AP – The Social Security numbers, grades and other personal information of more than 40,000 former University of Hawaii students were posted online for nearly a year before being removed this week, The Associated Press has learned.

PC World – A former IT staffer has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for stealing sensitive information belonging to his co-workers and using the data to make money filling out online health surveys.

The Upshot – Here is our roster of stories that managed to evade full-on blog treatment: • The death toll in Indonesia from the volcanic eruption and tsunami this week has topped 400. (AP) • Tea party favorite and Alaska Senate GOP nominee Joe Miller is in third place in the latest poll. (Politico) • The United States [...]

PC World – Given the expanding strategic role of Linux in businesses and governments around the world, it’s not surprising that organizations are scrambling to find employees with the Linux skills they need. More than a third of the respondents to a recent Linux Foundation study, in fact, indicated that they’re worried about finding people with the skills to support their increasing reliance on the free and open source operating system.

The Upshot – Gawker was convicted Thursday in the court of Twitter opinion. The charges: misogyny and reckless link-baiting. “Today, we are all Christine O’Donnell,” wrote Salon’s Justin Elliott. He was one of several journalists and bloggers to criticize Gawker for posting an anonymous account by a Philadelphia man claiming to have gone home with Delaware Senate candidate [...]

AP – Netflix Inc. expects its 16.9 million subscribers to watch more video through Internet streaming than on DVD players at some point in the current quarter.

AP – A business consultant who wants to know who’s been anonymously disparaging and fixating on her online has gotten a court to force Google to tell her.

AP – EBay Inc. is in the midst of revamping its marketplace in hopes of snagging more buyers and sellers, making changes like lowering the upfront fees it charges sellers and starting a buyer protection plan.

AFP – An offshore holding company is out to have its way with sex.com for 13 million dollars. Clover Holdings Limited, based on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, made the top offer for the hot Sex.com Internet domain name that Escom LLC is being forced to sell due to bankruptcy, according to court documents.

AFP – Ex-defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld no longer rules the Pentagon but he has launched a new operation, this time online and via Twitter.