more cyberthieves are targeting increasingly popular social networking sites that provide a gold mine of personal information, according to the FBI. Since 2006, nearly 3,200 account hijacking cases have been reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, a partnership between the FBI, the National White Collar Cr

All you have to do is click.

When the message or link is opened, social network users are lured to fake Web sites that trick them into divulging personal details and passwords. The process, known as a phishing attack or malware, can infiltrate users' accounts without their consent.

Many folks have asked for a Wordle that fits into a shape. Others have asked for “clickable” Wordles, which could be used for navigation. I’m happy to say that someone (who identifies himself only as “Alex”) has created a service that meets both of those needs. I’m not endorsing his site; I’m just letting folks know about it. Tagul: http://tagul.com/ It requires signing up with either a new Tagul account, or via some OpenID provider, so I can’t provide a demo here. As you might have guessed from the way Wordle works, I don’t like signing up for toys.

Chris Sherman, president of Searchwise, said Google, Yahoo, Microsoft's Bing, and newcomer WolframAlpha are the four main search engines that benefit researchers.

Social media, I think it's a fad. I think it will not have lasting value as a search medium. I think that there's a lot of focus on searching Facebook and searching Twitter and things like that. I just don't see it. I see lots and lots of problems with that," he said.

Social media, I think it's a fad. I think it will not have lasting value as a search medium. I think that there's a lot of focus on searching Facebook and searching Twitter and things like that. I just don't see it. I see lots and lots of problems with that," he said.

GeoMeme is the fun way to measure and share real-time local Twitter trends on a Google Map. Using the map it is possible to view Tweets from any location in the world. Positive Tweets are streamed on the left of the map and negative Tweets from that location are streamed on the right.Tweets are located on the map using public data from a number of iPhone Twitter apps. The Google Map shows the thumbnail portraits of Twitters directly on the map. Clicking on any of the thumbnails scrolls the streaming Tweets to that person's message.The site also uses the Google Static Maps API to show thumbnails of suggested locations in the search box. The thumbnail suggestions actually appear and change as you type a location. Very cool!

What You Really Ought To Know About Emails!

If you are like me, you know from practical experience that your memory doesn’t tend to function as well when you are sleep-deprived

The bottom line: Sleep is important; get enough of it if you want to make sure your memory is functioning properly.

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By default, the Metadata Editor will always appear at export time. In Audacity 1.3.7, the editor appears before the Export window. Enter any metadata you require in the editor, then click OK (not "Save") to proceed to the Export window. The Export window lets you choose the file name, path and any custom encoding settings (by clicking the Options button). To prevent Metadata Editor appearing at export time, click Edit > Preferences, then the Import / Export tab, and in the "When exporting tracks..." section, uncheck "Show Metadata Editor prior to export step". The tags can still be viewed or edited at any time prior to export at File > Open Metadata Editor, and the tags in the editor at export time will still be exported

The new image of Jupiter was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, which was installed by the astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis in May. Because it is still being calibrated, the camera's full power has yet to be seen, NASA said.

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