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PATH: BS | Business | Get-Rich-Quick Slashdot/Ziff-Davis Becoming "Scareware" Promoters Posted by Pile (9134 views) [E-Mail link] [Get-Rich-Quick] There are a number of certainties in life: Death, Taxes and companies with lots of resources and little innovation will try to patent derivative technology and push others around legally. The story of Microsoft's patent-mania is renown, but in a new twist we have both Ziff-Davis and Slashdot who seem to have been hoodwinked by a group that likes to spread FUD about the threat of patent litigation to sell 'Linux Insurance' to foolish corporations. Congrats. You all have been punked. Allow me to christen this new tactic, "Scareware", the art of intimidating people through the impending threat of IP litigation. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Tattoo Artist Up In Arms Over Display Of His Work Posted by Pile (8804 views) [E-Mail link] [Get-Rich-Quick] [Sports] A Portland, Ore., man who put a tattoo on the right arm of Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace is suing to stop Wallace from displaying the work in ads for Nike basketball shoes. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Spyware Program Disables Microsoft's New Anti-Spyware System Posted by Pile (5962 views) [E-Mail link] [Get-Rich-Quick] The first piece of malware to attack Microsoft's new prototype anti-spyware product has emerged. The BankAsh-A Trojan disables Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta in an attempt to suppress any warning messages the package might display. It also deletes files within the program's folder. Unlike other items of malware, BankAsh-A makes no attempt to turn off anti-virus apps. It's purpose is to intercept passwords and other important information from users' computers, specifically for banking system access. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Smogbuster Blows Big Smokescreen Posted by Pile (6010 views) [E-Mail link] [Get-Rich-Quick] A new "money-saving" device for your car won't clean the air or improve your mileage, but it might clean out your checkbook. READ MORE | 1 comment since 2005-01-27 08:22:58 | Comment on this Article Identity Theft Crook Gets 14 Years Posted by Pile (5636 views) [E-Mail link] [Get-Rich-Quick] Philip Cummings, 35, believed to be the ringleader of the largest identity theft effort to date, used his job as a computer helpdesk employee at Teledata Communications, and a stolen password from Ford Motor Credit, to pilfer personal information from more than 30,000 unwitting customers. Supposedly the losses are estimated to be between $50M-$100M. In New York, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Karl Rove: convince public Social Security is doomed Posted by Pile (5261 views) [E-Mail link] [Get-Rich-Quick] Good news for day traders! Bad news for everyone else on the freakin' planet: The Bush administration wants to scare you into losing your Social Security money in the stock market. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article CharityUSA not a charity, misleading e-mail campaigns Posted by Pile (7015 views) [E-Mail link] [Get-Rich-Quick] A friend the other day got an e-mail, one of those annoying "save a kitten, forward this to all your friends" type BS. I decided to look up the web site that this tripe was promoting to find out a new scheme is commercial businesses exploiting charities to make money. For-profit organizations collecting money under the auspice of distributing money to non-profits? Now we have a Seattle company called CharityUSA, which really isn't a non-profit, operating a host of "charity-related" web sites as a commercial entity. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Homeland security nominee was once a bankrupt NYPD cop Posted by Pile (5593 views) [E-Mail link] [Get-Rich-Quick] UPDATE: Kerik has withdrawn himself from consideration citing a "nanny problem". Others feel this is the tip of the iceburg. According to the Smoking Gun, Bush's nominee to head up the Dept. of Homeland Security, Bernard Kerik, now a millionaire, hasn't always been so flush. In fact, Kerik was once a deadbeat who declared bankruptcy when he couldn't handle his credit card bills, loan repayments, or Sears and J.C. Penney tabs. Think about that when you're declaring bankruptcy: it could be the first step on the path towards working in the Bush administration! READ MORE | 2 comments since 2004-12-09 12:40:55 | Comment on this Article Family loyalty and service don't come cheap for Richard Pombo Posted by Pile (5890 views) [E-Mail link] [Get-Rich-Quick] Federal records show that Rep. Richard Pombo used campaign funds to pay his wife and brother a total of $255,916 over the past two years -- or 25 cents for every dollar the Tracy Republican raised for his re-election effort. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article The Michael Larsen Story - Pressing His Luck Posted by Pile (7550 views) [E-Mail link] [Get-Rich-Quick] [Television] There's a very fun read about the infamous "Press Your Luck" game show contestant, Michael Larsen, who managed to (or so he thought) employ a winning strategy that had the network freaking out. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article 10 Articles displayed.

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