911 Site Squashed A Chicago judge has ordered an attorney representing the families of four children who died in a 2004 house fire to remove information on the city’s emergency response system from his web site, 911failure.com. The judge said that the detailed phone records posted on the site pose a threat to homeland security, though with records showing long response times for nearly half of all incoming calls, you have to wonder if there’s an inside interest. Attorney Daniel has said he’ll comply with the request. More here in this UPI report.
Million Dollar Homepage Hijacked Young entrepreneur Alex Tew of Million Dollar Homepage fame recently became the subject of a 50k extortion threat delivered over email. That’s when he decided to do what any good Internet biz whiz kid would do: hire a security company to protect him for free in exchange for a plug on his site. Wired News has the scoop.
It’s All Fun and Games Until… Someone loses their life. Police have seized several “M-rated” video games during a raid on a Louisiana murder suspect. Controversial Florida attorney Jack Thompson said of the case “Nobody shoots anybody in the face unless you’re a hit man or a video gamer.” (BTW, no one wears white overalls or snatches gold coins from the sky unless they’re mentally insane or a Super Mario Brothers fan). Slashdot readers debate.
