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Kmart Will Trade You A Bottle Of Coke Or Free Candy For A Sears Credit Card App

Dan sent us this pic he snapped in a local Kmart and writes, "I remember a previous post on a Wal-Mart card that offered a 2-liter bottle, but I guess inflation caught up with big K as they are only offering 20-oz." More »

5:13 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Chris Walters
5,158 views, 59 comments

Latest by hevensxj: it should be a 2 litter not a 20 ounce i work at a kmart more »

Adobe has joined FotoFlexer, Rsizr, and Piknic to offer a free online image editor, Photoshop Express. ArsTechnica says it's pretty good for a cross-platform browser app, although it's got some limitations in this beta launch. (Currently US only.) [ArsTechnica]

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privacy

Are You Sure You Want To Add That Facebook App?

Gregory writes in to point out that Facebook does a lousy job of monitoring the development of its third-party Platform applications—and in fact many of them are written so badly that they can be easily hacked. The examples he cites, which are listed in the winter issue of the hacker magazine 2600, are all fairly mild stunts like spoofing user IDs, changing the moods of another user, and re-routing gifts, "but this information could be used to mount large scale social engineering attacks if automated and coupled with other information." To illustrate how easy it is to change another user's settings, he pointed us to a YouTube example of how to change another users "mood" via the Mood app. More »

9:47 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Chris Walters
4,570 views, 11 comments

Latest by nidolke: If you sign up for any of their stupid applications, I can't feel bad when you get hacked. more »

identity theft

Go Buy A Shredder Right Now

A shredder is an indispensable tool for keeping your identity safe and secure. If you receive credit card offers or have old bank statements littering your files, then you can't do without a cross-cutting shredder to slice and dice your personal information into an indecipherable medley of confetti. Frugal For Life points out a few of the many reasons we all should be devout shredders. More »

2:08 PM on Sat Mar 1 2008
By Carey
15,359 views, 75 comments

no free lunch

Ohio Attorney General Sues Credit Card Marketers Over Ohio State "Free Burrito" Event

Ohio Attorney General, Mark Dunn, is suing Citibank-affiliated credit card marketers for violating Ohio's consumer protection laws during a "Free Burrito" event at Ohio State University. More »

10:45 AM on Mon Sep 24 2007
By Meg Marco
4,952 views, 26 comments