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How To Avoid The Virus On Facebook That Can Drain Your Bank Account
If you click on the wrong link on Facebook, a virus may find its way into your bank account and drain it of all your money. The New York Times’ Bits Blogs details how a 6-year-old virus called Zeus is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank account, cyberspace, facebook, Kevin Smith, Linux, money, New York Times, technology, Trend Micro, virus, Windows, Zeus
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St. Louis Police Shoot Black Honor Student 25 Times
By Aviva Shen Protesters rallied in St. Louis, MO on Wednesday over the death of 25-year-old Cary Ball Jr, who was shot 25 times by police officers last month. Police say Ball refused to pull over for a traffic stop, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cary Ball, law, police, Police officer, race, Robbery, Semi-automatic pistol, St. Louis, St. Louis Missouri
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Analyst: Xbox One to cost $399, PlayStation 4 priced at $349
By Jay Greene When Microsoft’s Xbox One goes on sale before the end of year, it should cost $399, $50 more than the Sony’s PlayStation 4, likely to debut at the same time, according to estimates by Wedbush Securities analyst Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged gaming, Microsoft, PlayStation, Sony, technology, Wedbush Securities, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox 720
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The Corporation is at Odds with the Future
By Grant McCracken A client recently asked me to comment crisply on the future. I came up with these observations. See if you can spot my error. 1. The world is speeding up. In 1989, Alan Kay said it takes … Continue reading
It’s Not a Housing Boom. It’s a Land Grab
By Imara Jones As Americans took to their backyards and beaches to celebrate the unofficial start of summer this week, America’s housing industry—for the first time in years—is celebrating right along with them. In the past two months, home sales … Continue reading
Never get a bad seat on a Southwest flight again
By Jason Cipriani One of the most anxiety-inducing moments you’ll hear a Southwest customer talk about is the process of checking in as close to 24 hours before a flight, hoping to see a boarding priority number prefaced with an … Continue reading
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Tagged Aviation, CNET, seating, Southwest Airlines, Transportation
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On Victory Drive, Soldiers Defeated by Debt
By Paul Kiel and Mitchell Hartman Seven years after Congress banned payday-loan companies from charging exorbitant interest rates to service members, many of the nation’s military bases are surrounded by storefront lenders who charge high annual percentage rates, sometimes exceeding … Continue reading
The Banality of ‘Don’t Be Evil’
By Julian Assange “THE New Digital Age” is a startlingly clear and provocative blueprint for technocratic imperialism, from two of its leading witch doctors, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, who construct a new idiom for United States global power in … Continue reading →