AP - Scientists frustrated by the iron grip that academic journals hold over their research can now pursue another path to fame by taking their research straight to the public online.

Embarrassing Firefox pranksters ZDNet - Two of the presenters at the ToorCon 8 event embarrassed themselves by pulling a prank on the media and Mozilla. The two claimed to have remotely compromised Mozilla Firefox when in fact they had only crashed it.

Bully wins over critics NEWS.com.au - BULLY, the video game where students sort out differences with weapons, has won over critics following its debut this week despite protests from anti-violence advocates concerned about safety in US schools.