Hans Reiser, the open-source developer 
After a DUI and subsequent probation violation, former Wikimedia COO Carolyn Bothwell Doran left the foundation that runs Wikipedia in July. But that incident was only the latest in Doran's long history with the law, 
John Darwin supposedly died five years ago. He stayed dead until he and his wife, Anne, were found in a photograph 
Yaron Polak, a VC with Israel-based Genesis Partners, was 
New Zealand police say they've apprehended a hacker known by the online handle Akill caused for more than $20 million in economic losses. Akill, whose name the police have withheld because he's only just turned 18, allegedly masterminded schemes to steal credit card information and manipulate stock markets by taking over thousands of computers and directing them all toward the same dirty deed.It took collaboration between the FBI, Dutch police and New Zealand police to bring AKILL and his gang of 8 down. Akill was not quoted as saying that "trying to take over the world" is "much more fun than working at a hedge fund or an investment bank." No, that was somebody else. But Akill, if you're out there, Facebook's hiring.
A year ago, the 13-year-old Megan Meier began an online relationship with another MySpace user named Josh Evans. According to reports, the relationship began with flirtation, but ended in tragedy. Evans's last message to Meier read, "The world would be a better place without you." Shortly after reading it, Megan Meier ended her own life. You could call Josh Evans a cyberbully, except that Josh Evans wasn't real. He was a creation of Meier's neighbors, Curt and Lori Drew.
Now, after a criminal investigation that did not result in charges, the Meiers say they plan ligitation. MySpace might be a target. Precedent, however, suggests it might be difficult for the Meiers to win damages from the News Corp property.
Already this year, a judge in Austin dismissed a case against MySpace brought by a minor who alleged she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old she met on the social network. Her lawyers claimed MySpace failed to protect the minor with reasonable safety measures, despite knowing other minors had fallen prey to similar crimes. But the Judge ruled the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which holds that an "interactive computer service" should not be considered a publisher, freed MySpace from the responsibility of policing postings to its site. A similar ruling would clear MySpace from responsibility for the message that drov