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- Senator revives data leak proposals
- Senator revives data leak proposalsAlthoughpractically everyone we are worried about fall in the exceptions... unbelieveable!Tommy#1Good, but let us not add anthing to restrict gathering info for our country's protection. We MUST fight terrorists!Latter Day SinnersI reported the ID theft and fraudulant use of our late daughters SS# to...
- Tags: vertical industries, perpetrator, data leak proposal, ss#, government
- Discussion threads 2007-01-11
- Universities grapple with ID theft
- Universities grapple with ID theftIf they really wanted to put a dent in this problem......they'd quit using Social Security numbers as identifiers for students. The article makes an excellent point that they need to stop the practice of posting grades by SSN. I remember this from my college days. Teachers...
- Tags: recruitment & selection, social security, operational accounting, ssn, ss#, identity theft, job
- Discussion threads 2005-08-19
- Boston College reveals alumni data breach
- Boston College reveals alumni data breachWhy SS# on such a database?What reason would a college have for keeping a SS# in such a database? That is insane!This is why I refuse to give my SS# to anyone.I thought ...... that SSNs where NEVER intended to be used for identification...
- Tags: hacking, storage, databases, security, boston college, database, hacker, ss#
- Discussion threads 2005-03-17
- ChoicePoint: We're sorry for data leak
- ChoicePoint: We're sorry for data leakThey're sorry alrightIt's more than just being notified when their lax security is penetrated, it's being able to dispute bad data. http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,66856,00.htmlAnother non-issue to your Republican never-met an-an-unreasonable-search Congress.More on SS# sales?I'd be curious to know when/how the "sale" of one's SS# and personal...
- Tags: social security, sales channel, operational accounting, insurance, american public, ss#, credit card, choicepoint inc., security
- Discussion threads 2005-03-15
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- Generating electricity with polymers?
- Generating electricity with polymers?Other usesCould these be used to replace dams or to safely harvest tidal energy?.....Kick @ss! ]:)We developed this idea 15 years agowhere I worked using piezoelectric film.(the company that invented and patented the material, still used today in everything from sonars to sensors)We tested small scale models...
- Tags: generating electricity, polymer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- Measuring malware infections in the Chinese Internet
- Measuring malware infections in the Chinese Internet.....Yeah... all those pirated versions of Windows coming back to bite us in the @ss! Wonderful! ]:)RE: Measuring malware infections in the Chinese InternetQuote from Scotty from Star Trek III-The search to Spock "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to...
- Tags: internet, spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, security, viruses and worms, malware infection, chinese internet, malware
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- What people hate most about health insurance
- What people hate most about health insurancetry medicaid if you want a real headacheIf you think your paid insurance is bad, try living on SS or SSI, yet being expected to make co-pays on everything they can find to ding you on, it may sound like no big deal if...
- Tags: vertical industries, benefits, healthcare, insurance, health care, health insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for me
- Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meI have to agree: The flat Earth thing is funny.Unlike Vista, no one changed the Earth in an attempt to prove the common belief wrong.Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meTom Servo!Crow!The ads aren't that bad, it's just retro.RE: Microsoft'si mentioned all...
- Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), appŁe, microsoft windows vista, advertisement, flat-earth, microsoft corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Top US Web companies in May 2008
- Parent Audience, 000 Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss) 1. Google 127,636 1:48:41 2. Microsoft 123,333 2:16:00 3. Yahoo! 115,605 3:13:23 4. Time Warner 107,778 3:24:16 5. News Corp. Online 79,058 1:45:31 6. eBay 66,240 1:46:12 7. InterActiveCorp...
- Tags: web, channel management, marketing, nb
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Way
- Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Wayre: Winning Ugly[i]Why should Microsoft be any different? If you look at how enterprise software vendors have traditionally dealt with upgrades to their software products, the general tendency has been to put the vendor’s interests well ahead of the user. Upgrades to...
- Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), operating systems, unix, yes windows, microsoft windows vista, linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Canon PowerShot SD790 IS
- Photos and image samples:Canon Powershot SD790 ISThe Canon PowerShot SD750 is one of the most popular cameras on CNET; how do you top it? Well, with a couple of the standard enhancements, for one: for the PowerShot SD790 IS, Canon adds image stabilization and ups the resolution to 10 megapixels...
- Tags: digital music, canon powershot sd750, canon inc., sd790 is, sd890 is, camera, canon powershot
- Product reviews 2008-07-08
- Daily Debrief: Can the SS Yahoo steer past the shoals?
- After a series of high-profile resignations at Yahoo, Charles Cooper and CNET News.com's Editor-in-chief Dan Farber assess how senior management is likely to respond.
- Tags: editor-in-chief, news, daily debrief, charles cooper, yahoo, microsoft, delicious, joshua schachter, jerry yang
- Videos 2008-06-20
- Good Microsoft wins one
- Good Microsoft wins oneA more economical solution?Just the maintenance part of this program will cost a lot of money, such as it already has. Maybe you with your network of contacts should convince them it might be more economical, free up resources and maybe in PR if they did...
- Tags: digital rights management (drm), digital media, digital music, microsoft corp., good cop, good microsoft, riaa, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Bank of America check card data compromised
- Bank of America check card data compromisedSue 'em.This is inexcusable.RE: Bank of America check card data compromisedLovely, I just switched my personal and corporate accounts from Wachovia to BOA and for what? this? great!JThttp://www.Privacy-Center.netRE: Bank of America check card data compromisedi am one of the customers.RE: Bank of America check...
- Tags: financial services, wireless, wi-fi, bank of america corp., card data
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- Is Canada's new copyright law a northern DMCA?
- Is Canada's new copyright law a northern DMCA?just a technicality......but this isn't law in Canada, yet. It's just a bill at this point. Carry on...it will never beThis farce of a bill is the single most anti-consumer thing i ever saw in Canada.You can copy legally own media...
- Tags: digital media, consumer electronics, dvd, northern dmca, is canada, new copyright law, dmca, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- Americans growing their own: veggies this time
- Americans growing their own: veggies this timeGood idea.When I was a kid we always had a vegetable garden in the suburbs. Tomatoes, cucumbers carrorts and lettuce. That way you don't have to worry about what type of pesticides companies use. Not only that, they taste so much better, especially the...
- Tags: lawn, herb
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
- Nikon Coolpix P80
- For megazoom shooters, the Nikon Coolpix P80's 18x zoom, 27-486mm-equivalent f/2.8-4.5 lens likely sits at the top of the list of the P80's attractions. The range provides a good combination of wide-angle and telephoto views at relatively wide maximum aperture values. Nikon supports the lens with an agreeable and functional...
- Tags: iso standards, process improvement, p80, iso, aperture, nikon corp.
- Product reviews 2008-06-09
- Top Web companies in April 2008
- Parent Audience, 000 Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss) 1. Google 128,188 1:46:39 2. Microsoft 122,059 2:17:01 3. Yahoo! 117,065 3:08:40 4. Time Warner 105,566 3:40:04 5. News Corp. Online 76,453 1:49:21 6. eBay 67,047 1:52:41 ...
- Tags: internet, nb
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08The CaseI own the case that you show here. I've had it for several months and let me tell you, it's GREAT. A few thing other thing that you don't mention that's worth noting are the built-in cable routing ability, included...
- Tags: cable, construction, enermax, hardware 2.0, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Nikon Coolpix S600
- I admit to having mixed feelings about the Nikon Coolpix S600. On one hand, it's a very attractive-looking ultracompact capable of producing pretty 10-megapixel photos. But on the other, it's a tad slow and underfeatured with an occasionally annoying interface. Nor is it priced aggressively enough ($150 or less) to...
- Tags: nikon corp., camera, iso, s600
- Product reviews 2008-05-23
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