From Twitter to Second Life to Facebook, patients now have access to more health information than ever before.

In late June, the Rochester, Minn.-based hospital system Mayo Clinic tried something it had never attempted before.

A recent study shows that consumers turn to search engines for local business information in ever increasing numbers; however only 44% of small businesses have a website. The cost of developing a website can be prohibitive.

We're using the Internet for many things, but how about as a therapist? According to a report from the University Of Virginia Health System, it can work.

Using a study called the "SHUT I" study researchers looked at the sleep of individuals, people who are insomniacs, and they used the Internet to try to help them out. In fact that's where "SHUT I" got it's name. The Sleep Healthy Using The Internet study.

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The French hacker who broke into Twitter's Google Apps and stole more than 300 private company documents has revealed in detail how he did it. Using a method known as "cracking," the man who goes by the name Hacker Croll was able to break down Twitter security by trolling the Web for publicly available information, according to TechCrunch. Eventually, Croll found one weakness many of us are guilty of -- using one password for everything -- and Twitter's security was compromised.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Typing mistakes in a job application can kill a would-be employee's chance of landing a job as employers bet that a sloppy resume means the applicant will do a sloppy job.

A telephone survey of 100 senior Canadian executives showed that more than a fifth of executives said a single typo on a resume or cover letter could cost a potential employee a job, while 28 percent said two mistakes would kill their chances.

The survey, published on Tuesday, was carried out by online job search firm Accountemps.

By Jacqui Cheng

Good luck trying to find an Internet user who admits to responding to spam. Still, they're out there, and in pretty good numbers. According to a new report, a full 12 percent of Internet users have actually wanted to pay for some product or service being advertised by e-mail.

Cat owners may have suspected as much, but it seems our feline friends have found a way to manipulate us humans.

Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered that cats use a "soliciting purr" to overpower their owners and garner attention and food.

Unlike regular purring, this sound incorporates a "cry", with a similar frequency to a human baby's.

The team said cats have "tapped into" a human bias - producing a sound that humans find very difficult to ignore.

TOKYO, July 8 -- At least 35 government and commercial Web sites in South Korea and the United States came under major attack over the past several days, fueling suspicions of involvement by North Korea or its sympathizers.

In the United States, the attacks targeted Web sites operated by major government agencies, including the departments of Homeland Security and Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Trade Commission, according to several computer security researchers. The Washington Post's site was also affected.

More than 500 workers at Japan's, Keihin Electric Express Railway, must have their faces scanned each morning to determine their optimum smile. The "smile scan" analyzes a smile based on facial characteristics, from lip curves and eye movements to wrinkles. After the program scans you, it produces a smile rating that ranges from zero to 100 depending on the estimated potential of your biggest smile. If your number is sufficient, you can go about your day grinning like a maniac.