Sunday, February 14, 2010

Interesting that they offer a “consumer version” What would the other one revel?

http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/023503.html

February 13, 2010

2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report: Identity Fraud Continues to Rise

2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report: Consumer Version

  • "More than 11 million adult consumers became victims of identity fraud in 2009, up from nearly 10 million in 2008. The number of fraud victims rose for the second year in a row. On the other hand, victims’ out-of-pocket costs and the time required to resolve fraud have decreased. Out-of-pocket costs can include unreimbursed losses, lost wages due to time taken off work, and possible legal fees for those victims attempting to prosecute. Banks have stepped up their efforts in counteracting fraud and minimizing the cost and inconvenience suffered by consumers. Most victims don’t experience any out-of-pocket costs, but those who did suffered an average cost of $373. The average time to resolve the fraud for these victims was 21 hours. Due to the zero-liability fraud protection offered by most banks and credit card companies, most victims will only have to pay out-of-pocket expenses to cover their time in resolving fraud, not for reimbursing fraudulent charges... This report provides easy to follow guidelines and recommendations for consumers to protect themselves against this $54 billion crime." [$54 Billion divided by 110 Million victims is $4900+ not $373 I guess the difference is in the “not for consumers” part of the report. Bob]



A bad way to detect malware, but better than not detecting it.

http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201006/5233/BSoD-issues-possibly-related-to-Malware-on-infected-systems

BSoD issues possibly related to Malware on infected systems

by Steve Ragan - Feb 13 2010, 20:33

Microsoft, Symantec, and an independent systems administrator, are all seeing signs that some of the systems impacted by the issues related to MS10-015, are infected with a rootkit. Here is a breakdown of what is known so far.



Great title, but will it stop or even slow this trend?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10453101-238.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

MTV's sexting show to air stark message for teens

by Larry Magid February 13, 2010 2:48 PM PST

While it doesn't break any new ground, MTV's half-hour special, "Sexting In America: When Privates Go Public," is a good reminder for teens that taking and sending nude pictures is never a good idea.

The show will air at 9 p.m. PST and EST on Sunday--Valentine's Day.



Oh look, it's Mecha-angelo!

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/02/14/0155238/Low-Cost-Robotic-Arm-Sketches-Faces?from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29

Low-Cost Robotic Arm Sketches Faces



For my Statistics class.

http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/023507.html

February 13, 2010

NOAA Launches Landmark Climate.gov Portal

"NOAA unveil[ed]... a new Web site – http://www.climate.gov – that serves as a single point-of-entry for NOAA’s extensive climate information, data, products and services. Known as the NOAA Climate Portal, the site addresses the needs of five broadly-defined user groups: decision makers and policy leaders, scientists and applications-oriented data users, educators, business users and the public. Highlights of the portal include an interactive “climate dashboard” that shows a range of constantly updating climate datasets (e.g., temperature, carbon dioxide concentration and sea level) over adjustable time scales; the new climate science magazine ClimateWatch, featuring videos and articles of scientists discussing recent climate research and findings; and an array of data products and educational resources. NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth’s environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and conserves and manages our coastal and marine resources."

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