Department of Homeland Security Dumps $42 Million Failed Data-Mining Project
In what has become the norm and not the exception, an expensive Department of Defense project has been shown to be a complete failure wasting millions of dollars and all of our time. What makes this story interesting is it was due in no small part to the efforts of the Government Accountability office that this project was scrapped. They .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Accountability, Big Brother, Data Mining, DHSRebate Processing Company Caught Throwing Away Unopened Rebate Claims
The Consumerist today has a surprising article about an instance where a rebate company has been caught with over 1300 rebate claims thrown, unopened, into the dumpster.
Rebates are a system that is easy to abuse. Avoid them if you can.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Rebates, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksLesson From Life – Lack of Regulation Leads to Abuse in “Green” Market
We need "right regulation" against manipulative and dirty tactics for this very reason. In a market of little to no regulation, you get situations where there are so many seals and claims of "this product is great!" that a customer can't make any sense of it.
"All kinds of products are cropping up and it's .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Bill Promoting E-Voting Reform Coming?
HR 811, which I've previously covered here, has been cut back some, but is still being recommended by the EFF. Above all, this bill requires a paper trail which has been lacking until now.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Belgium May Prosecute the “Church” of Scientology
The church is accused of being a criminal organization involved in extortion, fraud, unfair trading, violation of privacy laws, and unlawfully practicing medicine. Both the Belgian and the European branches of the church should be brought to court, according to the authorities. Too bad our government is so corrupt that it can't stamp .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Good Stuff, Money Cult, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksCustom Applications on Your Iphone
There are a lot of good third-party applications available and installing them onto your iPhone has become so easy that you can do it with a few simple steps. So if you love your iPhone, you might as well see what nifty tools you can add to it to make it even better.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: iPhoneMan Arrested For Not Showing His Circuit City Reciept, Driver’s License
First he refused to show his reciept and the Circuit City people blocked his car. Then when he called for the police and they asked for his driver's license, he refused and was arrested.
I'm going to try and follow this case because this guy says there's no law requiring that he show his reciept and also no .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Business, Circuit City, Illegal SearchBush Tries to Use “State Secrets” to Block SWIFT Suit
And in other news, the sky is blue and the sun is expected to rise tomorrow. Seriously, is this a surprise to anyone? Of course Bush is going to try to keep details of this out of court. He can't risk people starting to back off of supporting his mania by abandoning them to the rule of law. (H/T to privacyorg for the link)
Tags: George BushCalifornia the Smartest State Ever? Bans RFID in Workers
First they banned rfid tagging of school kids. Now they're fully banning forced RFID implantation of workers.
Tackling a dilemma right out of a science fiction novel, the state Senate passed legislation Thursday that would bar employers from requiring workers to have identification devices implanted under their skin.
Monster and USAJOBs Hacked
Ars Technica reports that the database for the Internet job search site, Monster.com has been hacked. Though they say that only resumes were stolen (so no SSNs), it's still a problem because the data on people's resumes can be used for spear-phishing. Something they forgot to mention is something I learned though other sources. USAJOBs, the site used by the government to post jobs and such, is run with Monster .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Identity Theft