Albert Einstein is famously quoted as saying that he didn't know what weapons World War III would be fought with but World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones. But looking through the prism of mutually assured destruction, perhaps the next great war will be fought in cyberspace. If that's the case, China has been accused of firing the first shot.

If you are a fan of Lockergnome or Chris Pirillo, you have probably noticed the sudden prevalence of Gada.be links on not only Pirillo's sites but those of his Lockergnome lackeys. If you look around Gada.be a bit, you may be wondering whether it is a site providing a useful service or it's just another glorified scraping site. It appears that Google has settled on the latter.

Is it possible that the Nigerian 419 scam is finally over forever? Probably not. But at least a couple of the perpetrators are getting put away.

Scientists are still divided on the long-term effects -- if any -- of cell phone radiation. But that's no reason to keep the lawsuits from flying according to the Supreme Court.

Maryland doesn't want residents just pitching old computer parts and computer makers are going to pay. Literally.

Last month, Maryland governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. signed into law the Statewide Computer Recycling Pilot Program, the third such law nation-wide (the first was established in Rhode Island in 2001). Effective July 1, the law requires manufacturers who want to do business in Maryland to offer free recycling programs to consumers.