Family fun: Disney launches parents social network Disney has decided that it doesn’t want kids to have all its fun, online anyway. So the juvenile entertainment giant is launching yet another social network, but this one is for parents. DisneyFamily.com, which went live this week, gives parents access to coupons and cooking tips. It allows them to talk to other parents and get advice on potty training or video games. While Disney is no stranger to social networks for the younger set--think Club Penguin--it’s the first time the company has created an online destination solely with parents in mind. Whether the site can compete in an already-crowded online market for parents remains to be seen. Disney’s strong brand name may help it break out from sites such as CafeMom.com and locally based offerings like IndyMom.com and TriadMommies.com.   Sour Apple: Did China bump off iTunes downloads? Is the Chinese government blocking iTunes? While the world’s eyes are turned to the Olympics in Beijing, ears inside the country haven’t been able to download any new songs from the iTunes site since Monday. That’s according to messages posted in an online Apple discussion forum. The complaints concerning the inability to download songs from the popular music store come after the release of the album “Songs for Tibet,” which have pro-Tibet lyrics. The Art of Peace Foundation’s new album focuses on the rights of ethnic Tibetans. Chinese officials have already received a lot of flak for blocking access to certain web sites for journalists covering the Games before the competition even started, and experts say the blocking of iTunes is thus highly likely. Apple isn’t commenting on the reported problem except to acknowledge that there is one.   YouTube for photographers: Microsoft's Photosynth First there was YouTube, where budding videographers could share their work. Now Microsoft has introduced Photosynth, which turns photography social. Users of Photosynth can take dozens of photos shot of similar subjects, the Eiffel Tower or Grand Canyon for example, by different people and blend them together to create an entirely new image. Viewers can then zoom and pan across the newly created scene. The concept, which was developed partly from technology that Microsoft bought along with Seadragon, is apparently so intriguing that the site crashed when it was launched yesterday. While the new digital photo sharing site was up as of this morning, it spent most of its first day online offline. Microsoft says its servers couldn’t handle the flood of traffic.   Bad connection: Hacker breaches DHS long distance Apparently even the U.S. Department of Homeland Security isn’t safe from computer hackers. Five years after the department was warned about the vulnerability of its phone systems, a hacker reportedly used low-tech skills popular a decade ago to breach a Federal Emergency Management Agency voicemail system in Emmitsburg, Md., last weekend. The hacker, who hasn’t been identified, made about 400 calls to the Middle East and Asia worth about $12,000. FEMA authorities say the breach came following the installation of a new phone network at FEMA's National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg. Sprint spotted the fraud after noticing numerous calls to Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan, among others, and stopped outgoing long-distance calls from the office. The contractor who put in the new phone system is being blamed for leaving a hole open for hackers. Authorities say the hole has since been closed.