Virtual devils curse Internet church

LONDON (Reuters) - The world's first Internet church has fallen victim to a plague of virtual demons, some of whom have been logging on as Satan and unleashing strings of expletives during sermons.
The "Church of Fools" was launched last week as a unique chance for Christians to worship interactively by choosing a "3D" animated character who could kneel, sing hymns, talk to others, hear a sermon, or shout "Hallelujah".
The site attracts between 5,000 and 10,000 worshippers daily and those who log on can also give money to a collection plate via mobile phone.
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‘Everyone knew about abuse’ claim

Iraqi detainees were forced to crawl through broken glass and wear women's sanitary products, according to the female American soldier who has become the face of the prisoner abuse scandal.

CNN: Cannes applauds anti-Bush film

CANNES, France -- Michael Moore's controversial anti-Bush film "Fahrenheit 9/11" has debuted at the Cannes Film Festival to resounding applause from film critics.
Moore, who is facing an uphill battle to get his movie into U.S. theaters this summer as planned, offers a relentless critique of the Bush administration both before and after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
"You see so many movies after they've been hyped to heaven and they turn out to be complete crap, but this is a powerful film," Baz Bamigboye, a film columnist for London's Daily Mail newspaper, told The Associated Press.
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Congress Revisits the Copyright Act

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s now famous Betamax decision. On January 17, 1984, the Court...

Cisco Source Code Reportedly Stolen

Cisco is investigating the possible theft of source code for its main networking device operating system, the company confirmed on Monday.
According to a Russian security Web site, criminal hackers broke into Cisco Systems' corporate network last week and stole 800MB of source code for IOS 12.3 and 12.3t (an early deployment version of the operating system containing features not found in the vanilla 12.3 version). In addition, a 2.5MB sample of what is supposedly IOS code was released on an Internet Relay Chat channel as proof of the alleged theft.

Moore’s film a Cannes favourite

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Critics rank Michael Moore as one of the favourites to land the top prize at the Cannes film Festival after his blistering anti-Bush documentary won a standing ovation.
"Fahrenheit 911" is now firmly in line to be the first documentary to land the Palme d'Or since Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle's marine epic "The World of Silence" in 1956.

Moore turns up the heat on Bush

CANNES, France (Reuters) - American film-maker Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11", a savage critique of President George W. Bush's handling of Iraq and the war on terror, has been warmly applauded by critics at its first press showing.
The fast-paced film by Oscar-winning Moore is a telling work of propaganda by a moviemaker whose zeal to deride Bush exudes from every frame.
Two years ago, the director's anti-gun lobby documentary "Bowling for Columbine" grabbed the headlines at Cannes and then went on to gross $120 million (68 million pounds) worldwide and win him an Oscar.
Fahrenheit 9/11 has already whipped up an international media storm after the Walt Disney Company barred its Miramax film unit from releasing such a politically polarising work in a U.S. election year.
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Moore pressured not to make 9/11 film

CANNES, France (Reuters) - U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore says there was pressure from the beginning to stop him making his controversial documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11". The film focuses on how Americans and the White House responded to the September 11 attacks and traces links between the Bush family and prominent Saudis, including the family of Osama bin Laden.

House Party

Had a good time at the Peltz St. Pyjama Party on Friday. Got some nifty pictures of all my pals...

Car Burned Down

Yesterday, my car overheated in Toronto. We were on our way downtown (we had just been to IKEA), when the...