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Citibank Gets Hacked

by Rohan Reddy June 9, 2011
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Citibank, one of the largest banks in the world, has confirmed that there has been a data breach in its system that has affected roughly 1% of its customers in the US. That 1% is no small number either, totaling about 210,000 customers. The bank confirmed a May data breach, but let out no detail about the event at the time.

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Should Children Under 13 Be Allowed on Facebook?

by Mike Mansell May 24, 2011
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If Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook gets his way, the COPPA could quite possibly be a thing of the past; or at very least Facebook could get exemption from the act. While we haven’t seen anyone step up to support Zuck’s desires thus far, this news makes it very apparent that the social networking website is looking to expand upon a larger and younger audience. Why? Zuck has recently been put on the record arguing that doing so would benefit education by implementing better peer-based collaboration systems.

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Will Mobile Phones Replace Wallets, Key Chains, and Passwords?

by Mike Mansell April 27, 2011
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When the Apple iPhone was first released in 2007, one of the greatest features it sported (it was a first generation product, mind you) was the integrated “iPod” application which allowed users to store, carry, and listen to music just like Apple’s famed iPod music player.  While I cannot find the story or video for [...]

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iPhone Found to Store Location Data: Is it a Big Deal?

by Mike Mansell April 21, 2011
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Yesterday technology news was filled with stories regarding the Apple iPhone and the fact that it has recently been discovered to store a history of location coordinates.  This news came after technology researchers Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan discovered a somewhat hidden file on the device while doing research for an entirely different project.  Immediately after [...]

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1Password Review

by Mike Mansell March 11, 2011
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After I purchased my MacBook Pro earlier this month, I began looking at the wide range of Mac OS X software titles.  Having previously used – and having been extremely satisfied with - KeePassX to manage my passwords and logins while using Linux, I was disappointed to hear from others that the OS X version of [...]

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New OS X Trojan Makes Users Take a Second Look at Security

by Mike Mansell March 1, 2011
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Over the last several years as Apple‘s Mac OS X operating system has grown in popularity and user-base, it has become well-known for being a very secure operating system that saw a minimal amount of viruses.  With this reputation under its belt, some people have even gone as far as to proclaim that OS X [...]

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Are You a Walking Target for Identity Theft?

by Mike Mansell December 24, 2010
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Identity theft – the action in which another individual impersonates you in order to defraud an organization or yourself – is not a new concept by any stretch of the imagination.  In 1964 when the term “identity theft” was first coined, the majority of fraud incidents involved individuals who physically stole identification and documents in [...]

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Federal Trade Commission Endorses “Do-Not-Track” List

by Mike Mansell December 3, 2010
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Prior to 2004, telemarketers – those pesky sales agents who always seemed to call during dinner – were a major annoyance for many Americans.  These persistent sales people took advantage of telephone service in order to harass offer “spectacular” deals to consumers.  However, Americans soon became fed up with telemarketers and took action to rid themselves of them altogether.  The [...]

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Google: The Most Successful War-Drivers In History

by Mike Mansell November 3, 2010
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Just as they made amends for violating the privacy of Buzz users in the United States, web giant Google, Inc. is in trouble yet again as the Information Commissioner in the United Kingdom has come to the conclusion that Google violated the privacy of UK citizens.  This run-in with the UK government is slightly ironic [...]

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Google Settles Class-Action Lawsuit Over Buzz

by Mike Mansell November 3, 2010
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Back in February, users of Google’s web-based email solution, Gmail,  signed into their email accounts to find a new feature: Google Buzz.  Buzz was aimed at creating a micro-blogging service (much like the service provided by Twitter) where users could post status update, pictures, etc, all from within the Gmail interface. However, Buzz was quickly seen [...]

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