Some states involved think the pact still allows Facebook to act too slowly. Still, the ideas I read in here seem like a good start.

FOXNews.com - Facebook Adding Safeguards to Keep Out Creeps
Facebook will add more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday.

The changes include banning convicted sex offenders from the site, limiting older users’ ability to search online for subscribers under 18 and building a task force seeking ways to better verify users’ ages and identities.

… and What it Means to IT

I never gave much thought to Google Documents, until I found that my high-school-aged daughter was using them for her school papers and projects. If this tool has enough features for that purpose, then it won’t be long until it’s a real option for many enterprises. This blog entry and comments offer some serious thoughts on the topic…

Google Adds Offline Functionality for Documents, and What it Means to IT

 I have to admit that I had never thought much about Twitter before reading this blog entry.  But reading it makes me want to check it out.  Which I might do in my spare time…  (I wonder what year that might happen ).

The Business Value of Twitter | Advice and Opinion

Criminals Hack CEOs with Fake Subpoenas

…thousands have fallen victim to an e-mail scam in which senior managers such as Anastassiadis are told that they have been sued in federal court and must click on a Web link to download court documents. Victims of the crime are taken to a phony Web site where they are told they need to install browser plug-in software to view the documents. That software gives the criminals access to the victim’s computer.

This type of targeted e-mail attack, called “spear-phishing,” is a variation on the more common “phishing” attack. Both attacks use fake e-mail messages to try to lure victims to malicious Web sites, but with spear-phishing the attackers try to make their messages more believable by including information tailored to the victim.