The stuff of legend, you might have read about the hacker Captain Crunch in The Anarchist Cookbook even. Now you can read a brief interview with Mr. John Draper over at ComputerWorld. Legendary hacker John Draper is known under the alias of Captain Crunch since he used a Captain Crunch cereal whistle to make free phone calls. Draper then built the phone phreaking tool called … [Read more...]

An administrator at the popular social news site, Reddit, yesterday posted a thread titled 2010, we hardly knew ye which summarized the changes Reddit underwent last year. The biggest change of course was the phenomenal growth that the site experienced and continues to see. Monthly pageviews more than tripled from the beginning of 2010 to its end. Here are the changes that … [Read more...]

Network neutrality is the idea that your cellular, cable, or phone internet connection should treat all websites and services the same. Big companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast want to treat them differently so they can charge you more depending on what you use. View www.theopeninter.net and scroll down to see the debate behind net neutrality explained in startling … [Read more...]

The Noun Project collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols that form the world's visual language, so we may share them in a fun and meaningful way. You can browse and download the collection of symbols at TheNounProject.com. The project ran a very successful Kickstarter campaign and was able to raise almost 10 times its goal amount. Other features will … [Read more...]

In a few hours, we'll be into 2011. It's crazy to think we'll be into our 11th year of this new millennium and I still don't have a flying car. Instead of reflecting on the 'should have been', I'd like to reflect on the 'has been'. All in all, 2010 has been a great year for 404 Tech Support. We have had more posts, reported breaking news, had more visitors, and have a great … [Read more...]