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When Apple first introduced its iPod touch -- a media player that uses the same cool touch technology as the breakthrough iphone -- I was both intrigued and disappointed. While I didn't care much for the iPhone itself the notion of a touch-based device that focuses just on movies, music and WiFi Web access called to me. What gave me pause, though, was its limited storage capacity and price.

Some legal minds are getting together to see what can be done to make sure that social networking Web sites are exclusively kids' space. Researchers at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society have been chosen to head up the Internet Safety Technical Task Force to look into possible technology-aided barriers to throw in front of predators looking to hang out on Web sites the minors frequent.

IBM on Thursday unveiled a prototype green optical network technology that promises to enable the high-speed transmission of huge files with very little power consumption. By using light instead of wires to send information, the new technology could allow the transmission of 8 trillion bits per second of information.