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Stolen: Google employees' personal data: Stolen: Google employees' personal dataCould be worse...Having them stolen isn't as bad for reputation as losing them... yes, I'm looking at you, British Home Office...RE: Stolen: Google employees' personal dataWow, they can't even secure their own data yet they want you to trust them with your email, documents, and health...; Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Google Inc., Google Employee, personal data; Discussion threads 2008-07-04
Creeping totalitarianism: The NSA, personal data and you: Creeping totalitarianism: The NSA, personal data and youThe question iswhy shouldn't the NSA have the same access to information Google has? The gathering of information is vital to National Defense. It must be controlled with checks and balances to prevent abuse.The United against a common enemy States of...; Tags: Databases, SECURITY, NSA, totalitarianism, personal data; Discussion threads 2008-03-10
Laptop theft exposes teachers to ID fraud risk: Laptop theft exposes teachers to ID fraud riskThe same old story that goes on, and on, and on, and....It's getting to be a nauseating story. You would think that by now, these organizations would understand that key personal data like social security numbers should not be stored on a...; Tags: Notebooks, Operational accounting, Government, laptop computer, social security number, Social Security, identity fraud, personal data, Laptop Theft; Discussion threads 2007-04-09
Chase puts credit card data in the trash: Chase puts credit card data in the trashAll personal data at risk by anyone todayThere is no way to safe guard personal data this day and age. Since the wave of outsourcing and data being sold to anyone and offshored in 3rd world countries, this is really nice so some...; Tags: Telemarketing, Identity theft, Social Security, SECURITY, Financial services, personal data, credit card; Discussion threads 2006-09-08
Dept. of Ed laptops stolen: Oops, they did it again! Two laptop computers were stolen from the US Dept. of Education. This is the second time in less than a month, reports FCW. A department contractor acknowledged the two laptop computers were stolen Aug. 11 from its Washington, D.C., office on K Street. The...; Tags: personal data, laptop computer; Blog posts 2006-08-30

Theft of laptop puts thousands of identities at risk: Theft of laptop puts thousands of identities at riskTime to act....This isn't just a government problem. Individuals and companies alike need to realize that they are just as vulnerable. There is a huge difference between the number of data breaches that are made public and the number of data...; Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, data breach, private information, security measure, personal data, security; Discussion threads 2006-08-14
It's official: Google launches 'Checkout' with predatory pricing model aiming to 'increase advertising spending': It's official: Google launches 'Checkout' with predatory pricing model aiming to 'increase advertising spending'Nobody gets my personal data"It will encourage more users to register and give it personal data, allowing Google to display advertising based on specific attributes of the viewer."No, thanks, I think I'll give this a miss. ...; Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Checkout, Google Inc., personal data, pricing strategy, advertisement; Discussion threads 2006-06-29
Hacker may have pilfered personal data from USDA: Hacker may have pilfered personal data from USDASo, what else is new?If this is type of government that leaves a president's travel itinerary in the trash, we might as well consider our SSNs opensource.the government is protecting the ID thievesMay be if a hacker steals the identity info of all...; Tags: Web servers, Linux, Netcraft, U.S. Department of Agriculture, personal data, server, government; Discussion threads 2006-06-22
Forget the NSA. Here's another very scary list. Are you included?: Forget the NSA. Here's another very scary list. Are you included?Ridiculous! When do these people get sued?That list basically says everyone has been compromised and they don't know it. I also read somewhere where the Social Security Administration has a "secondary" list of SSNs because so...; Tags: Sales channel, PRODUCTIVITY, Financial services, personal data, credit card, security, computer; Discussion threads 2006-05-25
Microsoft: No personal data went to DOJ: Microsoft: No personal data went to DOJMicrosoft: No personal data went to DOJThis is Personal Data; Name, rank, serial number.But the data where you travel isn't personal. Just leave out the idenity/type of the traveler. Just say some people travel here, and others travel somewhere else. Shouldn't...; Tags: government, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice, personal data; Discussion threads 2006-01-23
Microsoft: No personal data went to DOJ: eWeek has a story about how Microsoft has unequivocally stated that no personal data was handed over during a recent DOJ inquiry: The Microsoft admission, in a recent blog by MSN Search Dev & Test General Manager Ken Moss, assures MSN search users that "absolutely no...; Tags: MSN, U.S. Department of Justice, MSN Search; Blog posts 2006-01-23
Balancing privacy and personal data: Balancing privacy and personal dataHenry FordAsking the person who developed the architecture if it does what is stated is like asking Henry Ford if his car is the best. Of course he going to say yes.Where is the protection? He says data is encrypted on the database end,...; Tags: personal data, Henry Ford, database; Discussion threads 2005-11-30
Google offers advice to writers of adware: Google offers advice to writers of adwareI don't think they should be banned ...So long as the user is clearly informed during installation what the program is doing. I know people who know who willingly install adware/spyware, which is fine if they choose to do so, but at least be...; Tags: Spyware, Government, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Google Inc., data subject, personal data, adware, Gator; Discussion threads 2004-05-19

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DTrace and the Linux bunker mentality: Why isn't the Linux kernel group doing what the BSD people did with respect to DTrace: seeing a better idea and grabbing it with both hands? My guess is personal antipathies expressed as a big dose of not invented here syndrome. by Paul Murphy; Tags: DTrace, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game: Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...; Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service: Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...; Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release: Today, MindTouch Deki releases Kilen Woodds, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki into what Fulkerson calls the 'connecting tissue' between applications. Others might call it mashup environment, still others a means of...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Aaron Fulkerson, Management Option, Wiki, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA: Yesterday I sat down and talked with Entellium, an on-demand CRM company that has recently gone away from a purley browser-based model and moved into a desktop smart client application. In doing so they saw a big increase in conversion numbers and the customers have responded well to having the...; Tags: Entellium, Sun Java Studio Creator, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Application, Video Game, Video, CRM, Desktop Application, Games, Desktops, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...; Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience: Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....; Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot; News items 2008-07-23