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Submission + - Virtual Networking with your friends.

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kiranmvs

on Wednesday May 09, 2007 @04:36PM

kiranmvs writes: "Create your own virtual computer network with your friends. By creating virtual network with your friends, it is like you are all on the same local area network (LAN) and there is a direct connection between you and your friends computers. With your virtual network, you will be able to access your friends computer just like you were sitting next to them on the same LAN. You can access printers, play PC games, and view shared folders. To get started go to http://www.leafnetworks.net/"

Submission + - Anti-ID theft measures fought by credit industry

Submitted by

PetManimal

on Wednesday May 09, 2007 @04:36PM

PetManimal writes: "Brian Krebs of the Washington Post has a very interesting article about the credit industry's fight against consumer rights measures that would force credit bureaus, credit card companies, retailers, banks and even private investigators to protect citizens from having their credit data accessed, by taking measures such as restricting access to credit reports and freezing new lines of credit. While several states have tried to enact consumer-friendly laws, the industry has lobbied hard on the state and national level to water down, eliminate, or reverse them and keep open access to easy credit.

'The banks, the insurance companies, credit bureaus and retailers really came out of the woodwork and fought hard against it,' [activist George Fitzgerald] said. 'I thought it was good for them and the banks. I thought with all the ID theft going on, people might even get to the point where they'd be afraid of using the [banking] system. I thought that since the credit bureaus were making a bundle of money off of trading consumers' information ... that they should offer a way to protect that information.'
The article says that the industry has backed down in some states and some credit-freeze laws have passed, but with conditions and business-friendly exceptions — for instance, Delaware had to eliminate a provision that included fines for merchants that failed to secure customer data, before the law could be passed."

Submission + - Wisconsin Orders Gas Station to Raise Gas Prices

Submitted by

hahafaha

on Wednesday May 09, 2007 @04:24PM

hahafaha writes: "Raj Bhandari, a gas station owner in Wisconsin, offered a 2 cents/gallon discount for gas to seniors, and 3 cents/gallon to those that supported youth sports. However, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture is threatening to penalize him for each discounted gallon, with the fine at a judge's discretion. According to the Department, he is violating Wisconsin's Unfair Sales Act, which requires stations to sell gas for about 9.2 percent more than the wholesale price."

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