EMET is a living tool designed to be updated as new mitigation technologies become available.  This provides a chance for users to try out and benefit from cutting edge mitigations.  The release cycle for EMET is also not tied to any product.  EMET updates can be made dynamically as soon as new mitigations are ready.

The one security tool every Windows user should know about | ZDNet

Google’s Public DNS claims to speed up this initial communication. Our testing indicates that Google’s service is indeed faster than other DNS servers including OpenDNS, another public offering.

If you’re a “safe surfer” you might want to give the Google DNS a shot. For content filtering on your family network, you can’t beat OpenDNS and Google’s speed isn’t reason enough to switch. It will be interesting to see if Google adds filtering to its DNS service.

Official Google Blog: Introducing Google Public DNS

The analysis of the data proves what many already know, but few practice… your passwords should be complicated and hard to guess. A password with upper and lower case letters, numbers and at least one special character (!$&%<>) will provide much better protection. Never use a common name or series of numbers:

A researcher who examined 10,000 Hotmail, MSN and Live.com passwords that were recently exposed online has published an analysis of the list and found that “123456″ was the most commonly used password, appearing 64 times.

PI Newswire: Most Common Hotmail Password Revealed!

Internet imposters are perfecting the technique of impersonating friends on social networking sites like Facebook, with lucrative results. Victims are losing thousands of dollars. Emotional e-mail pleas sent by imposters, such as “I’m stuck in London and I’ve been robbed, help me,” have become so effective that the FBI last week issued a warning to consumers about social networking sites.

Facebook imposter scam a growing concern – The Red Tape Chronicles – MSNBC.com

• All Spammed Up reported "that spam has increased over 141% since March and also found that spam volumes grow by over 117 billion e-mails a day"
• McAfee has reported that in a little less than five months there has been a 140% increase in total spam volume. Reported causes are the 16% rise in botnet infections from Q1 2009 to Q2 2009. Many are also pointing a finger at the exploitation of social-networking sites for sending spam.
• MX Logic recently released their July 2009 Threat Forecast report claiming that "Spam as a percentage of overall mail has reached its highest point ever, currently accounting for 94.6 percent of all e-mail"

To protect yourself, we recommend just two things (besides a good antivirus program): Gmail or Google Apps for its spam-filtering (among many other reasons) and OpenDNS to protect your PC from bad stuff just in case you click on a bad link.