Beware the Inevitable Haiti Earthquake Relief Scams
As always happens with current events and especially with relief and aid efforts, scammers come out of their holes to steal money meant for the unfortunate. E-mails and social networking messages will start pouring in and fake relief websites have popped up already. Avoid scams that only make scammers richer and donate only directly to major organizations (such as the Red Cross) or .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Earthquakes, Facebook, Fake Charities, Haiti, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty Tricks, SpamWhy You Shouldn’t Trust Facebook With Your Data
CEO of Facebook Claims Privacy Isn’t a Social Norm
As justification for the complete jerk-move Facebook recently made that forced many people's private information into the public against their will (his included), Mark Zuckerberg claimed publicly that privacy is no longer the social norm:
I think that people can agree they don't like things like getting embarrassed, getting fired, or getting robbed by the things found .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg5 Things I Love and 3 Things I Hate About Windows 7
The new Windows is actually very good. Some of the new features are huge time savers and make work faster and more efficient than ever. Here are a few:
Things I Love about Windows 7
Program search
Navigating through a series of menus, no matter how well organized causes a delay in launching programs. For the stuff you .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Computers, Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7TSA Nudie Scanners May Violate Child Porn Laws
EPIC has been fighting what they call Whole Body Imaging for a while now, but this is an interesting new twist. I never thought about this before, but taking a nude scan of a minor is a violation of child pornography laws.
So if this is really the case, and the TSA doesn't get some kind of exception they will be .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Airports, Cellphones, Kids, Physical Security, TSAForce Windows 7 To Install No Matter What Kind of Key You Have
If you lose or break your original installation CD for Windows 7, you're going to have a tough time. Maybe your neighbor has a copy, but it's the home edition and you have the pro. What can you do? Right now, a Windows 7 installation key is specific to the type of disk. However, all is not lost .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Computers, Good Stuff, Microsoft, Windows 7, Windows Installation22 Million “Lost” Bush-Era E-mails Recovered
E-mail records required by law to be available were "lost" during the Bush administration and somehow no one seemed to end up bearing the responsibility. That aside, the e-mails have now been "found" and it will be very interesting to see what's in them.
Meredith Fuchs, general counsel to the National Security Archive, said "many poor choices were .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Facebook Founder Zuckerberg Tastes The Sting of His Own Bully Tactics
So Facebook is not exactly known for protecting people's privacy. Besides many grievous displays of poor security, they have only added decent privacy controls over time none of which matter because you can get to the pictures anyway and every installed Facebook app can get all your data too.
All that aside, assume that setting your privacy controls is .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Data Brokering, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sweet JusticeThe Truth About Bottled Water
This chart is a little eye-opening. I already knew that a lot of bottled water is actually filtered tap water, but I didn't know (nor am I surprised) that the regulation on bottled water is insufficient. If you want to buy a bottle of water, go ahead, but know what you're getting for the money.
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Tags: Aquafina, Bottled Water, Deer Park, Regulation, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksAmazon and Christmas Pain
I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Amazon.com, but this season, it's more hate. I found the gift I'd been looking for on Amazon for about $10 cheaper than my normal favorite, Newegg.com.
However, I suppose nothing cheap comes without strings attached, not at Amazon anyway. Check out this BS:
