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Week in tech: full speed ahead on the LulzBoat

Our Lulz(Sec)-filled look back at the week's top stories is inside.

Week in tech: full speed ahead on the LulzBoat

Why Microsoft has made developers horrified about coding for Windows 8: Microsoft's Windows 8 demonstration at the D9 conference looked pretty, but carried a chilling message for developers: if they wanted to write for the new operating system, they'd have to use HTML5 and JavaScript. This might seem a crazy move from a company that prides itself on backwards compatibility, but the warning signs have been there for quite some time now.

Titanic Takeover Tuesday: LulzSec's busy day of hacking escapades: It's not just leaking private data that amuses the hackers of Lulz Security: today their quest for lulz led them to knock over websites and game servers in a series of distributed denial of service attacks. 4chan users are upset, but LulzSec is dismissing them as a bunch of "/b/tards."

LulzSec hackers demand hats, threaten release of Brink user data: The hacker group LulzSec has been publicizing an attack on Bethesda Software, complete with threats to release the personal information of those who play Brink. The group's demands? MOAR SKYRIM.

US, NZ, Sweden, others condemn "three strikes" Internet laws: Forty-one nations have endorsed the findings of a UN watchdog that disconnecting users from the Internet for copyright infringement violates human rights. Their statement also endorses network neutrality.

AMD's second Fusion CPU gives glimpse at future of CPU/GPU: AMD's "Llano" line has officially launched, and it looks to be a solid win for AMD despite its relatively weak CPU core. The specific way in which Llano's very robust GPU is constrained also points at a brighter future for AMD's later Fusion efforts.

A risky currency? Alleged $500,000 Bitcoin heist raises questions: A longtime Bitcoin user claims that a hacker has stolen half a million dollars worth of virtual currency. The story highlights the risks of using a financial system without intermediaries.

Wisconsin public Internet fights telecom attempts to kill it off: A proposal coming out of Wisconsin's legislature would throw that state's public education broadband system under a bus. This is no minor setback, either; the University of Wisconsin at Madison helped create the 'Net as we know it.

Bloomberg: Comcast is already violating conditions of NBCU merger: News giant Bloomberg has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Communications Commission accusing Comcast of violating conditions it agreed to as part of its merger with NBC Universal, which created a $30 billion entertainment colossus. Bloomberg argues that Comcast, the nation's largest cable operator, has exiled its financial news television network to cable-dial Siberia, far away from the "existing news neighborhoods" where it groups major news channels like MSNBC, CNBC, and Fox News.

Leaked specs for beastly Google Nexus 4G may win carriers' hearts: Several details on the upcoming Google Nexus 4G handset have been released by an unnamed source, including its 720p display and Android 4.0 operating system.

Appeals judges berate spammer for "ridiculous," "incompetent" litigation: Federal judges ridiculed an alleged spammer for seeking $130 million in damages from a British anti-spam organization, calling it a "fly-by-night" company with a "grotesque" and "preposterous" case.

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