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NetSecure Technologies SmartSwipe credit card reader is a new device to help Internet shoppers or small business owners. http://www.physorg.com/news178462072.html Electronics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:10:01 EST news178462072 (PhysOrg.com) -- An October survey of 3,800 consumers by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling found that more than two thirds (68 percent) planned to pay in cash for their holiday purchases this year, while only 22 percent planned to charge them to their credit cards. http://www.physorg.com/news177846854.html Other Sciences Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:55:01 EST news177846854 (AP) -- A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news177773189.html Technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:50:01 EST news177773189 (AP) -- Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. http://www.physorg.com/news176909257.html Technology Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:40:04 EST news176909257 (AP) -- You're probably used to typing your name, address and credit card number when you buy things online. Amazon.com is guessing you don't enjoy it, though, and wants to simplify the process by letting you purchase items with a short phrase such as "Shopping Fanatic" and an identification number. http://www.physorg.com/news176013541.html Technology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:39:45 EST news176013541 (AP) -- Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers - the armies of infected personal computers, known as "botnets," that suck up bandwidth by sending spam and facilitating cybercrime. http://www.physorg.com/news174366185.html Technology Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:20:03 EST news174366185 (AP) -- Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. has developed a new way to resell tickets that shuts out the brokers and scalpers it has long scorned, and instead keeps the profits for itself, musicians and venue owners. http://www.physorg.com/news172416740.html Technology Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:33:01 EST news172416740 (AP) -- Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small and medium-sized businesses that don't have the resources to keep updating their computer security, according to federal authorities. http://www.physorg.com/news172144674.html Technology Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:58:33 EST news172144674 (AP) -- A computer hacker could spend more than 15 years in prison now that he has pleaded guilty to some of the largest thefts of credit card numbers. http://www.physorg.com/news171900428.html Technology Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:20:02 EST news171900428 Years before his arrest in the nation's largest credit card heist, Albert Gonzalez launched a bold plan from a computer in his high school library: hack into the government network of India. http://www.physorg.com/news170015734.html Technology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:40:01 EST news170015734 (AP) -- Nestled near a row of sultry, silvery-green palm trees and a 205-foot-long infinity pool, room 1508 at the National Hotel on South Beach is a portrait of Art Deco luxury. It is also where, on May 7, 2008, federal agents seized two computers, $22,000 in cash and a Glock 9 gun from a man known on the Internet as "soupnazi." http://www.physorg.com/news169958749.html Technology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:46:36 EST news169958749 (AP) -- Radisson Hotels & Resorts said Wednesday its computer systems have been accessed without authorization, affecting an unknown number of people. http://www.physorg.com/news169899410.html Technology Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:30:02 EST news169899410 (AP) -- This week's indictment of a hacker believed responsible for the biggest retail-store data breaches in U.S. history doesn't necessarily make shoppers safer from having their credit card numbers plundered. http://www.physorg.com/news169835746.html Technology Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:36:57 EST news169835746 A system that allows biometric data to be used to create a secret key for data encryption has been developed by researchers in South Africa. They describe details of the new technology in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics this month. http://www.physorg.com/news168257774.html Technology Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:16:53 EST news168257774 Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites are inceasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals drawn to the wealth of personal information supplied by users, experts warn. http://www.physorg.com/news168151908.html Technology Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:00:01 EST news168151908 Why are so many students deep in debt before they finish college, only to take on more debt as they begin their careers? The answer may be found by looking at the social forces that shape the attitudes and behaviors of today's youth - forces influencing them in ways that will determine their financial success or failure as adults. http://www.physorg.com/news167911998.html Other Sciences Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:13:52 EST news167911998 What would happen if credit card holders no longer received rewards? Not much - but it could cut consumer credit card debt, says a new study on the impact of rewards programs on credit and debit card use. http://www.physorg.com/news167311101.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:18:42 EST news167311101 A hacker believed to have struck celebrity Twitter accounts previously has reportedly broken into accounts of the microblogging service's workers including co-founder Evan Williams. http://www.physorg.com/news166855578.html Technology Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:50:01 EST news166855578 Despite the global recession and the crisis in the banking sector, consumer confidence in financial services remains intact, according to a report compiled for the Nottingham University Business School. http://www.physorg.com/news161959111.html Other Sciences Tue, 19 May 2009 13:39:12 EST news161959111 (AP) -- One economy apparently isn't hurting these days - the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news158907571.html Technology Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:00:23 EST news158907571 (AP) -- University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers, including those at the school's three hospitals. http://www.physorg.com/news158777387.html Technology Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:50:37 EST news158777387 Hackers are increasingly hiding viruses in bogus computer security software to trick people into installing treacherous programs on machines, Microsoft warned on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news158396026.html Technology Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:54:13 EST news158396026 Recent news reports indicate a computer containing confidential information about the helicopter that transports President Barack Obama was breached by a computer in Iran. In January, Heartland Payment Systems, a company that provides credit and debit card, payroll and related processing services to more than 250,000 business locations nationwide, announced it had a data breach that potentially exposed credit card numbers, expiration dates and other data. The Heartland breach includes about 700 Penn State purchasing cards, which are in the process of being replaced. http://www.physorg.com/news156530590.html Technology Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:43:57 EST news156530590 What an author won't do for a book. In 2004, San Jose State University associate professor Andy Wood decided to embark upon an experiment: He would fly from San Jose to New York, rent a car and drive back the 3,000 miles to San Jose without saying more than 10 words a day to those he encountered. http://www.physorg.com/news155384806.html Technology Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:27:11 EST news155384806 (PhysOrg.com) -- The way J. Michael Collins sees it, United States consumers aren`t necessarily less informed about financial risk than consumers from other industrialized nations. What Americans do have, however, are an abundance of ways to screw up. http://www.physorg.com/news154792598.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:57:39 EST news154792598 Not long ago, the simple, anonymous thrill of exposing chinks in American software was enough of a payoff for a Russian hacker. http://www.physorg.com/news149839691.html Technology Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:08:11 EST news149839691 (PhysOrg.com) -- BMW Group Research and Technology and NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, have unveiled a prototype of the world`s first multifunctional car key. The prototype features contactless payment, personalized access control, and advanced functionalities including public transport e-ticketing, to deliver an enhanced mobility experience. Powered by NXP's Smart security chip, the prototype - for the first time - allows drivers to perform quick, secure and convenient electronic payments with a car key, creating exciting new usage scenarios for future consumers. http://www.physorg.com/news143907609.html Technology Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:20:09 EST news143907609 New research by the University of Warwick reveals that many credit card customers become fixated on the level of minimum payments given on credit card bills. The mere presence of a minimum payment is enough to reduce the actual amount many people choose to pay on their bills, leading to further interest payments. http://www.physorg.com/news142517733.html Other Sciences Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:15:33 EST news142517733