matkem

You're joking right? That is the whole point of Twitter!

Don't worry, we can't even watch clips from our TV broadcasters on YouTube because they're not available in the UK.

Raoul Moat is THE hacker at the moment - so I have to disagree with you on that one.

Good to see my little town frequenting Hacker News so often :)

or... catty?

Thanks @jacquesm. You're very right on both occasions.

@akrymski - I might be interested in the first of those. Got any contact details?

As always, the government seem to get everything completely wrong with regards to technology.

Certainly not shoddy reporting by Sky, in my opinion. The headline was even spoken with slight irony on TV. haha.

What he did was unacceptable.

Why should someone be bribed with free expensive products for writing a blog post?

He took advantage of the situation. It takes a lot of time and effort for hardworking people to make money and I don't see why a kid should be given a MacBook under unethical circumstances.