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US-CERT: Beware of airline ticket e-mail scam

US-CERT: Beware of airline ticket e-mail scamWhat Kind Of Computers Are Targeted? What Kind?Oh that's right..WINDOWS.Next story.Use of Sandboxie to help fight this type of scamI have come across a program called Sandboxie that allows you to run your web browser or pretty much anything else in a "sandbox". ...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Cyberthreats, KARMA, Linux, airline ticket e-mail scam, Sandboxie, e-mail scam, US-CERT, airline ticket, OS X., e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-12-14

Four men charged in Nigeria e-mail scam

Four men charged in Nigeria e-mail scamI saw something similar in my e-mail message.Quote>One incident described in the 27-page indictment involved a suspect who posed as a suffering throat-cancer patient native to the Southeast Asian nation of Brunei. He said he was too ill to distribute his cache of $55...

Tags: e-mail scam, e-mail

Discussion threads 2006-03-23

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Feds: Top e-tailers profit from billion-dollar Web scam

Three companies have generated more than $1.4 billion by "misleading" Web shoppers into signing up for so-called loyalty program memberships, according to a Senate report. Three companies have generated more than $1.4 billion by "misleading" Web shoppers into signing up for so-called loyalty program memberships, according to a Senate...

Tags: Web, Online Retail Company, U.S. Senate, E-business/E-Commerce, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, scam, Greg Sandoval CNET News

News items 2009-11-17

Life insurance may prove difficult to get if you contract H1N1

Insurance company business model:Only sell insurance to those who will not need it and hence not collect.For life insurance, they at least have a case, because it should not be possible to take out a $1M policy the day before you die of cancer.Health CARE however is supposed to be...

Tags: Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Personal finance, payroll solutions, H1N1 flu, insurance, life insurance, health insurance, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Protest of Swedish domain name rules grows

Nice intent, bad ideaWhat happens when someone's personal, or company's name is Bank, Banker, Banks or some variation on the word?What if I'm trying to start an environmental management site for sustainable fishing called, "The Georges Banks"? Or my new bar and grill, "The Iowa River Bank"?Crazy ideaIf only...

Tags: Financial services, bank, domain name

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

BriefingsDirect analysts debate the 'imminent death' of enterprise IT as cloud models ascend

who's going to maintain the workstationsyeah it's a cloud system, but the hardware at the desk still needs to be maintained. Waiting for your 3rd party IT people could waste valuable time in the office.RE: BriefingsDirect analysts debate the 'imminent death' of enterprise IT as cloud models ascendI think...

Tags: Thin clients, cloud computing, thin client, imminent death, enterprise-IT, Briefingsdirect

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Kids are changing their online habits, will adults change too?

You've made me curious.... with the last sentences of your blog post. What invite-only places do you mean? And why wouldn't we know that they existed?RE: Kids are changing their online habits, will adults change too? "Now, they seem overrun with marketeers and I?m visiting less."The same is true with...

Tags: online habit, advertisement, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Should RadioShack change its name to The Shack?

Should RadioShack change its name to The Shack?I would rename it toRadio ShackRE: Should RadioShack change its name to The Shack?Radio Shack started out in Boston with just 7 stores. They catered to radio amateur operators who bought equipment for their "Ham Shack".This is where the company got it's...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Shack, RadioShack Corp., Radio Shack

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Is Amazon really thinking of placing ads in Kindle e-books?

Is Amazon really thinking of placing ads in Kindle e-books?patents???The fact that one can get patents for such things is absolutely sick. Say what?"The MediaPost blog entry implies that customers who buy a hard copy of the book would receive an ad-supported electronic version..."Isn't the whole reason behind buying a...

Tags: E-books, e-book, advertisement, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Satyam: PWC's version of the 'Who's On First?' comedy routine

Satyam: PWC's version of the 'Who's On First?' comedy routineJust like those "technical" articles......coming out on Indian web sites that have copied Microsoft or others articles verbatim except the author is the Indian web site owner. Lots of credibility there....RE: Satyam: PWC's version of the 'Who's On First?'...

Tags: Indian Web site, Satyam, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Washington digs in on text message pricing; asks about carrier exclusivity

Washington digs in on text message pricing; asks about carrier exclusivityGimme? No, its socialism in actionWhy do you figure the government has any right to dictate what phones are available through what carriers? I don't happen to like the iPhone - but I know a lot of people...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, text message pricing, carrier exclusivity, phone, text messaging

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?Current default search?So, after a week of Bing are you sticking with it or did you change back to Google?RE: My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?I made Bing my default search engine the day it was released...

Tags: Web browsers, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., search engine

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Get your green on: Run a quick test of your PC's settings with online services

Get your green on: Run a quick test of your PC's settings with online servicesRE: Get your green on: Run a quick test of your PC's settings with online s10$ to tell my computer when to go to sleep, turn off the monitor etc? Props to them if they make...

Tags: Desktops, quick test, PC

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

Easily spam Twitter with trending topics API

Easily spam Twitter with trending topics APIExcellent Article!Twitter is like a breath of fresh air on the Social Media scene. I have been on it for just a few weeks now and I have met several interesting people. It is a platform to network with people you would like to...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Twitter, spam, Bit.ly, API

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Live from New York: Amazon's Kindle press conference

Live from New York: Amazon's Kindle press conferenceMessage has been deleted.RE: Live from New York: Amazon's Kindle press conferenceIf Amazon does roll out a textbook Kindle it will be a star. Just left a grad school program and I would not say the money you get back for used...

Tags: E-books, Amazon Kindle press conference, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, textbook

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Your next software buying decision: zero cost?

My piece about SugarCRM contains a line from Vinnie Mirchandani that's been ringing in my ears: "They're tiny." What's tiny about: Free edition 400,000 users 50,000 systems Commercial customers 100,000 users 5,000...

Tags: Software, Open Source, Margin, OSS, Jeff Nolan, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-05-01

Is Steve Jobs too frail for even a Town Hall fight?

Is Steve Jobs too frail for even a Town Hall fight?Hell, I wouldn't want to be be there till 1am either,regardless of my health.Balanced article. Couple of thoughts...I think this article is quite balanced.----Steve Jobs could be too ill or there might be gawkers or even press there and the...

Tags: Stock options, Benefits, Investment, Personal finance, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., STEVE JOBS IS

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

More Windows 7 XP Mode questions and more Microsoft answers

More Windows 7 XP Mode questions and more Microsoft answersSecurityAs I asked PT who as far as I know never got back to me, will applications running in XP mode be only as secure as the security features that came with XP, or will they be also protected by post-XP...

Tags: Operating systems, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows XP, More Windows 7 XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Virtual PC, Microsoft Windows, PC

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

De-Briefing the Satyam Sale

What should Tech Mahindra do next? Tech Mahindra TM paid around $351 million for a 30% stake in Satyam yesterday and has proposed buying an additional 20%. With the latter purchase, Tech Mahindra would control the outsourcer. While this certainly puts another bookmark in the history of...

Tags: Satyam, Branding, Public Relations, Financial Statements, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Financial Accounting, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-04-14

A $79.16 MacBook? On Swoopo, if it sounds too good to be true...

Depending on who you are, Swoopo is either 1) the greatest thing since sliced bread, 2) the biggest scam since the pyramid scheme or 3) a business model that's pure evil genius. Swoopo - an online auction site that's pretty much everything eBay is not - is...

Tags: Payment, Apple MacBook, eBay Inc., Swoopo, Notebooks, Sales Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-09