Fry's Electronics VP faces criminal charges and lawsuit
A vice president at Fry's Electronics Inc. is facing the inside of two different courtrooms for allegedly running a kickback scheme that netted him tens of millions of dollars.
Why you can't trust 'friends' on Facebook
If you're on Facebook, you've no doubt got a bunch of friends. And if you're like most Facebook users, you're certain those friends are exactly who they say they are. And you might be right. Or you could be wrong. They could be scammers posing as your friends.
Microsoft's Fast Search charged with fraud in Norway
Norwegian police on Thursday charged Fast Search & Transfer with accounting fraud, an enterprise search company bought by Microsoft in January for $1.2 billion.
Woman is first to plead guilty in notorious spam case
A woman accused of helping spam kingpin Alan Ralsky send out tens of millions of unwanted e-mail messages each day has pleaded guilty to spam charges.
Single Email Opens a Bank Account
According to information recently released by the United States Department of Justice, a single email left a company wide open for bank fraud. This is an excellent example for administrators to provide continuous reminders to email users.
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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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Why you can't trust 'friends' on Facebook
Single Email Opens a Bank Account
Woman is first to plead guilty in notorious spam case
Microsoft's Fast Search charged with fraud in Norway
Fry's Electronics VP faces criminal charges and lawsuit