Blizzard/World of Warcraft news

I didn't know that they had a convention, not that I'm surprised. But I was surprised to learn that the next WoW expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, is playable right now! I don't know when they're planning on releasing it, but I imagine that we'll see it before Christmas.

And I'll make sure that I'm not first in line to buy it! It is strictly new content if you're already L68-70. I just made L38, so I have no intentions of getting it for a while.

BlizzCon: http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/03/blizzcon-liveblogging-the-opening-ceremony/

Wow Expansion: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161725

More on the Expansion: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/08/its-official-wo.html

There's a hacker convention this weekend in Vegas called DefCon...

NBC tried to send in an undercover Dateline reporter! She got outed big-time and fled the hotel being chased by people with cameras.

Story: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/media-mole-at-d.html
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCvmkxO5hoQ
Slashdot: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/03/232227

I love it! Allegedly she was trying to entrap hackers into admitting illegal activity to a hidden camera. Then she changed her tune that she was trying to out an undercover Fed investigator. She looks like she's on the verge of tears in the video.

The funny thing is that there's no way that she looked like she belonged there. One poster said that if they wanted undercover, they should have sent in a fat dude with a "There's no place like 127.0.0.1" t-shirt on.

LOL!

The complete interview with the head of the TSA by Bruce Schneier

http://www.schneier.com/interview-hawley.html

Dragon!

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Mexican mogul buying one million laptops for kids and schools

He is possibly richer than Bill Gates. The cute thing is that he's looking at linux-based laptops.

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/08/mexican-mogul-p.html