by Joseph Forbes | Mar 25, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, MONEY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the and-they’ll-pass-the-spendings-on-to-you dept. PayPal, Google Wallet and other online payment systems face higher transaction fees from MasterCard in retaliation for their refusal to share data on what people are spending. Visa is likely to follow suit....
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 25, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, MONEY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
CASP is ‘toughest technical test’ in network security from CompTIA The Department of Defense (DOD) has begun including the security certification known as “CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner” (CASP) in its accepted roster of industry-based...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 24, 2013 | INTERNET, LAW, MONEY, POLITICAL, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the man-vs-the-states dept. passed a nonbinding proposal to allow states to collect sales tax on Internet sellers that have no presence within their borders. The proposal was an amendment to a 2014 budget bill that the Senate debated Friday. It was pushed by...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 24, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the we-don’t-have-Nixon-to-kick-around-anymore dept. After the Watergate scandal taught Richard Nixon the consequences of recording White House conversations, none of his successors has dared to do it. But Nixon wasn’t the first. He got the idea from...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 23, 2013 | DATA, LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, TECHNOLOGY
from the still-hungover-from-sopa dept. Slashdotters may remember the launch of the Internet Defense League, a network for website owners that would allow for the replication of a media campaign similar to the one that took down SOPA. Now it plans to spring into...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 21, 2013 | LAW, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the redacted-redacted-redacted dept. The Boston Globe reports that the estate of Aaron Swartz filed a motion in federal court in Boston Friday to allow the release of documents in the case that has generated national controversy over the U.S. attorney’s...
