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Ho, Ho, Ho: Credit Card Fraud Not A Holiday Killer. Unless You Get Hit.

Ho, Ho, Ho: Credit Card Fraud Not A Holiday Killer. Unless You Get Hit.Use debit checking modeInstead of checks use debit in the store.I withdraw the money that I need for the day from the machine and pay with cash.I first get a receipt showing my balance then I withdraw...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, credit card, holiday killer, Ho Ho Ho, Credit Card Fraud, killer

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Are visits to massage parlors and bars impacting your credit?

Tech blogs are quick to point out when things appear to be a bit too big-brotherish for our comfort levels - cookies, deep packet inspection, Gmail ads. Now, it appears that the one to watch out for is the credit card companies. Money Magazine, in its December...

Tags: Credit Card, Credit Card Company, American Express Co., Magazine, Tech Blog, Sales Channel, ATM, Financial Services, Sales, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-12

American Express mulling iPhone return policy

American Express mulling iPhone return policyAn ethical questionIf you are returning a product simply to buy a cheaper one of the same thing, at the expense of your credit card company they bite the cost difference, are you being ethical and honest?I once knew a woman who would go to...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, Insurance, American Express Co., Apple iPhone, Iphone Return Policy, credit card, Amex, credit card company

Discussion threads 2007-09-07

From the grave, SunRocket sues Vonage over customer list

From the grave, SunRocket sues Vonage over customer listAh...WhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhhWhaaaaaaaaaahhhh...:DPoooooooor poooooooor SuunRocket!Poooooooor poooooooor SuunRocket!...LOL!!!One thing to watch out about VonageI was a Vonage customer. I ended up canceling my service though. Vonage was never the problem and in fact they had some of the best customer support I've ever seen. They...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, SunRocket, Vonage Holdings Corp., credit card, credit card company

Discussion threads 2007-08-24

Visa takes carrot-and-stick approach to security

Visa takes carrot-and-stick approach to securityMissed opportunity for credit card securityThe credit card companies could have implemented many security policies a long time ago that did not require high-tech solutions, but just weren't interested. Examples:1. Instead of requiring customers to write a credit card number on a check when...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, Visa Inc., credit card, credit card company, card, security

Discussion threads 2006-12-12

Coalition launches ID theft center

Coalition launches ID theft centerIf only they really wanted some answersThere are plenty of ways ID theft could be reduced. There could be limited-use credit card numbers, and credit cards that cannot be used to ship purchased goods to third-party addresses. Credit card bills could use payment/invoice numbers...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, credit card, credit card company, NSA, bank, identity theft

Discussion threads 2006-06-28

Credit card suit now seeks damages

Credit card suit now seeks damagesYou've got to be kiddingDid I read the article right? Does it really say that the credit card companies will NOT notify the affected cardholders unless their accounts are actually abused?As both a credit card user and a merchant accepting credit cards, I find...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, credit card, credit card company, cardholder, Equifax

Discussion threads 2005-07-07

Lawsuit seeks disclosure in credit card heist

Lawsuit seeks disclosure in credit card heistThis will probably end up in the Supreme Courtand we will be screwed again. Scotus or is that Scrotus will likely rule that we the consumers have no rights to our personal information and hey why should we worry.an easier way to get...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, credit card, credit card company, card

Discussion threads 2005-06-27

The red herring of data protection

The red herring of data protectionsudo idthere should be a government that it is illegal to store anywhere, a federal id number used to verify identity in case of a serious problem. Almost everywhere I have applied for employment they have asked for my ssn, which means there are...

Tags: Sales channel, Disaster recovery, Financial services, Backups, Social Security, credit card, credit card company, data protection

Discussion threads 2005-06-21

Additional Resources

Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy

Oh my, must not up set the crazy EU.Pfttt....A small question why EU can stop or affect a deal inside usa ..... or is the deal is global ....Also we EU dont fork MYSQL into something purely EU ... and tell Oracle to go to hell. If the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices

RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook

I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...

Tags: Sales channel, E-books, NDA, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, credit card, patent, Nook, password

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Is the cloud a better place for our data?

As consumers, we have two options of storing our digital data: locally or elsewhere in the cloud. IntraLinks' Mushegh Hakhinian says it's like storing your savings in a mattress or a bank. Commentary- Data loss is an all too common a theme in the news these days. The recent...

Tags: Bank, Password, Data Loss, cloud, storage, Mushegh Hakhinian IntraLinks, Special to ZDNet, Mushegh Hakhinian IntraLinks, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-26

Jigsaw Pieces Can Be More Agile Than Platforms

Box.net, the little company that likes to tweak Goliath Microsoft's nose with digs at Sharepoint - the billboard above is near Microsoft's silicon valley digs -  announced an alignment with Salesforce.com CRM earlier today. Nothing earth shattering here at first glance: it makes perfect sense for...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Microsoft SharePoint, Compliance, Box, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-22

How did IT fall so far behind the tech curve?

Okay, butThey also go out and buy their own servers with some hidden budget line, then try to foist maintenance off on the CIO. And then we try to integrate the data - and the data isn't theirs, it's critical to the health, even survival, of the enterprise.Yes, we...

Tags: Strategy, Virtualization, cloud computing, Regulatory compliance, Marketing Guy, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disaster

LOL! And some said you were covering this up.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=70257&messageID=1348275&tag=content;col1RE: Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disasterMy money goes to TMobile, not Microsoft. This should fall 100% on the shoulders of TMobile!RE: Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disasterWell who-ever is respossible for this stupid act(upgrade without backups? wtf...)...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Storage, Microsoft Corp., Sidekick/Danger disaster, Sidekick/Danger, Microsoft Needs, Hitachi Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

TechGuard keeps spam and botnets at bay with one-click, enterprise-level security for SMBs, SOHOs

One of the most difficult things for a small or medium business to do is set up a security scheme that's effective, affordable and intelligible to the average employee. Chesterfield, Mo. and Baltimore, Md.-based TechGuard is attempting to address that problem by bringing its enterprise and government-level...

Tags: Security, Firewall, Network, SOHO, Small And Medium Business, TechGuard, SM, Smb/Sme, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-13

In the aftermath of the T-Mobile Chernobyl

T-Mobile's Sidekick/Danger Inc. meltdown has far-reaching implications for wireless carrier data integrity responsibilities way beyond any immediate remediation the company may need to offer its customers. Yesterday, T-Mobile notified all of its Sidekick device customers that a failure which occurred on Microsoft's Danger,...

Tags: T-Mobile, Customer, Storage, Workforce Management, Disaster Recovery, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Human Resources, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Mint Studio Speaker System

The last Mint product we looked at--the Mint 220 Wireless Digital Music Station--offered us something that we had not yet seen in an iPod speaker dock. Instead of combining iPod playback with a CD player or AM/FM alarm clock radio, the Mint 220 gave us the ability to wirelessly stream...

Tags: Digital media, USB extender, USB, Apple iPod

Product reviews 2009-10-12

Zed Axis 4.0.28 (Windows)

Zed Axis is the best way to import transaction data into QuickBooks, it will save you hours in data entry and reduce costly mistakes. Import invoices, sales receipts, sales orders, receive payments, credit memos, bills, checks, credit card payments, journals, timesheets from spreadsheets or text files directly into your QuickBooks...

Tags: Axis, Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Windows, Zed Systems, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales

Software downloads 2009-10-09