Do you remember a time before everyone knew your every move?

Maybe it's our own fault. We live in an age where microblogs and social networks are all about keeping in touch—to the extreme. It's fun to follow friends, so we forget that posting pictures of that drunken frat party or naked mosh pit might not bode well for future relationships with employers, friends, or even the law. We forget that, sometimes, giving just a little tells a lot. You can't do anything online without signing up for an account, typically supplying your e-mail, at minimum.

End-user license agreements (EULAs) are more invasive than ever. Disney put one out that's over 50 pages long—for a DVD of Sleeping Beauty. Even "don't be evil" Google took flack for the Chrome browser EULA, which

The trial of 20-year-old college student accused of hacking into Gov. Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account has been delayed until May 2009.

A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee moved the trial of David Kernell from December to May 19, 2009 after the government said it needed more time to sift through the evidence.

"Because of the nature of this case, significant forensic evaluation is required [and] the parties agree that … an extension should be granted to allow counsel the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation," according to a November 4 filing from the U.S. Attorney and the Department of Justice.

Kernell, a student at the University of Tennessee and the son of Tennessee state Rep. Mike Kernell, a

ZoneAlarm Pro, which contains a firewall, antispyware, and ID protection service (including credit monitoring) normally costs $39.95. The download location for the free ZoneAlarm Pro package will go live just after midnight on Tuesday morning.

The free offer includes a one year's subscription. Check Point charges the price of the software ($39.95) for a year's subscription.

"This is in celebration of Check Point celebrating its 15th anniversary when it created Firewall-1 for the enterprise," the Check Point representative said.

In honor of the birthday celebration, customers

Earlier this week, AVG identified user32.dll as a generic Trojan, offering to delete it. Those that did risked putting their PC into an endless reboot cycle.

AVG later apologized and offered workarounds for affected users.

Thursday, the company went one further. "As a follow-up to the rapid distribution of recovery instructions and repair CDs, AVG Technologies is offering all affected users a free license or license extension as follows," AVG said in a statement.

Essentially, the offer covers a free year of AVG 8.0 service, or a free upgrade for AVG 7.5 users. The upgrade also includes users of the fr