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- LendingTree insiders leak customer data
- LendingTree insiders leak customer dataSo Lending Tree is suing themWhat is the recourse for the victims? If Lending Tree gets rewarded damages, do the victims have to sue Lending Tree to get damages? After all, the accessing of the personal information can't be undone, but Lending Tree can...
- Tags: Lending Tree, LendingTree
- Discussion threads 2008-04-23
- ChoicePoint data theft widens to 145,000 people
- ChoicePoint data theft widens to 145,000 peopleALERT! Rant Ahead You have been warnedFirst of all this is totally unacceptable. Companies that warehouse our private information need to take steps that insure people are legit that request information from them.Next Choice Point should be civily liable for any...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Choice-Point, ChoicePoint Inc., identity theft, CREDIT FREEZE
- Discussion threads 2005-02-18
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- Britain moves against illegal file sharing
- Britain moves against illegal file sharingWould like to know how they will determine this.I think they are going to have significant problems with this.Briton can do what they want, the people there seem to be unwilling to stop their government from making so many laws they are in "freedom chains"....I...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, file-sharing, File Sharing Program
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity
- Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Speculation over possible Skype backdoor
- There's growing speculation coming out of Europe that there's a backdoor in Skype that allows remote eavesdropping of telephone conversations. A report in the reputable Heise Online says the issue was discussed at a meeting with ISPs last month where high-ranking officials at the Austrian interior...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Telecom & Utilities, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be ReliableWow, you know it is bad when...You know it is bad when one of your most fervent fanboys tells you to stay away from an Apple service![i]The planned iDisk File Sharing featured was delayed[/i]More vaporware from Apple. Sounds like once again, they've...
- Tags: Desktops, Groupware, MobileMe, Mossberg
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Apple looking to hire iPhone hacker
- Apple is in the market for someone capable of hacking into the iPhone. According to this job listing, the company is looking for an iPhone Security Engineer capable of, among other things, developing "proof of concept" attacks on the device's current security mechanisms. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Hacker, Security Mechanism, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle
- Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. ...
- Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones
- News items 2008-07-24
- Facebook gets serious about app quality
- Facebook at its F8 developer powwow had a bevy of announcements that garnered interest, but among the most notable were its efforts to improve the quality of applications on the social networking site. First, the brief recap of Facebook's news (statement, Steve O'Hear's takeaways, Webware and Techmeme...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit
- [Updated 07/24/2008: Gallery images of diffs of code revisions has been included and will be updated as things change, see here.] Earlier today, noted researchers |)ruid and HD Moore released exploit code for the Metasploit tool for attacking the DNS flaw that was originally reported by Dan...
- Tags: DNS, Domain, Server, Entry, Exploit, NS, NS Record, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city
- SF mayor gets back to the keys to the cityThen what?What happened then? Is this a cliff-hanger blog?The story you quoted from at least mentioned this:"By Tuesday morning, the system was back in the hands of the city."GoodKudos to Mayor Newsome for stepping up and resolving the situation. I'm...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SF Mayor
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- The App Store's buggy update process
- The application update procedure for iPhone is a complete and unadulterated nightmare. The App Store tells you you need updates with a nice little red bubble in the upper right of the App Store icon, simple enough, right. Unfortunately that's where the fun ends. The update process...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iTunes, Computer, App Store, Update Process, Digital Music, Digital Media, Productivity, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Is this the New Apple?
- PowerPage podcaster Youngmoo Kim relays his experience with trying to get an iPhone 3G and on being an "IRU" Individual Responsible User. Apple just doesn't want me to have an iPhone 3G. After a few half-hearted attempts bailing at the sight of long lines, I spent about two hours...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., IRU, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug
- Just a quick note to update a story I wrote last week on an unpatched remote execution vulnerability affecting BlackBerry business users: Research in Motion RIM has finally shipped patches to cover the issue, which affects the BlackBerry Attachment Service component of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. ...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Needed: iPhone radio toggle application
- It's pretty well documented that the iPhone 3G can barely eek out a full day's use on a single charge. So much so that a cottage industry is cropping up for external battery packs. Here's a free tip that I previously mentioned for an enterprising developer that...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Radio, Battery, 3G, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- E-gold owners plead guilty to money laundering
- E-gold owners plead guilty to money launderingGoodbye privacy?Cash leads to crime, too. Should we enforce credit/debit card payments only? If so, let's ban gold trading altogether!I will be obvious and boring then...[Please excuse my poor "Engrish" and my rushed-up style.]Hi guys.I don't agree with your opinion and thought a very...
- Tags: Identity theft, Taxes, Free trade, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, Financial services, bank transaction, e-Gold, tax, financial
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Wireless lessons from Europe
- Wireless lessons from EuropeHmmm, that's got me thinking..."If both phones are equipped with GPS with a single button on the phone labeled, say, "send location," one or both persons could push the button and pop their precise location to the other party."I'm just about to get my first phone with...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Programming languages, phone, wireless
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Unintended Consequences and the Future of Maintenance Revenue: SAP Jettisons TomorrowNow
- When Shai Agassi called me in early 2005, he asked me a loaded question: How would I respond if SAP decided to take the fight to Oracle by providing third party maintenance for Oracle's recently acquired PeopleSoft customers? I told him it would be an incredibly aggressive move, but that...
- Tags: Revenue, Maintenance, Oracle Corp., Customer, SAP AG, TomorrowNow, Software As A Service (SaaS), Public Relations, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Investment, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?
- Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Where's Sarah Connor?Will it change its shape to an LA policeman and chase me in a tractor trailer truck?Mercury?It's the only metal I know of that is liquid at room temperature.RE: Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Reminds me of liquid-sodium-cooled nuclear...
- Tags: liquid metal-cooled CPU, metal-cooled CPU, water-cooled system, Liquid metal-cooled CPU, CPU, Galinstan, Mercury, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal
- iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appealBut stability is supposed to be iPhone's strong suit?Hmm, guess not! A big "I told you so" to all those who made fun of WM's theoretical lack of stability even though mine have all worked flawlessly.[i]If you don’t have an Apple account you have...
- Tags: Sales channel, Digital music, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0 appeal, iCrash, Buggy app, iPhone 2.0, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
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