Beware Blu-Ray Surprises
Simply put, media should be media, programs should be programs. Putting code or commands into media like movies, music, e-mail etc allows for viruses or worse and no one should have to worry about that. Well, worry.
If you put the new Blu-ray Iron Man movie into your computer it will try to connect to the Internet and download .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Business, Blu-Ray, DRM, Product HackingElvis Lives Thanks to Cloned Passports
The Hacker's Choice, a non-commercial group of computer security experts, has released a video showing a cloned passport being approved by a security scanner at a Dutch airport. When the reader scans the passport it is revealed to belong to one Elvis Aaron Presley, complete with picture. RFID is not ready. Every country that .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Identity Theft, Passports, RFIDWashington State and Microsoft Sue Companies for Using Fake Security Alerts
Washington state (and Microsoft) are suing companies that use those fake security alerts to trick people into downloading and using their products. You know the ones. They usually say something like "Warning! Your computer is infected with viruses and you must download a quick security update to stop it".
Your first warning should be when they ask .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Microsoft, Washington StateCalifornia First State to Force Fast Food To Post Calorie Totals
Well I pretty much shot the content for this post out in the title. Well, I guess I'll just say, "Way to go Cali!" and "It's about time".
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Big Business, California, Your RightsBush Reaches Highest Disapproval Rating in History
Scathing Review of The Bush Years
And although the president now understands—or so he says—that we must begin to wean ourselves from oil and coal, we have on his watch become more deeply dependent on both. Illegalize Ad Squatting
So I know that to buy a website that either the name of a famous person or business in the hopes of making them pay you bunches of money when they get smart enough to want that site is Cybersquatting and is illegal. Simple enough. I also know that buying a .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Advertising, Cybersquatting, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksRIAA Victim becomes Victor!
The Thomas v. Captiol case was something we all watched with horror as some poor woman was slapped with a fine of $220,000 simply for having downloaded some music. However, that case has recently been overturned due to the fact that the RIAA's argument that merely having copyrighted music available for download is a crime.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Big Business, DRM, Jammie Thomas, Thomas v Capitol, Your RightsSpore Slapped With Class Action Suit Over Invasive DRM
It's hardly surprising that there has been a huge backlash against Spore due to the decision to include DRM. I'm a little surprised, but very happy, that someone had the tenacity to file a class action lawsuit against them for it.
In the end, no company has the right to control your game playing to this degree. It's .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: DRM, Gaming, Spore, Your RightsTransunion to Offer Free ONLINE Credit Freezes!!
Most credit reporting companies have made it as difficult and cumbersome as possible to get a credit freeze because they desperately hope that by putting barriers in your way, they can discourage you from doing it (in my opinion). That said, Transunion has suddenly decided to offer FREE freezes to everyone, even people who live in a state that .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Good Stuff, Identity Theft, Transunion