News tagged with banks
Banking on benefits
People make the decision to use internet banking either because they recognize the benefits or because of peer pressure but rarely because of perceived prestige or celebrity endorsement, a study published in the International Jo ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Battling Botnets With An Awesome OS
(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite security software, patches and updates, your computer remains threatened by attack and takeover from hackers and cyber-criminals who will turn your PC into their networked robot -- or "bot" -- creating ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 09, 2010 |
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'Failure is good'
“Greed is good” became a popular phrase in the aftermath of the 1987 movie Wall Street, implying that the riches of individual financiers were justified by the role those people played initiating large-scale ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 05, 2010 |
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Beware online knights in shining armor, US Army warns
Online scammers are posing as US serviceman posted overseas and promising love and marriage to cheat women out of thousands of dollars, the US Army's Criminal Investigation Command has warned.
Mar 26, 2010 |
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Dormant microbes promote diversity, serve environment: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability of microbes, tiny organisms that do big jobs in our environment, to go dormant not only can save them from death and possible extinction but may also play a key role in promoting ...
Mar 19, 2010 |
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Judge: Site must delay copying of broker reports
(AP) -- Settling a copyright dispute closely watched in the financial news industry, a judge on Thursday ordered a Web site to delay disseminating the stock recommendations of financial services firms long enough so that ...
Mar 19, 2010 |
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Hiding the honeypots: Is it possible to hide honeypot traps from Botnet drones
Armies of networked computers that have been compromised by malicious software are commonly known as Botnets. Such Botnets are usually used to carry out fraudulent and criminal activity on the Internet. Now, writing in the ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 26, 2010 |
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The safe way to use one Internet password
(PhysOrg.com) -- A little-used Internet authentication system from the 1980s could provide the answer for enabling web users to securely log in only once per Internet session, a Queensland University of Technology researcher ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 25, 2010 |
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New bank tries to steer deals in technology, media
(AP) -- Code Advisors bills itself as a "next-generation" investment bank, but what it really wants to be is the deftest traffic cop at the raucous intersection of technology and media.
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Check this out: Deposit money by taking a photo
(AP) -- In the near future, you might not even have to visit a bank or an ATM to deposit a check. You'll simply snap a couple of photos of it with your cell phone.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 23, 2010 |
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Banking on mobile money
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many technologists and entrepreneurs have argued that mobile phones can empower people in the developing world by providing civic and commercial resources where traditional infrastructure ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 23, 2010 |
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US scientists warn of fraud of stem cell 'banks'
Clinics that offer to "bank" stem cells from the umbilical cords of newborns for use later in life when illness strikes are fraudsters, a top US scientist said here Saturday.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 21, 2010 |
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Five billion people to use mobile phones in 2010: UN
The ranks of cell phone subscribers will swell to five billion people this year thanks to the growth of smartphones in developed nations and mobile services in poor nations, a UN agency said Monday.
Feb 15, 2010 |
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Digital revolution creates achilles heel for Swiss bank secrecy
The digital revolution is turning into the achilles heel of Swiss banks, according to security and banking experts quizzed about recent stolen data turning up in the hands of neighbouring countries.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 14, 2010 |
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PayPal halts certain payment transactions in India
(AP) -- The online payments service PayPal has taken the unusual step of suspending many transactions in India for more than a week.
Feb 07, 2010 |
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