Today it’s China and Junk Mail

In post-Google China, censorship is unfazed

Chinese Internet users have one less Web search option this week, but otherwise it's business as usual as the People's Republic of China uses technology and intimidation to keep citizens away from objectionable content.

Report: Tens of millions still opening junk e-mail

In this day and age of technological advancement and digital lifestyles, it's incredible to me that nearly half of a recently surveyed audience opened junk e-mail (aka spam), intentionally.

More Than 1,000 Communities Apply for Google Fiber Test

Going gaga for Google: More than 1,100 communities and 194,000 individuals have applied to be part of Google's experimental fiber network, including some crazy stunts to garner Google's attention. Google will review the responses to decide who gets broadband speeds up to 100 times faster than current networks.

Windows 7 Feature Focus: Backup and Restore

With Windows 7, Microsoft expands on the pervasive and reliable backup and restore solutions for both data files and the entire computer that it introduced in Windows Vista. Key among this functionality is Backup and Restore, which can be ued to copy your important files and folders to a safe location or create a system image that can be used later to restore a broken PC. You may never need to turn to a third-party backup and restore utility again.

CheckPlaces - Add-on for Firefox

Checks your bookmarks are valid and the pages still exist, checks for duplicates and for empty folders and can restore missing favicons. Also checks and compacts (vacuums) your Places database.