2006 September 06

Although a significant amount of data, medical information and services is now offered online by state-run health departments, many Web sites are written well above the comprehension level of the average American and are inaccessible to people with disabilities and non-English speakers, concludes a new report by Brown University researchers Darrell M. West and Edward [...]

Consumer behavior and preferences are changing rapidly in the $7.4 billion directory assistance (DA) market, according to both a recent comScore Networks study as well as internal data from Jingle Networks, Inc., operator of the 1-800-FREE411 free DA service. Jingle Networks today released figures illustrating that changing consumer preferences are driving extraordinary growth of the [...]

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:
You may recall my earlier post about the hack into AT&T’s computer systems. Well, that was just half the story. In fact, the information gleaned from the computer system was used to try sending phishing emails to those customers to get even more information.

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:
You may recall my earlier post about the hack into AT&T’s computer systems. Well, that was just half the story. In fact, the information gleaned from the computer system was used to try sending phishing emails to those customers to get even more information.

David Letterman makes jokes about them all the time. In old detective movies, it was the good guy who always said “Follow that cab!” They are not as important as a mode of transportation as they used to be, but they are still indispensable. I am, of course, talking about the taxi cab. (Just ask [...]