The Seattle Times has an interesting article today about “the legacy of innovation” that tech bubbles leave.

The Seattle Times also reports on a new phenomenon in social networking – “

[a]s in, everywhere I go lately, I meet someone starting a company targeting the older population.”  According to the publication, “this isn’t about more gadgets for grandma and grandpa.  The new thing is services, online and off, aimed at people entering the senior phase of life and seeking help, advice and tools to navigate the transition.”

According to the Register, “IBM hopes to slip commercials onto your DVDs. Big Blue has asked the US Patent Office for the exclusive rights to a ‘system and method of providing advertisements during DVD playback.’ If this thing ever shows up in your DVD player, your discs won’t be ad-free – unless you shell out some cash for some sort of digital certificate.”

In a different article, the Register writes that, according to a new UK survey, “[e]mail phishing attacks tarnish the reputations of targeted firms.  […]  Two in five UK adults (42 per cent) quizzed feel that their trust in a brand would be ‘greatly reduced’ if they received a phishing email purporting to represent it.  Despite this, the majority of respondents to YouGov’s online survey reckon the responsibility for protection against phishing attacks lies with ISPs and individuals themselves, rather than the brands targeted by fraudulent emails.”

AsiaMedia reports that “[l]ocal website operators [in Thailand] will be given a one-month deadline to ensure the privacy of people under the age of 18 on the internet or face legal action. Deputy Prime Minister Paiboon Wattanasiritham said they must make sure that their websites displayed no personal information about under-18s in a way that would allow others to search the data to gain access to them.  Prohibited information includes age, sex, phone number, email address, logon name for chat lines, photos and names of their schools.”