Forget August's approaching elephants. The real giants are in midtown next week for the hackers' ball, a two-day warm-up of resistance and intrigue in the weirdly gigantic Pennsylvania Hotel. Keynote speakers include Apple's Steve "Woz" Wozniak, the original phone-freaker; Kevin Mitnick, convicted celebrity hacker; and Jello Biafra, originally Eric Boucher, of Boulder, Colorado. "The Fifth Hope,"... More >>>