E27 said:

From this list of 205 hackerspaces worldwide, I’ve counted 5 hacker spaces in asia from a total of 205 worldwide. Are we looking at a trend?

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Now if only there were some place nice for hackers to make stuff together in Singapore!"

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The Campus Observer said:

"Former Raffles Junior College student Zhao Ke was slapped with the maximum fine of $15,000 for hacking into the school’s computer system.

Now someone has offered to pay his fine through his lawyer after reading about his case in The Sunday Times..."

"He was charged under the Computer Misuse Act on Oct. 23. Zhao, who is on an NUS scholarship pursuing a double degree in economics and engineering, is the second person in Singapore to escape a jail sentence for a computer-related offence...."

Read the full article at The Campus Observer.

Recommended by CattyClaws: "This guy who hacked into his school's computer is real lucky. Got caught, fined and someone was sympathetic enough to help him pay his $15,000 fine on his behalf! "

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It seems that Xiaxue has been hacked, as witnessed by a long-time sleep-starved blogder at 4.15 a.m. You saw it here first.

The only post on the new (defaced) blog says:

Hi There

I know i have been a bitch,

I know i am a Bitch

If you have any hate mails, please email me at xiaxue@gmail.com

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Now... where have I seen this before? One of her haters started a blog on this a long time before...