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Colliegate Credit Cards Stack the Odds
I was reading the Milwaukee Journal today and found this nice little tid bit I thought I would share, mostly since I despise credit card companies. This article is posted in its entirety and the source is noted at the bottom. Enjoy and feel free to comment.
Credit card companies are like drug dealers. The first […]
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Security researcher stumbles across embassy e-mail log-ins
Some diplomats aren’t too careful with their login credentials. A Swedish security consultant has stumbled across a security information for users at the Russian, Iranian, Indian, and other embassies.
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Monster.com Gets Hacked
This past weekend, Monster.com reported that it was hacked and over 1 million files were taken. Symantec, the company that protects companies from things like this, noticed some code that was out of place and kept an eye on it. As soon as they noticed email addresses missing, they knew what was next.
Yup, phishing emails from […]
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Debit or Credit - Here is what Consumer Reports Says
Do you use your debit card? Like most of the United States (over $1 trillion in debit sales), you probably do, but do you know if it’s at all a benefit? Consumer Reports Money Advisor reports the dark secrets of debit.
Some banks will push the use of a debit card with incentives like reward points or […]
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Virtual sex software spawns lawsuit
Second Life is a virtual world that is “played” and managed by millions of people from all over the world. Some even have legitimate businesses in this virtual world. But now, Second Life is involved in a lawsuit that is trying to keep people from copying software used to simulate sex in the virtual world.
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Remember When Phones Had Cords?
Sitting here, like usual, looking at a white wall and thinking about when to write. I look to my left and in my range of vision I can see about 3 telephones. 2 cellphones and one cordless land-line phone. I started thinking about back in the day when almost all phones had cords attached to […]
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iPods Get Stolen, whaaa?
It has just come to my attention, after about 42 minutes (thank you DVR) of Dateline NBC, that Apple iPods are quite the hot commodity! Ok, I always knew they were since the first one was sold. I haven’t owned one to this day and after watching Chris Hansen nail some iPod thefts on camera, […]
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