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Citibank turns rewards into 'social currency'

Credit card rewards are the new social currency. Citibank customers can now use Facebook to pool their rewards points online.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

'Saudi hacker' publishes Israeli credit card details

A self-defined Saudi hacker claimed he had published details of 400,000 Israeli-owned credit cards online, but the card firms on Tuesday insisted that only 14,000 cards had been affected.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Uninsured turn to daily deal sites for health care

(AP) -- The last time Mark Stella went to the dentist he didn't need an insurance card. Instead, he pulled out a Groupon.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 31, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 33

Anonymous releases more Stratfor data

Online "hacktivist" group Anonymous has released a trove of email addresses and credit card numbers stolen from the website of intelligence analysis firm Stratfor and promised further attacks.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Verizon reverses on $2 fee for one-time payments

(AP) -- After a customer backlash, Verizon Wireless on Friday dropped a plan to start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit or debit cards.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Verizon Wireless to charge $2 for one-time payment (Update)

Verizon Wireless, the country's largest cellphone company, said Thursday that it will start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit cards.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Stratfor warns hacking victims of further woes

US intelligence analysis firm Stratfor has warned its members whose emails and credit card information were hacked that they could be targeted a second time for speaking out on behalf of the company. ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

'Anonymous' hackers target US security think tank

Hackers with the loose-knit movement "Anonymous" claimed on Sunday to have stolen a raft of emails and credit card data from U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor, promising it was just the start of a weeklong, ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 96

4 personal finance technology trends for 2012

(AP) -- If you're one of the holdouts still paying bills with checks, tracking your accounts with pen and paper or clipping coupons from the newspaper, 2012 could be the year you take the digital plunge.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

VeriFone signs taxi ad deal with NBC

(AP) -- Cab riders in New York and other big cities may soon be able to buy movie tickets and other items while in taxis, paying with the same system that charges credit cards for cab fare.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hackers breach servers of Japan's Square Enix

Japanese game developer Square Enix said that servers containing data on 1.8 million customers had been hacked, but said the extent of the damage was not yet known.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The paradox of gift giving: More not better, says new study

Holiday shoppers, take note. Marketing and psychology researchers have found that in gift giving, bundling together an expensive "big" gift and a smaller "stocking stuffer" reduces the perceived value of the overall package ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Romanians charged in US with computer fraud

Four Romanians have been charged with hacking into the computer systems of hundreds of US merchants and making millions of dollars in purchases with stolen credit card data, the Justice Department said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yahoo! awarded $610 million in spammer case

Yahoo! on Wednesday said that a judge ordered spammers to pay $610 million for running a larcenous lottery scheme using the Internet pioneer's name.

Technology / Business

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Feds to allow use of Medicare data to rate doctors

(AP) -- Trying to find a top specialist to assess potentially troubling findings on a routine mammogram? That nerve-wracking process may soon get easier.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2