Mitt Romney's youthful "pranks" have been in the news for the past week or so, but in the rush to either absolve Romney for actions that took place decades ago or to crucify him based on same, many are missing the more compelling story:

About two weeks ago, shortly after the announcement that the DOJ would be filing a lawsuit against various publishers and Apple, I wrote:

Someone recently asked:

About two weeks ago, shortly after the announcement that the DOJ would be filing a lawsuit against various publishers and Apple, I wrote:

So, you're a publisher, you've been sued by the Department of Justice -- based on allegations that you colluded with Apple and other publishers on an ebook price-fixing scheme -- and you're wondering what to do next.

It's being reported that over 600,000 Macs are now infected by the Flashback trojan, a "drive by" piece of Malware that doesn't need administrator privileges or even a password prompt to successfully latch on.