ID Theft through ATM Cards

..a group of individuals had apparently installed a device inside a gas station pump in the area. This device had access to all information entered through the payment point…The device included a wireless transmitter that broadcast 300-400 feet, allowing someone seated in a car located nearby to capture all the information generated at the pump.At the end of a hardday’s …

Social Networking and Producing Income

For all of us, there comes a time on any given day, week, and month,every year and in different degrees over our lifetimes, when we choose to act in some way that is oriented toward fulfilling our social and psychological needs, not our market-exchangeable needs. It is that part of our lives and our motivational structure that social production taps, …

Network Data and Security

Recently, I’ve been consulting with a client on network improvements. Following is an email correspondence sent to them in preface to some upgrades – such as migrating to a Novell SUSE Linux network. ============From Email============ As a reminder, security is relative. You have to weigh the cost vs usability vs convenience. If security practices are too complicated, end users will …

Google Calendar Sync

I have a client (and friend) who purchased a mobile phone running Windows Mobile. His problem was keeping his phone synced to his Google Calendar, which he runs through Google AFYD. Fortunately, Google released a sync tool called Google Calendar Sync. Running Google Calendar Sync allows Glenn to keep his phone, pc, and online Calendar together. I also did the …

Is this worth having?

==============From email==============from XOXO to Rex Moncrief date Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 7:25 AMsubject Is this worth having?mailed-by gmail.comsigned-by gmail.com Is this worth having?http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=5536 ===========My Response=========== Mark Russinovich arguably knows more about the Windows OS than Microsoft does. He has produced some great apps, which is one of the reasons MS finally bought his company. There are only a small …