Friday, July 24, 2009

Legit Web Sites May be Screwing Their Customers

Buy.com, Orbitz linked to controversial marketers

Thousands of Web shoppers have complained that "mystery charges" are showing up on their credit card statements and have accused those who operate so-called Web loyalty programs of duping them into signing up. As a result, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is investigating Vertrue, WebLoyalty, and Affinion--companies who make "cash-back" and coupon offers to consumers and charge those who enroll in their loyalty programs.

Report: Americans dumber than a box of rocks about spam

When it comes to spam, we Americans are quick to point our fingers at Russia, China and eastern Europe as the regions responsible for the bulk of it. But a new report issued today found that Americans are largely to blame - not because we create it, but because we’re too stupid to recognize that we’re spreading it.

Google promises the end of viruses

Google's Engineering Director has promised that its forthcoming Chrome OS will see the end of malware.

MS adds sandboxing to Office 2010

Office 2010 will incorporate sandboxing technology so that when users want to simply read Office documents, these files will have no access to other files or information. Even if the file is malicious, it can’t get out of the sandbox and do harm to your computer or data.

FavBackup 1.1.2 (Windows - Free Downloads)

Here is a simple solution for you to backup and restore web browser settings and other data on Windows systems.

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