmes also run on Windows 95, just without all the fancy effects of Aero?

Like it or not websites will become more interactive, even /. is using AJAX these days.
See also Google Docs, or http://www.jsdesk.com/

You're obviously not a British football fan...

On the iPhone, /.'s left and right page columns are removed (I guess by CSS) so that the centre story column takes up the full width of the screen.

The only real problem is that the nested comments quickly run out of width when the nesting gets too deep. Oh and that floating Full/Abbreviated/Hidden thing on the left doesn't work, but then I don't use it on the desktop either.