In all fairness the password was "notapassword," but still.

Except apple stores passwords for iTunes in plaintext.

I received an email from apple reminding me that i had $10 in iTunes funds availalble.

Only problem is where my username should have been was my password in plaintext.

This is WRONG. Almost all 802.11 a/b/g/n devices will actively probe for ESSIDs that they have previously used. Your phone is constantly broadcasting for access points.

So what they're saying is the only way they can stop bad guys with guns is good guys with guns. Gee where have I heard that recently....

This was demonstrated at DEFCON 20. He live demo'd rooting an android device using NFC to open the browser and a brwoser exploit to gain root. https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-20/dc-20-speakers.html#Miller

thanks to Microsoft's open-source Kinect platform for Windows

This was done using https://code.google.com/p/simple-kinect-touch/ not the microsoft SDK.

Anybody who actually knows Amir would find that hilarious.

He isn't in this for the money, he has given away all of his bitcoins (and I mean ALL).

You're talking about a country that has to import refined oil because they lack the technical ability to refine crude oil.

There is no way in hell they're going to clone a stealth drone.

This would effectively make unions the only options for such workers.

Fucking scam artists.

eGold failed because they were engaged in fraud and straight up money laundering

I can get dedicated 100mbit server with unlimited bandwidth for around 60-70 dollars a month

No actually you cant.

The reason the federal student loan program exists is because it ISN'T profitable to make that loan. Most kids are going to default, and the banks will be left holding the bag.

you can default on student loans, but you can never be absolved of them.

The only risk in making a student loan is that the beneficiary dies before they can pay it back, which is generally speaking a sound bet.

The movie played at various film festivals and was released in italy, then they soft launched in the US. At this point there was huge demand to watch the movie but absolutely no legal way for 99% of the people to watch it.

I would guess that it's probably one of the most pirated movies of all time.

They actually made an excellent movie.

However it was not available for purchase for 99% of the people who wanted to watch it, so people pirated it.

Shocking right?