Archive for the 'In The News' Category

Merchants Pay for Online Credit Card Fraud

Saturday, June 18th, 2005

Online merchants pay higher discount rates to accept credit cards, but they shouldn’t since they bear most of the burden of fraud anyway.

MasterCard: 40 Million Cards at Risk

Saturday, June 18th, 2005

CardSystems has allowed 40 million credit card accounts to be compromised due to flagrant violations of the rules for storing account information.

BlueTooth Phone Vulnerability

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

It’s being called the "blue sniper rifle" and it lets someone track your BlueTooth phone or even hack into it.

More Mapping Options from Google

Tuesday, April 5th, 2005

Google released some more updates to their mapping software.

Google Maps offers Satellite Views

You can now get satellite imagery at Google Maps. Here’s a very green and mountainous aerial view of the Acme Technologies office.

Google Maps excels over MapQuest and Yahoo! Maps by offering real-time scrolling and updates. Unlike the other services which require you to […]

Martha Stewart Released from Prison today

Friday, March 4th, 2005

Could Martha Stewart Vote in Florida?

Moscow’s Mayor Wants to Fine Weathermen

Friday, February 25th, 2005

From the “It’s about time!” department… Moscow’s mayor has pledged to cut funding to the city’s weather forecasting service after a series of failures by the weathermen.