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Hackers
GMail's Achilles Heel: Terrible Customer Service
Losing access to your GMail account is tantamount to banishment from the internet, but Google's non-existent customer support makes it nearly impossible for rightful owners to regain control of their accounts. The New York Times asked Google why they couldn't afford to offer phone-based customer support, a simple question Google needed three people to answer. More » -
fdic
Nobody Gave A Crap About The FDIC Until Fairly Recently
Spend a little time looking at Google trends and you'll notice that no one really gave a crap about the FDIC until fairly recently. More » -
followups
Analyst Misinterprets Date On UAL Story, Stock Nosedive Ensues
Here's what really happened with United Airlines' stock losing 99% of its value on that bankruptcy story from 2002 that people though was new. This is what happens when you let the robots do your thinking for you... More » -
Google has announced that they're shortening the duration that they keep personal data on users from 18 months to 9 months. Yay! "It's no big deal—we've already got more personal info on you than we know how to monetize," said a Google official in a totally fabricated (yet plausible) statement. [Reuters]
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apple
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Gmail recently rolled out a change to its settings, where now you can permanently turn on SSL encryption. Do it now—your personal data will thank you for it. Besides, it's going to get a lot easier to hack Gmail sessions very soon, because some guy is planning on releasing a hacking tool to the public in order to force Google to implement better security. [monkey_bites]
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slurs
EBoost Media Calls Rogier A "Faggot" And A "Queer"
Note: There's been some confusion over company names, and Johnny Chan with eBoost Consulting wants you to know that his company is not involved in this story.
If a company promises to increase your Google PageRank, run! Rogier fell for eBoost Media's sweet words—they promised an increase in Google popularity "within about a week, at least for people entering specific search terms such as 'Maine photographer' and the like." But after three and a half weeks of no results, Rogier decided to cancel the service, which is when eBoost Media's dark side emerged.
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privacy
Judge Orders Google To Turn Over All YouTube User Data To Viacom
Wired's Threat Level blog says that the judge in the Viacom/Google lawsuit has made a ruling forcing Google to turn over "every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names and IP addresses," to Viacom. More » -
Google now helps catch criminals. The FBI identified a Citibank PIN thief by cross-referencing security camera footage with an ICQ handle and personal photos on ham radio enthusiasts sites. [Information Week]
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dont be evil
Top 10 Best and Worst Reputations In Corporate America
The results of the Harris Interactive survey that tracks the reputations of the 60 most visible companies in America has been released and here they are: Google is tops and Halliburton is not. Not shocking, but there are some interesting findings. Honda is the only car company to make the top 10, and Comcast, Sprint and Northwest Airlines are the least well-regarded in their respective industries. More »

















