Here’re the stories that have been head-turners for most people:

Haitian earthquake got lots of people concerned. Some are thinking of donating money, but since there’s barely an effective government there (Haiti is among the most corrupt countries in the world), people are figuring out which organization to trust with their donations so that money reaches those who do need help.

Another story is Google Inc.'s threat to shut down its China-based site over censorship and e-mail hacking. It alarmed the Chinese Internet-connected public that has tolerated a gap between rapid economic and technological progress and a closed, secretive political system.

And on a lighter, or rather “harder” note – people are really regretting not having been there on Thursday night for an unexpected adult content display right in downtown Moscow, where computer hackers made a giant electronic billboard display porn. Mobile phone camera footage of the incident has been posted on popular video-sharing websites. And city officials said that Moscow will bolster security of data transmission to ad screens.