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Never say never, especially in this kind of a brutal market environment. Who would have expected that Google (GOOG), the world's largest and most powerful Internet company, would ever see its stock tumble to [gasp] 328 a share. Yes, 328. And in this kind of fickle, volatile market, the stock may even skid some more.

Who would have expected that Google will be selling at what some people say are fire-sale prices? In April, Google traded at 555.

The rise in fuel costs has far-reaching implications, even in the contact center industry. While this phenomenon has been attributed to the rise in home-based agents, it is also causing a rise in contact center interactions as a result of an increase in Internet use among rural residents.
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At the top of my list of dropped stocks today you'd expect the banks. But what comes next...what, would you guess, is the biggest loser outside of the banking industry in my portfolio.
Is it the big corporations like GE who have a huge hand in banking and financing? The luxury stocks like Apple who sell expensive items that might be less appealing in a recession? No and No. It's the solar stocks.
Why? Why on earth would a crisis in the financial sector kill these renewable energy stocks.

In the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, a new breed of hackers is conducting digital espionage.

They are among a growing number of investigators monitoring how traffic is routed through various countries, where Web sites are blocked and why it's happening. Now they are turning their scrutiny to a new weapon of warfare: cyber attacks.

Tracking wars isn't what many of the researchers set out to do. Many began intending to help people in countries that censor online content. But as the Internet has evolved, so has their mission.

While Internet attacks continue in Georgia, security experts say the U.S. is not prepared for similar attacks that could steal confidential data and wreak havoc on U.S. computer systems.

National intelligence officials earlier this year told a Senate committee that unlike the U.S. military, the federal government and private sector are not prepared for cyber attacks and pointed to China and Russia as threats to consider. It wasn't the first time government officials cited China as a threat.

A hacker who identified himself as "Anonymous Coward" stole personal data of 6 million Chileans -- reportedly including a daughter of the president -- and posted it briefly on the Internet, authorities said Sunday.

"This is a serious and delicate issue," said presidential spokesman Francisco Vidal.

Police Chief Jaime Jara confirmed that authorities were investigating the theft of the leaked data, which he said included identity card numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mails and academic background.

What's the difference between identity theft and identity fraud? In the first case, identifiers such as your credit card information and Social Security number are stolen. In the latter case, they are being misused by the bad guys. If you could prevent the first instance, you wouldn't have to worry much about online fraud.