Hackish speech generally features extremely precise diction, careful word choice, a relatively large working vocabulary, and relatively little use of contractions or street slang. Dry humor, irony, puns, and a mildly flippant attitude are highly valued — but an underlying seriousness and intelligence are essential. One should use just enough jargon to communicate precisely and identify oneself as a member of the culture; overuse of jargon or a breathless, excessively gung-ho attitude is considered tacky and the mark of a loser. (more)

Police are holding a Tel Aviv man who is suspected of propositioning about 1,000 children via the Internet.

Police believe that Avinoam Braverman, 32, whose custody was extended by the Rishon Letzion Magistrate’s Court yesterday, attempted to lure girls aged 8 to 15 into having Internet sex with him. He is also suspected of pressuring some of the girls to meet him for sex in real life. (more)

Imitation Web sites of both Google and YouTube have emerged in China as the country faces off against the real Google over its local operations.

YouTubecn.com offers videos from the real YouTube, which is owned by Google and blocked in China. The Google imitation is called Goojje and includes a plea for the U.S.-based company not to leave China, after it threatened this month to do so in a dispute over Web censorship and cyberattacks. (more)

Internet giant Google has said it may end its operations in China following a “sophisticated and targeted” cyber attack originating from the country. It did not accuse Beijing directly, but said it was no longer willing to censor its Chinese search engine – google.cn. This could result in closing the site, and its Chinese offices, Google said. (more)

Google Inc. has publicly stated that it is considering pulling out of the fast-growing Chinese market. The statement was made as a result of an investigation over several weeks into China’s Internet censorship system that revealed a systematic and targeted hacking into Google’s corporate infrastructure. (more)

A young 22-year-old hacker has been arrested in Batna, Algeria, by special units of the countrys justice on a request by Interpol. The hacker arrested as he allegedly managed to access a site of the US Defence Department and destroying some secret files. (more)

Albert Gonzalez, the 28-year-old Miami hacker accused of helping to orchestrate the largest credit card heist in US history, may not have understood he was committing a crime because he has a developmental disorder, according to information his attorneys have submitted to federal court in Boston. (more)