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EDS' Eight Tips for Consumers to Protect Themselves from Identity Theft (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Every four seconds, an identity is stolen in the U.S. Victims can spend years recovering from theft and attempting to clean up the mess it leaves behind, including lost job opportunities, refusal of loans for houses and cars and even jail time as a result of false data in law enforcement records. Meet A-Z: The computer hacker behind a cybercrime wave (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
He goes by the nickname A-Z and is one of Russia's bright young tech stars. He's a crack programmer, successful entrepreneur and creator of sophisticated software tools that help his customers make millions. Viruses, phishing rampant online (The Columbus Dispatch)
Even the most innocent-looking Web site can hide dangers -- and the cost remains high for computer users who fall into such traps. Consumer Reports Warns Against the Top Seven Online Blunders (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The Most Common Mistakes that Can Cause Data Loss and Identity Theft The Editors (BBC News)
Was Stephen Fry right to criticise our Apple coverage? 325 Responses to “Madeleine McCann: The Tabloid Dog Pack, Kate McCann’s Diary And Shannon Matthews” (Anorak)
1st!!! Many South Carolinians are underinsured (The Post and Courier)
About 400,000 South Carolinians lack adequate health insurance. That's nearly 10 percent of the population living one accident or major illness away from financial hardship. Lyn Mettler is self-employed and owns a public relations company in Mount Pleasant. Responsible for shopping for her family's insurance, she's been through three plans in six years. "I have not done a good job of reading all ... Potomac Confidential (Washington Post)
Potomac Confidential fills the midday lull with discussion by Metro columnist Marc Fisher who looks at the latest news with a rigorous slicing and dicing of the issues that define who we are and where we live. 3G, GPS are fine, but App Store is feature that puts iPhone above all others (Chicago Sun-Times)
Oddly enough, the coin has been in the air on the iPhone for the past year. This despite the fact that the iPhone has been available for a full year during which it became the second best-selling handset on the market and the fastest, most immediately-imitated design since the Treo. Olympic ideals survive challenge (BBC News)
What the world can learn from the Dwain Chambers saga
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