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Western Union data heist: 'Human error'

Western Union data heist: 'Human error'Western Union ScamHere’s my experience with Western Union:I'd sent money to a recipient in Russia via Western Union. I’d sent money to Russia via Western Union before, to different recipient, without a problem.Western Union phoned me 5 yes FIVE days later to inform me they...

Tags: Real estate, Western Union

Discussion threads 2008-05-11

R.I.P: The Telegram, The First Internet

With little fanfare and with even less concern, Western Union delivered its last-ever telegram on Friday, January 27.Although I usually use this space to write about converging and emerging broadband communications technologies, this is a good place and time for a eulogy.Long before there was an Internet, email, or...

Tags: telegram

Blog posts 2006-02-04

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Google trying to take privacy seriously

Google trying to take privacy seriouslyRE: Google trying to take privacy seriouslyThe whole thing is a legal can of worms which I did not see American judges opening. I hope this will be overturned for it has very serious implications all over the world.While the state may potentially be the...

Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., privacy

Discussion threads 2008-07-05

Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea

Click on any image to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...

Tags: Subsidy, Denmark, Natural Gas, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-04

300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackers

300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackersSuggestionThe Lithuanian government should force their telcos to block all IP blocks that are allocated to Russia.If there is such animosity, blocking the Russian chunk of the internet would be a good start.Then at the very least, the hackers would have to use western...

Tags: Hacking, PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Lithuanian, Lithuanian site, Russian Hackers

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Researcher claims thousands of identities stolen during Social Engineering pentests

Kelly Jackson Higgins of Dark Reading, reported on research conducted by Joshua Perrymon, hacking director for PacketFocus Security Solutions and CEO of RedFlag Security, who has been performing social engineering exploits for numerous clients in the past year and has apparently stolen thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate. ...

Tags: Social Engineering, Identity, Dark Reading Article, Identity Theft, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past

To maintain any modicum of modern life countries and individuals will increasingly turn to electricity generated from renewable sources. There is no way to dramatically increase the world's oil production, now or in some dreamy future. All the major fossil fuels will be in declining supply by 2025...

Tags: Oil, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuel, Chris Nelder, Nelder, IEA, U235, Corporate Communications, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Tech, telecom join up to beat back trolls

Tech, telecom join up to beat back trollsa larger problemThe laws concerning patents, copyrights, and trademarks have spiralled out of control. What was once protection for a short period of time for something truly inventive has become indefinite protection for any casually obvious concept.The "intellectual property" experiment has failed. We...

Tags: E-mail, telecommunications

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Top hotel sites in Q1 2008

Web Sites Q1 2007 Q1 2008 Growth Supplier Sites 69.2% 72.4% 3.2 Best Western 2.5% 3.8% 1.2 Choice Hotels 6.2% 6.7% 0.6 Hilton 19.3% 18.8% -0.5 Hyatt 2.6% 2.4% -0.2 Intercontinenta 12.0% 12.4% 0.4 Marriott 16.8%...

Tags: Site, Channel Management, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-06-28

Detroit auto industry going through shock therapy? As in electric shock? Sales numbers say this is real and this is do-or-die

Detroit auto industry going through shock therapy? As in electric shock? Sales numbers say this is real and this is do-or-dieAmerica is finishedThis latest downturn coupled with the internet and lax foreign ownership laws means that the devaluation of housing, which would normally ultimately let poor Americans back...

Tags: industry, Big 3, sales, therapy, Saturn

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

What do the British really believe about global warming?

What do the British really believe about global warming?lolu got ot be kidding meRE: What do the British really believe about global warming?You have got to be kidding! I can not remember when it really snowed properly in the UK, we are seeing greater instances or extreme weather such...

Tags: Now Let, global warming, climate change, British Public

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

Russian hackers planning attacks against Baltic countries and Ukraine

Recent Tweets on Twitter are pointing to grumblings in the blogosphere around suspicion of a planned attack against Baltic countries and the Ukraine.  An article posted at The Baltic Course describes the planned attacks, as originally reported by Estonian television channel ETV24:  Recently, there have been multiple appeals in Russian Internet forums, calling for...

Tags: Hacker, Ukraine, Attack, Russian Hacker, Hacking, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-25

Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford

Bill Gates is arguably the individual who has had the biggest impact on the world of technology and his departure from Microsoft on 27 June will mark the end of an era. Bill Gates is arguably the individual who has had the biggest impact on the world of technology...

Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Professional Development, Career, Tim Ferguson silicon.com, Microsoft, Vista

News items 2008-06-25

200,000 sites spreading web malware, China's hosting the most

200,000 sites spreading web malware, China's hosting the mostJust a guessI would suspect that most of the china sites are owned by American spammers,malware owners.I say we just cut China's segment off...Until the Chinese government seems to give a damn about poision food, poison web sites and rampant piracy, I...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Channel management, Web site development, Spam, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Looking Back, web malware, software, Web

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

I'm done with the MacBook Air (for now)

I've come to the conclusion that the MacBook Air isn't the best Mac for me. Everything that I've previously written about the MBA still remains true: I love its tiny form factor, light weight and ability to be able to be tucked into almost any bag, but at...

Tags: MBA, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-06-24

No reprieve: XP phase-out begins June 30

No reprieve: XP phase-out begins June 30But why?Surely if Microsoft remove Windows XP then lazy software developers who don't want to make their apps Vista compatible will be be forced to pull their fingers out!Windows Vista doesn't include many new changes to the software standards that Microsoft introduced with Windows...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

2 bln PCs by 2014

Gartner estimates that the installed base of PCs is growing at an annual rate of almost 12%, there will be 2 bln PCs in use by 2014. US, Western Europe and Japan, currently account for 58% of the world’s installed PCs. Over 180 mln PCs will be replaced in 2008....

Tags: PC, Desktops, Hardware, AM

Blog posts 2008-06-23

More than 1 billion PCs now in use worldwide

There are now over a billion PCs in active use, according to analyst firm Gartner, with the number predicted to double by 2014. There are now more than a billion PCs in active use worldwide, according to analyst house Gartner. On Gartner's...

Tags: PC, Gartner Inc., Emerging Market, Desktops, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, PCs, hardware, Gartner

News items 2008-06-23

News to Know: Googlenomics; Windows Mobile 7 phones; Broadband hell

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Free Sourcefire tool pinpoints hostile MS Office files Apple security team finds code execution holes in Ruby Google using invalid security certificate Dancho Danchev: Phishers targeting Facebook users, fake logins...

Tags: Security, Google Inc., Phone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Information Technology, Broadband, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Virtualization, Telecom & Utilities, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-06-23

Western Digital VelociRaptor - Plenty of bark, not enough bite

Western Digital VelociRaptor - Plenty of bark, not enough biteI definitely want onenot sure I can justify the price. I saw the 750GB WD drives at Fry's for 109.00 on sale. What's the fastest 750Gb I wonder?I want one and i will tell you why.Gaming.When playing a game, you need...

Tags: Games, Western Digital VelociRaptor, Western Digital Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-20