6. : Acer showed off tablet computers this week that will run Windows and Android, adding some fuel to that ever-hotter market. Alas, the tablets are not due out for the annual holiday shopping frenzy, but should be available after the first of the year.

7. : A gang of teenagers in the U.K. admitted to being the brains behind an online forum that stole and marketed credit card numbers and other personal data worth some £12 million (US$18 million).

8. : Three of the defendants convicted of running The Pirate Bay, and therefore being accessories in committing copyright crimes, lost their appeals this week. Although the judge reduced the prison sentences of each, he also raised the amount of the fine they must collectively pay. A fourth defendant has yet to be tried.

9. : Tim Berners-Lee in a lengthy essay for Scientific American took aim at Apple, Google, Facebook, Verizon and ISPs, among others, for actions that he thinks could harm the Web, creating "fragmented islands" that could mean users "lose the freedom to connect with whichever Web sites we want."

10. : A storm of protest has arisen in the U.S. as the Transportation Security Administration put tougher passenger screening measures into place, including the choice in some cases of travelers either submitting to a body scan or an "enhanced" pat down.