After his Xbox Live account was stolen, Josh had to file a Better Business Bureau complaint in order to make MIcrosoft pay attention to him and restore his account access. After three months, he was delighted to log back in to his account, but surprised to learn that he had been banned for a "code of conduct violation." What did his account do to get banned? It was trying to steal other accounts. Imagine that.

Facebook’s initial public offering got more attention from the digerati than most superstars garner in any given day.

Much digital ink was spilled in anticipation, but much more is sure to come as investors, analysts and journalists scour the social network’s SEC registration statement for juicy tidbits and telling details. (For instance, founder Mark Zuckerberg spent a cool $692,679 flying friends and family on private aircraft in 2011 – it’s because of his “comprehensive security program.”) Here’s a taste of a few facts and numbers that jumped out from the filing immediately.

Web traffic analytics firm Solera Networks is expected to announce Monday that it has raised $20 million from Intel Capital, chip leader Intel's (INTC) VC unit, and other investors.

Salt Lake City-based Solera Networks uses deep-packet inspection technology to identify security risks in Web traffic. Two companies in IBD's Computer Networking group, Allot Communications (ALLT) and Procera Networks (PKT), also sell Internet traffic analytical tools, and both are doing pretty well.

The former college student imprisoned for hacking the email account of Sarah Palin has had his appeal against the charge on which he was convicted rejected by a US court.

David Kernell, who has already been released after serving 11 months for his hacking the former vice Presidential candidate’s Yahoo account in 2008, had appealed against his conviction for obstructing the course of justice.