The laptops are missing - or stolen. And the number of laptops is staggering. Christopher Null is reporting that in American airports, there are over a half million laptops missing each year:
“…1,200 laptops a week go missing at Los Angeles International Airport, and 12,000 laptops are lost or stolen nationally at airports every [...]
The key to successful identity theft is to be able to tie your social security number to your name. That is basically the key identifier. A security breach of data that exposes that link triggers identity theft monitoring results in financial burden.
Now it seems that the social security number code can [...]
Each one of us has hundreds of dollars invested in that desktop computer and/or laptop. For some people, the value of the computer is in the thousands, with modifications and improvements. It seems ludicrous to think that your machine would be sold for pennies. However, if your machine is infected by malware, [...]
Steve McNair was a young man. He was only thirty six. There are ghastly reports of his shooting death in Nashville. People will remember Steve McNair for what he did on the football field during his thirteen year professional career.
However there was more. When the devastation of Hurricane Katrina happened, Steve [...]
There is an old sports adage - “what have you done lately?“. In the case of Trevor Ariza, the answer would be very simple - “help win a NBA Championship just a few weeks ago“. The appreciation for that effort is that essentially the L.A. Lakers and the Houston Rockets swapped players. [...]
It seems that hackers and criminals have a touch of nostalgia. They are re-cycling an old ploy. It has been called ‘hit-man spam’. This old scam has resurfaced:
“…The faux-assassin attempts to extort money by threatening bodily harm if the recipient doesn’t send a payment by e-mail.”
link: The return of ‘hit man’ [...]
There will be no privacy for Jenny Sanford in the immediate future. As the wife of the embattled and apologetic Governor of South Carolina, the media will follow her for even the briefest of comment and read multiple nuances into her every behaviour.
Nevertheless, Jenny Sanford stands apart.
When Governor Mark Sanford appeared before [...]
It was over ten years ago. Scott McNealy was then the Chief Executive Officer of Sun Microsystems. He was quoted as saying “there is no privacy… get over it“.
There are two news stories this week that illustrate the validity of Scott McNealy’s quote.
The first example is the liver transplant that Steve Jobs [...]
It seems that there is no loyalty in professional basketball. It seems that the Boston Celtic general manager, Danny Ainge, is placing some of the blame for not reaching the NBA finals on Rajon Rondo:
“… After telling reporters Tuesday that he does not intend to trade any of the Celtics core players this offseason, [...]
There is a data breach at Cornell University that has compromised thousands of files with sensitive, confidential information. The security breach involves the names and security numbers of approximately forty five thousand (45,000) people.
This incident illustrates one of the pitfalls of data security. Policy set in place becomes meaningless unless there is some [...]
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