What Are The Early Indications You May Be A Victim of Identity Theft ?

Identity theft can be extremely scary, and if you have recently lost a credit card or other types of financial documents, you are at high and immediate risk of being a victim of identity theft. Discover the warning signs that you may be a victim...

Identity Theft - It's Not What You Think

Currently the average consumer has a 1 in 7 chance of becoming an identity theft victim. Identity theft thieves are attacking us on multiple fronts in their unrelenting quest for our personal information. Our trash cans are being rifled through, our mail is being taken, corporate computers are being hacked and now even our own personal computers are under attack.

10 Surefire Tips To Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft

In this day in age, identity theft is a very real and unfortunate occurrence, knowing how to protect yourself is your first defense. Constant awareness of your documents and surroundings is necessary to guard yourself against this travesty. The following are ten tips on how you can protect yourself against identity theft.

Identity Theft And Credit Card Frauds

Identity theft needs to be taken seriously as it can affect your life. Many people do not understand it, though it is the most rapidly growing crime in the United States. Identity theft means that someone has taken over your identity and is using your personal information to make purchases and deals on your behalf with out your knowing about it. You only come to know once your creditors are clamoring for their money.

Copyright Infringement on the Internet

How do copyright thieves justify their dirty deeds to steal other author’s work? One accomplished copywriter recently damned them on a major online article Blog for authors. She blasted these thieves who steal other people’s works and then put them on their websites or put their name on the articles, stories or ebooks and use them for their own online content.

Web Design: Photograph Copyright Issues

When designing a web page, you need to be careful about what pictures you use. Many people simply grab them off Google - they see a picture they like, and they put it on their web site. Unfortunately, copyright law protects the person who took the picture as the owner - if you’re not careful you could end up facing a lawsuit.

Free Content without Articles, Blog Feeds, and Copyright Issues

While auto-generating sites from articles and RSS feeds are all the rage, and fast, nothing beats old-fashioned manual site creation for the long-term. Auto-generation typically requires a program or script. But unless you roll your own, your moneymaking sites are leaving a footprint (don't believe everything you read, they are trying to sell software) that the search engines will catch up with in the next 6-12 months; mark these words (this comes from personal experience).

Trademark Infringement Issues For Pay-per-Click (PPC) Advertisers

Trademark infringements occur when companies bid on the brand names of their competitors. This results in the company’s ads appearing under searches for the competitor’s brand. What can you do to protect yourself from trademark infringement?

Why Comply? The Movement to W3C Compliance

The Internet: a powerful tool with endless possibilities to advance business, connect people and share information. We believe that with those opportunities comes a real responsibility to understand its complexity and provide universal solutions to its issues. For Web developers, in particular, the onus falls on creating sites aimed at maximizing client contact through well-rounded, functional vehicles that drive traffic and generate sales. And in today's global economy, it also means using code that is W3C compliant.

A View on Google's Patent: Information Retrieval Based on Historical Data

Google doesn't stop innovating their search engine, and there where others try to follow, Google is not just 1 step ahead, but 10 steps ahead. Their latest innovation, which actually may already be i...

DIY Domain Name Disputes: Expert Tips

This is a distillation of the wisdom acquired through years of involvement in domain name dispute proceedings. It won't make a hopeless case winnable, but it might stop you from making a strong case un-winnable.

Cyber Law and Online Gambling Ready to Come Under Heavy Fire

It appears that many lawmakers have had enough of online gambling and want it to stop. The issues has been going on for nearly a decade and many states are quite perturbed that online gambling bypasses their state's laws forbidding gambling. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is very upset and said on CSPAN that; Internet Gambling is illegal, it is that simple and that is the bottom line.

The Impact of the Global Online Freedom Act If It Passes

Congress is notorious for avoiding contentious issues when it comes to legislation. One bill working its way through committee could slap major internet companies around in a big way.

Who's Data Is It Anyway?

Recent events and scandals have highlighted what can happen when an employee uses an employer's equipment or connection to the Internet for non-work related communications - whether such communications are through their employer's e-mail or not.