Google faces criminal charges because of a video posted on the company's Italian Web site showing a teenager with Down syndrome being taunted by classmates in a Turin school.

Italy to charge Google over taunting video | Coop's Corner : A Blog from Charlie Cooper - CNET News.com

A neat website that was brought to our attention, that I thought might be useful to some of our clients-

You've finally bought the new monitor, better printer, or SLR camera, and you're ready to test it out. Only one problem Your new toy didn't ship with a cable, and you're not sure what you need. The manual says something like, "DVI-D Dual-Link Cable," but what does that look like and where can you find one? Computer cables can be confusing and expensive, and you'd rather not waste time or money by buying something you don't want or need.

What Does That Look Like | The Computer Cable Guide

After having a year to improve and tweak what many regarded as one of, if not the gadget for the 2007 calendar year, Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, is expected to make an announcement at Apple's developers' conference today. Analysts are expecting new features that will cater to the corporate and simple business client alike. Let's see if the rumor turns out to be true.

Apple iPhone encore expected 

Special thanks to a special client for pointing this problem out to us.  My Outlook 2007 search hasn't worked for months- if you're in the same boat, there's a promising solution here:

Watch out for a Microsoft Outlook 2007 indexing issue in Windows Vista

Remember the Commodore 64?  It was one of the first widely available home personal computers that was relatively affordable.  The Commodore 64 was the first computer I ever used- I still remember my Grandmother bringing one home when I was 5 years old.  Within days I was writing programs, making music, playing games, it was a truly spectacular machine.

CNN has a really great article in honor of the Commodore 64's 25th birthday:

Like a first love or a first car, a first computer can hold a special place in people's hearts. For millions of kids who grew up in the 1980s, that first computer was the Commodore 64. Twenty-five years later, that first brush with computer addiction is as strong as ever.

Commodore 64 still loved after all these years - CNN.com

From the New York Times:

Apple announced a price cut for its iPhone today, along with a new iPod that looks like the iPhone and a version of its iTunes store that downloads music directly to the player rather than a computer.

Apple Cuts iPhone Price and Revamps iPods - New York Times

NBC has decided that consumers aren't paying enough to watch their television shows on little two-inch iPod screens, so Apple told them to take a hike.  Unfortunately, consumers are the losers in this deal.

Apple escalated a dispute with NBC Universal over the pricing of television shows by announcing today it would not sell any of NBC’s programs for this fall season on iTunes.

Apple, Striking Back, Bars NBC Sales on ITunes - New York Times

This week it was revealed that Monster.com, one of the Internet's leading job search sites, had been "hacked", leaving millions of users' personal information vulnerable. The hackers used email addresses and other information from Resumes stolen in the attack to send Monster.com users convincing emails, enticing them to open an attachment which contained a virus. The virus would then monitor the computer users' every action, logging sensitive information like bank passwords, etc, which it then sent back to the "mother ship."

There's a big lesson to be learned here, and it's not the lesson you might think. The truth is, there was very little computer hacking done here in the traditional sense. The only way the hackers were able to steal resumes from the Monster site was by stealing or guessing the usernames and passwords of recruiters and employers with access to resumes in the applicant pool. Even so, the information in a resume alone usually won't suffice in the world of identity theft- which is why the hackers targeted those folks with virus-infected email attachments- which is what eventually does you in. The whole operation was virtually harmless unless you were to open the email attachment.

So the lesson is not to be afraid of sites like Monster.com because of phantom "hackers" that might be out there. The lesson is to be on guard against suspicious emails, email attachments, and emails that request any personal information from you- the same way you would be suspicious of somebody calling you on the telephone claiming to be from the bank. You wouldn't blame the telephone company for that problem, now would you? It has been shown time and time again that computer users are the weak link in the security chain, and not the computers and security systems that are in place to protect us.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Monster attack steals user data

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Imagine open and unfettered high-speed wireless access to the Internet from anywhere in the nation.   The time is approaching quickly where wireless Internet access will be as ubiquitous as Cell phones, and will make an equally impressive impact on our culture.  Although there are solutions for Internet on-the-go today, they are clumsy attempts at best.  Sprint Nextel is working to beat everybody to the punch, and will probably be the first to roll out such a service, which will be called Xohm.  The technology used is called "WiMax", if you're curious.  If you're still curious, more details are included in this article- follow the link:
Sprint's new WiMax to be called 'Xohm'