33 Twitter users including Barack Obama (Yes; President – Elect Barack Obama.), Britney Spears, Rick Sanchez, Huffington Post, Facebook, and Fox News, have recently has their accounts hacked. Reports say that the hacker who did it compromised some of the Twitter tools; although no other information is currently forthcoming.

"Help! – I’ve been hacked!"

 There are also the phishing attacks going around Twitter, – Which I hope the Twitterite community are all aware of by now. – to try and steal your Twitter details: An email arrives containing a link to a web page. When you click the link it takes you to a phoney Twitter login page that asks for and subsequently harvests your details.

Be wary of these emails and don’t disclose details; as it looks like the phishers will use your account to send out other links which might lead to botnets, spam sites, and the like.

Yes they’re everywhere; even now infiltrating Twitter. Is there any surefire way, other than safe computing practices, of stopping them? Someone, somewhere, is illegitimately making a small fortune from this racket: if they weren’t they would try something else.

They can be tracked down eventually, shut down and prosecuted: I’t not always a successful exercise, but it has at least some effectiveness overall. Also we, as computer users, can help to thwart them by not falling into their trap and not being fooled by their tactics. Neither method is completely watertight though. Is there any way to snuff them out altogether? – Legally that is?

Your ideas please: -?

Would you believe it; the US elections mean almost as much to the UK as they do to the USA?! All the buzz is currently centered on Barack Obama and John McCain. The entire internet is alive with election fever. Despite the importance of the outcome to the UK people though, only the US citizens get to vote.

Why is the result so important to the UK?

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, rightly or wrongly, made a promise to support America in its War on Terror and the invasion of Iraq. Whatever the decision of the new US President regarding this matter, the UK will be affected in whatever way.

Analysts envisage that the USA will have the task of directing the world’s economy back to the rails and out of the recession that was originally born in America. Whoever becomes President will be at the helm and steering the economic environment in whatever direction.

Also there’s the matter of greenhouse gases and environmental pollution: Environmentalists think that America is responsible for up to 25% of greenhouse gas emissions; even though only around 5% of the world’s population live there. Clearly if this is indeed the case then it is a situation that requires urgent action. The next President will decide what action is to be taken on this issue, an issue which will affect the entire planet.

The question is: Are Americans considering all or even any of these issues? Are they voting for the better personality, or are they seeing the wider picture and voting with due consideration? What’s your opinion?