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New financial website Mint.com makes monitoring your bank and credit card accounts against identity theft extremely easy. You can also keep a close watch on your spending by category. With today's economic woes, it can be very helpful to see how much could be saved by switching from one type of credit card to another. And Mint.com gives you those suggestions! Read more...

I just need to let my kids and their peers know, now that we parents have discovered the joys of Facebook and other social networks, we're not leaving. So it's time to figure out the how we play together without ruining all the fun. And as parents, let's use this negotiation to make it safer too! Read more...