Computing Week in Review: May 19th Through May 25thby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 26 May 2008 03:25 PM Have you ever been a victim of identity theft? If you own an iPod, you very well could be. Read this past week's article to learn more. Here is the week in review for May 19th through May 25th May 19th Computing Week in Review: May 12th Through May 18th Where do you go when you are online, besides here at Families.com, of course? Do you shop, check e-mail, read the news, do research or connect with your friends? What Internet websites would you like to learn more about? Please leave me a comment! May 20th HDTV Settings and Room Lighting With the new high definition television (HDTV) sets, you can get amazing picture quality! You will feel as though you are in the movie theater at home or perhaps even in the middle of the movie itself, and the picture quality gets closer and closer to reality. Unfortunately, you can also get eye strain, garish colors and more if your setting and room lighting aren't correct. In fact, I would bet that most HDTV users haven't considered some of the basic things that should be done before watching your HDTV. Let's first take a look at lighting. May 21st Identity Theft Threat to iTunes Users Users of the popular Apple iTunes online music store may find themselves the victim of stolen identity theft. That is because a new crop of thieves are out to target iTunes users, and so far have had some limited success. May 22nd Computer users are increasingly turning to laptops as a secondary or even primary computer. Laptops, because of their smaller size, are usually more expensive than are desktops. Because of this, the old "give me the works" mentality can make for an expensive purchase. May 23rd Indiana Jones: The Legend of the Video Games By now, we are all familiar with the movie-tie in video game. After all, movies today aren't just movies. They are huge merchandising franchises that produce everything from tie-in toys to tie-in shampoo. In fact, I even heard a rumor of one company that wanted to license a movie tie-in for insecticide. No, I don't want to even know what the move was that inspired that one. Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantcomputers tags User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Discuss this article
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