Web activist Aaron Swartz, charged with hacking MIT, dies at age 26 »

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Web entrepreneur and political activist Aaron Swartz, who made headlines in 2011 when he was charged with hacking into MIT’s network and stealing millions of documents, took his life Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office. Swartz was an activist for free and open information on the Internet. At age 14, he helped develop RSS, a system that quickly distributes updated Web pages to other websites or people. Source Main page (current trends)

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