Russian-controlled computers are said to have launched Internet attacks against Georgian government Web sites as early as July 20th, well before fighting on the ground began. The denial of service attacks - which flood targets with malicious data - curtailed Georgia's ability to spread its message and communicate with the outside world. Russia, by the way, denies it was behind the attacks. Georgia did manage to mount a small counterstrike on the Russian state news agency. According to Internet experts, the cyber attack on Georgia is the first to have roughly coincided with the bombs-and-guns kind of war. Bill Woodcock is research director at the Packet Clearing House, a non-profit organization that works to develop global network infrastructure. Woodcock was part of a team that helped Estonia defend itself from a cyber attack last year. Less