| Cyber-crime 'worse than burglary'
Identity theft has become one of the most feared crimes in the UK, according to a study of more than 1,400 regular internet users, outranking burglary, assault and robbery. Around one in three respondents to the survey indicated that they had been the victim of some form of cyber-theft, including phishing emails, credit card fraud and unauthorised bank transfers. The research, commissioned by internet security software maker AVG, revealed that individual financial loss ranged from a few pounds to several thousand pounds. Some 90 per cent of respondents had threat protection software installed on their PCs, but a third remained unconvinced that these were adequate measures to protect them from cyber-crime. Liverpool topped the list of UK cities most afraid of cyber-theft with 93 per cent highlighting their concern.
SupportSoft Helps Protect TalkTalk Customers Against Wireless Fraud
Households with unsecured wireless Internet make up around half of total wireless broadband users in the UK(1). Those without proper security on their network are vulnerable not only to piggy-backing, but to hackers who can access bank details, passwords and personal information. Consequences of these actions include identity theft as well as unauthorised spending on credit and debit cards. SupportSoft's SmartAccess(TM) software is rescuing wireless Internet users by automatically setting up their home security configurations, thereby minimising their exposure to fraud. .
Ten Firefox extensions to keep your browsing private and secure
Most people lock their doors and windows, use a paper shredder to protect themselves from identity theft, and install antivirus software on their computers. Yet they routinely surf the Internet without giving a second thought to whether their browser is secure and their personal information safe. Unfortunately, it's easy for someone with nefarious intentions to use a Web site to glean data from -- or introduce spyware to -- your computer. Even worse, sometimes all you have to do is randomly click on a site to have your data probed in a most unwelcome way.
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OpenSuse 11 and Geubuntu - new releases
The world of Linux moves quickly with new releases every day. Here are a couple of the releases that caught our eye this past week: OpenSuse 11.0 alpha and Geubuntu Luna Nova.
Old computers play a brand new song
Favorites include the Commodore 64 and Atari 800, but the most popular chiptune gadget may be the Game Boy, the monochrome handheld device Nintendo debuted in 1989. The instruments have only a fraction of the computing power of today's average cellphone, but that's part of the appeal. ''It makes you more creative to work within the tight limitations of the technology,'' said Jordi Huguet, one half of the Barcelona-based chiptune duo Yes, Robot. ''Yesterday's technology tends to get lost. Using it to make something new is part of the challenge,'' he added. His gig case contains several Game Boys, a toy voice changer and a Texas Instruments Speak & Spell with about a dozen new switches and dials attached. Proving that chiptune is about more than nostalgia, a few Blip attendees were too young to remember the gadgets that inspired it.
Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen
Basic membership includes access to medicine, water and food, while those who pay for "premium tiered services" will be eligible for VIP rescue missions. Like so many private disaster companies, Sovereign Deed is selling escape from climate change and the failed state–by touting the security clearance and connections its executives amassed while working for that same state. So Mills, speaking recently in Pellston, explained, "The reality of FEMA is that it has no infrastructure, and a lot of our National Guard is elsewhere." Sovereign Deed, on the other hand, claims to have "direct access and special arrangements with several national and international information centers. These proprietary arrangements allow our Emergency Operations Center to…give our Members that critical head start in times of crisis." In this secular version of the Rapture, God's hand is unnecessary.
Buck & New Dawg: When you're 12-1, you're good and lucky
As Brad Sham told me a few weeks ago, �Sometimes, it�s just your year.� Kyle Kosier�s game-saving recovery of a Tony Romo fumble on the Cowboys� winning touchdown drive should clue you in that it just might be their year. Speculation: Does Tony Romo pull out these last-gasp comebacks with Bill Parcells on the sideline? NEW DAWG: Wade Phillips compared Romo to John Elway. Wade knows you can�t stifle a great player. Bill was good at that ... just ask T.O. BUCK: The short answer is no. I think Romo, Marion Barber, Jason Witten ... a lot of guys owe Parcells a debt of gratitude. But that said, Big Bill would not have allowed these guys to develop their own �no panic� mindset and flourish in his environment. And it was Big Bill�s environment. Everyone else was just passing through.
Large Chinese enterprises move to use copyrighted software, official ...
In April 2006, the National Copyright Administration and seven other ministries issued a joint notice urging Chinese companies to use copyrighted software. Central and provincial governments have investigated 3,600 enterprises. More than 1,100 companies have faced penalties for using pirated software, Liu told a conference on software copyright issues. The meeting also heard that China was working to promote the use of legitimate software by official organizations. Government entities and institutions above the city level have installed copyrighted software since a State Council order to that effect was issued in 2004. China also adopted regulations in 2006 requiring computers made in China, or imported for sale here, to be pre-loaded with legitimate operating systems.
When lazy men become projects for career women
The kids, the subject of all this debate, don't seem to want to be part of the conversation. They say they're proud to exist outside of society, living on ingenuity and generosity. Meanwhile, the Haight's aging residents look at them and see either dangerous misfits or damaged kids from broken homes. In an ironic full circle, the children of the '60s are now trying to show a new generation of kids the error of their free-spirited ways. "We all experimented with drugs, we all had sex when we were told not to, we all hated the government and dodged the draft," explains Richard Shadoian, an aggrieved neighbor and resident chair of the Improvement Association. "And we grew up." In an increasingly prosperous Haight, there's less room and less tolerance for the drifters, the dreamers, the derelicts, and the down-on-their-luck who have seen the neighborhood as a haven for four decades.
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