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Big in Japan’s Alexander Muse Speaks to GS1 MobileCom Work Group

On February 8, 2011, In Mobile Computing, By admin



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ShopSavvy is a barcode-scanning mobile application that enables users to comparison shop on the go.


Dallas, TX (Vocus) June 27, 2009

Big in Japan, a Dallas-based idea factory for mobile applications, announced that co-founder Alexander Muse met this week with the GS1 MobileCom Work Group to offer feedback and advice based on user experience with ShopSavvy, the popular comparison shopping application for mobile phones.

The meeting took place June 23-24 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass.

“GS1 manages the most widely used supply chain standards system in the world, including the international standards for barcodes,” said Muse. “I was honored to share what Big in Japan has learned and to offer recommendations to the GS1 MobileCom Work Group, including representatives of Fortune 100 retailers and consumer products companies.”

GS1 is a global standards organization with 108 member organizations representing 150 countries. GS1 MobileCom focuses on the mobile extension of GS1 standards.

ShopSavvy enables users to comparison shop on the go, simply by scanning any product’s barcode using a Google Android phone’s built-in camera. Using the barcode information, ShopSavvy searches the Web for the best prices on the product, displaying the lowest prices online as well as at nearby brick-and-mortar retailers. ShopSavvy looks up product reviews to further assist with purchase decisions.

Big In Japan was one of the original winners of the Google Android Challenge in September 2008 for its development of ShopSavvy. The application has since won a 2009 Netexplorateur of the Year award at the French Senate in Paris. Big in Japan also was a finalist for the international MobileMonday Mobile Peer Awards as well as the 2008 Crunchies.

The most recent release of ShopSavvy can be downloaded at the Android Market at http://www.android.com/market or at the Big in Japan Web site at http://bit.ly/sslatest .

About Big in Japan

Big in Japan Inc. is a Dallas-based idea factory for mobile applications , building software for Google’s Android mobile platform and Apple’s iPhone. Big in Japan’s ShopSavvy application — a personal shopping assistant — is one of the most popular applications designed for the Android operating system for mobile phones. For more information, visit http://www.biggu.com.

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MT economist speaks on Flathead recession recovery

On January 27, 2011, In Security and Prevention, By admin

MT economist speaks on Flathead recession recovery
FLATHEAD CO.- Despite data that shows growing unemployment in the Flathead, economists say we’ve actually been out of the recession longer than we were in it.
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Fed cautious on recovery, focused on joblessness
The Federal Reserve showed on Wednesday it was in no rush to cut short its rescue of the U.S. economy, saying high unemployment still justified its $ 600 billion bond-buying plan even though the economy has shown some signs of improvement.
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Cameron Says U.K. Is Determined to Kill Off Debt ‘Specter’
Prime Minister David Cameron will reassert his commitment to eliminating Britain’s budget deficit amid criticism that his plans are choking economic recovery.
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Identity Theft 911 Chief Information Security Officer Speaks at Breach Security and Computer Forensics Conference

On December 18, 2010, In Security and Prevention, By admin



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Identity Theft 911 Chief Information Security Officer Speaks at Breach Security and Computer Forensics Conference











Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) November 2, 2010

Identity Theft 911 Chief Information Security Officer Ondrej Krehel will be a featured speaker at the Computer Forensics Show on Nov. 1-2, in San Francisco CA, discussing computer forensic investigations, data breaches and new techniques in the war against criminal hackers.

Cybercrime is growing at a rapid pace as cybercriminals employ more sophisticated methods to attack governments and corporations. The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report found that 285 million records were compromised in the U.S. in 2008. Lost business is the most costly commercial outcome, with an average cost of $ 204 per compromised customer record, according to the Ponemon Institute.

Krehel’s presentations will focus on types of data breaches, associated costs, and how to build an incident response team of digital forensic examiners, network security professionals and compliance personnel. The Forensics Show aims to present advancements in the IT security marketplace by bringing together specialists in computer security, information technology and accounting with representatives from the military, law enforcement, intelligence and emergency management communities.

“Cybercriminals don’t respect traditional law enforcement methods and practices. They design their attacks to run undetected and circumvent standard investigative procedures,” Krehel said. “It’s the job of security professionals and law enforcement to come up with better practices and more sophisticated computer forensic techniques to stop the bad guys before they do real damage.”

Identity Theft 911 partners with businesses and governments to fight cybercriminals with the latest in breach security, data breach notification, information compliance, computer incident response and identity theft management. The Data Breach Services program enables a business to protect existing and prospective customers, employees and anyone else with identifiable information contained in a breached database. We provide 24/7-access to highly trained fraud specialists who assist with credit fraud alerts, notify creditors and handle inquiries prompted by the notification.

Krehel brings more than a decade of experience in computer forensics to the information security management team that helps businesses and individuals secure their data. He has launched investigations internationally and domestically into a broad range of IT security matters – from hacker attacks to data breaches to intellectual property theft. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH). His work has received attention from CNN, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

About Identity Theft 911

Identity Theft 911is the nation’s premier identity theft and data breach management, resolution and education service. The company serves 13 million households across the country and provides fraud solutions for a range of organizations—including Fortune 500 companies, the country’s largest insurance companies, corporate benefit providers, banks and credit unions and membership organizations. For more information, visit our website and our Knowledge Center.

