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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves New Legislation Protecting Internet Privacy

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Thu, 11/29/2012 - 14:26

Washington, D.C. -

The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved new legislation that would require police to get a warrant to see your email. It is part of an overhaul of the nations laws governing privacy in the digital age.

The current set of laws, the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, have been described by many as outdated. Currently police only need a warrant for emails less than six months old. In the new law, police will be required to get a warrant for any of your emails, regardless of how new or old they are.

How To Set Up Your ME.com Email On Your Android Based Phone

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Sun, 09/16/2012 - 19:29

Here's our tech solution of the week.

Thanks for proprietary hoarding and not playing well with others, Apple has made is difficult for you to use your me.com email with an Android based smartphone. So if you're passionate about keeping your me.com email service, here's the solution to all your problems.

Step 1: Open your email client/app on your Android based phone.

Step 2: Fill in your email address ie; xxxxxx@me.com

Step 3: Enter your password. FYI, this needs to be accurate.

Step 4: Chose IMAP for the type of incoming email service.

Florida To Require You To Have Email Or Loose Your Unemployment Benefits

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Sat, 09/15/2012 - 11:12

Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity, the department that handles unemployment benefits in Florida, will soon require you to have an email address and internet access in order to get unemployment and other jobless claims.

The move, if adopted, is in keeping with a new law adopted in 2012 that requires more automation. Exceptions will be made for those with "language barrier, a physical impairment or disability" that prevent them from getting to or using a computer.

U.S. Postal Service About To Default; Struggles To Make Ends Meet

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 13:23

According to the U.S. Postal Service, it is about to default on a required $5.5 billion payment, and will likely miss another $5.6 billion payment at the end of September. Postal spokesman Dave Partenheimer said "Without congressional action, we will default on both payments."

Congress is apparently willing to allow the postal service to default, with the House of Representatives saying they are not going to take up any action to deal with the problem until the fall at the soonest.

Foreign Nations Successfully Hacking Into US Digital Cyber Networks Of Businesses And Government

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 11:18

Washington D.C. -

Shawn Henry, of the FBI’s Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch said at least a half dozen countries are actively and successfully penetrating US networks gaining access to large and small companies, and getting into US government computer systems.

Most Common Hacked PASSWORDS of 2011

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 19:02

Here's the list of most common passwords that were hacked in 2011, is your password on this list?

We often have an attitude that "it won't happen to me" in life, and being hacked is no exception. Despite repeated warnings, the unwanted urgings of our employers making us change our passwords for security purposes, and common social and communication tools like Facebook and Google's gmail warning us not to make easy passwords, million of us make easy passwords to protect some of our most private of information.

New-ish Email Scam Can Put Your Holiday In Jeopardy, BEWARE of Giving Your Name And Bank Account Info

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 13:31

Today I'm going to buy a new car, a new house, and free drinks for everyone from my new winnings.  And that's just today.

Beware, there is a new email scam going around that "notifies" you that you've just won a little over $4 million.  This type of scam is nothing new, but it has started to trick some into giving their very personal information to would-be scammers.  If you fall victim to this, you may not have a very good holiday, instead finding yourself and your bank account cleaned out and empty with lots of overdrafts and NSF fees.

Blackberry Services Out For 3rd Day, Research in Motion Struggles As Problem Spreads Across Globe

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 11:54

Toronto, Canada -

Millions of Blackberry users are entering their third day without text or messaging service, and patchy emails service, along with a long line of other intermitted services.

Initially Research In Motion, the owners and developers of Blackberry smartphones, said they had contained the problem and said it was a switching problem on their private network, but then the problem continued to spread beyond North America to the Middle east, Europe, South America and parts of Asia by Wednesday morning.