News tagged with cards
Sony says stolen PlayStation credit data encrypted
(AP) -- Sony is telling PlayStation users that it had encrypted the credit card data that hackers may have stolen, reducing the chances that thieves could have used the information. ...
Apr 28, 2011 |
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Sony working with police on PlayStation Network hack
Sony said it was working with investigators after hackers stole data from users of its PlayStation Network, and told customers it would restore services only when it was confident it was secure. ...
Apr 28, 2011 |
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US hacker pleads guilty to credit card theft
A 26-year-old computer hacker pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing hundreds of thousands of credit card numbers, causing losses of more than $36 million.
Apr 21, 2011 |
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Apple gets two new iPhone-related patents
(PhysOrg.com) -- Apple is spending time with the patent office again, and this time it is for a double header. Apple has been rewarded not one, but two different patents, and they are both related to the iPhone.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 20, 2011 |
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How American consumers view debt: a case study
A new study published this month suggests that while younger Americans are more smitten with credit cards and debt than older Americans, the older generation helps enable their children by encouraging use of credit as a "safety ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Porn company is amassing 1-800 numbers
(AP) -- For years, teenagers across the U.S. could call a toll-free hotline if they had embarrassing questions about AIDS and safe sex. Dial the same number now and you get a recording of giggling women offering ...
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Combating money woes: Study looking at financial resiliency of soldiers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Kansas State University researchers are crunching the numbers when it comes to the financial status of soldiers at Fort Riley.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Sprint to take lead in cellphone-payment technology
Will that be cash, credit, debit or, um, phone?
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Spain gets world's first 'contactless' bank machines
Spain's biggest savings bank, La Caixa, said Monday it has installed "contactless" automatic teller machines in three Spanish cities, making it the world's first bank to use the techology.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Infographic: Mobile ownership across the world
How does mobile ownership vary across the world? The latest data from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) breaks down the number of people for every SIM card subscription across the different ...
Mar 30, 2011 |
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NEC launches portable terminal for electronic money payment
NEC Corporation announced today the launch of a new portable terminal for electronic money payment, the "Multi-Service Terminal / Portable," which enables retailers to conveniently expand the availability ...
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Japan company developing sensors for seniors
Japan's top telecoms company is developing a simple wristwatch-like device to monitor the well-being of the elderly, part of a growing effort to improve care of the old in a nation whose population is aging ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Tickets, coupons among uses for tap-to-pay phones
(AP) -- Cell phones are usually used to communicate with people far away. This year, they'll get the ability to do the opposite: communicate with things that are close enough to touch.
Feb 21, 2011 |
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DA: 27 used others' credit cards at Apple stores
(AP) -- Authorities are outlining the workings of a New York-based cybercrime ring accused of using stolen credit-card numbers for a cross-country Apple store shopping spree.
Feb 02, 2011 |
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NY document: ID theft ring targets Apple stores
(AP) -- Dozens of people have been charged with forming a prolific identity theft ring that used thousands of stolen credit card numbers to shop at Apple stores around the country, according to a court document and a law ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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