Submitted by anthonymfreed
from blog:
By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert
Shipping scams are a common tactic criminals use in which they employ mules to receive goods bought with stolen credit card numbers, who then ship to people who buy them in online (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• World ruling body launches probe into Athletics South Africa• Ministry claims 800m world champion will keep gold medalThe International Association of Athletics Federations said today it is still working with Caster Semenya (Read More)
Health/Sci-The Times of India:
New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web. (Read More)
SEC.gov Updates: Press Releases:
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued two joint orders related to security-based futures contracts that clarify each Commission's respective jurisdiction and a (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The SEC and CFTC reached an agreement clarifying each agency's respective jurisdiction over hybrid financial products. (Read More)
Financial Times:
The pixels are flying: Felix Salmon at Reuters on Thursday took a gratuitous swipe at The Business Insider's Henry Blodget, over the latter's alleged failure to disclose the details of his past wrangles with the SEC and Eliot (Read More)
The Guardian:
AOL plans to let 2,500 employees go in attempt to reduce costs $300 million annually We said last week that the cuts at the new AOL could go far deeper than the anticipated 1,000. At the time, execs declined comment but today (Read More)
CIO - Blogs and Discussion -:
By Christopher Burgess, Senior Security AdviserEnd users tuning you out? Here’s a three-step process for taking human factors into account in your security program (and even using them to your advantage).Let us begin with the (Read More)
CIO - Blogs and Discussion -:
By Bozidar Spirovski, CISSP, MCSA, MCPWhen investigating an intrusion in a Windows system, one of the first places to start is the Windows security log.Security event log is also very useful for analysis when searching for an (Read More)
Submitted by Ubqtous
from YouTube:
This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the "Amen Break," a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-b (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
This is not a surprise considering the continued decline of Rhapsody music service in the face of lots of new competition and the general malaise in the digital music market: MTV and RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) are talking abou (Read More)
SEC.gov Updates: Press Releases:
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointments of three senior officials to its Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) to help continue its increased focus on individual investors. OIEA serv (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Treasury Sec. Timothy Geithner comes under fire from Republicans. WSJ's Michael Crittenden and Barron's Bob O'Brien discuss the fallout from today's hearings. Plus, a look at AOL's future as it tries to shed non-core assets, (Read More)
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators had "ample information" to trigger an extensive exam of convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff's investment firm, but continually gave it only a "medium risk" rating, a government watchdog s (Read More)