Introduction

For many of us, using a computer for the first time was an amazing experience. We couldn t believe what we saw or what was happening inside that machine. Today, wristwatches, sun glasses, an ordinary looking pen, cell phones, and, of course, personal digital assistants (PDAs) can do more than my Apple II computer system. We have seen remarkable technologies come to fruition and achieve a life of their own. Who would have thought that a tiny device called an iPod would change society? Or that we would witness what seems like our total assimilation with the BORG, given the digital devices now attached to our ears, mouths, and waistbands Forget the nerd pocket holders we go straight for the insertion point and attach devices wherever we can! Again, who would have imagined such changes? Certainly not me.

The point is, with all the remarkable and amazing technological introductions over the past 30 years, both with personal computer systems and today with handheld devices, we are still vulnerable to the frailties of human behavior. We may have the best technology devices ever introduced, and yet succumb to our creature of habits lifestyle, allowing portions of our lives to be exposed, manipulated, and/or destroyed. By that, I am suggesting all the governance or influences of computer-digital technology in our lives is often discarded by behavior we could have, and should have, controlled. We know better than to completely trust everything that comes over the transom with such devices, but because...