We all know we should do it, but most people never do. Then comes that horrible moment when your hard drive fails, or your laptop is stolen, or the “I won’t need that again” file that you deleted becomes vital, and everyone says the same thing: “I should have been backing up my files.”

Read this Computing Unplugged article.

The King of Pop is dead and the malware “tributes” have begun. There are fake e-mails, fake websites, and malware galore all in tribute to Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. And there’s been enough traffic on the subject to affect the web.

Working from the idea that you need to understand how your customers approach your website, authors Alistair Croll and Sean Power show you how to measure the different facets of your web presence.

The new ThinkPad T400s has a re-designed keyboard. The Delete and Escape keys are now extra large so they’re easier for you to find with your fingers.

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15 year old Texan Javier Fernandez-Han has come up with a system to create power, treat waste, produce oxygen, food, and fuel, capture greenhouse gases all using algae.

Iranians are now posting both troop and protester movements on Google Maps while a doctoral student at George Mason University is using satellite images to map North Korean rail lines onto a GoogleMap overlay.

Garmin has released a fix for firmware problem with their nuvi 7×5 series of GPS devices.

Now that Linux is being used on more and more computers, security threats are also increasing. Kaspersky’s Anti-Virus for Linux File Server 6.0 supports several major distros in both 32 and 64-bit.

We wanted to update you with ZATZ Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz’ latest on-the-air schedule for the next week, and spotlight a few appearances he’s made in the last few days. If you’re in the area or can find the broadcast online, feel free to tune in.

• WDUN 550AM with Martha Zoller, Monday, July 6 at 10:30am
• CRN Digital Talk, Financial Talk Radio with Tim Connolly, June 26 at 10:05am ET
• WFTL 850AM with Russ Morley, Fort Lauderdale/Miami at June 26 at 7:12am
• KRLD, Dallas with Mark Watkins (broadcast time tbd)
• ABC TV, Thursday, June 25 (broadcast time tbd)
• NBC TV, Thursday, June 25 (broadcast time tbd)
• FOX News with Rick Levanthal, Wednesday June 18 at 4:30pm ET
• WDUN 550AM with Billy and Joel, Thursday, June 19 at 9:20am ET
• News Talk 550 KTSA with Chris Duel, Thursday, June 19 at 1:07pm ET
• WIST, 690am in New Orleans, Wednesday, June 24 at 11:05am ET

David’s also been interviewed by a bunch of Web and print journalists. We’ll post links to those articles as they’re published.