http://www.databreaches.net/?p=12590
New CD on German tax dodgers surfaces
July 22, 2010 by admin
Another CD packed with evidence of German tax evasion on money totalling €500 million has been spirited out of a bank in Liechtenstein and is being offered to investigators, media reported Thursday.
The data was offered to tax authorities in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein months ago. The CD contains details of hundreds of Germans suspected of hiding taxable money in accounts at the Liechtensteinische Landesbank (LLB), daily Süddeutsche Zeitung reported.
Read more in The Local (De).
I'm not sure what he's talking about. Seems light on facts. Can't they do this now?
http://www.pogowasright.org/?p=12246
New “reform” law destroys financial privacy
July 21, 2010 by Dissent
Bob Barr writes:
Hallelujia! We’ll now have another “Reform!” law — this one designed to “reform” our “financial services” industry to prevent any further meltdowns such as that which struck in 2008 and continues to cripple segments of our economy two years later. The president himself could hardly contain his hyperbole in describing the legislation he is today set to sign into law; he calls it “innovative” and “creative.” Yet, lurking within its hundreds of pages of fine print, are provisions that will essentially destroy what little financial privacy remains for virtually every consumer of financial services in the country. In that respect, yes, the legislation certainly is ”creative”; but that is one kind of creativity we can do without.
But it’s really too late. Thanks to this financial services “reform” law, federal bureaucrats will have ready access to virtually every financial transaction that will take place in the country — from the largest bank acquisition to the smallest ATM withdrawal. The guise under which federal regulators will be able to gather and data-base such detailed financial transaction information will be the responsibility given them in this new law to ensure that every “financial product or service” is “fair, transparent and competitive.”
Read more on The Barr Code.
Maybe it's not too smart to provide ammunition to talented communicators... A follow-up video from the guy Best Buy fired. (Strong language)
Fired Because Of Twitter [Video]
You’ve likely seen the EVO 4G vs. iPhone video. Maybe you’ve seen the follow up. And maybe you’ve read the story about how these videos almost got the guy who made them fired from his job at Best Buy. Well, he’s back with another video. And it’s good.
TweetFired is the story of Peter, a man who gets in trouble with his job because of the tweets he posts.
… When Peter asks how his boss even found the tweets, his boss replies: “I simply cross-referenced your interests on Facebook, checked your favorite hobbies on MySpace, researched your work history on LinkedIn, read your personal diary on Xanga, and then broke into your house in the middle of the night and videotaped you and your wife making love.“
Have these scanners actually detected any threats? You'd think it would have been news-worthy if they had.
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/024771.html
July 21, 2010
DHS Announces Dramatic Expansion of Airport Body Scanner Program
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, via EPIC: "On July 20, 2010, the Department of Homeland Security announced a substantial change in the deployment of body scanners in US airports. According to the DHS Secretary, the devices, which had once been part of a pilot program for secondary screening, will now be deployed in 28 additional airports. The devices are designed to capture and store photographic images of naked air travelers. EPIC has filed an emergency motion in federal court, urging the suspension of the program and citing violations of several federal statutes and the Fourth Amendment. Public opposition to the program is also growing."
There are so many things I could say that I'm tongue tied.
Playboy Launches Safe For Work Website
Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 21, @02:33PM
If you're one of the three people in the world who actually reads Playboy for the articles, today is your lucky day. Every young boy's favorite magazine to find in their uncle's closet has launched a "safe for work" website. From the article: "TheSmokingJacket.com will contain none of the nudity that makes Playboy.com NSFW — not suitable for work. Instead, it'll rely on humor to reach Playboy's target audience, men 25 to 34 years old, when they are most likely to be in front of a computer screen."
[From the article:
``A lot of our audience logs on (to Playboy.com) after work and we saw that we were missing a golden opportunity to reach guys when they're online the most: when they're sitting at their desk, not working, sending e-mails to their friends,'' said Jimmy Jellinek, Playboy's editorial director.
(Related) Perhaps computers are melting our brains.
World of Warcraft Can Boost Your Career
Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 22, @01:31AM
"Forbes reports that although videogames have long been thought of as distractions to work and education rather than aids, there is a growing school of thought that says game-playing in moderation, and in your free time, can make you more successful in your career. 'We're finding that the younger people coming into the teams who have had experience playing online games are the highest-level performers because they are constantly motivated to seek out the next challenge and grab on to performance metrics,' says John Hagel III, co-chairman of a tech-oriented strategy center for Deloitte. Elliot Noss, chief executive of domain name provider Tucows, spends six to seven hours a week playing online games and believes World of Warcraft trains him to become a better leader."
Interesting choices. Not sure I'd include Twitter, but the citation add-on and the mind-mapping tool are definitely useful.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/gradegurus-top-ten-student-tools-2010/
GradeGuru’s Top Ten Student Tools for 2010
After monitoring digital trends in student technology and tools for some time, GradeGuru, a McGraw-Hill Education startup has worked out which tools are the most useful for students.
1. Skype
2. Google Docs
3. Twitter
4. GradeGuru Citation Manager is a free Firefox Add-on and Javascript bookmarklet which allows you to highlight text, click on the bookmarklet and automatically collect all of the citation data for your quote. Later you can easily paste it into your assignments using APA or MLA format.
5. Chegg is an American textbook rental company.
6. Studyrails is primarily a student planner, offering very handy services for a small monthly fee.
7. Study Tracker is an iPad app designed by Grade Guru. It’s a brilliantly simple idea: Students enter their study time and their grades. This allows students to evaluate the time spent versus grade outcome and decide how their time is best allocated.
Editor’s note: At the time of writing, this app hasn’t been launched. As soon as its on the iTunes Store, we’ll link to it.
8. Mindmeister is a fantastic mind-mapping tool which allows you to work online, offline and in groups in real time. It’s even available as an iPhone app!
9. Quizlet is a really easy-to-use online flashcard tool.
10. Design Your Dorm is targetted at American students, making it very easy to set the room size according to American schools, shop for furniture from American stores, plan your room, collaborate with room-mates and even get those goods delivered directly to your school.
And a few more
I’d personally also add Netvibes and Delicious to this list, because my studies would have been far more difficult without them.
You might also be keen to check out other MakeUseOf Study Tools, including:
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