The WindowsXP on a Mac contest is over and the winner walks away with almost $14000. Bill Gates doesn't think much of MIT's $100 laptop. This is certainly disturbing, apparently your PIN number might not be so secret.

The debit card breach, which the trade publication American Banker says could have allowed thieves to gain access to as many as 600,000 bank accounts, has raised larger questions about whether merchants are improperly storing customers' personal data.