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Fear and Loathing About Google?

February 1, 2009 at 10:06 AM

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A lot of people have had serious misgivings about relying upon Google’s [GOOG] online apps, and given its dominance of online advertising and the perpetual “beta” status of many of its apps and services, it is inevitable that negative matters would reach a fever pitch. Here’s a post by a blogger who has experienced a [...]

Folks, it’s official: if you plunked down big buck$ for those U.S. Presidential Inaugural tickets in the front row, you most likely just gave your money to a spammer, con artist, and/or identity thief. The feds’ stance is quite simple: the tickets are free and are going to be doled out to the various Congress [...]

Major Credit Card Fraud Case Pursued

August 5, 2008 at 2:18 PM

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A Little Bit: Reuters has an update, via CNBC, on the U.S. investigation against a identity theft ring that targeted computer systems of major retail chains, including: Barnes & Noble [BKS] BJ’s Wholesale Club [BJ] Boston Market DSW [DSW] Forever 21 OfficeMax [OMX] Sports Authority TJX, Inc. [TJX] The ringleader appears to be a Miami [...]