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Dean Procter (Sydney)  28/08/2008 | 19 views
Ebay is shooting itself in the foot and bleeding to death.

The daughter of a friend has an Ebay account. Yes I know, but she was selling a few of grandads unwanted treasures. As a student she works part time and is saving for an o/s trip. In Ebay's payment process there is the option for direct debit payments either as a one off, or on a continuing basis. ...
Sriram Natarajan (Dubai)  27/08/2008 | 211 views | 1 comment
How to counter 'Counterfeit'? Stop printing notes!

I have been reading the news items on the volume of counterfeit notes surfacing in India. It looks like more than half a billion dollars worth of fake rupees are circulating around the country. The banking industry must be quaking in their boots on the volume of menace they carry. It is distressing ...
Uri Rivner (London)  27/08/2008 | 235 views
Malware reaches new heights

Private computers around the world are being infected by malware on a daily basis. Some immediately wear a glazed expression and succumb to the will of their new master – a botnet operator. Others suffer from minor effects. But this amusing news piece takes malware to a new height. 350 km hig...
Amit Sharma (London)  27/08/2008 | 246 views
Watch more 'Lost and Found' details emerge!

Hardly surprising that there is ever more information emerging about consumer details under 'lost or found' - either lost (in transit, on cds, laptops, etc) or found (on items which have been sold, dumped, stolen, etc). Over the past 18 months, there have been repeated disclosures by the government...
Navjeet Khosa (London)  27/08/2008 | 175 views
Council tax data found on eBay computer

It has emerged that personal information belonging to thousand's of council tax payers has been found on a computer that was sold on eBay for just £6.99. According to a Daily Mail report, thousands of account numbers and sort codes, as well as names and addresses, were stored on the hard driv...
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