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Video: Julian Assange Speaks After Release on Bail

On December 17, 2010, In Wikileaks, By admin

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For those who have just arrived on Planet Earth, let me remind you that what we are experiencing since last Sunday evening is the “Pearl Harbor of Global Democracy” according to Hilary Clinton and the “9/11 of American Diplomacy” according to Barak Obama and his advisors. After 400,000 secret documents on the operating methods of the US army in Iraq, Assange has broken the sound barrier since Sunday with 250,000 diplomatic cables that concern 179 countries! Le Monde, Der Spiegel, El País, the Guardian and the New York Times… according to the latter, more than 1,200 journalists are picking their way through roughly half a billion words of extremely contemporary cables, the most recent of which dates from March 2010. For historians who normally have to wait 50 years before getting access to such material, this is a dream come true. In this case the diplomatic cables are not much older than 7 months. Their scope is colossal. Hence the US State Department’s cry of “murder”…

My dear little wolves and she-wolves, in truth, I tell you, Sunday night tens of thousands of writers put an end to their lives … Imagine you were a Sci-Fi or Anticipation writer, director of Sci-Fi – Fantasy Collection at Pocket, Denoël or Rivages.

According to Laurent COURAU, the mythical founder of the Spirale who is postponing his suicide, “Assange and Wikileaks have definitively relegated fiction to beneath reality and we are seeing a veritable incarnation of the cyber-punk imagination right now in this early 21st century”.

As I see it, Julian Assange is the natural son of Lorenz (Edward Norton), he is quite simply the “Black Swan” of the beginning of this century… he is breaking the seals one by one in the agora of the ethers that is Internet.

Last precaution: Julian Assange has placed a small encrypted file entitled Insurance History on the Swedish Server of Pirate Bay (specialist in the illegal download of music and film music). On Twitter, he recommends that his followers download the file and await his instructions…

thierry Ehrmann, www.ehrmann.org/en/propaganda.html
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Pour ceux qui arriveraient sur la planère Terre, je leur rappelle que, ce que nous vivons depuis dimanche soir, est le « Pearl Harbor de la Diplomatie mondiale » cqfd Hillary Clinton et selon Obama et ses conseillers le « 11 septembre de la diplomatie américaine ». Après 400 000 documents confidentiels, relatifs au mode opératoire de l’armée américaine en Irak, il passe le mur du son avec depuis dimanche soir, 250 000 dépêches diplomatiques qui frappent plus de 179 pays ! Le Monde, Der Spiegel, El PAis, the Guardian et New York Times. Selon ce dernier, plus de 1 200 journalistes sont jour et nuit sur une base de données de près d’un demi milliard de mots… sur des dépêches diplomatiques ultra-récentes donts les dernières datent de mars 2010. C’est le rêve de l’historien qui doit normalement patienter jusqu’à 50 ans pour pouvoir accéder à de tels trésors. Ici les dépêches diplomatiques ont à peine plus de 7 mois. Tout y passe. D’où le département d’état américain qui hurle à l’assassin…

Mes p’tits loups, mes p’tites louves, en vérité, je vous le dis, dimanche soir des dizaines de milliers d’écrivains se sont donnés la mort… Imaginez une seconde que vous soyiez écrivain de SF ou d’Anticipation, directeur de Collection SF – Fantasy chez Pocket, Denoël ou Rivages.

Selon Laurent COURAU, fondateur mythique de la Spirale qui repousse son suicide, il déclare : « Assange et Wikileaks relèguent définitivement la fiction loin derrière la réalité et l’on assiste à la véritable incarnation de l’imaginaire cyber-punk dans ce début de XXIème siècle ».

A mes yeux, Julian Assange est le fils naturel de Lorenz (Edward Norton), il est tout simplement le « Cygne Noir » du début de ce siècle, il brise les sceaux un par un dans l’agora des éthers qu’est l’Internet.

Avec la globalisation d’Internet, il faut s’attendre, selon mon vieux maître Paul Virillio à un accident général, un accident jamais vu, aussi étonnant que le temps mondial, ce temps jamais vu. Un accident général qui serait un peu ce qu’Epicure appelait « l’accident des accidents ».

Ce jour fut le 28 novembre 2010 où Internet est devenu l’incarnation de l’information à l’état brut, c’est aussi le jour où les citoyens du village “Glocal” de Mc Lhuan ont eu à leurs dispositions l’histoire en temps réel, apanage jusqu’à présent des puissants. C’est aussi la révélation de la phrase de Mathieu(x26) qui prends son plein sens “car il n’y a rien de caché qui ne doit être découvert ni de secret qui ne doivent être connu” …(page 183 Opus III Abode of Chaos Spirit)

Ultime précaution : Julian Assange a placé sur le serveur suédois de Pirate Bay (spécialisé dans les téléchargements illicites de musique et de films), un petit fichier crypté mystérieux, baptisé »Assurance historique ». Sur Twitter, il recommande à ses partisans de le télécharger et d’attendre les instructions.

thierry Ehrmann www.ehrmann.org/propaganda.html
DemeureduChaos.org

Video: Julian Assange Speaks After Release on Bail
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke to reporters outside a London court following his bail release from prison, where he has been held since Dec. 7th.
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Julian Assange granted bail
LONDON – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, fighting extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, was expected to walk free on bail on Thursday after London’s High Court upheld a decision to release him under strict conditions.[...]
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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange is granted bail, will leave jail for country mansion
A London judge rules that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can remain free while fighting extradition to Sweden on sex-crimes allegations, which Assange says are politically motivated. After posting $ 312,000 bail, Assange will surrender his passport, wear an electronic tag, be under curfew and report to police daily. After nine days in jail, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted bail …
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