-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Interesting articles
- From: The Keyboard Cowboy <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bashful Bob <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:56:20 -0400
Hey Bob, are all those articles from one source? Is it a newsletter?
Nice roundup of topics!
Regards from
Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy",
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Cincinnati, Ohio - Scottsdale, Arizona
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Monday, 4/18/2005, @ 10:53:11 PM EST
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:49:10 -0500, Bashful Bob wrote:
| Some interesting articles I am thinking.
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| http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/04/dnc.htm
|
| The Truth about Cell Phones And the National Do Not Call
Registry
|
| If you've received an e-mail telling you that your cell phone is
| about to be assaulted by telemarketing calls as a result of a
new
| cell phone number database, rest assured that this is not the
| case. Telemarketing to cell phone numbers has always been
illegal
| in most cases and will continue to be so. In response to recent
e-
| mail campaigns urging consumers to place their cell phone
numbers
| on the National Do Not Call Registry, the Federal Trade
| Commission and Federal Communications Commission issue this
| advisory to give consumers the facts
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http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/business/technology/1140106
6.
| htm
|
| Posted on Fri, Apr. 15, 2005
|
| Follow the leader on rebates
|
|
| By Mike Langberg
|
| Mercury News
|
|
| Score one for consumers: Mail-in rebates, a curse on shoppers
| buying in electronics stores, suddenly appear to be on the way
| out.
|
| In a surprise move that was not an April Fool's joke, retailer
| Best Buy said April 1 that it will phase out mail-in rebates
| during the next two years.
|
|
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| http://www.sophos.com/spaminfo/articles/dirtydozen05.html
|
|
| 7 April 2005
|
| Sophos reveals latest "Dirty Dozen" spam producing countries
|
| US continues to lead the pack, as spammers exploit unprotected
PCs
|
| Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against spam and
| viruses, has today published research on the top twelve spam
| producing countries.
|
| Sophos experts examined all spam messages received at the
| company's global network of spam traps from January 2005 - March
| 2005. Based on the analysis, experts found that the United
States
| topped the "Dirty Dozen" chart once again, exporting an average
| of 35.70% of all spam during this timeframe.
|
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| http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Spam_Ap05.pdf
|
|
| A year after the CAN-SPAM Act became law, email users say they
| are receiving
|
| slightly more spam than before, but they are minding it less.
| More than half of
|
| internet users still consider spam to be a big problem, yet the
| ill effects of spam on
|
| email habits and the overall internet experience have declined.
|
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| http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=3199578
|
|
| Expert warn: Spammers using late pope's image to defraud the
| faithful VATICAN CITY For electronic scammers, nothing is sacred
-
| - not even the death of Pope John Paul.
|
| A British security expert is alerting Roman Catholics around the
| world to an e-mail scheme pegged to the death of the pope.
|
| The spam campaign is aimed at luring the faithful into a bogus
| moneymaking scam by first offering free books about the pontiff.
| Consumers are then told the books aren't available in their
area,
| and redirected to a page about "free moneymaking secrets." That
| site makes no mention of the pope.
|
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|
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/15/business/15privacy.html?ex=127121760
0&
| en=5a025279c6bc10ec&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
|
|
| Polo Warns of Possible Problem With Credit Card Information
|
| By TOM ZELLER Jr.
|
| Published: April 15, 2005
|
| In another blow to consumer confidence in the security of
| personal data, the fashion giant Polo Ralph Lauren said
yesterday
| that the credit card information of some customers may have been
| put at risk.
|
| The announcement comes after HSBC, the banking conglomerate,
| began sending letters to 180,000 holders of its GM-branded
| MasterCards last week to notify them of a "security breach" at
an
| unidentified "national retailer" that may have compromised their
| accounts. The Wall Street Journal identified that retailer
| yesterday as Polo Ralph Lauren
|
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|
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2005/tc20050414_0844
_t
| c081.htm?campaign_id=rss_techn
|
|
| APRIL 14, 2005
|
|
| TECHNOLOGY & YOU
|
| By Stephen H. Wildstrom
|
|
| So Long to Clunky Web E-Mail
| Finally, Net programs are just as supple as desktop software.
The
| breakthrough is called rich Internet application technology
|
|
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|
http://www.thedmonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/15/425f9ce2af2d
f
|
|
| New rule may deter identity theft
|
| By Whitney Moore
|
| April 15, 2005
|
| A new federal rule that will go into effect this June will
| require all businesses to destroy any documents that may contain
| sensitive consumer information.
|
| The Federal Trade Commission passed the rule to decrease the
risk
| of identity theft from documents that are not properly disposed
| of, according to the FTC Web site, http://www.ftc.gov.
|
| The length of time before destroying the documents will be left
| up to the individual businesses.
|
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