Category Archives: CurrentEvents

HBGary chief exec resigns over Anon hack

Four days after The Colbert Report aired its story on him, Aaron Barr, the guy who publicly threw down the gauntlet that he was going after Anonymous, stepped down after his e-mail account password was discovered by someone identifying with the movement. HBGary Federal chief exec Aaron Barr has resigned in a bid to allowContinue reading “HBGary chief exec resigns over Anon hack”

Apple-Google Squabble Spreads to LA

The Chiat/Day relationship with Steve Jobs and Apple is nothing short of legendary. That legend goes something like this: Chiat was hired by Apple to create the (also legendary) Ridley Scott-directed, $1 million, only-aired-once-cause-it’s-so-goddamn-special 1984 commercial that introduced the Macintosh line of computers during the Super Bowl. When Jobs was forced out of left Apple, he usedContinue reading “Apple-Google Squabble Spreads to LA”

Libya Ordered Airstrike on Benghazi – BBC

BBC World Service is reporting that the crew of a Libyan Arab Republic Air Force aircraft bailed out of their plane after refusing an order to attack protesters in the besieged city of Benghazi. The big problem with authoritarians is that the objective reality struggles to bubble up to the top. So, even though the average Joe canContinue reading “Libya Ordered Airstrike on Benghazi – BBC”

New Versus Classic Koch

Heres something for your “can this possibly be for real” file this morning. Over at the Buffalo Beast — the former print alt-weekly turned online newspaper founded by onetime editor Matt Taibbi, typically best known for its annual list of “The 50 Most Loathsome Americans” — there appear to be recordings of a phone callContinue reading “New Versus Classic Koch”