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An Apple online survey database was apparently compromised over the Independence Day holiday weekend in the U.S. by a hacker group calling itself Anonymous. The group posted a list online of 27 user names and encrypted passwords it culled from the Apple Business Intelligence Web site, then told the world about the list through Twitter.

With this new update, Skype for Mac users can now share their screen during a group video call. While screen sharing is already available for free on a one-to-one Skype call, group screen sharing makes communication and collaboration on group calls even richer by enabling people to view presentations, photos and documents on a participant's screen, perfect for presenting a document to colleagues knowing they can't skip slides in advance or for sharing holiday photos with friends and family.

Google errs and oversteps and can seem threateningly large, but in the end it acts as if it has a conscience. So far the record is that Facebook stops only when it is caught.

Last night a chatroom changed my life.