Online fraud and other computer schemes cost the US $265 million-up from $239 million in 2007 or an average of average individual loss was $931. The FBI said 275,284 complaints were received in 2008 by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C),-up from 206,884 (33%) over 2007. Read more
Read moreIt's not often you hear a highly placed IT executive dump on his own network security let alone a person entrusted with as much riding on such a systems as the Federal Aviation Administration.
iPhone applications are proliferating like rabbits, but not all of them are great. In fact some can get you into hot water. In this slide show we take a look at 10 recent iPhone applications that might land you in a place you don't want to be.
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Identity theft is getting truly nasty. In this case a woman who had apparently breaking into corporate accounts and stealing identities as well as dollars, was killed by three men who wanted her laptop and likely the cash stream the identity thefts were generating. Read more
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The International Space Station has garnered a lot of "firsts" in its history and soon it will get its first crab meat delivery courtesy of NASA.
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