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New Consumer Credit Helps to Increase Credit Card Use

December 23, 2010 By Ethan William Leave a Comment

New Consumer Credit Increased Credit Card Use

Discover Financial Services announced recently that it made 349.6 million dollars in the fourth quarter of this year, according to a report by Dow Jones Newswires. This is largely the result of consumers to both increase their use of credit cards, and because they were more conscientious in paying their monthly bills. The figure of [...]

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Gawker Hack: Thousands of Username and Passwords Exposed Online

December 16, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Gawker and its ring of blogs, as well as Twitter, were hacked this weekend by a group calling itself” Gnosis.” Gawker said thousands of its commenter usernames and passwords for its blogs were broken into and Gnosis said its hacking of the network of blogs led it to breach of e-mail address belonging to banks, [...]

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Samsung New “NFC Chip” with Embedded Flash Memory Announced

December 4, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, announced it’s new near field communications (NFC) chip with embedded flash memory. Google CEO Eric Schmidt set the mobile industry buzzing about NFCs when he announced NFC support in Android 2.3, and showed off a little demonstration with his Nexus S at the recent [...]

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Chase Credit Card Login and Online Site Down – Further Investigating

September 14, 2010 By Jack Fadiar Leave a Comment

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There have been dozens of reports via Twitter, that the Chase online banking as well as the credit card login portals are down to customers up to this time. Upon further investigation, system down issue is present throughout the country and even outside United Sates, and Chase does seem to be aware of the problem [...]

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iTunes Hacked Through Paypal

August 24, 2010 By George Asad Kamel Leave a Comment

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Apple iTunes users Hacked Through Paypal : Reports of numerous iTunes accounts being hacked and their users billed for hundreds of downloads via a ‘security hole’ have surfaced with blame being heaped on Apple, yet some commentators have challenged the idea, attributing the misfortune to phishing scams. Apple and PayPal refused to discuss the details [...]

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We May Forget Credit or Debit Cards Soon, It will Replaced by Smartphones

August 5, 2010 By Jack Fadiar Leave a Comment

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Mobile Service Providers AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile are attempting to give credit card companies a run for their money with the planned introduction of new smartphone technology. This technology will allow customers to use their smartphones as payment devices by merely waving their smartphones. Should the technology be successful, credit card companies might have a [...]

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Meet Modu T – World’s Smallest and Lightest Touch Screen Mobile Phone Device – It Will Release in UK Soon

July 14, 2010 By Ethan William 1 Comment

Modu T TouchScreen Mobile Phone

THE ULTRA LIGHT Modu 1 phone will hit the shops in the UK this month. It’s smaller than a credit card and the lightest touchscreen phone in the world, according to the Guinness World Records – the Modu T is tiny but seemingly packed with features. The Modu T phone has just been announced so [...]

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