What looked like a rather silly, self-serving exercise in 2006 has helped to topple regimes during the Arab Spring and regularly provides the earliest reports of breaking news. But where is it headed and will it last? Full Story

Just when Apple was about to gloat over all those shiny new iPads, a very disturbing story of online fraud has arisen. There is a growing outcry about the sloppy security on Apple’s iTunes and particularly its App Store that have allowed hundreds of accounts to be hacked and fraudulently charged for goods and services.

That’s the question that has been hounded the Redmond, California software giant following recent revelations of code theft.  Chinese hackers have released proof-of-concept code that provides a roadmap to exploit a dangerous RDP (remote desktop protocol) vulnerability that was patched by Microsoft earlier this week.

Just when Apple thought it had a strong foothold in the epublishing world, the government is threatening to break possible price fixing. The Justice Dept. announced it plans to sue Apple and five major publishing firms for price fixing.

Don’t you wish the title was: Government Scrutiny Leads to Lower Gas Prices? Sorry that’s just a fairy tale.

According to some news sources, Anonymous hackers may have had more to worry about than one of their own becoming an informant for the FBI.  Apparently someone slipped the hacker collective a nasty little trojan of their own that infected members’ machines.  Wonder if their anti-spyware caught it!  Earlier in the week it was reported that 25 members of the Anonymous had been rounded up in Latin America and it was revealed that a former member had turned FBI informant when he got caught out in the open.

The notorious international “hacktavist” flaunted authority once too often.  Police authorities in Colombia and Chile rounded up 25 members of the organization and hundreds of computers when the group hacked into the South American government’s websites.

In an unusual move, Microsoft is making the current “beta” version of their revolutionary new OS Windows 8 available for the daring to download.  If you are feeling “froggy” jump on this guide to downloading and installing the new OS. BTW word is that it is really simple to install and get working.  Have Fun!

A new app will allow visually impaired people to let their fingers do the talking.  The free open-source app, called BrailleTouch, is based on the Braille writing system long the written language of the blind and visually challenged.  Braille users have shown that they can communicate up to six times faster using this technology.

Proview, the Chinese company which originally licensed the name iPad to an Apple subsidiary in China isn’t satisfied with creating legal headaches on its home turf.  Now they have brought the game to America and are suing Apple in its own backyard, claiming copyright infringement.  Proview is seeking to have all iPad sales stopped in the US; the case in China has been suspended.

On Sat. Feb. 18 show Andrew Samtoy, co-founder of the Cleveland Cash Mob described how these impromptu gatherings of strangers have helped out small businesses around the country.  Here is a feature article that describes this grassroot movement that has grown from the original Cleveland Cash Mob in the fall of 2011.