Data centers around the world are eyeing power costs. Cingular in the US sues telemarketers for unsolicited calls, woo! 2006 was the year of the software bugs.

Last year, researchers at Internet Security Systems identified 5,195 vulnerabilities in software. On Monday, the count for this year stood at 5,450, according to the Atlanta-based company's survey, and the projected total for the whole of the year is almost 7,500 bugs.