Italian prosecutors sought six-month to a year sentences for four Google executives Wednesday over an Internet video showing the bullying of a teenager with Down's Syndrome, the company said. Google strongly denounced the case in a statement, calling it "a direct attack on a free, open Internet." The four executives have been on trial in a Milan court over the video, which prosecutors argue Google had a legal responsibility to prevent being shown. In the video, uploaded using a Google vid... Read Full Story

Are you constantly blogging but the numbers you see in your traffic logs are embarrassingly low? It can be maddening to check your stats and realize that no one is actually stopping by. Don't give up yet, because there are four great ways you can get traffic fast. Traffic Tip #1: Do Your Keyword Research Many bloggers make the mistake of thinking they can just throw some posts up there and expect to get traffic. There is a lot more to it than that! You need to make sure you are looking ... Read Full Story

Plugins for the Wordpress platform are tons of fun and incredibly useful. You'll find everything you need to turn your blog into something amazing that is every bit as great as you would have imagined. While there are many plugins out there that are worth your while, the five that follow are the cream of the crop. Akismet This plugin actually comes standard with your Wordpress installation. You will have to get a Wordpress.com API key to make it work, but after you do it's pure bliss. ... Read Full Story

By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer - Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:19AM EST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all the for first time. He announced the birth of his daughter, Abigail, on Sunday morning on NASA's airwaves. His wife, Rebecca, gave birth to their second child back home in Houston on Saturday at 11:04 p.m. Central Time. They have a 3-year-old son, adopted from Ukraine. Bresnik said both mama and bab... Read Full Story

By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service - Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:30AM EST A hacker has posted attack code that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. The code was posted Friday to the Bugtraq mailing list by an unidentified hacker. According to security vendor Symantec, the code does not always work properly, but it could be used to install unauthorized software on a victim's computer. "Symantec has conducted further tests and confirmed th... Read Full Story

Provided that you respect some basic SEO guidelines, 100% of your posts should be indexed by Google. The basic SEO guidelines are: 1. All your posts must have unique and quality content. By unique I mean that the content of your posts should be found only on a single place (i.e., avoid duplicate content both inside and outside your domain). By quality I mean that the content should be useful to potential visitors. If you repeat the letter “z” one thousand times you would end up with un... Read Full Story

One-fourth of US teenagers aged 16 and 17 have sent text messages while driving and over 40 percent have had a cellphone conversation while behind the wheel, according to a study published on Monday. One-fourth of teen drivers text behind the wheel. One-fourth of US teenagers aged 16 and 17 have sent text messages while driving and over 40 percent have had a cellphone conversation while behind the wheel, according to a study published on Monday. Twenty-six percent of teenagers aged 16 and... Read Full Story

Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, said Monday it was shutting down. Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, said Monday it was shutting down. The announcement of the closure of the Blade, a weekly, and other titles in the Window Media group was made in a posting on micro-blogging service Twitter. "Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today," it said. "Thank you for your s... Read Full Story

p, pre {margin: 0;} input.blogger-ie-hack {position: absolute; left: -9999px;}hr.more {border-width:1px 0 0 0; border-style:dashed; border-color: #666; height: 8px; background:#ddd} Today I have stumbled upon a relatively new site, based on what I have learned about this company so far, it  is a marketplace where Advertisers buy blog reviews from niche blogs, Bloggers combine blogging hobby with ethic way of earnings. So basically it is a site that let's advertisers choose from ... Read Full Story

Move Files Between Computers without Hassle Moving massive amounts of data from one computer to another can be a tedious and slow process if you first have to back it up to an external hard drive or other storage media. But not if you use Hawking Technologies' Easy-Link Data Sharing Hub. It connects to the USB port of two computers and doesn't require installation of special software or drivers. Once plugged into a pair of computers, the Easy-Link reads files simultaneously and shows them... Read Full Story