They can be fined if any user identifiable medical data was proven to be compromised as a result of the malware.

They also have to do regular internal security scans (IE: Anti Virus scans and other steps) to ensure that they are not infected or allowing people that should not have access to the user identifiable data that they should not)

This also includes regular security training for their staff; which means that the download pages should not have had a "just click on run to install the software"

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/privacyrule/adminsimpregtext.pdf

Old news. This has been Neweggs policy for a while now...

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/97248/index.html

http://parrot-farm.net/Newegg/Newegg.com%20Horror%20Story.html

I stopped buying computers from them in 2007 as well. (still get the occasinal HD or videocard)...

Front line tech support and supervisors have NO idea what ipv6 is or how to get it to you.

I have Charter cable, and "just for fun", called tech to ask about if they had native ipv6 availible, and if not, if they had better "regional" tunnels or 6rd gateways. Note that I already had the info from http://www.myaccount.charter.com/customers/Support.aspx?SupportArticleID=2665 working with my Linksys E4200v2; I just wanted to see if there was a closer 6rd tunnel gateway to my location. Over 45 mins and no help at all from the support or the supervisor. Neither had any idea about ipv6 even after I directed them to their own internal support article.

Does this mean that there will now be another set of noise with script kiddies trying to create automated scanners to locate these devices, thus adding more junk for me to look through in the logs?

I would say it depends on where the xfinity servers are located. If comcast has the servers on its own network, or has a peering arrangement with the network which xfinity servers are located, it is possible that they are not paying as much for the bandwidth when compared to the bandwidth that is used by their users going to netflix servers. If netflix wants net neutrality on this issue, then they can offer to pay for the bandwidth that connects netflix to comcast.

This reminds me of the old AOL network where content providers paid AOL to be connected to the "premium" access network that enabled AOL users better access. At that time AOL could dictate the terms since it was one of the few games in town which had ALOT of users that the content providers were eager to get their hands on.

A long time ago a local university had really bad connectivity to the internet (it had to go to the "main parent" campus then back out the the internet to reach an ISP that literally was half a mile away. The university and the ISP decided that a "mutual peering" arrangement was beneficial to both since the ISP had more than 70% of the local market at the time and most of the local market communicated in some form with the university servers....

Someone at netflix should have thought of that (peering with comcast/charter/etc) with a "dont charge your users for the cap when connecting to us via the peering connection" deal...

Hulu should also consider that as well....

Except that now in order to save money, 3G bandwidth, or "conveniance for users" many locations have "automatic free wifi connections" to attwifi/Wayport_Access hotspots (mcdonalds, starbucks, and many airports, etc) for ipad 3g and iphone users. The only recourse is to MANUALLY turn off wifi if you only want 3G

The question is what backdoors have they placed on it. Is it secure from themselves (NSA) and other three letter agencies?

What nobody here seems to have mentioned is that MS may not be buying Nokia for the obvious reasons: The build phones, they are probably buying it for the IP that it owns. IP that MS may already be paying billions for to incorporate into other tech that they may have or are planning to produce...

$10? The Amercan public will start panicing if gas reaches $6.00/gallon. At $7.00 they will say "well, were no longer in Iraq, just send them over to Iran...."