He just wanted to listen to tunes. Chris Ogle, a 29-year-old New Zealand man, came upon the data when putting songs on his new tech toy. “The more I look at it,” Ogle says, “the more I see and the less I think I should be looking.” Most of the files are from 2005 and are unlikely to compromise security, but the files did include things such as social security numbers of troops. If asked, Ogle would give the MP3 player to the U.S. Government. source
A service designed to give you ideas. Everyone who’s ever blogged has dealt with it; lazy blogger syndrome. But a startup created by a former Google staffer wants to make it easier for you to avoid it. If you need a couple of ideas, check out the just-launched Plinky, which combines social networking (along the lines of Twitter) and brainstorming (in the form of prompts and answers) for the win. Hopefully you’re not sick of social networking yet. source