It's invaded their countries, used deadly, invisible drones to blow them up and killed their leader, but now the US is really gonna hit Al-Qaeda where it hurts -- the internet forums. I can hear them quaking in their bomb-filled boots from here. Read More >>
Justin Ching works on different tech-related products around the silicon valley, including at Google, and needed a web designer. He interviewed David Bernett, and kept him in consideration for the position afterwards. Then Bernett sent him a horribly racist email, invoking Asian slurs, for reasons unknown to all other parties involved. Read More >>
Featured comment by Grr Argh:
"A guy at my work has the surname Ching. I just thought it was a cool surname and hadn't made an association with the possibility of racial slurs that ..." More »
Let's be fair, the Smart Car isn't the biggest or manliest car around, but when someone attempts to crap on it, Smart replies with hilarious, spot-on science. That's the way to fight your corner, with pure piss-taking poop facts. Read More >>
Finally, we might actually be able to do something about the scourge of internet trolls. At least one person is taking the fight to them, but the government wants to help now too. It's putting powers in place to unmask and prosecute trolling fiends. Read More >>
Featured comment by smarklew:
"If someone is murdered in America, would it still be murder in the UK? We have little case law on ISP identification, the US have a lot more, so it's ..." More »
The rubbish dump of internet commenting can destroy your faith in humanity real fast, but really, the trolls are just trying to be helpful! Here is a thank you card to all the haters. Read More >>
Featured comment by FRISH:
"The ones that are trolling (the bad ones) are just insensitive tbh. Most of the time it's only the troll the sees a point to his post. Its not necessa..." More »
Internet trolls are a sad reflection of human society let lose on the internet. They spread their bile behind the protection of anonymity, and can follow you anywhere on the internet and out on the street. Now one woman is taking the fight to back to them; she has a court order forcing Facebook to unmask the vile hate mongers. Read More >>
In this video Darius Groza takes advantage of tourists taking forced-perspective photos of themselves propping up the Leaning Tower of Pisa by running up and giving them high fives when they're not looking: Brilliant. Read More >>
We all suffer trolls badly; some of us are even guilty of a bit of trolling ourselves. But have you ever wondered what they look like in real life? Wonder no more -- the BBC managed to track down the prolific troll Nimrod Severn and confronted him for Panorama. Read More >>
Featured comment by Kyfka:
"You don't need an IP address to find people online, most people tend to use their user names across multiple sites where they fill in varying amounts ..." More »