newsmaker If you have an e-mail account, chances are you’re used to seeing messages that purport to come from PayPal but which are actually spam from attackers trying to get you to click on a link to a malicious Web site and give up your password or other sensitive information.
Phishing attacks [...]
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Filed under: Computer, Scams and Hoaxes, Spam, Spyware, Viruses
update Not one senator voted against a 2005 emergency spending bill that created federalized ID cards. But two years later, skepticism on Capitol Hill about the wildly controversial Real ID rules is beginning to surface.
Leaders of a U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs panel joined a chorus of outsiders, including [...]
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ARLINGTON, Va.–A senior U.S. Department of Homeland Security official on Wednesday said he finds privacy concerns prompted by the proposed Real ID regime puzzling.
Stewart Baker, the department’s assistant secretary for policy, said a forthcoming system of uniform national identification cards will not put more personal information into the hands of motor vehicle administrators [...]
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One of the cheapest places to buy software is eBay, where merchants sell programs that come directly from manufacturers, saving them from paying a markup to distributors.
But it may also be a risky place to shop, as it can be tough to discern good values from scams.
Consumers Union–which tracks Web retailers and advises [...]
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The American Quarter Horse Journal, March 23, 2007 – The American Quarter Horse Association’s Regional Experience season continues May 17-20 with the Region Ten Experience in Clemson, South Carolina. Region Ten, which includes Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, is expecting hundreds of attendees at the event. The entry deadline for this Experience is [...]
The American Quarter Horse Journal, March 22, 2007 – The American Quarter Horse Association elected its 2007 Executive Committee on March 6 during the 2007 AQHA Convention in Houston. Frank Merrill of Purcell, Oklahoma, took the reins as the Association’s president, and the committee welcomed new member Dick Monahan.
Merrill has been involved in the American [...]
A Podcast is the combining of Apple’s “iPod” and “broadcasting”, a way of putting files onto the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed (like a magazine) and receive new files automatically by subscription. Back in 2004, it was mainly used for audio files but it now includes video. Podcasts are downloaded onto your [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
P07-48
March 17, 2007
Media Inquiries:
Mike Herndon, 301-827-6242
Consumer Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been informed that Menu Foods, Inc., a private-label pet food manufacturer based in Streetsville, Ontario, Canada, is recalling all its “cuts and gravy” style [...]
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SCHAUMBURG, Ill.
— The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), in response to a national pet food recall, offers the following information and advice to concerned pet owners:
Menu Foods, Inc., a Canadian private-label pet food manufacturer based in Statesville, Ontario, has issued a recall on all its “cuts and gravy” style dog and cat food products produced [...]
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Filed under: Food Recalls, Veterinary Medicine, Watching
U.S. networks pumped out the highest percentage of attacks during the second half of last year, with China running a distant second, according to a report released Monday by security firm Symantec.
The U.S. accounted for 31 percent of malicious activity originating from computer networks, while 10 percent came from China and 7 percent [...]
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Filed under: Computer, Scams and Hoaxes